Brother MFC-8510DN - Manual (Page 51)

Telephone services and external devices
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Before you choose the ring pattern to
register
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You can only register one Distinctive Ring
pattern with the machine. Some ring patterns
cannot be registered. The ring patterns below
are supported by your Brother machine.
Register the one your telephone company
gives you.
Note
• Ring Pattern #1 is often called Short-Short
and is the most commonly used.
• If the ring pattern you received is not on
this chart, please call your telephone
company and ask for one that is
shown.
 The machine will only answer calls to its
registered number.
 The first two rings are silent on the
machine. This is because the fax must
<> to the ring pattern (to compare
it to the pattern that was ‘registered’).
(Other telephones on the same line will
ring.)
 If you program the machine correctly, it
will recognize the registered ring pattern of
the ‘fax number’ within 2 ring patterns and
then answer with a fax tone. When the
‘voice number’ is called, the machine will
not answer.
Registering the distinctive ring pattern
Very important!
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After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to On, your Distinctive Ring number will
receive faxes automatically. The receive
mode is automatically set to Manual and you
cannot change it to another receive mode
while Distinctive Ring is set to On. This
ensures the Brother machine will only answer
the Distinctive Ring number and not interfere
when your main telephone number is called.
a
Press Menu, 2, 0, 2.
20.Miscellaneous
2.Distinctive
a Off
b Set
Select ab or OK
b
Press a or b to choose Set.
c
Press OK.
d
Press a or b to choose the prestored ring
pattern you want to use.
Press OK.
(You will hear each pattern as you scroll
through the four patterns. Make sure
you choose the pattern that the
telephone company gave you.)
e
Press Stop/Exit.
Distinctive Ring is now set to On.
Ring
Pattern
Rings
1 short-short or
long-long
2 short-long-short
3 short-short-long
4 very long
(normal pattern)