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Optional
A.M.
Connection
Settings
If necessary, you can use the following settings to improve the response of the
answering machine connection to incoming calls.
Quiet
Detect
Time
This function causes the fax machine to take over the line and begin reception if
a certain duration of silence is detected after the answering machine answers.
Time selections for the period of silence are 1 to 10 seconds. Quiet Detect Time
has been set to 4 seconds at the factory. This gives the best performance with
most answering machines; however, you may need to adjust this setting depend-
ing on the disconnect time of your answering machine.
♦
Some answering machines may have unusually fast disconnect times (equal
to or very slightly less than 4 seconds), which means that the answering ma-
chine may disconnect the line before fax reception can begin. In this case,
try a Quiet Detect Time setting of about 3 seconds.
♦
If the fax machine is interrupting callers before they can leave a message,
try a longer Quiet Detect Time setting. If your outgoing message includes a
period of silence, make sure that the setting is longer than that period of si-
lence, or re-record your outgoing message to shorten the silence.
To change the Quiet Detect Time setting, reset Option Setting 10 as described in
Chapter 9, "Optional Settings".
Note:
Quiet Detect Time can be turned off by entering "00" for the time.
Note, however, that the fax machine will not be able to receive faxes sent
manually by Normal Dialling.
If
it
still
doesnít
work...
With certain answering machines, it may not be possible to find a Quiet Detect
Time setting which will allow both fax reception and uninterrupted voice mes-
sage recording. In this case, callers on tone dial lines can still send faxes by
pressing "5", "
*
", and "
*
" on their fax. This is the code for activating fax recep-
tion which can be changed by resetting Option Setting 5.
To use this method, turn off Quiet Detect Time by resetting Option Setting 10 to
"00", and then change your outgoing message to inform callers on tone dial lines
that they can send a fax by pressing "5", "
*
", "
*
", and then their Start key.
Chapter
7
Answering
Machine
Connection
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