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USER’S GUIDE MFC-5490CN
Section II: Fax
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Voice Operations

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Tone or pulse 
(Canada only)

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If you are using an external telephone and 
have a pulse dialing service, but need to send 
tone signals (for example, for telephone 
banking), follow the instructions below.

a

Lift the handset of the external 
telephone.

b

Press 

#

 on the control panel of your 

machine. Any digits dialed after this will 
send tone signals.
When you hang up, the machine will 
return to the pulse dialing service.

Fax/Tel mode when the power 
key is on

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When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will 
use the F/T Ring Time 
(pseudo/double-ringing) to alert you to pick 
up a voice call.

If you are at an external telephone, lift the 
handset of the external telephone, and then 
press 

Hook

 to answer.

If you are at an extension telephone, you'll 
need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring 
Time and then press 

# 5 1

 between the 

pseudo/double-rings. If no one is on the line, 
or if someone wants to send you a fax, send 
the call back to the machine by pressing 

l

5 1

.

Fax/Tel mode when the power 
key is off

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When the 

On/Off

 key is off you can receive 

faxes automatically if the 

On/Off

 setting is 

Fax Receive:On

. (See 

Power Off setting

 

on page 20.) Fax/Tel mode will work in the 
following ways.

Fax/Tel mode does not work when the power 
key is off. The machine will not answer 
telephone or fax calls and will keep ringing. If 
you are at an external or extension 
telephone, lift the handset and talk. If you 
hear fax tones, hold the handset until Easy 
Receive activates your machine. If the other 
party says they want to send you a fax, 
activate the machine by pressing 

l

5 1

 from 

an extension telephone or press 

Black Start

 

if you answered at the external telephone.

Telephone Services and External 

devices

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