Motorola Advisor II User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE

Getting the Most from Your Pager

•Spend a few minutes learning all of the functions and messaging capabilities of your pager.

•Give your pager number to your business associates, friends, family, children’s school, and the babysitter so you can always be reached in an emergency.

•Include your pager number on business cards and on your answering machine message.

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Contents
	Page
Getting the Most from Your Pager ...............................	1
Display Symbols .........................................................	2
Controls ......................................................................	2
Pager Symbols............................................................	3
Turning Your Pager On ................................................	4
Turning Your Pager Off ................................................	4
Receiving and Reading Your Messages......................	5
Using the Function Menu ............................................	6
Backlighting.................................................................	6
Locking and Unlocking Messages ..............................	6
Display Zoom ............................................................	7.
S etting the Time and Date ..........................................	7
S etting the Alarm ........................................................	8
S etting the Message Alarm.........................................	9
S etting the Alert Mode ..............................................	10
S etting the Alert Pattern............................................	10
Turning the Maildrop Alert On and Off ......................	11
Deleting Messages from Memory .............................	11
Moving Messages to Your Notebooks .......................	12
Deleting Messages From Your Notebooks ................	13
S etting Private Time..................................................	..13
Warranty...................................................................	17
B attery Information ...................................................	15
C are of Your Pager ....................................................	16
C leaning Your Pager..................................................	16
R epair and Maintenance...........................................	17

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Display Symbols

Choose	Set Time	S et	Delete All	Set	Add To
		Private		Message	Note-
Alert	and Alarm	Time	Messages	Alarm	book

Display	Set	Turn	Escape	Delete	Lock/
Zoom	Audible/	Pager	(to status	Message	Unlock
	Silent	Off	screen)		Message

Alert

Controls

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	Left/Right	Function/	Read/	Up/Down
	Directional			Directional
		Select Button	Escape/
	Buttons			Buttons
			Power On
			Button

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Pager Symbols

Pager Status Symbols: (Left column)

ëPower On

ÍAudible Alert Mode

Private Time

ÖAlarm

Message Status Symbols: (Top two rows of display)

íLocked Message

Õ Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled)

V Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)

ü Message In Memory Indicator

é Memory Full Indicator

ÖAlarmed Message

Function Menu Symbols: (Bottom row of display)

ÈChoose Alert

Ñ Set Time and Alarm

å Set Private Time

É Set Audible Alert

Ç Set Silent Alert

óTurn Pager Off

ò Escape (to status screen)

ïDelete Message

ñ Delete All Messages

í Lock Message

ìUnlock Message

Õ Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled)

Ì Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)

Ö Set Message Alarm

¶Add to Notebook

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Receiving and Reading Your Messages

When a message is received, your pager alerts and displays a flashingü symbol.

Press any button to stop the alert.Press Ë to display your message.

The pager automatically stores the message and the time and date it is received.

A flashing arrowÜ at the bottom right corner of the screen indicates the message you are reading continues beyond the four lines of the display.

Press Ë to advance to the next screen of the message.

Press

to read your message line by line.

Press and hold Ë to rapidly scroll through your message, screen by screen.

If more than one message exists, press ä or ã to select the message you want to read. The symbol Ó indicates the location of the message. Press Ë to display your message. While reading your messages, you can press Hor Ito view the previous or next message.

A flashingësymbol indicates you have a message that has not been read. The pager alerts at predetermined intervals to remind you of any unread messages.

ADVISOR II pagers store up to 19 personal messages in memory.

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INTRODUC	1			Display Zoom On
	4			Display Zoom Off
	Other Symbols:
	å			Enter Private Time Menu and Private Time
				Enabled
	õ			Private Time Disabled
	ô			24 Hour Time
	AM			AM Time
	PM			PM Time
	Ã			Disable Alarm
	c			Enable Alarm
	Ç			No Message Alert (On Choose Alert Menu)
	Õ			Chirping Alert (On Choose Alert Menu)
	(			Full Battery Gauge
	,			Low Battery Gauge
	T			Out of Range
	Ü			Message Continuation
				Truncated Message
	ú			Errored Data Indicator

Turning Your Pager On

Press Ë.

Your pager alerts and shows ë in the left column of the display. The time and date are shown at the bottom of the display.

Turning Your Pager Off

Press Á to display the function menu.

Press ä to move the cursor to ó.

Press Á twice to turn the pager off.

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Using the Function Menu

Press Á to display the function menu.

The function menu gives you access to the many features of your pager through a series of symbols and prompts. For example, when the function menu screen is first displayed, the ò symbol flashes, indicating the present position of the cursor.You can now press ä or ã to move the cursor within the function menu.

NOTE: To exit from any menu without making changes, press Ë.

Backlighting

The pager’s backlight illuminates in low-light conditions when any button is pressed. You can manually activate or deactivate the backlight at any time by pressing and holding Á for two seconds. If no other buttons are pressed, the backlight automatically turns off when the pager returns to the standby mode.

Locking and Unlocking Messages

Up to 10 messages can be locked in memory, preventing them from being replaced when memory is full (indicated by the é symbol).

Press Ë.

Press ä or ã to select the message to lock.Press Á to display the function menu.

Press ã to move the cursor to lock (í) or unlock (ì).

Press Á to lock or unlock the message.

The symbol í or ì is displayed, indicating the status of the message in memory.

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Setting the Time and Date

Press KDisplay zoom is now active.

All new and stored messages including notebook

Press Á to display the function menu.

messages are displayed in a 2-line format. Pager

Press ä to move the cursor to Ñ.

prompts are not enlarged in the zoom mode.

Press Á to display the set-time screen.

Setting the Alarm

Press ã to move the cursor to the hour digit.

Press

or

to adjust the hour.

The alarm on your pager can be set for a specific time

Press ã to move the cursor to the minute digit.

and date, or it can be used as a daily alarm.

Press

or

to adjust the minute.

To set the alarm for a specific time and date:

Press Á to display the function menu.

Repeat the process for each set of digits: AM/PM/

Press ä to move the cursor to Ñ.

24 hr., month/day/year.

Press Á to display the set-time-and-alarm screen.

Press Á to activate the time and date change.

Press

to move the cursor to Ö.

Ñ22:23ô05/06/96

Ñ22:23ô05/06/96

Ã0:00ô--/--/--

Ã0:00ô--/--/--

SET TIME

SET ALARM

Example of Set-Time Screen

Example of Set-Time-and-Alarm Screen

If you move the cursor past the last symbol in the row

The alarm symbol defines the alarm status—either

(far right), it automatically wraps around and displays

alarm enabled (c) or alarm disabled (Ã).

at the first symbol in the beginning of the same row (far

Press ã to

move the cursor to Ö.

left).

STARTED

or

to enable or disable the alarm.

When this feature is enabled, the standard 4-line display

Press

NOTE: To exit from any menu without making changes,

Press

ã

to

move the cursor to the hour digit.

press Ë .

Repeat the process for each entry (minute, AM/PM,

Display Zoom

and date).

Press Á to activate your selection. The Ö symbol

is shown on the display.

is converted to a 2-line display. The characters are

At the selected time, your pager emits a 12-second

GETTING

enlarged vertically, increasing message readability.

audible alert even if the pager is in the silent mode.

To set the alarm to alert daily:

To Enable Display Zoom:

Follow the steps previously

described, except when

From the Function menu, press H to move the

setting the date, press

for the date entries until you

see a blank month, day, and year (--/--/--). The alarm is

cursor to 1.

now set to alert every day at this specified time.

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NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl-

The msymbol replaces the bsymbol after the alarm

edged, the Ö symbol flashes until any button is

has sounded unless the alarm is set to alert daily .

pressed.

NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl-

NOTE: To exit from any menu without making changes,

edged, the Ö flashes until the message is read.

press Ë.

Setting the Alert Mode

Setting the Message Alarm

The alert can be set as either audible or silent.

This feature allows you to set a one-time or a daily

Press Á to display the function menu.

alarm for a particular personal message. You can set

Press ä to move the cursor to É or Œ.

an alarm for up to five personal messages.

The É symbol is displayed if the pager is in the silent alert

To set a one-time message alarm:

mode (prompting you to enter the audible mode, if

Press Ë.

desired). The Œsymbol is displayed if the pager is in the

Press ä or ã to select the message you want to

audible alert mode (prompting you to enter the silent

alarm.

mode, if desired).

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Press Á to display the function menu.

Press Á to select the desired alert mode.

Press ã to move the cursor to Ö.

If the selected mode is audible (É), your pager emits a

short chirp. If the selected mode is silent (Œ) and your

Press Á to display the set-message-alarm screen.

pager is equipped with a vibrator, your pager vibrates.

When the screen is first displayed, the cursor is at the

Setting the Alert Pattern

far left position.

This symbol defines the alarm status—either alarm

NOTE: The pager must be in the audible alert mode to

enabled (c) or alarm disabled (Ã).

select the alert pattern.

From the set-message-alarm screen, follow the

Your pager has a standard alert (1), seven different pleas-

same steps described in Setting the Alarm.

ing alerts (2 through 8), and a chirping alert (Õ), allowing

To set a daily message alarm:

you to select and change the alert.You can also select no

Follow the instructions above to set the alarm time,

alert (Œ).

then follow the instructions in “To set the alarm to alert

To change your alert:

daily” under Setting the Alarm.

Press Á to display the function menu.

The bsymbol replaces the msymbol when the mes-

Press ä to move the cursor to È, then press Á.

sage alarm is set.

Press ä or ã to move the cursor to the desired alert.

At the selected time, your pager vibrates or emits a 12-

The pager gives a sample of each alert when scrolling

second alert, depending on the current alert mode.

Press Jto display the message for which the alarm is

through the selections.

set.

Press Á to activate the alert.

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