I just installed a replacement At&t EP 5962 2 line, answering answering device telephone. Line 2 does not get a dial tone. I installed it into proper / same as before outlets and both lines light up, but Line 2 doesn't get a ring tone . I hear a slight hissing indicating some aliveness, but can't call out or in. Only line 1 works

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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Method 1: Click the hook key and verify the tone of the dial tone

• If the dial tone is not proper or poor then you will have to contact the local telephone company to look out for the matter.
• When the dial tone gets clear, move to the next step.

Method 2: Check the telephone line connection:

• If you notice the telephone line is connected to any other device then disconnects the line from the device.
• Now, you will have to plug it directly to the wall telephone jack with the purpose of testing.
• Look out if the problem is occurring due to Brother Printer or any other devices and then remove such devices.

Hi,

have you plugged your new phones telephone line into the telephone socket?

Sir/Madam

Solution one: Check the fax connections Use the following steps to check the physical connections, and then use the HP Fax Test Service.

Step one: Check the physical connections

1. Disconnect the telephone cord from the HP fax product, and then examine the connector on the end of the cord. Make sure that the cord has only two wires. Figure 1: Two-wire telephone cord
   
   

1. Four-wire telephone cordGraphic: Four-wire telephone cordIf the cord has four wires, replace it with a two-wire phone cord.
   If you must use a cord with four wires, use the converter that shipped with product. The converter allows a cord with four wires to work with a device that requires a cord with two wires.
2. Connect one end of the telephone cord to the telephone jack, and then connect the other end of the cord to the port labeled 1-Line on the back of the HP fax product.
   Figure 3: Fax only
   
   
   

1. 1 - Telephone jack2 - Two-wire telephone cord to 1-Line
2. Connect a single-line telephone to the 2-Ext port on the back of the HP fax product.
   Figure 4: Fax and telephon
   
   
   
3. 1 - Telephone jack2 - Two-wire telephone cord to 1-Line
4. Connect a single-line telephone to the 2-Ext port on the back of the HP fax product.
   Figure 4: Fax and telephone
   
   

1 - Telephone jack 2 - Two-wire telephone cord to 1-Line
3 - Telephone
If other devices need to use the same telephone jack, make sure that they are connected to the 2-Ext port on the back of the HP fax product.
Figure 5: Fax with answering machine and telephone

1. 1 - Telephone jack2 - Telephone cord from 2-Ext
   3 - Optional telephone cord to telephone
   4 - Optional telephone
   5 - Answering machine
   6 - Two-wire telephone cord to 1-Line
2. Pick up the telephone receiver and listen for a dial tone. Make sure that you can dial out using the telephone keypad.
   If there is a dial tone and you can dial out using the telephone, the HP fax product is connected correctly to a working telephone cord and telephone jack. If there is no dial tone, check the configuration again and make sure that it is set up correctly.If You Still Having Hp Printer Problem Then Visit Official HP Printer Website On Below Link URL http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02263145
   

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Hi Pam,
Try these..1...remove your telephone line from base unit and fix it into a working land phone and check whether is it having normal dial tone.If it's having engage tone(beep beep...)remove paralleled phones and re connect to cordless base unit.
2.If line is ok (normal dial tone with full volume) & still display indicates line is busy, your main base unit must be having faulty components inside.Commonly these defects happen in thundering or surges through telephone lines.You have to take full set to a repair shop.
Rana.

Direct Line:
1.Check telephone line.2.Make sure telephone line is connected in line in port not in extension.3.connect extension telephone phone to the device & check for the dial tone.
Dial the number and observe weather extension phone is ringing?
A. *If extension phone is ringing check display is there any message like "ringing".. wait till fax tone comes,if not check "basic fax settings"... if setting are OK .. Replace formatter
B. *Extension phone is ringing no message displayed on device replace "LIU" card..
If extension telephone is not ringing check telephone line..
No out going faxess:
*Check line is connected though EPABX , if connected Check..prefix setting..
*Check out going..
Best of luck...

Hi there!

For you to send a fax with the Brother Fax 775 you can try these steps:

1. First make sure that you have a dial tone by lifting the handset or just by pressing the hook button. Once you have verified you have a dial tone press the hook button again to return to the main screen or hang up the handset. LCD should display the date & time

If you don't have a dial tone make sure that the telephone line cord is connected on the fax machine's Line jack. If you don't have a dial tone still connect it to another working outlet. If you don't have a dial tone still connect a working telephone on the wall jack to see if you'll get a dial tone. If you get a dial tone on the regular phone then problem is either with the line cord or the fax machine.

2. Once you have the date & time on the LCD screen, Load the document that you want to send on the automatic document feeder which is directly above the LCD screen.

3. The LCD screen should change from the date/time to "Enter Fax No. & Press Start" Once you got this screen dial the fax number and then press Start.

Hope this helps. Rate if it works.

Thanks!

Programming
memory buttons
External autodial
1. If you are on a call or an open line with dial tone, press Hold
or Rls
2. Press Feature * 1
3. Press a memory button.
4. Dial the external number.
5. Press Hold to store the number.
6. Label your new button.

Internal autodial
1. If you are on a call or an open line with dial tone, press Hold
or Rls
2. Press Feature * 2
3. Press a memory button.
4. Dial the internal number.
5. Label your new button.

Features
1. If you are on a call or an open line with dial tone, press Hold
or Rls
2. Press Feature * 3
3. Press a memory button.
4. Press Feature and the feature code.
5. Label your new button.

Erasing memory buttons
1. If you are on a call or an open line with dial tone, press Hold
or Rls
2. Press Feature * 1
3. Press the memory button you want to erase.
4. Press Hold to erase the button.

try connecting line 2 to a simple phone and chk for dial tone.

Step one: Check the fax number
Make sure the fax number is correct; include any numbers that you have to dial to use the telephone, such as an area code, access codes for outside lines or long-distance services, and so on. If you have to dial a particular sequence of numbers to make a telephone call from that telephone line, you also have to dial that sequence of numbers to send a fax.
If the issue is resolved, you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the number is correct, continue to the next step.
Step two: Dial the number manually
Instead of using a speed dial setting or sending the fax from the computer, dial the number manually from the product control panel.
If the fax sends when you dial the number from the control panel, follow these steps to recreate the speed dial setting and insert pauses in the number.
On the product control panel, press the Setup button.
Press the Left Arrow button ( ) or Right Arrow button ( ) until Speed Dial Setup appears on the control panel display, and then press the OK button.
Press the Left Arrow button ( ) or Right Arrow button ( ) until Individual Speed Dial appears on the control panel display, and then press the OK button.
Press the Left Arrow button ( ) or Right Arrow button ( ) to select an unassigned speed dial entry, and then press the OK button.
Use the product keypad to enter any numbers that must be inserted before the fax number, such as an area code or access codes for outside lines or long-distance services, and then press the Redial/Pause button to insert a pause.
Enter the rest of the fax number, using the Redial/Pause button to insert pauses between the numbers, and then press the OK button.
Enter the name of the speed dial setting, and then press the OK button to save the speed dial setting.
Try to send the fax again.
If the issue is resolved , you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the issue is not resolved , continue to the next step.
Step three: Run a fax diagnostic test
Press the On button ( ) to turn on the product, and then make sure the product is correctly connected to the telephone jack.
Make sure that there is plain white paper in the input tray.
On the product control panel, press 6 , and then press 6 again.
This selects the Tools menu and then selects Run Fax Test .
The fax diagnostic test page prints.
Review the results of the test.
If the result of the fax diagnostic test is All Pass , skip to Step four: Reinitialize the fax.
If the result of the fax diagnostic test is a failure, a page prints that describes the issue and offers possible solutions. Follow the solutions on the printout.
If the solutions on the printout resolve the issue, you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the solutions on the printout do not resolve the issue, continue to the next step.
Step four: Reinitialize the fax
While the product is on, disconnect the power cord from the back of the product and from the electrical outlet.
Make sure that the telephone cord is fully inserted into the port labeled 1-Line on the back of the product.
Connect the power cord to the back of the product, and then connect the power cord to the electrical outlet.
When the product is in the ready state, try to send and receive a fax again.
If the issue is resolved , you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the issue is not resolved , continue to the next step.
Step five: Test the send/receive functions
Use the product keypad to send a fax. Watch the product control panel display and listen to the sounds the product makes.
If the product is working correctly, the following events occur.
When the product begins to dial, a dial tone is audible, followed by the sound of the product dialing. A Dialing message appears on the control panel display.
When the receiving fax answers the call, the product and the fax exchange tones. A Connecting message appears on the control panel display. During this phase, the product and the fax compare capabilities, exchange information about how to send the fax, and try to establish a reliable transmission speed.
After the connection is established, the product sends the pages of the document. Messages appear on the control panel display that indicate the status, such as Sending page 1 .
Review the results of the fax.
If the fax is transmitted successfully, continue to the next step.
If there is no audible dial tone or the receiving fax does not answer the call, try sending the fax to a different destination. If this second attempt also fails, continue to the next step.
If the receiving fax answers the call and begins beeping, but the Connecting message does not appear on the product control panel display, the product is not detecting the tones from the receiving fax. Continue to the next step.
Step six: Use an analog telephone service
HP Fax and All-in-One products are designed to work with analog telephone services and might experience some difficulties when they are connected to phone lines with digital services. Make sure the product is connected to an analog telephone service.
To obtain digital services information or support, contact the telephone service provider or system administrator.
Step seven: Check the phone cord and fax connections
Disconnect the telephone cord, and then examine the connector on the end of the cord. Make sure the cord only has two wires.
Figure 1: Telephone cord with two wires
Figure 2: Telephone cord with four wires
If the cord has four wires, replace it with a two-wire telephone cord.
If you must use a cord with four wires, use the converter that shipped with product. The converter allows a cord with four wires to work with a device that requires a cord with two wires.
Make sure the fax is connected directly to the telephone jack by a telephone cord. Connect the cord to the 1-Line port on the back of the product.
Figure 3: Fax only
1 - Telephone jack
2 - Telephone line
3 - 1-Line
4 - 2-Ext
If other devices need to use the same telephone jack, make sure they are connected to the 2-Ext port on the back of the product.
Connect a single-line telephone to 2-Ext , and then pick up the receiver and listen for a dial tone. Make sure you are able to dial out using the telephone keypad. If you hear a dial tone and are able to dial out using the phone, the product is properly connected to a working telephone cord and telephone jack.
Figure 4: Fax and telephone
1 - Telephone jack
2 - Telephone line
3 - 1-Line
4 - 2-Ext
5 - Telephone
Figure 5: Fax and PC or modem
1 - Telephone jack
2 - Telephone line
3 - 1-Line
4 - 2-Ext
5 - PC or modem
If you change any cable connections, try sending and receiving a fax again to make sure that the issue is resolved.
If the issue is resolved , you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the issue is not resolved , continue to the next step.
Step eight: Remove any other devices from the telephone line
If any other devices, such as a telephone, an answering machine, or a modem, are connected to the telephone line, remove each device.
NOTE: Remove each device even if it is in another room, connected to another telephone jack, or connected using a line splitter.
Connect the product to an analog telephone line by connecting one end of the two-wire telephone cord directly to the telephone jack and then connecting the other end of the telephone cable directly to the 1-Line port on the back of the product.
Try to send a fax again.
If the issue is resolved , you do not need to continue troubleshooting.
If the issue is not resolved , continue to the next step.
Step nine: Perform a partial reset of the product
A partial reset of the product returns all fax settings to the default values. It might be necessary to reset the language and country/region settings after the partial reset is complete.
Disconnect the power cord from the back of the product.
Wait 20 seconds, and then press and hold # and 3 on the product control panel.
Connect the power cord to the back of the product, and then release the buttons when the product turns on.
The product is reset to factory defaults.
Try to send and receive faxes again. If the problem still exists, continue to the next step.
Step ten: Service the product
If you have completed all the steps listed above and are still experiencing a problem, service the product.