Brother MFC 8600 Fax Machine User Manual


 
SETUP RECEIVE
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Basic Receiving Operations
Select Answer Mode
There are four different answer modes for your machine. You may choose
the mode that best suits your needs by pressing the Mode button
repeatedly until you have changed the FAX and FAX/TEL lights to the
setting you want to use.
NOTE: The lighted indicators mean
= not selected = is selected and
lit.
Setup Receive
*In FAX/TEL mode you must set the Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time. If you
have extension phones on the line, set the Ring Delay to 4 rings.
Mode
1. MANUAL
(manual
receive)
2. FAX
(automatic
receive)
3. FAX/TEL*
(fax and
telephone)
4. TAD
(External
Telephone
Answering
Device)
Light
How it works
You control the phone
line and must answer
every call yourself.
The machine
automatically answers
every call as a fax.
Machine controls the
line and automatically
answers every call. If
the call is a fax it will
receive the fax. If the
call is not a fax it will
ring (double ring) for
you to pick up the call.
The external TAD
automatically answers
every call. Voice
messages are stored on
the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
FAX
TAD
FAX/TEL
When to use it
Use this mode when you
are using a computer
modem on the same line or
if you receive very few fax
messages. You can also use
this mode with Distinctive
Ringing.
For dedicated fax lines.
You cannot receive a voice
call but you can call out.
You cannot have an
answering machine on the
same line, even if it is on a
separate jack on the same
line. You cannot use the
telephone company’s Voice
Mail in this mode.
Use this mode if you have
an answering machine on
your phone line.
FAX
TAD
FAX/TEL
FAX
TAD
FAX/TEL
FAX
TAD
FAX/TEL