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Call handlings with Smart call blocker Allowed calls If Smart call blocker is on, the following types of incoming calls can get through to you and ring on your telephone system: • Home calls with numbers saved in your allow list. • Home calls with numbers saved in your directory, but not on your block list. • Home calls with caller ID names saved in your star name list. • Cell calls with numbers not saved in your block list. star name list. See Save a caller ID log entry to star name list. NOTES • When Smart call blocker is off, all incoming home and cell calls will ring on your telephone system, including calls with numbers saved in the block list. • Allow unknown is the default profile setting. If you have not selected another profile, all unknown home calls will ring. However, the caller's numbers, if available, will not be saved to the allow list. If you want to save the caller's number to your allow list or block list, you can retrieve the number from caller ID log and save it to the allow list or block list. See Save a caller ID log entry to block list and Save a caller ID log entry to allow list. If you want to retrieve the name from caller ID log and save it to the 82 Blocked calls Screen unknown home calls If Smart call blocker is on, incoming home If Smart call blocker is on, and you have or cell calls with numbers saved in your set profile to screen unknown home block list will not ring. The telephone plays the block announcement "Calls to this number are being screened by calls, the telephone plays a screening announcement to the caller when Smart call blocker. The number you are receiving the following incoming home calling is not accepting your call. Please calls. It asks the caller to respond before hang up." to the caller, and the call will putting the call through to you. be terminated. • Incoming home calls with numbers NOTES • When Smart call blocker is off, all that are "out of area" or with numbers set to "Private"; incoming home and cell calls will ring • Incoming home calls with absent on your telephone system, including caller ID numbers; calls with numbers saved in the block • Incoming home calls with numbers list. that are not in your phonebook, • If you have set profile to Block allow list, nor block list; or unknown, all unknown home calls • Incoming home calls with names that will be rejected. However, the are not in your star name list. caller's numbers, if available, will not be saved to the block list. If you Screen calls and ask for caller names want to save the caller's number to When screening a home call, the the block list, you can retrieve the telephone announces to the caller, number from caller ID log and save "Hello. Calls to this number are being it to the block list. See Save a caller screened by Smart call blocker. Please ID log entry to block list. You can say your name after the tone, then press also retrieve the number and save pound." After the caller completes the it to your allow list. See Save a caller request, the telephone announces to ID log entry to allow list. If you want to retrieve the name from caller ID log and save it to the star name list. the caller "Please wait a moment while your call is connected.". The telephone See Save a caller ID log entry to star starts ringing and the handset screen name list. displays Screened call. After you pick • The telephone can respond to up the call, the telephone announces remote access code while it is playing the caller's name, and then asks whether the block announcement. This allows you want to answer or reject the call, you to access your answering system or to forward the call to the answering from an unknown number remotely. system. See Answering system remote access. 83