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Section 5 Other Features of this Fax
2 Your answering machine will answer the call as follows:
> If the call is from a telephone, but you do not
answer...
The functions of the answering machine will engage, your message will be played and the caller will be able to leave a message.
* If there is a silent pause of 9 seconds or more [6 seconds or more for metric versions], the fax machine will switch to fax reception.
> If the call is from a fax...
Fax reception will start automatically.