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Before use
Set date and time
After you install your telephone or
power returns following a power outage
and battery depletion, the handset will
prompt you to set the date and time.
NOTE
• Make sure you set the date and
time including the year correctly;
otherwise the answering system does
not announce the correct day of the
week for your recorded messages
time stamp.
1. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the
month (MM), date (DD) and year (YY).
Then press MENU/SELECT.
2. Use the dialing keys (0-9) to enter the
hour (HH) and minute (MM). Then
press ▼ or ▲ to choose AM or PM.
3. Press MENU/SELECT to save.
After the setting for the date and time,
the screen will display Voice guide to...
and set up Ans sys? alternatively.
Set up Smart call blocker through Voice
Guide (Before use)
This feature is an easy and alternative way
for you to do the basic setup of
Smart call blocker. You can follow the
voice guide to set your telephone system
to allow or to screen all incoming home
calls, or to screen home calls that do
not display a phone number.
1. Press MENU/SELECT to start the voice
guide for the Smart call blocker setup.
You hear the voice prompt “Hello! This
voice guide will assist you with the
basic setup of Smart call blocker...”
2. Set up your Smart call blocker feature
by inputting the designated numbers,
as instructed in the voice guide.
• Press 1 if you want to screen home
calls with telephone numbers that
are not saved in your phonebook,
allow list or star name list; or
• Press 2 if you do not want to screen
calls, and want to allow all incoming
calls to get through.
Alternate way to set up
1. Press CALL BLOCK on the telephone
base to enter the call block menu
when in idle mode.
- OR -
Press MENU/SELECT to enter the
main menu when the telephone
is not in use. Then, press q CID or
p to scroll to Smart call blk. Press
MENU/SELECT.
2. Press q CID or p to scroll to Voice
guide, then press MENU/SELECT.
3. You hear a voice prompt “Hello! This
voice guide will assist you with the
basic setup of Smart call blocker...”
4. Set up your Smart call blocker
feature by inputting the designated
numbers, as instructed in the voice
guide.
• Press 1 if you want to screen home
calls with telephone numbers that
are not saved in your directory,
allow list or star name list; or
• Press 2 if you do not want to
screen calls, and want to allow all
incoming calls to get through.
NOTES
• The screening feature of Smart call
blocker is applicable to home calls
only. All incoming cell calls will get
through and ring. If you want to
block a cell call, add the number to
the block list. See Block list section.
• You can press CANCEL on the
telephone base to quit the voice
guide at any time.
• After a power outage, the telephone
base prompts you to set the date and
time. After the date and time setting
is done or skipped, the telephone
base will prompt if you want to
set up Smart call blocker via voice
guide. Press MENU/SELECT to start
the setup.