Screen Unknown Calls - AT&T BL102-3S Quick Start Manual

Smart call blocker

Screen unknown calls

If Smart call blocker is on, and you have set profile to screen
unknown calls, the telephone plays a screening announcement to
the caller when receiving the following incoming calls. It asks the
caller to respond before putting the call through to you.
Incoming calls with numbers that are "out of area" or with
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numbers set to "Private";
Incoming calls with absent caller ID numbers;
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Incoming calls with numbers that are not in your directory, allow
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list, nor block list; or
Incoming calls with names that are not in your star name list.
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Screen calls and ask for caller names
When screening a call, the telephone announces to the caller, "Hello.
Calls to this number are being screened by Smart call blocker. Please
say your name after the tone, then press pound." After the caller
completes the request, the telephone announces to the caller
"Please wait a moment while your call is connected.". The telephone
starts ringing and announces the caller's name. The telephone
screen displays Screened call and you can pick up the call. The
telephone will then ask 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 calls. You can easily add incoming
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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
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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 announcement on
page 57.
If the caller hangs up before the call is screened, or without leaving his/her name while the call is
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being screened, the call will be logged as missed call in the caller ID log.
While a call is being screened, you can press
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screening and answer the call.
After the telephone screened a call, and is ringing and announcing the caller's name, you can press
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/CANCEL to mute the ringer, or press CALL BLOCK to reject the call directly.
OFF
After you picked up a screened call and the telephone is announcing the screening options, you can
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press /CANCEL to hang up the call.
OFF
PHONE/ or
FLASH
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/SPEAKER to stop