Our phone just stopped showing caller ID one day. No just shows "external" and no number.

Show my caller ID"
Press Phone.
Press the menu icon.
Press Settings.
Press More settings.
Press Show my caller ID.
Press Show number to turn on caller identification.
Press Hide number to turn off caller identification.
Press the Home key to return to the home screen.

Hi Steve

Find "Caller ID"
Press the phone icon.
Press the menu icon.
Press Call settings.
Press Additional call settings.
After a moment the current settings are displayed.
Press Caller ID. Turn your own caller identification on or off
Press Hide number or Show number. Return to the home screen
Press the home icon to return to the home screen.

I think it is built in, but anyone ex directory wont show up, or mobiles that withhold their number, or anyone that withholds their number, & some phones only show caller id if its in your memory.

Hello friend,

I cannot find the user guide for this particular phone, but from other BT phones it appears you do not have to do anything !!!! It should automatically show the number IF it is sent by your Telephone Company.

DO NOT forget, that you MUST get your Telephone Service Provider to 'enable' Caller ID on your telephone line.(This normally costs about a Pound a month). or the numbers will not show.

Caller ID information is passed between the first and second rings.

Try connecting a regular corded telephone or a standalone Caller ID box. Does Caller ID information show up?

If you have multiple telephones (I don't mean a single cordless telephone base with multiple handsets) and none of them are showing Caller ID after 3 rings it would appear that the telephone company does not have Caller ID turned on for your telephone line.

Caller ID in the USA uses the FSK standard. For the most part, callerID in India uses DTMF (although I have heard of some FSK usage).

I am currently living in New Delhi and have an Airtel home phone line.My switch uses DTMF. I went to the Palika electronics bazaar (I awaysuse shop number 266 near gate 5, they seem to be a little kinder toforeigners as far as the "final price") and purchased an DTMF to FSKconvertor. My US phones now show caller ID information, although usingUS number seperations ### - ### - ####. I paid R500 but you couldprobably get it for around R400 if you are willing to put in the timebargaining. It looks like they are also available on Indian Ebay.

Mine says UST001B. It looks like these are low volume items becausethey stuck the components into a box marked "DSL Splitter" It works toconvert the caller ID as advertised.

Are you actually paying BT for caller id?

just go in the settings of ur phone and then phone setting or in contact setting

Some phones are not equiped to pick up call waiting caller id. check the box or look up your model number on the uniden site. The call waiting caller id only shows up on the phone that is in use at the time of the call.

Even at its factory defaults your Siemens handset should be showing the caller id after the second ring. Look at your time and date on the phone, if they are not accurate then the caller id signal is not coming through since when activated caller id will not only give you the caller information, but it syncs with the telephone companys clock too. If I were there, I would take a phone that is known to have its caller id working and plug it in your line and see if caller id shows up on it. If it does show caller id, then there is something wrong with your Siemens base. If it does not, then your phone company dropped the ball and caller id is not activated. Then I would take the Siemens phone to another line (neighbor or friend) that has working caller id and plug my Siemens into it and see if it shows up. Doing all that will isolate your problem, I guarantee it.