Brother International MFC-J430w Users Manual - English - Page 49

Registering the Distinctive Ring pattern, Turning off Distinctive Ring, please call your telephone

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Note Ring Pattern #1 is often called Short-Short and is the most commonly used. If the ring pattern you received is not on this chart, please call your telephone company and ask for one that is shown.  The machine will only answer calls to its registered number.  The first two rings are silent on the machine. This is because the fax must "listen" to the ring pattern (to compare it to the pattern that was "registered"). (Other telephones on the same line will ring.)  If you program the machine properly, it will recognize the registered ring pattern of the "fax number" within 2 ring patterns and then answer with a fax tone. When the "voice number" is called, the machine will not answer. Registering the Distinctive Ring pattern 6 Very Important ! After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature to On, your Distinctive Ring number will receive faxes automatically. The Receive Mode is automatically set to Manual and you cannot change it to another Receive Mode while Distinctive Ring is set to On. This ensures the Brother machine will only answer the Distinctive Ring number and will not interfere when your main telephone number is called. When Distinctive Ring is on, the LCD will show D/R as the Receive Mode. a Press Menu. b Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Miscellaneous. Press OK. Telephone services and external devices d Press a or b to choose Distinctive. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Set. Press OK. f Press a or b to choose the stored ring pattern you want to use. Press OK. (You will hear each ring pattern as you press its number. Make sure you choose the pattern that the telephone company gave you.) g Press Stop/Exit. Distinctive Ring is now set to On. Turning off Distinctive Ring a Press Menu. 6 6 b Press a or b to choose Fax. Press OK. c Press a or b to choose Miscellaneous. Press OK. d Press a or b to choose Distinctive. Press OK. e Press a or b to choose Off. Press OK. f Press Stop/Exit. Note If you turn off Distinctive Ring, the machine will stay in Manual Receive Mode. You will need to set the Receive Mode again. (See Choose the correct Receive Mode uu page 28.) 35

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Telephone services and external devices
35
6
Note
Ring Pattern #1 is often called Short-Short
and is the most commonly used.
If the ring pattern you received is not on
this chart,
please call your telephone
company and ask for one that is
shown
.
The machine will only answer calls to its
registered number.
The first two rings are silent on the
machine. This is because the fax must
“listen” to the ring pattern (to compare it to
the pattern that was “registered”). (Other
telephones on the same line will ring.)
If you program the machine properly, it will
recognize the registered ring pattern of the
“fax number” within 2 ring patterns and
then answer with a fax tone. When the
“voice number” is called, the machine will
not answer.
Registering the Distinctive Ring
pattern
6
Very Important !
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to
On
, your Distinctive Ring number will
receive faxes automatically. The Receive
Mode is automatically set to
Manual
and you
cannot change it to another Receive Mode
while Distinctive Ring is set to
On
. This
ensures the Brother machine will only answer
the Distinctive Ring number and will not
interfere when your main telephone number
is called. When Distinctive Ring is on, the
LCD will show
D/R
as the Receive Mode.
a
Press
Menu
.
b
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Fax
.
Press
OK
.
c
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Miscellaneous
.
Press
OK
.
d
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Distinctive
.
Press
OK
.
e
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Set
.
Press
OK
.
f
Press
a
or
b
to choose the stored ring
pattern you want to use.
Press
OK
.
(You will hear each ring pattern as you
press its number. Make sure you
choose the pattern that the telephone
company gave you.)
g
Press
Stop/Exit
.
Distinctive Ring is now set to
On
.
Turning off Distinctive Ring
6
a
Press
Menu
.
b
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Fax
.
Press
OK
.
c
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Miscellaneous
.
Press
OK
.
d
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Distinctive
.
Press
OK
.
e
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Off
.
Press
OK
.
f
Press
Stop/Exit
.
Note
If you turn off Distinctive Ring, the
machine will stay in
Manual
Receive
Mode. You will need to set the Receive
Mode again. (See
Choose the correct
Receive Mode
uu
page 28.)