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Setting the DRPD Ring Pattern (US and Canada only)
If you have subscribed to a Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD) service provided by your telephone
company, your telephone company will assign two or more telephone numbers with distinctive ring
patterns to your single telephone line, allowing you to have different numbers for fax calls and voice calls
using only one telephone line. Your machine will automatically monitor the ring pattern, and will
automatically receive the fax if the ring pattern is a fax call.
To use DRPD, follow the procedure below to set the fax ring pattern that matches the pattern assigned by
your telephone company.
Note
• Contact your local telephone company for detailed information on this service.
1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.
2. Press the FAX button.
The Fax standby screen is displayed.
3. Press the Menu button.
The FAX menu screen is displayed.
4. Use the button to select Receive mode set. , then press the OK button.
5. Use the button to select DRPD , then press the OK button.
The confirmation screen asking whether to make advanced settings is displayed.
6. Use the button to select Yes , then press the OK button.
7. Use the button to select DRPD: FAX ring pat. , then press the OK button.
The DRPD: FAX ring pat. screen is displayed.
8. Use the button to select the ring pattern that your telephone company assigned to
your fax number, then press the OK button.
Select from Normal ring , Double ring , Short-short-long , or Short-long-short .
Note
• The * (asterisk) on the LCD indicates the current setting.
9. Press the FAX button to return to the Fax standby screen.
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