Dell 1815dn Owners Manual - Page 72

Using an Answering Machine Line Telephone Answering Device Line Phone Dell Laser MFP 1815dn Figure 1 You can connect a telephone answering device (TAD) directly to the back of your printer as shown in Figure 1. Set your printer to Ans/Fax mode and set the Ring to Answer to a digit greater than the Rings to Answer setting for the TAD. • When the TAD picks up the call, the printer monitors and takes the line if a fax tone is received and starts receiving the fax. • If the answering device is off, the printer automatically goes into Fax mode after a predefined number of rings. • If you answer the call and hear fax tones, the printer will answer the fax call if you • access Fax → On Hook Dial → Yes and press Start ( ) and then hang up the receiver, or • press the remote receive code *9* and hang up the receiver. 72 Using Your Multi-Function Printer