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• The telephone can respond to remote
access code while it is playing the
screening announcement. This allows
you to access your answering system
from an unknown number remotely.
See Answering system remote access.
Screened call options
After the telephone screen a home call
and starts ringing, the handset screen
displays Screened call. Press
HOME/FLASH or to pick up the
call.
After you picked up the call, the
telephone announces “Call from...” and
the caller’s name, and then announces,
“To answer the call, press 1. To answer
and always allow this number, press 2.
To block this number, press 3. To send this
call to the answering system, press 4. To
repeat these options, press *”.
Allow this call once:
• Press 1 to answer the call. The
telephone number will not be added
to your allow list.
Always allow this call:
• Press 2 to answer the call. The
telephone number will be added to
your allow list.
Block this call:
• Press 3 or CALL BLOCK to block the
call. The telephone plays the block
announcement “The number you
are calling is not accepting your call.
Please hang up.” to the caller. The
telephone number will be added to
your block list.
Send this call to the answering system:
• Press 4 to forward the call to the
answering system.
End this call:
• If you do not want to take the call,
press OFF/CANCEL to end the call.
NOTES
• For home calls that are “out of area”,
“Private”, or without caller ID, only
options 1 and 4 will be available. The
telephone announces “To answer the
call, press 1. To send this call to the
answering system, press 4. To repeat
these options, press *”.
• If you select option 4 to send the call
to the answering system, the caller can
leave a message even if the answering
system is off.
• When the telephone is ringing, you
can press VOICE/MUTE/DELETE
on the handset to mute the ringer
temporarily.
Screen robocalls
If Smart call blocker is on, and you
have set profile to screen robocalls,
the telephone plays a screening
announcement to the caller when
receiving the following incoming home
calls. It asks the caller to press the pound
key (#) before putting the call through
to you.
• Incoming home calls with numbers
that are “out of area“ or with numbers
set to “Private“;
• Incoming home calls with absent
caller ID numbers;
• Incoming home calls with numbers
that are not in your phonebook,
allow list, nor block list; or
• Incoming home calls with names that
are not in your star name list.
Screen calls without asking for caller
names
When screening a home call, the
telephone announces to the caller,
“Hello. Calls to this number are being
screened by Smart call blocker. If
you’re a family member, friend or
invited caller,please press pound to be
connected. If you’re a solicitor, please
hang up now.” After the caller presses
the pound key (#), the telephone
announces to the caller “Please wait a
moment while your call is connected.”.
The telephone starts ringing, and you
can answer the call.
This option is suitable for you to filter
calls that uses autodialers to deliver
prerecorded messages, for example,
robocalls and telemarketing calls.
NOTES
• The telephone announces to the
caller with “Hello. Calls to this
number are being screened by
Smart call blocker...” If you have
recorded your name in the screening
announcements, your recorded
name will replace “this number” in
the announcements. See Screening
announcements.
• The screening feature of Smart call
blocker is applicable to home calls
only.
• If the caller hangs up before the
home call is screened, or without
leaving his/her name while the call
is being screened, the call will be
logged as missed call in the caller ID
log.
• While a home call is being screened,
you can press HOME/FLASH or
to stop screening and answer
the call.
• If Smart call blocker is on and you
receive a call waiting home call:
• Smart call blocker will not screen
a call waiting home call without
number while on a call. You can
press HOME/FLASH or to
take the new call.
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