How do I delete Caller IDs? Use phone book for chain dialing?

To save caller ID with a name in Panasonic KX-AT7730, you need to follow these steps:

Press the "Program" button on the phone.
Dial "9" to enter the "Caller ID" setting.
Dial "1" to enter the "Caller ID Memory" setting.
Dial the memory location number (0-99) where you want to save the caller ID and name.
Enter the caller's phone number using the keypad.
Press the "#" button to move to the next field.
Enter the caller's name using the keypad (use the alphanumeric keys to enter letters).
Press the "#" button again to save the entry.
Repeat steps 4-8 for each caller ID you want to save.

Note: Caller ID service must be enabled on your phone line for this feature to work. Also, make sure you have enough memory locations available in your phone's memory to save new caller IDs.

Caller ID
If you subscribe to caller ID service, information about each caller appears after the first or second ring. If you answer a call before the caller information appears on the screen, it will not be saved in the caller ID log. The caller ID log stores up to 50 entries. Each entry has up to 24 digits for the phone number and 15 characters for the name. If the telephone number has more that 15 digits, only the last 15 digits appear. If the name has more than 15 characters, only the first 15 characters are shown and saved in the caller ID log. Review a caller ID log entry Press CID when the phone is not in use. Scroll to browse through the caller ID log. When the desired entry appears: Press repeatedly to show different dialing options. Press 1 repeatedly if you need to add or remove 1 in front of the phone number. Press or to dial the displayed number. Dial a caller ID log entry When the desired entry appears, press or to dial. 1. 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. • 1. 2. • • 3. • Save a caller ID log entry to the phonebook When the desired caller ID log entry displays, press SELECT. 2. Scroll to To Phonebook then press SELECT. 3. Use the dialing keys to modify the number, and then press SELECT. 4. Use the dialing keys to modify the name, and then press SELECT to save. Delete a caller ID log entry When the desired caller ID log entry displays, press DELETE. Delete all caller ID log entries Press MENU when the phone is not in use. Scroll to Caller ID log and then press SELECT. Scroll to Delete all and then press SELECT twice.
Call block
If you subscribe to caller ID service, you can set the telephone to block unknown calls and certain undesired calls. The call block list stores up to 20 entries. Block unknown calls Press MENU when the phone is not in use. Scroll to Call block, and then press SELECT. Scroll to Calls w/o num, and then press SELECT. Scroll to choose Not block or Block, and then press SELECT. Add a call block list entry 1. Press MENU when the phone is not in use. 2. Scroll to Call block, and then press SELECT. 3. Scroll to Block list, and then press SELECT. 4. Scroll to Add new entry, and then press SELECT. 5. Enter the number. • Use the dialing keys to enter the number (up to 30 digits). 6. Press SELECT to move to the name. 7. Use the dialing keys to enter the name (up to 15 characters). Additional key presses show other characters of that particular key. 8. Press SELECT to save. 1. • • 1. 2. 3. 4. Review call block list Press MENU when the phone is not in use. Scroll to Call block, and then press SELECT. Scroll to Block list, and then press SELECT. Press SELECT to choose Review. Edit a call block list entry When the desired entry displays, press SELECT. Use the dialing keys to edit the number, and then press SELECT. Use the dialing keys to edit the name, and then press SELECT to save. Save a caller ID log entry to call block list 1. When the desired caller ID log entry displays, press SELECT. 2. Scroll to To Call block then press SELECT. 3. Use the dialing keys to modify the number, and then press SELECT. 4. Use the dialing keys to modify the name, and then press SELECT to save. Delete a call block list entry When the desired call block list entry displays, press DELETE.

Try to reset. Maybe it doesn't restore your recent calls or phonebook but at least get them to functioning.

Blinking Light
Two reasons the light on top of your screen might be blinking or on steady.

• You do not have a voicemail key programmed and the voicemail is alerting you of a new message. Simply dial *8 and check your mailbox.

• Message waiting has been activated. To cancel:
  • leave handset hung up
  • press call1 key
  • dial 873
  • press speaker key

Blinking light on top of Display NEC Aspire

I think you might be confusing the counter that keeps rack of caller ID information, and the counter that tracks messages stored in the answering machine - two different things, different purposes.

The answering machine part displays "new messages", but can store "old messages". For the caller ID part, look for a button on the handset that says "caller ID" - hit that, and then there will be a scroll up/down pair of buttons - you can look through your received caller IDs. Their may be a delete button on the phone (It's not clear what model you have), which will allow deleting that caller ID out of memory, but if not, having viewed the numbers, your "20" on the message counter should reduce.

Who made this device? Contact customer support.

These phones use a "Shared" memory, the CID information and the Phone book information share the same memory chip. If you clean out the caller ID data you should be able to load more numbers in the phone book. Since you have an 8885 I am assuming you have TCX800 or TCX905 handset(s), to clear the CID memory, Follow these steps:

Deleting Information from the Caller ID List
1) When the phone is in standby mode, view the Caller ID
information to be deleted (see "Viewing the Caller ID
List" on page 50).
2) Press the DELETE soft key. De let e C all er ID appears.
3) Press volume up/down to choose Yes.
4) Press the OK soft key. You will hear a confirmation tone.

To delete all the CID information follow these steps:

Deleting all Caller ID names/numbers
1) When the phone is in standby mode, press cid.
Press the DELETE soft key. De let e A ll? appears.
2) Press volume up/down to choose Y es.
3) Press the OK soft key. You will hear a confirmation tone

check the settings on the PBX , Caller ID has to be set -up correctly on the PBX , ie T1 needs to be configured to pass the caller ID to the PBX and to the phone

you should try *67 then adding the number or try going to settings and lookig to see if there is phone dialing or phone settingss

try to copy all the contacts on a paper then delete all the ph book contacts and write them again make shure that when you write the phone number with the area code if its like that on your ph book