2. Press Applications.
3. Scroll down to Activate screen saver, and press Select.
Additional features
Anonymous Call Block
With the Anonymous Call Block feature, you can reject calls from anonymous parties who have
explicitly restricted their caller ID. Callers without caller identification are informed that you are not
accepting calls. Your phone will not display any audio or visual notification of the attempted call.
The calling party will hear the following announcement: “The party you are trying to reach does not
accept unidentified call, please try your call again later”.
Important:
This feature is not applied to calls from or within the group.
Distinctive Ringing
With the Distinctive Ringing feature, you can assign a different call ringtone for the following
features.
• Priority Alert Ringing: To assign a different ringtone as a priority notification for specific
incoming calls by contrast to normal calls.
• Alternate Number Ringing: To enable a different ringtone for alternate numbers of a contact.
• Ring Splash: To enable a short ringtone as a reminder on the phone when you enable
features like Call Forwarding Always, Call Forwarding Selective, and Do Not Disturb.
• Silent Alerting: To disable the audio notification and to get a visual notification of an incoming
call.
• Distinctive Alert Waiting Tone: To set a distinctive ringtone for the caller when the called party
is busy. The called party is alerted with a call waiting tone.
Setting a distinctive ring tone
About this task
Use this procedure to set a ring tone for different uses.
Before you begin
You must assign a phone number as a priority number to hear the priority alert tone.
Advanced features
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