Brother MFC 230C User Manual

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Telephone services7
Your machine supports the Caller ID and 
Distinctive Ring subscriber telephone 
services that some telephone companies 
offer.
Features like Voice Mail, Call Waiting, Call 
Waiting/Caller ID, RingMaster, answering 
services, alarm systems or other custom 
features on one telephone line may affect the 
way your machine works. If you have Voice 
Mail on your telephone line, please read the 
following carefully.
Distinctive Ring7
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Before you choose the ring pattern to 
register
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You can only register one Distinctive Ring 
pattern with the machine. Some ring patterns 
cannot be registered. The ring patterns below 
are supported by your Brother machine. 
Register the one your telephone company 
gives you.
Note
If the ring pattern you received is not on 
this chart,  please call your telephone 
company and ask for one that is 
shown .
 
„The machine will only answer calls to its 
registered number.
„ The first two...

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Caller ID 7
The Caller ID feature lets you use the Caller 
ID subscriber service offered by many local 
telephone companies. Call your telephone 
company for details. This service shows the 
telephone number, or name if it is available, 
of your caller as the line rings.
After a few rings, the LCD shows the 
telephone number of your caller (and name, if 
available). Once you answer a call, the Caller 
ID information disappears from the LCD, but 
the call...

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Connecting an external 
TAD (telephone 
answering device)
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You may choose to connect an external 
answering device. However, when you have 
an  external  TAD on the same telephone line 
as the machine, the TAD answers all calls 
and the machine ‘listens’ for fax calling (CNG) 
tones. If it hears them, the machine takes 
over the call and receives the fax. If it does 
not hear CNG tones, the machine lets the 
TAD continue playing your outgoing message 
so your caller can leave you a voice...

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eSet the TAD to answer calls.
fSet the Receive Mode to 
External TAD. (See Choosing the 
Receive Mode on page 30.)
Recording an outgoing 
message (OGM) on an 
external TAD7
Timing is important in recording this 
message. The message sets up the ways to 
handle both manual and automatic fax 
reception.
aRecord 5 seconds of silence at the 
beginning of your message. (This allows 
your machine time to listen for the fax 
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Triplex Adapter  7
Installing machine, external two-line 
TAD and two-line telephone
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When you are installing an external two-line 
telephone answering device (TAD) and a 
two-line telephone, your machine must be 
isolated on one line at both the wall jack and 
at the TAD. The most common connection is 
to put the machine on Line 2, which is 
explained in the following steps. The back of 
the two-line TAD must have two telephone 
jacks: one labeled L1 or L1/L2, and the other 
labeled L2....

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External and extension 
telephones
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Connecting an external or 
extension telephone7
You can connect a separate telephone 
directly to your machine as shown in the 
diagram below.
Connect the telephone line cord to the jack 
labeled EXT.
 
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using an external telephone, 
the LCD shows Telephone.
Using external and extension 
telephones7
If you answer a fax call on an extension or an 
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Using remote codes7
Fax Receive Code7
If you answer a fax call on an extension or 
external telephone, you can tell your machine 
to receive it by dialing the Fax Receive Code 
l 51 . Wait for the chirping sounds then 
replace the handset. See  Easy 
Receive on page 32. Your caller will have to 
press  Start to send the fax.
Telephone Answer Code7
If you receive a voice call and the machine is 
in F/T mode, it will start to sound the F/T 
pseudo/double-ring ring after the initial ring...

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How to Dial8
Manual dialing8
Press all of the digits of the fax number.
 
Speed Dialing8
aPress Speed Dial . 
bPress OK and the  # (pound) key, and 
then the two digit Speed Dial number.
Note
If the LCD shows  Not Registered  
when you enter a Speed Dial number, a 
number has not been stored at this 
location.
 
Search8
You can search for names you have stored in 
the Speed Dial memories. 
Press  Speed Dial . Press OK and the menu 
keys to search numerically, or use the dial 
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Fax Redial8
If you are sending a fax manually and the line 
is busy, press  Redial/Pause, and then press 
Black Start  or Color Start  to try again. If you 
want to make a second call to the last number 
dialed, you can save time by pressing 
Redial/Pause  and Black Start  or 
Color Start . 
Redial/Pause  only works if you dialed from 
the control panel.
If you are sending a fax automatically and the 
line is busy, the machine will automatically 
redial one time after five minutes.
Note
In...