Brother Mfc 490cw User Manual

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Telephone Service for 
Australia
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Telstra® FaxStream® Duet® 
(Distinctive Ring)7
Telstra® FaxStream® Duet® is an enhanced 
Public Switched Telephone Service (PSTS) 
offered by Telstra
® that allows you to have an 
additional number on one phone line, with its 
own distinctive ring pattern. Telstra
® 
FaxStream
® Duet® is a call handling feature 
that helps users distinguish voice and 
facsimile calls. With FaxStream
® Duet®, 
incoming calls to a fax number are...

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How does Telstra® FaxStream® Duet® 
Work?
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Incoming calls to the voice number, will have 
the standard ring pattern of long, long tone, 
followed by a pause, repeated, while the new 
fax number will have a different ring pattern of 
three short bursts of ring, repeated at regular 
intervals.
When FaxStream
® Duet® is On and you 
receive a voice call all extension and external 
phones will ring with a standard ring pattern. 
The fax machine will ring on the third ring with 
a standard ring...

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Caller ID7
Caller ID is a telephone service that allows 
the subscriber to see a display of the caller’s 
phone number or name as the telephone 
rings. It is a fast way to screen your calls. You 
can respond quickly to calls you missed, 
because Caller IDs are received and stored in 
your machine memory.
Note
To get the Caller ID Service: apply for the 
Caller ID service at your local telephone 
company, if available.
 
Advantages of Caller ID7
For Business
All...

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Telephone Service for 
New Zealand
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FaxAbility7
FaxAbility is a service offered by Telecom 
that allows you to have an additional number 
on one phone line, with its own distinctive ring 
pattern. This way, when you get an incoming 
call, you can identify the number being called 
by its ring.
How Will the Fax Machine Treat All 
Other Numbers?
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FaxAbility mode ensures that the machine 
will answer calls to the FaxAbility (secondary) 
number. When a call comes in to your main 
number, all...

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How to Turn FaxAbility OFF or ON7
The FaxAbility function is designed to 
accommodate the FaxAbility service provided 
by Telecom. To change the setting, repeat 
steps a-f ; Step  e is where you can choose 
either  On or  Off .
Call Waiting beeps caused by incoming calls 
on your main number can affect fax 
transmissions. If you have FaxAbility Service 
but don’t have Call Waiting, you need do 
nothing at this stage. If you do have Call 
Waiting as well as FaxAbility,...

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Telephone Service for 
Some Countries
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Distinctive Ring (For 
Singapore and Hong Kong)7
This machine feature lets you use the 
Distinctive Ring subscriber service offered by 
some telephone companies, which allows 
you to have several telephone numbers on 
one phone line. Each phone number has its 
own Distinctive Ring pattern, so you will know 
which phone number is ringing. This is one 
way you can have a separate phone number 
for your machine.
Your machine has a Distinctive Ring...

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Caller ID (For Singapore and 
Hong Kong)7
The Caller ID feature of this machine lets you 
use the Caller ID subscriber service offered 
by many local phone companies. Call your 
telephone company for details. This service 
provides you, by means of the screen display, 
the telephone number (or name) of your 
caller as the line rings.
After a few rings, the screen displays the 
telephone number of your caller (or name, if 
available). Once you answer the call, the...

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Improper Setup 
DO NOT connect a TAD elsewhere on the 
same telephone line.
 
Connections7
The external TAD must be connected as 
shown in the previous illustration.
aSet your external TAD to one or two 
rings. (The machines 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 Choose the 
Receive Mode  on page 37.)
Recording outgoing message 
(OGM) on an external TAD7
Timing is...

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External and extension 
telephones
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Connecting an external or 
extension telephone7
You can connect a separate telephone to 
your machine as shown in the diagram below.
 
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using an external or extension 
telephone, the LCD shows Telephone.
Operation from extension 
telephones7
If you answer a fax call on an extension or an 
external telephone, you can make your 
machine take the call by using the Remote...

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Using a cordless external 
telephone7
If your cordless telephone is connected to the 
telephone line cord (See  External and 
extension telephones  on page 57) and you 
typically carry the cordless handset 
elsewhere, it is easier to answer calls during 
the Ring Delay. 
If you let the machine answer first, you will 
have to go to the machine so you can press 
Hook  to send the call to the cordless handset.
Using remote codes7
Remote Activation code7
If you answer a fax call on an extension...