Selecting A Receive Mode - Brother MFC 8870DW - B/W Laser - All-in-One Quick Setup Manual

STEP 1
Setting Up the Machine
7

Selecting a receive mode

There are four possible receive modes: Fax Only,
Fax/Tel, Manual and External TAD.
Choose the Receive Mode which best suits your
needs.
Are you connecting an external telephone or external
telephone answering device to your machine?
Do you use a Distinctive
Ring subscriber service?
Are you using the voice message function of
your external telephone answering device?
Do you want your machine to answer fax
and telephone calls automatically?
10
Yes
Go to "Distinctive Ring"
in the Chapter 7 of
the User's Guide.
No
No
Yes
Do you use your machine for faxes
only?
Fax Only
Yes
Your machine
automatically answers
every call as a fax.
No
Fax/Tel
Your machine controls
the line and
automatically answers
every call. If the call is
not a fax, the phone will
ring for you to pick up
the call.
No
Manual
You control the phone
line and must answer
every call yourself.
Yes
External TAD
Your external telephone
answering device (TAD)
automatically answers
every call. Voice
messages are stored on
the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
(See "4. Install the
power cord and phone
line" on page 6.)
1
Press Menu.
2
Press 0.
3
Press 1.
4
Press
Press OK.
No
5
Press Stop/Exit.
For more details, see "Receiving a fax" in
Chapter 6 of the User's Guide.
or to select the mode.