Smart Call Blocker; Turn On/Off Smart Call Blocker - VTech IS8251 Quick Start Manual

Smart call blocker

If you have subscribed to caller ID service,
then you can use the Smart call blocker feature
to screen incoming calls.
NOTE
• The screening feature of Smart call blocker is
applicable to incoming home calls only. All
incoming cell calls will get through and ring. If
you want to block a cell call, add the number to
the block list.

Turn on/off Smart call blocker

Smart call blocker is set as No Screening by
default. In other words, the Smart call blocker
is on, yet it allows all incoming calls.
Handset
1. Press , and SCB screening displays.
2. Press to select.
Press p/q to scroll to your preferred options
3.
of Smart call blocker, including No Screening
option. Press to select.
NOTES
• You can change the Smart call blocker settings
to screen incoming home calls from numbers or
names that are not yet saved in your phonebook,
block list, or star name list. You can easily add
incoming phone numbers to your block list. This
allows you to build up your lists of allowed and
blocked numbers, and Smart call blocker will
know how to handle these calls when they come
in again.
• If you turn off Smart call blocker, all incoming
calls will ring, including numbers saved in your
block list.
• When QUIET mode is on, and Smart call blocker
is on and in screening mode, all screened home
calls will be sent to the answering system after
screening.
Base
1. Press Menu softkey and choose
blocker , and then SCB screening
2. Press and select Screen unknown
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• Screen all unknown calls displays and
confirms.
• next to the selected option.
Select the Screen unknown profile option
will set your telephone to screen all unknown
home calls and ask for the callers' names
before putting the calls through to you.
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