Motorola Advisor II User Manual

ADVISOR II

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USER’S GUIDE

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 ....................... .. ... .... .. ... .. ............. .... .. ...Display Zoom ........................ .. ... .. ... .... ............ ... .. ... .. 7

S etting the T ime and D ate ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .7

S etting the A larm . .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .... .. .8

S etting the Mes sage Ala rm... .... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... . 9

S etting the A lert Mode . .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .... .. .10

S etting the A lert P attern.. .... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... 10

Turning the Maildrop Alert O n a nd Off ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... 11

De leting Mes sa ges from M emory .. .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .... .. .. 11

Moving Mes s ages to Your N otebooks .. .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. 12

De leting Mes sa ges F rom Y our Notebooks.. .. ... .. ... .. ..1 3

S etting Private Time... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... ... 13

Warranty............................. . ... . ... .... .... .... ... . ... . ... .... ...17

B attery Information .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... . 15

C are of Your Pa ger ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... . 16

C le aning Y our P age r. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .1 6

R epa ir and Maintena nce. .... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... .... .. ... .. ... .. ... 17

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Getting the Most from Your P ager

• 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.

Display Symbols

Alert

Display

Zoom

Set Time

and Alarm

Set

Audible/

Silent

Alert

A

Choose

Controls

S et

Private

Time

Turn

Pager

Off

Delete All

Messages

Escape

(to status

screen)

Set

Message

Alarm

Delete

Message

Add T o

Note-

book

Lock/

Unlock

Message

Left/Right

Directional

Buttons

1

2

Function/

Select Button

Read/

Escape/

Power On

Button

Up/Down

Directional

Buttons

Pager Symbols

Pager Status Symbols: (Left column)

Power On

ë

Audible Alert Mode

Í

Private Time

Alarm

Ö

Message Status Symbols: (Top two rows of display)

Locked Message

í

Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled)

Õ

V Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)

Message In Memory Indicator

ü

Memory Full Indicator

é

Alarmed Message

Ö

Function Menu Symbols: (Bottom ro w of display)

Choose Alert

È

Ñ

Set Time and Alarm

å

Set Private Time

É Set Audible Alert
Ç

Set Silent Alert
Turn Pager Off

ó

ò

Escape (to status screen)
Delete Message

ï

ñ

Delete All Messages

í

Lock Message
Unlock Message

ì

Õ Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled)

Ì Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)

Ö

Set Message Alarm

¶

Add to Notebook

1 Display Zoom On
4 Display Zoom Off

Other Symbols:

å

Enter Private Time Menu and Private Time

INTRODUCTION

Enabled
Private Time Disabled

õ

ô 24 Hour Time

AM Time

AM

PM Time

PM

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

T urning Y our P a ger On

Press Ë.

ë

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

T urning Y our P a ger Off

➊ Press Á to display the function menu.
➋ Press
➌ Press

3

4

to move the cursor to ó.

ä

twice to turn the pager off.

Á

in the left column of

Receiving and Reading Your Messages

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 beyond the four lines of the displa y.

Press
sage.

Press to read your message line by line.
Press and hold

sage, screen by screen.
If more than one message exists, press

select the message you want to read. The symbol
indicates the location of the message. Press Ë to
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 II pagers store up to 19 personal messages
in memory.

to display your message.

Ë

to advance to the next screen of the mes-

Ë

ë

symbol.

ü

at the bottom right corner of the

Ü

Ë

to rapidly scroll through your mes-

ä

or ã to

Ó

H

or I to view the previous or next

symbol indicates you have a message

Using the Function Menu

Press Á to display the function menu.
The function menu gives you 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 dis­played, the
position of the cursor. You can now press
move the cursor within the function menu.

NOTE: To e xit 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
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, prev enting
them from being replaced when memory is full (indicated

é symbol).

by the

➊ Press
➋ Press
➌ Press
➍ Press

ì).

(

➎ Press
➏ The symbol

of the message in memory.

symbol flashes, indicating the present

ò

.

for two seconds. If no other

Á

ä

or ã to

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.

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/

➒ Press

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 (far
left).

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

Display Zoom

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

is converted to a 2-line display. The characters are
enlarged vertically, increasing message readability.

To Enable Display Zoom:

➊

cursor to

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 move the cursor to the minute digit.

24 hr., month/day/y ear.

Á to activate the time and date change.

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Ã0:00ô--/--/-­ SET TIME

Example of Set-Time Scr een

Ë .

From the Function menu, press to move the

1.

H

Press Display zoom is now active.

➋

All new and stored messages including notebook

messages are displayed in a 2-line format. Pager
prompts are not enlarged in the zoom mode.

K

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 display the function menu.

➋ Press
➌ Press
➍ Press to move the cursor to

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

Ö.

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Ã0:00ô--/--/--●

●

SET ALARM

Example of Set-Time-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
➑ Repeat the process for each entry (minute, AM/PM,

and date).

➒ Press

is shown on the display.
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 for the date entries until you
see a blank month, day, and year (--/--/--). The alarm is

GETTING STARTED

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now set to alert every day at this specified time.

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GETTING STARTED

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c) or alarm disabled (Ã).

ã to move the cursor to Ö.

ã to move the cursor to the hour digit.

Á to activate your selection. The Ö symbol

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GETTING STARTED

GETTING STARTED

GETTING STARTED

NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl­edged, the
pressed.

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

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 follow the instructions in “To set the alarm to alert
daily” under Setting the Alarm.

The
sage alarm is set.

At the selected time, your pager vibrates or emits a 12­second alert, depending on the current alert mode.
Press
set.

Ö symbol flashes until any button is

Ë.

ä or ã to select the message you want to

Á to display the function menu.

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

c) or alarm disabled (Ã).

b symbol replaces the m symbol when the mes-

J to display the message for which the alarm is

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GETTING STARTED

m symbol replaces the b symbol after the alarm

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

NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl­edged, the

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

Setting the Alert Pattern

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

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

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

T o change y our alert:

➊ Press
➋ Press
➌ Press

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

➍ Press

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Ö flashes until the message is read.

Á to display the function menu.

ä to move the cursor to É or Œ.

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

Œsymbol is displayed if the pager is in the

Á to select the desired alert mode.

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É), your pager emits a

Œ) and your

Õ), allowing

Œ).

Á to display the function menu.

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

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

Á to activate the alert.

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