How many times will my Brother machine automatically redial a busy number?

If you are sending a fax automatically and the line is busy, the machine will automatically redial one time after five minutes. If the number is still busy when your Brother machine redials it, you must make another attempt to send to it.


If you are sending a fax manually and the line is busy, press Redial/Pause, wait for the other fax machine to answer, and then press Start to try again. If you want to make a second call to the last number dialed, you can save time by pressing Redial/Pause and Start.


  • Redial/Pause only works if you dialed from the Brother machine's control panel.


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Related Models

FAX-2840, FAX-2940, MFC-7240

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