VTech IS8151-4 User Manual

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Call handling
• Smart call blocker is set to on, and to allow all incoming calls
by default. When Smart call blocker is on, the first ring of all
incoming calls will be muted.
• If your phonebook, allow list, star name list and block list
are empty when Smart call blocker is on, and you have set
to screen calls, the telephone will screen all incoming home
calls and asks callers to announce their names or press the
pound key (#).
• If Smart call blocker is off, all incoming calls ring, including
numbers saved in the block list.
• If 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.
Smart call blocker handles calls in the following ways:
Call category Call control
Welcome calls
• Numbers saved in
allow list.
• Numbers saved in
phonebook.
• Numbers not found
in block list.
• Caller ID names
saved in star name
list.
Allow
• The telephone rings when
there is an incoming call with
number saved in your allow list
or phonebook, but not in your
block list. Robocalls with caller
names saved in your star name
list will also ring.
• All incoming calls on your cell
line will get through and ring.
Unwelcome calls
• Numbers saved in
block list.
Block
The telephone does not ring when
there is an incoming call with
number saved in your block list,
and the call will be rejected.
Call category Call control
Unknown calls (for
home calls only)
• Calls without
numbers
- Numbers that are
“out of area“ or set
to “Private“.
• Uncategorized calls
- With absent caller
ID number.
- Numbers not found
in phonebook.
- Numbers not found
in allow list.
- Numbers not found
in block list.
- With caller ID names
not found in star
name list
You can select one of the following
five profile options for handling all
unknown home 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.
N OTE
• You can set to screen, allow, or block all unknown home calls
without numbers, or unknown home calls with numbers not saved
in your phonebook, 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.

VTech IS8151-4 Specifications

General

Brand	VTech
Model	IS8151-4
Category	IP Phone
Language	English