Turning off distinctive ring – Brother Copier/Printer MFC-895DW User Manual
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Telephone services and external devices
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Turning off distinctive ring
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a
Press Menu.
b
Press a or b to display Fax.
Press Fax.
c
Press a or b to display 
Miscellaneous
.
Press Miscellaneous.
d
Press Distinctive.
e
Press Off.
f
Press Stop/Exit.
Note
If you do not want to receive faxes on your 
Distinctive Ring number, you can turn off 
Distinctive Ring. The machine will stay in 
Manual
receive mode so you will need to
set the Receive Mode again. (See Choose 
the correct Receive Mode uu page 31.)
Connecting an external 
TAD (telephone 
answering device)
7
You can connect an external Telephone 
Answering Device (TAD) to the same line as 
your machine. When the TAD answers a call, 
your machine will “listen” for the CNG (fax 
calling) tones sent by a sending fax machine. 
If it hears them it will take over the call and 
receive the fax. If it does not hear them, it will 
let your TAD take a voice message and the 
display will show Telephone.
The external TAD must answer within four 
rings (we recommend you set it to two rings). 
This is because your machine cannot hear 
the CNG tones until the external TAD has 
picked up the call. The sending machine will 
send CNG tones for only eight to ten seconds 
longer. We do not recommend using the toll 
saver feature on your external TAD if it needs 
more than four rings to activate it.
Unless you are using Distinctive Ring, the 
TAD must be connected to the EXT. jack of 
the machine.
Before you connect an external TAD 
(telephone answering device), remove the 
protective cap (2) from the EXT. jack on the 
machine.
1 TAD
2 Protective Cap
Note
If you have problems receiving faxes, 
reduce the ring delay setting on your 
external TAD.
2
1
1