Telephone services; Distinctive Ring; What does your telephone company’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?- Page 91

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Telephone services

Your MFC 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 your MFC.

What does Brother’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?

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

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

Custom features

 on 

page 1-13 and 

Custom features on a single line.

 on page 12-14.)

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 MFC to work with it.