How do I set dial tone on line 3?

These errors are usually related to interference, static, or noise on your phone line. Here are some steps to troubleshoot and resolve the issue:

Check for a dial tone:
1. Press the Hook button on your Brother Intellifax 2820 and listen for a dial tone.
If there is no dial tone, press Hook again and proceed to step 2.
If there is a dial tone, press Hook again and move to step 4.

2. Verify telephone cord/line connection:
Ensure that your telephone cord/line is correctly connected to the port labeled LINE on your machine (located on the lower left side).
If the cord is already in the LINE port, proceed to step 3.
If it's connected to EXT, remove it from there and connect it to the LINE port.
Press Hook and check for a dial tone.
If still no dial tone, proceed to step 3.
If there's a dial tone now, move to step 4.

3. Test with a known working telephone:
Disconnect the telephone cord/line from the LINE port on your machine.
Connect it to a known working telephone and test for a dial tone.
If there's no dial tone, the issue is related to the telephone line or wall jack. Contact your telephone service provider.
If there's a dial tone, reconnect the cord/line to the LINE port on your machine.
Press Hook and check for a dial tone.
If still no dial tone, consider warranty and service options.
If there's a dial tone, proceed to step 4.

4. Remove splitters or other devices:
Check if you have any splitters, commshare devices, credit card machines, or power strips connected to your machine or the telephone wall jack.
If yes, remove them for testing purposes.
After removing any devices, continue to step 5.

5. Adjust Compatibility settings:
Press Menu/Set.
Navigate to Miscellaneous > Compatibility.
Choose Basic (for VoIP).
Press Menu/Set and then Stop/Exit.

6. Send a fax:
Insert the document face down in the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).
Adjust paper guides to fit the width of your document.
Enter the fax number using the dial pad.
Press Fax Start.

Remember that testing the Brother machine on a different, known-working telephone line can help determine if the issue is related to the machine or the telephone line. If the problem persists, consider contacting Brother Customer Service for further assistance.

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If your printer is connected to a modem make sure that the port has a dial tone. To check for dial tone, try to plug in a phone to the same port that you printer is connected to. If it doesn't have dial tone, you might want to check with your phone provider. Or you can plug in the printer straight to a wall jack.

Once the printer is connected to a line that has dial tone, you can then setup the printer to receive faxes. To set it up, on the control panel of your printer, press on Setup > Fax Setup > Ringing and Answering.

If you have an answering machine, set your printer to pick up 3 rings higher than your answering machine. If not, set it to pick up on the 5th ring that way you will still have time to pick up the phone if it's a voice call.

If you have a voicemail service from your phone provider, you'll need to contact your phone provider to get a distinctive ring feature. Once you'll have that feature, you can assign a distinctive ring to your printer. You can find that under Fax Setup > Ringing and Answering > Ring Pattern.

Hello Tedelen,

Be sure to meet all the requirements of the phone to make calls and to be fully operational. These requirements can be found here (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

To make a phone call follow these instructions:

Making calls with the Handset
1. Pick up the handset and the phone automatically selects the priority line. If the priority line is occupied, it selects an open line.
OR
Pick up the handset and press a LINE button to select a line.
2. Wait for a dial tone, then dial a phone number.
3. Hang up the handset when finished.

Making Calls with the Speakerphone
1. Press the SPEAKER button and the phone automatically selects the priority line. If the priority line is occupied, it selects an open line.
OR
Press a LINE button to select a line.
2. Wait for a dial tone then dial a phone number.
3. Press SPEAKER button when finished.

If you are having problems refer to the given link to the User Guide.

-bsalamakha

Now here's a conflict. Does line 4 work on any other phone where it doesn't ring? You say all lines are working properly wiith dial tones, tnen you say you can't pick it up from another phone.

I don't think these phones have "private lines", but the dial tone comes from the 2nd RJ-14 jack on the wall. On every phone, you could swap the plugs so that line 1 comes into line 3 and line 3 comes into line 1 (you'll lose the intercom) and see if you get dial tone on line 2 which will be the phone that works line 4. The point being to determine if you have a wiring issue or a programming problem.

Carl

get more lines.
Or check Auto line select.

From ext 10 or 11:
press feature 00
press left intercom twice
press right intercom once
enter extension number
press **
then press the lines in the order you want them picked up (line 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 then the intercom )
press**
press feature 00 to exit programming.

When the extension picks, it will pick up line 5. If 5 is busy, it will pick up line 4 , etc....

Before you store a telephone number in memory, make sure the dialing mode is
correctly set for the type of service you have. The default dialing mode is tone
(touch-tone), so if you have pulse (rotary) service, you must first change the dialing
mode. See “To Set the Dial Mode.” The following buttons can be stored into any
memory location: 0-9.
STORING FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS
1. Pick up the handset.
2.Press the store button.
3. Push the desired memory location button.
4. Press the store button.
5.Use the handset number keys to enter the telephone number (up to 16-digits)
and press the store button.
6.Hang up the handset.
NOTE: If you make a mistake, use the delete button to delete wrong digits.
CHANGING A STORED NUMBER
Repeat the storage sequence above. The new number replaces the old number at
the memory location.
ERASING A STORED NUMBER
1. Pick up the handset.
2.Press the store button.
3.Press the memory location (0-9) to be erased.
4.Press delete for three seconds until the number in the display is erased.
5.Hang up the handset.
DIALING FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS
1. Pick up the handset and press the mem button.
2. Press 0-9 for the memory location. The number dials automatically.
OR
1. Pick up the handset and press the dial button.
2. Press the review button for the desired memory location.
3. Press the dial button to dial the number.
OR
1. Press dial button while the handset is still in the cradle.
2. Press the review button for the desired memory location, lift the handset and the
number dials automatically.

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Is this a system phone?

It sounds as though your set is not programmed with a line appearance. and line preference is not set, this can be set for intercom, or a line or nothing when you pick up the phone. You can do a pick up code to answer until an appearance is programmed on your set.

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make shure handset cord is Not pluged in to the Headset jack on the bottom, needs to be in the handset jack (look at the icons)

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