Panasonic KX-TCD455E manual

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    2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 R INT 9 C / Digital Cordless Phone Operating Instructi ons Model No. KX-TCD455E Caller ID and SMS Compati ble PLEASE READ BEFORE USE AND SAVE. Charge the battery for about 7 hours before initia l use. Preparation Cor dless Telephone Useful Informat ion Contents Prepara tion Before Init ial Use.. ........... ........... .. 2 Import[...]

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    2 Before Initial Use Thank you for purc hasing your new Panasonic digit al cordless telephone. • Order acc essory it ems for al l Communicat ions Product s wi th ease and c onfi dence eit her by t elephoni ng our Cust omer Care Centre on: 08700 100 076 Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:30pm Or go on line through our Internet Accessory ordering applicati[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 833 3 3 Preparation Important Information Only use the power supply included with the product. Do not connect the AC Adaptor to any AC outlet other than the standard AC220-240 V. The apparatus is approved for use with PQLV19EZ power supply. This apparatus is unable to m ake emergency telephone c[...]

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    4 Setting up Connection Plug in the AC adaptor and the telephone li ne cord in order 1 , 2 , 3 . (Switch on AC mains outlet.) • Never i nstal l tel ephone wiri ng dur ing a l ight ning st or m. Batte ry Insta llati on Please ensure the batteries are inserted as shown. part should be inserted first. Close the cover as indicated by the arrow. • W[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 833 3 5 Preparation Setting up Battery Charge At the time of shipment, the batteries are not charged. To charge, place the handset on the bas e unit. Please charge the batteries for abou t 7 hours before initial use. During charging, the battery icon is as shown below. Fully charged During charg[...]

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    6 Setting up Symbols Used i n This Operating Instru ctions Replacing the Batteries If the icon fl ashes after a few telephone c alls even when the hands et batteries have been fully charged, both batteries must be replaced. Charge new batteries for ap proximately 7 hours before init ial use. (The telephon e line cord must not be co nnected to the t[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 833 3 7 Preparation Setting up Location of Controls Handset Base unit Handset Display 1 - REDIAL/PAUSE Button 2 - MENU/OK Button 3 - OFF/POWER Button 4 - CLEAR/MAIL/MUTE Button 5 - INTERCOM Button 6 - PHONEBOOK Button 7 - TALK Button 8 - Heads et Jack 9 - Navig ato r Key 10 - SPEAKERPHONE Button[...]

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    8 Using the T elephone Pow er On/O ff Power on Power off *1 When button i s released, the display changes to the standby mode. *2 The di splay goes blank. Setting the Clock/Date After a mains power failure the clock needs to be reset. Ensure that the icon is not flashing. • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 You can enter the ti me in 12 h[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 9 Cordless Telephone Using the Te lephone Answering a Call Terminating a Call *1 You can al so answer a call by pressing a dialling button, INTERCO M , t , x or SPEAKERPHONE . Auto Talk If you set Auto Talk to on, you can answer the phone by lifting the handset off the base unit. • To exi[...]

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    10 Using the T elephone Handset Locator/Pa ging You can locate a misplac ed hands et by paging it. *1 You can al s o stop paging by pressing a dialli ng button, INTERCOM , t , x or SPEAKERPHONE . Speakerphone Have a Hands-Free P hone Conversation (using Digital Spe akerphone) Handsfree allows you to talk to y our caller without holding the handset [...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 11 Cordless Telephone Making Calls Redi allin g The last 10 numbers dialled are stored i n the redial list automatical ly. Dialling with the Redia l List Diall ing the Last Number Dia lled Editing the Dialled Number in the Redial List Clearing One/ All Dialled Item(s ) in the Redial List ?[...]

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    12 Caller ID Call er ID Service Caller ID is a service of your Networ k provider and will only operate if you have subscribed to this feature. After subscribing to Caller ID, this phon e c an display a caller information. If your unit is connected to a PBX or a tel ephone line that does not support this service, you will not be able to use it. Call[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 13 Cordless Telephone Caller ID Call er ID Lis t Information from up to 50 different callers is stored from the m os t recent call to the oldest call in the caller list. When the 51st ca ll is received, the oldes t c aller information is cleared. If you receive a call from the same phone nu[...]

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    14 Phonebook You can store information from up to 200 callers in the phonebook. If you subscribe to caller ID and you receive a call from the same phone number y ou stored with a name in the phonebook, the display will s how the caller’s name. Private Category Feature You can categorise caller information in the phone book . There are 9 categorie[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 15 Cordless Telephone Phonebook To change the Ch aracter Mode You can select one of 6 character modes by pressing PHONEBOOK while enterin g a name. The factory preset is “ABC”. For the full character map, see Phonebook Character Table (p.17). To enter Names/Charac t ers in the phonebook[...]

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    16 Phonebook Finding Item s in the Phonebook All phonebook items are stored in the fol low ing order: Alphabet Letter/Symbol/Number/ Telephone number (when a name is not stored). *1 Display order of characters To Search for a N ame by Initial For example: “Felix” The first item is displayed. Search for the desired item.*1 Press PHONEBOOK . 12 A[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 17 Cordless Telephone Phonebook # • • • • Phonebook Character T able ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ x x x x x á 455E(02).fm Page 17 Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:46 PM[...]

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    18 Phonebook Editing Caller Information Clearing Caller Information Dialling with the Phonebook • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 If there is no i tem stored in the phonebook, the display shows "No Stored Memory " . *2 Characters are cleared to the left of the flas hing character. *3 Characters are added to the l eft of the fl[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 19 Cordless Telephone Phonebook Storing a Phone Number (Pre-dialling/Redi al List/ Caller I D List) • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 If you need to mak e a correction, press CLEAR . The digit is cleared to the left, then you can enter numbers. *2 If there is no i tem s tored in[...]

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    20 Phonebook Hot K ey You can assign the dialling buttons 1 through 9 as hot keys. You can c hoose phone numbers from the phonebook. Registering a Phone Number as a Hot Key Dialling with a Hot Key Clearing Hot Key Registration • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 If there is no i tem stored in the phonebook, the display shows "No Stor[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 21 Cordless Telephone Phonebook Phonebook Copy You can copy phonebook information between handsets registered to the same base unit. The phonebook copy must be performed while in intercom mode. To Copy an item/All items in the Phonebook For example, Handset 2 is copying an i tem from its ph[...]

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    22 SMS Feature (Text Messagi ng) You can send and receive text messages between other landli nes and mobile phones that also support a compatible SMS feature. The SMS feature is only available after subscript ion to Caller ID. Please note the following instructions when s ending text messages between fixed lines and all mobile networks both nationa[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 23 Cordless Telephone SMS Feature (Text Me ssaging) Writing and Sending N ew Messages You can write and send a new message. Each message can con tain up to 160 chara cters. *1 If the bas e unit does not have sufficient memory to send a mes s age, the display wil l show "SMS Lis ts are [...]

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    24 SMS Feature (Text Messagi ng) Text En try Selecting the Input Mode There are 5 text input modes: “LetterWis e®” (default mode), Normal (ABC), Greek ( ΑΒΓ ), Extended ( AÄÅ ) and Numeric (0-9). *1 If “LetterWise®” is selected, you must select the language y ou require. Press UP or DO W N to select language then press RIGHT . The di[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 25 Cordless Telephone SMS Feature (Text Me ssaging) Entering Tex t i n “ LetterWise® ” Mode “LetterWise®” is the default inpu t mode. “LetterWise®” is a simpl ified text entry system. This system suggests to the user the most likely letter to follow the tex t entered previous[...]

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    26 SMS Feature (Text Messagi ng) Sending/Editin g/Clearing a Message from/in the Outgoing List You can send a stored outgoing message. Receiving a T e xt Message When a new message is be ing received, the icon flashes on the display in the standby mode and a tone sounds. If the ringer volume is set to off, the tone will not sound. When the message [...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 27 Cordless Telephone SMS Feature (Text Me ssaging) Displaying/Reading a Message in the Incoming List There are two ways to displ ay the inco ming message list. These are through the menu and via a shortcut. • If the phone contains unrea d messages, the icon will remain on the dis play in[...]

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    28 SMS Feature (Text Messagi ng) Clear/Rep ly/Edit In coming M essage(s) Storing the Sender’s Phone Number in the Phonebook Calling Bac k the M essage S ender *1 "CLEAR ED" is displayed then the display returns to the next message. If the message is cleared, "No Stored Me mory " is displayed then the unit returns to the standb[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 29 Cordless Telephone SMS Feature (Text Me ssaging) Changing th e SMS Service Centre Number To send and receive SMS text messages, you need your SMS Message Centre telephone numbers. Two numbers have been preset in your phone. The phone number for SMS Message Centre 1 is used to SEND text m[...]

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    30 SMS Character Table SMS Character T able “ LetterWise® ” Character Table • Press for space. • Press to change letter size; Capital > Small, Sm all > Capital. • Press to show the next suggested character. “ Normal ” , “ Numeric ” , “ Gr eek ” and “ Exte nde d ” Char acter T able • Press to change letter size; Ca[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 31 Cordless Telephone Handset Sett ings Time A larm You must set the clock before setting the time alarm. Setting Alarm Time Setting Time Alarm On/Off • To exit the operation, press any time. To stop the time alarm: Time alarm will sound for 3 minutes. When the alarm sounds, press a diall[...]

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    32 Handset Setti ngs Ringer Optio n Setting the Ringer Volume The choices are 6 levels and off. • If “ OFF ” is selected, "Ring Off" is displayed. Setting the Ringer Pattern for External Call/Internal Call/P aging/Alarm There are 20 patterns available on each ringer. Selecting the Ringer Pattern for Private Ring • To exit the oper[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 33 Cordless Telephone Handset Sett ings Tone Option You can set the following sounds on or off. Key Tone: A key tone will sound when you press any key, and a confirmation tone and an error tone will be heard during operation. Call Waiting Tone: A call waiting tone will sound when an incom i[...]

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    34 Handset Setti ngs Selecting the Talk M ode Display Even if you select “ Phone No ”, the length of the call will appear on your display when you re ceive cal ls. Selecting the Display Language • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 You can select one of 24 l anguages . If you set a l anguage you cannot read, reset the handset to its in[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 35 Cordless Telephone Handset Sett ings Setting the Direct Call Number After a direct call number has been set and the feature has been turned on, you can dial the direct call number only by pressing TALK . Inc oming calls are accepted. Setting the Direct Call On/Off • To exit the operati[...]

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    36 Handset Setti ngs Key Lock You can lock the handset dial ling buttons. Only inc oming calls are accepted while the key lock is on. The key lock is cancelled when the hands et is turned off. When the key lock is on, emergency cal ls cannot b e made until key lock is cancelled. Key Lock O n Key Lock Off • "[X]" i s displ ayed and all d[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 37 Cordless Telephone Base Unit Settings Changing Base Unit PIN The factory preset is 0000. Once you have prog rammed the base unit PIN, you cannot confirm it. We recommend you write down the base unit PIN. If you forget it, please consult our Panason ic Custom er Care Helpline. U.K. 08700 [...]

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    38 Base Unit Settings Cancelling Call Re stricted Number Time Break/E arth Recall An earth relay can be installed as an option dependi ng on your PBX requirements. Please consult our Panasonic Customer Care He lpline for install ation. On install ation, you can select the time break recall or earth recall mode to suit y our PBX or Network provider.[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 39 Cordless Telephone Initial Settings Reset Handset You can reset all of the handset setti ngs to their initial settings . • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 The factory preset is 0000. Handset Initial Settings Function In itial Setting Time Ala rm Mo de OFF Alar m Ti me Clea r [...]

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    40 Initial Settings Reset Base Unit Settings • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 The factory preset is 0000. Base Unit Initial Settings Function In itial Setting Ringer Mod e All Hands ets Number of Rings 3 Time Break /Earth Recall Time Brea k Recall Paus e T iming 3 seco nds Call Restricted Handsets All Clear Call Restriction Numbers All[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 41 Cordless Telephone Multi-unit User Operation Handset Registration to a Base Unit Handset Registration The handset supplied with the base unit is al ready registe r ed. If an optional handset is purchased, it must be registered. Additiona l KX-A145E handsets are available for purchase sep[...]

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    42 Multi-unit User Operation Cancelling a Bas e Unit You can cancel any base unit that your handset is registered to. Cancelling a Handset Each handset can cancel itself or anoth er handset. • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 The factory preset is 0000. *2 The selec ted bas e unit(s) is(are) marked with “ ”. *3 The selec ted hands et[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 43 Cordless Telephone Multi-unit User Operation Ringer Mode Selection; Setting the All Handsets Mode Setting th e Select ed Hands ets Mode Setting th e Select ed then Al l Handse ts Mode The specific handset(s) will ring for a selected number of rings . If not answered, all handsets will ri[...]

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    44 Multi-unit User Operation Base Unit Sele ction When Automatic Base Unit Access is s elected, the handset automatically searches for other registered bases if you move outside of the radio range of the current base unit. When a specified base unit is selected, the handset will access that bas e unit only. Calls (both incoming and outgoing) can be[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 45 Cordless Telephone Intercom Intercom between Handsets You can use your handsets as a 2-way intercom. For example, when Handset 1 calls Handset 2: • To hang up, press . • Intercom calls can be conducted within the radio cell of the current base unit, but not with units in neighbouring[...]

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    46 Walkie-Talkie The Walkie-Talkie feature allows handsets to communicate with each other outside the range of the base unit. When the handsets are in Walkie-Talk i e mode, external calls cannot be received. Only KX -A145E with Walkie-Talkie feature can communicate with one another. Talk time in this mode is appr oximately 6 hours. Range: The maxim[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 47 Cordless Telephone Walkie-Talkie T o turn the W alkie-T alki e Mode ON/OFF To use the Walkie-Talkie fea tur e, all handsets in c onv ersation must be in Walki e-Talkie mode. • To exit the operation, press any time. *1 When the Walkie-Talkie mode is ON, the handset number is displayed a[...]

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    48 Using the Belt Clip Optional Headset Plugging the optional headset into the handset allows hands-free phone conversations. Please u se only the Pana sonic KX-TCA89EX h eadset. T o or der , call the accessori es telephon e number on p age 2. Wall Mounting You can hang the hand set on yo ur belt or po cket usi ng the belt clip . Connecting t he op[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 49 Useful Informat ion Before Requesting Help If you experience any problems with the normal use of your a pparatus, you should unplug it from the telephone outlet and connect a known working telephone in its place. If the known working telephone still has problems, then please contact the [...]

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    50 Before Requesting Help Problem Possible cause Solution Last num ber redial does not work. • Numbe r exce eded 24 dig its. • Redia l manually. No Caller ID n u mber disp layed. • Service not supplied . • Calle r has withheld info. • Caller ID s e rvice mus t be arranged w ith Network provi der . icon flashe s. • Battery lo w. • Rech[...]

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    Helpl ine Tel.N o. :U.K. 08700 100 076 R .O.I. 012 89 8333 51 Useful Informat ion Before Requesting Help SMS- Text Me ssagin g Problem Possible cause Solution Cannot send a messag e. • You hav e not subscribed to Caller ID. • SMS Centre n umber is not stored i n your telephone . • Messa ge was interrupted during s ending. • Caller ID s e rv[...]

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    52 Technica l Information Specificatio ns • Specifications are subjec t to change. • The illustrations used in this manual may differ slightly from the original dev ice. Connections: The telephone will not work during a power failure. We therefore recommend you use a standard telephone and T Adaptor to connect this Digital Cordless Phone to the[...]

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    53 Useful Informat ion Index A C Adaptor .......... ................. ............... 2, 4 Access ories ..... ........... ................. ............. 2 Auto Talk ......................... ....................... .. 9 B ase Un it Initial Set tings ............. ....................... 40 PIN ....... ...................... .......................[...]

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    54 Guarantee CONDITIONS OF GUARANTEE This gua rantee is in addit ion to and does not in any way affect any statutor y or oth er rights of consum er purchas ers. If within the applic able guarant ee period, the ap pliance prov es to be defectiv e by reason of fau lty design, wo rkmanshi p or ma terials, w e undertak e subject to the follow i ng cond[...]

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    455E.book Page 55 Thursday, March 20, 2003 7:44 PM[...]

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    Hereby , Panasoni c Communicati ons Co., Ltd., declares that th is Dect Cordle ss Telephone i s in comp liance with t he essential req uirements a nd othe r relevant provisions of Di rective 1999/5/EC . A copy of t he ma nufa ctu rer' s dec lar ati on o f conf orm ity to the esse nti al re qui rem ent s of th e R&TTE D irective is avail ab[...]