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• You can set Smart call blocker to screen
and filter all unknown home calls.
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.
• The telephone announces to the caller
with “Hello. Calls to this number are
being screened by Smart call blocker...”
If you have recorded your name in
the screening announcements, your
recorded name will replace “this
number” in the announcements. See
Screening announcements.
• The screening feature of Smart call
blocker is applicable to home calls
only.
• If the caller hangs up before the home
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 home call is being screened,
you can press
HOME/FLASH or
to stop screening and answer the
call.
• After the telephone screened a home
call, and is ringing and announcing
the caller’s name, you can press
OFF/CANCEL to mute the ringer, or
press CALL BLOCK to reject the call
directly.
• After you picked up a screened home
call and the telephone is announcing
the screening options, you can press
OFF/CANCEL to hang up the call.
• If Smart call blocker is on and you
receive a call waiting home call:
• Smart call blocker will not screen
a call waiting home call without
number while on a call. You can
press
HOME/FLASH or to
take the new call.
• After you have picked up a screened
home call, the telephone checks
whether the call waiting number is
in the directory, block list or allow
list. It also checks whether the caller
name is in the star name list. After
that, The telephone then displays
the caller ID information or “Blocked
call” accordingly. You can press
HOME/FLASH or to take
the new call, or press CALL BLOCK
on the handset block it.
• While the telephone is screening
a home call, the new 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. See 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.
See Answering system remote access.
Screened call options
After the telephone screen a home call
and starts ringing, the handset screen
displays Screened call. Press
HOME/FLASH or to pick up the
call.
After you picked up the call, the
telephone announces “Call from...” and
the caller’s name, and 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 *”.
Allow this call once:
• Press 1 to answer the call. The
telephone number will not be added
to your allow list.
Always allow this call:
• Press 2 to answer the call. The
telephone number will be added to
your allow list.
Block this call:
• Press 3 or CALL BLOCK to block the
call. The telephone plays the block
announcement “The number you
are calling is not accepting your call.
Please hang up.” to the caller. The
telephone number will be added to
your block list.
Send this call to the answering system:
• Press 4 to forward the call to the
answering system.
End this call:
• If you do not want to take the call,
press OFF/CANCEL to end the call.
NOTES
• For home calls that are “out of area”,
“Private”, or without caller ID, only
options 1 and 4 will be available. The
telephone announces “To answer
the call, press 1. To send this call to
the answering system, press 4. To
repeat these options, press *”.
• If you select option 4 to send the call
to the answering system, the caller
can leave a message even if the
answering system is off.
• When the telephone is ringing,
you can press MUTE/DELETE on
the handset to mute the ringer
temporarily.