Radio Shack 43-1204 User Manual

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Fax Machine with Automatic Cutter

OWNER’S MANUAL

TFX-1032

Please read before using this equipment.

Cat. No.

43-1204

CAUTION

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READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION

We have designed your fax machine to
conform to federal regulations, and
you can connect it to mos t telephone
lines. However, each device that you
connect to the phone line draws power
from the phone line. We refer to this
power draw as the device’s Ringer
Equivalence Number, or REN (the
REN is shown on the back of your fax
machine).

If you are using more than one phone
or other device on t he line, add up all
the RENs. If the total is more than five,
your phones might not ring. In rural ar­eas, a total REN of three might im pair
ringer operation. If ringer o peration is
impaired, disconnect one of the devic­es from the line.

Warning

: To prevent fire or shock haz­ard, do not expose t his product to rain
or moisture.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN.

CAUTION

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE­ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC­ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

This symbol is intended to alert you
to the p r es en c e o f un in su lated d an ­gerous voltage within the product’s
enclosure that might be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of
electric shock. Do not open the
product’s case.

This symbol is intended to inform
you that important operating and

!

maintenance instructions are in­cluded in the literature accompany­ing this product.

!

This fax machine has been tes ted and
found to comply with all applicable UL
and FCC standards.

© 1995 Tandy C orporation.

Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

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FEATURES

Your Radio Shack TFX -1032 Fa x Ma­chine with Automatic Cutter is perfect
for your home or office. Because it is
compliant with international standards,
you can send and rec eive faxes virtu­ally anywhere in the world.

It also has these features:

10-Page Automatic Document Feed

—lets you place up to ten pages of
your document on the tray — a feature
seldom found on small fax machines.

Automatic Paper Cutter

received data into separate pages.

Copy Function

enlarged or reduced copies.

Automatic Telephone, Fax, and TAD
Switching

to the appropriate device.

28 Memory Automatic Dialing

you store frequently-called numbers
so you can dial t hem wi th a tou ch of a
button (8 one-touch memories) or by
specifying the memory location num­ber (20 speed-dial memories).

— allows y ou to make

—routes the incoming call

—cuts the

—lets

16-Character Digital Display

shows various messages for easy op-

eration.

Built-In Telephone Handset—

you use your TFX-1032 as a regular
telephone.

Built-In Anti-Curl System

the incoming fax from curling.

Activity Report

keep a record of all f ax es sent and re­ceived.

Polling

an unattended fax machine.

Music On Hold

when you place them on hold.

Limited Fax Reception

prevent unwanted faxes.

Hearing-Aid Compatible

can use the fax machine’s handset to
make calls if you use a hearing aid that
has a T (telephone) switch.

100-Foot (30-Meter) Paper Capacity

—lets you request a fax from

—makes it easy to

—serenades callers

— prevents

—helps to

—so you

—

lets

Three Resolution Modes (Fine/Su­perfine/Normal)

transmission mode best su ited to the
original document.

16-Shade Halftone

faxes in 16 shades of grey — not just
black and white.

—let you select the

—prints incoming

Please read this Owner’s Manual com­pletely before you use your TFX-1032.

For your records, we suggest you
record your fax machine’s serial num­ber in the space provided. The seria l
number is on the bottom of the fax ma­chine.

Serial Number __________________

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FCC ST ATEMENT

Your fax machine complies with Part
68 of

FCC Rules

quest, provide the FCC registration
number and the REN to your phone
company. Both numbers are shown on
the bottom of your fax machine.

You must not connect your fax

Note:

machine to:

• Coin-operated systems

• Party-line syste ms

• Most electronic key phone sys­tems

Important:

Protection Act of 1991 makes it unlaw­ful for any person to use a c omputer or
other electronic device to send any
message via telephone fax machine,
unless the message clearly contains in
a margin at the top or bottom of each
transmitted page or on the first page of
the transmission:

• The date, time, identification of the
business, individual, or other
entity

• The telephone number of the
sending machine.

To program this information into your
fax machine, see Page 13.

. You must, u pon re-

The Telephone Consumer

THE FCC WANTS YOU
TO KNOW

In the unlikely ev ent that you r fax ma­chine causes problems on the phone
line, the phone company can discon­nect your service. The phone company
attempts to notify you in advance. If
advance notice is not practical, the
phone company notifies you of your
right to file a complaint with the FCC.

Also, the phone company can make
changes to its lines, equipment, opera­tions, or procedures that could affect
the operation of your telephone equ ip­ment. The phone company notifies you
of these changes in advance, so you
can take steps to prevent interruption
of your phone service.

LIGHTNING

Your fax machine has built-in protec­tion circuits to reduce the risk of dam­age from surges in phone and power
line current. These protection circuits
meet or exceed FCC requirements.
However, lightning striking the pho ne
line or power lines can damage your
fax machine.

Lightning damage is not common.
Nevertheless, if you live in an area that
has frequent electrical storms, we sug­gest that you unplug your fax machi ne
during s torm s to redu ce the po ssi bility
of damage.

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CONTENTS

Unpacking the Fax Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Choosing a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting to the Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Connecting to Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting the Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Connecting an Extension Phone or Answering Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Setting Up the Fax Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Paper Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Setting the Dialing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting the Ringer Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting the Speaker Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting the Key Entry Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Entering Basic Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting the Receive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Telephone Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Putting a Call on Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Adding a Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

One-Touch Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Speed Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Clearing One-Touch / Speed-Dial Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Printing a Memor y Number List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Fax Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Preparing a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Making a Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Sending a Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Setting the Contrast / Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Fax Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Sending International Faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Receiving Faxes Using an Extension Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Voice C ontact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Requesting a Fax from Another Machine (Polling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Limiting Fax Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Activity Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Setting the Feature Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Problem Solving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Clearing a Document Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Clearing a Paper Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Cleaning Document Feed Roller One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Cleaning Document Feed Roller Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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UNPACKING THE FAX MACHINE

Be sure to unpack t he f ollowing accessories before you dispose of the pac king ma­terial.

Handset

Telephone Cord

Fax Machine

Recording Paper

One-Touch Memory Card

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INSTALLATION

CHOOSING A LOCATION

Select a location for your fax machine
that:

• Is not in direct sunlight.

• Is near an AC power outlet and
modular phone line jack.

• Is at least 4 inches from other
objects.

• Is not near heating or air condi­tioner units.

• Does not block the ventilation
openings.

• Keeps cords out of the way of nor­mal activities.

Also note these important consider­ations:

• Do not place objects on top of or
under the fax machine.

• Do not place the fax machine on a
rugged surface or on thick carpet
which might cause a jam when
you feed a document.

CONNECTING TO THE
PHONE LINE

Plug one end of t he supplied modular
cord into the
the fax machine. Plug the cord’s other
end into a modular telephone line jack.

Your fax machin e connects di-

Note:

rectly to a modular telephone line jack.
If your telephone wiring does not have
a modular jack, you can update the
wiring yourself or hav e the telephone
company update it for you.

• Radio Shack stores sell jacks and
adapters to convert older wiring
methods to modular wiring.

LINE

jack on the back of

• The telephone company charges
to install the necessary jacks.

• The USOC number of the jack to
be installed is RJ11C.

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CONNECTING TO
POWER

Plug the power cord into a standard
grounded three-pin AC outlet.

Caution:

fits in 3-pin outlets. If the AC outlet
does not have holes for all three pins,
have an electrician install a properly
grounded outlet for you.

The polarized 3-pin plug only

CONNECTING AN
EXTENSION PHONE OR
ANSWERING MACHINE

To connect an ex tension tele phone or
answering machine to your fax ma­chine, plug one end of a modular cord
into the
the fax machine. Then pl ug the c ord’s
other end into the telephone you want
to use as an extension or into an an­swering machine.

EXT. TEL

jack on the left side of

CONNECTING THE
HANDSET

Plug the handset’s modular plug into

HANDSET

the
fax machine. Place the hand set in its
cradle.

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jack on the left side of the

Note:

swering machine lets you use the an­swering machine feature. See
“Answering Machine Reception” on
Page 15.

Connecting the fax to an an-

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SETTING UP THE FAX MACHINE

INSTALLING THE PAPER

Follow these steps to install the pap er
roll.

Use only Radio Shack Cat. No.

Note:

43-1260 or 43-1264 Therma l Fax Pa­per in your fax machine .

1. Open the operation panel.

2. Press
cover.

OPEN

to open the paper

4. Insert the paper end into the
paper exit slot.

5. Pull out the end of the roll from the
exit slot until it extends about 4
inches.

6. Close the cover by firmly pressing
both left and right corners on the
back of the cover. The TFX-1032
automatically cuts the extra paper.

PAPER HANDLING

Thermal paper is heat-sensitive. Fol­low these tips while handling it:

3. Remove any slack from the roll
and place it in the paper holder in
the direction shown, with both
sides seated securely.

• Store unused ther mal paper away
from high temperatures (158°F or
over) and high humidity. These
can darken the paper.

• Store copies away from direct
sunlight and at a temperature
below 94°F. Direct sunlight and
high heat can fade the image.

• Avoid storing thermal copies next
to blueprint (diazo) copies and
plastic film or binders. The chemi­cals in these materials could fade
the image.

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• Avoid applying tape to image
areas on copies. The chemicals in
some transparent tape adhesives
could fade the image.

• Avoi d storing two copies with the
images together. The printed
image can transfer from one copy
to the other.

• Do not touch the thermal paper
with sweaty or dirty hands.

SETTING THE D IALING
MODE

The TFX-1032 is factory-set to the
tone dialing mode. If your telephone
line uses pulse dialing, you must
change the dialing mode setting. If you
are not sure which t ype of service you
have, do this test.

1. Lift the handset and listen for a
dial tone.

2. Press any number other than 0.

If the dial tone continues, you have
pulse service. Follow these steps to
set your fax to the pulse dialing mode.

1. Press
machine displays:

MENU

four times. The fax

4:SET MODE ?

2. Press

SET

, then press

so the fax machine displays:

MENU

twice

3:FEATURE SW. ?

3. Press
machine displays:

SET

twice so the fax

TONE (00)

4. Press

0 1

to select the pulse mode.

The fax machine displays:

10PPS (01)

If your phone system

Note:

requires that you dial an access
code (9, for example) before you
dial an outside number, do not
press 0 or the access code.

If the dial tone stops, you have tone
service.

10

5. Press

SET

to save your selection.

The fax machine displays:

(01)PAUSE TIME

6. Press
machine displays the date and
time (or
you have not installed paper).

STOP/CLEAR

twice. The fax

CHECK PAPE R RO LL

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SETTING THE R INGER
VOLUME

Set on the fax machine’s left side

OFF, M

to
trol the ringer volume.

Note:

ringer does not sound. However, the
fax machine st ill answers ca ll s and r e­ceives faxes.

(medium), or H (high) to con-

When you set to

OFF

, the

SETTING THE SPEAKER
VOLUME

Set on the left side of the fax ma­chine to
(high) to control the fax machine’s
speaker volume.

L

(low), M (medium), or

SETTING THE KEY
ENTRY TONES

Each time you press a key on the fax
machine, it sounds a tone. You can set
the tone to have a high or low pitch, or
you can turn off the key tones. The de­fault setting is a high-pitched tone.

SET

2. Press
The fax machine displays:

, then press

MENU

twice.

3:FEATURE SW. ?

3. Press

SET

, then enter

machine displays:

1 7

. The fax

(17)KEY SOUND

4. Press
plays the current setting.

0 0 —Off
0 1 —Low

H

0 2 —High

5. Enter your choice. For example,
enter
tones.

6. Press

7. Press
to the normal display.

SET

. The fax machine dis-

0 1

to select low-p itched key

SET

to save the new setting.

STOP/CLEAR

twice to return

Follow these steps to change th e key
entry tone setting.

1. Press
machine displays:

MENU

four times. The fax

4:SET MODE ?

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