Panasonic KX-T30810 station to station (Problem Solved!)

[DavePEI]

I may be way off base, but give it a try. If not, I apologize for piping up 

Dave

Yea, the rreason I thought that was that in his initial message, Dave Beck said, "My main phone is on 1 and after reading all the directions, it says to dial a 1 plus station number. So if I want station 8 I should dial 18. When I do this the is a pause then busy signal. "

So, if that was correct, then the dialing would be as I said.

Then, I looked up the manuals!

Yes, it sounds as though he has a brain dead system, sadly. Wish I could find another for a good price. I could use a second in the museum, but with the prices I have seen, plus shipping here, they are out of my price range. I do have one 61610 which I use in the museum's demo room..

Dave

[Dave Beck]

The problem is solved. I contacted the seller and he said he sent the wrong unit, but that it did work well, NOW the secret fix is it takes a 3 digit number like extension 4 I need to dial a 104 etc. I tried and it works great....problem solved!!!!!!
Thanks everyone for their input on this one.
Dave

[poplar1]

So dialing 10 through 18 is treated the same as not dialing anything: a pause, then "timeout" resulting in a busy tone.

I would really like to know how the seller  changed the default extension numbers--11 through 18---to 101 through 108. I didn't think that was possible with the programming for the Panasonic 308/30310 or 616/61610.

In some systems this is possible, usually called something like flexible station numbering. One reason for doing this is so that the extension number matches the room number in a motel.

Davepei was on the right track when he suggested dialing 1xx, but in this case, you add 90 rather than 100 to get the new number. (11+90=101  11+100=111).

It's great you are dealing with a seller who backs it up rather than just saying "it powers on."

The problem is solved. I contacted the seller and he said he sent the wrong unit, but that it did work well, NOW the secret fix is it takes a 3 digit number like extension 4 I need to dial a 104 etc. I tried and it works great....problem solved!!!!!!
Thanks everyone for their input on this one.
Dave

[G-Man]

Are you sure that it is a model KX-T30810?    The station numbering plan seems to indicate a KX-TA624 or KX-TA824 which are much newer models and have many additional features.    If so it is no wonder you could not locate the removable battery, etc.    Can you provide a photo?

[Dave Beck]

I just checked the model number...should have done that a little earlier huh? It is a KX-TA624, so looks like I made out on this one. As long as it works I am happy. Glad the seller helped me out.
Dave

[G-Man]

Too bad you did not check earlier since the model number is emblazoned clearly in two places.      It would have spared you a great deal of grief. Another reason that a photo would have helped from the start.      But it is always nice to have a happy ending!

[DavePEI]

The problem is solved. I contacted the seller and he said he sent the wrong unit, but that it did work well, NOW the secret fix is it takes a 3 digit number like extension 4 I need to dial a 104 etc. I tried and it works great....problem solved!!!!!!
Thanks everyone for their input on this one.
Dave

Hooray! So happy for you!

Dave H.

[dsk]

Congratulations! I really hope you can afford this, because now you may expand to bigger PABX capacity, and the you need more telephones and then you need a bigger house ....

dsk

[twocvbloke]

Good to hear the problem was solved, even if it was only a seller error issue...

Still, the 624 is a bigger system, so as has been said, you have much more capacity for many more phones, it's the beginning of phonitis...