Panasonic KX-TG5438, KX-TG5439 operating instructions Introduction

Table of Contents

Introduction

Your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Accessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 6 For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Preparation

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Making/Answering Calls

Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Answering calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Useful features during a call. . . . . . . . . 19 Voice changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 HOLD button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MUTE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Clarity booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Call share (KX-TG5439 only) . . . . . 20

PAUSE button (for PBX/long distance service users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Flash button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 For Call Waiting service users . . . . . 21 Temporary tone dialing (for rotary/pulse service users) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Phonebook

Using the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Adding items to the phonebook . . . 22 Calling someone in the phonebook . 23 Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 23 Erasing items in the phonebook . . . 23 Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Copying phonebook items (KX-TG5439 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Copying an item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Copying all items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Caller ID Service

Using Caller ID service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . 26

Caller list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Viewing the caller list and calling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Editing a caller’s phone number before calling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Storing caller information into the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Erasing caller information. . . . . . . . . 29

Intercom Features

Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 For KX-TG5438 users . . . . . . . . . . . 30 For KX-TG5439 users . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Transferring a call (KX-TG5439 only) . . 32 Conference calls (KX-TG5439 only) . . . 32

Programmable Settings

Guide to handset programming . . . . . . 33 Ringer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 34 Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Handset interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Auto talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Voice changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Caller ID edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Handset LCD contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Dialing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Flash time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Other options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Handset key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Re-registering the handset . . . . . . . 39 Time adjustment (Caller ID subscribers only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Programming via direct commands . . . 41 Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 41

Answering System

Features

Answering system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Recording your greeting message . . . . 43 Erasing your greeting message . . . 44

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