Receiving A Fax; Receive Modes; Choosing The Receive Mode - Brother MFC-685CW User Manual

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Receiving a Fax

Receive modes

You must choose the receive mode depending on the external devices and telephone subscriber
services you have on your line. The diagrams below will help you choose the correct mode. For
more detailed information about the receive modes, see Using receive modes on page 43 and
Receive mode settings on page 44.

Choosing the Receive Mode

If you are using Distinctive Ring subscriber service from your telephone company, see Voice Mail
on page 49 or Distinctive Ring on page 50.
Are you using the built-in Message Center?
Do you use a Voice Mail subscriber service?
Do you use a Distinctive Ring subscriber service?
Are you connecting an external telephone or external TAD (telephone
answering device) to the machine?
Are you using the voice message
function of your external TAD
(telephone answering device)?
To set a receive mode follow the instructions below.
a
Press Menu.
b
Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.
Press OK.
c
Press a or b to choose Receive Mode.
d
Press d or c to choose Fax Only, Fax/Tel, or Manual.
Press OK.
e
Press Stop/Exit.
The LCD will display the current receive mode.
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No
No
No
Yes
No
* We recommend you set Easy Receive to On.
See Message Center.
Yes
See
Yes
See Distinctive Ring.
Yes
No
Do you want the machine to
answer fax and telephone
calls automatically?
Yes
Do you want to use the
machine for fax only?
.
Voice Mail
Manual
No
Fax Only
Yes
Fax/Tel
No
Manual*
Yes
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