Brother International MFC-J220 Basic Users Manual - English - Page 81

Receiving Faxes Difficulty Cannot receive a fax. Troubleshooting Suggestions Make sure your machine has a dial tone by pressing the Hook key. If you hear static or interference on your fax line, please contact your local telephone company. Check all line cord connections. Make sure the telephone line cord is plugged into the telephone wall jack and the LINE jack of the machine. If you subscribe to DSL or VoIP services, please contact your service provider for connection instructions. Make sure the machine is in the correct Receive Mode. This is determined by the external devices and telephone subscriber services you have on the same line as the Brother machine. (See Choose the correct Receive Mode on page 25.) If you have a dedicated fax line and want your Brother machine to automatically answer all incoming faxes, you should select Fax Only mode. If your Brother machine shares a line with an external answering machine, you should select the External TAD mode. In External TAD mode, your Brother machine will automatically receive incoming faxes and voice callers will be able to leave a message on your answering machine. If your Brother machine shares the line with a Voice Mail subscriber service, please see Voice Mail on page 30. If your Brother machine is on a line with the Distinctive Ring subscriber service, please see Distinctive Ring on page 31. If your Brother machine shares a line with other telephones and you want it to automatically answer all incoming faxes, you should select the Fax/Tel mode. In Fax/Tel mode, your Brother machine will automatically receive faxes and produce a pseudo/double-ring to alert you to answer voice calls. If you do not want your Brother machine to automatically answer any incoming faxes, you should select the Manual mode. In Manual mode, you must answer every incoming call and activate the machine to receive faxes. Another device or service at your location may be answering the call before your Brother machine answers. To test this, lower the ring delay setting:  If the answer mode is set to Fax Only or Fax/Tel, reduce the ring delay to 1 ring. (See Ring Delay on page 28.)  If the answer mode is set to External TAD, reduce the number of rings programmed on your answering machine to 2.  If the answer mode is set to Manual, DO NOT adjust the ring delay setting. Have someone send you a test fax: B  If you received the test fax successfully, your machine is operating properly. Remember to reset your ring delay or answering machine setting back to your original setting. If receiving problems recur after resetting the ring delay, then a person, device, or subscriber service is answering the fax call before the machine has a chance to answer.  If you were not able to receive the fax, then another device or subscriber service may be interfering with your fax reception or there may be a problem with your fax line. 67