Panasonic KX-FPG378 User Manual

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5. Distinctive Ring
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5 Distinctive Ring
Distinctive Ring
5.1 Distinctive Ring 
service from your phone 
company
This service is convenient if you wish to have a 
different number for your fax machine and 
telephone, even when you use them on a single 
telephone line.
Distinctive Ring is a service offered by your local 
telephone company which allows you to use 
several telephone numbers on one telephone 
line. When a call is made to one of your phone 
numbers, the telephone company sends a ring 
pattern to your telephone line to indicate which 
number the call is intended for. By setting up this 
unit for Distinctive Ring, you can make the fax 
machine automatically start fax reception when 
a call comes to the fax number.
To use this service, you must subscribe to 
the Distinctive Ring service offered by your 
local telephone company.
5.2 Using two or more 
phone numbers on a 
single telephone line
5.2.1 Activating the Distinctive 
Ring feature
1
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 received
If the incoming call is for the fax number, the fax 
machine will ring with the assigned ring pattern 
and automatically start fax reception.
If the incoming call is for the phone number:
the fax machine will keep on ringing in TEL 
mode.
the fax machine will record a voice message 
in TAM/FAX mode.
fax communication will be attempted in FAX 
ONLY mode.
Note:
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Be sure to select a tone (Tone 1 to 3) for the 
handset ringer tone (page 76). If you select a 
melody, you will not be able to distinguish 
lines by their ringers.
5.3 Using three or more 
phone numbers on a 
single telephone line
You may wish to use three or more phone 
numbers for a single telephone line. In order to 
distinguish which number the call was 
addressed to, a different ring pattern must be 
assigned for each number.
Example: Using three phone numbers
To use one phone number for the fax, program 
the ring pattern assigned for the fax in feature 
#32 (page 56). In the example, the ring pattern 
assigned for fax is a triple ring, so you should 
program 
C” (triple ring).
{
SET}
{
MENU}
Telephone 
number
Ring pattern
Use
012 1234
Standard 
ring
Personal
012 5678
Double ring
Business
012 9876
Triple ring
Fax
Ring pattern
Settings in 
feature #32
Standard ring (one long 
ring) 
A”
1st ring
2nd ring
Double ring (two short rings) 
B”
1st ring
2nd ring
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