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Smart call blocker
Screen uncategorized calls without asking for caller names
When the telephone is screening a call, the caller hears the telephone
announces “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.” Aer 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 setting enables you to lter unwanted calls that uses
autodialers to deliver pre-recorded messages, for example, robocalls and
telemarketing calls.
Notes:
f Screening and asking for caller name is the default setting for uncategorized calls. To change the setting, see Control
uncategorized calls on page 115.
f In default screening mode, Smart call blocker screens and lters all incoming calls from numbers or names that are not
yet saved in your directory, 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.
f 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 on page 133.
f 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.
f While a call is being screened, you can press ANSWER, HOME/FLASH, CELL 1 , CELL 2 or /SPEAKER to stop
screening and answer the call.
f After the telephone screened a call, and is announcing the caller’s name to you, you can press OFF/CANCEL or
SILENCE to silence the ringer, or press BLOCK to reject the call directly. The caller’s number will be added to the block
list.
f After you picked up a screened call and the telephone is announcing the screening option to you, you can press
OFF/CANCEL to hang up the call. The caller’s number will not be saved to the block list.
f 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 directory, 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
HOME/FLASH, CELL 1 , CELL 2 or /SPEAKER 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.
f 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 page 129.
f 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 Remote access on page 168.
Screen uncategorized calls