VTech IS7256-3 User Manual

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Call handling /Set profile options
You can select one of the following five
profile options for handling all unknown
home calls.
Screen unknown
• The telephone plays the screening
announcement, and then ask the
caller to say his/her name before the
call rings on your telephone. You can
then answer the call, and hear the
caller’s name announced. You can
decide whether to accept or reject
the call, or to forward the call to the
answering system.
Screen robot
• The telephone plays the screening
announcement, and then ask the caller
to press the pound key (#) before the
call rings on your telephone. You can
then answer the call.
Allow unknown (default settings)
• The telephone allows these calls to
get through and ring. The caller’s
number, even if it is available, will not
be saved to the allow list.
Unknown to answering system
• The telephone forwards these calls to
the answering system without ringing.
Block unknown
• The telephone rejects these calls
with block announcement without
ringing. The caller’s number, even if
it’s available, will not be saved to the
block list.
NOTE
• You can set to screen, allow, or block
all unknown home calls without
numbers, or unknown home calls with
numbers not saved in your directory,
allow list or star name list. You can
also send these calls to the answering
system. Allow unknown is the default
profile setting. To change the setting,
see Set profile.
Set Smart call blocker on/off
The Smart call blocker feature is set to
on by default.
1. Press CALL BLOCK on the handset
or telephone base to enter the call
block menu when the telephone is
not in use.
- OR -
Press MENU/SELECT to enter the
main menu when the handset is
not in use. Then, press q CID or
p DIR to scroll to Smart call blk. Press
MENU/SELECT.
2. Press MENU/SELECT again to select
SCB On/Off.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to highlight
On or Off, then press MENU/SELECT
to save the setting. You hear a
confirmation tone.
NOTES
• If you set SCB On/Off to Off, all
settings under Set profile (see below)
will be invalid.
Set profile
There are five profile setting options,
which allows you to quickly set up Smart
call blocker.
1. Press CALL BLOCK on the handset
or telephone base to enter the call
block menu when the telephone is
not in use.
- OR -
Press MENU/SELECT to enter the
main menu when the handset is
not in use. Then, press q CID or
p DIR to scroll to Smart call blk. Press
MENU/SELECT.
2. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll to Set
profile, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to select one
of the following options, then press
MENU/SELECT.
Screen unknown
• Screen any home calls without
numbers or with numbers not saved
in the directory, allow list, or star
name list.
• This profile setting sets the
telephone to screen all unknown
home calls and asks the callers to
say their names before putting the
calls through to you. See Screen
unknown home calls.

VTech IS7256-3 Specifications

General

Brand	VTech
Model	IS7256-3
Category	Cordless Telephone
Language	English