Panasonic Kx Tg6500 Operating Instructions Manual

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Telephone System
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Conference Calls
Conference call with 2 outside calls
While you are talking with an outside caller, you can make or answer a second call 
on the other line, and then combine the calls to establish a conference call.
• To hang up both lines, press [OFF].
• To hang up only one line, press the 
line soft key ( ) or ( ) for 
the party with which you want to 
continue talking.
• To put both...

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Conference with an outside call and an intercom call
While you are talking with an outside caller, another user can join the conversation 
using the handset or the base unit and establish a conference call.
•To leave the conference, press [OFF] on the handset or press [SP-PHONE] on 
the base unit. The 2 other parties can continue the conversation.
•During a conference, the outside call can be placed on hold by pressing [HOLD/
INTERCOM] on the handset or [HOLD] on the base unit....

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Telephone System
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Room Monitor
This feature allows you to monitor a room by using the intercom feature. For 
example, you can monitor a baby from different areas of the house. You can call the 
destination unit to monitor the room. The called unit will not ring. When the system 
has 2 or more handsets (p. 3), you can monitor 1 handset using another. To allow 
other users to monitor through your unit, turn...

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To monitor with 
The unit to be monitored must not be in use and the handset to be monitored 
must be off the base unit.
•The monitored user can stop being monitored by:
— on the handset, press [OFF] or place the handset on the base unit.
— on the base unit, press [LOCATOR/INTERCOM/TRANSFER] or 
[SP-PHONE].
•“Room monitor” is also displayed on the monitored handset.
•While the base unit is monitoring or being monitored, the LOCATOR/INTERCOM/
TRANSFER indicator light flashes and the...

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Telephone System
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Special Features
Muting Your Conversation 
During a call, you can mute your phone so the other party cannot 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 
() again.
•If you press [C] or [s] to switch between the receiver and...

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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 dialing 
mode will return to pulse.
For Call Waiting Service Users 
If another call is received on the same line during a conversation, you will 
hear a call waiting tone. Press [FLASH/CALL WAIT] to answer...

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Special Features
Telephone System
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FLASH Button 
Pressing [FLASH/CALL WAIT] allows you to use special features of your host PBX 
such as transferring an extension call, or accessing optional telephone services 
such as call waiting. 
•Pressing [FLASH/CALL WAIT]
 cancels the mute (p. 65) or the Temporary Tone 
Dialing mode (p. 66).
Selecting the flash time 
The flash time depends on your telephone exchange...

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Incoming Call Tone 
During an outside call, you can be informed of another incoming call on the other 
line.
During an intercom call (p. 56) or while using the Room Monitor feature (p. 64), you 
can also be informed of incoming calls by 2 tones.
If this feature is turned on, incoming call tones will be heard for as long as the line is 
ringing. If this feature is set to “2”, incoming call tones will be heard only 2 times. If 
this feature is turned off, no tones will be heard. This...

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Special Features
Telephone System
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Line Selection
When you make or answer a call, the handset and base unit can automatically 
select the line when you press [C] or [s] on the handset or [SP-PHONE] on the 
base unit. There are 3 types of line selection. You can change the line selection for 
the handset and base unit separately. The factory preset is “Auto”.
Auto (factory preset): 
When making a call, LINE...

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Base unit line selection 
Key Tone 
You can select whether or not the handset keys will sound tones (key tone, 
confirmation tone, error tone). The factory preset is ON.
1Press [MENU].
2Scroll to “Initial setting” by pressing 
[d] or [B], then press the soft key ( ).
3Scroll to “Set base unit” by pressing [d] 
or [B], then press the soft key ( ).
4Scroll to “Line selection” by pressing 
[d] or [B], then press the soft key ( ).
5Select “Line1”, “Line2” or “Auto” by 
pressing [d] or...