Motorola 6881021B30-C User Manual

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Contents
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12:00 P 11/01
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Operating Your
Activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Turning Your Pager On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Setting the Clock and the Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Setting the Incoming Message Alert . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Setting Your Pager’s Pleasing Alerts . . . . . . . . . . .5
Read Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Reading Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Locking and Unlocking Your Messages . . . . . . . . .8
Erasing Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting Your Pager’s Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Setting Automatic On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Effective Use of Your
Standard Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Cleaning Your
Functionality and Use of Your Pager. . . . . . . . . . .16
Patent Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
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USERS GUIDE
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of a Motorola
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compact pager incorporates many advances in electronic, microminiaturization, and wireless technology . The you to receive alphanumeric messages (words and numbers) instantly and affordably.
This user’s guide explains how to operate your pager, and provides suggestions for first-time, as well as experienced, pager users. Familiarity with the user’s guide assures you get the most from your quick reference.
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 EXPRESS pager. This signal carries alpha and numeric information that can only be received when your pager is on.
ACTIVATION
Paging service providers require certain proce­dures in order to activate your new PRESS pager. Contact your provider to begin paging service.
EXPRESS® word message pager. This
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EXPRESS pager. Keep it handy for
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EXPRESS pager allows
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EXPRESS PAGER
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CONTROLS
W
Read—used to turn the pager on and to display messages
U Mode—used to scan pager modes Q Select—used to select pager functions
After performing any pager functions described in this manual (setting the time, date, alarm, etc.),
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your turns to the standby mode and your selections are activated. Or press W to retur n to the standby mode and activate your selections.
INDICATORS
S Audible mode
Ô
D
©
À Current message slot í Locked message
L Reading a locked message N Message continuation indicator
 Pager alarm activated
O Out-of-range indicator
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EXPRESS pager automatically re-
Vibrate (silent) mode Chirp mode Message indicator
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ö Automatic turn on/off feature activated ó Low-battery indicator
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Errored data indicator
TURNING YOUR PAGER ON AND OFF
To turn your pager on:
Press W . An alert indicator in the upper left-hand corner indicates that the pager is on and ready to receive messages.
When the pager is on and no activity is taking place, the standby screen is displayed as shown below.
Example of Standby screen (pager on)
To turn your pager off:
Press U until TURN PAGER OFF ? is displa y ed.
Press Q.
The time of day and the date are still displayed on your pager even when it is off .
SETTING THE CLOCK AND THE DATE
Press U until SET TIME ? is displa y ed.
➊ ➋
Press Q. The hour digits begin to flash.
Example of Set Time screen
Press U repeatedly to set the correct hour digits.
Press Q. The min ute digits begin to flash.
➍ ➎
Press U repeatedly to set the correct minutes. Press Q. The A.M./P.M. field begins to flash.
➏ ➐ Repeat Steps 5 and 6 to set your pager for
A.M./P.M., 12/24 hour, and the date . Press W or allow the pager to automatically re-
turn to the standby screen. The time and the date are displayed.
NOTES: When adjusting any of the time and date fields, press and hold U to fast-forward to your selection. To skip a field, press Q repeatedly until you get to the desired field. For example, if you only need to change the date, press U until
is displayed. Then press Q repeatedly un-
TIME ?
til the date digits begin to flash.
SET
Example of Standby screen (pager off)
SETTING THE INCOMING MESSAGE ALERT
You can set your pager to alert with either an audi­ble (pleasing alert), a vibrate (vibration with no beep tone), or a chirp alert (short beep tone).
Press U until Press Q.
➋ ➌
Press U until your choice is displayed. Press Q or W. The alert mode indicator is dis-
played in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
The choices are either
VIBRATOR
SETTING YOUR PAGER’S PLEASING ALERTS
You can set your with one of four musical alerts or one standard beep alert.
NOTE: Your pager’s incoming message alert mode must be set to AUDIBLE to choose one of the pleasing alerts.
➊ ➋ ➌
([) which is silent.
Press U until Press Q. The current setting is displayed. Press U until your choice of ALERT 1, ALERT 2,
ALERT 3, ALERT 4
Press W to return to the standby screen.
SET ALERT MODE ?
AUDIBLE
(S),
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EXPRESS pager to alert
SET ALERTS ?
, or
ALERT 5
is displayed.
is displayed.
is displayed.
CHIRP
(D), or
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READ MODE
This feature allows you to choose the most com­fortable way to view messages .
Press U until SET READ MODE ? is displayed.
Press Q. Press U repeatedly until your choice of
BY LINE
, SCROLL 1, SCROLL 2, or SCROLL 3 is
displayed. In the LINE BY LINE mode, each screen of a
message is displayed for tw o seconds. In the SCROLL mode, messages automatically
scroll across the screen until the entire mes­sage is displayed. (medium), and SCROLL 3 (fast) set the speed at which the message is displayed.
SCROLL 1 (slow), SCROLL 2
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Press Q or W.
NOTE: Read messages line-by-line when operat­ing your pager at temperatures below freezing.
READING MESSAGES
When a message is received, the pager alerts with an audible or a vibrate alert and a flashing message indicator (À).
Press any button to stop the alert.Press W to display the message. If there are
additional message screens, B is display ed.
Example of Read screen with
message continuation indicator
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Press W to continue to the next screen.
The time of day the message was received is dis­played at the top of all message screens.
In the LINE BY LINE mode, each message screen is automatically displayed for tw o seconds.
To read messages in SCROLL mode:
Messages automatically scroll across the screen until the entire message is displayed.
Press W to pause the message.Press W again to continue to the end of the
message.
Press Q to display the next message.To activate the pager’s backlight, press and
hold Q for two seconds. The pager displays the next stored message.
Unread Messages
When unread messages exist, the icon in the up­per lefthand corner of the screen flashes, and the pager vibrates or chirps (depending upon the cur­rent alert mode selected) every two minutes until all unread messages are read.
To read stored messages:
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Your messages.
EXPRESS pager can store up to 15
Press W .Press Q to move the cursor through the mes-
sages.
The message indicator © changes to an up ar­row À, indicating the message slot which you are currently in.
Example of reading a stored message
Press 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 you wish to lock/unlock must be dis­played on the screen.
To lock a message:
Press U while the message is displayed until
LOCK PAGE ? is displayed.
Press Q. The message symbol © is replaced
by a lock symbol í.
Example of Locked Message screen
NOTE: While reading a locked message, L is displayed in the upper portion of the screen.
Example of reading a locked message
To unlock a message:
Press U while the message is displayed until
UNLOCK PAGE ? is displayed.
Press Q. The lock symbol í is replaced by the
message symbol
ERASING MESSAGES
To erase Individual messages:
©.
Press U while the message is displayed until
ERASE PAGE ? is displayed.
Press Q. The message symbol © is no longer
displayed. All remaining messages are moved to the next availab le message slots .
To erase all messages:
Press U until ERASE PAGES ? is displayed.Press Q. All read, unlocked messages are
erased from pager memory.
SETTING YOUR PAGER’S ALARM
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Follow the instructions under “Setting the Clock and the Date” to set the time for the alarm to sound.
To enable or disable the alarm:
Press U until SET ALARM ? is display ed.Press Q until you get to the ON/OFF field.Press U until your choice of ON or OFF is dis-
played.
When the alarm is enabled, Â is displayed on the standby screen.
Example of Standby screen with Alarm enabled
NOTE: The alarm symbol  is displayed even when the pager is off and the alarm is enabled.
SETTING AUTOMATIC ON AND OFF
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You can set your matically turn on and off. This feature can greatly improve battery life.
To enable automatic mode:
EXPRESS pager to auto-
Press U until PAGER AUTO ? is display ed.Press Q. The current setting is displayed and
ö appears around the alert mode indicator.
You can set your pager’s alarm to alert you at a certain time of day .
Press U until SET ALARM ? is displayed.Press Q.
Example of Standby screen with Automatic On/Off
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To set the on/off times:
Press U until SET AUTO ON/OFF? is displa yed.Press Q. The current setting is displayed and
the auto-on hour digits flash.
Follow the instructions under “Setting the Clock and the Date” to set the turn-on and turn-off times. The left series of digits are the turn-on time. The right series of digits are the turn-off time.
NOTES: When operating in the automatic on/off mode, the pager can still be manually turned on and off.
To disable automatic mode:
Press U until PAGER MANUAL ? is display ed.Press Q. The symbol ö disappears from the
standby screen.
EFFECTIVE USE OF YOUR PAGER
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Your
EXPRESS pager can help you keep in contact with everyone important to you—children or child care providers, business office, data ser­vices, and voice mail. Ensure your children’s school, physician, and friends have the number so you can be contacted in emergencies.
Give your pager number to f amily, friends, and as­sociates to assure contact at any time, in any place. When calling your pager number, they en­ter the number where they can be reached on a tone-type keypad. This number is then displayed
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on your
EXPRESS pager.
Software programs used on a personal computer , along with a modem or stand-alone page-entry device, allow you to receiv e or send alphan umeric
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messages. For example, your children can page you with a message
At Jimmy’s 555-1234. Y ou
would know where your children are and the phone number in case you need to contact them. Contact your service provider or local software outlet for alpha-entry options.
If you have a cellular phone, giv e y our pager num­ber instead of your cellular phone number. Then you can decide who to call back on your cellular phone, without paying for incoming cellular calls.
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The
EXPRESS pager can help reduce your
monthly cellular phone bill!
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STANDARD FEATURES
Time of Day/Day and Month: The time of day
and the date and month are displayed whether the pager is on or off.
User-Selectable Pleasing Alerts: When the pager is in the audible alert mode and a message is received, the pager alerts with a pleasing musi­cal sound.
Message Lock: Up to three messages can be locked so they will not be remov ed from memory.
Automatic Reset: Pager alerts automatically stop even if you do not press any of the pager’s buttons.
Reminder Chirp: The pager chirps or vibrates e v­ery two minutes until you read all unread messag­es.
Low-Battery Indicator: When the battery is near­ing the end of its life, the low-battery symbol ó is displayed and the pager gives a two-second alert. Replace the battery within five days after the first appearance of the low-battery indicator.
Endless Line Display (Scroll): Messages auto­matically scroll across the screen until the entire message is displayed.
Backlight: In low-light conditions, press and hold Q for two seconds while reading a message to activate the pager’s backlight. The backlight is also activated by pressing Q while in the standby mode.
Time Stamp: The time of da y that a message was received is displayed on all screens of the mes­sage.
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Automatic On/Off: The pager can be set to turn on and turn off at preselected times.
Message Erase: When messages are no longer needed, erase them to free space for new mes­sages.
Memory Retention: All messages remain in memory even when the pager is turned off or when changing the battery.
Out of Range: With this option enabled,
ú is dis-
played in the upper portion of the screen when your pager is located outside of your paging cov­erage area.
ú is no longer displayed when you re-
turn to your coverage area. Errored Data Indicator: When reading a stored
message containing potentially corrupt data, is
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displayed in the upper portion of your screen.
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BATTERY INFORMATION
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
The
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AAA-size alkaline battery .
To install the battery:
EXPRESS pager operates with one
Hold the pager in both hands and use your
thumbs to press down on the battery door. Slide the door until its locking tabs release.
Continue sliding the door until it is free of the
housing.
Align the battery so the positive (+) and nega-
tive (–) markings match the direction of the po­larity markings.
Insert the battery.To replace the batter y door, align the grooves
on the battery door with the grooves on the front and back housing. Slide the battery door until it is fully closed and a “click” is heard. The battery door is self-locking.
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The able, and can provide years of dependable ser­vice; however, they are precision electronic prod­ucts. Water and moisture, excessive heat, and extreme shock may damage the pager. Do not ex­pose your pager to these conditions. If repair is re­quired, the Motorola Service Organization, staffed with specially trained technicians, offers repair and maintenance facilities throughout the world.
You can protect your pager purchase with an op­tional extended warranty covering parts and la­bor. For more information about warranties or re­pair, please contact either your paging service provider, retailer, or in the U.S. call Motorola, Inc. at 1-800-548-9954.
CLEANING YOUR
To clean smudges and grime from the exterior of the sive cloth moistened in a mild soap and water so­lution. Use a second cloth moistened in clean wa­ter to wipe the surface clean. Do not immerse in water. Do not use alcohol or other cleaning solu­tions.
FUNCTIONALITY AND USE OF YOUR PAGER
For questions pertaining to the functions and use of your Motorola pager, please visit our web site at www.mot.com/pagers or in the U.S. call 1-800­548-9954. F or questions pertaining to your paging service, contact your paging service provider.
EXPRESS pagers are durable, reli-
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EXPRESS PAGER
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EXPRESS pager, use a soft, non-abra-
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PATENT INFORMATION
This Motorola product is manufactured under one or more Motorola U.S. Patents. A listing of these patents is provided inside the battery door. Other patents covering this product are pending.
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t, Motorola, and
registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
1500 Gateway Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33426-8292
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EXPRESS are trademarks or
© 1993, 1997 by Motorola, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Paging Products Group
Printed in U.S.A. 1/97
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