Brother MFC-420CN - Manual (Page 78)

6 - 6 REMOTE FAX OPTIONS (MFC-420CN ONLY)
Remote commands
Follow the commands below to access features when you are away
from the MFC. When you call the MFC and enter your Remote
Access Code (3 digits followed by
), 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 select Off after you have retrieved
or erased all your messages.
2 Fax Forwarding If you hear one long beep, the change has
been accepted. If you hear three short beeps,
you cannot change it because something has
not been set up (for example, perhaps a Fax
Forwarding or Paging number had not been
registered). You can register your Fax
Forwarding number by entering 4. (See
Changing your Fax Forwarding number on
page 6-7.) Once you have registered the
number, Fax Forwarding will work.
You can select Off after you have retrieved
or erased all your messages.
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 message(s). (See page
6-7.)
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 MFC 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 90 to exit Remote Retrieval. Wait for
the long beep, then replace the handset.