Motorola ADVISOR Gold FLX, ADVISOR User Manual

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Contents

P age

AD VISOR Gold or ADVISOR Gold FLX Pager............1

Exciting FLEX Technology b y Motorola.......................1

Getting the Most from Your Pager...............................1

Display Symbols .........................................................2

Controls ......................................................................2

P ager Symbols............................................................3

Turning Your P ager On................................................4

Turning Your P ager Off................................................4

Receiving and Reading Your Messages......................5

Using the Function Menu............................................6

Backlighting.................................................................6

Locking and Unloc king Messages ..............................6

Setting the Time and Date ..........................................7

Setting the Alarm ........................................................8

Setting the Message Alarm.........................................9

Setting the Alert Mode ..............................................10

Setting the Alert P attern............................................10

Turning the Maildrop Alert On and Off ......................11

Deleting Messages from Memory.............................11

Moving Messages to Your Notebooks.......................12

Deleting Messages F rom Your Notebooks................13

Setting Auto On/Off...................................................13

Other Features..........................................................14

Battery Information ...................................................15

Care of Your Pager....................................................16

Cleaning Y our Pager..................................................16

Repair and Maintenance...........................................17

P atent Information.....................................................17

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AD VISOR Gold or AD VISOR Gold FLX Pa ger

Congratulations on purchasing either an ADVISOR Gold or ADVISOR Gold FLX pager by Motorola®. Y our new pager provides exciting capabilities in messaging and can become a vital part of your b usiness and personal life. The pager’s four-line display and expanded functionality incorporate many of the most advanced electronic, communication, and wireless technologies available. It is reliable, convenient, and designed for easy operation.

These operating instructions explain how to use your pager and provide helpful suggestions for ﬁrst-time and experienced users.

Exciting FLEX T ec hnology b y Motorola

The ADVISOR Gold FLX pager uses the latest in paging—

FLEX

 TECHNOLOGY

This technological advance extends battery life up to ﬁve times longer than ordinary pagers, saving you time and money. As a Motorola FLEX pager user, you can feel more conﬁdent in receiving your pages because FLEX technology improves the ability to receive pages. FLEX technology has been developed by Motorola, the leader in paging innov ation and quality.

Along with FLEX technology, this compact pager uses many advances in electronic and wireless technology which allow you to receiv e te xt and numeric messages instantly and affordab ly.

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 associ-

ates, friends, f amily, 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 ans wering machine message.

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Display Symbols

Choose

Alert

ESCAPE

È Ñ å É ó ò ï ñ í Ö ¶

Set

Audible/

Silent

Alert

Set Time

and Alarm

Turn

Pager

Off

Set

Auto

On/Off

Escape

(to status

screen)

Delete All

Messages

Delete

Message

Set

Message

Alarm

Unlock

Message

Add T o

Note-

book

Lock/

Controls

Left/Right

Directional

Buttons

Function/

Select Button

Up/Down

Read/

Directional

Escape/

Buttons

P ow er On

Button

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Pa ger Symbols

Pa ger Status Symbols: (Left column)

Message Status Symbols: (Top two ro ws of display)

ü é

Function Menu Symbols: (Bottom r ow of displa y)

P ow er On Audib le Alert Mode Auto On/Off Alarm

Lock ed Message Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled) Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled) Message In Memory Indicator Memory Full Indicator Alarmed Message

í ì

Choose Alert Set Time and Alarm Set Auto On/Off Set Audib le Alert Set Silent Alert Turn Pager Off Escape (to status screen) Delete Message Delete All Messages Lock Message Unlock Message Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled) Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)

Set Message Alarm Add to Notebook

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Other Symbols:

AM PM

( ,

Enter Auto On/Off Men u and A uto On/Off Enabled

Auto On/Off Disab led 24 Hour Time AM Time PM Time Disable Alarm Enable Alarm No Message Alert (On Choose Alert Menu) Chirping Alert (On Choose Alert Menu) Full Battery Gauge Low Battery Gauge Out of Range

<..> Alphanumeric Missing F ragment Indicator*

- - - - -

These symbols apply to ADVISOR Gold FLX only.

Message Continuation Truncated Message

Long Numeric Missing Fr agment Indicator*

Errored Data Indicator

Turning Your Pa ger On

Press Your pager alerts and shows

the display. The time and date are shown at the bottom of the display.

in the left column of

Turning Your Pa ger Off

➊

Press

➋

Press

➌

Press

to display the function men u.

to move the cursor to ó.

twice to turn the pager off.

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Receiving and Reading Your Messa ges

When a message is received, your pager alerts and displays a ﬂashing

➊

Press any button to stop the alert.

➋

Press

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

A ﬂashing arrow screen indicates the message you are reading continues bey ond the f our lines of the displa y.

Press sage.

Press to read your message line b y line. Press and hold

sage, screen by screen.

to display y our message.

to advance to the next screen of the mes-

symbol.

at the bottom right cor ner of the

to rapidly scroll through your mes-

If more than one message exists, press select the message you want to read. The symbol indicates the location of the message. Press display your message. While reading your messages, you can press message.

A ﬂashing that has not been read. The pager alerts at predetermined intervals to remind you of any unread messages.

ADVISOR Gold and ADVISOR Gold FLX pagers store up to 19 personal messages in memory.

symbol indicates you have a message

to view the previous or next

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Using the Function Menu

Press The function menu gives y ou access to the many f eatures

of your pager through a series of symbols and prompts. For example , when the function menu screen is ﬁrst displa yed, the position of the cursor. You can now press mov e the cursor within the function menu.

NO TE:

press

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

to display the function men u.

symbol ﬂashes, indicating the present

To exit from an y menu without making changes,

for two seconds. If no other

pressing and holding buttons are pressed, the backlight automatically turns off when the pager returns to the standby mode.

Locking and Unloc king Messages

Up to 10 messages can be lock ed in memory, preventing them from being replaced when memory is full (indicated by the

➊ Press ➋ Press ➌ Press ➍ Press

➎ Press

é symbol).

ì).

(

Ë. ä or ã to select the message to lock.

Á to display the function menu.

ã to move the cursor to lock (í) or unlock

Á to lock or unlock the message.

➏ The symbol

of the message in memory .

í or ì is displayed, indicating the status

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Setting the Time and Date

➊ Press Á to display the function menu.

➋ Press ➌ Press ➍ Press ➎ Press or to adjust the hour. ➏ Press ➐ Press or to adjust the minute. ➑ Repeat the process for each set of digits: AM/PM/

24 hr ., month/da y/y ear .

➒ Press

ä to move the cursor to Ñ. Á to display the set-time screen.

ã to move the cursor to the hour digit.

ã to mov e the cursor to the minute digit.

Á to activate the time and date change .

●Ñ22:23ô05/06/96●

Ã0:00ô--/--/- SET TIME

Example of Set-T ime Scr een

If you move the cursor past the last symbol in the row (far right), it automatically wraps around and displays at the ﬁrst symbol in the beginning of the same row (f ar left).

NO TE: To exit from any menu without making changes , press Ë .

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Setting the Alarm

The alarm on your pager can be set for a speciﬁc time and date, or it can be used as a daily alarm.

To set the alarm for a speciﬁc time and date:

➊ Press Á to displa y the function menu.

➋ Press ➌ Press ➍ Press to move the cursor to

ä to mov e the cursor to Ñ. Á to display the set-time-and-alarm screen.

Ö.

Ñ22:23ô05/06/96

Ã0:00ô--/--/--●

●

SET ALARM

Example of Set-T ime-and-Alarm Scr een

The alarm symbol deﬁnes the alarm status—either alarm enabled (

➎ Press ➏ Press or to enable or disable the alarm. ➐ Press

ã to mov e the cursor to Ö.

ã to mov e the cursor to the hour digit.

c) or alarm disabled (Ã).

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

and date).

➒ Press

is shown on the displa y.

At the selected time, your pager emits a 12-second audible alert even if the pager is in the silent mode .

To set the alarm to alert daily:

Follow the steps previously described, except when setting the date, press f or the date entries until you see a blank month, da y, and year (--/--/--). The alarm is now set to alert every day at this speciﬁed time .

NOTE: If the alar m expires without being acknowledged, the pressed.

NO TE: To exit from any menu without making changes,

Á to activate your selection. The Ö symbol

Ö symbol ﬂashes until any button is

press

Ë.

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Setting the Message Alarm

This feature allows you to set a one-time or a daily alarm for a particular personal message. You can set an alarm for up to ﬁve personal messages .

To set a one-time message alarm:

➊ Press Ë. ➋ Press

alarm.

➌ Press ➍ Press ➎ Press

When the screen is ﬁrst displayed, the cursor is at the far left position.

This symbol deﬁnes the alarm status—either alarm enabled (

➏ From the set-message-alarm screen, follow the

same steps described in Setting the Alarm.

To set a daily message alarm:

Follow the instructions above to set the alarm time, then follo w the instructions in “To set the alarm to alert

ä or ã to select the message you want to

Á to display the function men u.

ã to mov e the cursor to Ö. Á to display the set-message-alarm screen.

c) or alarm disabled (Ã).

daily” under Setting the Alarm. The

sage alarm is set. At the selected time, your pager vibr ates or emits a 12-

second alert, depending on the current aler t mode. Press set.

The has sounded unless the alarm is set to alert daily .

NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowledged, the

b symbol replaces the m symbol when the mes-

J to display the message f or which the alarm is

m symbol replaces the b symbol after the alarm

Ö ﬂashes until the message is read.

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Setting the Alert Mode

The alert can be set as either audible or silent.

➊ Press ➋ Press

The mode (prompting you to enter the audible mode, if desired). The audible alert mode (prompting you to enter the silent mode, if desired).

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

short chirp. If the selected mode is silent ( pager is equipped with a vibrator , your pager vibr ates.

Setting the Alert Pattern

NO TE: The pager must be in the audible alert mode to

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

Á to display the function men u.

ä to mov e the cursor to É or Œ.

Œsymbol is displayed if the pager is in the

Á to select the desired alert mode.

Œ) and yo ur

select the alert pattern. Your pager has a standard alert (1), seven diff erent pleas-

ing alerts (2 through 8), and a chirping alert ( you to select and change the alert. You can also select no alert (

To change your alert:

➊ Press ➋ Press ➌ Press

The pager gives a sample of each alert when scrolling through the selections.

➍ Press

Œ).

Á to display the function men u.

ä to mov e the cursor to È, then press Á.

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

Á to activate the alert.

Õ), allowing

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 j r

PLEASING ALERT

Example of the Alert Pattern Scr een

Turning the Maildrop Alert On and Off

You can set your pager to alert when a maildrop (also known as inf ormation service) message is received.

➊ Press ➋ Press to move the cursor to Õ.

➌ Press Á to display the function menu. ➍ Press ã to move the cursor to the alert on (Õ) or

alert off (

The symbol Õ is displayed if the maildrop alert is on (prompting you to turn it off, if desired).

The symbol (prompting you to turn it on, if desired).

➎ Press

Ë.

Ì ) symbol.

Ì is displayed if the maildrop alert is off

Á to select the desired maildrop alert mode.

Deleting Messages from Memory

You can delete an unlocked and un-alarmed message from memory while you are viewing the message or through the function menu.

To delete messages using the function menu:

➊ Press ä or ã to select the message you want to

delete from memory.

➋ Press ➌ Press ã to move the cursor to ï. ➍ Press Á to receive conﬁrmation of the request.

➎ Press Á to delete the message.

Á to display the function men u.

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To delete all unlocked, un-alarmed and read messages from memory:

➊ Press Á to display the function men u. ➋ Press ➌ Press

All unlock ed, un-alarmed and read messages are now deleted.

NOTE: Personal and maildrop notebooks are not deleted with this feature .

ã to mov e the cursor to ñ.

Á twice.

Moving Messages to Your Notebooks

Your pager has two notebook areas: a personal notebook for storing personal messages, and a maildrop notebook for storing inf ormation service messages.

To store a message in your personal notebook:

➊ Press Ë . ➋ Press

ä or ã to move the cursor to select the mes-

sage you desire to move into your personal notebook.

➌ Press ➍ Press ➎ Press

notebook.

The ¶ symbol is shown in the top right-hand corner of the display.

To store a message in the maildrop (information service) notebook:

Follow the same steps as described for storing personal notebook messages.

The ¶ symbol is shown in the second row, r ight-hand corner of the display.

Á to display the function menu.

ã to mov e the cursor to ¶.

Á to move the message into your personal

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Deleting Messages from Your Notebooks

➊ Press ã to move the cursor to ¶ . ➋ Press ➌ Press

play ed at the notebook message you want to delete .

➍ Press ➎ Press ➏ Press ➐ Press

steps to delete each message.

Setting Auto On/Off

To set your pager’s auto on/off feature, proceed as follows:

➊ Press

Ë to display a list of notebook messages .

F or G to scroll through the list until K is dis-

Á to display the function menu. ã to mov e the cursor to ï.

Á to conﬁrm the delete request.

Á to delete the message. Repeat these

Á to displa y the function menu.

➋ Press ➌ Press

When the screen is ﬁrst displayed, the cursor is at the farthest left position. The enabled ( symbol indicates the current status.

ä to mov e the cursor to å.

Á to display the auto on/off screen.

å) or disabled (õ)

ON OFF

õ 0:00ô 0:00ô

Example of Auto On/Off Scr een

➍ Press or to select ➎ Press

ã to move the cursor to the hour digit. The

å or õ.

Auto On time is displayed on the left and the Auto Off time is display ed on the right.

➏ Press or to adjust the hour .

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➐ Repeat the process for each set of digits f or both the

on time and the off time (hour, minute, AM/PM if your pager is set to display time in the 12 hour

mode). ➑ Press The

å symbol is display ed if the auto on/off function is

Á to activate auto on/off .

enabled. If the on time is equal to the off time, the pager does not enable the auto on/off function.

Other Features

Battery Gauge: The battery gauge indicator is located

on the status screen and keeps you informed of the battery energy level. The ﬁv e indicators r ange from full to low: and

Key Click: When this feature is enabled, and the pager is in the audible mode, a “clic k” is emitted whenever a button is pressed. The click is not heard when the pager is in the silent mode.

( (full), ) (3/4), * (1/2), + (1/4),

, (low).

Duplicate Message: If the same message is receiv ed more than once,

DUPLICATE MESSAGE is displayed

at the beginning of the new message. The new message contains the latest time and date stamp.

Out of Range: With this option enabled, T is dis-

played whenever y ou are out of range of the paging transmitter . Your pager can also alert you of this if this feature is

enabled. The symbol T is no longer displayed when

you return to your transmitting area. Errored Data Indicator: The ú symbol displays when

potentially corrupt data is received. The indicator alternates with the corrupted character .

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Alphanumeric and Long Numeric Missing Fragment Indicators: If part of the message has not been

received, <...> or

- - - - -

is display ed. Note: This applies

to ADVISOR Gold FLX pagers only. Maildrop History: When this option is enabled, the

pager stores up to four history ﬁles per maildrop (information services) slot selected. When a new maildrop message is received on a speciﬁc slot, the existing message is “pushed” into the history area and the new message is stored in the maildrop slot. When a ﬁfth history ﬁle is received, the oldest history ﬁle is deleted.

Battery Information

Your pager is designed to operate with a single AA-size alkaline battery (carbon zinc batteries are not recommended). See the diagr am on the following page for the battery door location.

To install or replace the batter y, place the pager face down and proceed as f ollows:

➊ Unlock the battery door by sliding the door latch

awa y from the battery door .

➋ Slide the battery door in the direction of the arrow

(toward the outer edge).

➌ Lift the battery door away from the housing to

remov e it. Lift the battery out of the battery compartment, taking note of the positive ( +) and negativ e (-) markings on the battery and the pager housing.

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➊

➌

➋

ADVISOR Gold FLX Pager Battery

Replacement (r ear view)

To install a new battery, reverse this procedure, taking note of the positive (+) and negativ e ( -) markings.

CAUTION: Do not insert the battery backwards or the messages stored or lock ed in memory will be erased.

Care of Your P ager

To maintain the ﬁne optical quality of the display in the pager, do not subject it to extreme temperatures and moisture.

Cleaning Your Pager

To clean smudges and grime from the exterior of the housing, use a soft, nonabrasive cloth moistened in a mild soap and water solution. Rinse the surface using a second cloth moistened in clean water. Do not immerse the pager in water. Do not use any other cleaning solu-

tions.

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Repair and Maintenance

Your pager, properly handled, is capable of many years of troub le-free service.

However, if your pager ever requires service, Motorola’ s Service Organization, staffed with specially trained technicians, offers conveniently located repair and maintenance facilities throughout the world. Please contact your paging service representative or a Motorola sales ofﬁce for more inf ormation.

Patent Inf ormation

This product is manuf actured under one or more Motorola U .S . Patents. A partial listing of these patents is provided on the inside surface of the battery door . Patent numbers listed under the heading VH and QW apply to speciﬁc product models, as indicated below. Patent numbers listed under the heading ALL apply to all models of this product. Other patents cov ering this product are pending.

The model number is located on the back of the product, as indicated by the e xample model number below:

A03xxB5962AA If positions xx are occupied by VH, the patent num-

bers listed under VH and ALL apply to this model of the product.

If positions xx are occupied by QW, the patent numbers listed under QW and ALL apply to this model of the product.

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or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc.

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