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Call handling /Set profile options
• The telephone rings when there is
an incoming home 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
Call category
• Numbers saved in block list.
Call handling /Set profile options
• The telephone does not ring when
there is an incoming call with number
saved in your block list, and the call
will be rejected.
Unknown calls (for home calls only)
Call category
• 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
Call handling /Set profile options
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.
NOTE
• 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.
Set Smart call blocker on/off
The Smart call blocker feature is set to
on by default.
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 to scroll to Smart call blk. Press
MENU/SELECT.
2. Press MENU/SELECT again to select
SCB On/Off.
3. Press q CID or p to highlight On
or Off, then press MENU/SELECT
to save the setting. You hear a
confirmation tone.
NOTES
• If you set SCB On/Off to Off, all
settings under Set profile (see below)
will be invalid.