Sharp FO-50 very faint dial tone. cannot dial out- cannot send fax also engage tone sounds. checked line with other phone all ok

SOURCE: sharp plain paper fax FO-A660 dialing but not

First test the phone line with a conventional telephone, make sure you have a dial tone. If you do make sure the phone cord from the wall is plugged into the correct port.

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• Posted on May 28, 2009

SOURCE: No Dial tone using Symantec Winfax Pro 10 on Windows 98

We're WinFax support experts and this usually isn't a WinFax specific problem.

Make sure you have proper drivers for Win98 and your modem. Some Conexent (SOFT) modems will allow the installation of incorrect drivers, causing all dialing functions to fail. (NO DIAL TONE/NO CARRIER/ NO Incoming RING detection)

Check your modem via Hyperterminal (or another terminal program)
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/faxprod.nsf/docid/2001040612202004

SOURCE: Brother Intellifax 4100 unable to send fax but can receive

Is the fax sensing the paper you put in to send out? Check the little black levers that poke into the document area. They should move freely when you touch them gently with a finger, and return quickly when you take your finger off. If it can't sense the paper it won't try to send a fax. If, when the paper is inserted, the display changes from whatever it said to anything else, the paper is being sensed.
Let's try dialing manually. Just left of the 1 key is a button labeled "Hook." Pressing that will take the telephone line "off-hook," like picking up the receiver of a phone. You should hear a dial tone -- if not, try adjusting the speaker volume with the buttons just right of the numbers. Once you get a dial tone, dial a number, whether it's another fax, or your own cell phone. As far as the phone company is concerned, your fax is just a phone, calling another phone. If you can make a call, and the phone at the other end rings, we're closing in on the problem. If you can dial another fax machine manually, you can still turn this into a fax call, assuming there's paper ready to fax. After the distant fax answers, touch the Start button, and your fax should take over. If you can't dial manually, try unplugging your fax from the phone line, and replacing it with a regular phone. Can you make calls with it? If not, the fax is no longer a suspect - you have a phone line problem.
Are you at a business where you need to dial 9 to get an outside line? It's easy to forget that detail when you're using a fax, but it has to dial out just like any other phone on the system.
If you can't get a dial tone at all with the fax, but it works with the phone alone, the main board in the fax is probably bad. If you can dial manually, using the Hook switch, but the same number doesn't work when you dial xxx-xxxx-Start, that sounds like a main board problem, too.

SOURCE: my Epson bx300f cannot send faxes, just says no dial tone?!!!

ALL fax machines are ANALOG devices and will not work on a DIGITAL PHONE LINE.

SOURCE: Brother 4100 - can't send fax's - get busy notice

unplug machine, press and hold the "stop/clear" key and while holding key down, plug machine back in and continue to hold the button for 5 seconds. that should take care of problem.

hth,
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