Brother MFC 250C User Manual

Receiving a Fax
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Easy Receive6
If Easy Receive is On:6
The machine receives a fax call 
automatically, even if you answer the call. 
When you see Receiving on the LCD or 
when you hear ‘chirps’ through the handset 
you are using, just replace the handset. Your 
machine will do the rest. 
If Easy Receive is Off:6
If you are at the machine and answer a call 
first by lifting a handset, press Black Start or 
Color Start then press 2 to receive.
If you answered at an extension telephone 
press l 5 1....

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Receiving faxes into memory 
when the paper tray is empty6
As soon as the paper tray becomes empty 
during fax reception, the LCD will display 
No Paper Fed, asking you to put paper in 
the paper tray. (See Loading paper and other 
print media on page 8.)
The machine will carry on receiving the fax, 
with the remaining pages being stored in 
memory, if enough memory is available.
Further incoming faxes will also be stored into 
memory until the memory is full. When the 
memory is full the...

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Voice Operations7
Tone or pulse 
(Canada only)7
If you are using an external telephone and 
have a pulse dialing service, but need to send 
tone signals (for example, for telephone 
banking), follow the instructions below.
aLift the handset of the external 
telephone.
bPress # on the control panel of your 
machine. Any digits dialed after this will 
send tone signals.
When you hang up, the machine will 
return to the pulse dialing service.
Fax/Tel mode7
When the machine is in Fax/Tel mode, it will...

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To avoid conflicts between your Brother 
machine and your voice mail service, do one 
of the following:
Get the Distinctive Ring service from your 
telephone company. Distinctive Ring is a 
feature of your Brother machine that allows a 
person with one line to receive fax and voice 
calls through two different phone numbers on 
that one line. Brother uses the term 
‘Distinctive Ring,’ but telephone companies 
market the service under a variety of names, 
such as Custom Ringing, Personalized...

Telephone Services and External devices
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What does Brothers ‘Distinctive Ring’ 
do?
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The Brother machine has a Distinctive Ring 
feature that allows you to use your machine to 
take full advantage of the telephone 
companys Distinctive Ring service. The new 
telephone number on your line can just 
receive faxes.
Do you have Voice Mail?7
If you have Voice Mail on the telephone line 
that you will install your new machine on, 
there is a strong possibility that Voice Mail 
and the machine will...

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Registering the Distinctive Ring 
pattern
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Very Important!
After you have set the Distinctive Ring feature 
to On, your Distinctive Ring number will 
receive faxes automatically. The receive 
mode is set to Manual and you cannot 
change it to another mode while Distinctive 
Ring is set to On. This ensures the Brother 
machine will only answer the Distinctive Ring 
number and not interfere when your main 
telephone number is called.
aPress Menu, 2, 0, 3. 
0.Miscellaneous
 
3.Distinctive...

Telephone Services and External devices
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Viewing the Caller ID List7
Your machine stores information for the last 
thirty calls in the Caller ID list. You can view 
or print this list. When the thirty-first call 
comes in to the machine, it replaces 
information about the first call.
aPress Menu, 2, 0, 4.
bPress aorb to choose Display#.
Press OK.
The Caller ID of the last call will appear 
on the LCD display. If no ID is stored, 
the beeper will sound and 
No Caller ID will appear on the LCD...

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Note
• If you do not receive all your faxes, reduce 
the Ring Delay setting on your external 
TAD.
•If You Subscribe to your Telephone 
companys Distinctive Ring Service:
You may connect an external TAD to a 
separate wall jack only if you subscribe to 
your telephone companys Distinctive 
Ring service, have registered the 
distinctive ring pattern on your machine, 
and use that number as a fax number. The 
recommended setting is at least four rings 
on the external TAD when you have the...

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7 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 
CNG tones of automatic transmissions 
before they stop.)
bLimit your speaking to 20 seconds.
cEnd your 20-second message by giving 
your Fax Receive Code for...

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Converting telephone wall outlets7
There are three ways to convert to an RJ11 
jack. The first two ways may require help from 
the telephone company. You can change the 
wall outlets from one RJ14 jack to two RJ11 
jacks. Or you can have an RJ11 wall outlet 
installed and slave or jump one of the 
telephone numbers to it.
The third way is the easiest: Buy a triplex 
adapter. You can plug a triplex adapter into 
an RJ14 outlet. It separates the wires into two 
separate RJ11 jacks (Line 1,...