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Receiving a fax
Receive Mode
There are four different Receive Modes for your machine. You can choose the mode that best suits your needs.
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Fax Only | The machine automatically | For dedicated fax lines. |
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(automatic receive) | answers every call as a fax. |
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Fax/Tel | The machine controls the | Use this mode if you expect to receive lots of fax messages |
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(fax and telephone) | line and automatically | and few telephone calls. You cannot have an answering |
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(with an external or | answers every call. If the call | machine on the same line, even if it is on a separate |
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is a fax it will receive the fax. | telephone wall jack on the same line. You cannot use the |
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extension telephone only) |
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If the call is not a fax it will | telephone company’s Voice Mail in this mode. |
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External TAD | The external answering | Use this mode if you have connected an answering |
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(with an external | device (TAD) automatically | machine to the EXT jack of your machine. |
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answering device only) | answers every call. | The External TAD setting works only with an external |
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| Voice messages are stored | answering machine. Ring Delay does not work in this |
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| fax call, the machine |
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Manual | You control the phone line | Use this mode if you do not receive many fax messages, |
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(manual receive) | and must answer every call | use Distinctive Ring, or if you are using a computer on the |
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(with an external or | yourself unless you are using | same line. |
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the Distinctive Ring feature. | If you answer and hear fax tones, wait until the machine |
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extension telephone only) |
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| takes over the call, then hang up. (See Easy Receive on |
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