Xerox WorkCentre 490cx User Manual

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Reception Modes 4-94Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD)Distinctive Ring is a telephone company service which enables the use of asingle telephone line to answer several different telephone numbers. Thenumber used to call a phone with this feature is identified by a distinctiveringing pattern consisting of various combinations of long and short ringingtones.This feature is often used by answering services that answer telephones formany different clients and need to know which number is being called bythe ringing pattern of the phone.Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection feature (DRPD), this machine"learns" the ring pattern you designate to answer the fax.Unless changed, this ringing pattern will continue to be recognized andanswered as a fax call, and all other ringing patterns will be forwarded tothe telephone or answering machine plugged into the EXT jack. You caneasily suspend or change Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection at any time.See Selectable Options on page 1-62, or you can select one of the otherreception modes.