Brother International MFC-L6900DW Basic Users Guide - Page 48

Telephone Services and External Devices You may be able to use the following services and connections with your Brother machine. These are summaries of ways to connect your machine. For more information about each topic, see the Online User's Guide. Voice Mail If you have Voice Mail service and your Brother machine on the same line, they will conflict with one another when receiving incoming calls. If you want the Brother machine to share a single line with your Voice Mail, you must either put the Brother machine in Manual Mode or subscribe to your telephone company's Distinctive Ring service. Related Information • Choose the Correct Receive Mode on page 31 Distinctive Ring Distinctive Ring is a telephone-company service that allows you to have two different phone numbers on a single line. Each telephone number has its own ring pattern. You can program your Brother machine to automatically receive faxes on one of the two numbers. Related Information • Choose the Correct Receive Mode on page 31 Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) VoIP is a phone system that uses an Internet connection instead of a traditional telephone line. Telephone providers frequently bundle VoIP with Internet and cable services. Your Brother machine may not work with some VoIP systems. For more information, contact your VoIP provider. Connection of an External Telephone Answering Device (TAD) Your Brother machine can automatically receive faxes when it shares a line with an external TAD. You must connect the TAD to the jack labeled EXT. on the Brother machine and set the machine's Receive Mode to External TAD. Related Information • Choose the Correct Receive Mode on page 31 External and Extension Telephones You can connect a separate telephone to the jack labeled EXT. on the Brother machine. If you answer an incoming fax on the external telephone, you can make the machine receive it by pressing * 5 1, or by pressing Fax Start, and then choosing [Receive]. If you answer an incoming fax on an extension telephone that shares the line with the Brother machine, you can transfer the fax to the machine by pressing * 5 1. If the machine is in Fax/Tel Mode and pseudo double-rings for you to take a voice call, you can answer at an extension telephone by pressing the Telephone Answer Code # 5 1 between the rings. Related Information • Receive Modes on page 29 6 Fax 35