Vtech VS112-17 User Manual - Page 56

announcing the caller's name, you can press to mute the ringer. • After you picked up a screened home call and the telephone is announcing the screening options, you can press 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 screening announcement. This allows you to access your answering system from an unknown number remotely. press or to take the new call. • Afteryouhavepickedupascreened 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 or to take the new call. • 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. • The telephone can respond to remote access code while it is playing the 56