Panasonic KX-TG5436 Operating Instructions Manual

Contents

Table of Contents2 For assistance, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/consumersupportIntroductionAccessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 6For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8PreparationConnections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . 16Making/Answering CallsMaking calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Useful features during a call. . . . . . . . . 19HOLD button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19MUTE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Clarity booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Call share. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20PAUSE button (for PBX/long distanceservice users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Flash button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21For Call Waiting service users . . . . . 21Temporary tone dialing (for rotary/pulseservice users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21PhonebookUsing the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Adding items to the phonebook . . . . 22Calling someone in the phonebook . 23Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 23Erasing items in the phonebook. . . . 23Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Copying phonebook items . . . . . . . . . . 24Copying an item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Copying all items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Caller ID ServiceUsing Caller ID service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 26Caller list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Viewing the caller list and callingback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Editing a caller’s phone number beforecalling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Storing caller information into thephonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Erasing caller information. . . . . . . . . 29Intercom FeaturesIntercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Transferring a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Conference calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Programmable SettingsGuide to handset programming . . . . . . 33Ringer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . . 35Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Handset interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . . 36Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Auto talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Caller ID edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Handset LCD contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 38Display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Dialing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Flash time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Other options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Handset key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Re-registering the handset. . . . . . . . 39Time adjustment (Caller ID subscribersonly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Customer support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Programming via direct commands . . . 41Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 41Answering SystemFeaturesAnswering system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Recording your greeting message . . . . 43Erasing your greeting message . . . . 44Pre-recorded greeting message. . . . 44Turning the answering system on/off . . 44Screening your calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Listening to messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Listening to messages using the baseunit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45