RadioShack 17-9003 - Manuals

9 PAGER QUICK GUIDE AlertSpeaker MenuButton Function/SelectButtons 17-9003.fm Page 9 Friday, July 23, 1999 9:42 AM

10 INDICATORS Your pager displays the following symbols. or Audible alert mode or Silent (vibrate) alert mode Protected message Duplicate message or Message continuation Daily alarm Timer Low battery 17-9003.fm Page 10 Friday, July 23, 1999 9:42 AM

14 SETTING THE DATE FORMAT Your pager is preset to display the date in the month/day/year (M/D/Y) format, but you can set it to use theD/M/Y format. To change the date format, follow thesesteps. 1. At the standby display, press then repeatedly press until Set Options appears. 2. Press , then repeate...

15 SETTING THE MESSAGE ALERT Your pager is preset to alert you by sounding one ofthree audible alert patterns (Beep1); however, youcan set it to use any of these audible or silent alerts(and you can set the alert length — see “Setting theAlert Length” on Page 19). Display Alert Type Beep1 or Beep2 (...

16 Selecting an Audible Alert 1. At the standby display, press . Set Alerts appears and the last selected alert symbolflashes. 2. Press . Sound ON/OFF appears, and the cur- rent setting ( ON or OFF ) flashes. 3. Press (if necessary) so ON flashes, then press . Beep1, 2 / Melody appears, and the cur-...

17 Selecting a Silent Alert 1. At the standby display, press . Set Alerts appears and the last selected alert symbolflashes. 2. Press . Sound ON/OFF appears, and the cur- rent setting ( ON or OFF ) flashes. 3. Press (if necessary) so OFF flashes, then press . Chirp ON/OFF appears, and the current se...

19 Setting the Alert Length Your pager is preset to alert for about 30 secondswhen you receive a message or to remind you of anunread message; however, you can set it to alert for20 (“Short”), 32 (“Middle”), or 44 (“Long”) seconds.Follow these steps to change the alert length. 1. At the standby disp...

20 OPERATION TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pager, press and hold for a few sec- onds until Power ON appears on the display. The pager sounds an alert tone or vibrates and brieflyturns on all indicators, then the standby display ap-pears. To turn off the pager, press and hold for a few sec-...

22 MEMORY CAPACITY Your pager can store up to 16 messages (or a maxi-mum of 640 characters) in its memory. If the pager’smemory is full when it receives a new message, thenew message replaces the oldest unprotected mes-sage in memory. Hint: To prevent the pager from automatically replac-ing messages...

23 RECEIVING/READING MESSAGES Receiving Messages When the pager receives a message, it alerts (beepsor vibrates) and displays the incoming message for upto 44 seconds (depending on the alert length selected— see “Setting the Alert Length” on Page 19). To stopthe alert sooner, press any button. Notes...

24 Reading Messages To read all messages stored in memory, repeatedlypress or . Each time you press a button, the pag- er displays the next message and the time it was re-ceived (time stamp). The pager displays any unreadmessages (from newest to oldest) first, then it dis-plays all previously read m...

25 Notes: • The characters (such as 21d ) that briefly appear in the lower-left corner of the display before thetime stamp are part of a paging-address featurenot supported by your carrier. • The first time you press or to view any unread message, the pager alerts again (for up to44 seconds). Press ...

26 • You can set the pager to sound a reminder alert at preset intervals for up to 3 hours to remind youof unread messages. See “Using the ReminderAlert” on Page 32. Using Automatic Message-Scroll To have the pager automatically scroll through allmessages stored in memory so you can read themhands-f...

27 Duplicate Messages If your pager receives a message that is the same asone already stored in memory (read or unread), appears when the pager displays the duplicate mes-sage. After you read a duplicate message, the pagersaves only one copy of it, showing the most recenttime that the message was re...

29 Note: If *FULL* appears and the pager beeps twice when you press to protect a message, eight mes- sages are currently protected. To protect anothermessage, you must first unprotect or delete (see “De-leting Messages”) one of those eight. DELETING MESSAGES Your pager lets you delete messages one a...

31 Deleting All Messages Caution: This procedure deletes all messages (pro- tected and unprotected) stored in memory. 1. Turn off the pager. 2. Press and hold and until Delete All? appears. 3. To delete all messages in memory, press . Deleted All appears briefly, then the pager turns on and the stan...

32 SPECIAL FEATURES USING THE REMINDER ALERT To remind you of any unread messages, you can setyour pager to sound an alert (at intervals of 1, 2, 5, 10,then every 30 minutes) for up to 3 hours or until youpress a button. Follow these steps to turn the remind-er alert on or off. 1. At the standby dis...

35 USING THE DAILY ALARM You can set your pager to sound an alarm at thesame time each day. At the set alarm time, *Alarm* appears, flashes, and the pager sounds a silent or audible alarm (depending on the selected messagealert type) for about 30 seconds. To stop the alarmsooner, press any button. T...

37 Turning the Daily Alarm Off/On Follow these steps to turn off the alarm or turn it backon. 1. At the standby display, press then so Set Alarm appears. 2. Press . The last set alarm time and Alarm ON/OFF appear, and the current alarm setting ( ON or OFF ) flashes. 3. To turn the alarm on or off, p...

38 USING THE TIMER You can set your pager to sound an alert after a setamount of time (up to 99 minutes) has passed — justlike a timer. After a set number of minutes haspassed, Time is Up ! appears, flashes, and the pager sounds a silent or audible alert (depending onthe selected message alert type)...

39 3. Repeatedly press to set the number of min- utes, then press . Run/Stop appears, and Stop flashes. Notes: • As you press , the pager scrolls forward from 1-99 minutes, then repeats that sequencewhen it reaches the end. • The timer displays the seconds, but you can set only the number of minutes...

40 Stopping the Timer Follow these steps to stop the running timer before the timer alert sounds. 1. At the standby display, press then repeatedly press until Set Timer appears. 2. Press . Run/Stop and the remaining time appear, and Run and flash. 3. Press so Stop flashes, then press . The timer sto...

41 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...

42 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...

43 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 ...