Panasonic Kx Tg6500 Operating Instructions Manual

Telephone System
Useful Information Answering System Preparation
71For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Automatic Answering Operation
The Answering System allows the unit to answer calls with a greeting message. 
Callers can then leave a message. When turning the Answering System on, you 
can select the lines it will answer calls from. 
Setting the Unit to Answer Calls 
•The number of caller messages and memo messages will be displayed on the 
base unit (p. 73). If the Answering System is...

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To turn off the Answering System
Press [ANSWER ON].
•The indicator light goes out, and the unit announces “Answer off”.
•To turn the Answering System off for one line when both lines are turned on, select 
the line which you want to leave on by pressing [LINE SELECT], then press 
[ANSWER ON].
Monitoring Incoming Calls 
While a caller is leaving a message, you can monitor the call through the base unit 
speaker.
 •To increase the speaker volume while monitoring, press [B]....

Telephone System
Useful Information Answering System Preparation
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Listening to Messages
The unit will indicate that new messages have been recorded in the following ways:
— The NEW MESSAGE indicator flashes on the base unit.
— “New message” is displayed and “ ” flashes on the handset.
— The Ringer/Message Alert indicator on the handset will flash slowly when new 
messages have been recorded if the Message Alert is turned on (p. 32) and the 
handset is...

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•If a call is received during playback, the unit rings and playback stops. To answer 
the call, press the called line button. For playback, start again from the beginning 
after hanging up.
•If 65 or more new messages have been recorded, the unit will not announce the 
number of new messages during playback.
Using the Handset (Remote Operation) 
When “ ” flashes and “New message” is 
displayed
, new messages have been recorded. If there 
are only old messages, “ ” is displayed...

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Listening to Messages
Telephone System
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
To play back messages for the desired line(s)
1. Press the soft key ( ), then press the soft key (
).
2. To listen to messages for LINE 1, press [#][1].
To listen to messages for LINE 2, press [#][2].
To listen to messages for LINE 1 and LINE 2, press [#][0].
•The unit announces the number of new messages for the line(s). Only new 
messages are played back. Memo...

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To turn the Answering System on
1. During playback, select the desired line(s) by pressing [#][1] (LINE 1), 
[#][2] (LINE 2) or [#][0] (LINE 1 and LINE 2).
•If the Answering System is turned on for one line and you also want to turn on 
the system for the other line, select both lines.
2. To turn the system on for the line(s), press [8].
To turn the Answering System off, press [0] during playback.
•To turn the Answering System off for one line when both lines are turned on,...

Telephone System
Useful Information Answering System Preparation
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Erasing Messages
The unit will announce the remaining recording time after playback if it is less than 
10 minutes. New messages cannot be recorded when:
— “Memory full” is heard.
— 
“” flashes on the base unit.
— ANSWER ON indicator flashes rapidly (when the Answering System is on).
Erase unnecessary messages. We recommend you erase unnecessary messages 
after each playback.
Erasing a...

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Erasing Messages
•Information in the Caller List will not be erased. To erase caller information, see 
page 46.
To erase all messages for the desired line(s)
1. Press the soft key (
), then press the soft key ( ).
2. Select the line(s) by pressing [#][1] (LINE 1), [#][2] (LINE 2) or [#][0] 
(LINE 1 and LINE 2).
3. Press [*][5] to erase all messages for the line(s). Wait until “No 
messages” is heard.
•While erasing messages, alarm tones will be heard.
•All messages for the line(s) are erased. Memo...

Telephone System
Useful Information Answering System Preparation
79For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Transferring a Call to the Answering System
When you answer a call and the caller wants to talk to someone who is not 
available, you can transfer the caller to the Answering System, where the caller can 
leave a message. 
Tell the outside caller you will transfer him or her to the Answering System. 
•Even if you subscribe to Caller ID (p. 41), Caller ID information will not be 
displayed...

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Remote Operation from a Touch Tone Phone
While outside, you can operate the Answering System 
from any touch tone phone. A synthesized voice menu 
will guide you through the Answering System (p. 82).
•To skip the voice menu and operate the unit directly, 
see page 83.
Summary of remote operation
•The unit will announce the remaining recording time after playback if it is less than 
10 minutes.
•The messages are saved.
•If the unit announces “No new messages”, there are only old messages. If “No...