Brother MFC-820CW - Manual (Page 54)

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Voice operations
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Voice calls can be made either with an
extension or external telephone.
Tone or pulse
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If you are using an external phone and have
a pulse dialing service, but need to send tone
signals (for example, for telephone banking),
follow the instructions below. If you have
Touch Tone service, you will not need this
feature to send tone signals.
a
Lift the handset of the external phone.
b
Press # on the control panel of your
machine. Any digits dialed after this will
send tone signals.
When you hang up, the machine will
return to the pulse dialing service.
Operation from extension
telephones
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If you answer a fax call on an extension or an
external telephone connected to the EXT.
jack of the machine, you can make your
machine take the call by using the Fax
Receive Code. When you press the Fax
Receive Code l 5 1, the machine starts to
receive the fax.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, use the
Telephone Answer Code # 5 1 to take the call at
an extension phone. (See Setting the F/T Ring
Time (Fax/Tel mode only) on page 35.)
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
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You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
Press l 5 1 and wait for the chirp or until the
LCD shows Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Easy Receive
feature to make your machine
automatically take the call. (See Easy
Receive on page 36.)
Fax/Tel mode when the power
key is on
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When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will
use the F/T Ring Time (pseudo/double-
ringing) to alert you to pick up a voice call.
If you are at an extension phone, you'll need
to lift the handset during the F/T Ring Time
and then press # 5 1 between the
pseudo/double rings. If no one is on the line,
or if someone wants to send you a fax, send
the call back to the machine by pressing
l
5 1.
Fax/Tel mode when the power
key is off
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You can change the default setting of the
On/Off key to Fax Receive:On so that you
can receive faxes when the power key is off.
(See On/Off setting on page 20.) Fax/Tel
mode will work in the following ways.
Fax/Tel mode does not work when the power
key is off. The machine will not answer
telephone or fax calls and will keep ringing. If
you are at an external or extension phone, lift
the handset and talk. If you hear fax tones,
hold the handset until Easy Receive activates
your machine. If the other party says they
want to send you a fax, activate the machine
by pressing l 5 1.
Phone Services and External
devices
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