User Manual

APPENDIX A A - 2
What does Brother’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?
The Brother MFC has a Distinctive Ring feature that allows you to
use your MFC to take full advantage of the telephone company’s
Distinctive Ring service. The new phone number on your line can just
receive faxes.
Do you have Voice Mail?
If you have Voice Mail on the phone line that you will install your new
MFC on, there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the MFC will
conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls. However, the
Distinctive Ring feature allows you to use more than one
number on your line, so both Voice Mail and the MFC can work
together without any problems. If each one has a separate phone
number, neither will interfere with the other’s operations.
If you decide to get the Distinctive Ring service from the telephone
company, you will need to follow the directions below to ‘register’ the
new Distinctive Ring pattern they give you. This is so your MFC can
recognize its incoming calls.
You must pay for your telephone company’s Distinctive Ring
service before you program the MFC to work with it.
You can change or cancel the Distinctive Ring pattern at any
time. You can switch it off temporarily, and turn it back on later.
When you get a new fax number, make sure you reset this
feature.