Panasonic Va-309, Va-824 Key Telephone System Operating Instructions

							Making Calls 
To make a call 
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* Listen for the outside dial tone. The line indicator will light up green. 
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* The telephone number stored on this key will be dialed. 
3. Lift handset and speak when answered 
To erase a number stored 
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1. Press ON/OFF key 
* Listen for the intercom dial tone from speaker. The ON/OFF indicator will light 
UP. 
2. Press AUTO key 
3. Press the One-touch key you wish to erase 
4. Press HOLD key 
5. Press ON/OFF key 
* The ON/OFF indicator goes off. 
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							Making Calls 
With system speed dial you use a two digit address number instead of dialing the whole telephone number. 
You can use the address number for system speed dial on all system telephones. 
Up to 90 address numbers for system speed dial from 00 to 89 can be stored, and a telephone number can 
be stored even while the other telephones are being used. 
Telephone numbers of up to 16 digits including x , # , FLASH and PAUSE can be stored. 
If a new telephone number is stored, the old telephone number is erased and new contents are set. 
To store a number (from extension 1 0 only) 
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1. Press ON/OFF key 
* Listen for the intercom dial tone from speaker. The ON/OFF indicator will 
I@ht up. 
2. Press AUTO key 
3. Press any address number from 0 0 to 8 9 
4. Press the telephone number for speed dial storing 
5. Press HOLD key 
(If you wish to store another system speed dial, repeat steps 2 to 5 for each 
case) 
6. Press ON/OFF key 
* The ON/OFF indicator goes off. 
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							Making Calls 
To make a call 
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1. Press any available line key 
* Listen for the outside dial tone. The line indicator will light up green. 
2. Press AUTO key 
3. Dial the address number (2 digits) from 00 to 89 
* The telephone number stored in the address will be dialed. 
4. Lift handset and speak when answered 
To erase a stored number 
1. Press ON/OFF key 
l Lisfen for the intercom dial tone from speaker. The ON/OFF indicator will light 
UP. 
2. Press AUTO key 
3. Press address number ( 0 0 to 8 9 ) you wish to erase 
4. Press HOLD key 
5. Press ON/OFF key 
* The ON/OFF indicator goes off. ! 
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							Answering Calls 
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The way calls are answered is different depending on whether or not a ringing tone is assigned to your 
telephone for incoming outside calls. 
To answer a call on a teleDhone which rinas 
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If automatic answering has not programmed (system program), press the line key 
(and then lift the handset). 
To answer a call on a telephone which does not ring 
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m 1. Lift handset 
(If the telephone having the speakerphone, not necessary to lift the handset.) 
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2. Press the line key for where the indicator is flashing red 
* The line indicator changes to green. 
You can put a call temporarily on hold. During hold you can make a call on another vacant line or answer a call. 
It is also possible to pick up held line on a different telephone in the system. 
Putting call on hold 
Tell your party that you are about to put the call on hold and press HOLD key 
* The indicator for the held line will f/ash green. 
(The line indicators of the other telephones will flash red.) 
Your conversation is put on hold. 
Picking up held line 
\I, Press the line key of the held line 
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(When releasingfrom another telephone in the system, press the line key for the 
line flashing red.) 
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							Answering Calls 
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You can transfer an outside call to another extension. 
Transferring a call to another extension 
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1. Press HOLD key to place the call on hold 
* The line indicator will flash green. 
2. Dial the desired extension number 
3. When answered, indicate the number of the line being 
transferred 
4. The transferee then presses the red-flashing line key 
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If the extension is busy 1. Press HOLD key to place the call on hold 
2. Dial the desired extension number 
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3. Press CONF key when answered 
* The three parties can talk together. 
4. Hang up 
* The party on the outside line and the transferee can talk together. 
Neither the party on the outside line nor the transferee will hear you hang up. 
1. Press the line key of the held line 
* You can talk once more with the parfy on hold. 
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							Answering Calls 
Three-party conference 
You can converse with three parties at the same time. 
Put the conversation initiated between two parties on hold and call the other outside number. 
Then by pressing CONF key when answered you can have a three-party conference. 
Conferences can involve two outside lines and one extension or one outside line and two extensions. Also, it 
can be held among the three extensions. 
1. Press HOLD key to place the call on hold 
l The line indicator will flash green. 
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2. Call the third party on any available line 
3. When the third party answers, indicate that you want to have a three-party 
conference 
4. Press CONF key to enable the three-party conference 
Privacy release 
It is possible for a party on another extension to join a conversation you are having with a party on an outside 
line. 
In the usual your conversations on outside lines are private and cannot be interrupted from other extension. 
The party on the other extension should press the line key within 10 seconds of your pressing CONF key. 
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* The three parties can converse together. 
(Note that: With privacy release a conference can be held by more than three 
parties, but the acoustic level may be reduced.) 
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							Making Calls 
You can make a voice call to another extension through the speaker of that telephone. 
Dial the extension number, and after a splash tone(one short tone) from your party’s telephone your voice can 
be heard. 
1. Lift handset 
* Listen for the intercom dial tone. 
2. Dial the desired extension number 
* Splash tone will sound from called party’s telephone. 
Both /NT indicators lit. 
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3. Stan speaking 
* Your voice will be heard through the speaker on your party’s telephone. 
You can change the voice call to a tone call. 
While making a voice call press dial key 1 
l The voice call changes to a tone call and ringing tone sounds on your party’s 
telephone. 
By pressing 0 (OPER key), you can call extension 10. 
This feature is convenient when calling the operator in this system by one touch operation. 
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m 1. Lift handset 
* Listen for the intercom dial tone. 
2. Press dial.key 0 
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							Paging 
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You can page through the speaker of the other telephones. This can be to telephones in a specific zone. 
There can be three zones(system programming), the paging numbers for which are # 0 1 , # 0 2 and # 0 3 . 
1. Lift handset 
l Listen for the intercom dial tone. 
2. Press # 0 1 , # 0 2 or # 0 3 , for the desired paging zone 
* IN T indicator will l@h t up. 
3. Make your announcement into the mouthpiece of handset 
When answering a paging call, pick up the handset and press JC key twice. 
This can be to telephones in all zones in the system. 
1. Lift handset 
* Listen for the intercom dial tone. 
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2.Press dial keys # 0 0 
3. Make your announcement into the mouthpiece of handset 
When answering a paging call, pick up the handset and press +C key twice. 
(Note that if external speaker is connected, the paging both for all zone and 
external will be made. To make the external paging only, see page 38.) 
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							Answering Calls 
When answering to a voice call or tone call, simply lift handset. 
(If the telephone having speakerphone, simply press the ON/OFF key.) 
You can answer to a call without lifting handset (on-hook). 
Before receiving any calls check to see that the microphone indicator lights up. 
If it does not light up (microphone is off), press the MIC key so that the microphone indicator lights. 
Speak through the built-in microphone and speaker 
l MIC indicator will flash. 
If MIC key is not pressed 
1. Press MIC key 
* M/C indicator will flash. 
2. You can speak with telephone on-hook 
You can answer an intercom call to your extension on another telephone. 
However, you cannot pick up a call for door box calls and for the telephone for which hands-free answer back 
is set. 
1. Lift handset 
2. Enter *x with dial key to answer the call 
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							Answering Calls 
You can respond to zone or all zone paging on any extension. 
1. Lift handset 
2. Enter ** with dial key to respond to the paging 
You can put an intercom call temporarily on hold. During hold you can make a call or answer a call. 
However, paging, door box conversations and conferences cannot be put on hold. 
Putting an intercom call on hold 
Tell your party that you are about to put a call on hold and then press HOLD key 
l /NT ifldicator will f/ash. You will hear the contir~uous intercom dial tone. 
Your conversation is put on hold. 
To release hold 
Press HOLD key 
* IN T indicator will light up. 
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