Table of Contents2 For assistance, please call 1-800-211-PANA (7262).IntroductionYour phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Accessory 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Clarity booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Call share (KX-TG5452 and KX-TG5453 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20PAUSE button (for PBX/long distanceservice users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Flash button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20For 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 (KX-TG5452and KX-TG5453 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24For KX-TG5452 users . . . . . . . . . . . 24For KX-TG5453 users . . . . . . . . . . . 25Caller ID ServiceUsing Caller ID service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 27Caller list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Viewing the caller list and callingback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Editing a caller’s phone number beforecalling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Storing caller information into thephonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Erasing caller information. . . . . . . . . 30Intercom FeaturesIntercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31For KX-TG5451 users . . . . . . . . . . . 31For KX-TG5452 users . . . . . . . . . . . 32For KX-TG5453 users . . . . . . . . . . . 33Transferring a call (KX-TG5452 and KX-TG5453 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Conference calls (KX-TG5452 and KX-TG5453 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Programmable SettingsGuide to handset programming . . . . . . 36Ringer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 38Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Handset interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . . 39Handset Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . 39Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Auto talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Caller ID edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Handset LCD contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 40Display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Dialing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Flash time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Base unit settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Base unit ringer volume . . . . . . . . . 42Base unit ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Base unit interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . 42Base unit Talking Caller ID. . . . . . . . 43Other options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Handset key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Re-registering the handset . . . . . . . 43Time adjustment (Caller ID subscribersonly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44