Canon PIXMA MX360 Series Instruction and safety manual

Selecting The Best
Receive Mode
&
Phone Line Configuration
MX360
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Click here if you have one phone line that will be used for voice calls and faxes.
Click here if you have a separate phone line dedicated to faxing.
Select the option that best describes your current phone
line configuration
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Click here if you have an answering machine
or a phone with a built-in answering machine
Click here if you have voicemail.
Click here if you do not have an answering machine or voicemail.
None of the above apply to my configuration
Select the option that best describes your
answering machine/voice mail configuration
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Click here for “Fax Only Mode” Setup Directions
Since you have a dedicated fax line,
the best receive mode is Fax Only Mode
In this mode:
•All incoming calls will be answered by the multifunction
•The multifunction will treat all calls as fax calls
•You do not have to be home to receive a fax
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I can place the answering machine and the
MX360 in the same room
I must have the answering machine in a different room
Are you able to place your answering machine and the
MX360 in the same room?
With an answering machine connected to the MX360 you are able to receive
fax calls even when you are not home. No additional phone services are
required.
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Click here for “Tel Priority Mode” Setup Directions
The best receive mode for your configuration
is the Default Mode (“Tel Priority Mode”)
To receive a fax when you are home you will:
•Pick up the handset on the phone connected to the MX360.
•Listen for fax tones.
•When the tones stop hang up the handset.
•The MX360 will receive the fax document.
To receive a fax while you are away:
•The answering machine will answer the call.
•If fax tones are heard by the MX360 it will take over the call and receive
the fax document.
IMPORTANT: In order to receive a fax, you must either pick up the handset on a phone that is connected to the
multifunction or let your answering machine answer the call.
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Click here for “Distinctive Ring” & “DRPD Mode” information
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Available options when the answering machine is not
connected to the MX360.
You can use the MX360 in the default mode (“Tel Priority” Mode) and receive
faxes while you are home. The only way the MX360 can receive faxes when
you are not home is to have the answering machine connected to the MX360.
Another option is to obtain a “Distinctive Ring” service from your phone provider
and set the MX360 to “DRPD Mode”. This option will allow you to receive faxes
when you are not home.
Click here for Default Mode (“Tel Priority Mode”) Setup Directions
Click here if the options above do not meet your needs

What advantages does this method provide?
Why do I need to purchase a distinctive ring service
from my phone company?
What do I need in order to use this mode?
What is a distinctive ring pattern?
Open the DRPD Setup Instructions
How will DRPD work?
The MX360 will answer
any calls that ring with the
assigned unique ring
pattern.
The MX360 will treat all
such calls as incoming
faxes and will receive the
fax document
automatically.
DRPD FAQs
The best receive mode for your phone configuration is DRPD
(Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection)
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Click here for Default Mode (“Tel Priority Mode”) Setup Directions
Click here for “Distinctive Ring” & “DRPD Mode” information
Recommended options for Voice Mail users
You can use the MX360 in the default mode (Tel Priority” Mode) and receive
faxes while you are home. However, you will not be able to receive faxes
when you are not home.
Another option is to obtain a “Distinctive Ring” service from your phone
provider and set the MX360 to “DRPD Mode”. This option will allow you to
receive faxes when you are not home.
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Click here if the options above do not meet your needs

Click here for Default Mode (“Tel Priority Mode”) Setup Directions
Click here for “Distinctive Ring” & “DRPD Mode” Information
Recommended options for persons who do not have
voice mail or an answering machine
You can use the MX360 in the default mode (Tel Priority” Mode) and receive
faxes while you are home. However, you will not be able to receive faxes
when you are not home.
Another option is to obtain a “Distinctive Ring” service from you phone provider
and set the MX360 to “DRPD Mode”. This option will allow you to receive faxes
when you are not home.
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Click here if the options above do not meet your needs