Setting The Receive Mode - Canon PIXMA MP830 User Manual

When you receive a voice call:
The machine will ring. Pick up the telephone or answering machine connected to your
machine.
Note
The telephone does not ring when it receives a fax call. If you want it to ring, connect a
telephone to your machine and enable the <Incoming ring> setting. See
page 140. You can also select the number of rings before the machine answers. See
"Incoming ring" on page
Customizing FAX/TEL Auto Switch
You can customize this mode to control precisely how your machine handles incoming
calls. You can adjust the time the machine takes to check whether a call is a fax or voice
call, the length of time the machine rings when it is a voice call, and the behavior the
machine takes if a voice call is not answered in this time.
Note
For details on the FAX/TEL Auto Switch settings, see
If You Have Subscribed to a Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD)
Service with Your Telephone Company (US and Canada only):
Select <DRPD>.
When you receive a fax call:
The machine will ring according to the ring pattern you have chosen and receive the fax
automatically.
When you receive a voice call:
The telephone will ring according to the ring pattern you have chosen. Pick up the handset
to answer the call.
Setting the Ring Pattern
Your telephone company will assign a distinctive ring pattern to each number when you
order the DRPD service. Set the fax ring pattern that matches the pattern assigned by the
telephone company.
If You Want Your Machine to Automatically Switch between Fax and
Voice Calls by the Call Ring Patterns (Network Switch):
Select <Network switch>.
When you receive a fax call:
The machine will ring and receive the fax automatically.
When you receive a voice call:
The telephone will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.
Note
To use this feature, you need to subscribe to a compatible service provided by your telephone
company. Contact your telephone company for details.

Setting the Receive Mode

1
Display the FAX menu.
"Display the FAX menu." on page
See
Chapter 5
140.
81.
"Incoming ring" on
"FAX/TEL auto switch" on page
Faxing
139.
121