Quick Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- Quick Setup Guide MFC-J650DW MFC-J870DW MFC-J875DW
- Start Here
- 1 Unpack the machine and check the components
 - 2 Connect the power cord and telephone line
 - 3 Install the ink cartridges
 - 4 Load plain Letter/A4 paper
 - 5 Check the print quality
 - 6 Set the date and time
 - 7 Choose your language (if needed)
 - 8 Choose the correct Receive Mode
 - 9 Set your Station ID
 - 10 Transmission Verification Report
 - 11 Set Tone or Pulse dialing mode (Canada only)
 - 12 Set the telephone line compatibility (VoIP)
 - 13 Automatic Daylight Saving Time
 - 14 Choose your connection type
 
 - For Windows® USB interface users (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8)
 - For Macintosh USB interface users (Mac OS X v10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
 - For Windows® wired network interface users (MFC-J870DW/J875DW only) (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8)
 - For Macintosh wired network interface users (MFC-J870DW/J875DW only) (Mac OS X v10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
 - For wireless network interface users
- 15 Before you begin
 - 16 Choose your wireless setup method
 - 17 Setup using the CD-ROM (Windows® and Macintosh)
 - 17 Manual setup from the control panel using the Setup Wizard (Windows®, Macintosh and mobile devices)
 - 17 One-push setup using WPS or AOSS™ (Windows®, Macintosh and mobile devices)
 - Troubleshooting
 - Install the drivers & software (Windows® XP Home/XP Professional/Windows Vista®/Windows® 7/Windows® 8)
 - Install the drivers & software (Mac OS X v10.6.8, 10.7.x, 10.8.x)
 
 - Install Optional Applications Windows®
 - For Network Users
 - Other Information
 - Consumables
 - brother USA/CAN
 
 - Start Here
 
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Windows
®
USB
18
Finish and restart
a Click Finish to restart your computer. 
After restarting the computer, you must log on 
with Administrator rights.
b The following screens will appear.
• When the Software Update Setting screen 
appears, choose the software update setting 
you want and click OK.
• When the Brother Product Research and 
Support Program screen appears, select 
your preference and follow the on-screen 
instructions.
• When the Brother Trial Photo Print screen 
appears, follow the on-screen instructions to 
print a test photo.
To install optional applications:
Now go to
Page 43
NOTE
• If an error message appears during the 
software installation, do one of the following:
- Windows
®
 XP, Windows Vista
®
 and 
Windows
®
7 users: Run the Installation 
Diagnostics located in   (Start) > 
All Programs > Brother > MFC-XXXX 
(where XXXX is your model name).
- Windows
®
8 users: To run the Installation 
Diagnostics, double-click   (Brother 
Utilities) on the desktop, and then click the 
drop-down list and select your model name 
(if not already selected). Click Tools in the 
left navigation bar.
• Depending on your security settings, a 
Windows
®
 Security or antivirus software 
window may appear when using the machine 
or its software. Please allow or permit the 
window to continue.
NOTE
• Internet access is required for the software 
update and the Brother Product Research and 
Support Program.
• When you install MFL-Pro Suite, Brother Help 
will also be installed automatically. Brother 
Help allows you to access the Brother 
Solutions Center when you click 
 in the task tray.
Finish
The installation is now 
complete.
NOTE
Windows
®
8 users: If the Brother manuals 
included on the CD-ROM are in PDF format, use 
Adobe
®
 Reader
®
 to open them. If Adobe
®
Reader
®
 is installed on your computer but you 
cannot open the files in Adobe
®
 Reader
®
, change 
the file association for PDF (see How to open a 
PDF file in Adobe
®
 Reader
®
 (Windows
®
 8) 
on page 45).










