Brother MFC-590 Owner's Manual page 42

Tone/Pulse (Except for the Nordic Countries)
If you have pulse dialling service, but need to send tone signals (for telephone banking, for example),
follow the directions below. If you have touch tone service, you do not need this feature to send tone
signals.
1
Lift the external telephone's handset and dial the number.
2
When you are asked to enter any number, press # on the control panel of the machine. Any digits
dialled after this sends tone signals.
3
When you hang up, the machine returns to pulse dialling service.
Fax/Tel (F/T) Mode
When you share one line for your telephone and fax machine, in the Fax/Tel (F/T) Mode, the
machine can determine whether an incoming call is a fax or a telephone call. (See Select Receive
Mode, page 28.)
Tel/R Key
This key is used to enter into a telephone conversation having picked up the handset of an external
telephone in F/T pseudo-ringing.
Telephone (Voice) Operation
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