Memory Security lets you prevent unauthorized access to the machine.
While Memory Security is on, the following operations are available:
• | Receiving faxes into memory (limited by memory capacity) |
• | Fax Forwarding (if Fax Forwarding was already on) |
• | Paging (if Paging was already on) |
• | Remote Retrieval (if Fax Storage was already on) |
While Memory Security is on, the following operations are NOT available:
• | Printing received faxes |

Note
• | To print the faxes in memory, turn off Memory Security. |
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Setting up the password

Note
• | If you have already set the password, you will not need to set it, again. |
• | If you forget the Memory Security password, please call Brother Customer Service. (See Brother numbers.) |
1 | Press Menu, 1, 9, 1. Security  1.Mem Security  |
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2 | Enter a four-digit number for the password. Press OK. |
3 | Re-enter your password when the LCD shows Verify:. Press OK. |
4 | Press Stop/Exit. |
Changing your memory security password
1 | Press Menu, 1, 9, 1. Security  1.Mem Security  |
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2 | Press  or  to choose Set Password. Press OK. |
3 | Enter your four-digit password. Press OK. |
4 | Enter a four-digit number for the new password. Press OK. |
5 | Re-enter your new password when the LCD shows Verify:. Press OK. |
6 | Press Stop/Exit. |
Turning memory security on/off
If you enter the wrong password when following the instructions below, the LCD will show Wrong Password. Re-enter the correct password.
Turning memory security on
1 | Press Menu, 1, 9, 1. Security  1.Mem Security  |
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2 | Press  or  to choose Set Security. Press OK. |
3 | Enter the registered four-digit password. Press OK. The machine goes offline and the LCD shows Secure Mode.  Note | If there is a power failure the data will stay in memory for up to 4 days. |
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Turning memory security off
1 | Press Menu. Enter the registered four-digit password. Press OK. |
2 | Memory Security is automatically turned off and the LCD shows the date and time.  Note | If you enter the wrong password, the LCD shows Wrong Password and stays offline. The machine will stay in Secure Mode until the registered password is entered. |
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