Panasonic Kx-ta308, Kx-ta616 Advanced Hybrid System Operating Instructions

							Operations1-23
1.3 Making Calls
Basic Operations
Dialing with System Speed Dialing (System Speed Dialing)
Allows you to make a call using pre-programmed speed dial numbers. This system supports
100speed dial numbers which are available to all extension users.
PT and SLT
Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
system speed dial no.
Enter a system speed dial number 
(00 through 99).
AUTO DIAL
STORE
For an SLT For a PT
For a PT: Press AUTO DIAL/STORE.
For an SLT: Dial    .
• You will not hear a tone.
• The AUTO DIAL/STORE indicator lights.• The AUTO DIAL/STORE indicator
light turns off.
• System Speed Dial numbers must be stored by System Programming.
• “Speed Dialing”, “One-Touch Dialing” and manual dialing can be used together.
• You may press a CO button or dial a line access code to select a desired outside (CO) line
before pressing the AUTO DIAL/STORE button or dialing  .
• It is possible to cancel toll restriction with this feature (Toll Restriction Override for System
Speed Dialing). In this case, System Programming is necessary.
• A System Speed Dial number can be divided when stored.

If the number is divided and stored in System Speed Dial numbers 01 and 02,
Press: [AUTO DIAL/STORE] [0] [1] [AUTO DIAL/STORE] [0] [2].
• The dialed number appears on the display.
• A rotary telephone cannot use this feature.
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Toll Restriction for System Speed Dialing”.
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “System Speed Dialing”. SLT
PT
PT
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• An account code must be stored by pressing “ ” and entering the account code after the
line access code.
• You can store an extension number, telephone number, or feature number of up to 16 digits.
Valid digits are “0 through 9”.
• A pause can be stored by pressing the  key. However, in the account code verify-all,
verify-toll and forced modes, “ ” is not regarded as a pause.
• To store the telephone number of an external party, a line access code (9, 0 or 81 through
86) must be stored as the first digit.
• The number of Personal Speed Dialing numbers corresponds to the number of PF buttons
assigned as One-Touch Dialing. (PF buttons are on a proprietary telephone.) You cannot
assign both the One-Touch Dialing and Personal Speed Dialing features to the same
number. For example, if you assign One-Touch Dialing to the PF 1 button and then Personal
Speed Dialing 0, only the Personal Speed Dialing 0 feature will be assigned.
• A rotary telephone cannot use this feature.
• 1.2 Proprietary Telephone Settings, “Customizing the Button on Your Telephone”, 
One-Touch Dialing Button
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Personal Speed Dialing”. SLT
PT
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Allows you to store up to 10 speed dial numbers at your extension. These numbers are
available for your extension only.
Storing a phone number
Any Telephone
Confirmation 
tone Lift the handset 
or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
2#
Dial 2   .Enter the personal speed 
dial number (0 through 9).
personal speed dial no.
Enter the 
desired number.
desired no.
Dial #.Hang up or press SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
Any Telephone
Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
#
Dial #.
Enter the personal speed 
dial number (0 through 9).
personal speed dial no.
• You may dial “1 ” instead of “#”.
Dialing
Dialing with Personal Speed Dialing (Personal Speed Dialing) 
						

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1.3 Making Calls
Basic OperationsPT
Lift the handset or press SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
3#
Dial 3   .Enter the personal speed 
dial number (0 through 9).
personal speed dial no.
Dial #.
Checking the stored personal speed dialing numbers 
						

							• This feature will not work if you answer an incoming call or retrieve a call on hold.
• Up to 32 digits, consisting of “0 through 9” and “ ”, can be stored. The “ ” button is used
as a PAUSE. However, in the account code verify-all, verify-toll and forced modes, “ ” is
not regarded as a pause.
• An account code must be stored by pressing “ ” and entering the account code after the
line access code.
• During the waiting time after going off-hook, you can call another party and override this
feature. You can change the waiting time between going off-hook and connecting with a
called line by System Programming.
• A rotary telephone cannot use this feature.
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Pickup Dialing”.
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1.3 Making Calls
Dialing by Simply Going Off-Hook (Pickup Dialing)
Allows you to make an outgoing call by just going off-hook (single line telephone only).
Storing a phone number
SLT
Confirmation 
tone and 
dial tone Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
742#
Dial 742.
Enter the phone number.
phone no.
Dial #.Hang up or press SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
• You must dial a line access code (9, 0 or 81 through 86) as the
first digit when storing an external party phone number.
SLT
Confirmation tone 
and dial tone Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.Hang up or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR. To set: Dial 741#.
To cancel: Dial 740#.
741To set.
740
#
#To cancel.
Setting / Canceling
SLT
Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.Wait for an answer.Talk.
Dialing
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							Operations1-27
1.3 Making Calls
Basic Operations
Redialing Automatically (Automatic Redial)
• The number of times can be changed by System Programming.
• If another operation is performed during automatic redial, this function will be canceled.
• To cancel automatic redial, press the FLASH button.
• This feature is not available for a KX-T7055.
• A flexible button can be assigned as the SAVE button.
• 1.3 Making Calls, “Redialing the Last Number Dialed (Last Number Redial)”
• 1.3 Making Calls, “Redialing the Saved Number (Saved Number Redial)”
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Redial”. PT
PT
PT
PT
PT
PT users can redial the last number dialed and saved number automatically by going off-hook
with the SP-PHONE/MONITOR button and pressing the corresponding button directly. Redial
will be automatically repeated the pre-programmed number of times until the called party
answers.
PT
Press REDIAL or SAVE. Press SP-PHONE or MONITOR.
SP-PHONEMONITORREDIALSAVEor or
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Automatically saves the last outside phone number dialed so that you can make a call to the
same party later using a simple operation.
PTSLT
Lift the handset. Dial ## or 80.
80or
Press REDIAL.
REDIAL
Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
##
Redialing the Last Number Dialed (Last Number Redial)
• Up to 32 digits can be stored and redialed. This does not include an outside (CO) line access
code.
• If you hear a busy tone when attempting to redial, select another line and press the REDIAL
button or feature number.
• “ ”, “#”, “PAUSE”, and “INTERCOM” (for secret dialing) are counted as 1 digit.
• While calling or during a conversation, pressing the REDIAL button will disconnect the
current call and redial the stored number.
• You can check the stored number. Press the REDIAL button while on-hook, and the stored
number will be displayed. PT
PT
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							• 1.3 Making Calls, “Redialing Automatically (Automatic Redial)”
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Redial”.
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Redialing the Saved Number (Saved Number Redial)
Allows you to save the current external telephone number during a conversation, so that you
can redial the same party later using a simple operation. The saved number can be redialed
until another number is stored.
Storing
PT
SAVE
Press SAVE. Press AUTO DIAL/STORE.
During a conversation or while hearing a busy tone
AUTO DIAL
STORE
• Up to 32 digits can be stored and redialed. This does not include an outside (CO) line access
code.
• “ ”, “#”, “PAUSE”, and “INTERCOM” (for secret dialing) are counted as 1 digit.
• A flexible button can be assigned as the SAVE button.
• You can check the stored number. Press the SAVE button while on-hook, and the stored
number will be displayed.
• You can change the outside (CO) line when dialing. You may press a CO button to select an
outside (CO) line directly after going off-hook before pressing the SAVE button.
• 1.2 Proprietary Telephone Settings, “Customizing the Buttons on Your Telephone”, 
SAVE Button
• 1.3 Making Calls, “Redialing Automatically (Automatic Redial)”
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Redial”. PT
PT
PT
PT
PT
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PT
SAVE
Press SAVE.Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
Dialing
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							Operations1-29
1.3 Making Calls
Basic Operations
Sending a Call Waiting Tone to a Busy Extension 
(Busy Station Signaling – BSS)
The busy extension that you called will hear the assigned Call Waiting tone and know that you
are waiting.
Any Telephone
Dial 2.
2
If you make an intercom call and hear a busy tone
Wait for an answer and talk.
• To answer from the calling extension, see “Call Waiting” in this manual.
• If you hear a reorder tone when you set this feature, this feature cannot be operated with the
called party. This feature is only available if the called extension has set the “Call Waiting”
feature.
• 1.5 During a Conversation, “Call Waiting”
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Busy Station Signaling (BSS)”.
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1.3 Making Calls
Canceling
Any Telephone
Lift the handset or press SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
• If you do not answer before four callback ring signals (within 10 seconds), this feature will
be canceled.
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Automatic Callback Busy (Camp-On)”.
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Making Your Telephone Ring Back Automatically When a Line
Becomes Free (Automatic Callback Busy – Camp-On)
Allows you to receive callback ringing when the dialed line becomes idle. When you answer
the callback ringing;
For an extension:The called extension starts ringing without dialing.
For an outside (CO) line:The line is seized.
Setting
Answering an intercom recall
Any Telephone
Dial 6. Hang up or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
6
Confirmation tone 
and reorder tone
If you hear a busy tone
Wait for 
the Camp-On recall.
Any Telephone
If you hear the telephone ringing
Lift the handset or press SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
• You hear a ringback tone and the called
extension rings automatically.
Answering an outside (CO) line recall
Any Telephone
Enter the phone number. Dial tone.
If you hear the telephone ringing
Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR .
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1.3 Making Calls
Basic Operations
To terminate one party and talk to the other
PT
Confirmation tone (optional)Press the CO or INTERCOM 
of the party to remain connected.
COorINTERCOM
Interrupting an Existing Call (Executive Busy Override)
Executive Busy Override — Extension
Allows you to connect to an existing intercom (extension) call.
System Programming is required to use this feature.
Any Telephone
Dial 3.
3
Confirmation tone (optional)
If you make an intercom call and while hearing a busy tone
A three-party conference 
is now established.
To leave the conference
Any Telephone
The other two parties 
continue their conversation.
Hang up or press SP-PHONE.
• This feature does not work when “Data Line Security” or “Executive Busy Override Deny”
is set at either or both of the other parties.
• When a 2-party call is changed to a 3-party call or vice versa, a confirmation tone is sent to
all parties. The tone can be disabled.
• 1.3 Making Calls, ‘Denying “Interrupting an Existing Call”(Executive Busy Override
Deny)’
• 1.7 Useful Features, “Conference (3-party)”
• 1.7 Useful Features, “Data Line Security”
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Executive Busy Override”.
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• If all three parties are extensions, this operation is not available. 
						

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• This feature does not work when “Data Line Security” or “Executive Busy Override Deny”
is set at the extension engaged in the existing outside call.
• When a 2-party call is changed to a 3-party call or vice versa, a confirmation tone is sent to
all parties. Eliminating the tone is programmable.
• 1.3 Making Calls, ‘Denying “Interrupting an Existing Call”(Executive Busy Override Deny)
• 1.7 Useful Features, “Conference (3-party)
• 1.7 Useful Features, “Data Line Security”
• See the Installation Manual, Section 3, “Executive Busy Override”. PTPT
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Executive Busy Override — Outside (CO) Line
Allows you to connect to an existing outside call or add a third party to your existing
conversation.
System Programming is required to use this feature.
PT
Confirmation tone 
(optional)Press the desired CO 
whose indicator is lit red.
CO
Lift the handset or press 
SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
A three-party conference 
is now established.
PT
Hang up or press SP-PHONE/MONITOR.
The other two parties 
continue their conversation.
To leave the conference
PT
Confirmation tone (optional)Press the CO or INTERCOM 
of the party to remain connected.
COorINTERCOM
To terminate one party and talk to the other