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Screen calls without numbers and ask for
caller names
When screening a call, the telephone
announces to the caller, “Hello. Calls to
this number are being screened by Smart
call blocker. Please say your name after the
tone, then press pound.” After the caller
completes the request, the telephone
announces to the caller “Please wait a
moment while your call is connected.”. The
telephone starts ringing and announces
the caller’s name. The telephone screen
displays Screened call and you can pick
up the call. The telephone will then ask
whether you want to answer or reject the
call, or to forward the call to the answering
system.
Screen calls without numbers and do not
ask for caller names
When screening a 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 pre-
recorded messages, for example, robocalls
and telemarketing calls.
• If the caller hangs up before the 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 call is being screened, you can
press
ANSWER
,
LINE 1
,
LINE 2
, or
on the
handset or
ANSWER
,
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
on the
telephone base to stop screening and answer
the call.
• After the telephone screened a call, and is
ringing and announcing the caller’s name,
you can press
OFF
or
MUTE
on the handset
or
CANCEL
on the telephone base to silence
the ringer, or press
CALL BLOCK
to reject the
call directly.
• After you picked up a screened call and
the telephone is announcing the screening
options, you can press
OFF
on the handset or
the corresponding line button,
LINE 1
or
LINE
2
, on the telephone base to hang up the call.
• Robocalls are unable to respond to the
screening announcement, and therefore, will
not get through and ring. If you want to allow
some robocalls to get through, save their
names in the star name list.
• 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.
Answer call once
1. When the telephone starts ringing,
and the screen displays
Screened
call
, press
LINE 1
,
LINE 2
, or
on
the handset, or
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
on
the telephone base to pick up the
call. The telephone announces “
Call
from...
” and the caller’s name. The
telephone then announces “
To answer
the call, press 1. To send this call to the
answering system, press 4
. To repeat
these options, press *”.
2. Press
1
to answer the call. The
telephone number will not be added
to your allow list.
• When the telephone is ringing, you can
press
MUTE
to mute the ringer temporarily.
