Telephone Services And External Devices; Voice Mail; Caller Id; Distinctive Ring - Brother MFC-J5830DW User Manual

Telephone Services and External Devices

You may be able to use the following services and connections with your Brother machine.
These are summaries of ways to connect your machine. For more information about each
topic, see the Online User's Guide.

Voice Mail

If you have a Voice Mail service and your
Brother machine on the same line, they will
conflict with one another when receiving
incoming calls. If you want the Brother
machine to share a single line with your Voice
Mail, you must either put the Brother machine
in Manual Mode or subscribe to your
telephone company's Distinctive Ring service.

Caller ID

The Caller ID feature lets you use the Caller
ID subscriber service offered by many local
telephone companies. This service displays
the telephone number, or name if it is
available, of your caller as the line rings.

Distinctive Ring

Distinctive Ring is a telephone-company
service that allows you to have two different
phone numbers on a single line. Each
telephone number has its own ring pattern.
You can program your Brother machine to
receive faxes automatically on one of the two
numbers.
Voice Over Internet Protocol
(VoIP)
VoIP is a phone system that uses an Internet
connection instead of a traditional telephone
line. Telephone providers frequently bundle
VoIP with Internet and cable services. Your
Brother machine may not work with some
VoIP systems. For more information, contact
your VoIP provider.
Connection of an External
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
Your Brother machine can receive faxes
automatically when it shares a line with an
external TAD. You must connect the TAD to
the jack labeled EXT. on the Brother machine
and set the machine's Receive Mode to
External TAD.
External and Extension
Telephones
You can connect a separate telephone to the
jack labeled EXT. on the Brother machine. If
you answer an incoming fax on the external
telephone, you can make the machine receive
it by pressing * 5 1, or by pressing the Start
button in Fax mode, and then choosing
Receive. If you answer an incoming fax on an
extension telephone that shares the line with
the Brother machine, you can transfer the fax
to the machine by pressing * 5 1.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over,
press # 5 1 to take the call on an extension
telephone.
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