Brother T76 Manuel D’Utilisation

   Chapter 8

If you answer a fax call on an external or extension phone, you can make your machine take over by 
using the Activation Code. When you press the Activation Code 

 

, the machine starts to receive 

If the machine answers a voice call and F/T pseudo-rings for you to take over, use the Deactivation 
Code 

 to take the call at an extension phone. The Deactivation Code is used only in F/T mode. 

(You have to set Remote Activation to ON in 

, 

, 

 to use 

 

 or 

.)

If you answer a call, and no one is on the line, assume you’re receiving a fax.

•

If you are using the machine phone, press 

, then hang up.

•

If you are using an extension phone, press 

 

, wait for fax receiving tones (chirps), then hang 

up.

•

If you are using an external phone, press 

 

 and wait for the phone to be disconnected (the 

screen displays RECEIVE) before you hang up. (Your caller will have to press 

 to send 

the fax.)

Extension telephones are not permitted in some countries, in such a case the deactivation code will 
not work.

The Remote Activation Code also can be used by your callers. When you are using an external TAD, 
your outgoing message (OGM) should end with the statement “to send a fax, press 

 

”. See 

“Outgoing Message (OGM) of External TAD” on page 11.

When the machine is in F/T mode, it will use the F/T Ring Time (F/T pseudo-ringing) to alert you 
to a voice call.

•

If you’re at the machine, you can lift the handset to answer.

•

If you’re at an extension phone, you’ll need to lift the handset during the F/T Ring Time and 
press 

 between the F/T pseudo-rings.

•

If no one is on the line, or if someone wants to send you a fax, send the call back to the machine 
by pressing 

 

.

In order to set the Remote Activation, you should first set 

, 

, 

 REMOTE CODE to ON. 

This function works when you receive the incoming Voice call at the remote DECT cordless phone 
externally connected to the fax machine. See “Connecting an External Telephone” on page 12. 
You can transfer voice call to the fax machine. But you can not transfer the incoming voice call from 
the fax machine to the DECT cordless phone.

When you pick up the voice call at remote DECT cordless phone and would like to transfer it to the 
fax machine,

If you accidentally pick up an extension phone when a fax message is being 
received, you may disrupt the transmission or render some portions unreadable.