Brother MFC-8520DN - Receiving a Fax; Receive Modes and Settings

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Using receive modes 5
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If the caller wants to send a fax during a call or the caller sends you a fax call, please press Start button (under easy
mode) on the control panel of the machine or press l51 keys on the external answering phone device (you have to
turn on the remote codes first, please see Using Remote Codes uu page 38 to give fax receiving signals.
Mode Function Help
Fax Only Each call
recognized as fax
and send fax
signal. However,
you can answer the
call within the
number of rings.
Factory setting of Ring Delay is 4 (0-10 times available, please
see Ring Delay uu page 31). After ringing 4 times, the fax
machine send fax-receiving signals automatically;
Tip: If your machine is connecting an external answering phone
device, and often use it to answer incoming calls, you could set
the ring time through 4 to 6 times.
Within the recommended ringing times, you can use the
external answering phone device to answer and talk.
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Fax/Tel Automatically
determine whether
the incoming call is
telephone or fax
calls.
Non-Fax call will
make a fast
double-ring to
inform you answer
the phone.
Factory setting of Ring Delay is 4 (0-10 times available, please
see Ring Delay uu page 31. Factory setting of F/T ring time (a
fast double-ring) is 30 seconds (20, 30, 40, 70 seconds
available, please see F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)
uu page 31).
According to incoming call after the fax machine rings 4 times:
1) For the fax call, send fax received signal;
2) For the telephone call, make a fast double-ring, waiting for
you answer the phone.
Tip: If your machine is connecting an external answering phone
device, you could set the ringing time through 4 to 6 times to
answer the call.
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Manual Machine doesn’t
recognize each
call, only as a
common phone call
that you need to
determine after
answering the
phone.
Answering the call, or if the caller wants to send you a fax,
press Start button (under easy mode) to receive faxes.
Tip: If your machine is connecting an external answering phone
device, you can use the external answering phone device to
answer and talk.
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External TAD The external
answering machine
(TAD)
automactically
answers every call.
Voice messages
are stored on the
external TAD. Fax
messages are
printed.
Use this mode if you have connected an external answering
machine to your machine. The TAD setting works only with an
external answering machine.
Note: Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time do not work in this setting.