Brother MFC-6800 - Manual (Page 54)

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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.
You cannot receive a voice
call but you can call out.
EXT.TEL/TAD
(manual receive)
(With an External
Telephone)
If an external telephone is
connected to the EXT. jack,
you control the phone line
and must answer every call
yourself. Use this mode if you
receive very few faxes.
(automatic receive)
(With an External
Telephone Answering
Device) 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 have
an external answering
machine on your phone
line.
MANUAL
(manual receive)
(With an External
Telephone)
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.
You can also use this mode
with Distinctive Ring.