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Cat. No. 17-8002/8003/8032/8033
OWNER’S MANUAL
TM
PGL-302 Ultra Express
Numeric Local Pager
Please read before using this pager.
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17-8003.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM INTRODUCTION Your PGL-302 Ultra Express Numeric Local Pager lets you keep in touch with the office and with family and friends anywhere around town. It can store up to 16 messages and alerts you with either a gentle vibration or one of five beep pat- terns. It also has these features: Daily Alarm—lets you set the pager to sound an alarm at a set time. Low Battery Indicator— lets you know when the battery is low. Clock— displays the current da
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17-8003.fm Page 3 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM Automatic Page Reset—stops a page after 20 seconds if you do not press a button. Page Reminder—beeps or vibrates ev- ery 2 minutes to remind you to view un- read 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 in- structions to ensure that you fully under- stand your pager’s operation. Note: You need one AAA battery to pow- er your pager. 3
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17-8003.fm Page 4 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM GETTING STARTED SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subscribe to local paging ser- vice through a local provider. Contact your local Radio Shack store to find out how to contact the service provider in your area. Your service provider will give you in- structions for how to page your pager and send numbers to it. 4
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17-8003.fm Page 5 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM INSTALLING A BATTERY Your pager requires one AAA battery. For the best performance, we recom- mend an alkaline battery such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-555. 1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arrow. 2. Remove the old battery, if neces- sary, and dispose of it properly. 5
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17-8003.fm Page 6 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM 3. Insert the new battery as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked beside the compartment. 4. Replace the battery cover. Notes: • The built-in memory saver stores messages and settings for a short time while you change the battery. • Turn off the pager when you are not using it. See “Automatic Operation.” • A battery should last for 850 to 950 hours of use. When battery power becomes low, the pager displays . You have about 1 week
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17-8003.fm Page 7 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 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. 7
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17-8003.fm Page 8 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM INDICATORS The following indicators appear on your pager’s display. Audible mode Vibrate (silent) mode Protected message Message continuation Erase all messages Delete individual message Pager alarm activated Automatic power feature Low battery indicator 8
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17-8003.fm Page 9 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM PREPARATION SETTING THE DATE Press to turn on the pager, then fol- low these steps to set the current date. Note: 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 current month. 4. Press . The day digits flash. 5. Repeatedly press to select the cur
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17-8003.fm Page 10 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM SETTING THE TIME Press to turn on the pager, then fol- low these steps to set the current time. Note: If you do not set the time, the pag- er incorrectly reports the times of your pages. 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays SET TIME?. 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
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17-8003.fm Page 11 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM 7. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit. 8.Press . A or P flashes if the pager is set to the 12-hour format. 9. Press to select the desired time of day (A for AM or P for PM). 10. Press . The pager displays 12 HOURS or 24 HOURS. 11. Press to select the desired time format (12-hour with AM/PM or 24- hour). 12. Press twice to return to the time/date display. 11
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17-8003.fm Page 12 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM SELECTING SILENT OR TONE ALERT You can have your pager alert you by vi- brating or by sounding one of five tone patterns. To have the pager vibrate when you re- ceive a page, at the time/date display, press . If the pager is currently set to sound tones, it displays SILENT?. Press to switch to silent alerts. The pager vibrates briefly, and the indica- tor turns on. To have the pager sound tones when you receive a page, at the time/date di
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17-8003.fm Page 13 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 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. Select tone alert (see “Selecting Silent or Tone Alert”). 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 pattern and displays ALERT1, A
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17-8003.fm Page 14 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM OPERATION TURNING THE PAGER ON AND OFF Press to turn on the pager. The pag- er 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 in- dicator turns off. Notes: • The pager displays the time and date, even when it is turned off. • The pager does not receive pages when it is turned off. TURNING ON THE LIGHT To turn on the ligh
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17-8003.fm Page 15 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When the pager receives a page, it alerts (beeps or vibrates) for 8 seconds. Press any button to stop the alert sooner. The pager displays the number of unread pages. The pager briefly alerts every 2 minutes until you view the message. Press to display the message. If it contains more than 12 digits, repeatedly press to see the rest of the message. The last screen of the page gives the message’s number and ti
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17-8003.fm Page 16 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM 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 totally unreadable, it does not display the unreadable parts. 16
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17-8003.fm Page 17 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Follow these steps to protect a message so you cannot delete it. 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. To unprotect the message, follow the above steps. In Step 2, the pager dis- plays UNPROTECT?. 17
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17-8003.fm Page 18 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM DELETING MESSAGES You can delete single messages, or all unprotected messages. Deleting Individual Messages 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the message you want to delete. 2. Press until the pager displays dELETE?. 3. Press to delete the message. Deleting All Unprotected Messages 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays ERASE ALL?. 2. Press to delete the messages. 18
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17-8003.fm Page 19 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM AUTOMATIC OPERATION You can set your pager to automatically turn on and off at specific times every day. To do so, select automatic opera- tion and set the desired on and off times. Selecting Automatic Operation Follow these steps to select automatic operation. 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays PAGER AUTO?. 2. Press to select automatic oper- ation. To return to manual operation, repeat these steps. The p
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17-8003.fm Page 20 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:47 AM 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 to make the next digit flash. Repeat this step until the pager dis- plays the desired on and off times. 4. Press twice to return to the time/date d
