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PREPARING AN ANSWERING MACHINE
FOR USE WITH THE AFX-500
1. Be sure the connected answering machine is set to
answer calls in less than six rings, because the AFX-500
rings the
ANSWERING MACHINE
times before routing the call to the
jacks (see "Automatic Ring Reduction" on Page 7).
2. Because some fax machines do not send a fax alert tone,
your outgoing message should give callers instructions on
how to send a fax (see "Receiving Faxes" on Page 9).
For example: Hello. Please leave your name and phone
number at the tone. If you want to send a fax, press # 1 1
on your touch-tone phone, then press START on your fax
machine.
For the best performance, your outgoing message should
be 15–20 seconds long with four seconds of silence at the
beginning of the message. The silence gives the AFX-500
time to detect fax alert tones, modem tones, or transfer
codes.
INSTALLING AN OPTIONAL VOICE DATA
GUARD
If an extension phone is in use, the AFX-500 does not let its
connected telephone devices access the line or interrupt the
call.
However, to prevent an extension phone from interrupting a
fax or data call in progress through the AFX-500, you must
plug that device into an optional voice data guard, such as Ra-
dioShack Cat. No. 43-107.
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and
jacks six
PHONE
FAX
and
FAX/MODEM
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