Vtech IS8151-5 Users Manual - Page 28

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 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 announcements. • The screening feature of Smart call blocker is applicable to home calls only. • 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, HOME/FLASH or 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/CANCEL or SILENCE to silence the ringer, or press 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/CANCEL to hang up the call. • If Smart call blocker is on and you receive a call waiting home call: - Smart call blocker will not screen a call waiting home call without number while on a call. You can press ANSWER, HOME/FLASH or to take the new call. - After you have picked up a screened home call, the telephone checks whether the call waiting number is in the phonebook, block list or allow list. It also checks whether the caller name is in the star name list. After that, The telephone then displays the caller ID information or "Blocked call" accordingly. You can press ANSWER, HOME/FLASH or to take the new call, or press CALL BLOCK on the handset to block it. - While the telephone is screening a home call, the new call will be ignored and logged as missed call in the caller ID log. • 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. See 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. See Remote access. Screened call options After the telephone screen a home call and starts ringing, the handset screen displays Screened call. Press HOME/FLASH or to pick up the call. After you picked up the call, the telephone announces "Call from..." and the caller's name, and then announces, "To answer the call, press 1. To answer and always allow this number, press 2. To block this number, press 3. To send this call to the answering system, press 4. To repeat these options, press *". Allow this call once: • Press 1 to answer the call. The telephone number will not be added to your allow list. Always allow this call: • Press 2 to answer the call. The telephone number will be added to your allow list. Block this call: • Press 3 or CALL BLOCK to block the call. The telephone plays the block announcement "The number you are calling is not accepting your call. Please hang up." to the caller. The telephone number will be added to your block list. Send this call to the answering system: • Press 4 to forward the call to the answering system. End this call: • If you do not want to take the call, press OFF/CANCEL on the handset or press CANCEL on the telephone base to end the call. NOTES • For home calls that are "out of area", "Private", or without caller ID, only options 1 and 4 will be available. The telephone announces "To answer the call, press 1. To send this call to the answering system, press 4. To repeat these options, press *". • If you select option 4 to send the call to the answering system, the caller can leave a message even if the answering system is off. • When the telephone is ringing, you can press MUTE/DELETE on the handset or DELETE on the telephone base to mute the ringer temporarily. 48 Screen robocalls If Smart call blocker is on, and you have set profile to screen robocalls, the telephone plays a screening announcement to the caller when receiving the following incoming home calls. It asks the caller to press the pound key (#) 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 without asking 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. 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 prerecorded messages, for example, robocalls and telemarketing calls. NOTES • 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 announcements. • 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 ANSWER, HOME/FLASH or to stop screening and answer the call. • If Smart call blocker is on and you receive a call waiting home call: - Smart call blocker will not screen a call waiting home call without number while on a call. You can press ANSWER, HOME/FLASH or to take the new call. - After you have picked up a screened home call, the telephone checks whether the call waiting number is in the phonebook, block list or allow list. It also checks whether the caller name is in the star name list. After that, The telephone then displays the caller ID information or "Blocked call" accordingly. You can press ANSWER, HOME/FLASH or to take the new call, or press CALL BLOCK to block it. - While the telephone is screening a home call, the new call will be ignored and logged as missed call in the caller ID log. • 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. See 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. See Remote access. Option while on a call When you are on a home or cell call and speaking to the caller, and you do not want to continue the call, you can press BLOCK to end the call. The telephone plays the block announcement "The number you are calling is not accepting your call. Please hang up." to the caller, and the call will be terminated. The caller's number, if available, will be added toyour block list. Using a cordless handset or the telephone base: • Press BLOCK. The screen displays Block and end? and the caller's number, if available. Press YES to end the call. NOTES • The caller's number, if available, will be saved to the block list. The screen displays Added to block list after pressing YES. If caller's number is not available, the screen displays No number available to block.. • You can press BLOCK to end the call even if Smart call blocker is turned off. 49