No dial tone, only when speakeron

If I understand you correctly, when you leave the handset in the cradle and press a line, you can hear the dial tone. But, if you lift the handset and then select a line you don't hear anything through the headset. If this is correct, I suspect the handset is damaged, the cord is damaged, or if you're lucky, the clips may not be plugged all the way in on both sides. If you have another phone that is the same, you can switch handsets to test this theory.

The battery in the handset may be faulty/flat. If it does not charge up then replace the battery.

You need to disconnect all the cables on each side of the handset and then reconnect. You can also reverse the cable and see if it will help

Do you put the handset back in its cradle when you party answers?

Toshiba DKT2020 set work with a lot of different Toshiba systems. That being said this should get you in the right direction.

Date

• From receptionist station, without lifting the handset, press "Intercom"
• Dial "#651"
• Dial the time in YY:MM:DD format.
• Press "Redial" or "#".
• Press speaker.

Time

• From receptionist station, without lifting the handset, press "Intercom"
• Dial "#652"
• Dial the time in military format HH:MM:SS.
• Press "Redial" or "#".
• Press speaker.

Day of the Week

• From receptionist station, without lifting the handset, press "Intercom"
• Dial "#653"
• Dial the day of the week (1-7).
• Press "Redial" or "#".
• Press speaker.

Do you mean send the call to another phone?
Make sure the line is not on hold (push the caller's line) then push Cnf/Trn, dial the extension you want the call to go to, then hang up.
The person you're sending to will receive that call on their speakerphone button and it will ring in a different tone.

Lift the handset, press the FWD/DND button, dial 2 and the extension you want your calls to forward to, you should get a comformation tone, hang up the handset.

Cancel the fordwarding by lifting the handset, press the FWD/DND button, dial 0 , get tone, hang up.

Good Luck

Emerson (EMSEM2646WH) I need to know how I can set up the speaker phone and in a way that will be clear and loud. I lost my manual, could you send another one to me?
thanks

Program Thomson Consumer Electronics (GE?) 2-9316A Speaker Phone (what we found works)
To program:
1. press speaker or lift handset.
2. press STORE
3. dial the number to be stored
4. press MEMORY DIAL
5. press location (0-9 on keypad or 1 of the 3 emergency quick dial)
6. press speaker or hangup.
To dial emergency numbers:
1. press speaker or lift handset.
2. press any of 3 emergency quick dial
To dial stored numbers:
1. press speaker or lift handset.
2. press MEMORY DIAL
3. press location (0-9 on keypad)
Does anyone know how to add PAUSE in a stored dial string?

This would normally happen when the cordless handset was still in the charger stand. Are you saying it will still tell you to lift the handset after it's removed from the charger stand or base? I would not waste money buying a new battery as it is most likely not the problem but if you have more than one handset you should try swapping batteries. Removing and re-inserting the battery may reset the phone and clear up the problem as well.