Telephone Services; Custom Features; Distinctive Ring; Registering The Distinctive Ring Pattern - Brother FAX 560 Owner's Manual

8

Telephone Services

Custom Features

Your fax machine supports the Distinctive Ring and Caller ID telephone services
offered by some telephone companies.
If you have Call Waiting, Ring Master, Voice Mail, an answering service or an alarm
system or other custom feature on your telephone line, it may create a problem in the
operation of your fax machine.

Distinctive Ring

This fax machine feature lets you use the Distinctive Ring subscriber service offered
by some telephone companies, which allows you to have several telephone numbers
on one phone line. Each phone number has its own Distinctive Ring pattern, so you
know which phone number is ringing. This is one way you can have a separate phone
number for your fax machine.
Your fax machine has a Distinctive Ring function, allowing you to dedicate one phone
number just for receiving faxes. You'll need to follow the directions below to
"register" the new Distinctive Ring pattern, that was assigned by the Telephone
Company, so your fax machine can recognize its incoming calls.
You can change or cancel the Distinctive Ring pattern at any time. You can switch it
off temporarily, then turn it back on. When you get a new fax number, make sure you
reset this function.
You can register only one Distinctive Ring pattern with the fax machine. Some
ringing patterns cannot be registered.
The fax machine will answer only calls to its registered number.
To have your TAD answer only the main number, the fax machine must be in Manual
Mode.
In FAX/TEL or FAX ONLY mode, the fax machine will answer all numbers on the
phone line.

Registering the Distinctive Ring Pattern

1
Set the fax machine to MANUAL mode.
2
Press Function/Set, 0, 1.
3
Press or
8 - 1
T E L E P H O N E S E R V I C E S
to select DISTINCTIVE:SET? and press Function/Set.