Screen Robot; Allow Unknown (Default Setting); Unknowntoans.s; Block Unknown - VTech IS7256-3 User Manual

Screen robot

• Screen robocalls.
- This profile setting sets the
telephone to screen all unknown
home calls and asks the callers to
press the pound key (#) before
putting the calls through to you.
See Screen robocalls.

Allow unknown (default setting)

• Allow all unknown home calls to ring,
except calls with numbers saved in
the block list.
- This profile setting sets the
telephone to allow all unknown
home calls to get through and
ring. Calls with numbers saved
in the block list will be rejected.

UnknownToAns.S

• Forward all unknown home calls to
the answering system.
• This profile setting sets
telephone to forward all unknown
home calls to the answering system.

Block unknown

• Block all unknown home calls.
• This profile setting sets
telephone to block all unknown
home calls.
After selecting a profile setting, make
sure you have not turned off Smart call
blocker. Refer to the Set Smart call
blocker on/off section to it on.
NOTES
• If you set SCB On/Off to Off, selected
setting under Set profile
invalid, and all incoming home and
cell calls will ring, including calls with
numbers in your block list.
• There may be robocalls that you
do not want to miss. For example,
robocalls with announcements or
notices from schools or pharmacies.
You can set up your star name list with
these caller names to allow their calls
to get through to you. See
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Block list

Add numbers that you want to prevent
will be their calls from ringing through. The
block list stores up to 1,000 entries.
NOTE
• Home or cell calls with numbers that
have been added to your block list
will be blocked.

Add a block list entry

Star name 1. Press CALL BLOCK on the handset
or telephone base to enter the call
block menu when the telephone is
not in use.
- OR -
Press MENU/SELECT to enter the
main menu when the handset is
not in use. Then, press q CID or
p DIR to scroll to Smart call blk. Press
MENU/SELECT.
2. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll to
Block list, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. Press q CID or p DIR to scroll
to Add new entry, then press
MENU/SELECT.
4. When the screen shows Enter
number, use the dialing keys to enter
a telephone number (up to 30 digits).
• Press q CID or p DIR to move
the cursor to the left or right.
• Press MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on
the handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base to erase a digit.
• Press and hold
MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on the
handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base to erase all digits.
• Press and hold REDIAL/PAUSE
to insert a three-second dialing
pause (a P appears).
-OR-
Press REDIAL/PAUSE to
a number from the redial list.
Press q CID or p DIR, or press
REDIAL/PAUSE repeatedly
locate the desired number. Press
MENU/SELECT to copy the displayed
number.
5. Press MENU/SELECT to move on to
the name.
6. When the screen displays Enter
name, use the dialing keys to enter
a name (up to 15 characters). Press a
key repeatedly until the desired
character shows on the screen.
The first character of every word is
capitalized.
• Press q CID or p DIR to move the
cursor to the left or right.
• Press 0 to add a space.
• Press MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on
the handset or X/DELETE on
the telephone base to erase a
character.
• Press and hold
MUTE/DELETE/VOICE on the
handset or X/DELETE on the
telephone base to erase all
characters.
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