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Brother MFC-410CN User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-210C/MFC-410CN
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   INTRODUCTION

About fax machines

Custom features

Do you have BT’s Call Minder on the phone line?

If you have Call Minder on the phone line where you will install your 
new MFC, 

there is a strong possibility that Call Minder and the MFC 

may conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls

.

Why should there be problems?

Since both the MFC and Call Minder will pick up the call, after the 
number of rings you have set, each of them has the ability to keep 
the other from receiving calls.

For example, if Call Minder is set to answer after two rings and your 
MFC is set to answer after four, Call Minder will stop your MFC from 
receiving faxes.

If you set Call Minder and the Brother MFC to answer after the same 
number of rings, there is no way of knowing which one will answer 
first. It is important to remember that neither Call Minder nor the MFC 
can pass the call back to the other after the call has been answered.

How can you avoid possible problems?

A very good way to avoid problems like the one mentioned, 

is to get 

a second phone number on your present phone line

.

Many people with Call Minder choose an alternative service, which 
is called “BT Call Sign”, and they are very satisfied with it. (See 

BT 

Call Sign (For U.K. Only)

 on page A-1.)

Another way to avoid possible problems is to replace BT’s Call 
Minder with an answering machine. Your Brother MFC is designed 
to work with an answering machine or TAD (telephone answering 
device).

(See 

Connecting an external telephone answering device (TAD)

 on 

page A-5.)

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  • 1.) Another way to avoid possible problems is to replace BT’s Call Minder with an answering machine.

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  • 1 - 16 INTRODUCTION About fax machines Custom features Do you have BT’s Call Minder on the phone line?
  • If you have Call Minder on the phone line where you will install your new MFC, there is a strong possibility that Call Minder and the MFC may conflict with each other while receiving incoming calls . Why should there be problems?
  • It is important to remember that neither Call Minder nor the MFC can pass the call back to the other after the call has been answered. How can you avoid possible problems?

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