Brother MFC J825DW User Manual

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Fax Storage4
If you choose Fax Storage, your machine 
stores received faxes in the memory. You will 
be able to retrieve fax messages from 
another location using the remote retrieval 
commands.
If you have turned on Fax Storage, a backup 
copy will automatically be printed at the 
machine.
aPress Menu.
bPress aor b to display  Fax.
cPress Fax.
dPress aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive .
fPress aor b to display 
Memory Receive .
gPress Memory...

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PC-Fax Receive 
(Windows® only)4
If you turn on the PC-Fax Receive feature 
your machine will store received faxes in 
memory and send them to your PC 
automatically. You can then use your PC to 
view and store these faxes.
Even if you have turned off your PC (at night 
or on the weekend, for example), your 
machine will receive and store your faxes in 
its memory. The number of received faxes 
that are stored in the memory will appear on 
the LCD.
When you start your PC and the PC-FAX...

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Turning off Memory Receive 
operations4
aPress 
Menu.
bPress aor b to display  Fax.
cPress Fax.
dPress aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive .
fPress aor b to display 
Memory Receive .
gPress Memory Receive .
hPress Off.
iPress Stop/Exit .
Note
The LCD will give you more options if 
there are received faxes still in the 
machine’s memory. (See  Changing 
Memory Receive operations  
uu page 17.)
 
Changing Memory Receive 
operations4
If received faxes...

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Remote Retrieval4
You can call your machine from any 
touch-tone telephone or fax machine and 
then use the remote access code and remote 
commands to retrieve fax messages.
Setting a Remote Access 
Code4
The Remote Access Code lets you access 
the remote retrieval features when you are 
away from your machine. Before you can use 
the remote access and retrieval features, you 
have to set up your own code. The factory 
default code is the inactive code (--- ).
aPress  Menu.
bPress  aor b to...

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Remote Fax commands4
Follow the commands below to access features when you are away from the machine. When you 
call the machine and enter your remote access code  (3 digits followed by  ), the system will give 
two short beeps and you must enter a remote command.
Remote commandsOperation details
95 Change the Fax Forwarding or Fax  Storage settings
1 OFF You can choose  Off after you have retrieved or erased all 
your messages.
2 Fax Forwarding One long beep means...

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Retrieving fax messages4
You can call your machine from any 
touch-tone telephone and have your fax 
messages sent to another machine. Before 
you use this feature, you have to turn on Fax 
Storage.
aDial your fax number.
bWhen your machine answers, enter 
your remote access code (3 digits 
followed by  ) at once. If you hear one 
long beep, you have messages.
cWhen you hear two short beeps, 
press 962.
dWait for a long beep, and then use the 
dial pad to enter the number of the 
remote fax...

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Additional receiving 
operations
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Printing a reduced incoming 
fax4
If you choose On, the machine automatically 
reduces each page of an incoming fax to fit on 
one page of A4 or Letter size paper. The 
machine calculates the reduction ratio by 
using the page size of the fax and your Paper 
Size setting. ( uuBasic User’s Guide:  Paper 
Size )
aPress  Menu.
bPress aor b to display  Fax.
cPress Fax.
dPress aor b to display 
Setup Receive .
ePress Setup Receive ....

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Setup to receive polling with secure 
code
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Secure Polling lets you restrict who can get 
the documents you set up to be polled.
Secure Polling only works with Brother fax 
machines. If you want to get a fax from a 
secured Brother machine you have to enter 
the secure code.
aPress ( FAX).
bPress  dor c to display 
Advanced Settings .
cPress Advanced Settings .
dPress aor b to display  Polling RX .
ePress Polling RX .
fPress Secure .
gEnter a four-digit secure code by 
pressing the buttons...

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Sequential polling 
(Monochrome only)
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Sequential polling lets you request 
documents from several fax machines in one 
operation.
aPress (FAX).
bPress dor c to display 
Advanced Settings .
cPress Advanced Settings .
dPress aor b to display  Polling RX .
ePress Polling RX .
fPress Standard,  Secure or Timer.
gDo one of the following:
 If you chose Standard, go to 
step h.
 If you chose Secure, enter a four-
digit number, press  OK, go to steph.
 If you chose...

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Voice operations5
Voice calls can be made with an extension or 
external telephone by dialling manually.
BT Call Sign (U.K. only)5
This machine feature lets you use the BT Call 
Sign subscriber service which allows you to 
have at least two separate telephone 
numbers on one telephone line. Each 
telephone number has its own distinctive 
ringing pattern, so you know which telephone 
number is ringing. This is one way you can 
have a separate telephone number for your 
machine.
Your machine has a BT...