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Screen uncategorized calls
If Smart If Smart call blocker is on, and your
telephone is set to screen uncategorized
calls, the telephone will not ring when
receiving the following incoming calls:
• Incoming calls with absent caller ID
numbers;
• Incoming calls with numbers that are not
in your phonebook, allow list, nor block
list; or
• Incoming calls with names that are not in
your star name list.
The telephone plays a screening
announcement to the caller and asks the
caller to respond before putting the call
through to you. There are two screening
options. You can set your Smart call blocker
to screen these calls by asking the callers
to record their names and then press
the pound key (
#
). Alternatively, you can
screen these calls by only asking the callers
to press the pound key (
#
).
Screen uncategorized calls 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.
Send call to answering system
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
4
to send the caller to the
answering system.
• When the telephone is ringing, you can
press
MUTE
to mute the ringer temporarily.
• The caller is sent to the answering system
and can leave a message even if the
answering system is off.
End call
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. If you do not want to take the call,
press
OFF
on the handset, or
LINE 1
or
LINE 2
on the telephone base to end
the call.