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Basic operation
Your fax machine can also be used as a phone, if you have an optional handset
installed. The following is a brief look at the machine’s telephone features.
Dialing a telephone number
1
Pick up the optional handset. You will hear a dial tone.
2
Dial the number by the using numeric keypad.
— or —
Press the one-touch key. (See “One-touch phone dialing,” on page 3.3.)
— or —
Press
SPEED DIAL
/
GROUP
, then press the three digit speed-dial number. (See
“Phoning via speed-dial,” on page 3.5.)
— or —
Press (
TEL INDEX
), then search the name you want to call using the cursor
key. (See “Easy dial directory dialing,” page 3.7.)
3
When the other person answers, begin speaking.
On-hook dialing
Because your machine has a monitor speaker, you can dial without picking up the
optional handset. For hands-free dialing:
1
Press
MONITOR
/
CALL
. You’ll hear a dial tone (unless you have set your speaker
volume to Off; see page 1.7), and the
LCD
shows:
2
Dial the number you want. Use either the numeric keypad, a one-touch key, a
speed-dial number or telephone index to dial.
Important: Your machine’s monitor speaker is not a speaker phone. If a person
answers the call, pick up the handset to speak.
Note: If the call fails, press
MONITOR
/
CALL
to hang up.
Redial
1
Lift the optional handset to get a dial tone.
2
Press (
REDIAL
). The
LCD
will show:
3
Your machine can remember the latest 10 dial numbers. Press or until
the dial number you want to redial appears.
4
Press
START
.
When the other person answers, use the optional handset to speak.
Call request
You can send or receive a fax message and have a regular phone conversation on the
same call.
For more information on how to use this function, see page 3.23.
Changing the dialing type
If, with your machine set for “pulse” dialing, you must enter tones (“
DTMF
”) during a
call, press
PAUSE
/
DIAL OPT
. five times (the “–!” symbol will be shown on the
LCD
). Your
machine now will “tone” dial all subsequent numbers.
Note: Using this key enables tone transmission from the numeric keypad after the
call is connected. When you hang up the call, your machine will return to
“pulse” dialing for the next call.
Dialing in the event of a power failure
If your fax is equipped with an optional handset, you can use that handset to manu-
ally answer calls in the event of a power failure. But your fax machine cannot send or
receive a fax during a power failure.
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Using your fax machine as a phone