How do i pre-set an area code so i don't have to dial it every time? The office uses the panasonic kx-t7420 phones. Thanks

Start by pressing PROGRAM 99 on the phone and press the line buttons one a t a time. It will tell you what CO(central office) line is assigned to the button.
They should be in sequence 1,2,3,4 etc. If they don't, dial 0 + 0x STORE to program it and make it work.

Carl

The phone has 8 ring tones. From the idle phone, press PROGRAM and dial 99. Press the intercom or a CO line button TWICE and dial 2-8 on the keypad (1 is already default). When you're satisfied with the tone, press STORE. You have to do this for each line and the intercom you want to change and you need to do this at each phone. Pick up the handset and drop it back down to exit programming.

Carl

Which ones? A Pana brand VM has an access code of 165. Your personal messages are in your box, the system messages (General Delivery Mailbox) are in mailbox 998. When you dial 165, you're automatically in your box. Mailbox 998 has a special access code that you dial and use to retrieve messages. We try to prevent messages from being dropped into the GDM, but it happens.

Carl

I'm going to guess here, sort of. In the TDA's, it's PROGRAM press the button twice, and dial a number and store. So, in your TD system it should be PROGRAM 99 press the button twice, and dial a number from 1-8 (1 being the default) and STORE

You have to do this from each line and intercom you want to change.

Carl

Program 99 press the button and dial 8 165 STORE. That assumes that you're using the default VM access code.

Carl

You log into the system owner's mailbox (999) and follow the prompts to edit the mailboxes. One of them will let you reset the password.

Carl

Reset? How about you just program new ones over the old? I'm guessing you mean intercom DSS buttons, so you dial PROGRAM 99, press the button and dial 1+ the new extension STORE. Keep doing that to all the buttons you want to program and then pick up the handset and drop it back down again when you're done.

Carl

If it's a Panasonic brand voice mail, you administer the system from the System Owner's mailbox (999). With that, you can use option 4 or 5 and reset the mailbox password to any and all mailboxes (except 999 :-)

Carl

There are 2 things that would prevent you from being able to answer a ringing phone by picking up the handset. Your phone has to be ringing, and you need to set preferred line ringing on incoming calls.

The second part is easy. Press PROGRAM 99 and dial 22 STORE on your phone. Now when a call rings on your phone you can pick it up. If you can't, then your phone is not ringing.

Ringing is set in system programming.

Carl

hi,
you should enter your IME code on the phone to unlock the phone.
the IME code is at the back of your phone.
thanks for using fixya.