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OWNER’S MANUAL
Ultra Express Numeric Pager
Please read before using this pager.
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17-8002.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM INTRODUCTION Your Ultra Express Numeric Pager lets you keep in touch with the office and with family and friends any- where around town. It can store up to 16 messages and alerts you with either a gentle vibration or one of five beep patterns. The pager also has these features: Daily Alarm — lets you set the pager to sound an alarm at a set time each day. Low Battery Indicator — lets you know when the battery is low. Clock — displays the curre
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17-8002.fm Page 3 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM Message Protect — lets you protect up to eight mes- sages from accidental deletion. Automatic Page Reset — stops a page after 20 sec- onds if you do not press a button. Page Reminder — beeps or vibrates every 2 minutes to remind you to view unread pages. Automatic Pager Power — lets you set the pager to turn on and off at specific times every day. Be sure you thoroughly read these instructions to en- sure that you fully understand your pager’s
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17-8002.fm Page 4 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM CONTENTS Getting Started ................................................................. 5 Subscribing to Service ............................................... 5 Installing a Battery ..................................................... 6 Pager Quick Guide ........................................................... 8 Indicators ................................................................... 9 Preparation ...............................
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17-8002.fm Page 5 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM GETTING STARTED SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subscribe to paging service through Mobile- Comm before you can start receiving messages. To activate your pager, call MobileComm or its asso- ciated carrier at the telephone number listed in the ac- tivation instructions provided with your pager’s activation packet. 5
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17-8002.fm Page 6 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM INSTALLING A BATTERY Your pager requires one AAA battery. For the best performance and longest life, we recommend an alka- line battery, such as RadioShack Cat. No. 23-555. Caution: Always use a fresh battery of the required size and type. 1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arrow. 6
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17-8002.fm Page 7 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM 2. Insert the battery as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked beside the compart- ment. 3. Replace the cover. When battery power becomes low, the pager displays . You have about 1 week’s battery power left when this warning first appears. Notes: • The built-in memory saver stores messages and settings for up to 5 minutes while you change the battery or after the battery loses power. • Turn off the pager when you are not using it,
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17-8002.fm Page 8 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM PAGER QUICK GUIDE Read/Select Mode Light/Reset Button Button Button 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. 8
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17-8002.fm Page 9 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM 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 9
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17-8002.fm Page 10 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM 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 the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays SET dATE?. 2. Press . The month digits flash. 3. Repeatedly press to select the
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17-8002.fm Page 11 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM 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 pages. • If you do not press a button within 10 seconds, the pager returns to the time/date display. 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press u
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17-8002.fm Page 12 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM 2. Press . The hour digits flash. 3. Repeatedly press to select the current hour. 4. Press . The first minute digit flashes. 5. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit. 6. Press . The second minute digit flashes. 7. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit. 8.Press . A or P flashes. 9. Press to select the desired time of day (A for AM or P for PM). 10. Press twice to return to the time/date display. 12
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17-8002.fm Page 13 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM SELECTING SILENT OR TONE ALERT You can have your pager alert you by vibrating or by sounding one of five tone patterns. To have the pager vibrate when you receive a page, at the time/date display, press . If the pager is cur- rently set to sound tones, it displays SILENT?. Press to switch to silent alerts. The pager vibrates brief- ly, and the indicator turns on. To have the pager sound tones when you receive a page, at the time/date displ
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17-8002.fm Page 14 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM Selecting the Tone Pattern When you set the pager to sound tones for pages, you have a choice of five tone patterns. To select a tone pattern: 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 hear the currently selected pattern. 4. Repeatedly press to select a different pattern. Each time you press , the pager sounds the selected patt
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17-8002.fm Page 15 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM 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 when the pager is off. • The pager does not receive pages when it is off. TURNING ON THE LIGHT To turn on the light, press . The pager’s light tur
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17-8002.fm Page 16 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When the pager receives a page, it alerts (beeps or vi- brates) for 8 seconds. Press any button to stop the alert sooner. The pager displays the number of un- read pages. Press to display the first unread message. If it contains more than 12 digits, repeatedly press to see the rest of the message. The last screen gives the message’s number and time. To read additional messages, press again. Notes: • The page
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17-8002.fm Page 17 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM • The time/date display automatically appears when you press after reading the last mes- sage, or after about 20 seconds if you do not press any button. Duplicate Messages If your pager receives a message that is the same as one already stored in memory (read or unread), dUPLICATE appears when you press to read that message. Press again to read the duplicate message. Notes: • The time, date, and message number do not appear the first time
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17-8002.fm Page 18 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM • After you read a duplicate message, the pager saves the duplicate messages as one memory record, showing the most recent time and date it was received. Tone Only Messages If your pager receives a message that does not have any numbers, it displays TONE ONLY. Unreadable Messages If your pager receives a message that is partially or to- tally unreadable, it does not display the unreadable parts. 18
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17-8002.fm Page 19 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM Overflow Message (Memory Full) Your pager can store up to 16 messages at once in its memory. If the pager’s memory is full when it receives a message, OVERFLOW appears and the new mes- sage replaces the oldest, unprotected message in memory (see “Protecting and Unprotecting Messag- es” on Page 20). 19
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17-8002.fm Page 20 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:40 AM PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Follow these steps to protect a message from being replaced (if the memory is full) or accidentally deleted. 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the message you want to protect. 2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays PROTECT?. 3. Press to protect the message. Note: To escape without protecting the page, press again so ESCAPE? appears, then press . To unprotect the message, repeat these
