Panasonic kx-fmc230 - Manual (Page 60)

Receiving Faxes
EXT.TAM mode
(using with an external telephone answering machine)
This unit can be connected to an external telephone answering machine (TAM). When the EXT.TAM mode is
set, the facsimile unit and telephone answering machine will work as follows.
■ Receiving voice calis
The telephone answering machine will record voice messages automatically.
■ Receiving fax caiis
The facsimile unit will receive documents automatically.
6 Receiving a voice message and fax document in one call
The telephone answering machine will record the voice message first. Then, the facsimile unit will be
activated by the caller’s request and receive documents. For further details, see page 62.
Connecting a telephone answering machine
1 Connect the telephone answering machine to the EXT jack.
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Set the number of rings on the telephone answering machine to less than 4.
•This will allow the answering machine to answer the line first.
Record a greeting message referring to the example below.
‘This is (your name, business and/or telephone number). We are unable to answer the phone right now.
Please leave a message after the long beep. To send a fax, start transmission. Thank you. ”
Note:
• Do not pause for more than 4 seconds in the greeting message. If a 4 second pause is stored in the greeting
message, all incoming calls will be routed to the facsimile unit from the answering machine even while the
greeting message is playing.
•We recommend you keep the greeting message length around 10 seconds. If a greeting message is too
long, some incoming fax calls may not be answered by the facsimile unit.
•If your answering machine is equipped with a remote operation feature, set the same remote access
code that is on the answering machine to the facsimile unit as the remote TAM activation iD (see
page 62).
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