HP Officejet 6500 - Manual (Page 116)

3. Change the Distinctive Ring setting to match the pattern that the telephone company
assigned to your fax number.
NOTE: By default, the device is set to answer all ring patterns. If you do not set
the Distinctive Ring to match the ring pattern assigned to your fax number, the
device might answer both voice calls and fax calls or it might not answer at all.
4. (Optional) Change the Rings to Answer setting to the lowest setting (two rings).
5. Run a fax test.
The device automatically answers incoming calls that have the ring pattern you selected
(Distinctive Ring setting) after the number of rings you selected (Rings to Answer
setting). The device begins emitting fax reception tones to the sending fax machine and
receives the fax.
If you encounter problems setting up the device with optional equipment, contact your
local service provider or vendor for further assistance.
Case E: Shared voice/fax line
If you receive both voice calls and fax calls at the same phone number, and you have no
other office equipment (or voice mail) on this phone line, set up the device as described
in this section.
Figure 8-4 Back view of the device
1 Telephone wall jack
2 Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the device to connect to the
1-LINE port
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
3 Telephone (optional)
Chapter 8
112 Configure and manage