Memory Security lets you prevent unauthorized access to your Brother machine.

When Memory Security is on, the following operations are available:

• Receiving faxes into memory (limited by the Brother machine's memory capacity)
  
  
• Fax Forwarding (if Fax Forwarding was already on)
  
  
• Paging (if Paging was already on) *if applicable
  
  
• Remote Retrieval (if Fax Storage was already on)

When Memory Security is on, the following operations are not available:

• Printing received faxes
  
  
• Sending faxes
  
  
• Copying
  
  
• PC printing
  
  
• PC scanning
  
  
• PC Fax Receiving

 

Setting up the password

Before you can turn Memory Security on, you must set a password.

 

To program the Memory Security password, follow these steps:

1. Press MENU and choose General Setup => Security => Mem Security.
   
   
2. Enter a four-digit, numerical password.
   
   
3. Press the OK key.
   
   If you are entering the password for the first time, the LCD will read "Verify."
   
   
4. Re-enter the password.
   
   
5. Press the OK key.
   
   
6. Press the STOP/EXIT key.

Turning Memory Security on

Once you have programmed a password, follow these steps to turn Memory Security on:

1. Press MENU and choose General Setup => Security => Mem Security.
   
   
2. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose Set Security.
   
   
3. Press the OK key.
   
   
4. Enter the four-digit password.
   
   
5. Press the OK key.
   
   The machine will go offline. Its LCD will read "Secure Mode."

 

Turning Memory Security off

To turn Memory Security off, follow these steps:

1. Press the MENU key.
   
   
2. Enter the four-digit password.
   
   Memory Security will automatically be turned off. The LCD will display the date and time.

 

Changing the password

To change your Memory Security password, follow these steps:

1. Press MENU and choose General Setup => Security => Mem Security.
   
   
2. Press the UP OR DOWN ARROW key to choose Set Password.
   
   
3. Press the OK key.
   
   
4. Enter the current four-digit password.
   
   
5. Press the OK key.
   
   
6. Enter a new four-digit password.
   
   
7. Press the OK key.
   
   
8. Do one of the following:
   
   
   • If the LCD does not read "Verify," go to STEP 9.
     
     
   • If the LCD reads "Verify," follow these steps:
     
     
     1. Re-enter the new password.
        
        
     2. Press the OK key.
        
        
     3. Go to STEP 9.
   
   
9. Press the STOP/EXIT key.