Panasonic Kx Tg2583 Operating Instructions Manual

							2.4GHz Cordless Answering System
Model No.
KX-TG2583B
KX-TG2583S
KX-TG2583W
Pulse-or-tone dialing capability
Operating Instructions
PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE.
Panasonic World Wide Web address:  http://www.panasonic.com
for customers in the USA or Puerto Rico
Charge the battery for about 6 hours before initial use.
Preparation
Cordless Telephone
Answering System
Useful Information
Caller ID Compatible
KX-TG2583B 
						

							Before Initial Use
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Please read IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS on page 80 before use.
Read and understand all instructions.
Thank you for purchasing your new Panasonic cordless
telephone.
Attach your purchase receipt here.
Caller ID and Call Waiting Service, where available, are telephone
company services. After subscribing to Caller ID, this phone will display a
caller’s name and phone number. Call Waiting Caller ID, which displays a
second caller’s name and phone number while the user is on another
call, requires a subscription to both Caller ID and Call Waiting.
For your future reference
Serial No. Date of purchase
(found on the bottom of the unit)
Name and address of dealer
Accessories (included)For extra orders, call 1-800-332-5368.
AC Adaptor (p. 10)
Order No. PQLV10Z
one
Telephone Line Cord 
(p. 10)
one
Wall Mounting Adaptor (p. 68)
Order No. 
PQKL10038Z3 (Black, Silver)
PQKL10038Z1 (White)
one
Belt Clip (p. 70)
Order No. 
PQKE10127Z1 (Black, Silver)
PQKE10127Z2 (White)
one 
						

							For Best Performance
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Battery Charge
A rechargeable Ni-Cd battery powers the
handset. Charge the battery for about 6
hoursbefore initial use (p. 11).
Base Unit Location/Noise
Calls are transmitted between the base unit and the handset using
wireless radio waves. For maximum distance and noise-free
operation, the recommended base unit location is:
Note:
While using the handset:
•If you are near a microwave oven which is being used, noise may be heard from
the receiver. Move away from the microwave oven and closer to the base unit.
•If more than one cordless phone is being used and your handset is near another
cordless phone’s base unit, noise may be heard. Move away from the other
cordless phone’s base unit and closer to your base unit.
Away from electrical appliances 
such as a TV, personal computer or 
another cordless phone.In a HIGH and CENTRAL location 
with no obstructions such as walls.
Raise 
the antennas.
The battery 
is beneath 
this cover.  
						

							Preparation
Location of Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Battery Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting the Dialing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting the Line Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Programmable Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting the Auto Talk Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting the Ringer Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Preparing the Answering System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Greeting Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Programming Summary for the Answering System . . . . . . . . . . 21
Day and Time Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the Caller’s Recording Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the Number of Rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cordless Telephone
Making Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
With the Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
With the Base Unit (Digital Duplex Speakerphone) . . . . . . . . . . 28
Simultaneous Keypad Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Answering Calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the Base Unit (Digital Duplex Speakerphone) . . . . . . . . . . 31
Caller ID Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Caller List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing the Caller List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Calling Back from the Caller List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing the Caller’s Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Storing Caller List Information in the Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Erasing Caller List Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
One-Touch Dialer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Storing a Phone Number in the DIRECT Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dialing the Stored Number in the DIRECT Button . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Storing Names and Numbers in the Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selecting Characters to Enter Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Finding Items in the Directory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dialing from the Directory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Contents
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Preparation
Cordless Telephone
Answering System
Useful Information
Editing an Item in the Directory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Erasing an Item from the Directory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Intercom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Transferring a Call Using the Intercom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Special Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automatic Security Code Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
For Call Waiting Service Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How to Use the PAUSE Button 
(For Analog PBX Line/Long Distance Service Users) . . . . . . . 54
Temporary Tone Dialing 
(For Rotary or Pulse Service Users)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
FLASH Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Answering System
Automatic Answering Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting the Unit to Answer Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Listening to Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
From the Handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Erasing Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Remote Operation from a Touch Tone Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting the Remote Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Voice Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Direct Remote Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Remote Operation with the Handset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Useful Information
Wall Mounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the Belt Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using an Optional Headset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Battery Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
If the Following Appear... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Before Requesting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adding Another Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
FCC and Other Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 
						

							Location of Controls
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Base unit
 
IN USE/CHARGE 
Indicator (p. 11)Charge Contacts (p. 12)
(CALL!WAIT/FLASH) 
Button (p. 54, 55)
(REDIAL/PAUSE) Button 
(p. 29, 54) Display (p. 9, 73)
(HOLD/RINGER) Button (p. 18, 29)
(LOCATOR/INTERCOM) 
Button (p. 52)
MIC (Microphone) (p. 19, 28, 31, 52)Antennas (p. 3, 10) 
(DIGITAL!SP-PHONE) 
(Speakerphone) Button 
and Indicator (p. 28, 31)
ERASE/CLEAR 
						

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Preparation
 
(ERASE/CLEAR) 
Button (p. 20, 39, 51, 59)
(GREETING/EDIT) Button 
(p. 19, 37)
(ANSWER!ON) Button 
(p. 56)
Navigator Key 
(     ,     ,     ,     ) 
(
p. 20, 29, 34, 48, 57)(TONE) Button (p. 55)
(NEW!MESSAGE) Button 
(p. 57)
(STOP/EXIT) Button 
(p. 19, 34, 48, 56, 57) CALLER ID Indicator 
(p. 31, 33)Cradle Lock Switch 
(p. 68)
ANSWER ON Indicator 
(p. 56, 57, 59)
ERASE/CLEAR
Back Side 
						

							Location of Controls
8Handset
TALK
4
FL
FLASH
SHR
E
D
IA
L REDIALCALL WA
L WAITPAUSE
PAUSEPL
PLAYBA
BACK
TONE
TONE
STOP ANS
  S ON789
0ANS  O
F
F OFF
CH CHFUNCTION  EXIT
FUNCTION  EXITINT
INTERCOM 
ERCOM    CLEAR
CLEAR
SK
IP KIP
REP
E PEAT123
ALL
  L MSG
NEW
  W MSG56
BACK
BACK
FWDEDIT EDIT
DIRECT
DIRECT
LOUD 
LOUD SEARCH
ON
OFF(INTERCOM/CLEAR) 
Button (p. 39, 45, 51, 52)
(FLASH/CALL!WAIT/PLAYBACK) 
Button (p. 54, 55, 66)  Headset Jack (p. 70)
(TALK) Button (p. 26, 31) 
(TONE) Button (p. 55) 
Charge Contact (p. 12)Navigator Key 
(     ,     ,     ,     ) 
(
p. 15, 21, 27, 34, 44)
Display (p. 9, 72)
(FUNCTION/EXIT/CH) 
(Channel) Button 
(p. 15, 21, 26, 34, 44, 47) 
Charge Contact (p. 12)
(REDIAL/PAUSE) Button 
(p. 27, 54)
(DIRECT) Button 
(p. 41, 42)
Antenna 
						

							Displays
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Preparation
Base unit
#The day and time and the number of
incoming messages are displayed while
the unit is not in use (Standby mode).
The display shows the dialed number,
call status, programming options and
directory items etc. 
If you subscribe to a Caller ID service,
caller information will be displayed 
(p. 32). The number of new calls will also
be displayed.
Handset
#The display shows the dialed number,
call status, programming options and
directory items etc. If you subscribe to a
Caller ID service, caller information will
be displayed (p. 32). The number of new
calls will also be displayed.
$The directory icon displays when viewing the directory items (p. 48).
%The clock icon flashes with the day and time if the clock needs
adjusting (p. 22). $The directory icon displays when storing or viewing the directory items
(p. 44, 47).
%The battery icon indicates the battery strength (p. 11).
Standby mode:
While the handset is off the base unit, the display becomes blank after
you finish using the handset (making/answering a call, viewing the Caller
List or directory list etc.). The handset can receive calls. The battery life is
conserved in this state. While the handset is on the base unit, the battery
icon and the number of new Caller ID calls are displayed in the standby
mode (p. 33).
0 new call#$
%
SUN 12:00AM
0 Message
#$
% 
						

							Settings
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Connections
•USE ONLY WITH Panasonic AC ADAPTOR PQLV10 (Order No. PQLV10Z).
•The AC adaptor must remain connected at all times. (It is normal for the adaptor
to feel warm during use.)
•To connect a standard telephone on the same line, see page 79.
•If your unit is connected to a PBX which does not support Caller ID services, you
cannot access those services.
Hooks Hooks
AC Adaptor
Telephone Line Cord
Power Outlet 
(AC 120 V, 60 Hz)
Raise the
antennas. Fasten the cords to prevent  them 
from being disconnected.Single-Line 
Telephone Jack 
(RJ11C)