Xerox WorkCentre Pro 16FX, User Manual

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Receiving Faxes 75
Using the Remote Reception Function
The machine’s Remote Reception feature is designed to allow you to activate fax reception from
an external telephone or a telephone connected directly to the machine. The Remote Reception
function operates even when the Fax Signal Receive function is turned off. Refer to
Using with a
PC Modem for more details.
Follow the procedure below to activate this feature.
Turning on Remote Reception:
Step Press these keys Comments
1
Menu then 4 Display = “OPTION SETTING”
2
1 twice Display = “REMOTE RECEPTION”
3
1 or 2
1 = on (default)
2 = off
4
Stop/Exit twice
If you want to receive a fax while you are on an external telephone, when you hear a fax tone,
press the one-digit Fax Remote Number (factory setting: 5) and
* * . To ensure proper fax
reception, hang up the external phone only after you have confirmed that fax reception has begun.
Confirm that fax reception has begun as follows:
Notes:
•
If documents are set in the SPF, the machine does not respond to pressing Fax Remote
Number and
* * .
•
If you are not using a PC modem on the same line as your machine, and have not turned off
the Fax Signal Receive function, you do not need to make any changes to the Remote
Reception function. Simply use the factory settings. The machine will automatically take over
the line if you answer from the external phone and a fax tone is detected.
•
If the external telephone is connected directly to the fax, there is no sound when fax reception
begins.
•
If the external telephone shares the telephone line with the fax but is not directly connected,
you hear a continuous tone when fax reception begins. If you cannot hear this tone, try
pressing the one-digit FAX Remote Number and
* * again.