User manual BROTHER FAX-1270E

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL FAX-1270e If You Need to Call Customer Service Please complete the following information for future reference: Model: FAX-1270e Serial Number:* Date of Purchase: Place of Purchase: * The serial number is on the rear of the unit. Retain this OWNER'S MANUAL with your sales receipt as a permanent record of your purchase, in the event of a theft, fire or warranty service. ©1996-2002 Brother Industries, Ltd. Brother Numbers IMPORTANT NOTE: For technical and operational assistance, you must call the country where you purchased the fax machine. Calls must be made from within that country. Brother fax-back system (USA Only) Brother Customer Service has installed an easy-to-use fax-back system, so you can get instant answers to common technical questions and product information for all Brother products. You can use the system to send faxes to any fax machine, not just the one from which you are calling. [. . . ] Press 1 if you want to change the reduction setting--OR--Press 2 to go to Step 5. CHANGE REDUCTION 1. YES 2. NO Press or to select AUTO, 100%, 93%, 87% or 75%, and then press Menu/Set. Press Stop/Exit. SETUP RECEIVE 5-5 Advanced Receiving Operations Operation from External or Extension Telephone If you answer a fax call on an extension phone or on an external phone in the EXT. jack, you can make your fax machine take over by using the Fax Receive Code. When you press the Fax Receive Code 5 1, the fax machine starts to receive a fax. (See Easy Receive, page 5-4. ) If the fax machine answers a voice call and double-rings for you to take over, use the Telephone Answer Code # 5 1 to take the call at an extension phone. (See Setting F/T Ring Time, page 5-3. ) If you answer a call, and no one is on the line, assume you're receiving a fax. At an extension phone, press 5 1, wait for fax receiving tones (chirps), then hang up. At an external phone, press 5 1 and wait for the phone to be disconnected (the LCD shows RECEIVE) before you hang up. (Your caller will have to press Fax Start to send the fax. ) For FAX/TEL Mode Only When the fax machine is in FAX/TEL mode, it will use the F/T Ring Time (double-ringing) to alert you to a voice call. If you're at the fax machine, you can lift the handset to answer. If you're at an extension phone, you'll need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring Time, and then press # 5 1 between the double-rings. If no one is on the line, or if someone wants to send you a fax, send the call back to the fax machine by pressing 5 1. Changing Remote Codes Remote Codes might not work with some telephone systems. If you are always disconnected when accessing your external TAD remotely, try changing the Fax Receive Code from 5 1 to # # # and the Telephone Answer Code from # 5 1 to 9 9 9. To Change Remote Codes 1 2 3 4 5 5-6 Press Menu/Set, 2, 4. If you want to, enter a new Fax Receive Code, and then press Menu/Set. If you want to, enter a new Telephone Answer Code, and then press Menu/Set. Press Stop/Exit. SETUP RECEIVE 4. REMOTE CODE FAX RECEIVE:*51 TEL ANSWER:#51 Printing a Fax in Memory If you have Fax Storage ON for remote retrieval, you can still print a fax in the memory when you are at your machine: 1 2 3 Press Menu/Set, 8, 4. (See Setting Fax Storage, page 9-2. ) 4. PRINT FAX Polling Polling is the process of retrieving faxes from another fax machine. You can use your fax machine to "poll" other machines, or you can have someone poll your machine. All parties involved in polling need to set up their fax machines to accommodate polling. When someone polls your machine to receive a fax, they pay for the call; if you poll someone's fax machine to receive a fax, you pay for the call. (See Canceling a Scheduled Job, page 6-9. ) Some fax machines do not respond to the Polling feature. Setting Up Polling Receive Polling Receive is when you call another fax machine to receive a fax from it. 1 2 3 4 5 Press Menu/Set, 2, 7. The LCD prompts you to enter the fax number you want to poll, and then to press Fax Start. [. . . ] 6 Hang up. 1 If you plan to receive fax messages while away from your machine, carrying the Remote Retrieval Access Card printed below will serve as a convenient reminder of the retrieval procedures. Keeping it handy will help you derive the full benefit of your machine's forwarding, paging and remote retrieval features. Fold R-1 Fold Changing Remote Retrieval Access Code 1 Press Menu/Set, 8, 3. 2 Enter a three-digit number from 000 to 999. The cannot be changed. 3 Press Menu/Set. 4 Press Stop/Exit. Remote Commands Press 9 6 then to Program Fax Forwarding Number press 4. [. . . ]