Block a contact
You can block any Skype user from finding you online. A blocked contact will be unable to contact you with Skype. A blocked contact will not be notified, you will always appear to be offline in the contact list of the blocked contact.
On the ∂ Contacts page, select a contact and press * Block contact.
You can always unblock a contact. To unblock, select the contact in the list and press *Unblock contact.
In the list of contacts a blocked contact has this icon.
To view a list of blocked contacts, press o OPTIONS and select Blocked contacts.
To unblock someone in the list, select the name and press OK.
7.4
Calling on Skype
Video and voice call
Make a Video call
With Video call you can call and see your friends on your TV screen, for free.
Make a Video call
On the ∂ Contacts page, select the person you want to call and then select the ) Video call button and press OK.
If your contact has a camera connected and accepts the call, you can see the person on your TV, full screen. When your TV camera is switched on, the blue indicator LED lights up.
You can check what your contact can see, in the small screen on your TV.
To mute your microphone while you are making the call, press
*Mute.
To switch off your camera, press *Camera off.
To zoom and frame the camera, press *Zoom. Now, you can press *Zoom out or press *Zoom in. You can use the arrows to frame the camera. When the zoom and framing is fine for you, press *Set zoom.
To end a call, select the End call button and press OK.
Make a Voice call
You can make a Skype call without video, with the camera switched off.
To make a call without video, select the contact, then select the µ Voice call button and press OK.
To mute your microphone while you are calling, press * Mute.
To end the voice call, select the End call button and press OK.
On a voice call, you can still switch to a Video call. To switch to Video call, press *Camera on.
A contact can add you to a voice call with more than one participant. You cannot add an extra participant yourself.
Calling phones and mobiles
With Skype you can also call landline phones and mobile phones. To call phones you need to buy Skype Credit on Skype on your computer. You can buy Skype Credit or subscribe to a Skype subscription.
Call a phone
1 - Select † Call phones in the menu bar. You can press L LIST to jump to the menu bar.
2 - Enter the telephone number with the remote control keys or select the numbers on the dial pad on screen.
To enter a + (plus), press *+. To enter a * (asterisk), press **. To enter a # (hash), press *#.
To delete one digit, press *Backspace.
3 - When you entered the complete number, select the Call button and press OK to start calling.
To mute your microphone while you are calling, press * Mute.
To end a phone call, select the End call button and press OK.
List of recently called phones
If you have called some phones with Skype earlier, you can select a phone number in the list at the left of the page. To clear the selected phone number, press *Clear number.
To add this phone number to your list of contacts, press * Add to contacts.
To clear all phone numbers, press *Clear all.
No emergency calls - Skype is not a replacement for your telephone and cannot be used for emergency calling.
Receiving a call
When you are signed in to Skype and watching TV, you are notified of an incoming call with a message on screen. The notification says who is calling and you can accept or decline the call.
To accept the call, select the Answer button in the notification and press OK.
To decline, select the Decline button and press OK.
Also, new contact requests will be shown immediately.
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