Turning Off Distinctive Ring - Brother MFC-490CW User Manual

Chapter 7
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Incoming calls to the voice number, will have
the standard ring pattern of long, long tone,
followed by a pause, repeated, while the new
fax number will have a different ring pattern of
three short bursts of ring, repeated at regular
intervals.
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When FaxStream Duet
receive a voice call all extension and external
phones will ring with a standard ring pattern.
The fax machine will ring on the third ring with
a standard ring pattern. All external and the
extension phones will continue to ring, until
you or a telephone answering device can
answer the voice number.
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When FaxStream Duet
receive a fax call on the Duet
Fax machine will answer and automatically
receive the fax message without ringing. On
the other hand, all extension and external
phones will ring twice with a distinctive ring
pattern. Do not answer the phone as you are
receiving a fax message.
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.
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FaxStream Duet
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number the
Main number
(Voice Number)
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
Registering the Distinctive Ring
pattern
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Very Important!
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature
to on, the receive mode is set to Manual
automatically. Your Distinctive Ring Number
does not allow Voice calls - only Faxes. You
cannot change the receive mode to another
mode while the Distinctive Ring is set to on.
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 Distinctive.
e
Press d or c to choose On.
Press OK.
f
Press Stop/Exit.
Distinctive Ring is now set to on.

Turning off Distinctive Ring

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 Distinctive.
e
Press d or c to choose Off.
Press OK.
f
Press Stop/Exit.
Note
If you turn off Distinctive Ring, the
machine will stay in Manual receive
mode. You will need to set the Receive
Mode again. (See Choose the Receive
Mode on page 37.)
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