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Telephone services

The fax machine supports the Distinctive Ring telephone service that some 
telephone companies offer.

Distinctive Ring

Brother uses the term ‘Distinctive Ring’ but different telephone companies have 
other names for this service such as SmartRing, RingMaster, Teen-Ring, 
Indent-a-Call or Indent-a-Ring.

What does your telephone company’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?

Your telephone company’s Distinctive Ring service allows you to have more than 
one number on the same phone line. 

If you need more than one phone number, 

it is cheaper than paying for an extra line.

 Each phone number has its own 

distinctive ring pattern, so you will know which phone number is ringing. This is one 
way you can have a separate phone number for the fax machine.

What does Brother’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?

The Brother fax machine has a Distinctive Ring feature that allows you to use the 
fax machine to take full advantage of the telephone company’s Distinctive Ring 
service. The new phone number on your line can just receive faxes.

Do you have Voice Mail?

If you have Voice Mail on the phone line that you will install your new fax machine 
on, 

there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the fax machine will conflict with 

each other while receiving incoming calls

. 

However, this Distinctive Ring feature 

allows you to use more than one number on your line, so both Voice Mail and 
the fax machine can work together without any problems.

 If each one has a 

separate phone number, neither will interfere with the other’s operations.

If you decide to get the Distinctive Ring service from the telephone company, you 
will need to follow the directions below to ‘register’ the new Distinctive Ring pattern 
they give you. This is so your fax machine can recognize its incoming calls.

If you have Voice Mail, Call Waiting, Call Waiting/Call ID, RingMaster, an 
answering service, an alarm system or other custom features on your 
telephone line, it may affect the way the fax machine works. (See 

Custom 

features on a single line

 on page 12-5.)

If you have Voice Mail on your phone line, please read the following carefully.

Please call your telephone company for availability and rates.

You must pay for your telephone company’s Distinctive Ring service before 
you program the fax machine to work with it.

You can change or cancel the Distinctive Ring pattern at any time. You can 
switch it off temporarily, and turn it back on later. When you get a new fax 
number, make sure you reset this feature.