Nodial Toneonthe Handset; Poortransmitting Quality; Verticalblack Lineswhen Receiving; Verticalblacklineswhen Sending - Brother Personal FAX-190 Owner's Manual

MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
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NoDial Toneonthe Handset
Press[_"_. If you hear no dial tone, check telephone line cord connections at the
fax machine and wall jack.
PoorTransmitting Quality
Trychanging your resolutionto FINEor SUPERFINE (see"Sending Faxes").
Trycleaning the white pressurebar of the scanner and the glass under the bar
(seep. 56).
Vertical Black Lines When Receiving
The sender's scanner may be dirty. Ask the sender to make a copy to see if the
problem is with the sending machine.
Vertical B lack Lines When Sending
Useyourfaxmachineto makea copy. I f thecopyshows thesameproblem, t he
scannerareaisdirty.Liftthefrontcoverand checkthedocument p ath. Cleanthe
scanner'swhitepressure bar and theglassunderthebarusingisopropyl a lcohol
and a lint-freecloth.
See
For FIT Mode
onty
p. 41
Ring Change in F/'I"Mode
If the fax machine double-rings (short-short) after the non-nal rings from the
telephone company, and you have the fax machine set to F/T Mode, your fax
machine is signaling you to take over a call. Pick up the fax machine handset
and speak, or from an extension phone, press #51 to take the call.
Transmission VerificationReportPrints"Result: NG"
Usuallythis means there is
temporary
noiseor staticon the phone line.Trysending
the fax again.Youmight want to trysendingthefax to another fax machine to seeif
the problemis with yourmachine or the machine receiving your fax.
Sendinga Call tothe FaxMachine
I['Nu have ans'aered
the fax
handset, press {_, and hang, up immediatdy.
If you are on another phone, pressyour three-digitRemoteActivationCode
(the factorysetting is .51. Waitto hear your fax machine chirp (about 3
seconds), then hang up.