Choosing A Receive Mode; Setting Up The Tad - Brother MFC-885CW Quick Setup Manual

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Choosing a Receive Mode

There are three possible receive modes: Fax Only,
Fax/Tel and Manual.
Are you using the built-in
TAD?
No
Do you want to use the telephone features of your
machine (if available) or an external telephone or
external telephone answering device connected on the
same line as the machine?
Yes
Are you using the voice message
function of an external telephone
answering device?
No
Do you want the machine to
answer fax and telephone calls
automatically?
No
Yes
Yes
See Digital TAD in
Chapter 9 of the
Yes
User's Guide.
No
Fax Only
Your machine
automatically answers
every call as a fax.
Manual
You control the
telephone line and must
answer every call
yourself.
Fax/Tel
Your machine controls
the line and
automatically answers
every call. If the call is
not a fax, the telephone
will ring for you to pick
up the call.
Manual
Your external telephone
answering device (TAD)
automatically answers
every call. Voice
messages are stored
on the external TAD.
If you set Fax Detect
to On, the Fax
messages are printed.
Setting Up the Machine
1
Press Menu.
2
Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.
Press OK.
3
Press a or b to choose Receive Mode.
4
Press or to choose the mode.
Press OK.
5
Press Stop/Exit.
For details, see Using receive modes in
Chapter 6 of the User's Guide.
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Setting up the TAD

You must record an outgoing message in order to use
the TAD mode.
1
Record the TAD outgoing message
(TAD Message).
See Outgoing message (OGM) in Chapter 9
of the User's Guide.
2
Activate TAD mode.
Press . The button will light when the mode
is active.
If the TAD Mode is on, it overrides your
Receive Mode setting. The built-in digital
TAD answers voice calls. If the call is a fax,
you can receive a fax automatically. For
details, see Digital TAD in Chapter 9 of the
User's Guide.
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