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Control uncategorized calls
Use this setting to control calls with
numbers that are not in your phonebook,
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.
1. Press CALL BLOCK on the cordless
handset when it is not in use.
-OR-
Press MENU to enter the main menu
when it is not in use. Press q or p
to scroll to Smart call blk, then press
SELECT.
2. Press q or p to scroll to
Uncategorized, and then press
SELECT.
3. Press q or p to choose one of the
following options, and then press
SELECT.
• Screening - ask the caller to press
the pound key (#) or to say his/her
name before the call rings on your
telephone.
• Allow - allow the calls to get
through and ring.
• Answering sys - forward the calls
to the answering system without
ringing.
• Block - reject the calls with block
announcement.
4. If you select Screening, press q or
p to choose one of the following
options, and then press SELECT.
• w/Caller name - 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 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 key (#) before the
call rings on your telephone. You
can then answer the call.
• Robocalls will be classified as uncategorized
calls. If you select Screening, the telephone
screens and filters these calls. It asks
the caller to press the pound key (#) or
announces his/her name before putting the
call through to you. 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
Add star name list entry on page 37.
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