Casio Phonemate TI345 Phone and Answering Machine

This answering machine was decent for a number of years but recently it's been a source of trouble. The fact that picking up another phone doesn't shut it off was always annoying, but our troubles grew as it went haywire after a series of power failures. It now says that memory is full even though no messages are stored. We can no longer record greetings, meaning that it is now useful only as a phone. The most frustrating part is that Casio's customer service number is no longer operable and their website does not list phones and answering machines as products they currently produce. Thus, if you have a problem, you will be unable to receive support. If you're considering buying this now (2006) or in the future, I'd recommend something else.

I bought two of these phones for my parents (for main phone and a home office phone). The great thing about the phone is that it has a digital VM and Caller ID in one phone. It also can be set to have the VM pick up on the first ring when a telemarketer calls (and blocks their number). The VM is annoying because, like was already mentioned, if the power goes out, your greeting is erased. Two other annoying things, you have to listen to the whole message before erasing it and the VM doesn't shut off when you pick up the handset. I'd buy another one if it meant I didn't have to look for a better one.

If I would know before ordering that: 1. The receiver has sever echo when you are talking 2.That it gives annoying soundes during dialing 3.That answering machine does not stop when you picking up parallel phone. 4.That automatic dialing is inconvenient I would not buy this phone. But I have it now and will use it.

Has all the Features we were looking for...and Preforms them all well.....Well worth the Money , easy to program and not a million confusing buttons that are Uneeded.

Cool machine! Nice rotary button A loudspeaker helps a lot compared to my previous phone so when Pac Bell (or other institution) puts me on a long wait I can do other things in my house. There was only one headache: On a recent trip to Paris I was remotely reading messages and suddenly erased all messages OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I just found recently how to do it: press * (BACK) OR # (NEXT) It's wonderful that I discovered that. I will rate it 4 and not 5 because the numeric sound quality is poor (just make a greeting interlaced with some music, you can hardly tell the music. Old tape machines had better sound) Is any engineer reading this?: Can I take the machine appart and install a better chip with more megabytes? E.S.