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.
3. Press p/q to scroll to your preferred
options of Smart call blocker, including
No Screening option. Press
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

Smart call blocker

screening
2. Press and select
No
screening
Unknown to
Ans. system
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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
to
screen all unknown home calls and ask
for the callers' names before putting
the calls through to you.
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Menu softkey and choose
, and then
.
Screen unknown
SCB SCREENING
Screen
unknown
unknown
SCB
.
Block