Brother MFC 990CW User Manual

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For MFC-990CW7
aIf you answered by pressing 
Speaker Phone on the machine, press 
Hold/Intercom  on the machine to put a 
call on Hold.
bTo release the call from Hold, press 
Speaker Phone  on the machine.
Note
You can pick up an extension telephone 
and continue speaking without releasing 
the call from Hold on the machine.
 
Tone or Pulse (Not Available 
for New Zealand)7
If you have a Pulse dialling service, but need 
to send Tone signals (for example, for 
telephone...

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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 
announced by a different,...

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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...

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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 businesses profit from a...

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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...

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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-k; Step  h 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, set the Call 
Waiting...

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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...

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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 
Caller ID information...

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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 Manual and 
turn Fax Detect on. (See  Choose the 
Receive Mode  on page 43.)
Recording outgoing message...

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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 
Ext. Tel in Use .
Operation from extension 
telephones7
Using extension telephones7
If you answer a fax call on an extension 
telephone, you can make your machine take 
the call by using the Remote Activation...