Panasonic KX-TG5480 User Manual

Press [ANSWER ON].

• The indicator light goes out, and the unit announces “Answer off”.
• To turn the Answering System off for one line when both lines are turned on, select 

the line which you want to leave on by pressing [LINE SELECT], then press 
[ANSWER ON].

While a caller is leaving a message, you can monitor the call through the base unit 
speaker.
• To increase the speaker volume while monitoring, press [

B]. To decrease volume, 

press [d].

• If both lines are receiving calls at the same time, only the first call can be 

monitored.

To answer a call while monitoring, press the called line button on the base unit, or 
press the called line soft key (

) or (

) on the handset. 

When the base unit is not in use, press [d] repeatedly until “0” is displayed. (Make 
sure the Answering System is turned on.)
OR
While monitoring, press [d] repeatedly until “0” is displayed.

• If the incoming call monitoring feature is turned off, it will remain off when the next 

call is monitored.

• If you adjust the speaker volume while playing back messages or using the 

speakerphone, the speaker volume for monitoring will be turned on again. To turn 
the speaker volume off, see “To turn the incoming call monitoring feature off” of 
above step.