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Selecting the Receive Mode
Select a receive mode according to your needs.
Caution
If you do not have a dedicated phone line for fax use only, you need to connect a telephone or an answering machine to the External Device Jack of this machine.
Select FAX ONLY MODE.
(A) Incoming call
(B) Receives faxes automatically.
Caution
You will not be able to answer the call.
Select TEL PRIORITY MODE.
(A) Incoming call
(B) Voice call: The telephone will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.
(C) Fax: The telephone will ring. If you pick up the handset when receiving a fax, press the FAX button, then press the Color or Black button.
Caution
If the machine is located away from the telephone, pick up the handset and dial 25 (the remote receiving ID) to receive faxes (remote reception).
(D) When the answering machine responds:
If it is a voice call, the answering machine responds to the call.
If it is a fax call, the machine receives the fax automatically.
Caution
- Set your answering machine to answering mode and adjust it as follows:
- The machine can be set to receive faxes automatically after the telephone rings for a specified length of time. Set MAN/AUTO SWITCH in RX SETTINGS under FAX SETTINGS to ON, and then specify the automatic reception start time. See MAN/AUTO SWITCH.
- If you have subscribed to Duplex Ringing service in Hong Kong, the machine will receive faxes automatically even if you set the receiving mode of the machine to TEL PRIORITY MODE.
Select FAX PRIORITY MODE.
(A) Incoming call
(B) Voice call: The machine will ring. Pick up the handset, then press the Stop/Reset button to answer the call.
Caution
When answering a voice call, be sure to pick up the handset before pressing the Stop/Reset button. If you press the Stop/Reset button before picking up the handset, the telephone call will be disconnected.
(C) Fax: The machine receives faxes automatically.
Caution
The following settings can be modified to control how the machine handles incoming calls. Specify the FAX PRIORITY MODE settings in RX SETTINGS under FAX SETTINGS. See FAX PRIORITY MODE.
Select DRPD.
(A) Incoming call
(B) Voice call: The telephone will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.
(C) Fax: The fax is received automatically when the machine detects the registered fax ring pattern.
Your telephone company will assign a distinctive ring pattern to each number when you order the DRPD service. Set the fax ring pattern that matches the pattern assigned by the telephone company.
Caution
For details on the setting the ring pattern of DRPD service.
Select NETWORK SWITCH*.
* This setting may not be available depending on the country or region of purchase.
(A) Incoming call
(B) Voice call: The telephone will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.
(C) Fax: The fax is received automatically when the machine detects the registered fax ring pattern.
Caution
Setting the Receive Mode
1. Press the FAX button, then press the Menu button.
2. Press the OK button.
3. Press the 
Caution
For details on the receive modes, see Selecting the Receive Mode.
4. Press the OK button.
The receive mode will be displayed on the bottom left of the LCD.
(A) Receive mode
FAXONLY: The receive mode is FAX ONLY MODE.
TEL 1ST: The receive mode is TEL PRIORITY MODE.
FAX 1ST: The receive mode is FAX PRIORITY MODE.
DRPD: The receive mode is DRPD.
NET SW.: The receive mode is NETWORK SWITCH.