Motorola 6881018B45-B User Manual
INTRODUCTION
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Congratulations on your purchase of a Motoro la
EXPRESS alphanumeric pager. This compact
pager incorporates many advances in electronic, microminiaturization and wireless technology. The
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EXPRESS pager allows you to receive alphanumeric messages (words and numbers) instantly and
affordably.
This user’s guide explains how to operate your pager,
and prov id es suggestions for first-time a s well as experienced pager users. Familiarity with the user’s guide
assures you get the most from your
pager. Keep it handy for quick refer ence.
OPERATING YOUR
When someone needs to contact you, a call to your
paging service or phone generates a radio signal that
sends messages directly to your
pager. This signal carries alpha and numeric information that can only be receiv ed when your pager is on.
ACTIVA TION
Paging service providers require certain procedures in
order to activate your new
Contact your provider to begin paging ser vice.
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EXPRESS PAGER
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EXPRESS pager.
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EXPRESS
EXPRESS
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CONTROLS
Read
W
messages
Mode
Select Q- used to select pager function s
After performing any pager functions described in this
manual (setting the time, date, alarm, etc.), your
EXPRESS pager automatically returns to the standby
mode and your sele ctions a re act ivated. Or pr ess Re ad
W
selections.
INDICATORS
Ä
[
D
©
À
ë
û
å
Â
ú
ö
ó
- used to turn the pager on and to display
U
- used to scan pager modes
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to return to the standby mode and activate your
- aud ible mode
- vibrate (silent) mode
- chirp mode
- message indicator
- the current message slot
- locked message
- reading a locked message
- message continuation indicator
- pager alarm activated
- out-of-range indicator
- automatic turn on/off feature activated
- low-battery indicator
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TURNING YOUR PAGER ON AND OFF
• Press Read
tor in the upper left-hand corner indicates that the
pager is on and re ady t o receive m ess ages .
When the pager is on and no act ivity is taking place, the
standby screen is displaye d. The standby scr een looks
like this:
• To turn your pager off, press Mode
PAGER OFF? is displayed.
• Press Select
The time of day and t h e date are still displayed on your
pager even when it is off.
W
to turn your pager on. An alert indica-
Example of a standby screen
U
until TURN
Q
.
SETTING THE CLOCK AND THE DATE
1. Press Mode U until SET TIME? is displayed.
2. Press Select
3. Press Mode
digits.
4. Press Select
5. Press Mode
utes.
4
Q
. The hour digits begin to flash.
Set-time screen example
U
repeatedl y to set the co rrect hour
Q
. The minute digits begin to fla sh.
U
repeatedly to set the correct min-
6. Press Select Q. The A.M./P.M. field begin to flash.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to set your pager for
A.M./P.M., 12/24 hour, and the date.
8. Press Read
return to the standby screen. The time and date are
displayed.
Notes: When adjusting any of the time and date f ields,
press and hold Mode
tion. To skip a field , press Se lect
get to th e de sired f ield. For exa mple , if y ou o nly n eed to
change the date, press Mode
appears, then press Select
digits begin to flash.
W
or allow the pager to automatically
U
to fast-forward to your selec-
Q
repeatedly until yo u
U
Q
until SET TIME?
repeatedly until the d ate
SETTING YOUR PAGER’S PLEASING ALERTS
You can set your
one of four musical alerts or one stan dard beep alert.
• Press Mode
• Press Select
• Press Mode
2, ALERT 3, ALERT 4 or ALERT 5 is displayed.
• Press Read
Note: Your pager’s incoming message aler t mode must
be set to AUDIBLE in order to choose one of the
pleasing alerts.
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EXPRESS pager to alert with
U
until SET ALERTS? is displayed.
Q
. The current setting is displayed.
U
until your choice of A LERT 1, A LERT
W
to return to the standby screen.
SETTING THE INCOMING MESSAGE ALERT
You can set your pager to alert with either an audible
(pleasing alert), a vibrate (vibrat ion with no beep t one ),
or a chirp alert (short beep tone).
• Press Mode
played.
• Press Select
• Press Mode
• Press Sele ct
is displayed in the upper left-hand corner of the
screen.
The choices are Ä for audible,
vibrate (silent).
U
until SET ALERT MODE? is dis-
Q
.
U
until your choice is displayed.
Q
or Read W. The alert mode indicator
D
for chirp, or õfor
READING ME SS A GES
When a message is received, the pager alerts with an
audible or a vibrate alert and a flashing message indicator
À
.
• Press any but to n to sto p the alert .
• Press Read
additional message screens, the message-continuation arrow N is displayed.
W
to display the message. If there are
READ MODE
This feature a llows you to c hoose the most comforta ble
way to view messages.
• Press Mode
• Press Select
• Press Mode
BY LINE, SCROLL 1, SCROLL 2, or SCROLL 3 is
displayed, then press Select
In the LINE-BY-LINE mo de, each screen of a message
is displayed for two seconds.
In the SCROLL mode, messages automatically scroll
across the screen unt il the entire messa ge is displayed.
SCROLL 1 (slow), SCROLL 2 (medium), and SCROLL 3
(fast) sets the speed at which the message is displayed.
Note: Read messages Line-by-Line when operating
your pager at temperat ure s below free zing.
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Reading Stored Messages
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Your
sages.
• To read a stored m essage, p ress Read
Select
The message indicator
indicate the current messag e slot you are in .
U
until SET READ MODE? is displayed.
Q
.
U
repeatedly until your choice of LINE
Q
or Read W.
EXPRESS pager can store up to 15 mes-
W
Q
to move the cursor throu gh the messa ges.
©
changes to an up arrow À to
then pres s
Read screen with message-continuation indicator
• Press Read
The time of day the mes sage was re ceived is displaye d
at the top of all message scr een s.
In the LINE-BY-LINE mode, each message screen is
automatically displayed f or two sec onds .
In the SCROLL mode, messages automatically scroll
across the screen unt il the entire messa ge is displayed.
• Press Read
• Press Read
message.
• Press
• To activate the pager’s backlight, press and hold
Select
next stored message.
Unread Messages
When unread m essage s exist, the icon in t he upper -left
hand corner of the screen flashes, and the pager vibrates or chirps (depending on the current alert mode
selected) every two minutes until all unread messages
are read.
W
to continue to the next scre en.
W
to “pause” th e message.
W
again to continue to the end of the
Q
to display the next message.
Q
for two seconds. The pager displays the
Reading a stored message
• Press Read
W
to display the message.
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR MESSAGES
You can lock up to three messages so they will not be
erased or replaced by new messages. The message
that you wish to lock/unlock must be displayed on the
screen.
• To lock a message, press Mode
is displayed until LOCK PAGE ? is displayed.
• Press Select
by a lock symbol ë.
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8
Q
. The message sym bol © is replaced
Locked message screen
U
while the messag e
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