Basic User's Guide

Telephone services and external devices
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Using external and extension
telephones 6
Using extension telephones 6
If you answer a fax call at an extension
telephone, you can make your machine
receive the fax by pressing the Fax Receive
Code l51.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at an extension telephone by
pressing the Telephone Answer Code #51.
(See F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)
on page 35.)
Using an external telephone
(Connected to the EXT. jack of the
machine) 6
If you answer a fax call at the external
telephone connected to the EXT jack of the
machine, you can make the machine receive
the fax by pressing Black Start or
Color Start and choosing Receive.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at the external telephone by
pressing Hook.
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line: 6
You should assume that you’re receiving a
manual fax.
Press l51 and wait for the chirp or until the
LCD shows Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Easy Receive
feature to make your machine
automatically take the call. (See Easy
Receive on page 36.)
Using a non-Brother cordless
external handset 6
If your non-Brother cordless telephone is
connected to the EXT. jack of the machine
(see page 42) and you typically carry the
cordless handset elsewhere, it is easier to
answer calls during the Ring Delay.
If you let the machine answer first, you will
have to go to the machine so you can press
Hook to transfer the call to the cordless
handset.
Using Remote Codes 6
Fax Receive Code 6
If you answer a fax call on an extension
telephone, you can tell your machine to
receive it by pressing the Fax Receive
Code l51. Wait for the chirping sounds then
replace the handset. (See Easy Receive
on page 36.)
If you answer a fax call at the external
telephone, you can make the machine
receive the fax by pressing Black Start or
Color Start.
Telephone Answer Code 6
If you receive a voice call and the machine is
in F/T mode, it will start to sound the F/T
(double-ring) after the initial ring delay. If you
pick up the call on an extension telephone
you can turn the F/T ring off by pressing #51
(make sure you press this between the rings).
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at the external telephone by
pressing Hook.