Brother International MFC 9880 Owners Manual - Page 38

BASIC FAX USE Setting the F/T (Fax/Tel) Ring Time (Fax/Tel Mode Only) You need to determine how long the machine will notify you with its special F/T pseudo-ring when you have a voice call. This ringing happens after the initial ringing from the phone company. Only the machine rings, for 20, 30, 40 or 70 seconds; no other phones on the same line ring the special F/T pseudo-ring. However, you can answer the call on any extension phone (in a separate wall socket) on the same line as the machine. (See Operation from an External or Extension Telephone, page 44.) 1 Press Menu, 2, 1, 2. 2 Press or to select how long the machine will ring to alert you that you have a voice call, and then press Set. 3 Press Stop/Exit. Now, when a call comes in and the machine is set to Fax/Tel (F/T) Mode, all phones on this line will ring the number of times you selected in Ring Delay. You can let the machine pick up and detect if it's a fax or voice call. If it's a fax call, the machine prints the fax. If it's a voice call, the machine signals you with an F/T pseudo-ring for the length of time you selected in F/T Ring Time. Lift the external telephone's handset, and then press Tel/R to answer. Even if the caller hangs up during the F/T pseudo-ringing, the machine continues the F/T pseudo-ringing for the set time. Fax Detect (with an External or Extension Telephone) When you use this feature, you don't have to press Fax Start or 5 1 when you answer a fax call with an external or extension telephone and hear calling beeps. Just hold the handset of an external or extension telephone and wait for several seconds. When you see RECEIVING on the fax screen or when you hear "chirps" through the handset of an extension phone connected to another wall socket, just replace the handset, and the machine does the rest. Selecting ON allows the machine to receive fax calls automatically, even if you lift the handset of an external or extension telephone. Selecting OFF means you will have to activate the machine yourself, by pressing Fax Start or 5 1 at the external or extension telephone. (You have to set Remote Activation to ON in Menu, 2, 1, 4 to use 5 1.) (See Operation from an External or Extension Telephone, page 44.) In case Fax Detect does not work, because of a poor phone line connection, just press the Activation Code 5 1 at the external or extension telephone. 1 Press Menu, 2, 1, 3. 2 Use or to select ON or OFF and press Set. 3 Press Stop/Exit. Receiving a Fax 29