TA Triumph-Adler DC 2116 - Manual (Page 100)

Other Features of this Fax
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1 The telephone will ring a designated number of times.
If the telephone receiver is picked up while the
telephone is still ringing, the fax will deal with the call in
the same manner as a standard Manual Fax
Reception. See Initiating the Fax Connection
Manually (Manual Fax Reception) on page 3-22.
2 Your answering machine will answer the call as follows:
> If the call is from a telephone, but you do not answer...
The functions of the answering machine will engage, your message will be played and the caller will
be able to leave a message.
If there is a silent pause of 9 seconds or more [6 seconds or more for metric versions], the fax
machine will switch to fax reception.
> If the call is from a fax...
Fax reception will start automatically.