Brother 8460 N Manual

Receiving a fax
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Receive Mode settings6
Ring Delay6
The ring delay sets the number of times the 
machine rings before it answers in Fax Only 
and Fax/Tel modes.
If you have external or extension phones on 
the same line as the machine or subscribe to 
the BT Call Sign
 1 service, keep the Ring 
Delay setting of 4. (See Operation from 
extension telephones on page 49 and Fax 
Detect on page 42.)
1BT Call Sign is for U.K. only.
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bPress Menu, 2, 1, 1. 
21.Setup Receive...

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Fax Detect6
Turning fax detect  On allows the machine to 
receive fax calls automatically if you lift any 
handset on the same line as the machine.
When you see  Receiving on the LCD or 
when you hear ‘chirps’ through the handset of 
an extension phone connected to another 
telephone wall socket, just replace the 
handset and your mach ine will receive the 
fax. 
If this feature is set to on, but your machine 
does not connect a fax call when you lift the 
handset of an external or extension...

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Additional receiving 
operations
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Printing a reduced incoming 
fax6
If you choose On, the machine automatically 
reduces each page of an incoming fax to fit on 
one page of A4, Letter, Legal or Folio size 
paper.
The machine calculates the reduction ratio by 
using the page size of the fax and your Paper 
Size setting (Menu, 1, 3).
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bPress Menu, 2, 1, 5.  
21.Setup Receive
5.Auto Reduction
aOn
bOff
Select ab & OK
cPress a or b to select On or Off....

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Setting the Fax Receive 
Stamp6
You can set the machine to print the received 
date and time in the top centre of each 
received fax page.
aMake sure you are in Fax mode  .
bPress Menu, 2, 1, 9. 
21.Setup Receive
  9.Fax Rx Stamp
aOnbOff
Select 
ab & OK
cPress a or b to choose On or Off. 
Press OK.
dPress Stop/Exit.
Note
• The received time and date will not appear 
when using Internet Fax* (*MFC-8860DN 
and MFC-8870DW only).
• Make sure you have set the current date 
and time in the...

Receiving a fax
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6 Printing a fax from the 
memory6
If you are using the Fax Storage feature 
(Menu, 2, 5, 1), you can still print a fax from 
the memory when you are at your machine. 
See Fax storage on page 61.
aPress Menu, 2, 5, 3. 
25.Remote Fax Opt
  3.Print Document
Press Start
bPress Start. 

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Phone line services7
Setting the Phone Line Type7
If you are connecting the machine to a line 
that features a PBX or ISDN to send and 
receive faxes, it is also necessary to change 
the Phone Line Type accordingly by 
completing the following steps.
aPress Menu, 0, 6. 
06.Phone Line Set
aNormal
ISDN
bPBX
Select 
ab & OK
bPress a or b to select PBX, ISDN (or 
Normal). Press OK.
cPress Stop/Exit.
PBX and TRANSFER7
The machine is initially set to Normal, which 
lets the machine connect to a standard...

Phone and external devices
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BT Call Sign (U.K. only)7
The BT Call Sign subscriber service is a way 
to have a separate number for your machine, 
it allows you to have at least two separate 
telephone numbers on one phone line. Each 
phone number has its own distinctive ringing 
pattern.
You can set up your machine so that it only 
responds to the second number.
When you set the BT Call Sign feature to ON, 
the receive mode is set to Manual 
automatically. Manual mode will not respond 
to incoming...

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Connections7
The external TAD must be connected as 
shown in the illustration below.
 
1TAD
aSet your external TAD to one or two 
rings. (The machine’s Ring Delay 
setting does not apply.)
bRecord the outgoing message on your 
external TAD.
cSet the TAD to answer calls.
dSet the Receive Mode to 
External TAD. (See Choosing the 
receive mode on page 39.)
Recording an outgoing 
message7
aRecord 5 seconds of silence at the 
beginning of your message. This allows 
your machine time to listen for...

Phone and external devices
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External and extension 
phones
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Operation from extension 
telephones7
If you answer a fax call on an extension 
telephone, or an external telephone that is 
correctly connected to the machine into the 
correct socket on the machine, you can make 
your machine take the call by using the Fax 
Receive Code. When you press the Fax 
Receive Code l51, the machine starts to 
receive the fax. (See Fax Detect on page 42.)
If you answer a call and no one is on 
the line:
7
You...

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The inadvisable configuration is shown in 
figure 1, and the recommended master/slave 
configuration is shown in figure 2.
This new connection configuration can be 
arranged by contacting BT, Kingston upon 
Hull Telecommunications, your PBX 
maintainer or a qualified telephone 
installation company as appropriate. Simply 
explained, the extension telephone circuit 
should be terminated on a normal modular 
plug (BT 431A style), which in turn should be 
inserted into the modular socket of the...