User Manual

Chapter 7
68
External and extension
telephones
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Connecting an external or
extension telephone 7
You can connect a separate telephone to
your machine as shown in the diagram below.
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using an external or extension
telephone, the LCD shows
Ext. Tel in Use.
Operation from extension
telephones 7
Using extension telephones 7
If you answer a fax call on an extension
telephone, you can make your machine take
the call by using the Remote Activation Code.
When you press the Remote Activation Code
l 51 (l 9 1 for New Zealand), the machine
starts to receive the fax.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, use
the Remote Deactivation Code #51 (# 9 1 for
New Zealand) to take the call at an extension
telephone. (See F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel
mode only) on page 46.)
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
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You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
Press l 51 (l 9 1 for New Zealand) and wait
for the chirp or until the LCD shows
Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Fax Detect feature to
make your machine automatically take the
call. (See Fax Detect on page 47.)
Using a cordless external
telephone
(MFC-790CW only) 7
If your cordless telephone is connected to the
telephone line cord (See External and
extension telephones on page 68) 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
Speaker Phone to send the call to the
cordless handset.
Using remote codes 7
Remote Activation code 7
If you answer a fax call on an extension or
external telephone, you can tell your machine
to receive it by dialling the Remote Activation
Code l 5 1 (l 9 1 for New Zealand). Wait for
the chirping sounds then replace the handset.
(See Fax Detect on page 47.) Your caller will
have to press Start to send the fax.
Remote Deactivation code 7
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 (# 9 1 for New Zealand) (make sure you
press this between the rings).
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2
(Example for Australia)