Brother MFC-495CW - Manual (Page 78)

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External and extension
telephones
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Connecting an external or
extension telephone
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You can connect a separate telephone to
your machine as shown in the diagram below.
Connect the telephone line cord to the jack
labeled EXT.
Before you connect the external telephone,
remove the protective cap (3) from the EXT.
jack on the machine.
1 Extension telephone
2 External telephone
3 Protective Cap
When you are using a telephone on the same
phone line, the LCD shows Telephone.
Using external and extension
telephones
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Using extension telephones
If you answer a fax call at an extension
telephone, you can make your machine
receive the fax by pressing the Fax Receive
Code l 5 1.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at an extension telephone by
pressing the Telephone Answer Code # 5 1.
(See F/T Ring Time (Fax/Tel mode only)
on page 43.)
Using an external telephone
(connected to the EXT. jack of the
machine)
If you answer a fax call at the external
telephone connected to the EXT jack of the
machine, you can make the machine receive
the fax by pressing Black Start and choose
Receive.
If the machine answers a voice call and
pseudo/double-rings for you to take over, you
can take the call at the external telephone by
pressing Hook.
If you answer a call and no one is on
the line:
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You should assume that you're receiving a
manual fax.
Press l 5 1 and wait for the chirp or until the
LCD shows Receiving, and then hang up.
Note
You can also use the Easy Receive
feature to make your machine
automatically take the call. (See Easy
Receive on page 44.)
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