Chapter 1 - System Overview - Panasonic DBS-576 Technical Manual


     
      


          


   
responsive, user-friendly communications system. They know that their phone system is a
kind of "welcome mat" to the outside world -- and their most important link to it.
To provide them with such a phone system, they need a company who's already out there on
the front lines. With a solid reputation for reliability. Flexibility. Feature-rich options.
Expansion capability. New technology, smartly applied. And all of this at an affordable price.
     
At Panasonic, we're one of the world's largest electronics companies. We've established a worldwide
reputation for solid reliability and innovative design in all of our products. As a result, we've become a
major world-class manufacturer of electronic telecommunications products.
Panasonic is already one of the largest suppliers of business telephone systems in the U.S. With our
popular line of Digital Business System (DBS) telephone switches for small- to medium-size
businesses, we've developed a reputation for providing cost-effective digital technology, dependable
functionality, and user-oriented design. Our current U.S. customer base includes hundreds of
authorized dealers, over 1,200 certified technicians, and nearly 1 million users.
And we're listening to them. They want a phone system that can expand beyond its current capacities
to accommodate a larger phone base. They're asking for ISDN. Computer Telephony Integration.
Automatic Call Distribution. Two-Way Call Recording. Video-Conferencing. Networking. Voice
Recognition. And other advanced technology that will help them keep a competitive edge in today's
(and tomorrow's) extremely competitive marketplace.
 
As a result, Panasonic is proud to introduce the next-generation phone system in the DBS product

line: the
the company it serves. At the best price/performance combination available.
Here are just a few of the cutting-edge features of this new
Key/PBX system:

Supports a larger phone base.
The DBS 576 is expandable from 0 to 576 ports.

Simple cabinet structure .
The two types of cabinets - base and expansion - have
exactly the same card slot structure, so there's no
confusion about where to install cards. Many of the
parts in these two cabinets are also the same.
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It's a robust, feature-rich, flexible, reliable phone system that can grow with
to meet the very real demand for an effective,

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