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D) DISTINCTIVE RINGING

Distinctive Ringing

What Is Distinctive Ringing?

Distinctive ringing is a service offered by the telephone carriers that allows you to have several

different numbers on one phone line, so you can have a separate number for your fax machine.

Each number has its own distinctive ringing pattern. This way, when you get an incoming call,

you can identify the number being called by its ring. Your local telephone company can provide

more information about this service. The service is usually offered as a monthly charge to your

normal telephone bill.

What is the Advantage of Using the Distinctive Ringing Function?

Using DisLiiiclive Ringing is the must eiXicient way to receive both fax and telephone calls on the

same line. It is much easier for your callers who dial manually. The fax machine will answer with

receiving tones so they will not have to press an activation code (TAD mode) or wait 30 seconds

to hear fax tones (F/T mode). And the people who call to talk on your main number, will not have

to talk to your fax machine. Basically, it gives you two independent numbers without the higher

cost of a second line.

Can My Fax Machine Use Distinctive Ringing?

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Yes, it has a distinctive ringing function that allows you to register the distinctive ringing pattern

of an additional phone number on the line. The number you register must be the number you want

to use as your dedicated fax number. Once you register the ringing pattern, the fax machine will

be able to identify its own incoming calls and automatically receive faxes at that number. You can

Can I Change the Setting Later?

Yes, you can change or cancel the distinctive ringing setting at any time. You can switch it OFF

temporarily and then turn it back ON. When you move or get a new fax number, change the

distinctive ringing mode to SET so you can register the new number.

How Will the Fax Machine Treat All Other Numbers?

As long as the fax machine is set to Manual mode and you have registered its distinctive ringing

number, the fax machine will answer only the registered number. When a call comes in

to your main number (or additional distinctive ringing numbers), all the phones will ring until

you or an answering machine pick up the call. (See the chart on page 73.)

If you want the fax machine to allow a telephone answering device (TAD) to answer only the main

number(s), you must leave the fax machine in Manual mode. You can plug the telephone

answering device into either the EXT jack of the fax machine or into a separate phone jack. If the

TAD is in the EXT jack, you will not hear the first two rings on the TAD. The TAD must be set

to its maximum number of rings (at least 4 ring cycles). Otherwise, it will answer the registered

distinctive ringing number before the fax machine has time to recognize the ringing pattern.

If you change the answer mode on the fax machine to Fax or FyT, that setting will override the

Distinctive Ringing setup. In Fax or F/T modes, your fax machine will answer all the

phone numbers (including its own ring pattern).

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