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How does your telephone company’s
“Distinctive Ring” service work?
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Using “Distinctive Ring” service of your
telephone company is the most efficient way
to receive both fax and telephone calls on the
same line. When the voice call comes in, all
phones (extension and external) and the fax
machine will ring to alert you to pick it up. If a
fax call comes in, the fax machine will answer
automatically without ringing, whereas the
extension and external phones will ring twice
with a Distinctive Ring pattern. It is also a
more efficient way of operating a Fax
machine with an extension phone as you do
not have to use the remote activation codes.
It gives you two independent numbers
without the higher cost of a second line.
What does Brother’s “Distinctive
Ring” do?
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The Brother 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
telephone number on your line can just
receive faxes.
Turning on Distinctive Ring
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Very Important!
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to on, the receive mode is set to
Manual
automatically. Your Distinctive Ring Number
does not allow Voice calls - only Faxes. You
cannot change the receive mode to another
mode while the Distinctive Ring is set to on.
When Distinctive Ring is on, the LCD will
show
D/R
as the Receive Mode.
a
Press
Menu
,
3
,
0
,
2
.
b
Press
a
or
b
to choose
On
.
Press
OK
.
c
Press
Stop/Exit
.
Distinctive Ring is now set to
On
.
Turning off Distinctive Ring
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a
Press
Menu
,
3
,
0
,
2
.
b
You can see the current setting.
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Off
.
Press
OK
.
c
Press
Stop/Exit
.
NOTE
If you turn off Distinctive Ring, the
machine will stay in
Manual
receive
mode. You will need to set the Receive
Mode again. (
Caller ID
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Caller ID is a telephone service that allows
the subscriber to see a display of the caller’s
phone number or name as the telephone
rings. It is a fast way to screen your calls. You
can respond quickly to calls you missed,
because Caller IDs are received and stored in
your machine memory.
All extension phones ring
twice, fax machine is silent.
Fax machine
automatically
receives and prints
fax message
without ringing.
Fax machine
begins ringing
on third ring.
Registered
Fax
Number
Main number
(Voice Number)
You answer the call
at an external phone
or an extension
phone or at the
machine's handset.
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call
