Motorola BRAVO PLUS User Manual
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BRAVO PLUS
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BRAVO PLUS
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of a Motorola BRAVO
PLUS numeric display pager. This compact pager has
been designed with simple-to-use operating buttons, rugged housing, and an easy-to-read display.
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The BRAVO PLUS pager fits easily in your pocket or
purse, or can be worn on y our belt.
The BRAVO PLUS pager offers a number of features. We
encourage you to read this instruction manual carefully to
obtain the full benefits from your BRAV O PLUS pager.
CONTROLS
Alert
Read (
Button
R)
Lamp
Menu (F)
Button
Switch
Side
View
On/Off
Switch
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User’s Guide
On/Off Switch – This three-position slide switch is used to
turn the pager on and off, acts as a master reset button,
and activates the backlight.
Alert Lamp – Flashes to give a visual indication when a
message is received.
TURNING THE PAGER ON
SILENT Mode: Slide the On/Off Switch in an upward direc-
tion to the SILENT symbol (
equipped) and the lamp flashes for 4 seconds.
ON Mode: Slide the On/Off Switch in an upward direction
to the ON symbol (
and the lamp flashes for 4 seconds .
A full-segment display accompanies the power-up alert.
#). The pager emits an interrupted beep
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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
Read Button (R) – Used to read messages and to acti-
vate pager functions. Also used to scroll through the hours
and minutes for time setting.
Menu Button (
menus and set the time of day.
SETTING THE TIME
• To set the time, press F until seTr Trime is displayed,
then press
• The hours digits (represented by the grey characters in
the sample shown below) begin to blink.
F) – Used to scroll through the pager
R.
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Set the hours digits by pressing
is displayed along with the appropriate
(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
digits.
• The first digit of the minutes (represented by the grey
character) begins to blink. Press
digit of the minutes. Press
digit of the minutes. Press
of the minutes . Press
setting function.
F one more time to leave the time
R until the correct hour
a (for A.M.) or p
F to advance to the minutes
R to change the first
F to advance to the second
R to change the second digit
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• All portions of the time of day screen, except the colon
(
:), stop blinking. The time of day is now set and the
pager is in the standby mode.
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READING A MESSAGE
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LOCKING A MESSAGE
When a message is received, the pager gives an audible
and/or visual alert (or vibrates if equipped) 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
automatically advances to the next screen of the message, or
you can view it by pressing
indicates there are additional screens.
R while viewing it. The pager
R. The continuation symbol (B)
555-1212 B
The screen following your message is the timestamp
screen. It sho ws the message slot number and the time
that the message was received (the order that the message was received).
First Screen of a Message
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Second Screen of a Message
The pager returns to the standby mode.
To lock a message (protect it from being overwri tten or
erased), press
is displayed.
of the screen to indicate that the message has been
locked. Up to 5 messages can be locked in memory .
F while the message or timestamp screen
= is displayed on the upper, right-hand corner
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First Screen of a Locked Message
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To unlock a message, follow the procedure used to lock it.
The lock symbol disappears from the message and timestamp screens.
ERASING MESSAGES
The “Er ase All” function deletes all read, unlock ed messages from memory.
To erase unwanted messages, press
is displayed, 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: You must first read a message before it can be
erased.
Second Screen of a Locked Message
F until erase all
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SELECTING AN ALTERNATE FREQUENCY
Synthesized and Auto-Synthesized Models:
• Press
F until your choice of scan mode or frequency
designator is displayed (for example:
etc.).
• To view alternate frequencies, press
the frequency designator you wish to select is display ed,
F to “lock in” the new frequency or mode.
press
• When
confirm is displayed, press R to activate your
selection.
scan1, f1 , f2,
R. When scan or
STANDARD FEATURES
Time of Day/Standby Screen: The time of day is dis-
played while the pager is on and in the standby mode.
Time Stamp: The time of day that each message was re-
ceived is displayed on a separate screen following the
message.
Memory Retention: When the pager is turned off , all messages and the time of day remain in memory .
Memory Capacity: The pager can store up to 16 messages or a total of 160 characters. Individual messages can be
up to 20 characters in length.
Message Protect/Lock: Up to five individual messages can
be locked in memory so they will not be overwritten by new
messages or discarded during the “Erase All” function.
Hold Full Indicator: You can selectively protect up to 5
messages by locking them in memory. When an attempt to
lock more than 5 messages is made
played for 2 seconds indicating that this message cannot
be protected.
Automatic Reset: If you do not reset your pager during an
alert, it will automatically reset after 8 seconds.
Chirp in Silent (Non-Vibrate Models Only): When the pager is in the SILENT mode, a short chirp (beep) will alert you
to incoming messages.
hold full is dis-
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Master Reset: Pressing the On/Off Switch twice resets the
pager and causes the pager to return to the standby mode.
Reminder Chirp: When an unread message is stored in
memory, the pager gives a reminder chirp (short beep) every two minutes. Vibrate models emit a short vibration in
place of the chirp when in the SILENT mode.
Duplicate Message: Incoming messages are compared
to messages stored in memory. If a new message is identical to a message in memory,
seconds at the beginning of the message. The new timestamp follows the duplicate message.
Low Battery Indicator: When the battery nears the end of
its life, the time-of-day screen is replaced with
The battery must be replaced within a few days to avoid interruption of pager operation.
Tone Alerting: The BRAVO PLUS pager can also respond
as a basic tone-alert model. When a tone-only message is received,
Trone only replaces the standard message screen.
Unread Message Counter: When unread messages exist,
the standby screen is replaced by the unread message indicator. The unread message indicator displays the number of
pages that have not been read, and is updated anytime a
message is received (except if message duplication occurs).
R is pressed, and there are no messages in memory, no
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pages
is displayed.
Memory Full Indicator: If 16 messages or 160 characters
are stored in memory,
of the standby screen. A new message could cause the
oldest (first) unlocked, read 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
ouerflow replaces the unread message indicator.
(16),
duplicaTre is shown for 2
lo cell.
memory full is displayed in place
ouerflow indicates that the oldest (first) unread message
has been “pushed out” of memory by a more recent message.
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