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Receiving FaxesChapter 8
Receiving Faxes
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If you hear a beep tone or silence:
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If you hear a voice:
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Someone is trying to send you a fax. Press
Start/Copy
on your FAX and hang up to
begin receiving the document.
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If you are using the telephone and it is
located away from your unit, dial 25 (the
default remote receiving ID) on your
telephone and hang up.
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Start your conversation. If the caller wants to
send a fax after talking to you, ask them to
press the start button on their fax machine.
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When you hear a beep, press
Start/Copy
on
your FAX and hang up to begin receiving the
document.
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If you are using the telephone and it is
located away from your unit, dial 25 (the
default remote receiving ID) on your
telephone and hang up.
Note
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If using the handset, be sure to hang up
after
you press
Start/Copy
on the FAX,
otherwise the call will be disconnected.
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The FAX will alert you by beeping if the handset is not hung up properly. Make sure
the handset is seated properly in its cradle. If you do not want the FAX to beep, disable
the
setting (
p. 14-4).
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If you cannot activate reception from the telephone, check that the
setting
is enabled (
p. 14-7).
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You can change the remote receiving ID (
, p. 14-7), or disable
remote receiving (
, p. 14-7).
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If you have an answering machine connected to your FAX that can carry out remote-
control operations (controlling your answering machine from a remote telephone), the
security code for this function may be the same as the remote receiving ID of your
FAX. If this is the case, make sure you change the FAX’s remote receiving ID to make
it distinct from the answering machine’s security code (
, p. 14-7).