Panasonic KX-TG5453 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 HOLD button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MUTE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Clarity booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Call share (KX-TG5452 and KX- TG5453 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 PAUSE button (for PBX/long distance service users). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Flash button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 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-TG5452 and KX-TG5453 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

For KX-TG5452 users . . . . . . . . . . . 24 For KX-TG5453 users . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Caller ID Service

Using Caller ID service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 27 Caller list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Viewing the caller list and calling

back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Editing a caller’s phone number before calling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Storing caller information into the phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Erasing caller information. . . . . . . . . 30

Intercom Features

Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 For KX-TG5451 users . . . . . . . . . . . 31 For KX-TG5452 users . . . . . . . . . . . 32 For KX-TG5453 users . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Transferring a call (KX-TG5452 and KX- TG5453 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Conference calls (KX-TG5452 and KX- TG5453 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Programmable Settings

Guide to handset programming . . . . . . 36 Ringer settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . 38 Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Handset interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Handset Talking Caller ID . . . . . . . . 39 Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Auto talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Caller ID edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Handset LCD contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Display language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Telephone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Dialing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Flash time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Base unit settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Base unit ringer volume . . . . . . . . . 42 Base unit ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Base unit interrupt tone . . . . . . . . . . 42 Base unit Talking Caller ID. . . . . . . . 43 Other options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Handset key tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Re-registering the handset . . . . . . . 43 Time adjustment (Caller ID subscribers only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Customer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

2For assistance, please call 1-800-211-PANA (7262).