Brother FAX-1860C - Manual (Page 12)

Setting Up the Machine
10
Note
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
makes it unlawful for any person to use a
computer or electronic device to send any
message via a telephone fax machine unless such
messages clearly contain, in a margin at the top or
bottom of each transmitted page, or on the first
page of the transmission, the date and time it is
sent and an identification of the business or other
entity or other individual sending the message and
the telephone number of the sending machines or
such business, other entity or individual.
To program this information into your machine,
see Setting the date and time on page 9 and
Setting your station ID on page 9.
12 Setting tone or pulse dialing
mode
Your machine comes set for Tone dialing service. If
you have Pulse dialing service (rotary), you need to
change the dialing mode.
1
Press Menu, 0, 3.
2
Press a or b to choose Pulse (or Tone).
Press OK.
3
Press Stop/Exit.
13 Choosing a Receive Mode
There are four possible receive modes: Fax Only,
Fax/Tel
, Manual and External TAD.
1
Press Receive Mode.
2
Press a or b to choose the mode.
3
Press OK.
4
Press Stop/Exit.
For details, see Using receive modes in
Chapter 6 of the User's Guide.
Are you connecting an external telephone or external
TAD (telephone answering device) to the machine?
Your machine
automatically answers
every call as a fax.
Your machine controls
the line and
automatically answers
every call. If the call is
not a fax, the phone will
ring for you to pick up
the call.
Your external telephone
answering device (TAD)
automatically answers
every call. Voice
messages are stored on
the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
You control the phone
line and must answer
every call yourself.
Manual
Fax Only
Fax/Tel
External TAD
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
See Distinctive Ring
in Chapter 7 of the
User’s Guide.
Do you want to use the machine for fax only?
Do you want the machine to answer fax and
telephone calls automatically?
Are you using the voice
message function of your
external TAD (telephone
answering device)?
Do you use a Distinctive
Ring subscriber service?