Siemens Phone not Displaying Incoming Number

[thescullster]

Hi all

I have a Siemens Gigaset 460 with loads of contacts in the contact list.
I can select one of these and call straight out of the list no problem.
But it has stopped displaying incoming caller ID.

If I substitute another phone, the caller ID works, so the service is
clearly still provisioned on the line.

I have looked at menus, but can't find an option to turn on/off the
caller ID (in case I have accidentally disabled it).

Anyone got any idea about how to reinstate this, or is it new phone time?

Thanks

Phil

[charles]

In article <lo9d4h$6sh$1...@dont-email.me>,

For a similar problem, on a different phone, I swapped the ADSL flter on
the line. This was at the advice of the manufacturer's help desk. It
cured the problem.

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

[thescullster]

Hi Charles

Thanks but this phone is on a dedicated phone line - no ADSL to filter.

Phil

[michael adams]

"thescullster" <ph...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:lo9d4h$6sh$1...@dont-email.me...

A quick Google reveals that on both SKY and BT (maybe the network
maybe the phone) you should enter * # 234 #
to turn it on.

Other suggestions are to take out or renew batteries (if present)
and unplug it, wait and plug it in again.

Maybe unplugging it and then trying step 1 might be an idea.


michael adams

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[michael adams]

"michael adams" <mjad...@ukonline.co.k> wrote in message
news:lo9i9j$e5u$1...@dont-email.me...

>
> "thescullster" <ph...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:lo9d4h$6sh$1...@dont-email.me...
>> Hi all
>>
>> I have a Siemens Gigaset 460 with loads of contacts in the contact list.
>> I can select one of these and call straight out of the list no problem.
>> But it has stopped displaying incoming caller ID.
>>
>> If I substitute another phone, the caller ID works, so the service is clearly still
>> provisioned on the line.
>>
>> I have looked at menus, but can't find an option to turn on/off the caller ID (in case
>> I have accidentally disabled it).
>>
>> Anyone got any idea about how to reinstate this, or is it new phone time?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Phil
>
>
> A quick Google reveals that on both SKY and BT (maybe the network
> maybe the phone) you should enter * # 234 #
> to turn it on.

Oops ! That should be * 234 #

Only one hash.

(* # 234 # is to check whether its on or not)

[Johny B Good]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:21:04 +0100, thescullster <ph...@nospam.com>
wrote:

Have you tried forcing the base station to 'reboot' by switching the
mains power off (wall socket switch or unplugging the DC cord for a
few seconds)?

The microprocessor controller can get its knickers in a twist for no
apparent reason just as easily as any windows PC. I've cured the odd
bout of 'weirdness' with several DECT phone systems I've had over the
past decade or so by using this "Switch it off, then switch it back
on." technique.
--
J B Good

[thescullster]

Yes I tried the old "turn it off an on again" (i. e. powering off the
base) routine.
Thanks Johnny

[thescullster]

Thanks Michael but this phone is connected to Kingston Communications
(don't ask) Hull network and I simply get "This service is not
available" when dialling the number you have quoted.

Phil

[Johny B Good]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:22:46 +0100, thescullster <ph...@nospam.com>
wrote:

The only other 'quick fix' left to try, assuming you haven't already
done so, is to remove a cell from the handset battery compartment to
power off/power on reset it.

I can't really see the point of being able to explicitly disable the
caller ID display feature on _any_ phone so equipped so it seems very
unlikely that you would find an option for this in the advanced user
instructions.
--
J B Good

[michael adams]

"thescullster" <ph...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:lo9kb5$te8$2...@dont-email.me...

As another phone works in the socket, before ditching the phone
the first thing to try might be to check the connection.

ISTR the wire has a connector which goes into a
socket inside the phone *, so swapping that out with
one from a working phone might be worth a try.


michael adams

* The one I "repaired" by reseating it about 20 years ago
did anyway. Not sure if they're a standard fitment or not.

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[michael adams]

"Johny B Good" <johnny...@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:9cmgq9p6renpu17su...@4ax.com...

>
> I can't really see the point of being able to explicitly disable the
> caller ID display feature on _any_ phone so equipped

On a shared phone, I can see plenty of reasons why one party might
not wish another party to know the caller ID of the person who is
calling them, whenever the other party answers the phone.

With caller ID if the "wrong" person answers the phone
and they are at all suspicious, then simply replacing
the phone or using the wrong number ruse are no longer
of any use to the caller.



michael adams

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[Richard Tobin]

In article <lo9d4h$6sh$1...@dont-email.me>, thescullster <ph...@nospam.com> wrote:

>I have a Siemens Gigaset 460 with loads of contacts in the contact list.
>I can select one of these and call straight out of the list no problem.
>But it has stopped displaying incoming caller ID.

There isn't by any chance some way to configure it for the different
CLID systems used in different countries, which has somehow been mis-set?

-- Richard

[www.GymRatZ.co.uk]

I've got a Siemans giggleset, had it a number of years now and caller ID
can be an odd thing.
As more and more people are connecting via VOIP either deliberately or
unknowingly e.g. "Zen Broadband Voice" caller ID being passed isn't
guaranteed.
I'd say it's more to do with the caller than the called.
Also lots more junk calls originating from other parts of the world with
auto-dialers going via VOIP no doubt leaving missed calls with no caller
ID.
When calling other family members or vice versa sometimes we get caller
I.D. sometimes not but we always dial via the same VOIP provider no
rhyme or reason other than calls being routed via non specific providers
often to the same number it would seem.

HTH
Pete@
--
http://www.GymRatZ.co.uk
Heavy Duty Gym Equipment Made in England for the toughest of gyms.

[Peter Johnson]

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:15:56 +0000 (UTC), Jethro_uk
<jeth...@hotmailbin.com> wrote:

>
>The OP doesn't say who his phone provider is.

He does in a follow up message - Kingston Communications