Connecting An External Tad - Brother MFC-8510DN User Manual

Turning on Distinctive Ring
Very Important!
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to on, the receive mode is set to Manual
automatically. Unless you have a TAD or
Voice Mail set up on the Distinctive Ring
number, Manual mode means you must
answer all the calls yourself. You cannot
change the receive mode to another mode
while the 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.)
Telephone and external devices
Connecting an external
TAD
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You can connect an external Telephone
Answering Device (TAD) to the same line as
your machine. When the TAD answers a call,
your machine will "listen" for the CNG (fax
calling) tones sent by a sending fax machine.
If it hears them it will take over the call and
receive the fax. If it does not hear them, it will
let your TAD take a voice message and the
display will show Telephone.
The external TAD must answer within four
rings (we recommend you set it to two rings).
This is because your machine cannot hear
the CNG tones until the external TAD has
picked up the call. The sending machine will
send CNG tones for only eight to ten seconds
longer. We do not recommend using the toll
saver feature on your external TAD if it needs
more than four rings to activate it.
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Note
If you have problems receiving faxes,
reduce the ring delay setting on your
external TAD to one or two rings.
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