Call Block; Block Unknown Calls; Add A Call Block Entry - VTech CS5159-3 User Manual

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 can
store up to 20 entries.
When a call is blocked, the caller will
hear a simulated busy tone for one ring
cycle. The call recipient 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.
Press MENU when the phone is not
1.
in use.
to choose Call block,
2. Press or
then press SELECT.
3. Press or to choose Calls w/o
num, then press SELECT.
to choose Unblock or
4. Press or
Block, then press SELECT. You hear
a confirmation tone.

Add a call block entry

Press MENU when the phone is not
1.
in use.
2. Press or to choose Call block,
and then press SELECT.
Press SELECT to choose
3.
Block list.
to choose Add new
4. Press or
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 show 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
the left or right.
Press DELETE on the cordless
•
handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base 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.
25
to move the cursor to