connected.”. The telephone starts ringing and the handset screen displays Screened call. After you pick up the
call, the telephone announces the caller’s name, and then asks whether you want to answer or reject the call, or
to forward the call to the answering system.
NOTES
You can set Smart call blocker to screen and filter all unknown home calls. 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.
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.
The screening feature of Smart call blocker is applicable to home calls only.
If the caller hangs up before the home 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.
While a home call is being screened, you can press HOME/FLASH or to stop screening and answer
the call.
After the telephone screened a home call, and is ringing and announcing the caller’s name, you can press
OFF/CANCEL to mute the ringer, or press CALL BLOCK to reject the call directly.
After you picked up a screened home call and the telephone is announcing the screening options, you can
press OFF/CANCEL to hang up the call.
If Smart call blocker is on and you receive a call waiting home call:
Smart call blocker will not screen a call waiting home call without number while on a call. You can press
HOME/FLASH or to take the new call.
After you have picked up a screened home call, the telephone checks whether the call waiting number is 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 then displays the caller ID information or “Blocked call” accordingly. You can press
HOME/FLASH or to take the new call, or press CALL BLOCK on the handset or telephone base to block it.
While the telephone is screening a home call, the new call will be ignored and logged as missed call in the
caller ID log.
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 Star name list.
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 Answering system remote
access.
Screened call options
After the telephone screen a home call and starts ringing, the handset screen displays Screened call. Press
HOME/FLASH or to pick up the call.
After you picked up the call, the telephone announces “Call from…” and the caller’s name, and then announces,
“To answer the call, press 1. To answer and always allow this number, press 2. To block this number, press 3. To
send this call to the answering system, press 4. To repeat these options, press *”.
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