Brother MFC830, Owner'S Manual

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Chapter 7
7
Advanced Receiving
Operation from an External or
Extension Telephone
An external phone is a telephone that is plugged into your MFC (either into the MFC’s EXT socket
or into the back of the connector that plugs into the telephone wall socket).
An extension phone is another phone on the same phone number as your MFC, but plugged into a
different telephone wall socket. For example, your MFC may be connected to a phone line in your
study, and you may have another phone on the same line (and same phone number) in your kitchen.
This feature enables you to answer the phone in the kitchen if it rings while you are making a coffee,
knowing that you can transfer the call to your MFC if the incoming call is a fax.
If you answer a fax call on an external or extension phone, you can make your MFC take over by
using the Activation Code. When you press the Activation Code
5 1
, the MFC starts to receive a
fax.
If the MFC answers a voice call and F/T pseudo-rings for you to take over, use the Deactivation Code
# 5 1 to take the call at an extension phone. The Deactivation Code is used only in Fax/Tel mode.
(See Setting the F/T (Fax/Tel) Ring Time (Fax/Tel Mode Only) in Chapter 3.)
If you answer a call, and no one is on the line, assume you are receiving a fax. At the MFC phone,
press
Start , then hang up. At an extension phone, press 5 1 , wait for fax receiving tones (chirps),
then hang up. At an external phone, press 5 1 and wait for the phone to be disconnected (the
screen displays RECEIVE) before you hang up. (Your caller will have to press Start to send the fax.)
The Remote Activation Code also can be used by your callers. When you are using a external TAD,
your outgoing message (OGM) should end with the statement “to send a fax, press
5 1 ”. (See
Outgoing Message (OGM) of External TAD in Preparation and Simple Use Guide.)
For Fax/Tel Mode Only
When the MFC is in F/T mode, it will use the F/T Ring Time (F/T pseudo-ringing) to alert you to a
voice call. If you’re at the machine, you can pick up the handset (for MFC-840) or lift the external
telephone’s handset and press
Tel (for MFC-830) to answer.
If you are at an extension phone, you’ll need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring Time and press
# 5 1 between the F/T pseudo-rings. If no one is on the line, or if someone wants to send you a fax,
send the call back to the MFC by pressing 5 1 .
If you accidentally pick up an extension phone when a fax message is being
received, you may disrupt the transmission or render some portions unreadable.