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Reception modes
Your fax machine has two different reception modes — Tel Ready and Fax Ready —
each of which we’ll explain in a moment. We’ll also give you an idea of which one
you should use, depending upon your setup.
Answering calls manually — for both reception modes
In either reception mode, you can always answer calls manually if you have an
optional handset installed. Just pick it up, as you would if using a normal phone.
If you hear someone speaking to you, use your
optional handset to have a normal phone call.
If you hear distinctive fax tones (“beep — beep
— beep — beep”), press
START
and hang up the
optional handset. Your fax machine will begin
receiving a fax.
Note: Don’t try to answer a call by pressing
MONITOR
/
CALL
. The monitor function is
for on-hook dialing only.
Answering fax calls using another phone, not the fax machine
If you have one phone line ringing to several phones in your office and you have an
optional handset attached to your fax, there’s no need to run to the fax machine to
answer every call. If you happen to answer a fax call while you’re at another exten-
sion within the same office, put the handset down, but don’t hang up. Walk to the
fax machine and pick up the optional handset. Then press
START
.
After you press
START
, you must hang up both the fax machine’s handset and the
second telephone’s handset. Because remote fax machines will wait several seconds
to hear reception tones from your unit, you have about 30 seconds to walk to your
fax, pick up the handset, and press
START
.
Tel Ready mode — when Auto Answer is off
Use it if: • You intend to use the same line for both fax and phone calls
and
• On that line, you’re using at least one other phone which is not
connected to your fax machine
and
• You have installed an optional handset on your fax machine.
In this mode: Your fax machine never answers calls automatically. You must
answer each call as described in “Answering calls manually — for
both reception modes” (this page, left column).
To select Tel Ready:
1
If there isn’t a document in the feeder, skip to step 2.
If there’s a document in the feeder, press
STOP
so it will feed out.
2
Press
AUTO ANSWER
once or twice until the Auto Answer light is off and the
LCD
shows:
It’s easy to make the switch
To toggle between Tel Ready and Fax Ready (see page 1.18), turn off Auto Answer.
(To maintain Tel Ready as your default mode, just leave Auto Answer off.)
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Getting started
Receiving faxes