> Hi everybody
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> Yep, its me again. The guy from Belgium.
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> First of all: i'm doing fine, terrific!
> I hope for you all the same! As some of you may remember: marriage for me is coming up! Home-construction too! So, busy times ...
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> Secondly: nope, i wont start posting again to this forum on a regular basis (no time, and not allowed to do so, hehe)
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> Thirdly: i've got a problem (again, hehe)
> I dont know if you, Americans, can help me, but i would appreciate it if you'd give it a thought...
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> (its rather technical, concerning faxes)
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> I got myself a CANON MULTIPASS C20 (for free, so i couldnt choose the marque or type; before you start judging me for the good or bad choice). In the US this probably wont be sold as a "Multipass C20", but nevermind. Its a fax who can print and copy, and so on (multi-tasking).
> I only use it as a fax and put it in the "Automatic Tel/fax MODE" (in which the fax detects if an incoming call is from a telephone or a fax). If a telephone is calling, the multipass is ringing and you can answer the call by taking an additional telephone (which i connected according to the manual).
> The question now is: can you let that additional telephone ring (instead of the multipass, or maybe both) in case of a phone-call?
> I know your answer will probably be: "go to a canon-site and find your answer there"
> Well, ive been there, searched there, called them, and didnt receive the appropriate answer (you know, computer helpdesks ...), and since i dont easily take 'no' for an answer ..., therefore i address my question to the bigger public -and now it comes- which i think is more intelligent ... Prove it!
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> In the mean time
> Greetings to all of u!
> And .. congratulations (are not ?) with your new president! (at least!)
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> Jom"happy Newyear!"meke
> the original belgian rinkwork'er

not sure I fully understand the question. Are you saying that the fax machine rings but does not allow the telephone to ring, but you can still answer the call by picking up the phone? If so then probably the only way to be able to make the phone ring, aside from getting a fix from Canon or someone who knows a bit more about these than I do, would be to split the phone line and put the phone on it's own jack instead of connecting it directly to the Mulitpass. I don't know what your phone connectors look like there. Here they are a small (apx 1/4" by 1/4") clear plastic block that plugs into a matching female socket in the wall. It is a simple matter to get a splitter that turns one wall socket into two. This would solve the problem quickly and easily.

Aside from this I don't know anything about these machines so I can't really help with much more.

Drac