Table of Contents2 For assistance, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/consumersupportIntroductionAbout these operating instructions . . . . . 4Accessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Expanding your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Available accessory handsets . . . . . . 7Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 8For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10PreparationConnections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Screen saver mode (Color display modelsonly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Setting the unit before use . . . . . . . . . . 18Setting the dialing mode . . . . . . . . . 18Setting the date and time O . . . . . 18Making/Answering CallsMaking calls using the handset . . . . . . 20Useful features during a call . . . . . . 21Making calls using the base unit . . . . . 23Useful features during a call . . . . . . 24Answering calls using the handset . . . . 25Answering calls using the base unit . . . 26Adjusting the ringer volume . . . . . . 26Changing the ringer tone . . . . . . . . 26PhonebookHandset phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Adding items to the phonebook . . . 27Calling someone in the phonebook . 28Adding items/calling someone in thephonebook using the unit’s menu P(Monochrome display models only) . 28Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 29Erasing items in the phonebook . . . 29Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Copying phonebook items . . . . . . . . 30Speed DialerBase unit speed dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Adding phone numbers to the speeddialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Calling someone with the speeddialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Caller ID ServiceUsing Caller ID service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 33Picture ID (Color display modelsonly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Caller list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Viewing the caller list and callingback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Editing a caller’s phone number beforecalling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Storing caller information into thephonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Erasing caller information . . . . . . . . 36Intercom FeaturesIntercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Voice paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Transferring a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Transferring a call from the handset 38Transferring a call from the baseunit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Conference calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Using the handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Using the base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Setting room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Monitoring a room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Programmable SettingsGuide to handset programming . . . . . . 43Programming via direct commands . . . 46Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 46Ringer settings K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 49Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Recording songs from an audio devicefor ringer tones (Customize ring) . . . 50Ring color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Function M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Memory status (Color display modelsonly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Customer support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53TG5561_5566.book Page 2 Thursday, April 7, 2005 12:07 PM