Panasonic KX-TG4500 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