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    Operating Instructions Model No. KX-TG6811SA KX-TG6812SA Digital Cordless Phone Model No. KX-TG6821SA Digital Cordless Answering System Model shown is KX-TG6811. Before initial use, see “Getting Started” on page 8. Thank you for purchasing a Panasonic product. Please read these operating instructions before using the unit and save them for futu[...]

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    Introduction Model composition .. .....................................3 Accessory information .. ................................4 Important Information For your safety .. ...........................................5 Important safety instructions .. ......................6 For best performance .. .................................6 Other informatio[...]

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    Mode l co mpos itio n n KX-T G681 1 se ries n KX-T G682 1 se ries R Mode l sho wn i s KX -TG 6812. Seri es Mode l No . Base uni t Hand set Part No. Part No. Quan tity KX-T G681 1 seri es KX-T G681 1 KX-T G681 1 KX-T GA68 1 1 KX-T G681 2 KX-T G681 1 KX-T GA68 1 2 KX-T G682 1 seri es KX-T G682 1 KX-T G682 1 KX-T GA68 1 1 R The suff ix ( SA) in t he f[...]

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    Acce ssor y in form atio n Supp lied acce ssor ies No. Acce ssory ite m/P art n umb er Quan tity KX-T G681 1 KX-T G682 1 KX-T G681 2 A AC a dapt or f or b ase unit/ PNL V226C E 1 1 B Tele phone lin e co rd 1 1 C Rech argea ble batt erie s * 1 2 4 D Hand set cover *2 1 2 E Char ger – 1 F AC a dapt or f or c harge r/PN LV23 3CE – 1 *1 See page 4 [...]

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    For your saf ety To p reve nt s evere inj ury and loss of life / prop erty, rea d t his s ecti on c aref ully bef ore usin g th e pro duct to ensu re p rope r an d sa fe oper ation of your pro duct . WARN ING Powe r con nect ion R Use only the powe r so urce mar ked on t he prod uct. R Do n ot o verlo ad p ower out lets and exte nsion cor ds. This [...]

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    – the hand set batt eries nee d re char ging or have fai led. – ther e is a p ower fail ure. – the key lock fea ture is turn ed on . Batt ery R We r ecom mend usin g th e ba tter ies note d on p age 4. US E ON LY rech argea ble Ni-M H ba tteri es AAA ( R03) siz e. R Do n ot m ix o ld a nd ne w ba tter ies. R Do n ot o pen or m utila te t he b[...]

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    shou ld no t be pla ced in r ooms whe re t he temp erat ure i s le ss t han 0 °C or grea ter than 40 °C. Damp bas ement s s houl d als o be a voide d. R The maxi mum c alli ng d ista nce may be shor tened whe n th e pr oduc t is use d in the foll owing pla ces: Nea r ob stac les such as hill s, t unnel s, under grou nd, near met al obje cts such [...]

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    Sett ing up Conn ectio ns n Ba se u nit R Use only the supp lied Pan ason ic A C adap tor PNLV 226CE . *DSL/ADSL filter (not supplied) is required if you have DSL/ADSL service. Correct Incorrect To power outlet Use only the supplied telephone line cord. Hook “Click” Press plug firmly. DSL/ADSL filter* “Click” To telephone line n Ch arge r R[...]

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    Batt ery c harging Char ge f or ab out 7 h ours . R When the bat teri es a re f ully charged, “ Ful ly ch arged ” is disp laye d. Confirm “ Charging ” is displayed. Note whe n se ttin g up Note for connecti ons R The AC a dapt or m ust remai n connec ted at all time s. ( It i s no rmal for the ada ptor to feel warm duri ng use.) R The AC a [...]

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    Cont rols Hand set A B C D E F G H I J K Spea ker M N (T alk) Dial key pad MZN (Speaker phone) Micr opho ne Rece iver Disp lay MeN (Off/Pow er) M R/E CO N R: R ecal l/Fl ash ECO: Eco mode sh ortcut k ey M N (S mart Fun ction Ke y/Noise redu ctio n ke y) NR i ndic ator Char ge c onta cts n Cont rol type Sof t keys The hand set feat ures 2 s oft keys[...]

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    Char ge c onta cts Spea ker M N (L ocator) M N (E rase) Mess age coun ter MjN / MkN (Vol ume up/ down ) M N / M N (Repeat/ Skip) M N (P lay/Stop ) Mess age indi cator M N (A nswe r on ) Disp lay Hand set d isplay i tems Item M eani ng Rang e st atus: The mo re b ars visi ble, the clo ser t he hands et is t o th e ba se u nit. Out of base unit ran g[...]

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    Hand set s oft key icons Icon A ctio n Retu rns to t he p revio us scre en o r outs ide call. Disp lays the menu . OK Acc epts the cur rent sel ecti on. Make s a call. (page 15) Temp orari ly turns off th e ri nger for inco ming calls. (page 16) Plac es a call on hold . *1 Open s th e ph onebo ok. Allo ws y ou t o ed it p hone numb ers. (page 28 ) [...]

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    Date and time Impo rtant: R When you inst all the bat teri es f or t he f irst time , th e ha ndse t ma y pr ompt you to set date and tim e. F irst pre ss M OK N , t hen proc eed t o step 2. 1 M N#10 1 2 Ente r th e cu rren t da te, mont h, a nd y ear. a M O K N Exam ple: 15 July , 2013 15 0 7 13 3 Ente r th e cu rren t ho ur an d minute . Exam ple[...]

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    Sett ing t he Smart Functio n Key The Smar t Fu nction K ey for t he follo wing feat ures must be “On ”. – “ New Mess age ” *1 (Default : On) – “ Mis sed C all ” ( Defau lt: Off ) The sett ings can be set for each han dset . *1 KX-T G6821 se ries: pa ge 3 1 M N#27 8 2 M b N : Select the desi red sett ing and press M N . R “ ” is[...]

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    Maki ng c alls 1 Lift the han dset and dial the ph one numb er. R To c orre ct a dig it, pres s M C N . 2 Pres s M N . 3 When you fin ish talki ng, pres s M e N or plac e th e han dset on the bas e un it o r char ger. Usin g the speaker phone 1 Dial the phon e number and pre ss M Z N . R Spea k al terna tely wi th t he o ther part y. 2 When you fin[...]

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    Auto talk You can answe r calls simply by l ifti ng t he hand set off the base unit or cha rger. You do not need to pres s M N . To tur n this f eature on, see page 24. Adju sting the han dset rin ger volu me n Whil e the ha ndset is ringin g for an inco ming cal l: Pres s M D N or M C N re peat edly to sele ct t he desi red v olume. n Prog ramming[...]

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    Pres s * before e ntering access numbe rs whic h req uire ton e dialli ng. Hand set noise reducti on (NR ke y) This fea ture all ows y ou to h ear t he voic e of the pers on yo u are t alki ng t o cl early , by redu cing the surr ounding noise co ming fro m the othe r pa rty’ s te lepho ne. Pres s M N to turn on/off while talkin g. Note : R When [...]

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    mode . In add itio n, i n ca se h ands et b atte ry powe r run s out, we r ecom mend connect ing a co rded- type te lepho ne (with out AC adap tor) to the same tel ephon e line o r to the same tel ephon e line j ack, if you hav e such a t eleph one jack in you r ho use. R Call s can not be made during a power fail ure until key loc k is tu rned off[...]

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    Phon eboo k The phon ebook allows you to make cal ls with out havin g to di al m anual ly. You can add 120 names and pho ne numbe rs to t he phon ebook . Impo rtant: R If y ou add e ntries o n one ha ndset, t he entr ies can b e shared on all handsets . Only 1 pe rson can acce ss the phone book at a time . (K X-TG 6812) Addi ng en tries 1 M N or M [...]

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    2 M b N : “ Phoneb ook ” a M OK N 3 M b N : Select the desi red entr y. 4 Pres s M N (right s oft key ) to dial the numb er. Note : R When sto ring a callin g card acce ss n umbe r and your PIN in the phoneboo k as one phon ebook entry, press M D N (Pa use) to add paus es af ter the num ber and P IN as nece ssary (page 15 ). R If y ou have rota[...]

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    Spee d di al You can assig n 1 phon e number to eac h of the dial keys ( 1 to 6 ) on t he hands et. Addi ng ph one numb ers to s peed dial keys n By e nter ing phone nu mbers: 1 Pres s an d hol d the d esir ed s peed dial key ( 1 t o 6 ). a M N 2 M b N : “ Manual ” a M OK N 3 Ente r th e pa rty’ s na me (1 6 charac ters max. ; pa ge 41 ). a M[...]

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    Prog ramm able set ting s You can cust omise the un it b y pr ogram ming the followi ng featu res usi ng t he h andse t. To a cces s th e fe atur es, ther e ar e 2 metho ds. n Scro llin g throug h the d ispl ay menus 1 M N 2 Pres s M C N , M D N , M E N , or M F N to sel ect the desi red main men u. a M OK N 3 Pres s M C N or M D N to select the de[...]

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    Sub- menu 1 Sub- menu 2 Sett ings Code New Message Al ert *2 Outgoing Call – On/O ff 1: O n 0: < Of f > #338 35 Outg oing Call – Noti ficat ion to – Outg oing Call – Remo te Co de 1: A ctivate 0: < Inactiva te > Base Unit Beep 1: On 0 : < O ff > #339 35 Sett ings Nu mber of Rings *2 2 -7: 2-7 Rings 4: < 4 Rings > 0: [...]

  • Page 24

    Main men u: “ Initia l Setup ” Sub- menu 1 Sub- menu 2 Sett ings Code Ring er Se tup Ring er Vo lume – Hand set 0-6: Off -6 < 6> #160 16 Ring er Vo lume – Base Unit *1, *2 0-6: Off -6 < 3> # G 16 0 – Ring tone *6, *7 (Han dset) < Rin gtone 1 > #161 – Nigh t Mod e – On/O ff 1: O n 0: < Of f > #238 27 Nigh t Mod [...]

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    Sub- menu 1 Sub- menu 2 Sett ings Code Line Setu p Dial Mode *2 1: Pul se 2: < Tone > #120 13 Reca ll/Fl ash *2, *11 0: 900 msec. 1: 7 00 msec. 2: 6 00 msec. 3: 4 00 msec. 4: 3 00 msec. 5: 2 50 msec. G : 2 00 msec. #: 1 60 msec. 6: 1 10 msec. 7: < 100 msec . > 8: 9 0 msec. 9: 8 0 msec. #121 16 Priv acy M ode *2, *5, *12 – 1: On 0: <[...]

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    Sub- menu 1 Sub- menu 2 Sett ings Code Firs t Rin g *2, *8 – 1 : < On > 0 : Off #17 3 – Main men u: “ Ca ller Barr ed ” *2, *13 Oper atio n Code Stor ing/ View ing bar c all numb ers. #217 28 *1 KX-T G6821 se ries: pa ge 3 *2 If y ou progr am t hese set tings us ing one of the h andsets, you do not nee d to prog ram the same ite m usi[...]

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    3 M b N : Select the desi red alar m option . a M OK N “ Off ” Turn s al arm o ff. Go to step 9. “ Onc e ” An a larm soun ds once at the set time . “ Dai ly ” An a larm soun ds daily at the set time. Go t o step 5 . “ Wee kly ” Alar m so unds weekly a t the s et time (s). 4 Proc eed with the ope rati on ac cording to your sele ction[...]

  • Page 28

    2 M b N : Select the desi red sett ing. a M OK N a M e N Note : R When the ans werin g syste m an swer s th e call , th is f eatu re d oes not work . (KX- TG68 21 s erie s: p age 3) Chan ging the hand set name Each han dset can be give n a cust omis ed name (“B ob”, “Kitche n”, etc. ). T his is u seful when you make int ercom c alls bet wee[...]

  • Page 29

    1 M N#25 6 2 Ente r th e ba se u nit PIN (default : “ 000 0 ” ). R If y ou forge t your P IN, cont act an auth orise d servic e centr e. 3 Sele ct t he h ands ets to b e re stri cted by pres sing 1 to 2 . R All hand sets register ed to t he b ase unit are displ ayed. R “ ” is dis playe d next t o the s elected hand set numbe rs. R To c ance[...]

  • Page 30

    Usin g Ca ller ID serv ice Impo rtant: R This uni t is Cal ler I D compa tible . To us e Call er I D fe atur es, you m ust sub scri be t o a Call er I D ser vice. Co ntact y our serv ice prov ider/ telephon e compan y for de tails. Call er ID feature s When an outs ide call is being receiv ed, the call er i nform ation is display ed. Call er in for[...]

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    play the new messages first and then show the miss ed ca lls. *1 KX-T G6821 se ries: pa ge 3 Edit ing a caller’ s phone number befo re ca lling ba ck 1 M C N ( ) 2 M b N : Select the desi red entr y. 3 M N a M b N : “ Ed it ” a M OK N 4 Edit the num ber. R Pres s di al ke y ( 0 t o 9 ) to add, M C N to dele te. 5 M N Eras ing s elected caller[...]

  • Page 32

    Answ erin g sy stem Avai labl e fo r: KX-T G6821 se ries (p age 3) The answ ering system can ans wer and r ecord call s fo r yo u wh en yo u are un availabl e to answ er t he ph one. You can also set the uni t to pla y a greeting mess age b ut not to r ecor d ca ller message s by sele ctin g “ G reeting Only ” a s the r ecor ding time set ting [...]

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    Reco rding your gre eting me ssage 1 M N#30 2 2 M b N : “ Yes ” a M OK N 3 Afte r a beep sounds, hold th e handse t abou t 20 cm away and spe ak c learl y into the micr ophon e (2 min utes and 30 seco nds m ax.). 4 Pres s M n N to st op re cording. 5 M e N Usin g a p re-recor ded gree ting mess age The unit pro vides 2 pre-r ecorded greeting me[...]

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    Eras ing a ll messa ges Pres s M N 2 times while th e unit i s not i n us e. List enin g to mes sage s usin g th e ha ndse t When new mess ages hav e been reco rded, is disp layed on the handset wit h th e to tal numb er of new me ssage s. 1 To l isten to new mes sages: M N#32 3 To l isten to all mes sages: M N#32 4 2 When fin ished , press M e N .[...]

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    Adva nced new mes sage aler ting fea ture s Audi ble m essage a lert This fea ture all ows t he base unit to bee p to info rm y ou of a new mess age arriv al when new messa ges are recorded . The b ase unit beep s 2 times every m inute un til you lis ten to the mess ages, if the “ B ase Unit Beep ” sett ing is t urned on . The de fault se tting[...]

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    – “ Ina ctiva te ” : Y ou c an l iste n to the mess age b y pressi ng 4 t o play n ew mess ages (without enterin g the r emote acce ss co de). – “ Act ivate ” : You must en ter your rem ote acce ss co de (page 36) and then pre ss 4 to p lay new messa ge. 1 M N#33 8 2 M b N : “ Remote Code ” a M OK N 3 M b N : “ Activa te ” or ?[...]

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    Key Op erat ion 1 Repe at m essag e (dur ing p layback) *1 2 Skip mes sage (dur ing p layback) 4 Play new mess ages 5 Play all mess ages 6 Play gre eting message 7 Reco rd gr eeting m essage 9 Stop rec ordin g Stop pla yback 0 Turn ans werin g system off *4 Era se c urren tly play ing mess age *5 Era se a ll me ssages *6 Res et t o a pre- recor ded[...]

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    – Chan ge t he nu mber of rings o f th e vo ice mail serv ice so t hat the ans weri ng syst em c an an swer the call f irst . To do so, cont act your serv ice prov ider/ tele phone company . Call er’s recordin g time You can chang e the m axim um me ssage reco rding time al lowed fo r each calle r. The defa ult sett ing is “ 3 Minut es ” . [...]

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    Voic e ma il s ervi ce Voic e ma il is an aut omat ic a nswer ing serv ice offe red by y our servi ce provi der/tele phone comp any. Aft er you s ubscribe to this service , your ser vice provider /telepho ne compa ny’s voic e ma il sy stem ans wers ca lls for you when you are unava ilable t o answer the ph one o r when your line is busy. Mess age[...]

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    Inte rcom Avai labl e fo r: KX-T G6812 Inte rcom call s can be made be tween hand sets. Note : R When pag ing t he hands et, the paged hand set beeps for 1 minut e. R If y ou recei ve a n ou tsid e ca ll w hile talking on t he i nter com, you hear 2 tones . To answ er t he ca ll, pres s M e N , then p ress M N . Maki ng an interco m call 1 M N a M [...]

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    Char acte r en try The dial keys are use d to en ter char acte rs a nd n umber s. Each dia l ke y ha s mu ltip le c harac ters assi gned to it. The characte rs that can be e ntered d epend on the cha racter e ntry mo de (pag e 41). – Pres s M F N or M E N to mov e th e cursor left or right. – Pres s di al ke ys to e nter cha ract ers and numbe [...]

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    Exte nded 1 c haracter tab le ( ) z y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R The foll owing are use d for b oth upper case an d low ercase: Exte nded 2 c haracter tab le ( ) z y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R The foll owing are use d for b oth upper case an d low ercase: Cyri llic cha racter t able ( ) z y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 42 Useful Information TG68xxSA(en)_0619_ver011.pdf 42 [...]

  • Page 43

    Erro r me ssag es Disp lay mess age Cau se/solut ion Base no p ower or No l ink. Reconnec t AC a dapto r. or No l ink. R The hand set has lost communic ation w ith the base unit . Move clos er t o th e ba se un it and try again . R Unpl ug t he ba se unit’ s AC ad apto r to res et t he unit. Reco nnect the ad aptor and tr y ag ain. R The hand set[...]

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    Trou bles hoot ing If y ou still have di fficulti es after followi ng the i nstructi ons in this sec tion , di scon nect the base un it’s AC a dapt or a nd t urn off the hand set, the n re conn ect the base uni t’s AC a dapt or a nd t urn on t he hand set. Gene ral u se Prob lem Cause/ solution The hand set does not tur n on e ven afte r in sta[...]

  • Page 45

    Prog ramma ble sett ings Prob lem Cause/ solution The disp lay i s in a lang uage I cannot read. R Chan ge t he di splay la nguage (page 12) . I ca nnot act ivat e th e ec o mode . R You cann ot s et e co m ode w hen you set the rep eate r mo de “ On ” . If req uired, s et the r epeater mode to “ Off ” (page 29). I ca nnot reg iste r a hand[...]

  • Page 46

    Prob lem Cause/ solution I ca nnot mak e a call. R Th e dialli ng mode may be s et inco rrec tly. Cha nge the sett ing (pag e 13). R You dial led a call re stricte d nu mber (page 28 ). R The key lock feature is turn ed o n. T urn it o ff (page 17) . Call er ID Prob lem Cause/ solution Call er in formatio n is not disp layed . R You must sub scrib [...]

  • Page 47

    Prob lem Cause/ solution The unit doe s no t em it t he spec ifie d num ber of rings . R If t he first ring is turned off, th e num ber of rings decreas es by 1 from the spe cifi ed nu mber of rings. Liqu id da mage Prob lem Cause/ solution Liqu id or other form of mois ture has ent ered the hand set/ base unit. R Disc onnec t the A C ad apto r and[...]

  • Page 48

    Dere giste ring a h andset 1 M N#13 1 R All hand sets register ed to t he b ase unit are display ed. 2 M b N : Select the hand set you want to can cel. a M OK N 3 M b N : “ Yes ” a M OK N R A co nfir mati on t one sound s. R The hand set does not bee p whe n cance lling its ow n reg istrati on. 4 M e N 48 Useful Information TG68xxSA(en)_0619_ve[...]

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    Index A Alar m: 26 Answ ering calls: 15 Answ ering system: 32 Call scre ening: 32 Eras ing messa ges: 33 , 34 , 37 Gree ting mess age: 32 Gree ting only : 38 List ening to mes sages : 33 , 34 , 36 New messa ge alert ing: 35 Numb er of rings: 37 Reco rding time: 38 Remo te a ccess code: 36 Remo te o perat ion: 36 Turn ing on/of f: 32 Auto tal k: 16 [...]

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    50 Notes TG68xxSA(en)_0619_ver011.pdf 50 2013/06/19 17:43:18[...]

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    51 Notes TG68xxSA(en)_0619_ver011.pdf 51 2013/06/19 17:43:18[...]

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    For your fut ure refe rence We r ecom mend keeping a record of the fol lowin g inform ation t o as sist wit h an y re pair under warr anty. Seri al N o. Date of purchase (fou nd o n th e bo ttom of the base uni t) Name and address of deale r Attach your pur chase receipt here. Help desk con tact tel ephone n umber.: 086 15 1 1 047 Sales Department:[...]