Using the Information Services

You can use various information services such as provided by banks, and make airline reservations or hotel reservations. Since these services require tone dialing to use their services, you need to temporarily switch to tone dialing if your machine is connected to a rotary pulse line.

Using the Touch Tone Line

Using the Rotary Pulse Line

Important

You may need to contract with the service providers for some information services. For details, contact the service providers.

Using the Touch Tone Line

Dialing by Using the On Hook Dial Function

Note
- You can use the on hook dial function only when On-hook setting in Security control under Fax settings is set to Enable.
  
  Security control
1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.
2. Press the FAX button.
  
  The Fax standby screen is displayed.
3. Press the Color button or the Black button.
4. Use the Numeric buttons to dial the number of the information service.
5. When the recorded message for the information service answers, use the Numeric buttons to press the numbers in accordance with the message.
6. Press the Stop button to finish using the service.
Dialing by Using the Telephone Connected to the Machine
1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.
2. Press the FAX button.
  
  The Fax standby screen is displayed.
3. Lift the handset of the telephone.
4. Use the telephone to dial the number of the information service.
5. When the recorded message for the information service answers, use the telephone to press the numbers in accordance with the message.
6. Hang up the handset to finish using the service.

Using the Rotary Pulse Line

Dialing by Using the On Hook Dial Function

Note
- You can use the on hook dial function only when On-hook setting in Security control under Fax settings is set to Enable.
  
  Security control
1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.
2. Press the FAX button.
  
  The Fax standby screen is displayed.
3. Press the Color button or the Black button.
4. Use the Numeric buttons to dial the number of the information service.
5. When the recorded message for the information service answers, press the Tone button to switch to tone dialing.
6. Use the Numeric buttons to press the numbers in accordance with the message.
7. Press the Stop button to finish using the service.
Dialing by Using the Telephone Connected to the Machine
1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.
2. Press the FAX button.
  
  The Fax standby screen is displayed.
3. Lift the handset of the telephone.
4. Use the telephone to dial the number of the information service.
5. When the recorded message for the information service answers, use the telephone to switch to tone dialing.
  
  When you dial the number of the information service using the telephone connected to the machine, you cannot use the machine to switch to tone dialing. For instructions on how to switch to tone dialing, refer to your telephone's instruction manual.
6. Use the telephone to press the numbers in accordance with the message.
7. Hang up the handset to finish using the service.