Radio Shack 17-8002/05 manual

Cat. No. 17-80 02/05 17-80 32/35 OWNER’S MANUAL U ltra E x pres s Numer ic Pag er Pl ease read befo re us in g t his pa ge r . 17-8 002. fm Page 1 Thursda y, Ju ly 22, 19 99 9:4 0 A M[...]

2 INT ROD U CTIO N Your Ult ra Express Numer ic Pager let s you keep in touch wi th th e office and with famil y and frie nds any- where ar ound to w n . It can s tore up to 16 mess ages and aler ts you with eithe r a gentl e vibrati on or one of fiv e bee p patt erns. The p ager al so has t hese f eature s: Daily Alarm — let s you set the p ager[...]

3 Messa ge Prot ect — let s you prot ect up to ei ght mes- sages from acci dental d eleti on. Automati c Page Reset — st ops a page after 20 se c- onds if you do not pr ess a butto n. Page Rem i nder — beeps or vib rates ever y 2 mi nutes to remi nd you to view unread page s. Automati c Pager Power — lets you set the pager to turn on and of[...]

4 CONTEN TS Gett ing Started ...... ... ........ .... .... ....... .... ........ .... ... ........ .... .. 5 Subs crib ing to Serv ice ... ....... .... ........ .... ....... .... .... ...... 5 Inst allin g a B att ery . .... ........ ... ........ .... .... ....... .... ........ .. 6 Page r Q uick Guid e ....... .... .... ....... .... ........ .... [...]

5 GE T TING ST A R TED SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subs cribe to pagi ng servi ce t hr ough Mobil e- Comm b efore you ca n star t r eceiving messa ges. To act ivat e your pager, cal l Mobi leComm or its asso- ciat ed carr ie r at the tel ephone numbe r lis te d in the a c- tiv ation inst ructions pr ovided with your pager’ s acti vati on pack[...]

6 INSTALLING A BATTERY Your p ager r equire s one AAA batte ry . For the be st perf ormance and l onges t life, we reco mmend an alk a- lin e batt ery, such as Radi oShack Cat. No. 23-5 55. Cautio n: Always us e a fresh batt ery of the req uired size and t ype. 1. Slid e off the bat tery cover in t he directi on of the arrow . 17-8 002. fm Page 6 T[...]

7 2. Inser t the batt ery as i ndicated by t he polar ity symb ols (+ and –) marked be side the co mpart- ment. 3. Replac e the cov er . When b attery powe r becom es low, t he pager displays . You have about 1 wee k’s battery power lef t when t his wa rning first appear s. Notes: • The bu ilt -in memory sav er stor es messages and sett ings [...]

8 PA GER QU IC K G UID E Press t he read/ select button ( ) to tu rn o n th e pager, vie w pages, and s elect menu op tions. Press th e mode button ( ) to ac cess the pa ger’s menus . Press the ligh t/rese t button ( ) to tu rn on the lig ht. Pre ss i t t wic e to re turn to the tim e/da te di spla y. Read /Sel ect Button Mode Button Lig ht/Re se[...]

9 INDICATORS 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 indi vi dual messa ge Pager al arm activate d Automat ic power fe atur e Low batt ery indicat or 17-8 002. fm Page 9 Thursda y, Ju ly 22, 19 99 9:4 0 A M[...]

10 PREPARATION SETTING THE DATE Press to turn on the pager, t hen f ollow t hese st eps to set t he cur rent dat e. Notes: • If you do not set the date, the pag er incor rectly repor ts the dates of you r pages. • If you do not press a but ton wi thin 10 second s, the pager r eturn s to the ti m e/da te displ ay . 1. At the tim e/date dis play [...]

11 5. Repeate dly pr ess to se lect the c urrent d ay . 6. Press twice to retur n to the time/ date dis play . SETTING THE TIME Press to tur n on t he pager (if necessar y), then fol - low thes e ste ps to set the curr ent time. Notes: • If you do not set the ti me, the pager incor rectly repor ts the tim es of yo ur page s. • If you do not pre[...]

12 2. Press . The hou r di git s flash. 3. Repeate dly pr ess t o se lect th e curr ent h our . 4. Press . The fir st mi nut e d ig it flashes . 5. Repeate dly press to se lec t the correct digit. 6. Press . The sec ond min ute digit f lashes. 7. Repeate dly press to se lec t the correct digit. 8. Press . A or P fl ashes. 9. Press to select t he d [...]

13 SELECTING SILENT OR T ONE ALERT You can have your page r aler t you by vibrat ing or by soundi ng one of f ive t one pa tterns. To hav e the pager vib rate when y ou receiv e a pag e, at t he time/ date displ ay, pr ess . If the p ager i s cur- rent ly set to s ound tones , it di splays SILENT? . Pres s to switc h to silent alerts. The p ager v [...]

14 Selectin g the T one Pattern When you set the pager t o s ound tones fo r pages, you have a c hoice o f fi ve tone pat terns. To select a tone pa tter n: 1. Make sure to ne alert is selec t ed (see “Se lecting Sile nt or T one Ale rt” on Page 13). 2. Repeate dly pres s until the pager displ ays SET ALERT? . 3. Press to hear the cur rently se[...]

15 OP ERATIO N T URNING TH E PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pag er, press . The pager 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 ind icato r tur ns of f. Notes: • The time and date appe ar when the pager is of f. ?[...]

16 RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When th e pa ger recei ves a page, it ale rts (bee ps or vi- brat es) f or 8 seconds . Press any butt on t o sto p the aler t sooner . The pager displ ays t he number o f un- read pages . Press to disp lay the fi rst unread mess age. If i t contai ns mor e than 12 digit s, r epeatedly pr es s to see t he rest of t [...]

17 • The ti me/date display aut omati cally appea rs when you press after reading the las t m es- sage, or aft er abou t 20 seconds i f yo u do n ot press any b utton. Duplicate Me ssages If your page r rece ives a m essage t hat is t he same as one alr eady stor ed in memory (read or unr ead), dUPLICATE appears when you pr ess to read that mess [...]

18 • After you read a duplic ate message, the pager saves t he dupli cate messa ges as one me m o ry recor d, sho wing t he most recent t ime and date i t was re cei ved. T one Only Messages If your pa ger re ceives a message that doe s not have any numb ers , it displ ays TONE ONLY . Unreadable Mess ages If your pager recei ve s a mess age tha t[...]

19 Overflow Messa ge (Memory Full) Your pag er can st ore up t o 16 messag es at once i n its memor y. I f the pager’ s m e mo ry i s fu ll when it re ceives a mess age, OVERFLOW appear s and the new mes- sage repl aces th e o ldest, unpr otect ed message in memor y (see “Pro tecti ng and Unprot ectin g Messag- es” on Page 20). 17-8 002. fm P[...]

20 PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Foll ow these steps to protec t a mess age fr om being repl aced (i f t he m em or y is fu ll ) or acci dent ally del eted. 1. Repeate dly pr ess u ntil t he pager di spl ays the mess age you want to pr otect. 2. Repeate dly pres s until the pager displ ays PROTECT? . 3. Press to protec t the message. Note: T[...]

21 Notes: • Y ou can pr otec t up to eight message s. •I f HOLd FULL appea rs when you press in Step 3, ei ght message s are cur rently pr otecte d. T o pr otect another message, you mus t fir st unprot ect one of those ei ght. 17-8 002. fm Page 2 1 Thu rsday, July 22 , 199 9 9:40 AM[...]

22 DELETING MESSAGES You can dele te unprot ected mess ages one at a time, or all unpr otecte d/r ead messages at on ce. Deleting Individua l Unprotecte d Messages 1. Repeate dly pr ess unti l t he pager dis plays t he mess age you want to del ete. 2. Repeate dly pres s until the pager displ ays dELETE? . 3. T o del ete the mess age, p ress . Note:[...]

23 Deleting All Unprotected/Re ad Messages Cautio n: This pr oced ure delet es all unprote cted mes- sages tha t you have read. Be sure you pro tect any mess ages that you want to save befor e you fol low these st eps. 1. At the tim e/date dis play , rep eatedly pres s unti l the pager disp lays ERASE ALL? . Note: I f t he re are no unprot ected/ r[...]

24 AUTOMATIC OPERATION You can set your pager to automat ically tur n on and off at s pecific ti m es e very d ay. To do s o, sel ect auto- matic operat ion then set the desire d on an d off times. Selectin g Automatic Operat ion 1. At the tim e/date dis play , rep eatedly pres s unti l the pager disp lays PAGER AUTO? . 2. Press to sel ect aut omat[...]

25 Setting t he Automatic O n and Off T imes 1. At the tim e/date dis play , rep eatedly pres s unti l the pager disp lays SET AUTO? . 2. Press . T he pager displ ays the cu rrently set on and of f times with th e o n ti me ’ s hour flashi ng. 3. Repeate dly pr ess u ntil t he pager di spl ays the desir ed time. Then pres s for the next digi t. R[...]

26 USING THE ALARM You can set your p ager’s alarm to s ound at the same time e ach day. The pager alerts f or 20 sec onds at t he set al arm tim e. Press any b ut ton t o stop t he alert sooner . The pager sounds again the next day , unless you tu rn it o ff. T urning t he Alarm On/O f f 1. At the tim e/date dis play , rep eatedly pres s unti l [...]

27 Setting t he Alarm T ime 1. At the tim e/date dis play , rep eatedly pres s unti l the pager disp lays SET ALARM? . 2. Press twice . The hour flashe s. 3. Repeate dly pr ess u ntil t he pager di spl ays the desir ed time. Then pres s for the next digi t. Repeat this ste p until the pager displays the desir ed alarm time. 4. Press twice to retur [...]

28 PA GE R IDE AS Incl ude your pager n umber in your an swering m a- chine or voic e mail mess ages. Thi s way, you can re- ceive impor tant messag es immedi ately. Leave y our pager n umber at your c hildren’ s scho ol and wi th the babysi tter so y ou can al ways be reached in an eme rge ncy. Establ ish code messa ges with your fami ly or fri [...]

29 CARE To enjoy yo ur pager for a long time: • Keep the pager dry . I f it gets wet , wipe it d ry imme diately . • Use and store t he pager only in n or mal temper a- ture envir onments. • Hand le the pager gen tly and ca refull y . Don’t drop it. • Keep the pager away f rom d ust an d dir t. • Wipe th e pager wi th a damp cl oth occa[...]

30 FCC INFORMATION Your pager might cau se TV or radio int er ferenc e even when it is op erating pr operly. To deter m ine whether your pager is caus ing the inter ferenc e, t u rn of f the pager. If the int erferenc e goes aw ay, yo ur pager i s causi ng the interf erence . Try to elimi nate the int erfer- ence by mo vin g the page r away from th[...]

31 This devic e complies with Pa r t 15 of FCC Rules . Op- erat ion is subj ect t o the foll owing c onditions : (1) thi s devic e may not ca use any harm ful inte rferen ce, and (2) this d evice mus t accept int erference recei ved, i n- cludi ng interf erence that may cause undesir ed opera- ti on. 17-8 002. fm Page 3 1 Thu rsday, July 22 , 199 9[...]

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