Brother Mfc 5490cn User Manual

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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...

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External and extension 
telephones
7
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.
Before you connect the external telephone, 
remove the protective cap (3) from the EXT. 
jack on the machine.
 
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
The LCD shows  Telephone.
Using external and extension 
telephones7
Using extension telephones:7
If...

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Using a non-Brother cordless 
external telephone7
If your non-brother cordless telephone is 
connected to the EXT. jack of the machine 
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
Fax Receive Code7
If you answer a fax call on an extension...

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How to Dial8
Manual dialing8
Press all of the digits of the fax or telephone 
number.
 
One Touch Dialing8
Your machine has 3 One Touch keys where 
you can store 6 fax or telephone numbers for 
automatic dialing. 
 
Press the One Touch key that stores the 
number you want to call. (See Storing 
One Touch Dial numbers  on page 51.) To 
access numbers 4 to 6, hold down  Shift as 
you press the One Touch key.
Speed Dialing8
aPress ( Phone Book ). 
bPress aor b to choose  Search.
Press  OK.
cPress the...

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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 once after five...

Chapter 8
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eDo one of the following: „ Enter the name (up to 16 characters) 
using the dial pad.
Press  OK.
 (To help you enter letters, see 
Entering Text  on page 143.)
„ To store the number without a name, 
press  OK.
fPress  Stop/Exit .
Storing Speed Dial numbers8
You can store up to 100 2-digit Speed Dial 
locations with a name. When you dial you will 
only have to press a few keys (For example: 
(Phone Book ), OK , # , the two-digit 
number, and  Black Start or Color Start ).
aPress (Phone Book...

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Setting up groups for 
broadcasting8
Groups, which can be stored on a One Touch 
key or a Speed Dial location, allow you to 
send the same fax message to many fax 
numbers by entering a One Touch or Speed 
Dial number and 
Black Start. 
First, you will need to store each fax number 
in a One Touch key or Speed Dial location. 
Then you can include them as numbers in the 
Group. Each Group uses up a One Touch 
key or Speed Dial location. You can have up 
to six Groups, or...

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Dialing Access codes and 
credit card numbers8
Sometimes you may want to choose from 
several long distance carriers when you 
make a call. Rates may vary depending on 
the time and destination. To take advantage 
of low rates, you can store the access codes 
of long-distance carriers and credit card 
numbers as One Touch and Speed Dial 
numbers. You can store these long dialing 
sequences by dividing them and setting them 
up as separate Speed Dial numbers in any 
combination. You can even...

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You can only use one remote fax option at 
a time:„ Fax Forwarding
„ Paging
„ Fax Storage
„ PC Fax Receive
„ Off
You can change your selection at any time. If 
received faxes are still in the machine’s 
memory when you change the Remote Fax 
Options, a question will appear on the LCD. 
(See  Changing Remote Fax Options  
on page 58.)Fax Forwarding9
When you choose Fax Forward, your 
machine stores the received fax in the 
memory. The machine will then dial the fax 
number you have programmed and...

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Paging9
When you choose Paging, your machine 
dials the pager number you have 
programmed, and then dials your PIN 
(Personal identification Number). This 
activates your pager so you will know that you 
have a fax message in the memory.
If you have set Paging, a backup copy of the 
received fax will automatically be printed at 
the machine.
aPress  Menu, 2, 4, 1 . 
Remote Fax Opt
1.Fwd/Page/Store
bPress  a or  b to choose  Paging.
Press  OK.
cEnter your pager phone number 
followed by  # #...