2.19Receiving a FaxNotes:•If you have set your machine to ANS/FAX mode and your answering machineis switched off, or no answering machine is connected to the machine, themachine will automatically go into fax receive mode after several rings.•If your answering machine has a ‘user-selectable ring counter’, set themachine to answer incoming calls within 4 ring.•If you are in TEL mode (manual reception) when the answering machine isconnected to your machine, you must switch off the answering machine, orthe outgoing message from the answering machine will interrupt your phoneconversation.Receiving Manually in TEL Mode1. Press Rcv.Mode until the display shows ‘TEL.’2. When the telephone rings, pick up the handset and answer it.3. If you hear a fax tone, or if the person on the other end asks you toreceive a document, press Start on the machine.Or, press the buttons ‘ 9 ’ (star-nine-star) on the extensiontelephone.‘ 9 ‘ is the remote receive start code preset at the factory. Thefirst and the last asterisks are fixed, but you can change the middlecharacter to whatever you choose. For more information, see page2.37.4. Replace the handset. The machine begins receiving and returns toStandby mode when reception is complete.Note: If your machine is not equipped with handset, you’ll pick up thehandset of the extension phone connected to EXT.LINE jack.Receiving Automatically in ANS/FAX ModeTo use this mode, you must attach an answering machine to theEXT.LINE jack on the back of your machine (see page 1.8).1. Press Rcv.Mode until the display shows ‘ANS/FAX.’2. When you get a call, the answering machine answers it. If the callerleaves a message, the answering machine stores the message normally.If your machine hears a fax tone on the line, the fax receive mode isactivated.2 Operation