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Restricting incoming calls
You can block all incoming calls or create a list of incoming
numbers from which you don’t want to receive calls. To block
all incoming calls, enter your security code, scroll to
Select
and press
OK
, then press
Mark
.
Press
Unmark
if you want to remove the restriction.
Press
, then press
Yes
to save your changes (or
to cancel).
Note: This feature requires the caller ID network service, and
the caller’s ID must be available to the phone in order for the
restriction to work.
Adding numbers to the restricted incoming calls list
A call restriction can consist of an entire phone number, just
an area code, etc. When the restriction is selected, calls cannot
be received from any number beginning with those digits.
For example, entering
2145551234
blocks calls from (214)
555-1234 only.
214
blocks all calls from the 214 area code.
To create a list of incoming numbers from which you don’t
want to receive calls, enter your security code, then press
OK
.
Continue with the steps illustrated below.
1
Scroll to
Add restriction
, then
press
OK
.
2
Enter the phone number, area code,
etc. of the number from which you
want to restrict calls, then press
OK
.
3
If you want, give a name of up to
10 characters to the restriction
(such as
Joey
), then press
OK
.
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