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an unknown number remotely.
Screen unknown home calls
If Smart call blocker is on, and you have
set profile to screen unknown home
calls, the telephone plays a screening
announcement to the caller when
receiving the following incoming
home calls. It asks the caller to respond
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 and ask 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. 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 the
handset screen displays
Screened call .
After you pick up the call, the telephone
announces the caller’s name, and then
asks whether you want to answer or
reject the call, or to forward the call to
the answering system.
NOTES
• You can set Smart call blocker to
screen and filter all unknown home
calls. You can easily add incoming
phone numbers to your allow list
and block list. This allows you to
build up your lists of allowed and
blocked numbers, and Smart call
blocker will know how to deal with
these calls when they come in again.
• 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 announcement
).
• 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 or to stop
screening and answer the call.
• After the telephone screened
a home call, and is ringing and