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5 Distinctive RingDistinctive Ring
5.1 Distinctive Ring
service from your phone
company
This service is convenient if you wish to have a
different number for your fax machine and
telephone, even when you use them on a single
telephone line.
Distinctive Ring is a service offered by your local
telephone company which allows you to use
several telephone numbers on one telephone
line. When a call is made to one of your phone
numbers, the telephone company sends a ring
pattern to your telephone line to indicate which
number the call is intended for. By setting up this
unit for Distinctive Ring, you can make the fax
machine automatically start fax reception when
a call comes to the fax number.
To use this service, you must subscribe to
the Distinctive Ring service offered by your
local telephone company.
5.2 Using two or more
phone numbers on a
single telephone line
5.2.1 Activating the Distinctive
Ring feature
1 Press {MENU}.
2 Press {#}, then {3}{1}.
3 Press {A} or {B} repeatedly to select “ON”.
4 Press {SET}.
5 Press {MENU}.
How to receive calls
If the incoming call is for the fax number, the fax
machine will ring with the assigned ring pattern
and automatically start fax reception.
If the incoming call is for the phone number:
– the fax machine will keep on ringing in TEL
mode.
– the fax machine will record a voice message
in TAM/FAX mode.
– fax communication will be attempted in FAX
ONLY mode.
5.3 Using three or more
phone numbers on a
single telephone line
You may wish to use three or more phone
numbers for a single telephone line to distinguish
which number the call was addressed to. A
different ring pattern must be assigned for each
number.
Example: Using three phone numbers
To use one phone number for the fax, program
the ring pattern assigned for the fax in feature
#32 (page 39). In the example, the ring pattern
assigned for fax is a triple ring, so you should
program “C” (triple ring).
{SET}{MENU}
{A}{B}
Telephone
number
Ring pattern Use
012 1234 Standard
ring
Personal
012 5678 Double ring Business
012 9876 Triple ring Fax
Ring pattern Settings in
feature #32
Standard ring (one long ring) A
Double ring (two short rings) B
Triple ring (short-long-short
rings)
C
Other triple ring (short-short-
long rings)
D
1st ring 2nd ring
1st ring 2nd ring
1st ring 2nd ring
1st ring 2nd ring
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