Radio Shack 17-8023 manual

Cat. No. 17-802 2/17-80 23 OWNER’S MANUAL PGL -3 02 Ul tra E xp re ss Nume ri c Loca l Pag er Pl ease read befo re us in g t his pa ge r. TM 17-8 02 2. fm Page 1 Thursda y, Ju ly 22, 19 99 9:5 9 AM[...]

2 INT RODU CT ION Your PGL- 302 Ultra Express Numeric Local Pa ger lets you keep i n touch wi th the offi ce and with fa m i ly and fri ends any where around town. It ca n stor e up to 16 mess ages an d alert s you wi th either a ge ntle vi br ation or one of fiv e beep p atter ns. It al so has these f eature s: Daily Alarm — lets y ou set the pa[...]

3 Messa ge Protect — let s you pr otect up to eight m e s- sages from acci dental d eleti on. Automati c Page Reset — stop s a page after 20 se c- onds if y ou do not press a butto n. Page Rem inder — beeps or vibrate s every 2 minut es to remi nd you to view unread page s. Automati c Pager Power — l ets you set the pager to turn on and off[...]

4 GE T TING ST ARTE D SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You mu st subs cribe to local pagi ng ser vice t hrough PageMa rt b efore you can st art recei ving pages . To acti vate your pa ger, call Pag eMart’s a t 1-800-99- RSPAGE. 17-8 02 2. fm Page 4 Thursda y, Ju ly 22, 19 99 9:5 9 AM[...]

5 INST ALLING A BA TTER Y Your page r requires o ne AAA battery. For t he best per- forman ce, we reco m mend an al kali ne battery su ch as Radio Shack Ca t. No. 23-555. 1. Slid e off the bat tery c over in the di rection of t he arrow . 2. Remove the old batt ery , if neces sary , an d dis- pose of i t pro perly . 17-8 02 2. fm Page 5 Thursda y, [...]

6 3. Inser t the new batter y as i ndicat ed by the pol ari ty symb ols (+ and –) marked be side the co mpart- ment. 4. Replac e t he batte ry cov er . Notes: • The bu ilt -in memory sav er stor es messages and sett ings for a short t ime while you change the ba tter y . • T urn of f the pag er when you ar e not using i t. See “Auto matic O[...]

7 P AGER QUIC K GU IDE Press the re ad/select but t on ( ) to tu r n on th e pa g- er, vi ew pages , and selec t menu options. Press th e mode button ( ) to ac cess the pa ger’s menus . Press the l i ght /reset button ( ) to turn on the li ght. Pre ss it tw ice to retu rn to th e ti me/d ate d ispla y. Read /Sel ec t Button Mode Button Lig ht/Res[...]

8 INDICA T OR S Your pager d ispla ys the fol lowing symbol s. Audibl e m ode Vibra te (si lent) mode Prote cted mes sage Mess age cont inuat io n Erase al l messages Delet e i ndi vidua l message Pager al arm activate d Automat ic power fe atur e Low batt ery indicat or 17-8 02 2. fm Page 8 Thursda y, Ju ly 22, 19 99 9:5 9 AM[...]

9 PRE PERA T I ON SETTING THE DA TE Press to turn on the pager, t hen f ollow t hese st eps to set t he cur rent dat e. Note: If you do not press a button with in 10 s econds, the pager r eturn s to the t ime/da te di splay. 1. At the tim e/date dis play , repeatedl y press unti l the pager disp lays SET dATE? . 2. Press . The mont h digit s fl ash[...]

10 SETTING THE TIME Press to turn on the pager, t hen f ollow t hese st eps to set t he cur rent time. Note: I f you do not set th e time, the pager i ncorre ctly repor ts the tim es of yo ur pages. 1. At the tim e/date dis play , repeatedl y press unti l the pager disp lays SET TIME? . 2. Press . The hou r digits fl as h. 3. Repeate dly pr ess to [...]

11 7. Repeate dly press to select th e corr ect dig it . 8. Press . A or P f la shes if the pager i s set to the 12-hour format. 9. Press to select t he d esired time o f day ( A for AM or P fo r P M). 10. Pr ess . The pager displ ays 12 HOURS or 24 HOURS . 1 1. Press to sel ect t he desi red t ime fo rmat (1 2- hour with AM /PM or 24- hour). 12. P[...]

12 SELECTING SILENT OR TONE ALERT You can have your page r alert you by v ibratin g or by soundi ng one of f ive t one pa tterns. To have t he pag er vibr ate when y ou re ceive a p age, at the ti me/date displ ay, press . I f the pager is current - ly s et to s ound ton es, it di splay s SILENT? . Pr ess to swi t c h to sile nt alerts . The page r[...]

13 Selectin g the T one Patte rn When you set the pager t o s ound to nes for pages , you have a c hoice o f fi ve tone pat terns. To sel ect a tone pa tter n : 1. Select tone aler t (see “ Selectin g Silent or T one Alert ”). 2. Repeate dly pres s until t he pager displ ays SET ALERT? . 3. Press to hear t he curre ntl y selec ted pat tern. 4. [...]

14 OP ERA T ION TURNING THE P AGER ON/OFF Press t o turn on the page r. The page r sounds an aler t ton e or vibr at es and brief ly turn s on all indicat ors. To turn off the page r, repeatedl y press until the pager d ispla ys PAGER OFF? . Th en press . The or in dic ato r tur ns off. Notes: • The time and dat e appear when t he pager is off . [...]

15 RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When th e pa ger receives a page, it alert s (beeps or vi - brat es) f or 8 seconds . Pr ess any button to s top t he aler t sooner . T he pager di splay s the num ber of unread pages. The pa ger br iefly aler ts ev ery 2 minut es unt il you view the me ssag e. Press to disp lay the m essage. I f i t contai ns mo r[...]

16 T one Only Message s If your pa ger re ceives a message that does no t have any numb ers , it displ ays TONE ONLY . Unreadable Mess ages If your pager recei ve s a message tha t is part iall y or to- tal ly unrea dable, it does not dis play th e unreadab l e part s. PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Foll ow these step s to protec t a m es sag[...]

17 1. Repeate dly pr ess until the pag er displ ays the mess age you want t o protec t. 2. Repeate dly pres s until t he pager displ ays PROTECT? . 3. Press to pro tect the mes sage. To unpro tect t he message, follow th e above ste ps. In Step 2, t he pager d ispla ys UNPROTECT? . DELETING MESSAGES You can de lete si ngle mes sages, or all unprot [...]

18 Deleting Individua l Messages 1. Repeate dly pr ess until the pag er displ ays the mess age you want t o delet e. 2. Press unti l the page r displ ays dELETE? . 3. Press to del ete the messa ge. Deleting All Unprotected Messages 1. At the tim e/date dis play , repeatedl y press unti l the pager disp lays ERASE ALL? . 2. Press to del ete the mess[...]

19 AUTOMA TIC OPERA TION You can set y our page r to aut omatical ly t urn o n and off at spe cifi c t imes ev ery day. To do so , sele ct aut om ati c operat ion and set the desi r ed on and off tim es. Selectin g Automatic Operat ion Foll ow thes e s teps to sel ec t automati c oper atio n. 1. At the tim e/date dis play , repeatedl y press unti l[...]

20 Setting t he Automatic O n and Off T imes 1. At the tim e/date dis play , repeatedl y press unti l the pager disp lays SET AUTO? . 2. Press . T he pager di splays t he current ly set on and of f times with th e o n t ime’ s hour flashi ng. 3. Repeate dly pr ess until the pag er displ ays the desir ed tim e. Then press to mak e the ne xt digi t[...]

21 SETTING THE ALARM Foll ow thes e s teps to set your pager’s alar m. 1. At the tim e/date dis play , repeatedl y press unti l the pager disp lays SET ALARM? . 2. Press . T he pager di splays t he current ly set alar m t ime with eith er ON or OFF fl ashing. 3. T o have t he al arm sou nd, pr ess until ON fla shes. Ot herwise, press u ntil OFF f[...]

22 The page r aler ts for 20 second s at t he set alarm time. Press any bu tton to st op th e a lert sooner . P AGER IDE AS Incl ude your pag er n umber in you r answer ing m achine or voi ce mail mess ages. Thi s wa y, you c an re ceive i m- port ant mess ages immedia tely. Give your pager numb er to friend s, family m embers, and bu siness as soc[...]

23 Establ ish code messa ges with your fami ly or f riend s. For exampl e, your child ren can include t he c ode 3333 to te l l you they ar e home from sc hool. Your s pouse can send 0 7734 to s ay hello ! (Rea d it upside-d own.) If you ha ve a c ellular phone, give your p ager number inst ead of your cel lular number . You can decide wh o t o cal[...]

24 CARE To enjoy yo ur pager for a long t ime: • Keep the pager dry . I f i t gets wet , wi pe it d ry imme diately . • Use and store t he pager only in n ormal t empera- ture envir onments. • Hand le the pager gen tly and ca refull y . Don’t drop it. • Keep the pager away from d ust an d d irt. • Wipe th e pager wi th a damp cl oth occ[...]

25 FCC INFORMA TION Your pager might cau se TV or radio int er ferenc e even when it is op erating pr operly. To deter m i ne wheth er your pag er is causin g t he i nterfer ence, turn o ff the pag- er. I f t he interf erence goe s away, your pager i s c ausing the in terferen ce. Try t o e liminate t he inte rference by moving t he pager away fr o[...]

26 This devi c e com plies wit h Par t 15 o f FCC Rules . Oper - ati on i s sub ject t o the fo llowing cond itions: (1) Thi s device ma y not cause any harmf ul inter fer- ence, and (2) Th is device m ust accept inter ference re ceived, in- cludi ng interf erence that may cause undesir ed opera- ti o n . 17-8 02 2. fm Page 2 6 Thu r sd ay, J uly 2[...]

27 NOTES 17-8 02 2. fm Page 2 7 Thu r sd ay, J uly 22 , 1 999 9: 59 AM[...]

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