Setting the Receive Mode

There are four receive modes as follows.

TEL priority mode

FAX priority mode

FAX only mode

DRPD^*1

^*1 This setting is only available in US and Canada.

See Selecting a Receive Mode to select the appropriate mode.

Note The receiving operation procedure varies depending on the selected receive mode. If you want to use a single telephone line for faxes and voice calls, you need to connect a telephone or an answering machine to the External Device Jack of this machine.

1. Select the receive mode.
   
   

   (1) Press the FAX button.

The fax standby screen will appear. Confirm the current receive mode (A).

(2) Press the center Function button.

The Receive mode settings screen will appear.

(3) Use the up or down button to select a receive mode, and press the <OK> button.

The above illustration is missing receive mode DRPD under Receive mode settings.

The screen will return to the fax standby screen. The selected receive mode will appear on the LCD.

Setting the DRPD Ring Pattern (US and Canada only)

If you have subscribed to a Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD) service provided by your telephone company, your telephone company will assign two or more telephone numbers with distinctive ring patterns to your single telephone line, allowing you to have different numbers for fax calls and voice calls using only one telephone line. Your machine will automatically monitor the ring pattern, and will automatically receive the fax if the ring pattern is a fax call.

To use DRPD, follow the procedure below to set the fax ring pattern that matches the pattern assigned by your telephone company.

Note Contact your local telephone company for detailed information on this service.

1. Display the DRPD: FAX ring pattern screen.
   

   (1) Press the Setup button.
   
   
2. (2) Select Device settings , and press the OK button.
   
   
   (3) Select FAX settings, and press the OK button.
   
   
   (4) Select Reception settings, and press the OK button.
   
   
   (5) Select DRPD: FAX ring pattern, and press the OK button.
   
   
   
3. Select the ring pattern.
   
   
   (1) Select the ring pattern that your telephone company assigned to your fax number.
   
   Select from Normal ring, Double ring, Short-short-long, Short-long-short, or Other ring type.
   
   
   
   
   
   (2) Press the OK button.
   
   
4. Press the FAX button to return to the fax standby screen.

When receiving voice calls (with a telephone or answering machine connected to the machine):

When mainly receiving a voice call:

TEL priority mode

When a call incomes, the telephone will ring.^*1

- If the call is a voice call, pick up the handset.

- If the call is a fax, pick up the handset. When the machine starts receiving the fax, hang up the handset.

- If the answering machine is connected, the message will respond when you do not pick up the handset.

When mainly receiving a fax:

FAX priority mode

When a call incomes, the telephone will ring.^*1 The machine detects whether the call is a fax or voice call automatically.

- If the call is a fax, the machine will receive the fax automatically.

- If the call is a voice call, the machine will ring.

When subscribing to a ring pattern detection service provided by your telephone company:

DRPD

When a call incomes, the telephone will ring.^*1 The machine detects a fax call by the fax ring pattern.

- If the call is a fax, the machine will receive the fax automatically.

- If the machine does not detect the fax ring pattern, the telephone will continue ringing.

When not receiving voice calls:

When receiving a fax only:

FAX only mode

When a fax incomes, the machine will receive the fax automatically.

*1 The telephone may not ring when a call incomes even if it is connected to the machine, depending on the type or settings of the telephone.

*2 The settings can be changed on the Reception settings screen. To display the Reception settings screen, press the Setup button to select Device settings, FAX settings, then Reception settings.

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