How Does Faxability Work - Brother MFC-J220 User Manual

How Does FaxAbility Work?

Your telephone number will have the standard
ring pattern of long, long tone, while the new
number will have a ring pattern of long, silence,
long, etc. When FaxAbility is On, you will not
hear the first ring of all incoming calls on the fax
machine. Extension phones will ring as usual. If
the fax machine recognizes the ring pattern, all
ringing will stop and the fax machine will answer
and automatically receive the fax message.
Otherwise, you will hear the extension phones
and the fax machine continue to ring. The fax
machine always listens to the ring pattern
before it answers, so do not pick up the phone
during that time. You will quickly learn to
recognize the ring pattern for faxes, so you will
not be tempted to answer that number. Either
you or a telephone answering device can
answer the main number(s).
Flowchart Sequence of Incoming call
Incoming Call
(either Voice or Fax)
All extension phones ring
twice, fax machine is silent.
Registered
Duet (Fax)
Number
Fax machine
Fax machine
automatically
begins ringing
receives and prints
on third ring.
fax message
without ringing.
You answer the call
at an external phone
or an extension
phone or at the
machine's handset.
Note
After you have set the FaxAbility feature to
On, the receive mode is set to Manual
automatically. Unless you have a TAD or
Voice Mail set up on the FaxAbility
number, Manual mode means you must
answer all the call yourself. You can not
change the receive mode to the other
mode while the FaxAbility is set to on.
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Main number
(Voice Number)
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Telephone and external devices
How to Turn FaxAbility OFF or ON
The FaxAbility function is designed to
accommodate the FaxAbility service provided
by Telecom. To change the setting, repeat
steps a-g; Step e is where you can choose
either On or Off.
Call Waiting beeps caused by incoming calls
on your main number can affect fax
transmissions. If you have FaxAbility Service
but don't have Call Waiting, you need do
nothing at this stage. If you do have Call
Waiting as well as FaxAbility, set the Call
Waiting menu option to On. See below.
a
Press Menu.
b
Press a or b to choose Fax.
Press OK.
c
Press a or b to choose
Miscellaneous.
Press OK.
d
Press a or b to choose Faxability.
Press OK.
e
Press a or b to set FaxAbility to On
(or Off).
If you have FaxAbility service, choose
On.
Press OK.
f
Press a or b to choose Call waiting.
Press OK.
g
Press a or b to choose Call Waiting to
On (or Off).
If you have Call Waiting service, choose
On to avoid the trouble caused by Call
Waiting.
Press OK.
h
Press Stop/Exit.
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