Caller Id - Brother MFC-J200 Basic User's Manual

How does your telephone company's
"Distinctive Ring" service work?
Using "Distinctive Ring" service of your
telephone company is the most efficient way
to receive both fax and telephone calls on the
same line. When the voice call comes in, all
phones (extension and external) and the fax
machine will ring to alert you to pick it up. If a
fax call comes in, the fax machine will answer
automatically without ringing, whereas the
extension and external phones will ring twice
with a Distinctive Ring pattern. It is also a
more efficient way of operating a Fax
machine with an extension phone as you do
not have to use the remote activation codes.
It gives you two independent numbers
without the higher cost of a second line.
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.
What does Brother's "Distinctive
Ring" do?
The Brother machine has a Distinctive Ring
feature that allows you to use your machine to
take full advantage of the telephone
company's Distinctive Ring service. The new
telephone number on your line can just
receive faxes.
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Main number
(Voice Number)
Telephone Answering
Device (TAD)
answers the call.
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Telephone and external devices
Turning on Distinctive Ring
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.
When Distinctive Ring is on, the LCD will
show D/R as the Receive Mode.
a
Press Menu, 3, 0, 2.
b
Press a or b to choose On.
Press OK.
c
Press Stop/Exit.
Distinctive Ring is now set to On.
Turning off Distinctive Ring
a
Press Menu, 3, 0, 2.
b
You can see the current setting.
Press a or b to choose Off.
Press OK.
c
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. (Choose the Receive Mode
on page 26.)

Caller ID

Caller ID is a telephone service that allows
the subscriber to see a display of the caller's
phone number or name as the telephone
rings. It is a fast way to screen your calls. You
can respond quickly to calls you missed,
because Caller IDs are received and stored in
your machine memory.
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