Chapter 7
What does ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?
The machine has a Distinctive Ring feature that allows you to use your machine to take full advantage of the telephone company’s Distinctive Ring service. The new phone number on your line can just receive faxes.
Note
You must pay for your telephone company’s Distinctive Ring service before you program the machine to work with it.
Do you have Voice Mail?
If you have Voice Mail on the phone line that you will install your new machine on, there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the machine will conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls. However, the
Distinctive Ring feature allows you to use more than one number on your line, so both Voice Mail and the machine can work together without any problems. If each one has a separate phone number, neither will interfere with the other’s operations.
If you decide to get the Distinctive Ring service from the telephone company, you will need to follow the directions on next page to ‘register’ the new Distinctive Ring pattern they give you. This is so your machine can recognize its incoming calls.
Note
You can change or cancel the Distinctive Ring pattern at any time. You can switch it off temporarily, and turn it back on later. When you get a new fax number, make sure you reset this feature.
Before you choose the ring pattern to register
You can only register one Distinctive Ring pattern with the machine. Some ring patterns cannot be registered. The ring patterns below are supported by your machine. Register the one your telephone company gives you.
Ring | Rings |
Pattern |
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1
2
short
3
long
4very long (normal pattern)
Note
If the ring pattern you received is not on this chart, please call your telephone company and ask for one that is shown.
■The machine will only answer calls to its registered number.
■The first two rings are silent on the machine. This is because the fax must «listen» to the ring pattern (to compare it to the pattern that was ‘registered’). (Other telephones on the same line will ring.)
■If you program the machine properly, it will recognize the registered ring pattern of the ‘fax number’ within 2 ring patterns and then answer with a fax tone. When the ‘voice number’ is called, the machine will not answer.
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