Casio TA-180 User Manual

LCD DISPLAYS & INDICATORS									PAGE
									1
	Display		Description	Page	Display	Description		Page
	GREETING 1				GREETING 1 2
	1- 0		Announce	9	1:45PM	Line 1 and 2		5
			Only			On/Off
	LINE 1 LINE 2				LINE 1 LINE 2
	GREETING 1 2	SCREEN OFF			GREETING 1 2
	1:45PM		Call Screening	16	12 3	Message Count		10
			Off			for Each Line
	LINE 1 LINE 2				LINE 1 LINE 2
	GREETING 1 2				GREETING 1 2	Message File
			Code Set	21				15
	6 25				FILE	Messages
					1:45PM	Stored
					LINE 1 LINE 2
	GREETING 1 2				GREETING 1 2
	End		End of Message	10-11,	PAU	Pause Message		12
			Playback	13-15
						Playback
	LINE 1 LINE 2				LINE 1 LINE 2
	GREETING 1				GREETING 1 2	Recording
			Erase Individual
	2			14	2 3	Messages,		7, 20
		ERASE	Messages			Memos,
	LINE 1				LINE 1 LINE 2 RECORDING	Greetings, etc.
	GREETING 1 2				GREETING 1 2
			Programming &	7-9	SAVE	Save All		13
	12:00	AM			End
			Record Greetings			Messages
	LINE 1 LINE 2				LINE 1 LINE 2
	GREETING 1				GREETING 1 2	Setting
	Hd
			Hold a Call	17-18	1:45PM	Time/Day		6
						Stamp
	LINE 2				LINE 1 LINE 2

MESSAGE INDICATORS

			1.	OFF = off
PLAY/PAUSE			2.	ON (solid light) =
				On, no messages
1			3.	Quick flashing =
				New messages
			4.	Slow flashing =
				Played and saved
				messages

LINE-IN USE INDICATORS

	LINE 1	LINE 2

SPEAKERPHONE

1.Solid Green = Speakerphone in use

2.Flashing Green = On hold

3.Solid Red = Extension phone in use or on hold

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2 IMPORTANT FEATURE INFOR MATION

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DIGITAL GREETING AND INCOMING MESSAGES

Greetings and incoming messages are recorded on a digital chip - reducing mechanical components and increasing reliability. The TA-180 allows a total of 28 minutes of combined recording time for greetings, incoming messages, recorded memos and recorded conversations.

Your all digital answering machine provides you with the following advantages:

1.Permanent Message Protection - does not require a battery during a power failure to maintain greetings, recorded messages and remote code.

2.Reliability. There are no moving parts to break. The use of electronic components effectively increases the life of your machine.

3.Operational Ease. There is no tape to rewind or entangle. You no longer have to worry about replacing worn or damaged tapes.

4.Instant AccessTM to Messages. All messages are recorded digitally and therefore can be accessed instantly for playback. In addition, other features such as Variable Speed PlaybackTM, Skip & Repeat and Selective Save & Erase are only possible on all digital machines.

MULTIFUNCTIONAL DISPLAY

The Display shows:

■the time (if no messages are recorded)

■the number of messages received on each line

■active line for answering machine

■machine status: recording, announce only mode, etc.

■greeting mode

■message file icon (if messages are transferred)

■save and erase indicators

GREETING 1 2 SCREEN OFF

12:43 PM FILE

LINE 1 LINE 2

VOICE TIME/DAY/LINE STAMP

During message playback at the machine or via remote operation, a synthesized voice announces the time, day and the line for each message.

ONE-TOUCH CONTROLS

NOTE:

■The audio quality of digitally recorded incoming messages and greetings may be subtly different than incoming messages and greetings recorded on a microcassette machine.

Many of the features of the TA-180 are activated by pressing a single button. There are no complicated instructions to remember.

VOICE ASSISTED OPERATION

A synthesized voice confirms machine functions and commands when operating and programming the TA-180 at the machine.

REMOTE OPERATION WITH VOICE MENU

Use the programmable 3-digit remote access code to operate the TA-180 remotely from most touchtone and cellular phones.

ONEOR TWO-LINE ANSWERING MACHINE

The TA-180 answers one or two phone lines and shows the message count for each line in the digital display. For total user control, the answering machine for each line can be turned on or off independently.

SHORT BURST/CELLULAR COMPATIBLE

This answering machine is compatible with short burst phones such as pay phones, car phones and other cellular phones. You can use a short burst phone to access the unit in remote operation.

TWO GREETINGS

Record one or two greetings, one for each line, or one for both lines. Greetings of unlimited length can be recorded up to the maximum recording capacity of the TA-180. This allows you to record lengthy detailed outgoing messages for your callers if you desire.

MESSAGE FILE

SIMULTANEOUS ANSWERING OF BOTH LINES

If either line is in use on the Speakerphone or busy recording a message, a special message will be announced to the calling party on the other line to indicate the busy status of the TA-180. The second calling party will hear, “Hello. Thank you for calling. Your call will be answered shortly.”

This message will be repeated every ten seconds until the first line is no longer in use. The greeting will play and the second calling party can then record a message.

Message File offers a convenient way to store important messages, long messages or to separate messages for business, personal use or for other users.

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4 INITIAL SETUP

INSTALLATION FOR	1	If needed, set the WALL JACK
CONNECTING TO A SINGLE		CONNECTION SWITCH (located on
		the back of the unit) to “1 X RJ14.”

TWO-LINE WALL JACK

The TA-180 is designed to work with your existing telephone wiring, whether you have one or two telephone lines, or one or two wall jacks.

The drawings and instructions on this page describe the most common 2-line connection which connects your answering machine to two telephone lines using a single jack (RJ14).

Plug the TELEPHONE CORD that is 2 attached to the back of the unit into your RJ14 TWO-LINE TELEPHONE WALL JACK.

	USE ONLY WITH CPMI		WALL	WALL
			JACK	JACK
	ADAPTOR M/N-75
			2X	1X
LINE 1 & 2
			RJ11	RJ14	OFF LO HI	TS	2	4
OR LINE 1	TO	LINE 2	CONNECTION
	TELEPHONE	RJ11	MODE		RING VOL	RINGS

3 Connect the AC ADAPTER PLUG into the AC ADAPTER OUTLET on the back of the unit. Loop the AC ADAPTER CORD through the AC ADAPTER CORD HOLDER to prevent accidental disconnection and messages from being erased.

4 Connect your two-line telephone to the jack on the back of the unit labeled “TO TELEPHONE.”

NOTE:

■ If you connect a single-line telephone, it will only operate Line 1.

1	ABC	DEF
	2	3

	Plug the AC ADAPTER into an	GHI	JKL	MNO
	5 ELECTRICAL WALL OUTLET. The
		4	5	6
		PRS	TUV	WXY
		7	8	9
		*	0	#

indicators and display will flash.

CONNECTING TO TWO SINGLE-LINE WALL JACKS

If you have two separate wall jacks for two telephone lines, you may connect them to the TA-180 with two telephone cords.

Refer to page 27 for connection instructions.

CONNECTING TWO

SINGLE-LINE TELEPHONES

If you wish to use single line telephones, you may connect them to each wall jack to allow 2-line telephone capability.

Refer to page 28 for connection instructions.

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5

When you call your machine to retrieve messages in remote operation, you will know there are no new messages if the unit does not answer by the third ring.

Hang up before the fourth ring to avoid an unnecessary toll charge.

RINGER VOLUME

The RINGER VOLUME SWITCH (located on the back of the unit) controls the ringer volumes for incoming calls on both lines. The RINGER VOLUME SWITCH is factory preset to “HI.” Each line has a unique ringer sound to allow you to differentiate the two lines.

HI = Loud

LO = Suppressed volume

OFF = The ringers are turned off.

RING SELECT

The RING SELECT SWITCH is located on the back of the unit. The unit is shipped with this switch set to “4.” Set it to 2, 4 or TS (tollsaver) according to the following:

TS 2 4

RINGS

1.When set to “2” the answering machine answers calls on the second or third ring.

2.When set to “4” the answering machine answers calls on the fourth or fifth ring.

3.When set to “TS” (tollsaver) the answering machine helps eliminate unnecessary toll charges by letting you know if there are any new messages before it answers. When you call in to retrieve messages in remote operation, the TA-180:

■Answers on the second or third ring if there are new messages.

■Answers on the fourth or fifth ring if there are no new messages.

OFF LO HI

RING VOL

ANSWERING MACHINE ON/OFF FOR EACH LINE

Press ON/OFF (under the lid) for Line 1 and/ or Line 2 to turn the answering machine on and off, independently by line. The display, clock and speakerphone will continue to operate even if the answering machine is off, but the machine will not play greetings or record messages. The red MESSAGE INDICATOR will light and “LINE 1” and/or “LINE 2” will appear in the display for each answering machine line that is turned on.

LINE 1

ON/OFF ANNC

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6 TIME/DAY STAMP

SET VOICE

TIME/DAY STAMP

During message playback, a synthesized voice will announce the current time and day of the week. To set the current time and day of the week:

1 Press TIME SET (under the lid). You will hear:

Sunday

TIME

SET CHECK

5 Press TIME SET again to set the minutes. “ :00 ” will flash in the

display.

Enter minute.

6 Press SKIP/+ to advance or REPEAT/- to reverse the minutes.

7 Press TIME SET again to end. The day and time will be announced and time set is complete.

2 Press SKIP/+ or REPEAT/- until the correct day is announced.

SKIP

REPEAT

Saturday

3 Press TIME SET again to set the hour. “12: ” will flash in the display and you will hear:

Enter hour.

4 Press SKIP/+ to advance or REPEAT/- to reverse the hour. The

hour setting will appear in the display.

GREETING 1 2

4:00 PM

Saturday, 4:32 p.m.

NOTES:

■If the time and day have not been set, all messages will be stamped with “Sunday 12:00 a.m.”

■When experiencing a power failure, the TA-180 will maintain the clock function for up to 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, the clock reverts to the factory default setting of Sunday, 12:00 a.m., and “12:00 AM” will flash in the display. All other stored information including greetings and incoming messages, remote access code, and other machine settings will be saved and normal operation will resume when power is restored.

TIME CHECK

In addition to the display clock, a synthesized

voice announces the time and day. Press TIME CHECK (under the lid.) You will hear

the current time and day setting. If the time and day are not set, “Sunday 12:00 a.m.” will be announced.

TIME

SET CHECK

RECORDING GREETINGS	PAGE
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You can record one or two greetings and use one of three greeting modes as discussed on page 8.

RECORD GREETING 1

1 Adjust the VOLUME CONTROL to about

the halfway point.

2 Press GREETING RECORD (under

the lid). You will hear:

4 When “RECORDING” flashes in the display, begin speaking clearly, 6-8" away from the microphone (lower right corner of machine). Your greeting must be at least 3 seconds long or the pre-recorded greeting, “Please record a message after the tone,” will play.

GREETING 1

12:45 PM

LINE 1 LINE 2

RECORDING

GREETING	Press one for	Press GREETING RECORD again
	greeting one. Press
RECORD	two for greeting two.	5 to end the recording. Your recorded

greeting will automatically replay.

3 Press PLAY/PAUSE 1.

PLAY/PAUSE

1

Record new greeting one.

NOTES:

■The volume control does not affect the volume of the greeting that is played to callers over the phone line. It controls only the volume of messages played back, greeting check and the caller’s voice when using the speakerphone.

■The TA-180 indicates if no greeting has been recorded for Greeting 1 or Greeting 2 by flashing the “1” or “2” in the display.

TIME

CODE

GREETING

LINE 1

LINE 2

SET

CHECK

SET/CHECK

RECORD CHECK SELECT

ON/OFF ANNC

ON/OFF ANNC

					TWO LINE ● ALL DIGITAL
CALL SCREEN	MEMO
CONV				MESSAGE
				FILE
			PLAY/PAUSE
		NEW		PLAY/PAUSE	PLAY/PAUSE
			1 & 2	1	2
PLAYBACK		ONLY
SPEED
	SKIP	ERASE	SAVE
					MIC
REPEAT				LINE 1	LINE 2

RECORD

GREETING 2

To record Greeting 2, repeat steps 1-5 above with the exception of pressing PLAY/ PAUSE 2 in step 3.

FLASH

HOLD

SPEAKERPHONE

GREETING 1 2

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8 PROGRAMMING & RECORDING

CHECK GREETINGS		SELECT GREETING MODE

You can listen to any of your recorded greetings anytime.

1 Press GREETING CHECK (under

the lid). You will hear:

GREETING

RECORD CHECK SELECT

Press one for greeting one, press two for greeting two.

2 Press PLAY/PAUSE 1 or PLAY/ PAUSE 2 to select the desired

greeting. Your greeting will be replayed.

PLAY/PAUSE

1

NOTES:

■The TA-180 indicates if no greeting has been recorded for Greeting 1 or Greeting 2 by flashing “1” or “2” in the display.

■If no greeting is recorded, you will hear: “No greeting one (two).” Callers will hear “Record new message after the tone,” if no greeting is recorded.

The greeting mode in the TA-180 is pre-set to “Greeting Mode 1.” The TA-180 has three greeting modes:

Greeting Mode 1:

Greeting 1 answers Line 1,

Greeting 1 answers Line 2

Greeting Mode 2:

Greeting 2 answers Line 1,

Greeting 2 answers Line 2

Greeting Mode 3:

Greeting 1 answers Line 1,

Greeting 2 answers Line 2

CHANGING

THE GREETING MODE

Press GREETING SELECT (under the lid) until the display shows the correct greeting mode. Each time you press GREETING SELECT, you will change to the next greeting mode. An audio message will confirm each mode as it is selected.

GREETING

RECORD CHECK SELECT

GREETING

LINE 1

LINE 2

RECORD CHECK SELECT

ON/OFF ANNC

ON/OFF ANNC

GREETINGS (CONT.)

GREETING MODE 1

This mode plays Greeting 1 to both lines.

GREETING 1

GREETING MODE 2

This mode plays Greeting 2 to both lines.

GREETING 2

GREETING MODE 3

This mode sets the TA-180 to deliver a different greeting for each line. One common application of this mode is to use Greeting 1 for your personal callers and Greeting 2 for your business callers or another person in the home or office.

PRE-RECORDED GREETING

If greetings are not recorded, the caller will hear the following pre-recorded message on both lines: “Please record a message after the tone.”

BYPASS GREETING

Frequent callers can skip your greeting when they call to leave a message. Instruct them to press # on their touchtone keypad any time during the greeting.

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ANNOUNCE ONLY FOR

EACH LINE

The Announce Only feature allows you to provide callers with information, such as business hours of operation when you do not want to receive recorded messages. The machine will play a greeting but will not record incoming messages.

1 Press ANNC (announce only) under the lid for Line 1 or Line 2. You will hear a beep and “1-“ or “2-“ will appear in the display to indicate that announce only is activated for Line 1 and/or Line 2.

LINE 1

ON/OFF ANNC

1- 0

LINE 1 LINE 2

NOTES:

■The clock display will not appear when announce only is activated on either line, but the TA-180 will maintain the internal clock.

■Memos and conversations can still be recorded at the machine when announce only is activated on either line or both lines.

■It is recommended that you inform callers in your greeting that the unit will not record messages.

DEACTIVATE

ANNOUNCE ONLY

1 Press ANNC (under the lid) and you will hear a beep. “1-“ or “2-“ will disappear from the display and the message count for each line will reappear if messages are recorded.

End of messages.

PLAY/PAUSE

2

NOTE:

■ The MESSAGE INDICATORS do not indicate messages that may be stored in Message File. When messages are stored in Message File, the message file icon will appear in the display.

PLAY NEW MESSAGES

BY LINE

The digital display shows the total number of messages received on each line (not including messages stored in Message File). The MESSAGE INDICATORS flash quickly to alert you that new messages have been received and not yet played. GREETING 1 2

4 3

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10 PLAYING MESSAGES

		MESSAGE INDICATORS		Press PLAY/PAUSE 1 or PLAY/
				2 PAUSE 2. You will hear either:
	The TA-180 has a red MESSAGE INDICATOR
	for each line. Each MESSAGE INDICATOR has			PLAY/PAUSE
	four settings:				1
	1.	OFF = The TA-180 machine is off.
	2.	ON (solid light) = The machine is on for
		line 1 or 2 and there are no new or saved		Four new line	OR	No new
		messages for that line.
				one messages.		messages.
	3.	Quick flashing = New messages have been
				New message one.
		received and not yet played for that line.
				Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.
	4.	Slow flashing = Messages have been			Hi, this is Sue.

played and saved for that line.	I was calling...

After the end of the last message, 3 “End” will appear in the display for several seconds and you will hear:

LINE 1 LINE 2

To listen to only new messages for a 1 specific line, press NEW ONLY. You

will hear:

NEW Press 1 or 2.

ONLY

GREETING 1 2	End of
End	messages.
LINE 1 LINE 2

NOTES:

■If the time and day have not been set, all messages will be stamped with “Sunday 12:00 a.m.”

■TA-180 will not answer calls during message playback. The LINE 1 or LINE 2 SPEAKERPHONE INDICATOR will intermittently flash red indicating an incoming call. You may answer calls with SPEAKERPHONE. All messages are saved.

■Pressing NEW ONLY and then PLAY/PAUSE 1&2 will play all new messages starting with Line 1, then Line 2, in the order they were received.

■If Line 1 message count exceeds 19 messages, “OVER” will be displayed.

		PLAY/PAUSE
	NEW		PLAY/PAUSE	PLAY/PAUSE
		1 & 2	1	2
	ONLY

PLAY ALL MESSAGES - BOTH LINES COMBINED

The MESSAGE INDICATORS will either flash slowly when messages have been played and saved or flash quickly to indicate that new messages have been received. The total number of new and saved messages for each line (not including Message File) will appear above LINE 1 and LINE 2 in the display.

1 Press PLAY/PAUSE 1&2 to replay all new and saved messages for both lines. You will hear either:

PLAY/PAUSE

1 & 2

		Four line
No	OR	one messages.
		Message one.
messages.		Monday, 1:34 p.m.
		Hi Mike, I’m
		calling to...

All messages are played in the order 2 received starting with Line 1 messages.

The line will be announced once before playing all messages on each line and each message will be identified by number, time and day.

After the end of the last message, 3 “End” will appear in the display for

several seconds and you will hear:

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PLAY MESSAGES

LINE BY LINE

The MESSAGE INDICATORS will either flash slowly when messages have been played and saved or flash quickly to indicate that new messages have been received. The total number of new and saved messages for each line (not including Message File) will appear above LINE 1 and LINE 2 in the display.

	Press either PLAY/PAUSE 1 or
	1 PLAY/PAUSE 2 to play all new and
	saved messages for each line
	separately. You will hear either:
	PLAY/PAUSE
	1
	OR	Six line one messages.
		Message one.
	No
	messages.	Monday, 1:34 p.m.

Hi Mike, I’m

calling to...”

2 All messages for Line 1 or Line 2 are played in the order received and the individual message number is displayed during playback. The line will be announced once before playing all messages and each message will be identified by number, time and day.

After the end of the last message, 3 “End” will appear in the display for several seconds and you will hear:

End of messages.