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Receiving faxes – Brother MFC-9330CDW User Manual

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Receiving Faxes

Difficulties

Suggestions

Cannot receive a fax.

Make sure your machine has a dial tone by pressing

Hook

. If you hear static or

interference on your fax line, call your local telephone company.

Check all line cord connections. Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged into
the telephone wall jack and the LINE jack of the machine. If you subscribe to DSL
or VoIP services, call your service provider for connection instructions.

Make sure the machine is in the correct Receive Mode. This is determined by the
external devices and telephone subscriber services you have on the same line as
the Brother machine (see Receive Mode settings on page 41).

If you have a dedicated fax line and want your Brother machine to
automatically answer all incoming faxes, you should select

Fax

mode.

If your Brother machine shares a line with an external answering machine, you
should select the

External TAD

mode. In

External TAD

mode, your

Brother machine will automatically receive incoming faxes and voice callers
will be able to leave a message on your answering machine.

If your Brother machine shares the line with a Voice Mail subscriber service,
see Voice Mail on page 48.

If your Brother machine is on a line with the Distinctive Ring subscriber
service, see Distinctive Ring on page 49.

If your Brother machine shares a line with other telephones and you want it to
automatically answer all incoming faxes, you should select the

Fax/Tel

mode. In

Fax/Tel

mode, your Brother machine will automatically receive

faxes and produce a pseudo/double-ring to alert you to answer voice calls.

If you do not want your Brother machine to automatically answer any incoming
faxes, you should select the

Manual

mode. In

Manual

mode, you must

answer every incoming call and activate the machine to receive faxes.

Another device or service at your location may be answering the call before your
Brother machine answers. To test this, lower the ring delay setting:

If the answer mode is set to

Fax

or

Fax/Tel

, reduce the ring delay to 1 ring

(see Ring Delay on page 41).

If the answer mode is set to

External TAD

, reduce the number of rings

programmed on your answering machine to 2.

If the answer mode is set to

Manual

, DO NOT adjust the ring delay setting.

Have someone send you a test fax:

If you received the test fax successfully, your machine is operating correctly.
Remember to reset your ring delay or answering machine setting back to your
original setting. If receiving problems recur after resetting the ring delay, then
a person, device, or subscriber service is answering the fax call before the
machine has a chance to answer.

If you were not able to receive the fax, then another device or subscriber
service may be interfering with your fax reception or there may be a problem
with your fax line.

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