External And Extension Telephones; Connecting An External Or Extension Telephone; Operation From External Or Extension Telephones; For Fax/Tel Mode Only - Brother FAX-2840 Basic User's Manual

External and extension
telephones
Note
You need to turn the Remote Codes
setting to on to use the Remote Activation
Code l51 and Remote Deactivation Code
#51. (See Using Remote Codes
uu page 33.)
Connecting an external or
extension telephone
You can connect a separate telephone
directly to your machine as shown in the
diagram below.
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1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using an external telephone,
the LCD shows Telephone for FAX-2840
and FAX-2940 or Ext. Tel in Use for
FAX-2845.
Operation from external or
extension telephones
If you answer a fax call on an extension
telephone, or an external telephone that is
correctly connected to the machine through
the T-piece connection, you can make your
machine take the call by using the Remote
Activation code. When you press the Remote
Activation code l51 the machine starts to
receive the fax.
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
You should assume that you're receiving a
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manual fax.
Press l51 and wait for the chirp or until the
LCD shows Receiving, and then hang up.

For Fax/Tel mode only

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When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will
use the F/T Ring Time (fast/double-ringing) to
alert you to pick up a voice call.
Lift the external telephone's handset, and
then press Tel/R or Tel/Mute/R to answer.
(For FAX-2845 only)
Lift the machine's handset to answer.
If you are at an extension telephone, you will
need to lift the handset of the extension
telephone during the F/T Ring Time and then
press #51 on the extension telephone
(Example for UK)
between the fast/double rings to turn the F/T
ring off. If no one is on the line, or if someone
wants to send you a fax, send the call back to
the machine by pressing l51.
Using extension telephones
(U.K. only)
Your premises may already be wired with
parallel extension telephones (those
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connected to sockets in other rooms in the
building), or perhaps you intend to add
extension telephones to your line. While the
simplest arrangement is a parallel
connection, there are some reasons why this
arrangement may cause problems.
The most common problem is someone
picking up an extension telephone while the
machine is trying to send a fax.
Telephone and external devices
Note
You can also use the Fax Detect feature to
make your machine automatically take the
call. (See Fax Detect uu page 27.)
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