Call Screening

Anonymous Call Rejection (available only with Caller ID)
Anonymous Call Rejection stops calls from those who are blocking their number when calling you. Anyone using one of the blocking options when calling you will hear an announcement that you do not accept anonymous calls, and they should remove blocking and call back. All other calls will ring through as usual.

To activate Anonymous Call Rejection:

• Lift the handset and listen for dial tone
• Press * 77 (rotary phones dial 1177)
• Listen for a confirmation tone or announcement
• Hang up

To cancel Anonymous Call Rejection:

• Press * 87 (rotary phones dial 1187)
• Listen for confirmation tone or announcement
• Hang up

Number Blocking
Number Call Blocking is automatically provided free of charge on your telephone line. With this feature, a subscriber is able to place a call without their directory number being delivered and displayed to the called party. Per-line blocking is also available.

To activate Per-Call Blocking:

• Lift the handset and listen for dial tone
• Press * 67 (rotary phones dial 1167)
• Listen for three beeps and a steady dial tone
• Dial the telephone number you wish to call and your directory number will not be delivered or displayed to the called party
• The person you've called will not be able to see your number displayed on their telephone display screen. Instead, a "P" or "Private" will be displayed

Note:
The next call you place will deliver your directory number to the called party unless you dial * 67 again. Per-Line Blocking prevents all calls placed from your number from being displayed on dialed party’s Caller ID display, except 911, call trace and operator services.

To cancel Per-Line Blocking (allowing your number to be displayed on an individual call):

• Press * 82 (rotary phones dial 1182), before placing the call.
• Listen for three beeps and then dial tone.

Note: Please contact Arvig for more information on Per-Line Blocking. Selective Call Acceptance
Selective Call Acceptance allows you to screen incoming calls by creating a list of up to 31 phone numbers from which you are willing to accept calls. Calls from phone numbers not contained on your list are sent to an announcement that informs the caller that you are not receiving calls at this time.

To use Selective Call Acceptance:

• Lift the handset and listen for dial tone.
• Press * 64 (rotary phones dial 1164).
• Listen to the voice instructions which will guide you through the steps of how to turn the feature on or off and make changes to your feature list.
• Press 0 to repeat the instructions.
• Press 1 to review the numbers on your list.
• Press 3 to turn feature on or off.
• Press # to add a number to your list (rotary phones dial 12).
• Press #01# to add last caller to your acceptance list (rotary phone dial 1201).
• Press * to delete a number from your list (rotary phones dial 11).
• Press 0 8 to delete all numbers from your list.

Toll Control with PIN
Toll Control with PIN allows you to control all types of long distance dialing from your line and prevents unauthorized calls.

How to set up your PIN:

• Lift the handset and listen for dial tone. Press * 12 (rotary phones dial 1112). Listen for dial tone.
• Press default PIN (Default PIN is 7777). Then press # (rotary phones ignore # key). Listen for three beeps then dial tone.
• Press new PIN access code. Press # (rotary phones ignore # key). Listen for three beeps.
• Press new PIN access code again. Press # (rotary phones ignore the # key). Listen for three beeps.
• Hang up.

How to change your PIN:

• Lift handset and listen for dial tone. Press * 12 (rotary phones dial 1112). Listen for dial tone.
• Press old PIN access code. Press # (rotary phones ignore the # key). Listen for three beeps.
• Press new PIN access code (1-7 digits). Press # (rotary phones ignore the # key). Listen for three beeps.
• Press new PIN access code again. Press # (rotary phones ignore the # key). Listen for three beeps.
• Hang up.

How to use Toll Control with PIN:

• Lift handset and listen for dial tone. Press * 13 (rotary phones dial 1113). Listen for dial tone.
• Press your PIN access code (1-7 digits). Press # (rotary phones ignore the # key).
• Listen for three beeps and dial tone. Place your call.

Note: If you should forget your PIN access code, you will have to provide a password to your Telephone Company before the PIN will be reset to the default PIN number. Selective Call Rejection
Selective Call Rejection allows you to create a list of up to 31 phone numbers from which you do not wish to receive calls. Calls from phone numbers on your list are sent to an announcement that informs the caller that you are not receiving calls at this time.

To use Selective Call Rejection:

• Lift the handset and listen for dial tone.
• Press * 60 (rotary phones dial 1160).
• Listen to the voice instructions which will guide you through the steps of how to turn the feature on or off and make changes to your feature list.
• After receiving an annoying call, you may wish to prevent that person from calling you in the future.
• Press # 0 1 # to add the last caller to your rejection list (rotary phones dial 1201).
• Press 3 to turn feature on or off.
• Press # to add a number to your list (rotary phones dial 12).
• Press * to delete a number from your list (rotary phones dial 11).
• Press 1 to review the numbers on your list.
• Press 0 8 to delete all numbers from your list.
• Press 0 to repeat the instructions.

Note: If a number that is on your Selective Call Rejection list is also put on any of your other list (for example, Priority Call), Selective Call Rejection will override the other services for that telephone number.

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