Panasonic KXTG4500B Telephone User Manual


 
Table of Contents
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Introduction
Accessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Expanding your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 7
For best performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Preparation
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the backup battery in the
base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the base unit handset
and AC adaptor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting the line cords . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting the AC adaptor to the
charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
If you subscribe to a DSL service . . 15
Installing the battery in the
cordless handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Controls and display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Using softkeys and navigation keys 21
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Setting-up the unit before use . . . . . . . 24
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . 24
Setting the display language . . . . . . 24
Selecting the line mode . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting the dialing mode . . . . . . . 25
Registering additional cordless
handsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Making/Answering Calls
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using additional lines during
a conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Making an intercom call . . . . . . . . . 35
Answering intercom calls . . . . . . . . 35
Transferring a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Placing a call on hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Swapping between two external calls . 37
Conference calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Useful features during a call. . . . . . . . . 39
Joining in a conversation . . . . . . . . 39
Call privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recording a conversation . . . . . . . . 40
Muting your conversation . . . . . . . . 40
Using the PAUSE key (for PBX
line or long distance calls) . . . . . . . . 41
Using the FLASH key . . . . . . . . . . . 41
For call waiting service users . . . . . 41
Temporary tone dialing . . . . . . . . . . 42
Phonebook
Using the Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Storing names and numbers in the
Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Finding and calling a Phonebook
item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Editing Phonebook items . . . . . . . . 45
Erasing Phonebook items . . . . . . . . 46
Chain dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Caller ID Service
Using caller ID service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Caller list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Viewing and calling back using the
caller list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Editing a caller’s phone number
before calling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Storing caller information in the
Phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Erasing caller information . . . . . . . . 50
Voice Mail System
Voice Mail System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting the mailbox password . . . . . 51
Listening to messages from the
base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Listening to messages with the
cordless handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Creating and sending messages . . . 57
Transferring a call to a personal
mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Checking the remaining recording
time and number of messages . . . . 59
Erasing all messages stored in a
mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
User greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Personal greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Turning the cordless handset
answer mode on or off . . . . . . . . . . 62
Remote access
Remote access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Accessing the voice mail system
remotely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Automated Attendant
System
Automated Attendant System. . . . . . . . 66
How the Automated Attendant
System works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66