Canon MultiPASS F80 MultiPASS F80 Comprehensive Guide - Page 78

Receiving faxes manually: MANUAL MODE Choose this mode if: • you only have one telephone line for both fax and telephone use. • you receive mainly voice calls and sometimes faxes. You will need to: • set ( p. 9-1). • connect a telephone to your machine ( Setup Sheet). When you receive a fax call: The machine will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call and if it is a fax, manually activate your machine to receive the fax ( below). When you receive a voice call: The machine will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call. Receiving a fax manually Follow this procedure to receive a fax manually: 1 Make sure you have set ( p. 9-1). 2 Make sure you have connected a telephone to your machine ( Setup Sheet). 3 When the telephone rings, pick up the handset. 4 • If you hear a person's voice: Start your conversation. If the caller wants to send a fax after talking to you, ask them to press the start key on their machine. When you hear a slow beep tone, press [Start] on your machine to begin receiving the fax. Hang up the handset. • If you hear a slow beep tone or silence: Someone is trying to send you a fax. If your telephone is close to your machine, press [Start] on the machine to begin receiving the fax. Hang up the handset. If you are far from your machine, dial 25 (the remote receiving ID) on your telephone and hang up. NOTE • You can customize remote receiving by enabling/disabling it, or by changing the remote receiving ID ( p. 13-5). • If you have an answering machine connected to your machine that can carry out remote-control operations (controlling your answering machine from a remote telephone), the security code for this function may be the same as the remote receiving ID. If so, make sure you change the machine's remote receiving ID to make it distinct from the answering machine's security code ( , p. 13-5). 9-4 Receiving faxes Chapter 9