Control Uncategorized Calls - AT&T CL83217 Complete User's Manual

Smart call blocker
Call block settings
2. Press q or p
CID
/SELECT.
MENU
3. Press q or p
CID
then press
MENU
Screening - ask the caller to press the pound key (#)
f
or to say his/her name before the call rings on your
telephone.
Allow - allow the calls to get through and ring.
f
Answering sys - forward the calls to the answering
f
system without ringing.
Block - reject the calls with block announcement.
f
4. If you select Screening, press q
of the following options, then press
w/ Caller name - ask the caller to say his/her name
f
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 answer or reject the call, or to
forward the call to the answering system.
w/o Caller name - ask the caller to press the pound
f
key (#) before the call rings on your telephone. You
can then answer the call.

Control uncategorized calls

Use this setting to control calls with numbers that are not in your directory,
allow list or block list, or have no caller ID number display. 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.
to scroll to Calls w/o num, then press
DIR
to choose one of the following options,
DIR
/SELECT.
or p to choose one
CID DIR
/SELECT.
MENU
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Answering sys
>Smart call blk
Star name list
>Calls w/o num
CALLS W/O NUM
>Screening
SCREENING
>w/ Caller name