Panasonic KX-TG5571M

Table of Contents
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Introduction
About these operating instructions . . . . . 4
Accessory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Expanding your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Available accessory handsets . . . . . . 7
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . 8
For best performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Preparation
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Battery installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Battery charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Screen saver mode (Color display models
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the unit before use . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the dialing mode . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the date and time O . . . . . 19
Making/Answering Calls
Making calls using the handset . . . . . . 20
Useful features during a call . . . . . . 21
Making calls using the base unit . . . . . 23
Useful features during a call . . . . . . 24
Answering calls using the handset . . . . 25
Answering calls using the base unit . . . 26
Adjusting the ringer volume . . . . . . . 26
Changing the ringer tone . . . . . . . . . 26
Phonebook
Handset phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adding items to the phonebook . . . . 27
Calling someone in the phonebook . 28
Adding items/calling someone in the
phonebook using the unit’s menu P
(Monochrome display models only) . 28
Editing items in the phonebook . . . . 29
Erasing items in the phonebook. . . . 29
Chain dial feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Copying phonebook items . . . . . . . . 30
Speed Dialer
Base unit speed dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding phone numbers to the speed
dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Calling someone with the speed
dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Caller ID Service
Using Caller ID service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Talking Caller ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ringer ID and light-up ID . . . . . . . . . 33
Picture ID (Color display models
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Caller list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing the caller list and calling
back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing a caller’s phone number before
calling back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Storing caller information into the
phonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Erasing caller information. . . . . . . . . 36
Intercom Features
Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Voice paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transferring a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transferring a call from the handset 38
Transferring a call from the base
unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Transferring a call to the answering
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Conference calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the base unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting room monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Monitoring a room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Programmable Settings
Guide to handset programming . . . . . . 43
Programming via direct commands . . . 46
Direct commands chart . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ringer settings K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Handset ringer volume . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Handset ringer tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recording songs from an audio device
for ringer tones (Customize ring) . . . 50
Ring color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Function M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Voice enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Memory status (Color display models
only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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