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General Information
The TeleZapper feature in your VT 2568 is a patented device that helps
you eliminate many of those annoying telemarketing calls.
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The TeleZapper feature in your VT 2568 covers all the telephones
and answering machines connected to that line in your home or
office.
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When you or your answering machine picks up the phone, the
TeleZapper emits a special tone that fools the computer into thinking
your number is disconnected.
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Instead of connecting you to a salesperson, the computer drops
the call and stores your number as disconnected in its database.
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As your number is eliminated from more and more lists, those
annoying computer-generated calls just about stop altogether.
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The TeleZapper won’t interfere with manually dialed calls, or with
answering machines, Caller ID or Call Waiting.
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Once you’ve activated the TeleZapper feature in your VT 2568,
keep in mind that if you answer your telephone and there’s no one
there, the odds are that you just “zapped” a telemarketer. After a
few weeks, you’ll notice that you are receiving fewer and fewer of
these calls.
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The TeleZapper even works with your answering machine to “zap”
telemarketers when you are away or when you prefer not to answer
the phone. When your answering machine picks up a call for you,
the TeleZapper emits its special tone to “zap” the telemarketer.
We recommend that you re-record your message and delay speaking
for a few seconds to allow time for the TeleZapper tone prior to the
start of your recorded message.
Programming Instructions
The TeleZapper feature in your VT 2568 has two levels of privacy to help
“zap” computer dialed telemarketing calls. Your VT 2568 is shipped with
the BASIC level of privacy activated, which will help with the majority of
telemarketing calls. At this level, the TeleZapper feature will emit a single
tone, which is the first of three (3) tones for the disconnected signal. The
ADVANCED level of privacy will switch the TeleZapper feature to all three
tones of the disconnected signal and will “zap” even more telemarketing
calls. Here are instructions to switch from BASIC to ADVANCED privacy
or to disable the feature.
1. Press PROG/CHAN, then press until the screen displays TELEZAPPER: ,
and the corrent setting.
2. Press SELECT. The current option is flashing.
3. Use
or
to choose BAS, ADV or OFF.
4. Press SELECT to activate the selected option.
NOTE:If you are dialing in Pulse (rotary) mode from another phone sharing
the same line, your TeleZapper feature must be set to either
BASIC or OFF.
USING THE TELEZAPPER
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