5. Fax
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How phone calls and faxes are received
When receiving calls, the unit works as an answering
machine and/or fax.
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If the call is a phone call, the unit will record the
caller’s message automatically.
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If a fax calling tone is detected, the unit will receive the
fax automatically.
Receivin
g
a voice messa
g
e and fax document in one
call
The caller can leave a voice message and send a fax
document during the same call. Inform the caller of the
following procedure beforehand.
1.
The caller calls your unit.
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The answering machine will answer the call.
2.
The caller can leave a message after the greeting
message.
3.
The caller presses
{*}{
9
}
.
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The unit will activate the fax function.
4.
The caller presses the start button to send a fax.
Rin
g
settin
g
in TAM/FAX mode
You can change the number of rings before the unit
answers calls. You can choose from
“
2
”
(default),
“
3
”
,
“
4
”
,
“
5
”
,
“
6
”
,
“
7
”
and
“
TOLL SAVER
”
. This setting can
be changed by feature #06 on page 33.
“
TOLL SAVER
”
: The unit answers after 2 or 3 rings when
new messages have been recorded, and after 5 or 6
rings when there are no new messages. If you call your
unit from outside to listen to new messages (page 31),
you will know that there are no messages when the unit
rings for the 4th time. You can then hang up without
being charged for the call.
5.7.2 Activatin
g
FAX ONLY mode
1
Make sure feature #77 is set to
“
FAX ONLY
”
beforehand (page 35) (KX-FT9
88
only).
2
Press
{
AUTO AN
S
WER
}
repeatedly to display the
following.
FAX ONLY MODE
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The
{
AUTO AN
S
WER
}
indicator turns ON.
How faxes are received
When receiving calls, the unit will automatically answer
all calls and only receive fax documents.
Note:
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The number of rings before a call is answered in FAX
ONLY mode can be changed (feature #06 on page
32).
5.
8
Receive pollin
g
This feature allows you to retrieve a document by calling
an available polling service. Therefore you pay for the
call. Make sure that no documents are fed into your unit.
1
Press
{
MENU
}
repeatedly to display
“
POLLING
”
.
2
Press
{
S
ET
}
.
3
Dial the fax number.
Usin
g
dial keys (
{
0
}
to
{
9
}
,
{*}
or
{#}
):
Enter the fax number.
Usin
g
one-touch dial:
For stations 1–5
Press the desired station key.
For stations 6–10
Press
{
LOWER
}
, then press the desired station key.
Usin
g
phonebook:
Press
{A}
or
{B}
repeatedly to display the desired
item.
4
Press
{
FAX/
S
TART
}
.
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The unit will start fax reception.
{
FAX/START
}
{
LOWER
}
S
t
a
tion key
s
{A}{B}
{
SET
}
{
MENU
}