RadioShack 17-8032/35 - Manuals

6 INSTALLING A BATTERY Your pager requires one AAA battery. For the bestperformance and longest life, we recommend an alka-line battery, such as RadioShack Cat. No. 23-555. Caution: Always use a fresh battery of the requiredsize and type. 1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arrow....

8 PAGER QUICK GUIDE Press the read/select button ( ) to turn on the pager, view pages, and select menu options. Press the mode button ( ) to access the pager’s menus. Press the light/reset button ( ) to turn on the light. Press it twice to return to the time/date display. Read/Select Button Mode But...

9 INDICATORS Your pager displays the following symbols. Audible mode Vibrate (silent) mode Protected message Message continuation Erase all messages Delete individual message Pager alarm activated Automatic power feature Low battery indicator 17-8002.fm Page 9 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM

10 PREPARATION SETTING THE DATE Press to turn on the pager, then follow these steps to set the current date. Notes: • If you do not set the date, the pager incorrectly reports the dates of your pages. • If you do not press a button within 10 seconds, the pager returns to the time/date display. 1. At...

11 5. Repeatedly press to select the current day. 6. Press twice to return to the time/date display. SETTING THE TIME Press to turn on the pager (if necessary), then fol- low these steps to set the current time. Notes: • If you do not set the time, the pager incorrectly reports the times of your pag...

14 Selecting the Tone Pattern When you set the pager to sound tones for pages, youhave a choice of five tone patterns. To select a tonepattern: 1. Make sure tone alert is selected (see “Selecting Silent or Tone Alert” on Page 13). 2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays SET ALERT? . 3. Press to...

15 OPERATION TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pager, press . The pager sounds an alert tone or vibrates and briefly turns on all indicators. To turn off the pager, repeatedly press until the pager displays PAGER OFF? . Then press . The or indicator turns off. Notes: • The time and date appear...

17 • The time/date display automatically appears when you press after reading the last mes- sage, or after about 20 seconds if you do notpress any button. Duplicate Messages If your pager receives a message that is the same asone already stored in memory (read or unread), dUPLICATE appears when you ...

18 • After you read a duplicate message, the pager saves the duplicate messages as one memoryrecord, showing the most recent time and date itwas received. Tone Only Messages If your pager receives a message that does not haveany numbers, it displays TONE ONLY . Unreadable Messages If your pager rece...

19 Overflow Message (Memory Full) Your pager can store up to 16 messages at once in itsmemory. If the pager’s memory is full when it receivesa message, OVERFLOW appears and the new mes- sage replaces the oldest, unprotected message inmemory (see “Protecting and Unprotecting Messag-es” on Page 20). 1...

21 Notes: • You can protect up to eight messages. • If HOLd FULL appears when you press in Step 3, eight messages are currently protected.To protect another message, you must firstunprotect one of those eight. 17-8002.fm Page 21 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM

22 DELETING MESSAGES You can delete unprotected messages one at a time,or all unprotected/read messages at once. Deleting Individual Unprotected Messages 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the message you want to delete. 2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays dELETE? . 3. To delete t...

23 Deleting All Unprotected/Read Messages Caution: This procedure deletes all unprotected mes- sages that you have read. Be sure you protect anymessages that you want to save before you follow these steps. 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays ERASE ALL? . Note: If t...

24 AUTOMATIC OPERATION You can set your pager to automatically turn on andoff at specific times every day. To do so, select auto-matic operation then set the desired on and off times. Selecting Automatic Operation 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays PAGER AUTO? . 2...

25 Setting the Automatic On and Off Times 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays SET AUTO? . 2. Press . The pager displays the currently set on and off times with the on time’s hour flashing. 3. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the desired time. Then press fo...

26 USING THE ALARM You can set your pager’s alarm to sound at the sametime each day. The pager alerts for 20 seconds at theset alarm time. Press any button to stop the alertsooner. The pager sounds again the next day, unlessyou turn it off. Turning the Alarm On/Off 1. At the time/date display, repea...

27 Setting the Alarm Time 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays SET ALARM? . 2. Press twice. The hour flashes. 3. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the desired time. Then press for the next digit. Repeat this step until the pager displays thedesired alarm tim...

28 PAGER IDEAS Include your pager number in your answering ma-chine or voice mail messages. This way, you can re-ceive important messages immediately. Leave your pager number at your children’s schooland with the babysitter so you can always be reachedin an emergency. Establish code messages with yo...

29 CARE To enjoy your pager for a long time: • Keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. • Use and store the pager only in normal tempera- ture environments. • Handle the pager gently and carefully. Don’t drop it. • Keep the pager away from dust and dirt. • Wipe the pager with a d...

30 FCC INFORMATION Your pager might cause TV or radio interference evenwhen it is operating properly. To determine whetheryour pager is causing the interference, turn off thepager. If the interference goes away, your pager iscausing the interference. Try to eliminate the interfer-ence by moving the ...