Motorola Advisor Elite User Manual

USER’S GUIDE

Introduction

Control Buttons....................................... 2

Getting Started

Turning Your Pager On ........................... 3

Turning Your Pager Off ........................... 4

Using the Function Menu ....................... 5

Message-Status Screen......................... 6

Backlight................................................. 7

Receiving/Reading

Personal Messages.......................... 7

Display Zoom ......................................... 9

Time and Date

Setting the Time and Date.................... 10

Alerts

Setting the Incoming Message Alert .... 12

Locking/Unlocking Messages

Lock/Unlock a Message....................... 14

Deleting Messages

Delete a Single Message ..................... 15

Delete all Messages............................. 15

Contents

Pager Alarms

Set a One-Time Alarm ......................... 16

Set the Alarm to Alert Daily.................. 17

Message Alarms

Set a One-Time Message Alarm.......... 19

Set a Daily Message Alarm.................. 21

Private Time

Set Private Time................................... 22

Maildrop/Information Service Option

Maildrop Alerts ..................................... 24

Notebooks

Storing Personal and Maildrop

Messages in Your Notebooks ......... 28

Deleting Messages from

Your Notebooks ..................................

Features.................................................... 30

Care and Use............................................ 32

Battery Information.................................. 34

Installing/Replacing the Battery............ 34

Congratulations on purchasing an Advisor Elite pager. Your new pager provides exciting capabilities in messaging and can become a vital part of your business and personal life . The pager’ s four-line display and expanded functionality incorporates many of the most advanced electronic, communications and wireless technologies available .

The Advisor Elite pager uses FLEX® technology . FLEX technology extends battery life up to four times longer than ordinary pagers and improves the ability to receive messages.

These compact pagers integrate messaging and time keeping functions in a package that is convenient to carry. Full understanding of what this product offers begins with reading this user’s guide . This user’s guide includes a detachable quick reference card on the bac k cov er.

Sending a Test Page to Yourself

After you have read this guide and y our pager has been activated b y y our service provider, send yourself a test page. Ref er to “Functionality and Use of Your Pager” on page 32 for more information.

INTRODUCTION

Effective Use of Your Pager

Your pager can help you keep in contact with everyone important to you. By giving your pager number to your business associates , f amily, and friends, you can be contacted whenever needed.

If you have a cellular phone, giv e y our pager number instead of y our cellular number. Then you can decide who to call back on your cellular phone without paying for incoming calls.

Control Buttons

Left/Right

Directional

Buttons

Up/Down

Directional Buttons

GETTING STARTED

Function/

Select Button

Read/Escape/

Power On Button

Function/Select

F G

Left/Right

Directional

Buttons

Button

Read/

Power On

Up/Down

Directional

Buttons

Used to navigate through the Function menu and through your messages.

Used to display the Function menu, to select a pager function, and to activate your selection.

Used to turn the pager on and to read messages.

Use to navigate through time, alarm, date setting functions and to navigate through messages.

Turning Your Pager On

Press J. A start-up screen is momentarily displayed and your pager activates the currently selected alert.

Press any button to stop the alert.

Note:

GETTING STARTED

Private Time

Power On

Audible

Alarm

Example of the Standby Screen

When the pager is on and no activity is taking place, the Standby screen is displayed. The Standb y screen displa ys the pow er-on indicator N and may display other pager status indicators.

T urning Y our Pager Off

➊

Press K to display the Function menu.

➋

Press H to move the cursor to q.

➌

Press K.

GETTING STARTED

➍

Press K again to turn the pager off.

Your pager is now off and the screen is blank.

TURN PAGER OFF?

is displayed.

Using the Function Menu

The Function menu provides access to the many features of y our pager through the use of symbols and prompts.

Press K to display the Function menu. When the Function men u is

➊

initially displayed a ﬂashes to indicate the location of the cursor.

mmmmmmomm u VVjV

ESCAPE

v L 1 r q a A C g d u Z

Example of Fully Displayed Function Menu

➋

Press H or I to move the cursor within the Function menu. As you move through the Function menu, the pager function symbols

ﬂash to indicate the present location of the cursor. To exit from the Function menu without making any changes press J.

Note:

Some symbols may not display on your pager, depending upon

your pager’s features and whether it has messages.

GETTING STARTED

Message-Status Screen

The Message-status screen shows the current status of your messages. For example, unread messages are indicated b y a ﬂashing m symbol, locked messages are indicated by g.

The Message-status screen also displays the time and date and any activated pager settings. The Message-status screen can be accessed by pressing H, I, G, or F from the Standby screen.

mgmmomm VjV

(

P Q 3:15PM 05/05/97

Example of the Message-Status Screen

GETTING STARTED

Backlight

In low-light conditions, the pager’s bac klight automatically turns on whenever a button is pressed. You can manually turn the backlight on or off

at any time by pressing and holding K for two seconds. The backlight

automatically turns off when the pager returns to the Standby screen.

Receiving/Reading Personal Messages

Your pager can receive up to 19 personal messages. When a message is received, your pager alerts according to the current alert setting (audible,

vibrate, or no message alert). A new message is indicated by a ﬂashing m

symbol. When a message is selected the symbol changes to o.

Reading an Incoming Message

➊ Press any button to stop the alert.

➋ Press J to display your message.

A ﬂashing t in the right corner of the screen indicates the message is

continued on an additional screen(s).

➌ Press J to read the next screen.

GETTING STARTED

Reading a Stored Message

➊ From the Message-status screen press H or I to mov e the cursor to

the message you want to read.

➋ Press J to read the message.

Message Reading Features

• Press G to read a message line by line.

• Press and hold J for automatic message scrolling, screen by screen.

• Press F to go back to the ﬁrst screen of the message.

• Press H or I while reading a message to read the previous or next

message.

Note:

When an unread message exists, your pager gives a periodic

reminder alert until all unread messages are read, or for up to 30 minutes.

A ﬂashing N on the Standby screen indicates that you have unread

messages.

GETTING STARTED

Message Preview

This feature allows you to scan the ﬁrst line of your messages .

➊ Press J .

➋ Use the H and I buttons to move the cursor through your

messages.

Note:

Previewing an unread message does not remove the unread

message status from the message.

Display Zoom

When this feature is enabled, the standard 4-line display is con v erted to a 2-line display. The characters are enlarged vertically, increasing message readability .

T o Enable Display Zoom:

➊ From the Function menu, press H to mov e the cursor to 1.

➋ Press K. Displa y zoom is no w activ e.

All new and stored messages including notebook messages are displayed in a 2-line format. Pager prompts are not enlarged in the z oom mode.

GETTING STARTED

To Disable Display Zoom

➊ From the Function menu, press H to mov e the cursor to 4.

➋ Press K. Displa y zoom is no w disab led.

Setting the Time and Date

➊ From the Function menu, press H to move the cursor to v.

➋ Press K to display the Set-time-and-alarm screen.

➌ Press I to move the cursor to the hour digit. ➍ Press F or G to adjust the hour.

➎ Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust the minutes, AM/PM/24 hr., month, da y,

and year.

TIME AND DATE

➏ Press K to activate the time and date setting.

zv 03:15PM 05/05/97z c12:00AM --/--/-- SET TIME

Example of Set-Time Screen

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

Note:

To exit from any screen without making changes, press J .

TIME AND DATE

Setting the Incoming Message Alert

You can set your pager’s incoming message alert to an audible alert, a vibrating alert, a chirp (short beep) alert, a chirp alert with vibration, or no message alert (completely silent).

Note:

Priority messages always have an audible alert.

Setting an Audible Alert

➊ From the Function menu, press H to mov e the cursor to s.

➋ Press K.

When P is displayed on the Standby screen, y our pager is in the audible

alert mode.

Setting the Alert Pattern

ALERTS

You can set your pager to alert audible with a standard alert (1), one of

seven pleasing alerts (2-8), a chirp alert (j), or a chirp and vibrate alert

(|). Y ou can also select no message alert (r). Your pager must be in the audible alert mode (P displayed in the Standby

screen) to select an alert pattern.

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