How Does Faxability Work - Brother FAX-3240C User Manual

How Does FaxAbility Work?

Your telephone number will have the standard ring pattern of long,
long tone, while the new number will have a ring pattern of long,
silence, long, etc. When FaxAbility is On , you will not hear the first
ring of all incoming calls on the fax machine. Extension phones will
ring as usual. If the fax machine recognizes the ring pattern, all
ringing will stop and the fax machine will answer and automatically
receive the fax message. Otherwise, you will hear the extension
phones and the fax machine continue to ring. The fax machine
always listens to the ring pattern before it answers, so do not pick up
the phone during that time. You will quickly learn to recognize the
ring pattern for faxes, so you will not be tempted to answer that
number. Either you or a telephone answering device can answer the
main number(s).
Registered
Duet (Fax) Number
Fax machine automatically
receives and prints fax
message without ringing.
After you have set the FaxAbility feature to On , the receive mode
is set to Manual automatically. Unless you have a TAD or Voice
Mail set up on the FaxAbility number, Manual mode means you
must answer all the call yourself. You can not change the
receive mode to the other mode while the FaxAbility is set to on.
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
All extension phones ring,
fax machine is silent.
You answer the call
at an external phone
or an extension
phone.
Main number (Voice Number)
Fax machine begins
ringing on third ring.
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
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