Setup Receive; Basic Receiving Operations; Choosing The Receive Mode - Brother FAX-2820 User Manual

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Setup Receive

Basic receiving operations

Choosing the Receive Mode

There are four different Receive Modes for your machine. You can choose the mode that best
suits your needs.
LCD
Fax Only
(automatic receive)
Fax/Tel
(fax and telephone)
(with an external or
extension telephone)
External TAD
(with an external telephone
answering machine only)
Manual
(manual receive)
(with an external or
extension telephone)
How it works
The machine automatically
answers every call as a fax.
The machine controls the
line and automatically
answers every call. If the call
is a fax it will receive the fax.
If the call is not a fax it will
ring (pseudo/double ring) for
you to pick up the call.
The external telephone
answering machine (TAD)
automatically answers every
call.
Voice messages are stored
on the external TAD. If it is a
fax call, the machine
receives the Fax.
You control the phone line
and must answer every call
yourself.
When to use it
For dedicated fax lines.
Use this mode if you expect to receive lots of fax messages
and few telephone calls. You cannot have an answering
machine on the same line, even if it is on a separate phone
socket on the same line. You cannot use the telephone
company's Voice Mail in this mode.
Use this mode if you have connected an answering
machine to your machine.
The External TAD setting works only with an external
answering machine. Ring Delay does not work in this
setting.
Use this mode if you do not receive many fax messages.
If you answer and hear fax tones, wait until the machine
takes over the call, then hang up. (See Fax Detect on page
4-3.)
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