Brother IntelliFAX 2800 Laser Fax "set home phone tone mode" Questions

...set your answering machine to answer in less rings than your fax), your fax will "eavesdrop" to listen for the fax tones from the sending machine. If it hears these tones, it will disconnect your ...

...you are like most people you probably also have a phone with an answering machine or voicemail setup on your home phone. If this is the case you may want to set the reception made to TAD:ANSWER

set the fax machine to 'manual' (it won't answer when the phone rings) and then if you answer your phone and hear it's a fax, you just type *51 on your phone's keypad and it activates the fax machine.

...home fax & I got a no answer error. I tried calling the number & all it does is rings (I don't get the fax noise). I am not sure what the problem is, any suggestions? Do you think I should take the ...