CPR Call Blocker V108-1000 Number Blocking - 200 Pre Programmed - Block All Unwanted Calls At The Touch Of A Button

I cannot remember ever purchasing an item so small and so modestly priced that has given me such great satisfaction. After years of torment from unsolicited phone calls originating (mainly) from beyond these shores and having to speak to a succession of polite Asian ladies and gentlemen (only doing their job) using such improbable names as Craig, Richard and Samantha, I can now relax, undisturbed. I have even been able to cancel the Anger Management Course. I was originally interested in the BT6500 phone, which has received considerable publicity recently, but a bit of research and review reading steered me to the CPR Call Blocker, which does everything claimed for it in a highly efficient unfussy way. I had already purchased a new pair of phones and arranged for 'Caller ID' on my phone line so it only took a few minutes to insert the CPR Call blocker in-between the phone point and the phone itself, after which I secured it with sticky pads in an easily accessible location near the phone base unit. The CPR unit is surprisingly small and uncomplicated; the only moveable part being the (magic) button on top, which enables the 'zapping' (permanently) of unwanted, unsolicited callers. It draws its power from the phone line itself. After I had connected it up I followed the recommendation to 'test' it by activating the phone ( pressing the green phone symbol), which should have produced red lights on the unit - but none appeared. I tried changing the connection to the 'Line 2' and 'Tel 2' (Input/output ) sockets and made sure the connectors were firmly implanted and all was well. The lights appeared when 'tested' and always appear when the phone is in use. The unit incorporates details of some 500 worst offenders in the nuisance call environment in its memory, which is a wonderful screening tool and automatically blocks them. The phone doesn't even ring! In practise some 90% of our nuisance calls stopped instantaneously and it proved simple to 'zap' any calls that got through the net. All you do is listen to the caller briefly then press the button on top of the unit before hanging up, which adds the caller's number to the blocked list. This method does not work with callers who do not have 'caller ID' but it is easy to input a short code (via the phone handset) which applies a blanket block on all calls where there is no caller ID. Compared with the bad old days our house is now eerily quiet and nuisance phone calls are very much a thing of the past. What bliss! Thanks to the CPR Call blocker. Buy one today - you wont regret it!

Until I recently read an article in a computer magazine advising the availability of the BT 6500 Cordless DECT Phone with Answer Machine and Nuisance Call Blocking BT 6500 phone with nuisance call blocking.I thought 'wow' I've been after a provider service that would block international, PPI, survey, recorded and all other forms of nuisance cold calling.I have a BT service which sends a text to my mobile whenever a message has been left on my landline (which I think is free), and I can retrieve these messages just by calling home and pressing 'hash' at the announcement, and it's a great handy service. However, the last few messages left following these texts were these stupid recorded messages, not least from PPI companies, which was very annoying.My first thought was to check the product and price out on Amazon (which was very reasonable), and on reading the reviews I was swayed by a buyer of the 6500 who said he would have bought the CPR unit if he'd have known, and it is cheaper! It didn't take me long after that to order the CPR unit on Amazon, and it was delivered just two days later with my Saturday post.VERY simple to set up - just unplug the landline plug from the PHONE into the CPR socket (line 1), and the supplied short plugged cable into the same socket of the phone, and the other end into the (Tel 1) socket of the unit - that's it! Just check for a dialling tone on your phone, and you're in business.I was curious as to what happened from the callers end of the line, so I blocked my own mobile and phoned my own number ~ the landline never rang, and there was a short 1-2 rings from the calling end followed by a click with nothing else. Great stuff! It was easy enough to delete my mobile number from the blocked callers after the experiment.From a list of products on the CPR website, the CPR has more comprehensive blocking functionality for a cheaper price than rival products.Delighted with this. I can describe it as a dream machine, because your dreams, day or night, will not be disturbed by the phone!UPDATE 24.8.13 - Five months down the line (pun intended) and this has worked beautifully, with the very occasional call that got through, that was blocked manually, but not without me giving the caller a piece of my mind before hanging up.FIVE MONTHS!! That's great testimony to the efficiency and effectiveness of this super little gadget.