5. Distinctive Ring555 Distinctive RingDistinctive Ring5.1 Distinctive Ringservice from your phonecompanyThis service is convenient if you wish to have adifferent number for your fax machine andtelephone, even when you use them on a singletelephone line.Distinctive Ring is a service offered by your localtelephone company which allows you to useseveral telephone numbers on one telephoneline. When a call is made to one of your phonenumbers, the telephone company sends a ringpattern to your telephone line to indicate whichnumber the call is intended for. By setting up thisunit for Distinctive Ring, you can make the faxmachine automatically start fax reception whena call comes to the fax number.To use this service, you must subscribe tothe Distinctive Ring service offered by yourlocal telephone company.5.2 Using two or morephone numbers on asingle telephone line5.2.1 Activating the DistinctiveRing feature1 Press {MENU}.2 Press {#}, then {3}{1}.3 Press {1} to select “ON”.4 Press {SET}.5 Press {MENU}.How phone calls and faxes are receivedIf the incoming call is for the fax number, the faxmachine will ring with the assigned ring patternand automatically start fax reception.If the incoming call is for the phone number:– the fax machine will keep on ringing in TELmode.– the fax machine will record a voice messagein TAM/FAX mode.– fax communication will be attempted in FAXONLY mode.Note:L Be sure to select a tone (Tone 1 to 3) for thehandset ringer tone (page 76). If you select amelody, you will not be able to distinguishlines by their ringers.5.3 Using three or morephone numbers on asingle telephone lineYou may wish to use three or more phonenumbers for a single telephone line. In order todistinguish which number the call wasaddressed to, a different ring pattern must beassigned for each number.Example: Using three phone numbersTo use one phone number for the fax, programthe ring pattern assigned for the fax in feature#32 (page 56). In the example, the ring patternassigned for fax is a triple ring, so you shouldprogram “C” (triple ring).{SET} {MENU}TelephonenumberRing pattern Use012 1234 StandardringPersonal012 5678 Double ring Business012 9876 Triple ring FaxRing pattern Settings infeature #32Standard ring (one longring)“A”1st ring 2nd ringDouble ring (two short rings) “B”1st ring 2nd ring