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Setting TAM MODE
Setting TAM MODE allows you to receive telephone messages (ICM) and fax transmissions
while the fax is unattended. When you cancel TAM MODE, any new telephone messages will
be played automatically.
When TAM MODE is set and a call is received, the fax will respond as described below.
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Press [TAM Mode] to set TAM MODE.
• When you set TAM MODE, the TAM LED lights up and the outgoing message is played.
• When you cancel TAM MODE, the TAM LED switches off. If you have any new telephone messages,
the messages are played automatically.
• To cancel TAM MODE, press [TAM Mode] again.
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The fax will ring 2 or 5 times, when TOLL SAVER is set to ON, depending on whether there
are any telephone messages (see p. 7-5).
When TOLL SAVER is set to OFF, you can specify the number of times the fax will ring.
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The outgoing message is played to the other party.
3
If the other party sends a fax after they leave a message, or if the call is a fax call, the fax
is received automatically.
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• NO OGM is displayed on the LCD when no outgoing message has been recorded. You must
record an outgoing message before you can set TAM MODE (see p. 7-1).
• A maximum of 55 messages, including an outgoing message, alternative message, voice
memos, Fax/Tel message and forwarding message, with a total maximum recording time of 10
minutes can be recorded. You can set a maximum recording time of 120 seconds for each
telephone message (see p. 7-3).
• If you have any new telephone messages, the TAM LED blinks and the number of messages
appears on the LCD.
• The date and time when the telephone message was recorded, the number of telephone
messages and the number of the message being played (ICM No.) are displayed whenever a
message is played.
When the fax is set to MANUAL MODE and MAN/AUTO SWITCH has been set to OFF (see
p. 8-4), TAM MODE will be activated if the fax rings 15 times and the call is not answered (only
when an outgoing message has been recorded). When the call is disconnected, the fax returns to
MANUAL MODE.