Philips Fax Machine Manual page 21

Error report
or
When you lift the receiver of your
fax machine you do not hear the dial
tone.
or
fax transmissions are constantly
interrupted.
You cannot receive any faxes.
You cannot phone or send faxes.
When you receive a phone call, after
the first ring your correspondent
does not hear the usual ringback
tone.
Your fax machine rings once, then
there is a moment of silence and
another ring signal after that.
The telephone connection is of poor
quality.
The recipient has a paper jam or has
run out of paper.
Your fax partner's line is busy, does
not answer or a different device like
an answering device answers.
Improper installation or plug-in of
fax machine.
You are connected to a PABX system.
You have connected your telephone
cable to the socket identified with
EXT.
You have connected the telephone
cable to the socket marked with EXT.
Your fax correspondent has a fax
machine that cannot receive the usual
standard identifying signals.
You have set the number of rings too
high.
You are operating your fax machine
on a private branch exchange and
have not set it accordingly.
Your correspondent is being informed
that the fax machine has taken the
call already and that he has to pay
charges. Your machine checks
whether it is a phone or a fax corre-
spondence.
This process is perfectly normal!
Try again or send the fax at reduced
speed (function 21).
Call your fax partner or try to
transmit at a later stage.
Try later or draw your fax partner's
attention to a possible installation
fault.
Check the installation of your fax
machine.
Check the settings in function 15.
Connect your telephone cable to the
socket on the bottom of your fax
machine identified with LINE.
Plug the telephone cable into the
socket marked with LINE on the
base of the fax machine.
Try to send the fax manually: pick up
the handset and dial the fax number.
You will hear the call being estab-
lished. If the recipient is using an
automatic answering device, wait
until you hear a tone after the pre-
recorded message. Press START.
Set the number of ringing signals
with function 31 lower than five.
In function 15, select
In function 31 you can put the
tollfree rings to a higher level under
(see chapter Fax
switch / Setting the operating mode).
You have just noticed how the
automatic fax-switch operates. After
the first ring signal the fax machine
takes over the call. When the fax
machine has recognised that the
incoming call is a telephone corre-
spondence, the fax machine will
continue to ring.