Brother Mfc 790cw 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.
Voice Mail7
If you have Voice...

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Distinctive Ring7
Distinctive Ring is a function 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 Smart 
Ring, Ring Master or Ident-a-Ring. This 
service establishes a second telephone 
number on the same line as your existing 
telephone number, and each number has its 
own...

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Note
Ring Pattern #1 is often called short-short 
and is the most commonly used.
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 rings are silent on the 
machine. This is because the fax must 
‘listen’ to the ring pattern (to compare it to 
the pattern that was ‘registered’). (Other 
telephones on the...

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Caller ID7
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 information stays stored in the...

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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...

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Connections7
The external TAD must be plugged into the 
jack labeled EXT. Your machine cannot work 
properly if you plug the TAD into a wall jack 
(unless you are using Distinctive Ring).
aPlug the telephone line cord from the 
telephone wall jack into the jack labeled 
LINE.
bRemove the protective cap (1) from the 
jack labeled EXT, and then plug the 
telephone line cord from the external 
TAD into the EXT. jack. (Make sure this 
cord is connected to the TAD at the 
TADs telephone line...

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Special line considerations7
Roll over telephone lines7
A roll over telephone system is a group of two 
or more separate telephone lines that pass 
incoming calls to each other if they are busy. 
The calls are usually passed down or ‘rolled 
over’ to the next available telephone line in a 
preset order.
Your machine can work in a roll over system 
as long as it is the last number in the 
sequence, so the call cannot roll away. Do not 
put the machine on any of...

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dPlug one end of the second telephone 
line cord for your TAD into the L2 jack of 
the two-line TAD. Plug the other end into 
the EXT. jack on the left side of the 
machine.
 
1 Triplex Adapter
2 Two Line Telephone
3 External Two Line TAD
4 Machine
You can keep two-line telephones on other 
wall outlets as always. There are two ways to 
add a two-line telephone to the machines 
wall outlet. You can plug the telephone line 
cord from the two-line telephone into the 
L1+L2 jack of the triplex...

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External and extension 
telephones
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Connecting an external or 
extension telephone7
You can connect a separate telephone or 
telephone answering device 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 
answering machine, remove the protective 
cap (3) from the EXT. jack on the machine.
 
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
When you are using an...

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Using a Non-Brother cordless 
external telephone 
(MFC-790CW only)7
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 
Speaker Phone  to send the call to the 
cordless handset.
Using remote codes7
Fax Receive code7
If you answer a fax call on an extension or...