Call Block Settings; Set Smart Call Blocker On/Off; Control Calls Without Numbers - AT&T CL83217 Complete User's Manual

Smart call blocker

Call block settings

Set Smart call blocker on/off

The Smart call blocker feature is set to on by default.
Using a cordless handset or the telephone base:
1. Press CALL BLOCK when it is not in use, and then
press /SELECT to select SCB On/Off.
MENU
-OR-
Press MENU/
is not in use. Press q
blk, then press
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT to save the setting. You hear a
press
MENU
confirmation tone.

Control calls without numbers

Use this setting to control "out of area" or "Private" calls. You can choose to
allow or reject these calls directly. You can also choose to screen them with
or without learning the callers' names before you decide whether to answer
or reject these calls. Moreover, you can forward these calls to the answering
system.
To change the setting:
Using a cordless handset or the telephone base:
1. Press CALL BLOCK when it is not in use.
-OR-
Press MENU/
not in use. Press q
then press
MENU
to enter the main menu when it
SELECT
or p
CID
/SELECT twice.
MENU
to highlight On or Off, then
DIR
to enter the main menu when it is
SELECT
or p
CID DIR
/SELECT.
to scroll to Smart call
DIR
to scroll to Smart call blk,
85
Answering sys
>Smart call blk
>SCB On/Off
Block list
Answering sys
>Smart call blk