Telephone Services and External Devices
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Voice Mail
This feature is available only in the USA and Canada.
If you have Voice Mail on the same telephone line as your Brother machine, Voice Mail and the Brother machine
will conflict with each other when receiving incoming calls.
For example, if your Voice Mail is set to answer after four rings and your Brother machine is set to answer after
two rings, then your Brother machine will answer first. This will prevent callers from being able to leave a
message in your Voice Mail.
Similarly, if your Brother machine is set to answer after four rings and your Voice Mail is set to answer after two
rings, then your Voice Mail will answer first. This will prevent your Brother machine from being able to receive an
incoming fax, since Voice Mail cannot transfer the incoming fax back to the Brother machine.
To avoid conflicts between your Brother machine and your Voice Mail service, do one of the following:
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Get the Distinctive Ring service from your telephone company. Distinctive Ring is a feature of your Brother
machine that allows a person with one line to receive fax and voice calls through two different telephone
numbers on that one line.
Brother uses the term ’Distinctive Ring,’ but telephone companies market the service under a variety of
names, such as Custom Ringing, Personalized Ring, Smart Ring, RingMaster, Ident-A-Ring, Ident-A-Call,
Data Ident-A-Call, Teen Ring, and SimpleBiz Fax & Alternate Number Ringing. This service establishes a
second telephone number on the same line as your existing telephone number, and each number has its own
ring pattern. Typically, the original number rings with the standard ring pattern and is used for receiving voice
calls, and the second number rings with a different ring pattern and is used for receiving faxes.
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Set your Brother machine’s Receive Mode to "Manual". Manual Mode requires you answer every incoming
call if you want to be able to receive a fax. If the incoming call is a telephone call, then complete the call as
you normally would. If you hear fax sending tones you must transfer the call to the Brother machine.
Unanswered fax and voice calls will go to your Voice Mail.
Related Information
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Telephone Services and External Devices
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Choose the Correct Receive Mode
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Operation from External and Extension Telephones
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Page 27: ...Home Paper Handling Paper Handling Load Paper Load Documents 21 ...
Page 43: ... Choose the Right Print Media Change the Paper Size and Paper Type 37 ...
Page 46: ... Paper Handling and Printing Problems 40 ...
Page 58: ... Load Envelopes in the Paper Tray Load Paper in the Manual Feed Slot 52 ...
Page 65: ... Copy a Document Error and Maintenance Messages Telephone and Fax problems Other Problems 59 ...
Page 67: ... Other Problems 61 ...
Page 69: ...Home Print Print Print from Your Computer Windows Print from Your Computer Macintosh 63 ...
Page 72: ... Print Settings Windows 66 ...
Page 92: ... Change the Default Print Settings Windows 86 ...
Page 109: ...Related Information Scan Using the Scan Button on Your Brother Machine 103 ...
Page 111: ...Related Information Scan Using the Scan Button on Your Brother Machine 105 ...
Page 116: ...Related Information Save Scanned Data to a Memory Card or USB Flash Drive 110 ...
Page 170: ...Related Information Scan from Your Computer Windows WIA Driver Settings Windows 164 ...
Page 201: ...Related Information Copy Page Layout Options for Copies 195 ...
Page 304: ...Home Fax PC FAX PC FAX PC FAX for Windows PC FAX for Macintosh 298 ...
Page 386: ...Home Security Security Lock the Machine Settings 380 ...
Page 395: ...Related Information Mobile Web Connect 389 ...
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Page 425: ... Print Options Macintosh Paper Handling and Printing Problems 419 ...
Page 469: ... My Brother Machine Cannot Print Scan or PC FAX Receive over the Network 463 ...
Page 479: ...Related Information Clean Your Brother Machine Telephone and Fax problems Other Problems 473 ...
Page 482: ... Paper Handling and Printing Problems Clean the Print Head from Your Brother Machine 476 ...
Page 486: ...Related Information Clean Your Brother Machine 480 ...
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