Brother International MFC-9550 Owners Manual - Page 51

38 C H A P T E R F I V E 4. TAD ( ) For MFC9050 Fax This is the only setting in which you can TAD use an external answering machine. Your telephone answering device is connected to F/T your machine, and answers every call. Once the external telephone answering device (TAD) answers, the machine listens for fax tones. If it detects fax tones, Fax messages are printed. The TAD setting works only with an external telephone answering device (TAD). Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time do not work in this setting. 5. TAD ( ) For MFC9550 The MFC-9550 provides you with a builtFax in digital Message Manager for fax and voice. When you set the machine to answer TAD calls, it will record up to 20 minutes of F/T messages. For more information about Message Manager operation, please see chap. 10. Manual Reception (Manual Mode) When you set the Answer Mode to manual, you must answer each incoming call yourself. Here is what you should do when using Manual Mode: If You Get a... 1. Regular phone call 2. Phone call and request to send a fax 3. Fax tone... Then You Should... Talk as you normally would. Press Start when finished talking, and replace the handset. NOTE:Sender must also press Start. Press Start, and replace the handset. Automatic Fax Only Reception (Fax Mode) You can automatically receive all your faxes in Automatic Fax Reception mode (Fax light is on). Select this mode by pressing Mode.