Panasonic kx-tg5100 User Guide

Contents

For Best Performance . . . . . . . . 6

Location of Controls . . . . . . . . . 7

Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the Battery in the
Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Programmable Settings . . . . . . 14

Programming Guidelines. . . . . 14
Function Menu Table  . . . . . . . 15
Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Dialing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ringer Volume  . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ringer Tone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Auto Talk Feature . . . . . . . . . . 20
LCD Contrast  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Preparing the Answering
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Greeting Message. . . . . . . . . . 21
Caller’s Recording Time . . . . . 22
Number of Rings . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

System Capabilities (Operating
More Than One Handset) . . . . . 24
Using the Handset. . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the Base Unit . . . . . . . . 26

Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Caller ID Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using the Caller List . . . . . . . . 30

Viewing the Caller List. . . . . . . 30

Calling Back from the
Caller List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Editing the Caller’s Phone
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Caller ID Number Auto Edit
Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Storing Caller List Items
in the Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . 33
Erasing Caller List Items . . . . . 33

Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Storing Names and Numbers

. . . 34

Dialing from the Phone Book . . 36
Editing an Item in the
Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Erasing an Item in the
Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Copying the Phone Book . . . . 38

Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Making Intercom Calls. . . . . . . 40
Answering Intercom Calls . . . . 41

Transferring a Call . . . . . . . . . . 42

Conference Calls . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Call Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Call Privacy Feature . . . . . . . . . 45

Room Monitor Feature . . . . . . . 45

Special Features. . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Muting Your Conversation. . . . 47
Temporary Tone Dialing
(For Rotary or Pulse Service
Users) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
For Call Waiting Service
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the PAUSE Button
(For PBX Line/Long Distance
Calls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
FLASH Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Key Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Incoming Call Tone . . . . . . . . . 49

Preparation

Telephone System