Brother MFC-8420 - Remote Commands

8 - 5 REMOTE FAX OPTIONS
Remote commands
Follow the commands below to access features when you are away
from the MFC. When you call the MFC and enter your Remote
Access Code (3 digits followed by ), the system will give two short
beeps and you must enter a remote command.
Remote commands Operation details
95 Change the Fax Forwarding
settings
1 OFF If you hear one long beep, the change has
been accepted. If you hear three short beeps,
you cannot change it because the conditions
have not been met. You can register your Fax
Forwarding number by entering 4. (See
Changing your Fax Forwarding number on
page 8-6). Once you have registered the
number, Fax Forwarding will be set to
On
.
2 Fax Forwarding
4 Fax Forwarding number
6 Fax Storage ON You can turn
Fax Storage
to
On
(or
Off
after you have retrieved or erased all your
messages).
7 Fax Storage OFF
96 Retrieve a fax
2 Retrieve all faxes Enter the number of a remote fax machine to
receive stored fax messages. (See Retrieving
fax messages on page 8-6.)
3 Erase faxes from the
memory
If you hear one long beep, you can erase fax
messages from the memory.
97 Check the receiving status
1 Fax You can check whether your MFC has
received any faxes. If it has, you will hear one
long beep. If it hasn’t, you will hear three short
beeps.
98 Change the Receive Mode
1 External TAD If you hear one long beep, you can change
the Receive Mode.
2 Fax/Tel
3 Fax Only
90 Exit After a long beep, you can exit Remote
Retrieval.