External And Extension Telephones; Connecting An External Or Extension Telephone; Operation From Extension Telephones - Brother MFC-490CW User Manual

External and extension
telephones
Connecting an external or
extension telephone
You can connect a separate telephone to
your machine as shown in the diagram below.
(Example for Australia)
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using an external or extension
telephone, the LCD shows Telephone.
Operation from extension
telephones
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If you answer a fax call on an extension or an
external telephone, you can make your
machine take the call by using the Remote
Activation Code. When you press the Remote
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Activation Code l 5 1 (l 9 1 for New
Zealand), the machine starts to receive the
fax.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, use
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the Remote Deactivation Code # 5 1 (# 9 1 for
New Zealand) to take the call at an extension
telephone. (See F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel
mode only) on page 39.)
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If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
Press l 5 1 (l 9 1 for New Zealand) and wait
for the chirp or until the LCD shows
Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Fax Detect feature to
make your machine automatically take the
call. (See Fax Detect on page 40.)
Telephone and External devices
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