AT&T BL102-4S Complete User's Manual page 53

Smart call blocker
About Smart call blocker
Call category
Unknown
calls
NOTE: You can set to screen, allow, or block all unknown calls without numbers, or unknown calls with
numbers not saved in your Directory, Allow list or Star name list. You can also send these calls to the
answering system. Allow unknown is the default profile setting. To change the setting, see Set profile on
page 48.
Calls without
f
numbers
Numbers that are
−
"out of area" or
set to "Private".
Uncategorized
f
calls
With absent
−
caller ID number.
Numbers
−
not found in
directory.
Numbers not
−
found in allow list.
Numbers not
−
found in block
list.
With caller ID
−
names not found
in star name list
Call handling /
Set profile options
You can select one of the following five
profile options for handling all unknown
calls.
Screen unknown
The telephone plays the screening
announcement, and then ask the caller
to say his/her name 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
accept or reject the call, or to forward the
call to the answering system.
Screen robot
The telephone plays the screening
announcement, and then ask the caller
to press the pound key (#) before the call
rings on your telephone. You can then
answer the call.
Allow unknown (default settings)
The telephone allows these calls to get
through and ring. The caller's number,
even if it is available, will not be saved to
the allow list.
Unknown to answering system
The telephone forwards these calls to the
answering system without ringing.
Block unknown
The telephone rejects these calls with
block announcement without ringing.
The caller's number, even if it's available,
will not be saved to the block list.
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