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VTech DS6771-2 - Call Block; Block Unknown Calls; Add a Call Block List Entry; Review the Call Block List

VTech DS6771-2
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Call block
If you have subscribed to caller ID
service, you can set the telephone
to block unknown calls and certain
undesired calls.The call block list stores
up to 20 entries.
When a home line call is blocked, the
caller will hear a simulated busy tone
for one ring cycle. You may pick up the
call during the first ring when there is no
caller ID information. Otherwise, the call
is disconnected.
Block unknown calls
All incoming calls with unknown
numbers will be blocked.
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press or to choose Call block,
and then press SELECT.
3. Press or to choose
Calls w/o num, and then press
SELECT.
4. Press or to choose Not block or
Block, then press SELECT. You hear
a confirmation tone.
Add a call block list entry
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press or to choose Call block,
and then press SELECT.
3. Press or to choose Block list,
and then press SELECT.
4. Press or to choose Add new
entry, and then press SELECT.
5. When Enter number displays, use
the dialing keys to enter a number (up
to 30 digits).
-OR-
Copy a number from the redial list by
pressing REDIAL. Then press , or
REDIAL repeatedly to find the desired
number. Press SELECT to copy the
number.
6. Press SELECT to move on to the
name.
7. When Enter name displays, use the
dialing keys to enter a name (up to 15
characters). Additional key presses
produce other characters on that key.
The first character of every word is
capitalized.
8. Press SELECT to save. You hear
a confirmation tone and then the
screen returns to the previous menu.
While entering names and numbers,
you can:
Press or to move the cursor to
the left or right.
Press DELETE to erase a digit.
Press and hold DELETE to erase all
digits.
Press and hold PAUSE to enter a
dialing pause (a p appears).
Press 0 to add a space (for entering
names only).
Review the call block list
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press or to choose Call block,
and then press SELECT.
3. Press or to choose Block list,
and then press SELECT.
4. Press SELECT to choose Review.
5. When an entry displays, press or
to browse. You hear a double beep
when you reach the beginning or end
of the caller block list.
NOTE
When you access the call block list without
records, the screen shows List empty.
Edit a call block list entry
1. Search for the desired caller ID log
entry (see Review the call block list).
2. When the desired entry displays,
press SELECT. The handset displays
Enter number.
3. Use the dialing keys to edit the
number.
4. Press SELECT. The handset displays
Enter name.
5. Use the dialing keys to edit the name.
6. Press SELECT to save the entry. The
handset displays the revised entry.
You hear a confirmation tone.
Save a caller ID log entry to the
call block list
1. Search for the desired caller ID log
entry (see Review the Caller ID log).
2. When the desired entry displays,
press SELECT.
3. Press or to choose
To Call block, and then press
SELECT. Then the handset displays
Enter number.
4. Use the dialing keys to edit the
number, when necessary.
5. Press SELECT to move to the name.
The handset displays Enter name.
6. Use the dialing keys to add or edit the
name.
7. Press SELECT when done.
NOTE
If you save an entry which already exists
in the call block list, the handset displays
Number repeated and then returns to
previous screen.
Delete a call block list entry
1. Search for the desired caller ID log
entry (see Review the call block list).
2. Press DELETE. You hear a
confirmation tone and the handset
displays the next entry.
NOTE
If the call block list is empty after an entry
is deleted, the handset displays List
empty. You hear a confirmation tone.
Mute first ring
Your telephone rings once for blocked
calls. You can choose to mute the first
ring for all incoming calls, so that there
will be no ring for blocked calls. By
default, the first ring is set to On.
1. Press MENU when the handset is not
in use.
2. Press 7464# on the handset.
3. Scroll to choose First ring:On to
keep the first ring, or First ring:Off
to mute the first ring.
4. Press SELECT to save.
NOTE
If you have muted the first ring, you will
hear one ring less before the answering
system and voicemail answer the
incoming calls.

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