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Receiving Faxes
Distinctive ring service
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This feature can only be used by those who subscribe to a distinctive ring pattern service from their
telephone company. For more information on the availability of this service, please contact your
telephone company before setting this feature to ON.
What is the distinctive ring service
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The distinctive ring service gives you up to 3 phone numbers on a single telephone line, each having a
different ringing pattern.
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Variety of ringing patterns:
Standard ring (one long ring)
Double ring (two short rings)
Triple ring (short-long-short rings)
Other triple ring (short-short-long rings)
To use a phone number as facsimile number
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When you use one of the phone numbers as a facsimile number, program the ring pattern assigned to the
facsimile number. When the unit detects a call matching the selected distinctive ringing pattern, it will activate
depending on the receive mode setting.
When you subscribe to a distinctive ring service, you can assign phone numbers to personal telephone
numbers, business telephone numbers, fax phone numbers, and so on.
When a call is received, you will know which number is being called by hearing the ringing pattern before
answering the line.
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Example:
Your phone numbers
012-1234
012-5678
012-9876
Ringing pattern
Standard ring
Double ring
Triple ring
Usage
Telephone
Telephone
Facsimile
