For Fax/Tel mode only; Connecting an external or extension telephone; Using a non-Brother cordless external handset- Page 65

Telephone services and external devices

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For Fax/Tel mode only

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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.

Lift the external telephone’s handset, and 
then press 

Hook

 to answer.

If you are at an extension telephone, you will 
need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring 
Time and then press 

#51

 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 

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.

Connecting an external or 
extension telephone

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You can connect a separate telephone 
directly to your machine as shown in the 
diagram below.

Connect the telephone line cord to the jack 
labeled EXT.

1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone

When you are using an external telephone, 
the LCD shows 

Telephone

.

Using a non-Brother cordless 
external handset

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If your non-Brother cordless telephone is 
connected to the EXT. jack of the machine 
(see page 51) and you typically carry the 
cordless handset elsewhere, it is easier to 
answer calls during the Ring Delay. 

If you let the machine answer first, you will 
have to go to the machine so you can press 

Hook

 to transfer the call to the cordless 

handset.

Using remote codes

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Fax Receive Code

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If you answer a fax call on an extension or 
external telephone, you can tell your machine 
to receive it by pressing the fax receive code 

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. Wait for the chirping sounds then 

replace the handset. (See 

Easy receive

on page 42.) 

If you answer a fax call at the external 
telephone, you can make the machine 
receive the fax by pressing 

Start

.

Telephone Answer Code

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If you receive a voice call and the machine is 
in F/T mode, it will start to sound the F/T 
(double-ring) after the initial ring delay. If you 
pick up the call on an extension telephone 
you can turn the F/T ring off by pressing 

#51

(make sure you press this 

between

 the rings).

If the machine answers a voice call and 
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you 
can take the call at the external telephone by 
pressing 

Hook

.

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