trueCall Intelligent call screening Reference Manual

© trueCall Ltd 2009

No more nuisance phone calls!

Reference

Guide

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Introduction

This Reference Guide :-

• Gives a detailed description of each trueCall feature;

• Outlines all the available options, and tells you how to change

them.

We recommend that you read the Getting Started guide first, as it
gives an outline of all of trueCall’s features, and contains answers to
questions that people most often ask.

V3.2 14/06/2009

Introduction 2

How trueCall handles your calls

Intelligent call screening 3

Putting numbers onto your Zap and Star lists 9

Message Manager 10

Privacy & Security 15

Setup menu options 17

Example announcements 24

trueCall’s LEDs 25

Support / Specification & compliance 26

General information 27

© trueCall Ltd 2009

Contents/Introduction

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How trueCall handles your calls

Intelligent call screening

This section gives you a detailed step-by-step guide to trueCall’s
Intelligent Call Screening System. There are many ways that you
can personalise its operation through either the setup menu, or the
optional Internet Control Panel.

When you receive an incoming call, trueCall carries out Intelligent
Call Screening to make sure that you only speak to people you want
to speak to.

Recognised callers - Zap&Star
trueCall keeps two lists of telephone numbers in its memory. The
Star list, which holds the phone numbers of people who you are
always happy to speak to (your friends and family), and the Zap
list, which holds the phone numbers of people you don’t want to
speak to again (maybe some telemarketers).

When a call comes through with a calling number that is on your
Star list, trueCall rings your phone straight away without
intercepting the call, and neither you or your caller will be aware
that trueCall is there.

When a call comes through with a calling number that is on your
Zap list, trueCall answers the call for you, without your phone
ringing, and plays the caller a polite message saying that you are
not interested in their call. trueCall has a standard Zap
announcement, but you can record your own (see page 21).

Screening calls using Zap&Star is only possible if you have Caller
ID installed on your phone line (see Getting Started Guide page

11).

Unrecognised callers

If trueCall can’t find the caller’s number on either your Zap or Star
list (or if you don’t have Caller ID installed, or if the caller’s number
is unavailable or withheld) then trueCall answers the call without
your phone ringing.

Personal greeting

trueCall plays your personal greeting in your own voice to the caller

- for example “Hello, you’re through to the Smiths”. If the caller has
misdialled, or has a wrong number, they will realise their mistake
and hang up without disturbing you.

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Whisper

After the personal greeting, trueCall asks the caller to say their
name:-

“Please say your name after the tone”

trueCall records their response - for example “Sally”. This is called
their Whisper. If they don’t say anything, trueCall will explain that
you don’t accept calls from anonymous callers, and will ask them to
say their name a second time. If still nothing is heard, it will say
“goodbye” and hang up.

trueCall then rings your phone. When you pick up, trueCall says:-

“You have a call from - Sally - Press 1 to accept the call,
hash to Zap the caller, or just hang up to ask the caller to
leave a message. Press star to accept the call and Star the
caller”.

trueCall will also tell you if they have withheld their calling number.

Having heard the caller’s name spoken in their own voice, you can
now decide how you want to deal with the call -

• If you want to speak to the caller, press ‘1’ on your phone, and
trueCall will connect you to the caller.

• If you want trueCall to take a message, just hang up - trueCall
will ask the caller to leave a message.

• If you want to tell the caller to go away and not call you again,
press the hash key on your phone ( # ) and then hang up.
trueCall will play them the Zap announcement telling them that
you are not interested in their call. If you have Caller ID and
have received the caller’s number, they will be automatically
added to your Zap list.

• If you want to speak to the caller, and are happy to receive
calls from them in the future, press ‘’ on your phone. trueCall
will put the caller’s number onto your Star list then connect you
to them.

After a short while you will become familiar with these options and
will be able to deal with the call without having to listen to the full
Whisper announcement.

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Alternatively, you can press trueCall’s centre button when you hear
your phone ring, and it will play the Whisper announcement through
its speaker

“You have a call from - Sally - pickup the handset to accept the
call, press the left button to ask the caller to take a message or
the right button to Zap them”

If you press the left button, or do nothing, Message Manager will
take a message for you.

Whisper is very effective at screening out unwanted calls:-

• Whisper stops most telemarketers. They know that you are
unlikely to want to buy anything from them if you are screening
your calls with trueCall. They are paid commission on every sale
they make, so it’s in their own interest to hang up and move on
to the next number on their list.

• Whisper helps you manage your time - if you are busy, you can
speak to your most important callers, and let trueCall take
messages from the rest.

• Whisper is an effective barrier to malicious callers - if you don’t
recognise the caller’s name, or if a caller refuses to identify
themselves, you can reject them without ever being connected
to them. You never have to speak to anyone you don’t want to.

trueCall comes with a standard Whisper announcement, but you
can record your own if you prefer (see page 20).

Mid call Zap
If you have accepted a call, but decide that you don’t want to
continue with it, trueCall’s Zap is a firm but polite way of getting rid of
an unwanted caller.

To Zap a caller, just press the hash ( # ) key on your telephone at
any time during an incoming call. trueCall will put them on hold for a
second and will privately ask you to confirm by pressing the hash key
again. trueCall will then play the Zap announcement to the caller:-

“I’m afraid that we’re not interested in your call – please
hang up now and don’t call us again.”

If you have Caller ID and the caller’s number, it will put them onto
your Zap list and will block them if they call again.

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trueCall comes with this standard Zap announcement, but you can

record your own if you prefer (see page 21).

Shield

By default, Shield is switched OFF, but if you are receiving a large
number of telemarketing calls, recorded message calls or silent calls
you may like to switch it ON.

If a call is Shielded, trueCall plays the Shield announcement after
the personal greeting, but before the Whisper announcement. This
says:-

“If you are family or a friend please press 5, if you are a cold
caller please hang up and don’t call us again”

This is the standard Shield announcement - you can record your
own if you prefer (see page 20).

Each trueCall unit randomly assigns itself a Breakthrough Key of 1 ­9 when it is first set up (in the example the Breakthrough Key was

5).

When they hear the Shield message, cold callers are legally obliged
to hang up and to put you on their do-not-call list so that nobody
from their company will call you again. If a cold caller ignores your
request not to be called again, you can report them to the Informa­tion Commissioner for a breach of the Privacy & Electronic
Communications Regulations – see the trueCall web site for more
information.

In any case, they are very unlikely to press the breakthrough key as
they know that, having ignored your specific instructions, they are
unlikely to be able to sell you anything even if they do get through to
you.

You can choose how Shield operates (see page 21). You may
Shield all callers whose numbers are unrecognised, or just Shield
the calls most likely to be a nuisance call - calls from commercial
numbers (a number starting 08 or 09), or calls where the caller has
withheld their number.

Shield is particularly useful if you get a lot of recorded message
calls, silent calls or fax calls. The automated equipment that calls
you doesn’t know to press a button, so trueCall is able to quickly
and silently reject the call.

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Listening to a message as it is being left by the caller
If you have sent a caller to Message Manger, you can listen to the
message as it is being left by pressing trueCall’s centre button (this
is called Call Screening). If you decide that you want to speak to the
caller, just pickup the phone, or if you no longer want to screen the
message, press the centre button again – this will stop the screening
but will allow the caller to continue leaving their message. Screening
through the speaker for all calls can be set as the standard option
(see page 20), or you can screen all unrecognised callers (see page

8).

NightShield

Many people receive silent phone calls during the night - these are
not only alarming, but if you can’t get back to sleep, they can ruin
your next day as well. These calls are most often made by faulty or
incorrectly programmed computer diallers or fax scanning machines.

trueCall’s NightShield prevents you being disturbed by silent calls at
night, but allows genuine callers to get through. If you switch ON
NightShield, trueCall will Shield every unStarred call it receives
between 11pm and 7am. It will answer the call for you, without your
phone ringing, and will ask the caller to press a button to get through
to you - only then will your phone ring. Your friends or family will be
happy to do this, but automatic diallers or fax machines won’t press
the button, so they won’t disturb you at night.

By default, NightShield is switched OFF. To switch it ON see page

22.

Not at Home

You can configure trueCall to indicate to anyone on you’re your Zap
list that you are not home by playing them a ring tone rather than the
Zap announcement. They won’t know that you are rejecting their
calls, they will just believe that you are not at home.

By default, Not at Home is switched OFF, but you can switch it ON at
your Internet Control Panel.

Anonymous Caller Reject

If you have Caller ID on your phone line, you can tell trueCall to
reject all anonymous callers - all callers who withhold their calling
number. It plays them the announcement :-

“You have withheld your calling number so I cannot connect you”

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and doesn’t ring your phone. Anonymous Caller Reject only blocks
calls where the caller has withheld their number. If the caller’s
number is not available for any other reason - for example it is an
international call - then Anonymous Caller Reject will let it through.

WARNING: Anonymous Caller Reject is very effective at blocking
malicious calls, but be aware that it may also block calls that you
want to receive. Doctors, hospitals, the Police, government
organisations and many companies routinely withhold their
numbers.

Your phone company can also offer you Anonymous Caller Reject,
but they charge up to £4 per month.

Screen all unrecognised callers

Some people screen all their calls - they like to send all callers to
their answering machine, listen to the message being left, and then
only pick up if it is someone they want to talk to. trueCall goes one
better than this. If you switch ON the Screen All Unrecognised
Callers feature (see page 22) Zapped callers will be rejected, and
Starred callers will ring your phone as normal, but all other callers
will be immediately sent to Message Manager and screened through
the speaker, so you can decide whether you want to pickup.

Handling persistent malicious callers

If you are receiving malicious calls, you may like to get trueCall to
only allow specific callers to ring your phone. All other callers are
then sent either directly to Message Manager to leave a message,
or are played the ringing tone, making it sound as though you’re not
at home.

You can do this in two ways:-

Starred callers Only

Only callers whose number you have Starred are able to ring your
phone.

Code Access Only

Callers are asked to enter a secret Caller’s Code before they can
get through to you. You can choose a code (up to 8 digits long)
and only give it out to people who you trust and want to hear
from.

These features can be set up in your Internet Control Panel.

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Allow all international calls straight through

International calls don't carry the caller’s number, so cannot normally
be Starred. This option is useful if you have friends and family who
often call you from overseas - it allows all calls from international
numbers to be treated as though they were Starred. BUT- if it is set,
trueCall won't intercept ANY international calls - calls from overseas
call centres will get straight through.

By default, Allow all international calls straight through is switched
OFF, but you can switch it ON at your Internet Control Panel.

Putting numbers onto your Zap and Star lists

Your personal Zap and Star lists can each hold up to 500 numbers.

Star list

Your Star List is the list of phone numbers that you are happy to
receive calls from.

There are lots of ways of putting someone on your Star list:-

• When a caller is announced with their Whisper, press the Star key
on your phone (  ). They will be put through to you, and their
telephone number will be put onto your Star list.

• You can Star a caller at any time during an incoming call – just
press the Star (  ) key on your telephone. If you have their
calling number, trueCall will put them on hold for a second and
will privately ask you to confirm by pressing the Star key again. It
will then reconnect you to continue your call.

• When you call one of your friends, dial their full number (including
dialling code) with  added to the end. This will tell trueCall to call
them and add them to your Star list.

• You can add numbers to your Star list in the setup menu (see
page 18).

• You can add numbers to your Star list at your Internet Control
Panel either individually or imported from your contact manage­ment software.

• When Message Manager is playing back a message, press the
Star key on your phone (  ) to add the caller to your Star list.

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Zap list

Your Zap List is the list of phone numbers that you don’t want to
receive calls from.

There are lots of ways of putting someone on your Zap list:-

• When you hear the Whisper announcement, press the hash key
on your phone ( # ). The caller will be played the Zap announce­ment asking them not to call again, and their telephone number
will be put onto your Zap list.

• You can Zap a caller at any time during an incoming call – just
press the hash ( # ) key on your telephone. trueCall will put them
on hold for a second and will privately ask you to confirm by
pressing the hash key again. The caller will be played the Zap
announcement, asking them not to call again, and if you have
their calling number, they will be put onto your Zap list.

• You can add numbers to your Zap list in the setup menu (see
page 18).

• You can add numbers to your Zap list at your Internet Control
Panel.

• When Message Manager is playing back your messages press
the Hash key on your phone ( # ) to add the caller to your Zap
list.

Important note: trueCall doesn’t allow you to Zap or Star someone
on an outgoing call - this prevents confusion if you dial into an
automated banking system and have to press the Hash or Star
button!

Auto UnZap

If you Zap one of your friends by mistake, don’t worry - trueCall will
sort it out automatically! trueCall’s AutoUnZap feature takes
anyone you call off your Zap list.

Message Manager

Message Manager is trueCall’s built-in answering machine.

You will notice that your trueCall unit doesn’t have lots of buttons
like other answering machines – this is because it works just like
your mobile phone’s voicemail service. You control it from your
telephone handset, and it speaks to you telling you what your
options are at each stage.

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As well as all the standard features of an answering machine,
Message Manager has a number of advanced features that can be
configured through the setup menu, or your Internet Control Panel.

• Privacy control

• Missed Call reporting

• Co-operation with many 1571 network voicemail services

• Caller ringback

• Call screening

Message Manager can store thirty messages, up to a total of
duration of fifteen minutes. Each message may be a maximum of
three minutes long. When you listen back to your messages
Message Manager will warn you if you are running low on message
memory.

Because of the way that it intercepts unknown callers, trueCall won’t
work with an external answering machine. If your telephone has an
answering facility, you must turn it off, or unplug any stand-alone
answering machine.

Playing back your messages

trueCall flashes it’s red LED to tell you that you have new messages
or missed calls waiting - 1 flash for 1 message, 2 flashes for 2
messages, 3 flashes for 3 messages and 4 flashes for 4 or more
messages.

There are three ways to play back your messages - from your
telephone at home, dialling in from another location when you are
away from home, or by pressing the button on the unit.

1. Playback from your telephone handset
Pick up the telephone attached to trueCall, and when you hear the
dial tone press Zap Star ( #  ). This connects you to Message
Manager. If your unit has been configured for high security you will
be asked to enter your PIN before you can listen back to your
messages (the default PIN is the last four digits of your unit’s serial
number - find this on the underside of the unit).

Message Manager tells you how many messages you have, and
then plays back your new messages and Missed Calls in the order
that they were received, then your saved messages and Missed
Calls. For each item it tells you the date and time that the call was
received (if available), and the name of the caller (if they left a
Whisper).

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At the end of a message, or at any time during the playback of a
message, you can choose what you want to do with it:-

Press 1 to repeat the message

Press 2 to save the message – Having listened to a message

you may want to save it rather than delete it – perhaps it
contains some important information you need to refer to again,
or it is for another family member. Saved messages are
automatically deleted after 30 days.

Press 3 to delete the message

Press 5 to listen to message details – Message Manager can

play back additional information about each message that was
left – the caller’s phone number if it is available (or the reason it
was not available), and whether the call was screened or picked
up by someone in the house.

Press 6 to archive the message – If you have the optional
trueCall Call Recorder, you can save your message to your
memory card, and from there copy it to your PC. Archiving
allows you to save any important messages from accidental
erasure (see the Call Recorder Guide).

Press 7 to skip back 20 seconds - This allows you to listen
again to an earlier part of a message.

Press 8 to ring back the caller - If you have Caller ID, and the
caller’s number is available, Message Manager will store it with
their message. Ring back allows you to call them back straight
away. Unlike other ringback services, there is no additional call
charge for this feature - the call cost is the same as it would
have been had you dialled the number yourself.

Press 9 to skip forwards 20 seconds - This allows you to
skip forwards through a message.

Press  to add the caller to your star list – If the callers
number is available and you are happy to receive their calls in
the future, you can quickly add them to your Star list.

Press # to add the caller to your Zap list – If the callers
number is available and you don’t want to hear from them
again, you can quickly add them to your Zap list.

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2. Checking your messages when you are away from home

When you are away from home, just call your home phone
number, and when trueCall answers press . Message Manager
will ask for your PIN and then allow you to play back your
messages. This is called Remote Access.

If you don’t ever want to access your messages from another
phone you can switch OFF the Remote access facility (see page

19).

3. Quick playback through the speaker
Quick playback allows you to quickly review your messages, but
doesn’t offer you the full set of message management options.

To quickly listen back to your messages, just press trueCall's
centre button, and Message Manager will play back your
messages through the speaker.

When you have listened to a message, Message Manager will
ask you to press the left button to save it, or the right button to
delete it. When all your new messages have been played back,
Message Manager asks you to press the button again to hear
your saved messages. If you want to terminate message
playback, just do nothing, or pick up and put down your
telephone handset

Quick playback of your messages is not available if you have
configured your unit for high security.

Interruption by incoming calls

trueCall’s top priority is to allow you to make and receive telephone
calls, so if you are listening to your messages when an incoming call
arrives, trueCall will abandon your message playback session and
answer the call.

Co-operation with your 1571 network voicemail service

If you have a 1571 network voicemail service it won’t be taking
messages for you - trueCall’s Message Manager will be your
primary answering machine. Network voicemail services do,
however, have one special feature – they can take a message from
anyone who calls you when you are already engaged on a call.
trueCall has a unique feature to take advantage of this. A few
moments after you hang up at the end of each call, trueCall checks
your network voicemail service to see whether a message was

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left while you were engaged on your last call. If so, it rings your
phone to tell you that you have a new message, and gives you the
option to listen back to it.

If you are using a 1571 network voicemail service in conjunction with
trueCall, you will want Message Manager to answer your calls
before the answering service cuts in. Some 1571 network voicemail
services answer after 10 seconds so be sure to set trueCall’s ring
duration to less than this - we recommend 9 seconds (see page 19).
trueCall works with many, but not all, voicemail services.

Call Screening - monitoring messages as they are being left

trueCall will announce all unrecognised callers. If you don’t want to
speak to a particular caller, you can tell trueCall to send them to
Message Manager to take a message. If you would like to screen
the call – to listen to the message through trueCall’s speaker as it is
being left – just press trueCall’s centre button. If you decide that you
want to speak to the caller, just pickup the phone, or if you no longer
want to screen the message, press the centre button again – this
will stop the screening but will allow the caller to continue leaving
their message.

If you would like to screen all your calls, you can switch ON the
Message Manager’s call screening feature. To switch ON or OFF
call screening or to adjust the volume of the speaker see page 20.

Ring duration

You can adjust the amount of time that your phone will ring before
Message Manager picks up and takes a message.

Audible message alerts

As well as flashing its red LED to alert you that you have new
messages or Missed Calls, trueCall can also play a warning beep
every minute. This is switched OFF by default (see page 20).

Missed Calls

Sometimes a caller gets through trueCall’s incoming call manage­ment, the call goes to Message Manager but the caller decides not
to leave a message. We call this a Missed Call. If Missed Call
reporting is ON, trueCall will tell you about Missed Calls when it
plays back your messages.

Details of unwanted callers - callers who are on your Zap list, callers
who you have rejected, or callers who hung up at the Whisper or
Shield stage - are stored in your call log but are not recorded as

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Missed Calls. You can see details of these calls at your Internet
Control Panel.

To switch ON or OFF Missed Call reporting see page 20.

Keeping your message memory tidy

Message Manager tidies up your message memory on a daily basis.
It deletes Missed Calls that are over 2 weeks old and Saved
Messages that are over 30 days old.

Privacy & Security

trueCall offers a range of facilities to keep your messages private
and secure. You can configure these in the setup menu (see page

19) or from your Internet Control Panel.

Privacy level

You can choose one of three different privacy & security settings
depending on your needs – Basic security, Standard security or High
security.

The default is Standard security – this gives you a balance between
security and ease of use. If you have concerns about who can listen
to your messages, you can set it to High security, if you are more
concerned about accessing your messages quickly, then you can set
it to Basic security.

PIN

trueCall is initially set up with a 4 digit PIN that is the last 4 digits of
the serial number printed on the underside of the unit. This number is
unlikely to be memorable for you, and anyone who visits your house
and handles your unit can see it, so we recommend that you
immediately change your PIN to a number that you can easily
remember (see page 19). trueCall PINs can be up to 8 digits long
giving tens of millions of possibilities.

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Security

level

Telephone

handset

access

Quick

playback

Remote

access

Basic

No PIN required Available PIN required

Standard

PIN required Available PIN required

High

PIN required Not available PIN required

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When you are asked to enter your PIN, trueCall gives you three
chances to enter it correctly before it asks you to hang up and try
again. If, after trying this three times (a maximum of 9 attempts),
you haven’t entered the correct PIN, trueCall won’t allow you to try
again for 15 minutes.

If you forget your PIN, you can log in to your Internet Control
Panel to retrieve it.

You can also reset your PIN yourself, but to preserve your
security, this will also delete all your messages and Missed Calls,
and if the unit is set to High security it will delete your Zap list, Star
list and call log. Pick up your telephone handset and dial the quick
code # #  2 0 0 0 # to reset your PIN back to its original value
(printed on the underside of the unit).

Warning you about unauthorised access attempts

When you enter your PIN correctly, trueCall will warn you if there
have been any failed attempts to log into the menu since the last
successful PIN entry. Details of failed attempts are written to your
call log and can be viewed in the ‘My Calls’ section of your Internet
Control Panel (see the Weblink and Internet Control Panel guide).

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Menu options

1. Change your Personal Greeting

2. Listen to recordings

1. Listen to current messages

2. Listen to Missed Calls

3. Delete all saved messages

3. Edit your Zap&Star lists

4. Change trueCall options

1. Change security settings

1. Change Security Level

2. Change your PIN

3. Switch Remote Access ON or OFF

2. Change message taking options

1. Record Personal ‘Not available’ announcement

2. Change Ring Duration

3. Change Speaker Volume

4. Switch Screening Through the Speaker ON or OFF

5. Switch Message Alerts ON or OFF

6. Switch Missed Call Reporting ON or OFF

3. Change incoming call management options

1. Record Personal Shield Announcement

2. Record Personal Whisper Announcement

3. Record Personal Zap Announcement

4. Switch Zap&Star ON or OFF

5. Switch Shield ON or OFF

6. Switch Whispers ON or OFF

7. Switch Anonymous Call Rejection ON or OFF

8. Switch NightShield ON or OFF

9. Switch Screen All Unrecognised Callers ON or OFF

4. Change Line Type (Standard or Cable)

5. Change call recording mode *

6. Reset your system

5. Set the system date and time

6. System information

Setup menu options

To access the menu, pick
up your telephone handset
and dial Zap Star ( #  )

4. Listen to archived messages *

5. Listen to call recordings *

6. Listen to archived call recordings *

* Only available when optional call
recorder card is inserted

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The setup menu gives you options to tailor the way that trueCall
works to suit your own personal requirements. Voice prompts tell
you what options are available, so there are no complex codes to
remember.

To access the menu, pick up your telephone and press Zap Star
( #  ). This first plays back any messages - you can skip these by
pressing ‘0’. You will then be asked to enter your PIN. trueCall is
initially set up with a 4 digit PIN that is the last 4 digits of the serial
number printed on the underside of the unit. This gets you into the
setup menu that tells you what your options are. Once you have
heard the option you want to select, just press the key - you don’t
have to listen to the full description of all the options.

trueCall’s top priority is to allow you to make and receive telephone
calls, so if you are in the menu when an incoming call arrives,
trueCall will abandon your session and will answer the call.

The following list shows each option that is available in the menus,
and the keys to press to get to them quickly:-

1►Change your Personal Greeting - Record your own short
greeting. This just introduces you - for example “Welcome to the
Smiths”. It will confirm to callers that they have got through to the
right number, and those who have dialled a wrong number will
know to hang up.

2►1►Listen to messages - Listen to your new and saved
messages from Message Manager.

2►2►Listen to Missed Calls - Listen to your Missed Calls from
Message Manager.

2►3►Delete all saved messages - Delete all your saved
messages to make space for more new messages.

2►4►Listen to archived message* - Listen to your archived
messages from your memory card.

2►5►Listen to call recordings* - Listen to your call recordings
from your memory card.

2►6►Listen to archived call recordings* - Listen to your
archived call recordings from your memory card.

Setup menu options

* Only available when optional call recorder card is inserted

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3►Edit your Zap&Star lists - You can manually add and delete
callers from your Zap&Star lists, and check whether a number is
on one of the lists.

• Select option 1 to add a number to your Zap list or Star list.
Enter the full phone number and then press  to put it onto
your Star list, or # to put them onto your Zap list.

• Select option 2 to check whether a number is on either list. If
it is, you have the option to delete it.

Remember to always enter the full telephone number, including
the national dialling code.

4►1►1►Change Security Level - trueCall offers three levels of
security.

Basic Security – you can access your messages and the setup
menu without a PIN, but it is required for remote access.
Medium Security – You can access your messages directly
without your PIN, but need it for the setup menu and remote
access. This is the default option.
High security – You need your PIN to listen to your messages,
for the setup menu and for remote access.

4►1►2►Change your PIN - PIN security controls access to your
messages and the setup menu. trueCall PINs may be up to 8 digits
long.

4►1►3►Switch Remote Access ON or OFF - Remote access
allows you to dial in to trueCall from another phone and listen to your
messages. For security reasons you may want to switch remote
access OFF. By default, remote access is ON.

4►2►1►Record your Personal ‘Not available’ message - This
message needs to invite the caller to leave a message. You don’t
need to introduce yourself, as this is done by your personal greeting.
The standard message is:-

“I’m afraid that we’re unable to take you call at the moment,
please leave a message after the tone”

You may like to record a similar message in your own voice (see
note on page 23).

Setup menu options

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4►2►2►Change Ring Duration - You can change the amount of
time your phone will ring before the caller is sent to Message
Manager. By default, this is 15 seconds. Generally people set their
answering machines to answer after 9 to 25 seconds (4 to 8 rings).

Important note – if you are using a 1571 network voicemail service
in conjunction with trueCall, Message Manager must answer your
calls before the 1571 network voicemail service. In this situation we
recommend that you set trueCall to pick up after 9 seconds.

4►2►3►Change Speaker Volume - trueCall’s speaker is used to
screen calls and play back messages. You can set the speaker’s
volume to LOUD or QUIET. By default speaker, volume is LOUD.

4►2►4►Switch Screening Through the Speaker ON or OFF ­This allows you to hear messages through trueCall’s speaker as
they are being left. Switch this ON if you always like to listen to
messages being left. If this is switched OFF you can still screen
calls on an individual basis using the button on the unit. By default,
screening through the speaker is OFF.

4►2►5►Switch Audible Message Alerts ON or OFF - As well as
flashing its red LEDs to alert you that you have new messages,
trueCall can also play a tone through its speaker every minute to
give you an audible warning. By default, message alerts are OFF.

4►2►6►Switch Missed Call Reporting ON or OFF - If Missed
Call reporting is ON, trueCall will tell you about Missed Calls when it
plays back your messages - see page 14. By default, Missed Call
reporting is ON.

4►3►1►Record your Personal Shield Announcement - The
standard Shield announcement is:-

“If you are family or a friend please press 5, if you are a cold
caller please hang up and don’t call us again”.

It comes after your personal greeting, and needs to tell invited
callers to press the breakthrough key, and tell cold callers to go
away. Some possible alternative wordings are given on page 24.

Different trueCall units have different breakthrough keys (the key
that the caller has to press to get through) so remember to use the
breakthrough key for your particular trueCall unit in your personal
Shield announcement. If you want to change your Shield announce­ment, see page 23 for note on personalising announcements.

Setup menu options

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Setup menu options

4►3►2►Record your Personal Whisper Announcement - The

standard Whisper announcement is:-

“Please say your name after the tone”.

This is played after your personal greeting, and just needs to ask the
caller to say their name after the tone. You may like to change the
wording or just record this same announcement in your own voice

(see note on page 23). Some people like to explain that they are
screening their calls and say:-

“We screen all calls we receive - please just say your name
after the tone and I will try to connect you straight away”.

4►3►3►Record your Personal Zap Announcement - This is the
announcement played to callers when you Zap them, and also when
trueCall recognises a Zapped caller ringing back. The standard Zap
announcement is:-

“I’m afraid that we’re not interested in your call – please
hang up now and don’t call us again”.

Some alternative examples are given on page 24. If you want to
change this see the note on page 23.

4►3►4►Switch Zap&Star ON or OFF - If you switch Zap&Star
OFF, every caller will be treated as an unknown caller. By default,
Zap&Star is ON.

4►3►5►Switch Shield ON or OFF - Shield has three levels of
operation

No Shield - don’t play the Shield announcement to any callers.
This is the default option.
Standard Shield - only play the Shield announcement to callers
from business numbers (those starting 08 or 09), and those who
withhold their numbers.
Shield all unrecognised callers - Plays the Shield announce­ment to all callers who are not on either your Zap list or Star list.

4►3►6►Switch Whisper ON or OFF - If you switch Whisper OFF,
you can still filter your calls using other Intelligent Call Screening
features such as Shield. By default, Whisper is ON.

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4►3►7►Switch Anonymous Caller Reject ON or OFF - You can
choose to reject any caller who withholds their calling number. They
will hear the announcement

“You have withheld your calling number. We don’t accept
calls from anonymous callers”

and your phone won’t ring. See the important note about Anonymous

Caller Reject on page 7.

By default, Anonymous Caller Reject is OFF.

4►3►8►Switch NightShield ON or OFF - NightShield prevents
you receiving recorded message calls during the night. Between
11pm and 7am trueCall presents the Shield message to all
unStarred callers. Callers on your Star list will ring straight through to
you as normal. By default NightShield is OFF. (Note : NightShield is
disabled if the system date & time has not been set).

4►3►9►Switch Screen All Unrecognised Callers ON or OFF ­this feature sends all unStarred callers directly to Message Manager
to take a message, and plays the message through the speaker as it
is being left. This allows you to choose whether to pick up and speak
to the caller. Callers on your Star list will ring straight through to you
as normal. By default, Screen All Unrecognised Callers is OFF.

4►4►Change your Line Type - To correctly handle Caller ID
messages trueCall needs to know whether it is connected to a
Standard landline or a Cable phone line. You select the line type
here. By default, trueCall is set to Standard phone Line Type.

If you are using a Voice Over IP phone you must set your line type to
VoIP at your Internet Control Panel to get trueCall to recognise the
Caller ID message.

4►5►Change Call Recording mode * - Set Call Recorder’s call
recording mode. Options are:

Don’t record calls - Don’t record any calls even if a memory
card is present.

Record selected calls - Record only selected calls.

Record all calls - Automatically record every call.

Setup menu options

* Only available when optional call recorder card is inserted

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Setup menu options

4►6 ►Reset your system - This option resets your system

completely.

WARNING: Reset deletes all your Message Manager recordings,
your personal greeting, Shield and Zap announcements, your Zap
and Star lists and any changes you have made to your preferences.
It will also reset your PIN to the last 4 digits of the serial number
printed on a label on the underside of your unit. If you reset your
system you CANNOT later retrieve any of this information.

5►Set the system date and time - trueCall sets its date and time
by dialling a special phone line when it is first plugged in (national
call charges apply). If you have Caller ID, this is updated every time
you receive a phone call. If for any reason you need to set the date
and time manually you can do it here.

6►System information - System information tells you about your
trueCall unit – how much recording time is left, details of your
memory card, unauthorised access attempts and other information
that may be required if you call customer services.

General note on personalising announcements

You can personalise many of the trueCall announcements by
recording them in your own voice. Callers prefer to hear announce­ments made in your own voice, as it confirms to them that they have
got through to the right number.

You can also personalise the wording, but be careful - trueCall
announcements are not like standard answering machine announce­ments, each one has a specific purpose.

We recommend that you write down what you want to say before you
record your personalised announcements. Make sure that you are in
a quiet place, as any background noise will be picked up.

When you have finished your recording, dial into your phone from
another line and check that your announcements are operating as
you would like. You can always re-record them or revert back to the
standard announcements.

Your own personalised announcements are stored with your
answering machine messages. If there is not enough memory
available, the menu will not offer options to record these announce­ments.

Examples announcements are shown on page 24.

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Example announcements

You can record your own personal Shield and Zap announcements
through the setup menu. Here are some example messages that
you may like to use:-

Example Shield announcements

(These example use ‘2’ as an example breakthrough key number - substitute your
own breakthrough key number)

Example Zap announcements

Hi – invited and personal callers are welcome - press 2, to get
connected. Telemarketers are not welcome - please take us off your
list.

We’re not home to telemarketers. If you are a friend, family or invited
caller press 2 to get through to us, otherwise note that we never accept
unsolicited calls of any kind, so please take us off your list.

You have reached our call screening system. If you are a friend or
family member press 2 to get through to us otherwise please remove
us from your calling list. Telemarketers note that this call has been
logged and if you call us again, your company may be fined up to
£50,000.

This household is registered with the Telephone Preference Service so
you should not have called us. Details of your call will be passed to the
authorities. In the meantime please take this number off your calling
list. Calling us again could constitute a persistent nuisance for which
your company could be fined up to £50,000. Goodbye.

Sorry, but that really doesn’t float my boat. Take my number off your list
and don’t call again - byeeee.

I guess it’s tough being a telemarketer, but that doesn’t mean that I’m
interested in your offer. Take me off your list so I don’t have to
disappoint you again.

Example announcements

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trueCall’s LEDs

trueCall’s LEDs tell you what it is doing.

Red

Amber

Green

Blue

Ready - no new messages On On

Ready - new messages Flash On

Disconnected from line Flash

Checking a caller Flash Flash

Taking a message from a caller Flash On

Call in progress On

Local phone ringing On Flash

Starting up

Weblink active Flash Flash On

Housekeeping tasks On

Remote access in progress Flash On On

Serious error - contact Customer services On On On On

Serious error - contact Customer services Flash Flash Flash Flash

Flashing in sequence

trueCall’s LEDs

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Support

Support

If you require help or advice setting up or operating trueCall you can
find further information in the Frequently asked questions section of
the Getting Started guide, and at the trueCall web site
www.trueCall.co.uk.

If your problem is still unresolved contact Customer Services by post,
email or phone.

Post : trueCall Ltd
Knights Hall
Knights Hill
London SE27 0HS

E-mail : [e-mail]

Phone : [phone]

Dimensions (H x W x L) 35 x 95 x 140 mm

Weight (unit only) 180 g

Operating voltage 240v 50 hz

Power consumption <1w

Pins 1 and 6 of trueCall’s telephone socket are reserved.

trueCall is designed for operation in the countries specified on the
underside of the device. Country specific conditions have been
taken into account.

The CE mark attests to trueCall’s compliance with the essential
requirements of the R&TTE Directive.

To obtain a full copy of the declaration associated with this product,
please contact trueCall at Knights Hall, Knights Hill, London SE27
0HS.

Specification & compliance

trueCall is designed to be connected to an analogue telephone line.
In the event of a power failure calls may still be made and received
by the telephone attached to trueCall.

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General Information

Safety

• The power supply should be plugged a standard 3 pin socket
outlet. The trueCall unit must be installed near the socket-outlet
and must be easily accessible.

• Simply clean trueCall with a damp cloth. Do not use chemicals
or abrasive cleaning products.

• Only use trueCall’s power supply, any other power supply will
invalidate your guarantee and may cause damage.

• Do not open trueCall as there are high voltages inside the unit.

• Do not touch the plug contacts with sharp or metal objects.

Environmental

• trueCall is intended for indoor use only.

• Do not submerge any part of trueCall in water and do not use it in

damp or humid conditions, such as in bathrooms.

• Do not expose trueCall to fire, explosive or other hazardous
conditions.

• There is a slight chance that trueCall could be damaged by an
electrical storm. We recommend that you unplug the power and
telephone line cord for the duration of the storm as such damage
is not covered by the guarantee.

• trueCall has achieved Energy Star certification for being highly
energy efficient.

Data Protection

We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 (registration
Z1311843). The data controller is trueCall Limited of Knights Hall,
Knights Hill, London SE27 0HS.

We will process personal data disclosed by you in accordance with
our privacy policy published on our web site (www.trueCall.co.uk).

General information

trueCall Ltd
Knights Hall
Knights Hill
London SE27 0HS

© trueCall Ltd 2009

www.trueCall.co.uk

Packaging material
is recyclable

Patent Pending

trueCall and Zap&Star are
trademarks of trueCall Ltd

Disposal instructions

Waste electronic equipment should be
separated from your normal household
waste and taken to your local recycling
centre for disposal, or back to where
you bought the equipment.

Proper recycling of electronic equipment will help the
environment and conserve natural resources.