VTech DS6251 User Manual

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Call controls
• Smart call blocker is on, and to allow all
incoming calls by default. When Smart
call blocker is on, the first ring of all
incoming calls will be muted.
• If your phonebook, allow list, star name
list and block list are empty when Smart
call blocker is on, and you have set to
screen calls, the telephone will screen
all incoming calls and asks callers to
announce their names or press the
pound key (#).
• If Smart call blocker is off, all incoming
calls ring, including numbers saved in
the block list.
• If QUIET mode is on, and Smart call
blocker is on and in screening mode,
all screened calls will be sent to the
answering system after screening.
Smart call blocker handles calls in the
following ways:
Call category Call control
Welcome calls Allow
The telephone rings
when there is an
incoming call with
number saved in
your allow list or
phonebook, but not
in your block list.
Robocalls with caller
names saved in your
star name list will also
ring.
Unwelcome calls Block
The telephone does
not ring when there is
an incoming call with
number saved in your
block list, and the call
will be rejected.
Call categories
Calls are classified into four categories:
Welcome calls
• Welcome calls are calls with telephone
numbers saved in your allow list or
phonebook, and not in your block list.
Welcome calls also include calls with
caller names saved in your star name list.
• There are many organizations like schools,
medical offices, and pharmacies that
use robocalls to communicate important
information to you. Robocall uses an
autodialer to deliver pre-recorded
messages. By entering the name of the
organizations into the star name list, it
ensures these calls will ring through when
you only know the caller names but not their
numbers.
Unwelcome calls
• Unwelcome calls are calls with
telephone numbers saved in your block
list, and you want to block their calls.
Calls without numbers
• Calls without numbers are calls that are
“out of area” or with numbers set to
“Private”.
Uncategorized calls
• Uncategorized calls include calls
with absent caller ID number, calls
with numbers that are not in your
phonebook, allow list, or block list, or
calls with caller ID names that are not in
your star name list.
• The allow list stores up to 200 entries, the
block list stores up to 1,000 entries, and the
star name list stores up to 10 names.
• The allow list, block list, and the star name list
are shared by both line 1 and line 2.

VTech DS6251 Specifications

General

Brand	VTech
Model	DS6251
Category	Answering Machine
Language	English