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Screen uncategorized calls without asking
for caller names
When screening a call, the telephone
announces to the caller, “Hello. Calls to this
number are being screened by Smart call
blocker. If you’re a family member, friend
or invited caller, please press pound to
be connected. If you’re a solicitor, please
hang up now.” After the caller presses the
pound key (#), the telephone announces
to the caller “Please wait a moment while
your call is connected.”. The telephone
starts ringing, and you can pick up the
call. This option is suitable for you to filter
calls that uses autodialers to deliver pre-
recorded messages, for example, robocalls
and telemarketing calls.
• You can set Smart call blocker to screen and
filter all uncategorized calls from numbers or
names that are not saved in your phonebook,
allow list, block list, or star name list. You can
easily add incoming phone numbers to your
allow list and block list. This allows you to
build up your lists of allowed and blocked
numbers, and Smart call blocker will know
how to deal with these calls when they come
in again.
• If the caller hangs up before the call is
screened, or without leaving his/her name
while the call is being screened, the call will
be logged as missed call in the caller ID log.
• While a call is being screened, you can
press ANSWER , LINE 1, LINE 2, or on the
handset or ANSWER , LINE 1 or LINE 2 on the
telephone base to stop screening and answer
the call.
• After the telephone screened a call, and is
ringing and announcing the caller’s name,
you can press MUTE to silence the ringer, or
press CALL BLOCK to reject the call directly.
The telephone number will be added to the
block list.
• After you picked up a screened call and
the telephone is announcing the screening
options, you can press OFF on the handset
or LINE 1 or LINE 2 on the telephone base to
hang up the call.
• If the Smart call blocker feature is on and
in screening mode, and you receive a call
waiting call:
• If you have already picked up a screened
call, the telephone checks whether the
call waiting call’s number can be found
in the phonebook, block list or allow
list. It also checks whether the caller
name is in the star name list. After that,
the telephone displays the caller ID
information or Blocked call accordingly.
You can press LINE 1 , LINE 2, or FLASH to
take the new call.
• If the telephone is screening a call, the
call waiting call will be ignored and
logged as missed call in the caller ID log.
• Robocalls are unable to respond to the
screening announcement, and therefore, will
not get through and ring. If you want to allow
some robocalls to get through, save their
names in the star name list.
• The telephone can respond to remote
access code while it is playing the screening
announcement. This allows you to access your
answering system from an unknown number
remotely.
Allow call once
1. When the telephone starts ringing,
and the screen displays Screened
call, press LINE 1, LINE 2, or on
the handset, or LINE 1 or LINE 2 on
the telephone base to pick up the
call. The telephone announces “Call
from...” and the caller’s name. It
then announces “To answer the call,
press 1. To answer and always allow
this number, press 2. To block this
number, press 3. To send this call to the
answering system, press 4. To repeat
these options, press *”.
2. Press 1 to answer the call. The
telephone number will not be added
to your allow list.
• When the telephone is ringing, you can
press MUTE to mute the ringer temporarily.