Aaa; Receiving With Distinctive Ring Service - Panasonic KX-F1600 Operating Instructions Manual

Receiving with distinctive ring service
This feature can only be used by those who subscribe to a distinctive ring pattern service from their
telephone company. For more information on the availability of this service, please contact your
telephone company before setting this feature on your unit.
The distinctive ring service gives you up to 3 phone numbers on a single telephone line, each will have a
different ringing pattern.
When you use one of the phone numbers as a facsimile number, program the ringing pattern assigned for fax
into your unit. When the unit detects a call matching the selected distinctive ringing pattern, the unit will
activate depending on the receive mode setting.
Setting the distinctive ringing pattern
Program the ring pattern assigned for fax. Ringing patterns that can be programmed are;
A: Standard ring (One long ring)
B: Double ring (Two short rings)
C: Triple ring (Short-long-short rings)
D: Other triple ring (Short-short-long rings)
OFF: Turns off the ring pattern detection feature (initial setting)
1 Press (MENU).
2 Press (tt), then (3]1].
3 Press {START/SET). ©
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5 Press |START/SET .
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6 Press (MENU).
How the unit will answer in each receive mode
EXT. TAM mode: Use this mode with an external telephone answering machine (see page 52).
—When a distinctive ringing pattern that matches your selection is detected, the facsimile
unit will automatically answer the line and activate the fax function to receive
documents.
— If other ringing patterns are received, the facsimile unit and the answering machine will
activate depending on the call.
TEL mode: Use this mode when you wish to answer all calls manually.
FAX mode: Use this mode when you wish the unit to answer all calls and activate the fax function.
Note:
oThe unit automatically answers a distinctive ring call after the second ring. To change the number of rings,
change the FAX ring count (page 24) after setting the ring detection feature.
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