Xerox PE120 User Manual

Faxing

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“Distinctive Ring” is a telephone company service which enables 

a user to use a single telephone line to answer several different 

telephone numbers. The particular number someone uses to call 

you is identified by different ringing patterns, which consist of 

various combinations of long and short ringing sounds. This 

feature is often used by answering services who answer 

telephones for many different clients and need to know which 

number someone is calling in on to properly answer the phone.

Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection feature, your fax 

machine can “learn” the ring pattern you designate to be 

answered by the fax machine. Unless you change it, this ringing 

pattern will continue to be recognized and answered as a fax 

call, and all other ringing patterns will be forwarded to the 

extension telephone or answering machine plugged into the EXT 

jack. You can easily suspend or change Distinctive Ring Pattern 

Detection at any time.

Before using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection option, 

Distinctive Ring service must be installed on your telephone line 

by the telephone company. To set up Distinctive Ring Pattern 

Detection, 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:

Press Menu until “Fax Setup” appears on the top line of the 
display.

The first available menu item, “Receive Mode,” displays on 

the bottom line.

Press the scroll button (W or X) until you see “DRPD Mode” 
on the bottom line and press Enter.

When “Set” displays on the bottom line, press Enter.

 “Waiting Ring” appears on the display.

Call your fax number from another telephone. It is not 
necessary to place the call from a fax machine.