Brother MFC-820CW - Manual (Page 55)

Phone Services and External devices
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Phone line services
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Your machine supports the Caller ID and
Distinctive Ring subscriber telephone
services that some telephone companies
offer.
Note
• If you have Voice Mail, Call Waiting, Call
Waiting/Caller ID, RingMaster, an
answering service, an alarm system or
other custom features on your telephone
line, it may affect the way your machine
works. (See Custom features on page 9
and If you are having difficulty with your
machine on page 106.)
• If you have Voice Mail on your phone line,
read the following carefully.
Distinctive Ring
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Brother uses the term ‘Distinctive Ring’ but
different telephone companies have other
names for this service such as SmartRing,
RingMaster, Teen-Ring, Indent-a-Call or
Indent-a-Ring.
What does your telephone company's
‘Distinctive Ring’ do?
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Your telephone company's Distinctive Ring
service allows you to have more than one
number on the same phone line. If you need
more than one phone number, it is
cheaper than paying for an extra line. Each
phone number has its own distinctive ring
pattern, so you will know which phone
number is ringing. This is one way you can
have a separate phone number for your
machine.
Note
Please call your telephone company for
availability and rates.
What does Brother's ‘Distinctive Ring’
do?
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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?
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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.