Vtech DS6251-2 User Manual - Page 37

• Screening - ask the caller to press the pound key (#) to say his/her name before the call rings on your telephone. • Allow - allow the calls to get through and ring. • Answering sys - forward the calls to the answering system without ringing. • Block - reject the calls with block announcement. 6. If you select Screening, press q or p to choose one of the following options, then press SELECT. • w/ Caller name - ask the caller to say his/her name before the call rings on your telephone. You will hear the caller's name announced. Then, you can decide whether to answer or reject the call, or to forward the call to the answering system. • w/o Caller name - ask the caller to press the pound key (#) before the call rings on your telephone. You can then answer the call. Control uncategorized calls Use this setting to control calls with numbers that are not in your phonebook, allow list or block list, or have no caller ID number display. You can choose to allow or reject these calls directly. You can also choose to screen them with or without learning the callers' names before you decide whether to answer or reject these calls. Moreover, you can forward these calls to the answering system. 1. Press Call block when the phone is not in use. -ORPress MENU when the phone is not in use. Press q or p to scroll to Smart call blk and then press SELECT. 2. Press q or p to scroll to SCB Setup and then press SELECT. 3. Press q or p to choose Line 1 or Line 2 then press SELECT. 4. Press q or p to scroll to Uncategorized, then press SELECT. 5. Press q or p to choose one of the following options, then press SELECT. • Screening - ask the caller to press the pound key (#) to say his/her name before the call rings on your telephone. • Allow - allow the calls to get through and ring. • Answering sys - forward the calls to the answering system without ringing. • Block - reject the calls with block announcement. 6. If you select Screening, press q or p to choose one of the following options, then press SELECT. • w/ Caller name - ask the caller to say his/her name before the call rings on your telephone. You will hear the caller's name announced. Then, you can decide whether to answer or reject the call, or to forward the call to the answering system. • w/o Caller name - ask the caller to press the pound key (#) before the call rings on your telephone. You can then answer the call. • Robocalls will be classified as uncategorized calls. If you select Screening, the telephone screens and filters these calls. It asks the caller to press the pound key (#) or announces his/her name before putting the call through to you. There may be robocalls that you do not want to miss. For example, robocalls with announcements or notices from schools or pharmacies. You can set up your star name list with these caller names to allow their calls to get through to you. See Star name list. 29