Table of Contents2IntroductionAbout these operating instructions . . . . . 4Accessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Expanding your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7For KX-TG5562C users . . . . . . . . . . 7For KX-TG5566C users . . . . . . . . . . 7Available accessory handsets . . . . . . 8Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 9For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11PreparationConnections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Screen saver mode (Colour displaymodels only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Controls and display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Setting the unit before use . . . . . . . . . . 20Setting the dialing mode . . . . . . . . . 20Setting the date and time O . . . . . 20Making/Answering CallsMaking calls using the handset . . . . . . 22Useful features during a call . . . . . . 23Making calls using the base unit . . . . . 25Useful features during a call . . . . . . 26Answering calls using the handset . . . . 27Answering calls using the base unit . . . 28Adjusting the ringer volume . . . . . . 28Changing the ringer tone . . . . . . . . 28PhonebookHandset phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Adding items to the phonebook . . . 29Calling someone in the phonebook . 30Adding items/calling someone in thephonebook using the unit’s menu P(Monochrome display models only) . 30Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 31Erasing items in the phonebook . . . 31Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Copying phonebook items . . . . . . . . 32Speed DialerBase unit speed dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Adding phone numbers to the speeddialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Calling someone with the speeddialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Call Display ServiceUsing Call Display service . . . . . . . . . . 34Talking Call Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 35Picture ID (Colour display modelsonly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Visual Call Waiting service . . . . . . . 36For Call Waiting Deluxe serviceusers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Caller list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Viewing the caller list and callingback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Editing a caller’s phone number beforecalling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Storing caller information into thephonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Erasing caller information . . . . . . . . 39Intercom FeaturesIntercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Voice paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Transferring a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Transferring a call from the handset 42Transferring a call from the baseunit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Conference calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Using the handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Using the base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Setting room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Monitoring a room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Programmable SettingsGuide to handset programming . . . . . . 47Programming via direct commands . . . 50Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 50Ringer settings K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 53Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Recording songs from an audio devicefor ringer tones (Customize ring) . . . 54Ring colour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Function M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56TG5562C_5566C(e).book Page 2 Friday, May 27, 2005 10:14 AM