Brother MFC4550 PLUS - Manual (Page 8)

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Troubleshooting............................................................................75
Changing and Registering Remote Codes..................................75
C) CONNECTING A TELEPHONE ANSWERING
DEVICE (TAD)............................................................................ 76
How to Use an External TAD with the MFC............................. 76
• Connecting an External TAD to the MFC...............................77
Flowchart of External TAD Reception..................................... 78
TAD Hookup.................................................................................78
Recording the TAD’s Outgoing Message (OGM)......................79
D) DISTINCTIVE RINGING........................................................... 79
Distinctive Ringing....................................................................... 79
What Is Distinctive Ringing?.................................................79
What Is the Advantage of Using the Distinctive Ringing
Function?.............................................................................. 79
Can My MFC Use Distinctive Ringing?................................79
Can I Change the Setting Later?.......................................... 80
How Will the MFC Treat All Other Numbers?.................. 80
External Telephone Answering Device (TAD) Answers
Other Number(s) on the Line:.............................................. 80
How Does the Distinctive Ringing Function Work?............81
Flowchart of an Incoming Call..............................................81
Which Phone Number Should I Register?...........................82
What Must I Do to Set Up Distinctive Ringing?.................. 82
Setting the Distinctive Ringing Function................................... 82
How to Turn the Distinctive Ringing Function ON or OFF... 84
E) CALLER ID.............................................................................. 84
What is Caller ID?........................................................................84
Advantages of Caller ID...............................................................84
How Does Caller ID Work?.........................................................85
The Caller ID Appears on the Display When Your
Telephone Rings......................................................................85
The Caller ID is Stored in Your MFC’s Memory................85
Scanning through the Caller IDs Stored in the Memory..........85
• Clearing a Caller ID Stored in Memory............................... 86
Printing the Caller ID List...........................................................87
POLLING (TEMPORARY SETTINGS)..........................89
• What Is Polling?..................................................................... 89
• How Does It Work?..................................................................... 89