Brother International IntelliFax-3550 Users Manual - English - Page 81

3550-US-5.0 RECEIVING FAXES AND OTHER CALLS DISTINCTIVE RINGING How Does the Distinctive Ringing Function Work? Your telephone number will have the standard ring pattern of long long, while the new number could have a ring pattern of short short, long short, etc. When Distinctive Ringing is ON, you will not hear the first two rings of all incoming calls on the fax machine. Extension phones will ring as usual. If the fax machine recognizes the ring pattern, all ringing will stop and the fax machine will answer and automatically receive the fax message. Otherwise, you will hear the extension phones and the fax machine continue to ring. The fax machine always listens to at least two ring patterns before it answers, so do not pick up the phone during that time. You will quickly learn to recognize the ring pattern for faxes, so you will not be tempted to answer that number. Either you or a telephone answering device can answer the main number(s). Flowchart of an Incoming Call Incoming Call All extension phones ring, fax machine is silent. (The answer mode must Registered be Manual.) Distinctive Ringing Number Main number and other Distinctive Ringing Number(s). Fax machine automatically receives and prints fax message. Fax machine begins ringing on third ring. Ch. 7 You answer the call. Telephone Answering Device (TAD) answers the call. Which Phone Number Should I Register? It is a good idea to keep your old number for its original purpose and to register the new number as your fax number. Remember to give the new fax number to your customers and colleagues. What Must I Do to Set up Distinctive Ringing? To use the Distinctive Ringing feature you must: 1. Getthedistinctiveringingservicefromyourtelephonecarrier. 2. Whenyourdistinctiveringingnumberisavailable,registeritinthefunctioncalledSetting the Distinctive Ringing Function. 3. KeepthefaxmachineinManualanswermode(bothFaxandF/Tlightsturnedoff.) 7-16