Connecting To A Fax Machine; Connecting Up - BT Freestyle 4500 User Manual

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Connecting to a fax machine

Most fax machines and modems are designed to work
with answering machines so that you can receive both
fax and voice messages.

Connecting up

Connect your BT Freestyle 4500 telephone line cord to
the fax machine. This is most likely to be on the back of
the fax machine's telephone line cord socket or there
may be a separate socket at the side or back of the fax.
1. Set your fax machine reception mode to TAD/FAX.
(See your Fax user guide for instructions).
Make sure the answer delay (i.e. the number of rings
before your answering machine picks up a call) is always
less on the answering machine than the fax machine/fax
modem. This means your answering machine will always
pick up the call first and switch it to the fax machine
if it hears the fax tones. We recommend you set your
BT Freestyle 4500 to answer calls after 2 or 4 rings.
To change the answer delay, see page 53.
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Line connection from
answer machine.
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IMPORTANT
Make sure your fax machine is
compatible for use with an
answering machine. See your fax
machine's user guide for details.
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