External And Extension Telephones; Connecting An External Or Extension Telephone; Operation From External And Extension Telephones - Brother MFC-J5910DW Basic User's Manual

External and extension
telephones
Connecting an external or
extension telephone
You can connect a separate telephone to
your machine as shown in the diagram below.
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using a telephone on the same
phone line, the LCD shows Telephone.
Note
Please make sure you use an external
telephone with a cable no more than
3 metres long.
Operation from external and
extension telephones
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If you answer a fax call on an extension or an
external telephone, you can make your
machine take the call by using the Remote
Activation Code. When you press the Remote
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Activation Code l 5 1, the machine starts to
receive the fax.
If the machine answers a voice call and fast
double-rings for you to take over, use the
Remote Deactivation Code # 5 1 to take the
call at an extension telephone. (F/T Ring
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Time (Fax/Tel mode only) uu page 33)
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
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You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
Press l 5 1 and wait for the chirp or until the
LCD shows Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Fax Detect feature to
make your machine automatically take the
call. (Fax Detect uu page 34)
Telephone and external devices
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