Panasonic KX-TG5240M User Manual

Contents

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

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

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

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Battery in
the Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Programmable Settings . . . . . . 15

Programming Guidelines. . . . . 15
Function Menu Table . . . . . . . 16
Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Display Language

. . . . . . . . . . .

Dialing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Auto Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ringer Volume  . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ringer Tone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
LCD Contrast  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Preparing the Answering
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Greeting Message. . . . . . . . . . 23
Caller’s Recording Time . . . . . 24
Number of Rings . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recording Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Message Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Handset. . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Base Unit . . . . . . . . 30

Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Caller ID Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Caller List. . . . . . . . . 34

Viewing the Caller List. . . . . . . 35
Calling Back from the
Caller List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing the Caller’s Phone
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Caller ID Number Auto Edit . . 37
Storing Caller Information
in the Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . 38
Erasing Caller Information. . . . 38

Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Storing Names and Numbers . . . 39
Dialing from the Phone Book . . 41
Chain Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Editing an Item in the
Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Erasing an Item in the
Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Copying Items in the
Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Speed Dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Storing Phone Numbers . . . . . 46
Dialing a Stored Phone
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Making Intercom Calls. . . . . . . 47
Answering Intercom Calls . . . . 48
Voice Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Transferring a Call . . . . . . . . . . 50

Conference Calls . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Call Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Room Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Special Features. . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Muting Your Conversation. . . . 56
Call Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the PAUSE Button
(For PBX Line/Long Distance
Calls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Preparation

Telephone System

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