Brother MFC 7840W - Manual (Page 78)

Chapter 9
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Remote fax commands
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Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you
call the machine and enter your Remote Access Code (3 digits followed by l), the system will give
two short beeps and you must enter a remote command.
Remote commands Operation details
95 Change the fax forwarding,
paging or fax storage settings
1 OFF
You can choose Off after you have retrieved or erased all your
messages.
2 Fax forwarding One long beep means the change is accepted. If you hear three
short beeps, you cannot make the change because something
has not been set up (for example, a fax forwarding or paging
number has not been registered). You can register your fax
forwarding number by entering 4. (See Changing the fax
forwarding number on page 63.) Once you have registered the
number, fax forwarding will work.
3 Paging
4 Fax forwarding number
6 Fax storage
96 Retrieve a fax
2 Retrieve all faxes
Enter the number of a remote fax machine to receive stored fax
messages. (See Retrieving fax messages on page 63.)
3 Erase faxes from the memory If you hear one long beep, fax messages have been erased
from the memory.
97 Check the receiving status
1 Fax
You can check whether your machine has received any faxes.
If yes, you will hear one long beep. If no, you will hear three
short beeps.
98 Change the receive mode
1 External TAD
If you hear one long beep, your change has been accepted.
2 Fax/Tel
3 Fax Only
90 Exit Press 9 0 to exit remote retrieval. Wait for the long beep, then
replace the handset.