Receiving Manually Using An Extension Telephone; Receiving Faxes Using The Drpd Mode - Dell 1600n User Manual

Receiving Manually Using an Extension Telephone

This features works best when you are using an extension telephone connected to the
Phone Jack ( ) on back of your machine. You can receive a fax from someone you are
talking to on the extension telephone without having to go to the fax machine.
When you receive a call on the extension phone and hear fax tones, press the keys "*9*"
(star nine star) on the extension telephone.
The machine receives the document.
Press the buttons slowly in sequence. If you still hear the fax tone from the remote machine,
try pressing "*9*" once again.
"*9*" is the remote receive code preset at the factory. The first and the last asterisks are
fixed, but you can change the middle number to whatever you choose. For details on
changing the code, see page 116.

Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD Mode

"Distinctive Ring" is a telephone company service which enables a user to use a single
telephone line to answer several different telephone numbers. The particular number
someone uses to call you on is identified by different ringing patterns, which consist of
various combinations of long and short ringing sounds. This feature is often used by
answering services who answer telephones for many different clients and need to know
which number someone is calling in on to properly answer the phone.
Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection feature, your fax machine can "learn" the ring
pattern you designate to be answered by the FAX machine. Unless you change it, this
ringing pattern will be recognized and answered as a FAX call, and all other ringing patterns
will be forwarded to the extension telephone or answering machine plugged into the Phone
Jack ( ) on back of your machine. You can easily suspend or change Distinctive Ring
Pattern Detection at any time.
Before using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection option, Distinctive Ring service must
be installed on your telephone line by the telephone company. To set up Distinctive Ring
Pattern Detection, you will need another telephone line at your location, or someone
available to dial your FAX number from outside.
To set up the DRPD mode:
Press <Menu> until "Fax Setup" appears on the top line of the display.
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The first available menu item, "Receive Mode" displays on the bottom line.
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