Special Features; Muting Your Conversation; Call Privacy; Using The Pause Button - Panasonic KX-TG5240M Operating Instructions Manual

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.
Handset
Press the soft key (
• "Mute" will be displayed for a few seconds and "
• To release the mute, press the soft key
• If you press [C] or [s] to switch between the receiver and speaker, the mute will
be released.
Base Unit
Press [MUTE].
• The SP-PHONE indicator flashes.
• To release the mute, press [MUTE] again.

Call Privacy

Call Privacy allows you to prevent other users from joining your conversation with
an outside caller. To allow other users to join your conversation, leave this feature
off. This feature is only available for the handset.
To turn on the Call Privacy feature:
Press the soft key
• "PRIVACY" will be displayed.
• To turn this feature off, press the soft key (
• While the Call Privacy feature is turned on, other users cannot join the
conversation.
• Call Privacy will turn off after you hang up the call.

Using the PAUSE Button

Handset Base Unit
We recommend you press the soft key
PAUSE] on the base unit if a pause is required for dialing with a PBX or to make a
long distance call.
• " " is displayed on the handset only when dialing before pressing [C] or
PAUSE
[s] (p. 28), or storing numbers in the phone book (p. 39).
Ex. Line access number [9] (PBX)
[9] N Soft key
• Pressing the soft key
unit once creates a 3.5 second pause. This prevents misdialing when you dial
after confirming the entered number (p. 28) or dial a stored number (p. 41, 42, 46).
• Pressing the soft key
unit more than once increases the length of the pause between numbers.
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Handset
during a conversation.
( )
PRIVACY
( ) or
[REDIAL/PAUSE] N
PAUSE
( )
on the handset or [REDIAL/PAUSE] on the base
PAUSE
( )
on the handset or [REDIAL/PAUSE] on the base
PAUSE
).
MUTE
MUTE
( )
again.
MUTE
) again during a conversation.
PRIVACY
(For PBX Line/Long Distance Calls)
( )
on the handset or press [REDIAL/
PAUSE
Phone number
" will flash.