Brother International MFC 8870DW Users Manual - English - Page 61
Distinctive Ring, What does your telephone company’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?
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Phone services and external devices Distinctive Ring 7 Brother uses the term 'Distinctive Ring' but different telephone companies have other names for this service such as SmartRing, RingMaster, Teen-Ring, Indent-a-Call or Indent-a-Ring. What does your telephone company's 'Distinctive Ring' do? 7 Your telephone company's Distinctive Ring service allows you to have more than one number on the same phone line. If you need more than one phone number, it is cheaper than paying for an extra line. Each phone number has its own distinctive ring pattern, so you will know which phone number is ringing. This is one way you can have a separate phone number for your machine. Note Please call your telephone company for availability and rates. What does Brother's 'Distinctive Ring' do? 7 The Brother machine has a Distinctive Ring feature that allows you to use your machine to take full advantage of the telephone company's Distinctive Ring service. The new phone number on your line can just receive faxes. Note You must pay for your telephone company's Distinctive Ring service before you program the machine to work with it. Do you have Voice Mail? 7 If you have Voice Mail on the phone line that you will install your new machine on, there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the machine will conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls. However, the Distinctive Ring feature allows you to use more than one number on your line, so both Voice Mail and the machine can work together without any problems. If each one has a separate phone number, neither will interfere with the other's operations. If you decide to get the Distinctive Ring service from the telephone company, you will need to follow the directions below to 'register' the new Distinctive Ring pattern they give you. This is so your machine can recognize its incoming calls. Note 7 You can change or cancel the Distinctive Ring pattern at any time. You can switch it off temporarily, and turn it back on later. When you get a new fax number, make sure you reset this feature. Before you choose the ring pattern to register 7 You can only register one Distinctive Ring pattern with the machine. Some ring patterns cannot be registered. The ring patterns below are supported by your Brother machine. Register the one your telephone company gives you. Ring Pattern 1 2 3 4 Rings long-long short-long-short short-short-long very long (normal pattern) 47