Table of Contents2 For assistance, please visit http://www.panasonic.com/consumersupportIntroductionAccessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Expanding your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Available accessory handsets . . . . . . 7Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 8For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10PreparationConnections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Screen saver mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Setting the unit before use . . . . . . . . . . 20Setting the dialing mode . . . . . . . . . 20Setting the date and time O . . . . . 20Making/Answering CallsMaking calls using the handset . . . . . . 21Useful features during a call . . . . . . 22Making calls using the base unit . . . . . 24Useful features during a call . . . . . . 25Answering calls using the handset . . . . 26Answering calls using the base unit . . . 27Adjusting the ringer volume . . . . . . 27Changing the ringer tone . . . . . . . . 27PhonebookHandset phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Adding items to the phonebook . . . 28Calling someone in the phonebook . 29Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 29Erasing items in the phonebook . . . 29Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Copying phonebook items . . . . . . . . 30Speed DialerBase unit speed dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Adding phone numbers to the speeddialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Calling someone with the speeddialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Caller ID ServiceUsing Caller ID service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Transferring a call to the answeringsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . 45Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 45Ringer settings K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 48Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Recording songs from an audio devicefor ringer tones (Customize ring) . . . 49Ring color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Function M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Display setting L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Handset display color (Appearance) 52Handset LCD contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 52Initial setting N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Handset Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . 52Caller ID edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Handset key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Auto talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53