Connecting An External Tad (Telephone Answering Device) - Brother MFC-J5910DW Basic User's Manual

Note
You can program a press of the R button
as part of a number stored in a Speed Dial
location. When programming the
Speed Dial number, press R first (the LCD
shows '!'), then enter the telephone
number. If you do this, you do not need to
press Tel/R each time before you dial
using a Speed Dial location. (Storing
numbers uu page 45) However, if your
Telephone Line Type is not set to PBX on
the machine, you cannot use the Speed
Dial location that the R is programmed
into.
Telephone and external devices
Connecting an external
TAD (telephone
answering device)
You may choose to connect an external
answering device. However, when you have
an external TAD on the same telephone line
as the machine, the TAD answers all calls
and the machine "listens" for fax calling
(CNG) tones. If it hears them, the machine
takes over the call and receives the fax. If it
does not hear CNG tones, the machine lets
the TAD continue playing your outgoing
message so your caller can leave you a voice
message.
The TAD must answer within four rings (the
recommended setting is two rings). The
machine cannot hear CNG tones until the
TAD has answered the call, and with four
rings there are only 8 to 10 seconds of CNG
tones left for the fax "handshake". Make sure
you carefully follow the instructions in this
guide for recording your outgoing message.
We do not recommend using the toll saver
feature on your external answering machine if
it exceeds five rings.
Note
If you do not receive all your faxes,
shorten the Ring Delay setting on your
external TAD.
1 TAD
When the TAD answers a call, the LCD
shows Telephone.
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