Sharp FO-165 Operation Manual page 47

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POLLING )
Polling allows you to request another fax machine to send a document to your fax
machine. In other words, the receiving fax machine, not the transmitting fax
machine, initiates the transmission. You can use your fax to both poll and be polled
by others.
To use the polling function, you must first reset Rapid Key 20/POLL for use as a
polling key. This is done by resetting Option Setting 17. as described in Chapter 6.
"Optional Settings". (Note that when Rapid Key 20/POLL is set as a polling key, it
cannot be used for Rapid Key Dialling.)
1 Dial the fax machine you want to poll us-
ing one of the following methods:
"'0'" * m m "
(Example)
Pick up the handset (or press the
SPEAKER key) and dial the full num-
ber. Wait for the fax answerback tone.
Press the SPEED key and enter a 2-
digit Speed Dial number.
Enter the full number using the nu-
meric keys,
2
Press Rapid Key 20/POLL
120/PoLLl
. If you used the handset, replace it
rm
when POLLING appears in the display
Reception will begin.
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SPECIAL FUNCTIONS