Can I connect an analog multi-line phone to a digital system?
Two answers, and they’re both “yes.” (A) If you’re talking about a Panasonic multi-line phone designed to be used with a KX-T hybrid phone system, (phone models such as the KX-T61630 or KX-T7020) you can plug it right in and it will work fine, and even do some new tricks that it could not do with an analog system. Be aware, however, that the analog phone requires all four wires in a jack (the data AND voice pairs), and will not work if you have enabled the XDP function for a particular jack (program step #600). (B) If you’re talking about a self-contained two- or three-line phone, such as a Panasonic KX-T3175 (a phone that is NOT designed to work as part of a phone system with a central control unit), you have two choices: • You can use only the Line-1 section of the phone, as if it was a single-line phone, but still have access to all your lines and intercom; or • You can do a really cute trick, connecting the Line-1 and Line-2 parts of the phone, to TWO DIFFERENT “station ports” on t
