Panasonic Expandable Cordless Handset Kx-tga272s Operating Instructions

							Transferring a Call
41For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Advanced Operation
You can transfer an external call to the base unit or another handset. 
1
During a call, press (HOLD)(TRANSFER).
•The call is put on hold.
•If registered to KX-TG2700/KX-TG2720,
“9=Mailbox” is not displayed.
2
To page the base unit, press (0).
To page another handset, enter the
extension number using the dialing button
(
(1)to (8)).
3
If required, wait for the paged party to
answer, and you can announce the transfer.
If not required, go to step 4.
•If the paged party does not answer; 
•– For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730 users: 
Press (OFF)and  or  , or if using the
speakerphone, press  twice, to return to
the outside call.
•– For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users: 
Press the relevant line soft key ( or
) to return to the outside
call.
4
To complete the transfer, press  if using
the speakerphone, or press 
(OFF).
To answer a transferred call
– If the paging party announces the transfer,
the calling extension is displayed. Press 
,
or (HOLD)(INTERCOM)to answer
the page.
– 
•After the paging party hangs up the call, you can
talk to the outside caller.
– If the paging party hangs up before you answer the page,
“Incoming call” is displayed. Press  or  to take the
transferred call. 
– •KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users can also press the relevant line soft key (
or  ) to take the transferred call.
LINE2
LINE1
LINE2
LINE1
Calling [0]
Hold
Ex. Calling Base when registered
to KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730
Ex. Registered to 
KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740
Press extension#
to transfer
0-8=Extension
9=Mailbox
Intercom02
Hold Line1
LINE1LINE2MUTE
Call from [1]
Ex. Handset 1 calling 
						

							Transferring a Call
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•Any user can take a transferred call;
– 
For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730 users: press  or  .
– 
For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users: press the relevant soft key ( or  ).
•If you do not announce the transfer and if the paged party does not answer within 60
seconds after you hang up, the transferred call will be returned to you with ringing. If
you still do not answer the caller’s call within 4 minutes, the call will be disconnected.
You may answer the caller before or during the ringing; For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730
users: press  or  . For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users: press the relevant
soft key (
or). After answering the call, KX-TG2730/KX-TG2740 users
may also transfer the call into a mailbox by performing the following three steps:
(1) telling the caller the # sign and the intended mailbox number if necessary (p. 49),
(2) your pressing (HOLD)(TRANSFER), and
(3) your pressing the (9)button to hang up a call, so the intended mailbox will be
presented to the caller (p. 51).
LINE2LINE1
During a conversation, if you hear two tonesand the line status icon on
the display will flash quickly, an incoming call is being received on the
other line. You can answer the second call while holding the first call. You
can also make a call without terminating the first call. 
If you subscribe to a Caller ID service, the second caller’s information will
be displayed when a call is being received on the other line (p. 26).
1
Ex. If you are using LINE 1
Press 
(HOLD/CLEAR)twiceto put 
the first call (LINE 1) on hold.
•“”
and “”
flash on the display.
2
Press the soft key ( )
to make or answer a second call
.
•The speakerphone is turned on when you
press a line soft key ( or  )
3
To return to the first call (LINE 1):
#Hang up the second call (LINE 2) by 
pressing 
(OFF). If using the speakerphone, you can also press  .
$Press the soft key ( ) for the first call (LINE 1).
•The speakerphone is turned on.
•To hold the second call in step 2, press (HOLD/CLEAR)twice.
LINE1
LINE2LINE1
LINE2
LINE1L1
You can delete the two tones(incoming call tone). See page 47.
Ex. When you are
receiving a second call.
Using the Other Line During a Conversation
(For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 Users)
ROBINSON,TINA
1-000-222-3333
-----Line2------
SPPRIVACY[2]
LINE1LINE2
L1L2
SP-phone Line2
I=Booster
SPPRIVACY[2]
CALL WAITMUTEPRIVACY
L1L2
LINE1LINE2 
						

							Conference
43For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Advanced Operation
Conference with two
external calls 
(For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740
users)
While having a conversation on
one line, you can make or answer
a second call on the other line and
then combine the calls to make a
conference call.
1
During a call, press
(HOLD/CLEAR)twiceto put
the first call on hold.
2
To make or answer a second
call, select the other line by
pressing the relevant soft key
( or ).
3
When the second call is
connected, press
(CONF/FUNCTION)to make a
conference call.
•To hang up both lines, press  if
using the speakerphone, or press
(OFF).
•
To hang up only one line, press the
relevant soft key ( or  )
for the party with which you want to
continue talking.
•To put both lines on hold, press
(HOLD/CLEAR). To talk with only one
caller, press the relevant soft key
( or  ). To resume both
lines, press 
(CONF/FUNCTION).
•You cannot call another extension to
make a conference call.
LINE2LINE1
LINE2LINE1
LINE2LINE1
ConferenceL1 L2 2I=Booster
SPPRIVACY[2]
Conference with an
external call and an
intercom call
While you are talking with an
outside caller, you can call the
base unit or another handset to
make a conference call.
1
During a call, press
(HOLD/CLEAR).
•The call is put on hold.
2
To page the base unit, press
(0). To page another handset,
enter the extension number
using the dialing button (
(1)to
(8)).
3
When the paged party answers,
press 
(CONF/FUNCTION)on
your handset to make a
conference call.
•To leave the conference, press
if using the speakerphone,
or press (OFF)
.The two other
parties can continue the
conversation.
•
During a conference, the outside call
can be placed on hold by pressing
(HOLD/CLEAR). Internal
communications between extensions
are not suspended. Only the person
who placed the call on hold can
resume the full conference; press
(CONF/FUNCTION).
Ex. Registered to 
KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740
ConferenceL1 0 2I=Booster
SPPRIVACY[2]
PRIVACYLINE2
L1
MUTE
LINE1LINE2MUTE
L2L1 
						

							Call Share
This feature allows you to join the existing external call. 
To join a conversation (Call Share)
For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730 users:
Press or .
For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users:
Press the relevant soft key ( or ).
To prevent other users from joining your conversation
(Call Privacy feature)
You can turn the feature on during a call. If you allow other users to join
your conversation, leave the feature off. 
Press the soft key ( ) during a
conversation.
•“PRIVACY” will be displayed.
•To turn the feature off, press the soft key 
( ) again. “PRIVACY” will disappear.
•When the Call Privacy feature is turned on, other
users cannot join the conversation. The feature will
return to off after you hang up the call.
PRIVACY
PRIVACY
LINE2LINE1
Conference
44
Ex. Registered to 
KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 Ex. Registered to 
KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730
Conference02I=Booster
SPPRIVACY[2]
PRIVACY
SP-phone Line1
00-00-10
00
I=BoosterPRIVACY[2]
CALL WAITMUTEPRIVACY
L1
Room Monitor Feature
This feature allows you to monitor a room through another handset or the
base unit by using the intercom feature. For example you can monitor a
baby from different areas of the house. You can call another handset or
the base unit using the extension number, to monitor the room. The called
unit will not ring. If you allow other users to monitor through your handset,
turn the feature on. If you want to prevent your handset from being
monitored by other extensions, leave this feature off (factory preset). 
To turn the Room Monitor feature on 
(to allow other users to monitor through your handset)
Make sure the handset is not being used.
1
Press (SNOOZE/ALARM).
•
You can also press (CONF/FUNCTION)to directly
enter the function menu and go to step 3.AUG.10
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FUNCTIONALARM
IN USE
MUTE 
						

							45For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Advanced Operation
2
Within 5 seconds, press the soft key ( ).
3
Scroll to “Initial setting” by pressing
Öor Ñ, and press á.
4
Scroll to “Room monitor” by pressing Ö
or Ñ, and press á.
5
Select “On” by pressing Öor Ñ, and
press the soft key ( ).
•A beep sounds.
•To exit the programming mode, press
(SNOOZE/ALARM)or (OFF).
•To prevent your handset from being monitored, select 
“Off” in step 5, and press
the soft key ( ).
To monitor a room
The destination unit must not being used and the destination
handset must be off the base unit.
1
Press (HOLD)(INTERCOM).
2
Press the soft key ( ).
3
To call the base unit, press (0).
To call another handset, enter the extension
number using the dialing button (
(1)to (8)).
•Your handset will start to monitor the room 
through the destination unit.
•To monitor from the speaker, press  . You
can place the handset on the charger. To switch
back to the receiver, press  .
4
To end monitoring, press  or the soft key ( ) if using the
speakerphone, or press 
(OFF).
•You can stop being monitored by pressing  , the soft key ( ) or (OFF).
•
If the Room Monitor feature of the destination unit is off or the destination handset
is on the base unit, “Denied” will be displayed and busy tones will sound.
OFF
OFF
MONITOR
SAVE
SAVE
FUNCTION
Auto talk
HRoom monitor
Caller ID edit
Copy directory
HInitial setting
---------------
SAVERoom monitor
000:OnGF
Press extension#
for room monitor
Room monitor
00-00-05
02
Room monitor02
Press extension#
to callMONITOR 
						

							Special Features
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Muting Your Conversation
During a call, you can make the other party not
listen to you. When muting your conversation,
you can hear the other party.
Press the soft key ( ).
•“Mute” will be displayed for a few seconds and
“” will flash.
•
To release the mute, press the soft key ( ).
•When you switch between the speaker and receiver, the mute will be released. 
For Call Waiting Service Users
Press the soft key ( ) or (FLASH/CALL!WAIT)if you hear a call-
waiting tone while talking.
•The soft key ( ) is operative only when using the speakerphone.
•For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730 users: The first call is put on hold and you can
answer the second call. For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users: The first call on the
same line is placed on hold and you can answer the second call.
•To return to the first caller, press the soft key ( ) or
(FLASH/CALL!WAIT)again.
Call Waiting Caller ID Feature
Call Waiting Caller ID Feature allows your
handset to display the second caller’s
information. After you hear a call-waiting tone
while talking, the handset will display the caller’s
name with the phone number and “Waiting”.
Temporary Tone Dialing
(For Rotary or Pulse Service Users)
Press (TONE)before entering access numbers which require tone dialing.
•The dialing mode changes to tone. You can enter numbers to access an
answering service, electronic banking service, etc. When you hang up, the mode
will return to pulse.
FLASH Button
Pressing (FLASH/CALL!WAIT)also allows you to use special features of
your host PBX such as transferring an extension call or accessing special
telephone services (optional) such as call waiting. 
•Pressing (FLASH/CALL!WAIT)causes to disable the Temporary Tone Dialing
mode or the mute.
•The flash time can be selected within the system (p. 55).
CALL WAIT
CALL WAIT
CALL WAIT
MUTE
MUTE
MUTE
Mute
00I=Booster
BROWN,NANCY1-555-666-7777
----Waiting----
CALL WAITMUTEPRIVACY
Ex. Registered to 
KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730
CALL WAITMUTEPRIVACY 
						

							47For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Advanced Operation
How to Use the PAUSE Button
(For PBX Line/Long Distance Calls)
We recommend you press (PAUSE/REDIAL)if a pause is required for
dialing with a PBX or to make a long distance call.
Ex. Line access number 
(9)(PBX)
(9)\(PAUSE/REDIAL)\
•Pressing (PAUSE/REDIAL)once creates a 3.5 second pause. This prevents
misdialing when you redial or dial a stored number.
•Pressing (PAUSE/REDIAL)more than once increases the length of the pause
between numbers.
•When storing a phone number in the directory (p. 33), you can also insert a
pause by pressing 
Öor 
Ñto scroll to 
“P”.
Incoming Call Tone
During an intercom call (p. 40) or while using the Room Monitor feature 
(p. 45) or while listening to messages (for KX-TG2730/KX-TG2740 users,
p. 49), you can be informed by two tones if a call arrives. While using one
line, you can be informed if another call arrives on the other line by two
tones (for KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users).
If you set to ON, this incoming call tone will be heard for as long as the line
rings. To delete the incoming call tone, set to OFF. To set the incoming call
tone to sound twice, set to “2”. Your phone comes from the factory set to “2”.
Make sure the handset is not being used.
1
Press (SNOOZE/ALARM).
•
You can also press (CONF/FUNCTION)to directly
enter the function menu and go to step 3.
Phone number
AUG.10
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FUNCTIONALARM
2
Within 5 seconds, press the soft key
().
3
Scroll to “Ringer setting”by pressing
Öor Ñ, and press á.
4
Scroll to “Incoming call”by pressingÖ
or Ñ, and press á.
•The current setting will be displayed.
5
Select the desired setting, “On”, “Off” or
“2”, by pressing 
Öor Ñ, and press the
soft key ( ).
•A beep sounds.
•To exit the programming mode, press (SNOOZE/ALARM)or (OFF).
SAVE
FUNCTION
Save directory
HRinger setting
Date and time
Ringer tone
HIncoming call
---------------
SAVEIncoming call
Incomin
tone :2GF 
						

							2
Within 5 seconds, press the soft key
( ). 
3
Scroll to “Initial setting”by pressing
Öor Ñ, and press á.
4
Scroll to “Set tel line”by pressingÖ
or Ñ, and press á.
5
Press áat “Line selection”.
•The current setting will be displayed.
6
Select the desired line selection, “Line1”,
“Line2” or “Auto”, by pressing 
Öor Ñ.
7
Press the soft key ( ).
•A beep sounds.
•To exit the 
programming mode, press
(SNOOZE/ALARM)or (OFF).
•
You can exit the programming mode any time by pressing (SNOOZE/ALARM)or
(OFF)
.
SAVE
FUNCTION
Special Features
48
Line Selection (For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 Users)
The handset will automatically select a free line when you make a call by
pressing  or  . The handset will also select the in-coming called
line when you answer the in-coming call. You can change the line
selection of the handset. There are three options as following:
Line 1:Line 1 will be selected.Line 2:Line 2 will be selected.
Auto(factory preset):A free line will be selected (Line 1 has priority) when making
a call by pressing  or  . However, when you call back from the Caller ID
List (p. 28), the line that is indicated will be selected. You can also select any line
by pressing one of line soft keys 
( or ). When a call is being
received, the called line is selected when you press         or         to answer the 
in-coming call.
Make sure the handset is not being used.
1
Press (SNOOZE/ALARM).
•
You can also press (CONF/FUNCTION)to directly
enter the function menu and go to step 3.
LINE2LINE1
Caller ID edit
HSet tel line
Copy directory
HInitial setting
---------------
---------------
HLine selection
Set dial mode
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SAVELine selection
Incomin
:AutoGF 
						

							The system accommodates three voice mailboxes. You can share the
mailboxes with other members of your family or office for your
convenience. Callers from touch tone phones can specify one of three
mailboxes to leave a message there. If callers do not specify a mailbox or
call from rotary telephones, messages will be recorded into Mailbox 1.
Listening to Messages (Remote Operation)
You can access the mailboxes from your
handset and listen to messages. If “ ”
flashes on the display, there are new messages
in the mailboxes.
1
Press the soft key ( ).
•A beep sounds and “Please select Mailbox” will
be heard from the speaker. To switch to the
receiver, press  . To switch back to the
speaker, press        .
•The mailboxes that have new messages will
flash on the display.
PLAY
PLAY
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Advanced Operation
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)Ex. Mailbox 1 has new
messages.
Mailbox Features (For KX-TG2730/KX-TG2740 Users)
Received callsG
12:
00AM
PLAY
Ex. New messages exist when
registered to KX-TG2730.
Remote operation
BOX1BOX2BOX3
2
Press one of mailbox soft keys (
,
or ).
•If “Enter mailbox password” is announced and
displayed, Mailbox 2 or 3 has the password.
Enter the password (p. 58), using the dialing
buttons (
(0)to (9)).
•“Mailbox (No.)” and the number of new 
messages will be announced, and new
messages will be played.
•To play all messages in the mailbox, press the
soft key ( ) or (5).
•You can enter the desireddirect commands
for other functions (p. 51).
•If you do not enter a command, the voice menu will start (p. 50).
3
To end remote operation, press (SNOOZE/ALARM)or (OFF).
•In step 2, you can also select a mailbox by pressing (#)(1)(Mailbox 1), (#)(2)
(Mailbox 2) or (#)(3)(Mailbox 3).
•To adjust the speaker or receiver volume, press Ñto increase, and press Öto
decrease.
•During playback, you can press the soft key ( ) or Üto repeat a
message or press the soft key ( ) or áto skip a message.
•If you do not select a mailbox in step 2, the number of new messages in Mailbox
1 will be announced, and new messages will be played.
SKIP
REPEAT
5:ALL
BOX3BOX2
BOX1
Ex. Message playing when
registered to KX-TG2730.
SMITH,JACK
1-234-567-8901
---Message 1----REPEATSKIPDIAL
4:NEW5:ALL 
						

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Mailbox Features
•You can switch to another mailbox by pressing (#)and the mailbox number
((1)to (3)) during the remote operation.
•The unit will announce the remaining recording time after playback, if it is less
than 5 minutes.
•If a call is being received during playback, you will hear incoming call tones 
(p. 47). To answer the call, press . 
KX-TG2740 users can also p
ress the relevant line soft key ( or ),
instead of pressing  .
•If you hear “Memory full” after playback, erase some, or all, of the messages
(p. 51).
Voice menu
If no commands are entered after you listened to new messages in the
mailbox and heard “End of final message”, the handset will start the
following voice menu.
“Press 4 to play back new messages. Press 5 to play back all messages.”
•You can enter direct commands (p. 51) even if the voice menu has started.
For Caller ID service users (p. 26)
During playback, the display shows the
name and/or number of the caller whose
message is being played.
To call back the displayed number 
(while using the speakerphone):
For KX-TG2730 users: Press while the number is displayed.
For KX-TG2740 users: While the number is displayed, press the soft key
( ) then one of line soft keys 
( or ).
•The handset stops playback and automatically dials the phone number.
•If you need to edit the phone number to call back, press the soft key 
( ), then edit the number by pressing the soft key ( ). The number
will be edited to one of three patterns (p. 29). You can then call back the
caller. For KX-TG2730 users: Press  or the soft key ( ). 
For KX-TG2740 users: Press one of line soft keys 
( or ).LINE2LINE1
DIAL
EDITDIAL
LINE2LINE1DIAL
LINE1LINE2
SMITH,JACK
1-234-567-8901
---Message 1----REPEATSKIPDIAL
Ex. Registered to KX-TG2730