Dell B1265dfw Dell Users Guide - Page 223

Fax features To use the Ans/Fax mode, attach an answering machine to the EXT socket on the back of your machine. • DRPD: you can receive a call using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD) feature. Distinctive Ring is a telephone company service which enables an user to use a single telephone line to answer several different telephone numbers. For further details, see "Receiving faxes using DRPD mode" on page 224. This setting may not be available depending on your country. 3 Press OK. 4 Press (Stop/Clear) to return to ready mode. 34 Receiving manually in Tel mode 35 Receiving in Answering Machine/Fax mode To use this mode, you must attach an answering machine to the EXT socket on the back of your machine. If the caller leaves a message, the answering machine stores the message. If your machine detects a fax tone on the line, it automatically starts to receive the fax. • If you have set your machine to this mode and your answering machine is switched off, or no answering machine is connected to EXT socket, your machine automatically goes into Fax mode after a predefined number of rings. • If the answering machine has a user-selectable ring counter, set the machine to answer incoming calls within 1 ring. • If the machine is in Tel mode, disconnect or switch off the answering machine with the fax machine. Otherwise, the outgoing message from the answering machine will interrupt your phone conversation. You can receive a fax call by pressing (On Hook Dial) button and then pressing (Start) when you hear a fax tone. If your machine has a handset, you can answer calls using the handset (see "Features" on page 7). 4. Special Features 223