If the Panasonic manual refers to "distinctive ring" it is talking about the different ring cadences WITHIN the Panasonic system. It does NOT detect distinctive ring from the phone company.
Your best bet is to use a dist. ring box from a company like Commshare as Erling recommended. That can feed the co ports on the ksu, then the ksu will show them on different buttons. I would not use it for a business line if the line absolutely had to be kept separate from the home line. In other words, if the unit errs and a business call is answered by someone at home, will that be a problem? I used distinctive ring for a fax line for many years and it worked fine most of the time, sometimes it did not work properly but it was a minor problem for me as recieved very few faxes. Also, you should realize that if you only have one line and a call has been answered by one of the kids, say, and you're expecting a business call, that call will not get through until your teen hangs up. One line = one call at a time Charles -- _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt