Voice mail my voice mail stopped picking up messages, the i870 will just keep ringing, it use to pick up after 4 rings

You need to program the internal voice mail to pick up calls after 6 rings , or program your answering machine to pick up sooner, perhaps 3 or 4 rings.

go iin option under ringers cheak to see whats its on before voise mail picks up 1 3 6 10 ? isnt it in the optimns menu or if u have seprate unit for voise mail cheak setting on that beofre it grabbs the call does that help

Maybe the answering machine is set to pick up at say"5 rings" and the voice mail is set to pickup at "4 rings" . Change the voicemail setting to a higher setting than the answering machine. That may be the problem.

If you have an answering machine connected to the same line as your fax:

To make sure the printer picks up incoming faxes, set Auto Answer to On, and then set the printer to pick up after a greater number of rings than the answering machine. For example, if the answering machine picks up calls after four rings, then set the printer to pick up after six rings. This way, the answering machine picks up calls first and your voice calls are received. If the call is a fax, then the printer detects the fax signal on the line and takes over the call.

If you have a voicemail feature associated to the same line as your fax:

Voice mail and fax can share the same telephone line if you subscribe to a distinctive ring service offered by your telephone company. This feature allows you to have multiple telephone numbers on one telephone line. Each telephone number has a designated ring pattern (single ring, double ring, triple ring, or double and triple ring). The different ring patterns let you know which telephone number was dialed, and which device you should use to answer the call.

If you do not have distinctive ring service, then set the printer to receive faxes manually (Auto Answer Off). This setting lets you receive both voice calls and fax calls, but works best if you use voice mail more often. You need to turn off voice mail whenever you are expecting a fax.

I hope this helps.

Should you need further assistance, please contact Lexmark Technical Support Center.

Check call waiting feature with mobile provider on number of rings to voice mail. Many problems repaired with booting phone (holding on/off button down till screen logo comes on & removing charged battery cleaning contact connections on phone and battery with DRY SYnthetic NOT cotton cloth ideally clean battery with alcohol swab let dry before returning to phone

From the main menu select the Voice Mail option in Voice mail select Ring Delay in Ring Delay you can choose the delay time before Answering Machine pick up the phone from 0 to 30 secend.Reza from Iran

I need to know more details,
Can you tell me whether you have lotsa messages in your phone?

I am thinking that you have a ring that the machine does not recognize. If you look at your manual on page A-2, it shows what rings the machine can recognize. If it is not one of those rings, then you would need to ask the phone company to alter the 'custom' ring.

If it is an acceptable custom ring, page A-2 also shows you how to set the machine to pick up on that specific ring.

If you don't have the manual handy, this link will take you to it online:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/files/dlf/doc000387/ALLFB_UsaEngUsr_B.pdf

The fax is designed for use with an answering machine, the greeting for which must be no longer than 15 seconds. If voice mail in this case is referring to answering machine, be certain that the message is as indicated.

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press *94, then press the number of rings you want 1-9. The tone will change and thats it.