Oneline + distinctive ring detection – Muratec MFX-1300/1700 User Manual
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Advanced features
OneLine + distinctive ring detection
Many phone companies now offer their customers a special service which makes it pos-
sible for one phone line to do the work of two.
W ith this service, you physically still have one phone line, but, electronically, you have
two phone numbers. Your phone recognizes these different numbers and rings differ-
ently for each one.
For example, this makes it easy for you to have both a business number and a home
number on one phone line, so you can answer one with Jane Doe Consulting, and the
other with Hello. This works because you can tell the difference between the distinc-
tive patterns of the two rings.
Your fax machine is also smart enough to tell the difference between two different num-
bers that are ringing it. All you have to do is set up your machine for the OneLine +
distinctive ring detection (
D R D
) feature.
In order to use OneLine +
D R D
,your phone company must set up your distinctive ring
service. When it does, it will assign a ring pattern. For example, the standard telephone
ring is 2 seconds on (ringing) and 4 seconds off (silent), after which it repeats itself.
Your fax has eight possible distinctive ring patterns for use with OneLine +
D R D
. One of
them should work with your phone company s
D R D
service. This chart lists the patterns:
Pattern
One complete ring pattern (seconds)
A
0.8 on, 0.4 off, 0.8 on, 4.0 off
B
0.4 on, 0.2 off, 0.4 on, 0.2 off, 0.8 on, 4.0 off
C
0.3 on, 0.2 off, 1.0 on, 0.2 off, 0.3 on, 4.0 off
D
1.0 on, 0.5 off, 1.0 on, 3.5 off
E
0.5 on, 0.5 off, 0.5 on, 0.5 off, 1.0 on, 3.0 off
F
0.5 on, 0.5 off, 1.0 on, 0.5 off, 0.5 on, 3.0 off
G
0.4 on, 0.6 off, 0.4 on, 4.6 off
H
1.5 on, 0.5 off, 0.5 on, 3.5 off
For example: pattern
C
is 0.3 seconds ringing, 0.2 seconds silent, 1 second ringing, 0.2
seconds silent, 0.3 seconds ringing and 4 seconds silent. Then it goes back to the first
0.3-second ring and starts over.
To use
D R D
on your fax machine:
1
Contact your phone company to make sure it has set up
D R D
service for you. If
possible, also find out which distinctive ring pattern the phone company has
assigned you.
2
When your machine is MFX-1300;
Press Program key,
B
, 2, 1, 4,
ENTER
.
When your machine is MFX-1700;
Press Program key,
B
, 2, 1, 5,
ENTER
.
The
LCD
shows:
3
Press or
until the mode you want appears.
Here, we ve chosen On.
4
Press
ENTER
.
5
Press or
until the pattern you want appears.
Here, we ve chosen
C
.
6
Press
ENTER
to set your machine to the displayed ring pattern.
Important:
If your telephone company gives you only very general ring pattern speci-
fications, or if you encounter a problem while using your machine s
D R D
feature, please try
ALL
of the listed ring patterns. If you still have a
problem after trying all of the patterns, please call the Muratec Customer
Support Center. (From the United States, call 800-347-3296.
Important:
W ith your machine set for using
D R D
, it won t respond to any ring pattern
other than the one you selected above. To reset the fax so it will respond
once again to normal rings, repeat steps 2 4, above except, in step 3,
toggle it to Off. Your fax will now respond normally.
Ring Pattern :C
/
/Enter
Ring Pattern :A
/
/Enter
DRD :On
/
/Enter
DRD :Off
/
/Enter
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