2 Enter the current date, month, and year.aExample: 15 July, 201215 07 12R You can select the date format bypressing #:– dd/mm/yy (date/month/year)– yy/mm/dd3 Enter the current hour and minute.Example: 9:3009 30R You can select 24-hour or 12-hourclock format (“AM” or “PM”) bypressing .4 a M NNote:R The date and time may be incorrect after apower failure. In this case, set the date andtime again.Dialling modeIf you cannot make calls, change this settingaccording to your telephone line service. Thedefault setting is “Tone”.“Tone”: For tone dial service.“Pulse”: For rotary/pulse dial service.1 (middle soft key) #1202 MbN: Select the desired setting.3 a M NOne touch eco modeWhen the handset is on the base unit, thebase unit transmission power is reduced up to99.9 % if only one handset is registered.Even when the handset is not on the base unitor several handsets are registered, the baseunit transmission power in standby mode canbe reduced up to 90 % by activating one toucheco mode.You can turn on/off one touch eco mode byjust pressing MR/ECON. The default setting is“Normal”.– When the one touch eco mode is on: “Low”is temporarily displayed and is shownon the handset display instead of .– When the one touch eco mode is off:“Normal” is temporarily displayed andgoes off from the handset display.Note:R When there is another cordless phonenearby and it is in use, the base unittransmission power may not be reduced.R Activating one touch eco mode reduces therange of the base unit in standby mode.R If you set the repeater mode to “On” (page41):– One touch eco mode is cancelled.– “Eco Setup” is not shown in thedisplay menu (page 30).Display modeYou can select to display either a single itemor multiple items on one screen at a time forthe following features:– handset main menu icons in function menu– menu list, recorded message list*1,phonebook list, caller list, and redial list*1 KX-TG8561 series: page 3Select the desired setting:– “Multi Items”: Multiple entries/all menuicons are shown on one screen at a time.– “Single Item”: An entry/a menu icon isshown on one screen in large characters ata time.The default setting is “Multi Items”.Using soft key (Temporarilyswitching the display mode)You can temporarily switch the display modeby pressing shown when viewing thelists or selecting menu icons.Programming the display modebeforehand1 (middle soft key) #19216Getting StartedTG8551_61FX_(en-en)_0427_ver021.16 16 2012/04/27 20:24:45