Brother MFC-L8610CDW, User Manual

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Operation from External and Extension Telephones
Use extension telephones
If you answer a fax call at an extension telephone, you can make your machine receive the fax by pressing the
Fax Receive Code
*51 .
If the machine answers a voice call and pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you can take the call at an
extension telephone by pressing the Telephone Answer Code
#51 .
Use an external telephone (Connected to the EXT. jack of the machine)
If you answer a fax call at the external telephone connected to the EXT. jack of the machine, you can make the
machine receive the fax by pressing
[Fax Start]
or Start , and selecting
[Receive]
or 2 .
If the machine answers a voice call and pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you can take the call at the
external telephone by pressing
[Pickup]
or Hook .
If you answer a call and no one is on the line:
You should assume that you’re receiving a manual fax.
Press
*51 and wait for the chirp or until the LCD displays
[Receiving]
, and then hang up.
You can also use the Easy Receive feature to make your machine automatically take the call.
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