Setting The Options For Fax/Tel Mode - Canon FAX-L220 User Manual

Setting the Options for Fax/Tel Mode

If you set Fax/Tel Mode, you can control precisely how the FAX handles incoming
calls by adjusting the following settings:
– RING START TIME setting: Adjust the time the FAX takes to check whether a
call is from a fax machine or from a telephone (default: 8 seconds).
– F/T RING TIME setting: Adjust the length of time the FAX rings when the call
is from a telephone (default: 22 seconds).
– DEFAULT ACTION setting: Set whether the FAX switches to receive mode or
disconnects the call after the ring time set in F/T RING TIME has elapsed
(default: switches to receive mode).
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What Happens When Fax/Tel Mode is Selected
When the FAX receives a call, it responds according to the type of call as follows:
Type of call
Telephone charges
begin for the caller.
RING START
TIME
(Default setting = 8 sec.)
F/T RING TIME
(Default setting = 22 sec.)
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Telephone
The FAX answers without ringing.
The FAX listens for the fax tone.
(For 8 sec.)
The fax tone is not detected.
The FAX starts ringing.
If you don't pick up the handset.
(within 22 sec.)
DEFAULT ACTION
Choose between:
RECEIVE
(default setting) and
RECEIVE
(Default setting)
Not all fax machines are capable of sending a fax tone. For those cases if you set
DEFAULT ACTION
the to
automatically and starts receiving the document. If no document comes in, it
disconnects the call after approximately 40 seconds.
Fax
Sending document
Sending document
manually
The fax tone is
The document is
detected.
received automatically.
(The fax tone is
detected and the FAX
switches to receive
mode.)
Pick up the handset
DISCONNECT
DISCONNECT.
The fax disconnects
the call.
RECEIVE
, the fax switches to receive mode
Receiving Faxes
Fax
automatically
to talk.
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