Choosing A Receive Mode; Setting Up The Tad; Fax Only - Brother MFC-845CW Quick Setup Manual

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Choosing a Receive Mode

There are three possible receive modes: Fax Only,
Fax/Tel and Manual.
Are you using the built-in
TAD?
No
Do you want to use the telephone features of your
machine (if available) or an external telephone or
external telephone answering device connected on the
same line as the machine?
Yes
Are you using the voice message
function of an external telephone
answering device?
No
Do you want the machine to
answer fax and telephone calls
automatically?
No
Yes
Yes
1
Press Menu.
2
Press a or b to choose Initial Setup.
Press OK.
3
Press a or b to choose Receive Mode.
Press OK.
4
Press a or b to choose the mode.
Press OK.
See Digital TAD in
Chapter 9 of the
Yes
User's Guide.
No

Fax Only

Your machine
automatically answers
every call as a fax.
Manual
You control the phone
line and must answer
every call yourself.
Fax/Tel
Your machine controls
the line and
automatically answers
every call. If the call is
not a fax, the phone will
ring for you to pick up
the call.
Manual
Your external telephone
answering device (TAD)
automatically answers
every call. Voice
messages are stored
on the external TAD.
If you set Fax Detect
to On, the Fax
messages are printed.
Setting Up the Machine
5
Press Stop/Exit.
For details, see Using receive modes in
Chapter 6 of the User's Guide.
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Setting up the TAD

You can skip this step if you do not want to use the
Digital TAD.
You must record an outgoing message in order to use
the TAD mode.
1
Record the TAD outgoing message (TAD
Message).
See Outgoing message (OGM) in Chapter 9
of the User's Guide.
2
Activate TAD mode.
Press . The buttton will light when the
mode is active.
If the TAD Mode is on, it overrides your
Receive Mode setting. The built-in digital
TAD answers voice calls. If the call is a fax,
you can receive a fax automatically.
For details, see Digital TAD in Chapter 9 of
the User's Guide.
Now go to
Supplied CD-ROM 'MFL-Pro Suite' on the next
page to install the drivers.
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