What does "TAD" mean when it appears on the screen?

Waiting for a pending fax. Contact said that they sent it. Fax machine has been very quiet, which is unusual. When I went to check, I saw TAD in the screen. What does this mean? Should I be concerned?

Anonymous Mar 16, 2014

Fax machine will not sent out a fax. It will make the call and everything but then says redial pending then does nothing.

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TAD is Telephone Answering Device. TAD mode is the only mode that can be used with an external telephone answering device (unless you are using a distinctive ring number for receiving faxes). Your telephone answering device must be connected to the jack on the fax machine (labeled "EXT" for USA). When someone dials your telephone/fax number (to send a fax or to speak to you), all the telephones (including the FAX) will ring according to the number of rings you set on the TAD. The Ring Delay setting is not recognized in the TAD mode. If you do not answer the call, the TAD will answer. As your outgoing message is playing, the Fax is in the background, silently listening for fax tones. If the FAX hears fax tones, it will automatically go into the receive mode. If the FAX does not hear fax tones, it remains silent, allowing the caller to leave a message. The above information is correct for a Brother fax machine. Is your fax automatically picking up the call or do you have to push a panel button to start the receive fax process? Perhaps the fax is already "in" your fax machine's memory and only needs a manual printout. Check the fax call log.

Posted on Aug 18, 2007

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