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Choose the correct Receive Mode

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The correct Receive mode is determined by the external devices and telephone subscriber 
services (Voice Mail, Distinctive Ring, etc.) you have (or will be using) on the same line as the 
Brother machine.

Receiving a fax

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Will you be using a Distinctive Ring number for receiving faxes?

Brother uses the term "Distinctive Ring" but other telephone companies have other names for this service 
“such as Custom Ringing, RingMaster, Personalized Ring, Teen Ring, Ident-A-Ring, Ident-A-Call, Data 
Ident-A-Call, Smart Ring and SimpleBiz Fax & Alternate Number Ringing”. See 

Distinctive Ring

 on page 

47 for instruction on setting up your machine using this feature.

Will you be using Voice Mail on the same telephone line as your Brother machine?

If you have Voice Mail on the same telephone line as your Brother machine, there is a strong possibility 
that Voice Mail and the Brother machine will conflict with each other when receiving incoming calls. See 

Voice Mail

 on page 46 for instructions on setting up your machine using this service.

Will you be using a Telephone Answering Device on the same telephone line as your Brother 
machine?

Your external telephone answering device (TAD) will automatically answer every call. Voice messages are 
stored on the external TAD and fax messages are printed. Choose 

External TAD

 as your receive mode. 

See 

External TAD

 on page 41.

Will you be using your Brother machine on a dedicated fax line?

Your machine automatically answers every call as a fax. Choose 

Fax Only

 as your receive mode. See 

Fax Only

 on page 41.

Will you be using your Brother machine on the same line as your telephone?

Do you want to receive voice calls and faxes automatically

The 

Fax/Tel

 receive mode is used when sharing the Brother machine and your telephone on the 

same line. Choose 

Fax/Tel

 as your receive mode. See 

Fax/Tel

 on page 41. 

Important Note:

 You can not receive voice messages on either Voice Mail or an answering machine 

when choosing the 

Fax/Tel

 mode.

Do you expect to receive very few faxes?

Choose 

Manual

 as your receive mode. You control the telephone line and must answer every call 

yourself. See 

Manual

 on page 41.

To set a receive mode follow the instructions below.

a

Press 

Menu

, 

0

, 

1

.

b

Press 

a

 or 

b

 to select a receive mode. Press

OK

.

c

Press 

Stop/Exit

.

01.Receive Mode

a

Fax Only
Fax/Tel

b

External TAD

Select 

ab

 & OK

The LCD will display the current receive mode.