Brother MFC-8510DN User Manual page 44

Chapter 7
How does your telephone company's
"Distinctive Ring" service work?
Using "Distinctive Ring" service of your
telephone company is the most efficient way
to receive both fax and telephone calls on the
same line. When the voice call comes in, all
phones (extension and external) and the fax
machine will ring to alert you to pick it up. If a
fax call comes in, the fax machine will answer
automatically without ringing, whereas the
extension and external phones will ring twice
with a Distinctive Ring pattern. It is also a
more efficient way of operating a Fax
machine with an extension phone as you do
not have to use the remote activation codes.
It gives you two independent numbers
without the higher cost of a second line.
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
All extension phones ring twice,
fax machine is silent.
Registered
Fax
Number
Fax machine
Fax machine
automatically
begins ringing
receives and prints
on third ring.
fax message
without ringing.
You answer the call
at an external phone
or an extension
telephone.
What does Brother's "Distinctive
Ring" do?
The Brother machine has a Distinctive Ring
feature that allows you to use your machine to
take full advantage of the telephone
company's Distinctive Ring service. The new
telephone number on your line can just
receive faxes.
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Main number
(Voice Number)
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
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Set the Distinctive Ring to ON
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to ON, the receive mode is set to Manual
automatically. Your Distinctive Ring Number
does not allow Voice Calls - only Faxes. You
cannot change the receive mode to another
mode while the Distinctive Ring is set to on.
When Distinctive Ring is on, the LCD will
show D/R as the Receive Mode.
a
Press Menu, 2, 0, 2.
b
Press a or b to choose On.
c
Press OK.
d
Press Stop/Exit.
Distinctive Ring is now set to On.
Turning off Distinctive Ring
a
Press Menu, 2, 0, 2.
b
Press a or b to choose Off.
c
Press OK.
d
Press Stop/Exit.
Note
If you turn off Distinctive Ring, the
machine will stay in Manual receive mode
so you will need to set the Receive Mode
again. (See Choosing the receive mode
uu page 29.)
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