Panasonic Expandable Cordless Handset Kx-tga272s Operating Instructions

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Advanced Operation
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Transferring a Call to a Mailbox
When you answered a call, and the caller wants to talk to someone who
the caller knows is not available, you can place the caller into one of the
mailboxes, where the caller can leave a message.
The following is how calls must be transferred to a mailbox:
1
You may remind the caller to press the #
sign and the mailbox number if necessary,
and press 
(HOLD)(TRANSFER).
•The call is put on hold.
2
Press...

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Voice mail service is an electronic on-line answering system offered by
your telephone company. After subscribing, the voice mail system can
answer calls automatically for you when your line is busy or if calls are not
answered, and callers can leave their messages at a voice mail box
located at the telephone company. 
After the voice mail box has received messages,
the handset will indicate it in two ways: 
(a) “Voice mail” will be displayed, and 
(b) “ ” on the display will flash. If registered
to...

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Advanced Operation
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
“Base Unit Settings” (p. 53, 54, for KX-TG2700/KX-TG2720/KX-TG2730
users), “Telephone System Settings” (p. 54, 55), “Answering System Settings”
(p. 56-58, for KX-TG2730 users), and “Voice Mail Programming” (p. 59, 60, for
KX-TG2700/KX-TG2720 users) are programmed within the system.
•The displays will vary depending on which base unit model (KX-TG2700/
KX-TG2720/KX-TG2730/KX-TG2740) this handset is registered to. 
Base Unit...

Base unit line selection (For KX-TG2720 users)
The system is preset to “Auto”.
1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of “Base unit incoming call tone” on page 53.
2. Scroll to “Line selection” by pressing 
Ö
or Ñ, and press á.
3. Select the desired line selection, “Line1”,
“Line2” or “Auto”, by pressing 
Öor Ñ, and
press the soft key ( )
.
Telephone System Settings
Make sure the base unit and the handset are not being used.
Dialing mode
If you have touch tone service, set to “Tone”. If rotary or pulse service is
used,...

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Advanced Operation
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Line mode
If the line is connected to a low voltage system such as a PBX, set to “B”.
The system is preset to “A”. 
1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of “Dialing mode” on page 54.
2. Scroll to “Set line mode” by pressing 
Öor
Ñ, and press á.
3.
For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2730 users:
Go to step 4.
For KX-TG2720/KX-TG2740 users:
Press Ö(Line 1) or Ñ(Line 2) to select the
line.
4. Select “B” or “A” by pressing 
Öor Ñ, and
press the soft key ( ).
Flash...

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Other Programmable Settings
Answering System Settings (For KX-TG2730 Users)
Make sure the base unit and the handset are not being used.
Caller’s recording time 
You can select “1 minute”, “2 minutes”, “3 minutes” or “Greeting only” for
the caller’s recording time. The system is preset to “3 minutes”.
1. Press 
(SNOOZE/ALARM).
•You can also press (CONF/FUNCTION)to directly
enter the function menu and go to step 3.
2.Within 5 seconds, press the soft key ( ).
3. Scroll to “Initial setting” by pressing Ö...

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Advanced Operation
For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA(7262)
Number of rings
You can select the number of times the unit rings before the Answering
System answers a call, from “2” to “7” or “Toll saver”
*. 
The system is preset to “4”.
1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of “Caller’s recording time” on page 56.
2. Press 
áat “Number of rings”.
3. Select the number of rings by pressing 
Öor
Ñ, and press the soft key ( ).SAVE
*Toll saver
When you call the unit from outside: If the Answering System answers
on...

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Other Programmable Settings
Mailbox password (for Mailbox 2 and 3)
You can use Mailbox 2 or 3 as your personal mailbox and prevent
unauthorized people from accessing it and listening to the messages.
Assign 2-digit password (00–99) to Mailbox 2 or 3. Each password and
the remote code (p. 57) must be unique. Once the password is assigned
to Mailbox 2 or 3, no one can access the mailbox to listen to messages
without entering the password.
1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of “Caller’s recording time” on page 56....

Voice Mail Programming (For KX-TG2700/KX-TG2720 Users)
For Voice mail services and the features, see page 52.
Make sure the base unit and the handset are not being used.
Voice mail access number
1. Press (SNOOZE/ALARM).
•You can also press (CONF/FUNCTION)to directly
enter the function menu and go to step 3.
2.Within 5 seconds, press the soft key ( ).
3. Scroll to “Initial setting” by pressing Ö
or Ñ, and press á.
4. Scroll to “Voice mail” by pressing 
Öor Ñ,
and press 
á.
5. Scroll to “Save VM access#”...

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Other Programmable Settings
Voice Mail (
VM)
tone detection
Your telephone company sends special signals (Voice mail tones) to
activate the VM indicator on the base unit. Press  or  to listen to
the dial tone. If you hear a series of dial tones followed by a continuous
dial tone, this is indication that a new message was recorded. Your phone
comes set to detect these tones (set to “On”). Minutes after you hang up
or after the phone stops ringing, the system will seize the phone line and
check if a...