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Digitone DCB Plus Owner's Manual

Automatically blocks and routes screened calls with caller id

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Call Blocker Plus!
AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKS AND ROUTES
SCREENED CALLS WITH CALLER ID
U.S. Patent 5,490,210 Patent Pending
Owner's Manual
Version DCB Plus
Copyright 1990-2014. All Rights Reserved. Digitone Call Blocker, Call Blocker Plus and
Personal Communicator are trademarks of Digitone Communications.

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Summary of Contents for Digitone DCB Plus

  • Page 1 Call Blocker Plus! ™ AUTOMATICALLY BLOCKS AND ROUTES SCREENED CALLS WITH CALLER ID U.S. Patent 5,490,210 Patent Pending Owner’s Manual Version DCB Plus Copyright 1990-2014. All Rights Reserved. Digitone Call Blocker, Call Blocker Plus and Personal Communicator are trademarks of Digitone Communications.
  • Page 2 LINE port. “Check Cords” will display if the Line cord is disconnected afterwards. 2. Plug the small end of the Power Supply into the port labeled "24VDC" on the DCB Plus, next plug in the Power Supply to a 120VAC wall receptacle.
  • Page 3 How Digitone’s Call Blocker Plus Operates Once the DCB Plus is powered up, the LCD screen will display “No New Calls” until the first call is received from the phone company. Thereafter, new calls will be displayed as they come in until the limit of 64 is received.
  • Page 4 Protected Mode - Front Panel Buttons The display is normally in Protected Mode, when the DCB Plus is sitting idle and the front panel buttons are locked. Numbers are shown on the display without dashes to prevent accidental number entries to a list.
  • Page 5: Reviewing Call History

    Talk button. When you pick up that phone connected to the TEL phone port on the back of the DCB Plus, the display will now show "Enter Code". You must remain on the line using your phone offhook when programming, so don't hang-up the phone. Enter any...
  • Page 6 Testing your connection to the DCB Plus Go offhook with the phone you are using in the TEL port. See if the DCB Plus shows the Call Progress Timer on the lower line of the display, ex. 0:01, 0:02, etc. before attempting programming. If so, then you should be able to see the prompt “Enter Code”...
  • Page 7 Programming Numbers - Invited, VIP and Blocked Global Invite (Factory Default) Invites all callers who display a valid phone number You can invite all callers who display a phone number and yet block a single number or area code. This one command will allow all Invited callers who display a phone number to ring through to the TEL phone port and all other devices connected directly to the phone line.
  • Page 8: Operating Modes

    When calls come in, all phone numbers that are Invited will ring phones throughout your home/office like normal and to the TEL phone port on the back of the DCB Plus, except for Anonymous, Out Of Area, Private and Unknown callers showing no phone number. These calls will be answered by the DCB Plus for processing and by default be hung-up on unless program Code 72 is enabled to allow these call types to ring in.
  • Page 9 After Hours Mode - Programmable Time Feature Introduction During a certain time of the day or night you can set the DCB Plus to enter into After Hours Mode. This mode is designed to keep phones connected to the TEL phone port from ringing and allow calls to be answered by an optional answer machine when it is enabled on a daily basis.
  • Page 10 LED Flashing (Code 28) The DCB Plus red LED comes from the factory set to flash for new calls, ringing, blocked calls and programming prompts. If you do not want to see the LED flashing at all, you can disable it with Code 29.
  • Page 11 Reset DCB Plus Call List Settings (Code 98#*) To reset the DCB Plus lists to none (NIL), Press and hold the Program Button for 3 seconds until you see “Program Mode”, then “Pick Up Phone”, when the prompt for “Enter Code” displays, enter 98 #*.
  • Page 12 “Can I block a call using the front panel Block button while the call is ringing in?” Yes. The DCB Plus can actively block a call as it is ringing in. The DCB Plus flashes the red LED when a call is coming in and at anytime you want to stop the call and block it, just press the Block button Twice quickly.
  • Page 13 Occasionally, there may be a sufficient power brownout, like a blink of power, but not a full blackout of power that will interrupt the DCB Plus dual processors just enough to down the device. Look on the bottom of the unit, there is a RESET pinhole in the very center. With the power plugged in, use a tooth pick, pen etc.
  • Page 14 “I cannot get the DCB Plus to display "Enter Code" for programming. I don’t see the Enter Code prompt even though I have picked up the phone.”...
  • Page 15 DCB Plus to that splitter; L1 to DCB Plus 1 and L2 to DCB Plus 2 then connect the two single line cords from each DCB Plus TEL phone port to the second line splitter L1 and L2.
  • Page 16 1-877-610-5693 to obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA). The purchaser would then put this code on the exterior of the package shipped to Digitone. Any unit returned without this code will be refused and returned at sender's expense. Product should be shipped freight prepaid along with evidence...