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Table of Contents
Initial Preparation
Accessories
Included accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Accessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Help Button
Help function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Finding the
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Controls
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setup
Removing the information leaflet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Recording paper load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Recording paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Date and time, your logo and facsimile telephone number . . . . . . . . . 13
Volumes
Adjusting volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Telephone
Making and
Voice calls - making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Answering Calls
Voice calls - answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
RECALL and PAUSE buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
EASY DIAL
Storing names and telephone numbers in the EASY DIAL directory. 20
Making a voice call using the EASY DIAL directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Caller ID
Caller ID service from your phone company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
(KX-FP185 only)
Calling back using caller information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Storing caller information in the EASY DIAL directory . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Erasing caller information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Voice Contact
Talking to the other party after fax transmission or reception . . . . . . 29
Fax
Sending Faxes
Sending a fax manually/using the EASY DIAL directory . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sending a fax with the voice guide (KX-FP185 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sending from memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
One time broadcast transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Broadcast transmission to pre-programmed parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Receiving
Setting the unit to receive faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Faxes
TEL mode (answering all calls manually). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
FAX ONLY mode (all calls are received as faxes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the unit with an answering machine (KX-FP181 only) . . . . . . . 42
To use with a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
TEL/FAX mode (receiving voice calls with rings and fax calls
without rings when you are near the unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Turning the AUTO ANSWER mode on remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Extension telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Receive polling (retrieving a fax placed on another fax machine) . . . 48
Pager call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49