Using External Telephones (Easylink); Using An External Answering Machine - Philips CRYSTAL 650 User Manual

Manual Fax Reception
If you select the option manual in the setting Fax
rings (see also Setting SM Modes), faxes are not
received automatically. You must start the fax reception
manually: press the Y button on your multifunction
machine (or *5 on your external telephone). This is
useful if you would like to receive your faxes on the PC
via an external modem.
Using External
Telephones (Easylink)
The Easylink function offers you additional options for
managing external devices that are connected to the
same telephone line as your multifunction machine. To
this end, additional telephones must be set to the tone
dialling mode (DTMF tones). Please consult the user
manual for your external device on how to set the de-
vice to tone dialling mode.
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Only change these codes if it is absolutely
necessary. Please note that the codes must be
different. Otherwise the following message will
appear on the display: CODE NOT OK.
Starting Fax Reception
If you pick up on an additional telephone and notice
that the call is a fax transmission (whistling tone or si-
lence), you can start the fax reception either by pressing
the Y button on the multifunction machine or *5
on the external telephone.
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If you would like to change the predefined
code, press MENU/OK and 641. Enter
the new code and confirm with OK. The code
should start with * or #!
Taking Over the Line
If you pick up on an external telephone and the
multifunction machine continues to ring or attempts
to receive faxes, you can disconnect the multifunction
machine from the line and accept the call by pressing
** on the external telephone.
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If you would like to change the predefined
code, press MENU/OK and 643. Enter
the new code and confirm with OK. The code
should start with * or #!
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Using an External
Answering Machine
Connect the external answering machine as described in
chapter Installation / Connecting Additional Devices.
For the best possible operation, the external answering
machine must be set to one or two rings. Set total
rings and Fax rings to at least two more rings
than your external answering machine to prevent calls
from being automatically accepted by the fax switch.
If you switch off the answering machine, calls will be
accepted by the fax switch.
Setting example:
Number of rings on answering machine
FAX RINGS
TOTAL RINGS
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The outgoing message of your external an-
swering machine should be shorter than ten
seconds. Avoid music in the outgoing message.
If your external answering machine has a "con-
serving function" (i.e. a function that changes the
number of rings as soon as new messages have
been recorded), it is best to deactivate this func-
tion.
It can occur that the answering machine counts
fax calls in addition to the received messages. If
your external answering machine records fax sig-
nals, but your multifunction machine cannot re-
ceive faxes, you should inspect the connection of
your external answering machine (see chapter In-
stallation / Connecting Additional Devices).
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7. Fax Switch