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Distinctive Ring
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is a function of your Brother
machine that allows a person with one line to
receive fax and voice calls through two
different phone numbers on that one line.
Brother uses the term “Distinctive Ring”, but
telephone companies market the service
under a variety of names. This service
establishes a second telephone number on
the same line as your existing telephone
number, and each number has its own ring
pattern. Typically, the original number rings
with the standard ring pattern and is used for
receiving voice calls, and the second number
rings with a different ring pattern and is used
for receiving faxes. Only one call can be
answered (or made) at any one time and
while this call is in progress, incoming calls to
either number will be presented with a busy
tone.
Note
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Contact your Telephone Service Provider to
determine availability and any other related details.
After you have set the Distinctive Ring
feature to On, the receive mode is set to
Manual automatically. Your Distinctive
Ring Number does not allow Voice calls -
only Faxes. You can not change the
receive mode from Manual mode while
the Distinctive Ring is set to on.
How does your telephone company's
“Distinctive Ring” service work?
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Using “Distinctive Ring” service of your
telephone company is the most efficient way
to receive both fax and telephone calls on the
same line. When the voice call comes in, all
phones (extension and external) and the fax
machine will ring to alert you to pick it up. If a
fax call comes in, the fax machine will answer
automatically without ringing, whereas the
extension and external phones will ring twice
with a Distinctive Ring pattern. It is also a
more efficient way of operating a Fax
machine with an extension phone as you do
not have to use the remote activation codes.
It gives you two independent numbers
without the higher cost of a second line.
What does Brother's “Distinctive
Ring” do?
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The Brother machine has a Distinctive Ring
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feature that allows you to use your machine to
take full advantage of the telephone
company's Distinctive Ring service. The new
telephone number on your line can just
receive faxes.
All extension telephones ring
twice, fax machine is silent.
Fax machine
automatically
receives and prints
fax message
without ringing.
Fax machine
begins ringing
on third ring.
Registered
Fax
Number
Main number
(Voice Number)
You answer the call
at an external
telephone or an
extension telephone.
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call