Setup Receive; Basic Receiving Operations; Select Your Receive Mode - Brother FAX-4100 Owner's Manual

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Setup Receive

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Basic Receiving Operations

Select Your Receive Mode

There are four different receive modes for your machine. You may choose the
mode that best suits your needs by pressing the Mode button repeatedly until
you have changed the FAX and FAX/TEL lights to the setting you want to use.
NOTE: The lighted indicators mean
Mode
FAX
(automatic
receive)
TAD
(External
Telephone
Answering
Device)
FAX/TEL*
(fax and
telephone)
MANUAL
(manual
receive)
*In FAX/TEL mode you must set the Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time. If you have
extension phones on the line, set the Ring Delay to 4 rings.
Light How it works
The machine
FAX
automatically answers
TAD
every call as a fax.
FAX/TEL
The external TAD
FAX
automatically answers
TAD
every call. Voice
FAX/TEL
messages are stored on
the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
The machine controls
FAX
the line and
TAD
automatically answers
FAX/TEL
every call. If the call is
a fax it will receive the
fax. If the call is not a
fax it will ring (double-
ring) for you to pick up
the call.
You control the phone
FAX
line and must answer
TAD
every call yourself.
FAX/TEL
= not selected
When to use it
For dedicated fax lines.
You cannot receive a
voice call but you can
call out.
Use this mode if you
have an answering
machine on your phone
line.
You cannot have an
answering machine on
the same line, even if it
is on a separate jack on
the same line. You
cannot use the
telephone company's
Voice Mail in this
mode.
Use this mode when
you are using a
computer modem on
the same line or if you
receive very few fax
messages. You can also
use this mode with
Distinctive Ring.
S E T U P R E C E I V E
= is selected and lit.
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