Received this phone/answering system to replace an older Panasonic system. Immediately found that the answering system does not have an LCD message counter! How useless is an answerer without the ability to be able to see how many messages you received and worse, after you play the messages there is no indication of how many are still left on the machine. Also, the annoying talking caller ID "feature" won't shut off even though there is a menu option to turn it off. Lastly, you can't set the volume up high enough to properly hear your messages without a completely silent room. Sending back to Amazon immediately! Note: Panasonic has removed the LCD message counter from all their new phones, so it's goodbye Panasonic.