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Brother MFC-9420CN User's Guide

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USER’S GUIDE MFC-9420CN
Section II Fax & Telephone
Section V Appendixes
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Chapter 7

7 - 7

What does Brother’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ 
do?

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

Note

You must pay for your telephone company’s 
Distinctive Ring service before you program 
the machine to work with it.

Do you have Voice Mail?

If you have Voice Mail on the phone line that 
you will install your new machine on, 

there is 

a strong possibility that Voice Mail and the 
machine will conflict with each other while 
receiving incoming calls

However, the 

Distinctive Ring feature allows you to use 
more than one number on your line, so 
both Voice Mail and the machine can work 
together without any problems.

 If each one 

has a separate phone number, neither will 
interfere with the other’s operations.

If you decide to get the Distinctive Ring 
service from the telephone company, you will 
need to follow the directions on next page to 
‘register’ the new Distinctive Ring pattern 
they give you. This is so your machine can 
recognize its incoming calls.

Note

You can change or cancel the Distinctive 
Ring pattern at any time. You can switch it off 
temporarily, and turn it back on later. When 
you get a new fax number, make sure you 
reset this feature.

Before you choose the ring pattern to 
register

You can only register one Distinctive Ring 
pattern with the machine. Some ring patterns 
cannot be registered. The ring patterns below 
are supported by your Brother machine. 
Register the one your telephone company 
gives you.

Note

If the ring pattern you received is not on this 
chart, 

please call your telephone company 

and ask for one that is shown

.

The machine will only answer calls to its 
registered number.

The first two rings are silent on the 
machine. This is because the fax must 
«listen» to the ring pattern (to compare it 
to the pattern that was ‘registered’). (Other 
telephones on the same line will ring.)

If you program the machine properly, it will 
recognize the registered ring pattern of the 
‘fax number’ within 2 ring patterns and 
then answer with a fax tone. When the 
‘voice number’ is called, the machine will 
not answer.

Ring 
Pattern

Rings

1

long-long

2

short-long-
short

3

short-short-
long

4

very long 
(normal 
pattern)

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  • Chapter 7 7 - 7 What does Brother’s ‘Distinctive Ring’ do?
  • The new phone number on your line can just receive faxes. Note You must pay for your telephone company’s Distinctive Ring service before you program the machine to work with it. Do you have Voice Mail?

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