Canon MP780 Fax

[metspitzer]

Occasionally I get a fax from the hospital. I don't get enough
practice to get it right.

My fax machine is supposed to have an auto detect mode and a manual
mode. I can never get them to work.

When a fax comes in, I try to hit "black" which is supposed to be how
to get a fax in manual mode, but it never works.

I end up having to put the machine in Fax only mode to get a fax.

Any suggestions on what I could be doing wrong to get a manual fax or
any special instructions to be able to use it in auto detect mode?

 

[Gel]

Are you only switching on after call has come in; or is it not
responding when fax is on??

In LCD is it showing tel/fax or fax only, or something similar?

Have you, assuming phone is plugged in on same socket, tried answering
on phone, then pressing
START button?

 

[metspitzer]

Since auto detect doesn't seem to work right, I would be nice to use
manual mode.
I have the fax set to manual mode. Since I have to call and tell
someone I am waiting for a fax, I have tried to press "black" when the
phone rings. That doesn't work. I have also pickup the receiver and
then press "black" That doesn't work either.

What is the correct combination? I would think pick up the receiver
to listen for the tone and then press "black" on the fax.