Special Settings; Answering Machine - Philips M3 User Manual

4 Now enter the number of ringing signals after
which the fax switch should accept the call
and separate faxes from voice messages. If
the call is a fax call the fax machine switches
to reception. Telephone calls will continue to
ring.
5 Confi rm your entry with OK.
6 Using u, determine the ringer volume when
receiving a call.
7 Confi rm with OK. To activate mode M select
MENU, 32 (Night) and OK. Repeat steps
2 to 6.
If you cannot receive any faxes, you may have
set both ringing signal numbers too high (see
points 2 and 4). Set both ringing signal num-
bers to values lower than fi ve.
Other telephones will ring for as long as the
setting under fax rings.

Special settings

Silent fax reception
To receive faxes without any ring signals, set the
amount of ring signals in FAX RINGS to 0.
Completely silent operation
You should use this option only with devices with
integral answering machines. If, for example, you
do not wish to be disturbed by calls or faxes ar-
riving at night, you may set the number of ringing
signals to 0. Faxes are then received silently and
calls are immediately answered by the answering
machine, provided you have switched the answer-
ing machine on.
For machines without a built-in answer machine
the fax switch is disabled in this setting, i. e. your
device immediately switches over to fax recep-
tion and will not ring, when calls are received (the
caller hears a whistling tone).
v For this reason calls cannot be recorded by
be connected.
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RINGER VOL.: HIGH
any external answering machine which may
Manual fax reception
If you select MANUAL RECEPTION faxes will
not be automatically received by your fax ma-
chine unless you activate fax reception yourself.
Lift the handset and press START. This may be
FAX RINGS: 5
sensible for example, if you wish to receive your
faxes by modem at your computer.
Economy operating mode
(only for devices with built-in answering
machine)
If you select option 5/2 at TAM RINGS:, then
your answering machine will start after two ring-
ing signals instead of after fi ve, when you receive
new
you have the opportunity to check, whether your
answering machine holds any messages without
incurring telephone cost (if your answering ma-
chine turns itself on after only two ringing sig-
nals you will know, that new messages have been
left). After listening to your new messages your
answering machine will, at the next call, switch
itself on again after fi ve ringing signals.

Answering machine

Connect your answering machine as described in
Installation / Additional devices.
To provide for the optimum performance of an
external answering machine, set this device to
ring once or twice. To avoid the automatic ac-
ceptance of calls by the fax-switch, you must set
total RINGS and fax RINGS to a value at
least two ringing signals higher than the setting
of the external answering machine.
If you switch off the external answering machine,
calls are accepted by the fax-switch (see chapter
Set SM mode).
Settings example:
Answering machine rings
FAX RINGS
TOTAL RINGS
Tips:
The answering message of your answering ma-
chine should be shorter than ten seconds.
Please avoid music in your outgoing message.
messages. Via the remote access function
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