Brother Mfc 5890cn User Manual

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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 49.)
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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Remote Deactivation code7
If you receive a voice call and the machine is 
in F/T mode, it will start to sound the F/T 
(double) ring after the initial ring delay. If you 
pick up the call on an extension telephone 
you can turn the F/T ring off by pressing  # 5  1  
( #9  1  for New Zealand) (make sure you press 
this  between  the rings).
If the machine answers a voice call and 
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you 
can take the call at the external telephone by 
pressing  Hook....

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How to Dial8
Manual dialling8
Press all of the digits of the fax or telephone 
number.
 
One Touch Dialling8
Your machine has 3 One Touch keys where 
you can store 6 fax or telephone numbers for 
automatic dialling. 
 
Press the One Touch key that stores the 
number you want to call. (See Storing 
One Touch Dial numbers  on page 77.) To 
access numbers 4 to 6, hold down  Shift as 
you press the One Touch key.
Speed Dialling8
aPress ( Phone Book ). 
You can also choose  Phone Book by 
pressing (...

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Search8
You can search for names you have stored in 
the One Touch and Speed Dial memory. 
aPress ( Phone Book ).
You can also choose  Phone Book by 
pressing ( Fax).
bPress  aor b to choose  Search.
Press  OK.
cPress  aor b to choose 
Alphabetical Order  or 
Numerical Order .
Press  OK.
Note
• Press  l to make the LCD font size larger.
•Press  # to make the LCD font size smaller.
 
dIf you chose  Alphabetical Order  in 
step c, use the dial pad to enter the first 
letter of the name, and...

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Caller ID history8
This feature requires the Caller ID subscriber 
service offered by many local telephone 
companies. (See Caller ID on page 67.) 
(See  Caller ID  on page 69.) (See  Caller ID 
(For Singapore and Hong Kong)  on page 71.)
The number, or name if available, from the 
last 30 faxes and telephone calls you 
received will be stored in the Caller ID history. 
You can view the list or choose one of these 
numbers to fax to, add to One Touch or 
Speed Dial, or...

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bDo 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 206.)
„ To store the number without a name, 
press  OK.
cEnter the fax or telephone number (up to 
20 digits).
Press  OK.
Note
(MFC-6490CW only) 
If you want to store an E-mail address to 
use with Internet fax or Scan to E-mail 
server, press  a to choose  Dial Type , 
and then press  dor c to change the option 
to  E-Address . Press b to...