Panasonic KX-TG5438S

Table of Contents
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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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