Basic User's Guide

Chapter 6
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NOTE
Ring Pattern #1 is often called Short-Short
and is the most commonly used.
If the ring pattern you received is not on
this chart, call your telephone company
and ask for one that is shown.
 The machine will only answer calls to its
registered number.
 The first two rings are silent on the
machine. This is because the machine
must “listen” to the ring pattern to compare
it to the pattern that was “registered.”
Other telephones on the same line will
ring.
 If you program the machine correctly, it
will recognize the registered ring pattern of
the “fax number” within 2 ring patterns and
then answer with fax tones. When the
“voice number” is called, the machine will
not answer.
Registering the Distinctive Ring
pattern
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Very Important!
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to On, your Distinctive Ring number will
receive faxes automatically. The Receive
Mode is automatically set to Manual and you
cannot change it to another Receive Mode
while Distinctive Ring is set to On. This
ensures the Brother machine will only answer
the Distinctive Ring number and will not
interfere when your main telephone number
is called. When Distinctive Ring is on, the
Touchscreen will show D/R as the Receive
Mode.
a Press (Settings).
b Press All Settings.
c Press a or b to display Fax.
d Press Fax.
e Press a or b to display
Miscellaneous.
f Press Miscellaneous.
g Press Distinctive.
h Do one of the following:
 If you haven’t registered the
Distinctive Ring, press
Distinctive, and then press On.
Go to step i.
 If you have already registered the
Distinctive Ring, and want to change
the pattern, go to step i.
i Press Ring Pattern.
j Press the stored ring pattern you want to
use.
Press OK.
(You will hear each ring pattern as you
press its number. Make sure you
choose the pattern that the telephone
company gave you.)
k Press .
Distinctive Ring is now set to On.
Turning off Distinctive Ring 6
a Press (Settings).
b Press All Settings.
c Press a or b to display Fax.
d Press Fax.
e Press a or b to display
Miscellaneous.
f Press Miscellaneous.
g Press Distinctive.
h Press Distinctive.
i Press Off.