Panasonic tel model KX-TS880MX, ringer not working, ring indication light is coming on and no incoming call indication

Voicemail is a service of your telephone company. If your calls are going to voicemail, check the settings following the directions for the service. If the answering system is getting the calls, then check if the KX-TGM420 handset(s) and base are set to a ringer volume of 0. You can change this from either the base or a handset by pressing the + button while the phone is ringing. Otherwise, when the phone system is in standby (no calls in or out), press # 1 6 0 on a handset or * # 1 6 0 on the base. Then set the ringer volume on the handset (0-6) or base (0-10). This is the equivalent of pressing menu and navigating through the menu (Menu > Settings > Ringer Adjustment > Ringer Volume (Incoming)). You can also turn off the ringer by pressing and holding 0 on the handset and Ringer Off on the base. See pages 33 and 44 of the manual, link below.

I hope this helps. The manual is available here: https://help.panasonic.ca/viewing/ALL/KX-TGM420/OI/TGM420_PNQX7794YA/TGM420_PNQX7794YA.pdf .

Cindy Wells

number comes but if the caller setting is set to private you cant see number

Adjusting the handset ringer volume. Press {^} or {V} repeatedly to select the desired volume while the handset is ringing for an incoming call. Here is the link to the above instruction.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/szmanuals/728dfc6337002162ae227f0b1b714819

You may download a copy of the manual here.

Check out page 11 of the user manual available online here: http://www.manualowl.com/m/Panasonic/KXTS880/Manual/208983

Calls are signalled in two ways. First, check the Ringer switch on the left side of the phone. It's a 3 position switch OFF/LO/HI. If the outside lines are blinking the MESSAGE light, then the ringer is probably turned off. If your intercom calls are toning but not ringing, you may have the AUTO ANS light lit. Press it until it's off and intercom calls will either start ringing or send an audible tone.
If it tones, then you have a programming problem where intercom calls are set to tone instead of ring. That's corrected in system programming.

Carl

firstly read the operations manual for that phone look on how to adjust the settings of your phone it probably sure was indicated there, because the way i see from what you posted it has no internal circuitry prob. it just needed an adjustment.. hope this advice helps... ;-)

Don't laugh. Push the button and read the display. It will either unset DND or CF :-).

The 7100 command is part of the sequence to cancel those features on most phone systems and 790 or 79# will reset the extension. Of course it may be different if you have a TDA or TAW box (*7100) or a KX-T xxx10 system.

Carl

I have seen this issue before and panasonic knows about it. I would contact them directly.

You can download the manual for a very similar phone, the KX-TG2302 at http://service.us.panasonic.com/OperMan/findmanual.aspx?cat=TEL and you can figure out all the features of a KX-TG2303. The simple answer is: while you are not using the phone, press the up or down volume button and it should turn the ringer back on. To turn the ringer back off, press and hold the down volume button until you hear two beeps. You can adjust the volume while the phone is ringing. The manual will tell you how to change your ringer tones, etc.