Using Receive Modes; Fax Only; Fax/Tel; Manual - Brother MFC-790CW User Manual

Using receive modes

Some receive modes answer automatically
(Fax Only and Fax/Tel). You may want to
change the ring delay before using these
modes. (See Ring Delay on page 46.)

Fax only

Fax only mode will automatically answer
every call as a fax call.

Fax/Tel

Fax/Tel mode helps you automatically
manage incoming calls, by recognizing
whether they are fax or voice calls and
dealing with them in one of the following
ways:
Faxes will be automatically received.
Voice calls will start the F/T Ring to tell you
to pick up the line. The F/T Ring is a fast
double ring made by your machine.
(See F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)
on page 46 and Ring Delay on page 46.)

Manual

To receive a fax in manual mode, press
Speaker Phone or lift the handset of an
external telephone. When you hear fax tones
(short repeating beeps), press Mono Start or
Color Start and press Receive. Press
Receive when you select the Fax Mode to
Advanced Mode (See Setting the Fax Logic
on page 29.). You can also use the Fax
Detect feature to receive faxes by lifting a
handset on the same line as the machine.
See Fax Detect on page 47.

TAD (Message Center)

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TAD helps you automatically manage
incoming calls, by recognising whether they
are fax or voice calls and dealing with them in
one of the following ways:
Faxes will be automatically received.
Voice callers can record a message.
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To set up the TAD mode, see page 73.
If TAD Mode is On, it will override
your receive mode setting. The
screen shows MC.
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If TAD Mode is Off, the receive
mode returns to your original
setting. (See TAD-Mode for internal
TAD on page 73.)
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Receiving a Fax
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