Brother MFC-9420CN - Manual (Page 75)

Chapter 7
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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)