Room-to-Room IntercomFinishing up some paperwork in your home office and needto find out if your child is ready for soccer practice? By usingthe room-to-room intercom feature, you can call them intheir room and get the answer you need without leavingyour desk.Auto AnswerThis convenient option, for calls made from internal extensionsonly, lets the user answer a call instantly without picking up thereceiver. When a call comes in, a beep will notify the receivingparty and they can just start talking. This can be quite usefulwhen the user’s hands are not free to handle the phone orpush buttons.Room MonitorAllows you to silently monitor a room from any system phonein the house. The room being monitored must contain a pro-prietary system phone with a built-in speakerphone.Central Office Voice Mail ServiceCompatibleIf you subscribe to phone company voice mail service theuser’s phone messages are stored in their voice mailbox atthe phone company’s central office (CO). Each outside linecan be assigned its own CO voice mailbox. When a voice mailmessage is left on any one of the three outside CO lines, thelarge message-waiting LED will flash on each system phoneand the associated outside CO line button will also flash. Bysimply pressing the flashing outside CO line button and the“message” button on any extension, the user can accesstheir messages at any time. And, by preprogramming a localaccess number, up to 24 digits, the user can avoid havingto manually dial the number every time they want to retrievea message.Caller ID 1The KX-TA30830 has a backlit, single-line LCD display thatcan alternately display the name and number of the incom-ing call (if provided by the local phone company). It can alsoshow the name and number of an incoming call, even whileyou’re on another call.Door Phone & Door/Gate OpenerThe KX-TA308 system has a built-in Doorphone and Door/Gate Opener Adapter Card which will add security to yourhome. With these options installed, our Advanced HybridTelephone Systems can interface with one or two doorintercoms and control one or two electronic door contactclosures. If you have more than one door intercom, you canassign each a unique ringing pattern 2 to help you distinguishwhich one was pressed. You can also use the adapter cardsto remotely control any compatible devices such as an electricdoor strike for opening doors.System Speed DialLets you program frequently called numbers into the systemfor quick and easy dialing from any system phone.Single-Line Device IntegrationThe KX-TA308 system allows you to connect many types ofsingle-line telephone devices such as answering machines,cordless phones, fax machines and computer modems,without the need for additional cards or modules. You savemoney by using equipment that you already own and byavoiding upgrade costs.System Features