Dial Tone; Telephone line interference; Dial Tone - Page 126

Brother MFC-5490CN User's Guide

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-5490CN
Section II: Fax
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Dial Tone 

B

Setting the dial tone to Detection will shorten 
the dial detect pause.

a

Press 

Menu

0

5

.

b

Press 

a

or

b

 to choose 

Detection

 or 

No Detection

.

Press 

OK

.

c

Press 

Stop/Exit

.

Telephone line interference

B

If you are having problems sending or 
receiving a fax due to possible interference 
on the telephone line, we recommend that 
you adjust the Equalization for compatibility 
to reduce the modem speed for fax 
operations.

a

Press 

Menu

2

0

2

.

b

Press 

a

or

b

 to choose 

High

Normal

 or 

Basic(for VoIP)

.

„

Basic(for VoIP)

 reduces the 

modem speed to 9600 bps. Unless 
interference is a recurring problem 
on your telephone line, you may 
prefer to use it only when needed.

„

Normal

 sets the modem speed at 

14400 bps.

„

High

 increases the modem speed to 

33600 bps. (default)

Press 

OK

.

c

Press 

Stop/Exit

.

Note

When you change the compatibility to 

Basic(for VoIP)

, the ECM feature is 

only available for color fax sending.

 

Network Difficulties

Difficulty

Suggestions

Cannot print over the Network.

Make sure that your machine is powered on and is online and in Ready mode. 
Print a Network Configuration list (see 

Reports

 on page 63.) and check the current 

Network settings printed in this list. Reconnect the LAN cable to the hub to verify 
that the cabling and network connections are good. If possible, try connecting the 
machine to a different port on your hub using a different cable. If the connections 
are good, the machine shows 

LAN Active

 for 2 seconds.

 (If you are having Network problems, see the Network User’s Guide for more 
information.) 

The network scanning feature does 
not work.

(For Windows

®

 users only) Firewall settings on your PC may be rejecting the 

necessary network connection. Follow the instructions below to configure the 
Firewall. If you are using a personal Firewall software, see the User’s Guide for 
your software or contact the software manufacturer.

For Windows

®

 XP SP2 and Windows Vista

®

 users, see

 Firewall settings

 in the 

Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM.

For Windows

®

 XP SP1 user’s, please visit the Brother Solutions Center. 

(http://solutions.brother.com)

The network PC-Fax Receive 
feature does not work.

Your computer cannot find your 
machine.

<Windows

®

 users>

Firewall settings on you PC may be rejecting the necessary network connection. 
For details, see the instruction above.

<Macintosh

®

 users>

Re-select your machine in the Device Selector application located in Macintosh 
HD/Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector or from the model list in 
ControlCenter2.

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  • 63.) and check the current Network settings printed in this list.

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