VTech tz-2526 Betriebsanweisung

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The TeleZapper feature in your tz 2526 is a patented device that helps you eliminate many
of those annoying telemarketing calls.

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The TeleZapper feature in your tz 2526 covers all the telephones and an
swering machines connected to that line in your home or office.

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When you or your answering machine picks up the phone, the TeleZapper
emits a special tone that fools the computer into thinking your number is
disconnected.

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Instead of connecting you to a salesperson, the computer drops the call
and stores your number as disconnected in its database.

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As your number is eliminated from more and more lists, those annoying
computer generated calls just about stop altogether.

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The TeleZapper won’t interfere with manually dialed calls, or with answer
ing machines, Caller ID or Call Waiting.

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Once you’ve activated the TeleZapper feature in your tz 2526, keep in
mind that if you answer your telephone and there’s no one there, the odds
are that you just “zapped” a telemarketer.  After a few weeks, you’ll notice
that you are receiving fewer and fewer of these calls.

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The TeleZapper even works with your answering machine to “zap”
telemarketers when you are away or when you prefer not to answer the
phone.  When your answering machine pick  up a call for you, the TeleZapper
emits its special tone to “zap” the telemarketer.   We  recommend that you
re-record your message and delay speaking for a few seconds to allow
time for the TeleZapper tone prior to the start of your recorded message.

The TeleZapper feature in tz 2526 has two levels of privacy to help “zap” computer dialed
telemarketing calls. Your tz 2526 is shipped with the BASIC level of privacy activated,
which will help with the majority of telemarketing calls. At this level, the TeleZapper feature
will emit a single  tone, which is the first of three (3) tones for the disconnected signal. The
ADVANCED level of privacy will switch the TeleZapper feature to all three tones of the
disconnected signal and will “zap” even more telemarketing calls.  Here are instructions to
switch from BASIC to ADVANCED privacy or to disable the feature.
1.

Press PROG/CHAN, then press 

 until the screen displays 

TELEZAPPER: BAS

.

2.

Press  SELECT. The current option is flashing.

3.

Use 

  or 

 to choose BAS, ADV or OFF.

4.

Press SELECT to activate the selected option.

If you are dialing in Pulse (rotary) mode from another phone sharing
the same line, your TeleZapper feature must be set to either BASIC or OFF.

Q. How does the TeleZapper feature work?
A. The TeleZapper uses the technology of telemarketers’ automatic dialing equipment
against them. When you or your answering machine picks up a call, the TeleZapper
emits a special tone that “fools” the computer into thinking your number is disconnected.