Using External And Extension Telephones; Using A Non-Brother Cordless External Handset; Using Remote Codes - Brother FAX-2840 Basic User's Manual

Using external and extension
telephones
Using extension telephones
If you answer a fax call at an extension
telephone, you can make your machine
receive the fax by pressing the Fax Receive
Code l51.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at an extension telephone by
pressing the Telephone Answer Code #51.
(See F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)
uu page 29.)
Using an external telephone
(Connected to the EXT. jack of the
machine)
If you answer a fax call at the external
telephone connected to the EXT jack of the
machine, you can make the machine receive
the fax by pressing Hook/Hold and then
Start.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at the machine by lifting the
machine's handset.
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
Press l51 and wait for the chirp or until the
LCD shows Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Easy Receive
feature to make your machine
automatically take the call. (See Easy
Receive uu page 30.)
Telephone services and external devices
Using a non-Brother cordless
external handset
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If your non-Brother cordless telephone is
connected to the EXT. jack of the machine
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(see Connecting an external or extension
telephone uu page 38) and you typically
carry the cordless handset elsewhere, it is
easier to answer calls during the Ring Delay.
If you let the machine answer first, lift the
cordless handset and then go to the machine
so you can press Hook/Hold to transfer the
call to the cordless handset.

Using Remote Codes

Fax Receive Code
If you answer a fax call on an extension
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telephone, you can tell your machine to
receive it by pressing the Fax Receive
Code l51. Wait for the chirping sounds then
replace the handset. (See Easy Receive
uu page 30.)
If you answer a fax call at the external
telephone, you can make the machine
receive the fax by pressing Hook/Hold and
then Start.
If you answer a fax call at the machine, you
can make the machine receive the fax by
pressing Start.
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Telephone Answer Code
If you receive a voice call and the machine is
in F/T mode, it will start to sound the F/T
(pseudo/double-ring) after the initial ring
delay. If you pick up the call on an extension
telephone you can turn the F/T ring off by
pressing #51 (make sure you press this
between the rings).
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at the machine by lifting the
machine's handset.
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