HP 1200 series Basic Manual page 35

Change the pattern only if your phone service uses distinctive ringing. This phone-
company feature (usually offered for an additional fee) allows you to have several phone
numbers on the same line. Each number has a specific ring pattern. If you do not know
what distinctive ringing is, your phone probably does not use it. If you do not have this
service, leave your HP Fax set to use the default, All Rings.
If you connect your HP Fax to a line with distinctive ringing, have your telephone
company assign one ring pattern to voice calls and another to fax calls (double or triple
rings are best for a fax number).
1 On the front panel, verify that Auto Answer is enabled.
The light next to Auto Answer is on when the feature is enabled. Press the Auto
Answer button to turn it on or off.
Press Menu.
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3 Press 6, and then press 2.
Press
4
Triple Rings, and Double & Triple.
After the ring pattern that the phone company established for this number appears,
5
press ENTER.
6 If you have an answering machine on this phone line (on any phone number), set
the answering machine to answer after four or more rings.
You want your HP Fax to answer before the answering machine; otherwise, your
HP Fax will not receive fax calls. Your unit is automatically set to answer after one
ring.
7 If you want to change the number of rings after which your HP Fax answers, do the
following:
• Press Menu, press 5, and then press 3.
• Press
your answering machine in step 6.
• After the number of rings you want appears, press ENTER.
Chapter 5—Use the fax features
to scroll through these options: All Rings, Single Rings, Double Rings,
We recommend that you use Double Rings or Triple Rings.
to select a number of rings that is fewer than the number you set on
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