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Connecting an Answering Machine
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6. Answering
Machine
Activating the answering
machine connection
Before you go out, activate the
answering machine connection as
follows:
1
Set the reception mode to A.M.
2
Set your answering machine to
auto answer.
•
Your answering machine must be
set to answer on a maximum of two
rings. If not, you may not be able to
receive faxes sent by automatic
dialling.
•
If your answering machine has a
toll saver function, make sure that it
will answer by the fourth ring.
FAX
TEL
TEL/FAX
A.M.
RECEPTION
MODE
Note: If your answering machine has
a remote retrieval function, make
sure the code used to activate remote
retrieval is different from the code
used to activate fax reception with an
extension telephone (see page 46). If
they are the same, entering the code
from an outside telephone to retrieve
messages will cause the fax machine
to be activated.
How the connection operates
While you are out, all of your
incoming calls will be answered by
your answering machine and its
outgoing message will play. Voice
callers can leave a message. During
this time, your fax will quietly monitor
the line. If your fax detects a fax tone
or a duration of silence greater than
four seconds, it will take over the line
and begin reception.
Your fax machine listens for a
duration of silence because some
transmitting machines do not send a
fax tone when the fax is sent
manually (this means that the person
faxing uses the handset to dial and
then presses their Start key after
listening to your outgoing message).
Pressing the Start key in this case
causes the line to go silent.
When you return and turn off
your answering machine, be
sure to change the reception
mode back to FAX or TEL!
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