Brother International IntelliFax-2820 Users Manual - English - Page 123

Connections, If You Subscribe to your Telephone, Company's Distinctive Ring Service

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The TAD must answer within four rings (the recommended setting is two rings). The machine cannot hear CNG tones until the TAD has answered the call, and with four rings there are only 8 to 10 seconds of CNG tones left for the fax "handshake". Make sure you carefully follow the instructions in this guide for recording your outgoing message. We do not recommend using the toll saver feature on your external answering machine if it exceeds five rings. Note ■ If you do not receive all your faxes, reduce the Ring Delay setting on your external TAD. ■ If You Subscribe to your Telephone Company's Distinctive Ring Service: You may connect an external TAD to a separate wall jack only if you subscribe to your telephone company's Distinctive Ring service, have registered the distinctive ring pattern on your machine, and use that number as a fax number. The recommended setting is at least four rings on the external TAD when you have the telephone company's Distinctive Ring Service. You cannot use the Toll Saver setting. ■ If You Do Not Subscribe to Distinctive Ring Service: You must plug your TAD into the EXT. jack of your machine. If your TAD is plugged into a wall jack, both your machine and the TAD will try to control the phone line. (See illustration below.) Improper Setup Unless you are using Distinctive Ring, do not connect a TAD elsewhere on the same phone line. TAD TAD When the TAD answers a call, the LCD shows Ext. Tel in Use. Connections The external TAD must be plugged into the back of the machine, into the jack labeled EXT. Your machine cannot work properly if you plug the TAD into a wall jack (unless you are using Distinctive Ring). 1 Plug the telephone line cord from the telephone wall jack into the back of the machine, in the jack labeled LINE. 2 Plug the telephone line cord from your external TAD into the back of the machine, in the jack labeled EXT. (Make sure this cord is connected to the TAD at the TAD's telephone line jack, and not its handset jack.) 3 Set your external TAD to four rings or less. (The machine's Ring Delay setting does not apply.) 4 Record the outgoing message on your external TAD. 5 Set the TAD to answer calls. A - 6

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A - 6
The TAD must answer within four rings (the
recommended setting is two rings). The
machine cannot hear CNG tones until the
TAD has answered the call, and with four
rings there are only 8 to 10 seconds of CNG
tones left for the fax “handshake”. Make sure
you carefully follow the instructions in this
guide for recording your outgoing message.
We do not recommend using the toll saver
feature on your external answering machine if
it exceeds five rings.
Note
■
If you do not receive all your faxes, reduce
the Ring Delay setting on your external
TAD.
■
If You Subscribe to your Telephone
Company’s Distinctive Ring Service:
You may connect an external TAD to a
separate wall jack only if you subscribe to
your telephone company’s Distinctive
Ring service, have registered the
distinctive ring pattern on your machine,
and use that number as a fax number. The
recommended setting is at least four rings
on the external TAD when you have the
telephone company’s Distinctive Ring
Service. You cannot use the Toll Saver
setting.
■
If You Do Not Subscribe to Distinctive
Ring Service:
You must plug your TAD into the EXT.
jack of your machine. If your TAD is
plugged into a wall jack, both your
machine and the TAD will try to control the
phone line. (See illustration below.)
When the TAD answers a call, the LCD
shows
Ext. Tel in Use
.
Connections
The external TAD must be plugged into the
back of the machine, into the jack labeled
EXT. Your machine cannot work properly if
you plug the TAD into a wall jack (unless you
are using Distinctive Ring).
1
Plug the telephone line cord from the
telephone wall jack into the back of the
machine, in the jack labeled LINE.
2
Plug the telephone line cord from your
external TAD into the back of the
machine, in the jack labeled EXT. (Make
sure this cord is connected to the TAD at
the TAD’s telephone
line
jack, and not
its handset jack.)
3
Set your external TAD to four rings or
less. (The machine’s Ring Delay setting
does not apply.)
4
Record the outgoing message on your
external TAD.
5
Set the TAD to answer calls.
Improper Setup
Unless you are using Distinctive Ring,
do not connect a TAD elsewhere on the
same phone line.
TAD
TAD