Setup Receive; Basic Receiving Operations; Selecting Receive Mode - Brother MFC-8500 Owner's Manual

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Setup Receive

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Basic Receiving Operations

Selecting Receive Mode

There are four different receive modes for your machine. You may choose the
mode that best suits your needs by pressing the Mode button repeatedly until
you have changed the FAX and FAX/TEL lights to the setting you want to use.
NOTE: The lighted indicators mean
Mode
1. MANUAL
(manual
receive)
2. FAX
(automatic
receive)
3. FAX/TEL*
(fax and
telephone)
4. TAD
(External
Telephone
Answering
Device)
*In FAX/TEL mode you must set the Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time. If you have
extension phones on the line, set the Ring Delay to 4 rings.
Light How it works
You control the phone
FAX
line and must answer
TAD
every call yourself.
FAX/TEL
The machine
FAX
automatically answers
TAD
every call as a fax.
FAX/TEL
Machine controls the
FAX
line and automatically
TAD
answers every call. If
FAX/TEL
the call is a fax it will
receive the fax. If the
call is not a fax it will
ring (double-ring) for
you to pick up the call.
The external TAD
FAX
automatically answers
TAD
every call. Voice
FAX/TEL
messages are stored on
the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
= not selected
When to use it
Use this mode when
you are using a
computer modem on
the same line or if you
receive very few fax
messages. You can also
use this mode with
Distinctive Ring.
For dedicated fax lines.
You cannot receive a
voice call but you can
call out.
You cannot have an
answering machine on
the same line, even if it
is on a separate jack on
the same line. You
cannot use the
telephone company's
Voice Mail in this
mode.
Use this mode if you
have an answering
machine on your phone
line.
S E T U P R E C E I V E
= is selected and lit.
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