Panasonic KX-TG5240M User Manual

During a call, you can mute your phone so the other party cannot listen to you. 
When muting your conversation, you can hear the other party.

 Press the soft key (

).

• “Mute” will be displayed for a few seconds and “

 

 

” will flash.

• To release the mute, press the soft key 

(

)

 again.

• If you press [C] or [s] to switch between the receiver and speaker, the mute will 

be released.

 Press [MUTE]. 

• The SP-PHONE indicator flashes.
• To release the mute, press [MUTE] again.

Call Privacy allows you to prevent other users from joining your conversation with 
an outside caller. To allow other users to join your conversation, leave this feature 
off. This feature is only available for the handset.

To turn on the Call Privacy feature:
Press the soft key 

(

 

 

)

 during a conversation.

• “PRIVACY” will be displayed.
• To turn this feature off, press the soft key (

 

 

) again during a conversation. 

• While the Call Privacy feature is turned on, other users cannot join the 

conversation. 

• Call Privacy will turn off after you hang up the call.

We recommend you press the soft key 

(

)

 on the handset or press [REDIAL/

PAUSE] on the base unit if a pause is required for dialing with a PBX or to make a 
long distance call.

• “

” is displayed on the handset only when dialing before pressing  [C] or 

[s]

 

(p. 28), or storing numbers in the phone book (p. 39).

Ex. Line access number [9] (PBX)

[9] N Soft key 

(

)  or

 [REDIAL/PAUSE] N 

• Pressing the soft key 

(

)

 on the handset or [REDIAL/PAUSE] on the base 

unit once creates a 3.5 second pause. This prevents misdialing when you dial 
after confirming the entered number (p. 28) or dial a stored number (p. 41, 42, 46).

• Pressing the soft key 

(

)

 on the handset or [REDIAL/PAUSE] on the base 

unit more than once increases the length of the pause between numbers.

Phone number

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