Brother MFC-5100C - Manual (Page 57)

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Setup Receive
Basic Receiving Operations
Choosing the Receive Mode
There are three different receive modes for your MFC. You may choose the
mode that best suits your needs by pressing Receive Mode repeatedly until the
LCD shows the setting you want to use.
LCD How it works When to use it
FAX ONLY
(automatic receive)
The MFC automatically
answers every call as a fax. For dedicated fax lines.
EXT.TEL/TAD
(External telephone/
External Telephone
Answering Device)
If an external telephone is
connected to the EXT. jack,
you control the phone line
and must answer every call
yourself.
If an external TAD
(telephone answering
device) is connected to the
EXT. jack, the TAD
automatically answers
every call. Voice messages
are stored in the external
TAD. Fax messages are
printed.
Use this mode if you
receive very few faxes.
Use this mode if you have
an external answering
machine on your phone
line.
MANUAL
(manual receive)
You control the phone line
and must answer every call
yourself. Use this mode when you are
using a computer modem on
the same line or if you receive
very few fax messages.