Tone or pulse (canada only), Fax/tel mode when the power key is on, Fax/tel mode when the power key is off – Brother MFC-790CW User Manual
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Chapter 7
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For MFC-990CW
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a
If you answered by pressing 
Speaker Phone
on the machine, press
Hold/Intercom
on the machine to put a
call on Hold.
b
To release the call from Hold, press 
Speaker Phone
on the machine.
Note
You can pick up an extension telephone 
and continue speaking without releasing 
the call from Hold on the machine.
Tone or Pulse 
(Canada only)
7
If you have a Pulse dialing service, but need 
to send Tone signals (for example, for 
telephone banking), follow the instructions 
below:
a
Do one of the following:
(MFC-790CW) Pick up the handset 
or press Speaker Phone.
(MFC-990CW) Pick up the cordless 
handset and press 
(Talk) or press
Speaker Phone
on the machine.
b
Press # on the machine’s control panel. 
Any digits dialed after this will send tone 
signals.
When you hang up, the machine will return to 
the Pulse dialing service.
Fax/Tel mode when the power 
key is on
7
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will 
use the F/T Ring Time (pseudo/double-
ringing) to alert you to pick up a voice call.
If you are at an extension telephone, you'll 
need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring 
Time and then press # 5 1 between the 
pseudo/double rings. If no one is on the line, 
or if someone wants to send you a fax, send 
the call back to the machine by pressing 
l
5 1
.
(MFC-790CW) If you are at the machine, you 
can lift the handset or press Speaker Phone 
to answer.
(MFC-990CW) Press Speaker Phone on the 
machine or use the cordless handset.
Fax/Tel mode when the power 
key is off
7
When the On/Off Key is off you can receive 
faxes automatically if the On/Off setting is 
Fax Receive:On
. (See Power Off setting
Fax/Tel mode will work in the following ways.
(MFC-790CW) 
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and 
pseudo/double-rings to tell you to pick up a 
voice call, you can only answer by picking up 
the machine’s handset.
If you answer before the machine 
pseudo/double-rings, you can also pick up 
the call at an external or extension telephone.
(MFC-990CW) 
Set Ring Tone to On to hear the rings when 
you receive a call. (See Power Off setting 
on page 23.)
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode and 
rings, you can only answer at an external or 
extension telephone.