External And Extension Phones; Operation From Extension Telephones; Connecting An External Or Extension Phone; Using Remote Codes - Brother MFC-240C User Manual

External and extension
phones
Operation from extension
telephones
If you answer a fax call on an extension
telephone, or an external telephone that is
correctly connected to the machine into the
correct socket on the machine, you can make
your machine take the call by using the Fax
Receive Code. When you press the Fax
Receive Code l 5 1 (l 9 1 for New
Zealand), the machine starts to receive the
fax. (See Fax Detect on page 32.)
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
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Press l 5 1 (l 9 1 for New Zealand)
and wait for the chirp or until the
machine's LCD shows Receiving, and
then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Fax Detect feature to
make your machine tactically take the call.
(See Fax Detect on page 32.)
Telephone and External devices
Connecting an external or
extension phone
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You can connect a separate telephone
directly to your machine as shown in the
diagram below.
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1 Extension telephone
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2 External telephone
When you are using an external telephone,
the LCD shows Telephone.

Using remote codes

Fax Receive Code
If you answer a fax call on an extension or
external telephone, you can tell your machine
to receive it by dialling the fax receive code
l 5 1 (l 9 1 for New Zealand). Wait for the
chirping sounds then replace the handset.
See Fax Detect on page 32. Your caller will
have to press Mono Start or Colour Start to
send the fax.
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
(double) ring after the initial ring delay. If you
pick up the call on an extension phone you
can turn the F/T ring off by pressing # 5 1
(# 9 1 for New Zealand) (make sure you
press this between the rings).
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