Ricoh 170 / 180 - Manual (Page 61)

Connecting the Telephone Answering Machine (TAM) to Your Fax.
When you are in Auto Select Mode, you can connect a Telephone Answering
Machine (TAM).
❐ This mode is useful if you have a telephone answering machine connected to
the "TEL" jack on your machine.
❐ TAM mode ensures that your answering machine has the chance to respond to
incoming telephone calls. If the call happens to be a fax message, the
message will be given to the fax machine automatically.
❐ In the TAM Mode,the Auto Ring count must be set to one ring more than the
number of rings that your answering machine waits before it takes the call. To
check this number, have a friend call and do not answer the phone. Count the
number of rings that you hear before the answering machine takes the call.
Giving Priority to Fax Messages (Fax Mode)
This mode is selected when the Auto Select indicator and Manual Receive
indicators are not lit. If one of the reception mode indicators are lit, press the
Reception Mode key under the indicators until the both lights go out. Your
machine will treat each incoming call as if it comes from a fax machine.
❐ You do not have to be by the machine, as long as you have kept the power on.
Use this setting if you have connected the machine to a special line used only
for fax messages.
Giving Priority to Phone Calls (Manual Receive Mode)
This mode is selected when the Manual Receive indicator is lit. If it is not lit ,
press the Reception Mode key. This setting is useful if you wish to use your fax
machine’s handset to answer telephone calls coming in on the same line as fax
messages.
❐ Your machine will not answer incoming calls automatically.
❐ You must answer every incoming call yourself and decide whether the
incoming call is from a fax machine or from a telephone caller.
RECEIVING FAX MESSAGES
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