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CPR V5000 telephone junk calls blocker. I obtained this blocker around 12/30/2015 (not from Amazon) and installed it 12/31/2015. It was quite easy to install on my telephone system – just insert it in the line before the telephone base station (VTech). All necessary parts to install the device were included and the instructions were quite easy to understand. I then proceeded to enter 41 known junk telephone numbers with no problem at all. I entered them using my telephone’s remote handset just as they were displayed on the callerID display of our telephone, nothing required changing. In the time I’ve used this blocker I have gained 4 more junk phone numbers. I added these numbers to the original 41 simply be recalling them from the call history (after the call ended) and pushing the large red “Block” button on the V5000 blocker. The blocker display showed the word “Successful” and the blocked number count (always shown on the display when the blocker is “at rest”) incremented by 1 each time. I was able to easily view all the blocked numbers simply by pressing an up arrow button marked “Block List” and then using the up or down arrow buttons as desired to scroll through the list of numbers. When I stopped scrolling, the display would go back to the default blocked number count after a short interval. Once again, I appreciated the capability of being able to scroll through the call list of recent call numbers (press the down arrow marked “Call List”) and quickly select any junk number to block by pressing the red “Block” button while the desired junk number is displayed. The blocker worked perfectly and blocked any junk number I had entered manually or used the red “Block” button. I should note that the CPR V5000 has the capability of holding up to 1500 junk numbers – it should take quite a while to reach this total – at least where I live. I understand that the V5000 also contains some 5000 known junk numbers from around the world and will block these numbers with no input from the user. I did not see any evidence of strange numbers being blocked so I don’t know if the blocker displays any information when (if) it blocks one of the 5000 pre-programmed junk numbers. Please note: The pre-programmed numbers are not accessible to the user and cannot be viewed, changed or deleted nor can more numbers be added to this list. I did not get the opportunity to perform a remote block using the #2 buttons on the telephone’s remote handset. However, I don’t think this capability is necessary for us because of being able to recall the caller’s phone number to the blocker’s display and then simply pressing the red “Block” button any time after the call has disconnected while the recalled number is displayed. I can only think of one annoyance item that we experienced with the blocker (which did not affect the blocker’s primary functions). When a “good” call comes in, the callerID information is inserted 2ce into our telephone’s callerID memory. This gets a bit annoying when scrolling through the telephone’s call history when the same caller information is displayed twice. I think the CPR V5000 blocker is a good investment. With the capability of adding 1500 junk phone numbers into its memory, most people will probably never need to edit the “Block List” to remove junk numbers that have become dormant over time.