Feeling Like a Switchboard? Casio PhoneMate's Unique Two-Line Digital Answering Machine Picks Up That Other Call When You Can't.TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1998-- New TA-180 Features Separate Playback Playback could mean:
With 22.3 million American households now wired for two telephone lines, having a second line is becoming a sign of our connected age. With that in mind, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. pioneer Casio PhoneMate Inc. Tuesday announced the TA-180, a two-line all-digital answering machine with speakerphone speak·er·phone n. A telephone or telephone attachment that contains both a loudspeaker and a microphone, allowing several persons to participate in a call at the same time without the telephone receiver being held. Noun 1. that enables the two-line home and small- office/home-office user to manage the influx of incoming messages with a single telephone-answering device (TAD). The TA-180 can answer both lines simultaneously, thereby preventing callers from receiving a busy signal or no answer when the other line is occupied. If the user is on an important call and a new call is received on the second line, the TA-180 can issue a prerecorded pre·re·cord tr.v. pre·re·cord·ed, pre·re·cord·ing, pre·re·cords To record (a television program, for example) at an earlier time for later presentation or use. Adj. 1. greeting notifying no·ti·fy tr.v. no·ti·fied, no·ti·fy·ing, no·ti·fies 1. To give notice to; inform: notified the citizens of the curfew by posting signs. 2. the second caller that a call is already in progress. The prerecorded message -- "Thank you for calling. Your call will be answered shortly" -- is repeated until the user or the TA-180 answers the call. "Whether your home hosts an office or your family is simply as busy as a home office, the TA-180 allows you to respond like a central office voice-mail system, but without the complexity or the ongoing expense," said Stephen Knuth, president, Casio PhoneMate. "Addressing both lines with the one device, you can manage incoming calls and messages from two lines, listen and store messages from both lines combined or by line, and answer both lines simultaneously either by voice or a broadcast message. You can ensure that no call goes unanswered, thanks to a single machine that's high-tech yet flexible and remarkably easy to use." Until now, no two-line answering device acknowledged the second caller; instead, new incoming calls were left to ring without response or received a busy signal. The TA-180 takes full advantage of all-digital technology. With a capacity of 28 minutes of high-quality digital recording time, the TA-180 enables users to retrieve messages from each line together or separately. The unit includes Advanced Message Management, providing selective save and erase, instant access and variable-speed playback of messages for greater control. On either line, users can talk hands-free and place calls on hold using the two-line speakerphone with "true hold," which automatically releases a call when an extension phone is picked up. The TA-180's unique voice time/day/line stamp labels each message according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. time and origin, while Casio PhoneMate's exclusive Message File capability enables users to store important messages, lengthy messages or messages for additional users in a separate location. The TA-180's lifetime message protection digitally stores messages and greetings using flash memory, avoiding loss in the event of a power failure. Users can record two greetings that can answer calls in three ways for two-line flexibility. Message playback allows users to play new or all messages on both lines combined, or by individual line. The TA-180's voice-assisted operation confirms machine functions and commands using a synthesized syn·the·sized adj. 1. Relating to or being an instrument whose sound is modified or augmented by a synthesizer. 2. Relating to or being compositions or a composition performed on synthesizers or synthesized instruments. voice. Casio PhoneMate's TA-180 also includes remote access via a voice menu, which provides step-by-step instructions for message retrieval from touch-tone and cellular phones; a multifunctional LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. (liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. ) -- indicating time, and number and source of messages; an announce-only mode; and easy two-line installation. The TA-180 will be available in the third quarter at specialty retail, consumer-electronic stores and other retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → nationwide, at a promotional price of $99. About Casio PhoneMate Founded in 1968, Casio PhoneMate is a leader in the development and design of telecommunications products for home, home/office and small-business consumers. The company has consistently introduced industry "firsts," including one of the first commercially available telephone-answering devices (TAD), the first TAD with integrated cordless telephone A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset which communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line (POTS) and can only be operated near (typically within 100 meters or 328 ft from) its base station , the first implementation of synthesized voice prompting A recorded message that is played by auto attendants, interactive voice response (IVR) systems, message-on-hold systems and other voice processing tools. The "prompt" is a request to input some data; a recording that does not ask for feedback is more properly called a voice "message." and time/day stamp, the first all-digital TAD, the first cordless telephone with Call Waiting Caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. display, the first combination telephone- answering device to let users check their electronic mail and, with Modem Monitor, the first technology that prevents the telephone from interrupting an online session or a fax transmission. Based in Torrance, Casio PhoneMate continues to pioneer high- quality, reliable and cost-effective communications solutions.
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