G**R
Works with most of the numbers that were bugging me.
11/13/2013 update:Still like the product. I did have one major issue which the vendor addressed promptly. For some reason, after a few weeks of use, my wife's cell phone was blocked. It wasn't on the blocked number list, but when you called from her phone, it would ring once on the cell phone end and not at all on the home phone.I emailed the vendor and received a response the same day. I was given a reset procedure for the box. It worked, but I lost the 30 or so blocked numbers on the block list. I could have written them down before the reset and re-entered manually after, but I was too lazy. The vendor also offered to replace under warranty if it happened again.If it weren't for this issue, I would be tempted to raise to 4 stars. Must admit, though, I'm down to 2 or 3 unwanted calls/week instead of several each day.Original review:Despite being on the DNC list, I was getting 5-7 calls/day. Also, the person who had my phone number before me is a real deadbeat, so I was getting collection calls constantly for that person.After installing this a couple of weeks ago, I'm getting maybe one unwanted call every other day, and I can still block those occasional numbers. It seems to have blocked most (but not all) of the numbers with weird/fake caller IDs. I've blocked maybe 20 numbers so far. One blocked number still gets through for some reason, but overall, I am pleased with the product. Another issue is that a couple of friends' cell numbers info does not come through although they do come through if you disconnect the box. Finally, I'm having the "2012" date problem others have mentioned, but it's not a big deal to me so I haven't tried to troubleshoot that problem.I installed it "in series" with a cordless phone base. I have one corded phone and the cordless base with 4 handset charging bases. Because I installed it in series, the corded phone does ring once before the blocker either blocks or allows the call, but for now, I grin whenever I hear the one ring, knowing someone's getting blocked. In the future, I may change to a parallel install or simply mute the ringer on the corded phone.I would have given this 4 stars, but it's really expensive for what it is/does. I'm glad I bought it for the peace of mind, but it would have been much greater value at $30 or even $40.
T**D
Fewer unwanted calls now
I purchased the PRO Call Blocker a month ago and have used it enough to review.After reading many of the other reviews, I was unsure about buying this device. However, I can say that I would recommend it to others.It does seem that a little of all the reviews seem correct.First, it does a great job of blocking unwanted calls once they have been blacklisted. And that is easy. I believe someone complained that the phone still rings, but on my system (ATT u-verse phone service) the phone will ring once and stop. We have just conditioned ourselves to not worry about the phone unless it rings twice. Plus, we have Caller ID show up on TV and the phone to help out. The instructions give you two ways to hook it up, but either way gave me one ring.Something else mentioned was that the year always changed back to 2012. Yes, mine does this, but the date and time are correct, so it's no big deal to me. I'm not concerned about the time or date someone called. And this info does show up on my Panasonic handset if I need it.A few people said that the system locked up and would not work. Mine did this a couple of times about a week after hooking it up. However, when I unplugged it and let the display go blank, it came back on and all the blocked numbers were still in memory. After this first couple of times it has not done that since.The instructions that came with it are terrible. However, someone posted a website that had the instructions in a much easier to read form. I printed these and it did help a lot. It is listed as the T-Lock instructions, but they work the same as far as I can tell. The address to that is [...]Another complaint is the display. I have to agree, it is almost impossible to read at an angle.It was reported that calls that came up unknown could not be blocked. Have not seen that happen. I even blocked a number that Caller ID said was 1, and another that said it was all 0's.Last thing to mention - you have to use a phone handset to program the unit. My cordless did not work, but since I have a corded phone, I could plug it in and use it.Four stars due to the hard to read display, wrong year, and poor instructions. Other than that, it's a good little unit and I am glad I purchased it.UPDATE April 2014.Nothing has changed in my review. I have a bunch of blocked numbers now. Yes, the display sometimes locks up, but when you unplug it for a minute it starts to work again. And nothing is lost. But I love this unit.
R**F
so far silence is deafening
seems to work instructions are horrid.to set day and time use a cell phone or other phone and call your number this device is connected to...the date and time will be set..the year will still say 2012. to change 2012 to 2013. hit set on the blocker....pick up your phone handset and hit 1. the 1 in 2012 will be underscored...hit right arrow on the blocker the second 2 in 2012 will be underscored...hit the 3 on your handset..and viola it will say 2013 if i recall then hit set again and your doneto block a caller...simple in the list of calls...select the one you want to blacklist by scrolling thru the numbers on the display using left .right arrows on the blocker. hit blacklist..then the left arrow..and it will be added to list of callers to prevent, then hit remove so the id/code isnt stored in list of blocked/unblocked callers...i typically go ahead and remove all the numbers after im done blacklisitng removing from the list of all callers does not delete the number from the blacklist...i use remove to set it back to zero so i can see whose called when im not home...and then scroll through and blacklist those i dont want as wellyou can also hit redial on your handset for a phone number you want to blacklist let it ring once..hang up then hit blacklist and left arrow and its added to blacklisthope the above helpsi was gettign 10+ calls a day--now ...none...im sure there are more i need to blacklist..can't hardly wait for them to call me now...buahahahahahaa friend came over the other day we were working on a project and he noticed something diferent and i said no telemarketing phone calls and he said omg thats it....thats how bad it was for me before...id give it 5 stars but the insturctiosn ou may as well toss..undecipherable gibberish
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