I have all of my contacts added to my F700 and correctly tagged (home, mobile, work). But whenever someone calls it shows "unknown" and the number. The same thing for text messages. It says I have a new message from "unknown".

I thought it might have been because my phone adds a 1 to all received numbers.

Example: 1(813)123-4567

So I edited my phonebook and added 1 to all numbers. No dice. Still shows unknown.

So I edited again and removed the 1 from all of my numbers. Same result.

So I was wondering if it was just me. Does anyone else's caller id and/or text id work correctly?

This may be network-specific, but I've programmed all my numbers using the "correct" GSM notation (at least, correct as far as I understand it).

All my numbers are saved like this:

+12125051212

The +1 is for north america, then the 3-digit area code, then the 7-digit number. It automatically knows whether a call is long distance or not based on whether I'm at home or roaming or whatever.

And more importantly - when I get incoming calls, they are identified to the matching entry in my contacts database on the F700.

Hmm, sounds like I'm going to have to pull my contact database off and manually edit them then, because Apple automatically corrects numbers so they look pretty; (541) 123-4567.

And what's this about text message alerts on the F-Series? I don't get any of those.

Please, do not text while driving.

ugh... no such luck. I added a plus sign to all of my numbers and I still get "new mail from: unknown" on text messages. But I have the full number saved on my phone, and the ID shows correctly there.

I haven't tested caller id yet, but I'm not holding my breath.

Phone: Moto Krzr K1

Service: T-Mobile

and Superjet, I don't write while driving. But I do read at stops.

Skicrave, it might be the communication between the F series and your phone. But it should tell you you have a message. Samantha says "You have got a message". <--I'd like to know who programmed her grammar, because that's not proper English.

Must be a limitation of the iPhone, I'll try it with my Moto L6 to see if that works.

Same problem here. I had the problem with my Nokia N73 and now with my brand new just released Nokia E71. I don't think is a phone problem. It is just another stupid "F"in issue. I think "F" stands for F***ED UP!

I am having the same issue. I transferred my contacts, then I edited the phonebook using SQLite. All the numbers are formatted 12345678910. I will try adding a + to the front, and let you know if it works, but it is disappointing.

Sorry no solution, but at least you know you are not alone. My phone is an ATT RAZR V3xx, perhaps it is an ATT or Motorola problem, but I think it is an F problem.

- dan

A couple of days ago I stumbled upon a pleasant surprise. After I had reset my headunit using the RESET+EJECT method, my caller id started working. I was practically giddy when a couple of people called me and the id showed up.

My database is formated in 18131234567

RESET-EJECT? I searched, but couldn't find how that is different from hitting the reset button, and do I lose any settings this way?

Sorry, sorta a noob

See page 154 in the operations manual. It tells you what gets reset using reset method 1, 2 or 3. I don't know which method corresponds to what option. I'm assuming pushing the reset button is method 1. But that's all I can assume.

Thanks!

So I tried that and thought it worked, but on further testing, no luck, So I did some playing. Here is what I discovered...

First...

I edited the database and put in my home number in a bunch of different formats (dashes, parenthesis, no leading '1', etc).

Then...

When I called my cell phone from my home phone, the number recognized was with no leading '1'. and i got caller ID on that. But when I tried from my wife's cell phone, no luck. The numbers that came in on the received call list were my home number with no leading '1', and then my wife's cell with a leading '+1'.

So I am guessing that cell numbers come in as '+1xxxxx' and land phones come in just 'xxxxxx', so if the F Series is only looking for EXACT matches, then I need to edit my DB that way. The only question is what will a long distance land phone come in as? Leading '1' or no leading '1'? I will try this and post the results. I'll need a few days to get a decent number of calls to come in.

Another question problem.

When I edit my DB, all the numbers I edited are now out of order in the F Series Contacts. This is bizzare. It looks like the F Series doesn't like my edit, or doesn't re-sort. This is despite the contacts being in the correct alphabetical order in the DB. Anyone else experience this?

- dan

Wow Pioneer and Parrot are absurd. Every other handsfree phone system I've used can display caller ID without time consuming edits on the part of the user.

I hope they fix this, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Just a quick update to my contact sorting problem above. I moved all the entries to a temporary table, deleted all the entries in the main table, then moved them back from the temporary table. I then deleted the temporary table.

This solved the sorting issue.

Yeah, apparently the F series doesn't sort alphabetically. When you open the phonebook database in SQLite Browser there is a ID column. That column is what the F uses to sort. Just change the number in the ID column so that your contacts show up alphabetically.

Agreed. One other interesting issue with the DB. I deleted some rows, so there was a gap in the ID numbers (1,2, 4,5 6), and it got all outta whack.

Thanks for all the info guys. I have a 3G iPhone and the numbers were transfer over (xxx) xxx-xxxx. Edit them to be 1234567890 and my caller id works now. The program Lunar-Eclipse suggested made it real easy.

Update: Only works for some numbers. Calls from Sprint and At&t worked but T-Mobile didn't work. Oh well, at least I sorted my phone book.