Chapter 7
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For MFC-990CW 7
a If you answered by pressing
Speaker Phone on the machine, press
Hold/Intercom on the machine to put a
call on Hold.
b To release the call from Hold, press
Speaker Phone on the machine.
Note
You can pick up an extension telephone
and continue speaking without releasing
the call from Hold on the machine.
Tone or Pulse
(Canada only) 7
If you have a Pulse dialing service, but need
to send Tone signals (for example, for
telephone banking), follow the instructions
below:
a Do one of the following:
(MFC-790CW) Pick up the handset
or press Speaker Phone.
(MFC-990CW) Pick up the cordless
handset and press
(Talk) or press
Speaker Phone on the machine.
b Press # on the machine’s control panel.
Any digits dialed after this will send tone
signals.
When you hang up, the machine will return to
the Pulse dialing service.
Fax/Tel mode when the power
key is on 7
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will
use the F/T Ring Time (pseudo/double-
ringing) to alert you to pick up a voice call.
If you are at an extension telephone, you'll
need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring
Time and then press #51 between the
pseudo/double rings. If no one is on the line,
or if someone wants to send you a fax, send
the call back to the machine by pressing
l 51.
(MFC-790CW) If you are at the machine, you
can lift the handset or press Speaker Phone
to answer.
(MFC-990CW) Press Speaker Phone on the
machine or use the cordless handset.
Fax/Tel mode when the power
key is off 7
When the On/Off Key is off you can receive
faxes automatically if the On/Off setting is
Fax Receive:On. (See Power Off setting
on page 23.)
Fax/Tel mode will work in the following ways.
(MFC-790CW)
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and
pseudo/double-rings to tell you to pick up a
voice call, you can only answer by picking up
the machine’s handset.
If you answer before the machine
pseudo/double-rings, you can also pick up
the call at an external or extension telephone.
(MFC-990CW)
Set Ring Tone to On to hear the rings when
you receive a call. (See Power Off setting
on page 23.)
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and
rings, you can only answer at an external or
extension telephone.