7F AXING 7.17Receiving Faxes Using the DRPDMode“Distinctive Ring” is a telephone company service which enablesa user to use a single telephone line to answer several differenttelephone numbers. The particular number someone uses to callyou is identified by different ringing patterns, which consist ofvarious combinations of long and short ringing sounds. Thisfeature is often used by answering services who answertelephones for many different clients and need to know whichnumber someone is calling in on to properly answer the phone.Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection feature, your faxmachine can “learn” the ring pattern you designate to beanswered by the fax machine. Unless you change it, this ringingpattern will continue to be recognized and answered as a faxcall, and all other ringing patterns will be forwarded to theextension telephone or answering machine plugged into the EXTjack. You can easily suspend or change Distinctive Ring PatternDetection at any time.Before using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection option,Distinctive Ring service must be installed on your telephone lineby the telephone company. To set up Distinctive Ring PatternDetection, you will need another telephone line at your location,or someone available to dial your fax number from outside.To set up the DRPD mode:1 Press Menu until “Fax Setup” appears on the top line of thedisplay.The first available menu item, “Receive Mode,” displays onthe bottom line.2 Press the scroll button ( or ) until you see “DRPD Mode”on the bottom line and press Enter.3 When “Set” displays on the bottom line, press Enter.“Waiting Ring” appears on the display.4 Call your fax number from another telephone. It is notnecessary to place the call from a fax machine.5 When your machine begins to ring, do not answer the call.The machine requires several rings to learn the pattern.When the machine completes learning, the LCD displays“End DRPD Setup”.
