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Smart call blocker
About Smart call blocker
Call category
Unknown calls
(for home
calls only)
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 on
page 78.
Calls without
f
numbers
Numbers that are
−
"out of area" or
set to "Private".
Uncategorized
f
calls
With absent caller
−
ID number.
Numbers not
−
found in directory.
Numbers not
−
found in allow list.
Numbers not
−
found in block list.
With caller ID
−
names not found
in star name list
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.
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