Motorola Bravo classic User Manual

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations! You have just purchased a BRAVO
CLASSIC pager by Motorola, world leader in paging
products.

HOW CAN YOU USE A BRAVO CLASSIC PAGER

• Give your pager number to friends and family.
When they call your pager number, they enter the
number where they can be reached from a tone­type telephone. This number is then displayed on
your pager, allowing you to be in touch wherever
you go.

• Include your pager number in your answering
machine or voice mail message . Receive important
messages immediately without checking your
answ ering machine or voice mail.

• Leave your pager number at your children’s school
and with the babysitter so you can always be
reached.

• Create “code” messages with numeric patterns to
send someone special a secret note. Be creative!

• If you have a cellular phone, give out your pager
number instead of your cellular number. This helps
reduce your monthly cellular bill.

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CONTROLS

Read (R)
Button

Menu (F)
Button

On/Off
Switch

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Switch
Side
View

READ Button:

activate pager functions. Also used to scroll through
the hours and minutes digits f or time setting.

MENU Button:

pager menus and to set the time of da y.

ON/OFF Switch

used to turn the pager on and off and to activate the
backlight.

(R) - Used to read messages and to

(

) - Used to scroll through the

F

- This three-position slideswitch is

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TURNING YOUR PAGER ON

SILENT Mode:

upward direction to the SILENT symbol ([). The
pager vibrates (if equipped) f or 4 seconds.

ON Mode:

direction to the ON symbol (D). The pager emits an
interrupted beep for 4 seconds.

A full-segment display accompanies the power-up
alert.

Slide the ON/OFF switch in an upward

Slide the ON/OFF switch in an

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The display then changes to the standby screen.

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Standby Screen in SILENT Mode

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Standby Screen in ON Mode

TURNING ON THE BACKLIGHT

Press the ON/OFF switch to turn on the backlight for
easy viewing in low-light conditions.

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SETTING THE TIME

To set the time, press F until

. The hours digit (represented by

played then press
the grey characters in the sample shown below)
begins to blink.

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setI Trime

is dis-

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until the correct

• Set the hours digits by pressing

hour is displayed along with the appropriate a (for
A.M.) or p (for P.M.) symbol. Keep pressing R to

cycle through the hours from A.M. to P.M. When the
correct hour (A.M. or P.M.) is displayed, press F to
advance to the minutes digits.

• The first digit of the minutes (represented by the

R

grey character) begins to blink. Press R to change
the first digit of the minutes. Press F to advance to
the second digit of the minutes. Press R to change
the second digit of the minutes. Press F one more

time to leave the time setting function.

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• All portions of the time-of-day screen, except the

colon (
pager is in the standby mode.

:

) stop blinking. The clock is no w set and the

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RECEIVING AND READING YOUR MESSAGES

When a message is received, the pager gives an
audible or visual or vibrate alert for 8 seconds. The
number of unread messages is displayed. The alert
automatically stops, or you can reset the pager by
pressing any of its buttons.

1 page

1 Unread Message Indicator

3 pages

3 Unread Messages Indicator

To read your message, press R.

• The first screen of your message is displayed. To
“freeze” your message, press and hold R while
viewing it. The pager automatically advances to the

next screen of the message, or you can view it by
pressing
there are additional screens.

R

. The continuation symbol (B) indicates

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First Screen of a Message

The screen following your message is the timestamp
screen. It shows the time the message was received
and the message slot number (the order that the
message was receiv ed).

The pager returns to the standby mode.

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LOCKING A MESSAGE

To lock a message (protect it from being overwritten
or erased), press
screen is displayed. = is displayed in the upper, r ight­hand corner of the screen to indicate the message is

lock ed. Up to 5 messages can be locked in memory.

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while the message or timestamp

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First Screen of a Lock ed Message

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Second Screen of a Lock ed Message

To unlock a message, follow the procedure used to
lock it. The lock symbol disappears from the mes­sage and timestamp screens.

ERASING MESSAGES

The “Erase All” function deletes all read, unwanted
messages from memory.

To erase messages, press F until
played, then press R. All read, unlocked messages

are removed from memory. All unread and locked
messages are moved to the first memory slots and
carry the new message slot number.

Note

erased.

: You must read a message before it can be

erase all

is dis-

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SELECTING AN ALTERNATE FREQUENCY

Synthesized and Auto-Synthesized Models

• Press F until your choice of
quency designator is displayed (for example:

1, f1, f2, f3

• To view alternate frequencies, press R. When

scan

select is displayed, press F to “lock in” the new fre­quency or mode.

• When
your selection.

STANDARD FEATURES

Time of Day/Standb y Screen

or the frequency designator you wish to

confirm

).

is displayed, press R to activate

scan

: The time of day is dis-

mode or fre-

:

scan

played while the pager is in the standby mode .

Time Stamp

received is displayed on a separate screen following
the message.

Memory Capacity

messages or a total of 160 characters. Individual
messages can be up to 10 characters in length.

Message Protect/Lock

can be locked in memory so they will not be overwrit­ten by new messages or discarded during the “Erase
All” function.

Hold Full Indicator

5 messages by locking them in memory. When an
attempt to lock more than 5 messages is made

full

is displayed f or two seconds indicating the mes-

: The time of day that each message was

: The pager can store up to 16

: Up to 5 individual messages

: You can selectively protect up to

hold

sage cannot be protected.

Reminder Chirp

in memory, the pager gives a reminder chirp (short
beep) every two minutes. Vibrate models emit a short
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: When an unread message is stored

vibration in place of the chirp when in the SILENT
mode.

Automatic Reset

ing an alert, it automatically resets after 8 seconds.

Master Reset

the pager and causes the pager to return to the
standby mode.

Duplicate Message

pared to messages stored in memory. If a new mes­sage is identical to a message in memory,

duplicate

sage. The new timestamp follows the duplicate mes­sage.

Low-Battery Indicator

end of its life, the standby screen (time of day) is
replaced with

is displayed at the beginning of the mes-

: If you do not reset your pager dur-

: Pressing the ON/OFF switch resets

: Incoming messages are com-

: When the battery nears the

low cell

. The battery must be
replaced within a few days to avoid interruption of
pager operation.

Tone Alerting

also respond as a basic tone-alert mode. When a
tone-only message is received,
played.

Unread Message Counter

exist, the standby screen is replaced by the unread
message indicator. The unread message indicator
displays the number of messages that have not been
read, and is updated anytime a message is received

(except if message duplication occurs). If
pressed and there are not messages in memory

pages

is displayed.

: The BRAVO CLASSIC pager can

tone only

: When unread messages

is dis-

R

is

no

Memory Full Indicator

acters are stored in memory,
played in place of the standby screen. A new
message causes the oldest (first) unlocked, read

: If 16 messages or 160 char-

memory full

is dis-

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message to be overwritten. When some or all of the
read messages are erased, the pager returns to the
standby mode.

Overflow Indicator

: When the number of unread

messages is greater than the number of available
memory slots (16),
message indicator.

ouerflow

ouerflow

replaces the unread

indicates that the old-

est (first) unread message has been deleted from
memory by a more recent message.

Erase All

: All read, unlocked messages can be

deleted from memory using the “Erase All” function.

Backlighted Display

: Press the ON/OFF switch for

backlight in low-light conditions.

Freeze Screen

: When reading a message, you can

“freeze” it on the screen by pressing and holding R.

SILENT

: When in the SILENT mode, the pager does

not give an audible alert.

CLEANING YOUR BRAVO CLASSIC PAGER

To clean the exterior of your BRAVO CLASSIC pager,
use a soft, non-abrasive 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.

REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

Your BRAVO CLASSIC pager, properly handled, is
capable of many years of trouble-free service. How­ever, if service is ever required, Motorola’s National
Service Organization, staffed with specially trained
technicians, offers strategically located repair and
maintenance facilities. Consult your Motorola sales
representative for service locations in your area.

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BATTERY INFORMATION

Your BRAVO CLASSIC pager is designed to operate
with a single AA size alkaline battery.

Installing the Battery

DIAGRAM

(+)

LOCK

(-)

BATTERY DOOR

• Locate the ribbed lock on the bottom of the pager.

Slide the lock toward the back cover to expose the
red marking.

• While pressing on the recess of the battery door,

slide the door in the direction of the arrow until it
pops up from the housing.

• Inser t the battery so the polarity mar kings (+ and -)

match the markings on the back cover. Insert the
battery.

• Place the straight edge of the battery door halfway

over the ribbed lock. Press down on the end of the
door nearest the battery, and slide the door to its
completely closed position.

• After the cover is closed, slide the lock toward the

front of the pager to conceal the red marking.

NO TE:

When replacing the battery, all messages and
the time of day are lost. Remember to reset your
pager’s time of da y.

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PATENT INFORMATION

The BRAVO CLASSIC and BRAVO CLASSIC Auto­Synthesized pagers are manufactured under one or
more Motorola U.S. patents. A partial listing of these
patents can be viewed on the back cover upon
removal of the belt clip. Other U.S. patents covering
this product are pending.

REMOVING THE BELT CLIP

Position the pager so the display faces you. Rotate the
pager until the belt clip is pointing up (
tons pointing toward the ground). Hold the belt clip in

one hand. Use the other hand to push down on the
small black spring-loaded tab (located between the
two metallic tabs on the pager housing) with either
your finger or a coin. With this tab held down, slide the
belt clip toward you until it is free of the housing.

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