How Does Faxability Work - Brother MFC-J3520 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
recognises 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 recognise 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
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.
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Main number
(Voice Number)
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Telephone and external devices
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.
When FaxAbility is on, the LCD will show
D/R as the Receive Mode.
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-j; Step h 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 (Settings).
b
Press All Settings.
c
Press a or b to display Fax.
d
Press Fax.
e
Press a or b to display
Miscellaneous.
f
Press Miscellaneous.
g
Press FaxAbility.
h
Press On (or Off) to set FaxAbility.
If you have FaxAbility service, press On.
i
Press Call Waiting.
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