User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Basic User’s Guide MFC-L8650CDW
- User’s Guides and where do I find them?
- Table of Contents
- 1 General information
- Using the documentation
- Accessing Brother Utilities (Windows®)
- Accessing the Advanced User's Guide, and Software and Network User's Guide
- How to access the User’s Guides for Advanced Features
- Accessing Brother Support (Windows®)
- Accessing Brother Support (Macintosh)
- Control panel overview
- Shortcut Settings
- Set the date and time
- Enter personal information (Station ID)
- Volume settings
- 2 Loading paper
- Loading paper and print media
- Paper settings
- Acceptable paper and other print media
- 3 Loading documents
- 4 Sending a fax
- 5 Receiving a fax
- 6 Using PC-FAX
- 7 Telephone and external devices
- 8 Dialling and storing numbers
- 9 Making copies
- 10 Printing from a USB flash drive or digital camera supporting mass storage
- 11 How to print from a computer
- 12 How to scan to a computer
- A Routine maintenance
- B Troubleshooting
- C Settings and features tables
- D Specifications
- Index
Receiving a fax
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Using receive modes 5
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If the caller wants to send a fax during a call or the caller sends you a fax call, please press Fax Start button (under
easy mode) on the Touchscreen of the machine or press l51 keys on the external answering phone device (You have
to turn on the remote codes, see Using Remote Codes on page 51 to give fax receiving signals).
Mode Function Help
Fax Each call recognized as fax and
send fax signal. However, you
can answer the call within the
number of rings.
Factory setting of Ring Delay is 2 (0-10 times
available, please see Ring Delay on page 41).
After ringing 2 times, the fax machine send
faxreceiving signals automatically;
Tip: If your machine is connecting an external
answering phone device, and often use it to
answer incoming calls, you could set the ring
time through 4 to 6 times.
Within the recommended ringing times, you
can use the external answering phone device
to answer and talk.
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Fax/Tel Automatically determine whether
the incoming call is telephone or
fax calls.
Non-Fax call will make a fast
double-ring to inform you answer
the phone.
Factory setting of Ring Delay is 2 (0-10 times
available, see Ring Delay on page 41). F/T
ring time (a fast double-ring) is 20 seconds.
According to incoming call after the fax
machine rings 2 times:
1) For the fax call, send fax received signal;
2) For the telephone call, make a fast double-
ring, waiting for you answer the phone.
Tip: If your machine is connecting an external
answering phone device, you could set the
ringing time through 4 to 6 times to answer the
call.
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Manual Machine doesn’t recognize each
call, only as a common phone
call that you need to determine
after answering the phone.
Answering the call, or if the caller wants to
send you a fax, press Fax Start button
(under easy mode) to receive faxes.
Tip: If your machine is connecting an external
answering phone device, you can use the
external answering phone device to answer
and talk.
1
External TAD The external answering machine
(TAD) automatically answers
every call. Voice messages are
stored on the external TAD. Fax
messages are printed.
Use this mode if you have connected an
external answering machine to your machine.
The TAD setting works only with an external
answering machine.
Note: Ring Delay and F/T Ring Time do not
work in this setting.










