Motorola WORDline, WORDline FLX, WORDlineTM, WORDline FLXTM User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE

INTRODUCTION ........................................1

Effective Use of Your Pager.............. 1

Sending a Test Page to Yourself....... 1

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

GETTING STARTED .................................3

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

Backlight............................................ 3

Menu Icons........................................ 4

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

MESSAGES ............................................... 5

Types of Messages........................... 5

Setting the Scroll Speed.................... 5

Receiving/Reading Messages........... 6

Scanning Your Messages..................8

Duplicate Messages.......................... 8

TIME/DATE ................................................ 9

Setting the Time and Date................. 9

ALERTS ................................................... 10

Setting the Incoming Alert............... 10

Choosing an Audio Alert.................. 11

Contents

ALARMS ................................................. 12

Setting the Alarm.............................12

MESSAGE FEATURES ..........................14

Locking Personal Messages............14

Unlocking Personal Messages........ 14

Private Time ....................................15

Deleting Messages..........................17

Storing Messages............................ 18

Automatic Message Deletion........... 18

INFORMATION SERVICES .................... 19

Information Services........................ 19

Reading Information Services......... 20

Turning the Alert On and Off........... 21

Turning the Bookmark On............... 22

OTHER FEATURES ................................ 23

Out of Range................................... 23

Message Error Icons ....................... 23

USE AND CARE ......................................24

Cleaning Your Pager....................... 24

Functionality and Use......................24

Care and Maintenance.................... 24

BATTERY................................................. 25

Congratulations on purchasing the Motorola WORDline™ or WORDline FLXTM
pager. The WORDline FLX pager incorporates the latest in paging technology. FLEX
technology extends battery life up to four times longer than ordinary pagers and
improves the ability to receive pages.

This compact pager combines 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 detachab le Quic k Ref erence
Card on the back cover .

Effective Use of Your Pager

Your pager can help you keep in contact with e v eryone important to you. By giving
your pager number to your business associates, f amily, and friends, y ou can be
contacted when necessary.

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 f or
incoming calls.

Sending a Test Page to Yourself

After your pager has been activated by your service provider , send y ourself a test
page.

INTRODUCTION

1

Controls

Mode Button

Select Button

Mode Used to scroll through available choices, or to increment a

∞

Select Used to select and confirm a choice.

¡

INTRODUCTION

º

Read/
Power On

2

Read/Power On

Button

digit.

Used to read a message, to save a setting, to turn on the
pager, to turn on the backlighting, and to exit from a menu.

Turning Your Pager On

to turn your pager on.

º

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MOTOROLA

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Press
A start-up message is displayed momentarily

and your pager activates the currently selected
alert.

Note:

The start-up alert can be stopped by

pressing any button.

When the pager is on and no activity is taking
place, the standby screen is displayed. The
standby screen displays the power indicator, the
time and date, the alert mode, and may display
other pager indicators such as alarm status.

Backlight

Press and hold º for one second or more to activate the LCD message screen
backlight.

GETTING STARTED

3

Menu Icons

The four menu icons on the top row (

DELETE ALL, ALERTS

The first time you press ∞ these menu icons are displayed. The controls menu

flashes, indicating that pressing ¡ will enter the controls menu.

w

icon
Press and release ∞ to display the

menu prompts. Press ¡ to enter the corresponding menus, or press º to return to
the standby screen.

, and

ALARMS

.

) correspond to the four menus:

wie

=

CONTROLS?, DELETE ALL?, ALERTS?

, and

Turning Your Pager Off

➊

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From the standby screen, press ∞ to display

. The controls menu icon w flashes.

CONTROLS?

CONTROLS?

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Press ¡ to display

OFF?

.

➋

OFF?

➌

GETTING STARTED

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Press ¡ to turn the pager off. The off screen is
displayed without any icons.

CONTROLS

ALARMS?

,

Types of Messages

The message indicators define the type of message received and flash until the
message is read.

Personal messages:
Information services

when received:

when chirp is on:
when bookmark is on: • unselected Ω selected

¥

unselected å selected

unselected π selected

¨
®

unselected ∂ selected (FLEX)

unselected ≠ selected

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Setting the Scroll Speed

You can choose the speed at which your messages scroll, or read them line by line.

➊

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CONTROLS?

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From the standby screen, press ∞ to display

CONTROLS?

. The controls menu icon w flashes.

Press ¡ to enter the

➋

Press and release ∞ until

➌
➍

Press ¡ to enter the

CONTROLS

SCROLL?

SCROLL

menu.

is displayed.

menu.

SCROLL?

MESSAGES

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➎

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LINE-BY-LINE

Press and release ∞ to choose the scroll
speed.

➏

Press ¡ to select the scroll speed.

There are four scroll speeds to choose from:

LINE-BY-LINE, SCROLL 1, SCROLL 2

(fastest).

, and

SCROLL 3

Receiving/Reading Messages

When a message is received, your pager either alerts audibly (audio, chirp, and
Escalert™ modes) or vibrates. A message indicator (for e xample1, 2, etc.) lets you
know how many messages you hav e receiv ed. On some models, this message
indicator displays on the standby screen. On all models , pressing
message indicator on the message status screen.

Press any button to stop the alert.

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MESSAGES

†å¥¥

➊

Press º to display the message status

➋

screen. The message indicators f or unread
messages ¥ flash until any part of the message

is read.

displays the

º

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†¥å¥

time the message

was received

message

continuation

indicator

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message number

Note:

If a message is unread, your pager gives a periodic alert until all unread
messages are read. This will continue for up to 30 minutes. A message is
considered read if any part of the message is displayed.

➌ Press º to read the selected message or

¡ to select another message, then

press

º.

press

Hint:

On this screen, pressing ∞ displays

the previous screen.

➍ If your pager is set to scroll the message

automatically (
the remainder of the message is automatically
displayed at that speed.

Hint:

message, press
If the scrolling speed is set to

press

SCROLL 1, SCROLL 2, or SCROLL 3),

To pause or restart a scrolling

º.

LINE-BY-LINE,

º to view the next screen.

➎ Allow the pager to automatically return to the

standby screen, or press

∞ then º .

MESSAGES

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Scanning Y our Messages

When the first line of a message is displayed, press ¡ to scan all messages of the
same type. The message number and the first line of the message are displayed for
each message.

Duplicate Messages

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1: DUPLICATE

When a duplicate message is received,

DUPLICATE is displayed after the message number

and before the message. The time the duplicate
message was received is displayed.

MESSAGES

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Setting the Time and Date

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➊ From the standby screen, press ∞ to display

CONTROLS?. The controls men u icon w flashes.

CONTROLS?

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OFF?

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➋ Press ¡ to enter the CONTROLS menu.
➌ Press and release ∞ until TIME/DATE? is

displayed.

➍ Press ¡ to enter the TIME/DATE menu. The

hour field flashes.

TIME/DATE?

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➎ Press and release ∞ to adjust the hour.
➏ Press ¡ to move to the next field.

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Hint:

Pressing and holding ∞ scrolls through selections quickly.

➐ Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the minutes, AM/PM,

month, and day fields.

➑ Press º from any field to save.

TIME/DATE

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Setting the Incoming Message Alert

You can set your pager to alert with a vibrating alert (vibration with no alert tone), one
of the audio alerts, a chirp alert (short beep alert), an alert of increasing volume
(Escalert), or no alert (completely silent).

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ALERTS?

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➊ From the standby screen, press and release ∞

ALERTS? is displayed. The alert icon e

until
flashes.

➋ Press ¡ to enter the ALERTS menu. VIBRATE? is

displayed.

VIBRATE?

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ALERTS

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AUDIO?

CHIRP?

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➌ Press and release ∞ until your choice of

VIBRATE?, AUDIO?, CHIRP?, ESCALERT?, or NO ALERT

is displayed.

➍ Press ¡ to select the desired alert. The

standby screen is displayed with the
corresponding alert icon.

Note:

If the audio alert mode is selected, your pager automatically displays the
audio alert options screen.

Choosing an Audio Alert

If you select the audio alert mode, you can set your pager to alert with one of the audio
alerts.

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AUDIO?

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ALERT 1

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➊ From the ALERTS menu, press and release ∞

AUDIO? is displayed.

until

➋ Press ¡ to enter the AUDIO menu.
➌ Press ∞ until your choice of audio alert is

displayed. The pager emits a sample of each
alert.

➍ Press ¡ to select your choice of audio

alert.The standby screen is displayed with the
audio alert icon

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ALERTS

Setting the Alarm

Your pager has three alarms. Each alarm can be set for either a specific time and
date, or for a specific time on a daily basis. If y our pager is off when an alarm sounds,
it remains off.

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ALARMS?

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➊ From the standby screen, press and release ∞

ALARMS? is displayed. The alarm icon =

until
flashes.

➋ Press ¡ to enter the ALARMS menu. The alarm

01 flashes.

number

➌ Press ∞ to choose alarm 01, 02, or 03.
➍ Press ¡ to move to the next field. The enab le

ALARMS

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= or disable q icon flashes.

➎ Press ∞ to enable = or disable q the alarm.
➏ Press ¡ to move to the hour field. The hour

flashes.

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ALARM 1

➐ Press and release ∞ to adjust the hour.

Hint:

Press and hold ∞ to adjust the setting

quickly.

➑ Press ¡ to move to the next field.
➒ Repeat steps 7 and 8 to set the minutes,

AM/PM, month, and day fields.

➓ Press º in any field to save and exit.

When an alarm is enabled, the alarm icon
displayed on the standby screen.

To alert on a daily basis, set the month and day
to --/--.

When an alarm expires, the alarm icon

ALARM is displayed with the alarm

flashes,
number, and your pager alerts.

Press any button once to stop the alarm, and
again to clear the message.

= is

=

ALARMS

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Locking Personal Messages

By locking messages, you can sav e personal messages to pre v ent them from being
replaced when the memory is full. Messages can be locked only while reading them.

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➊ Press ∞ while reading a personal message to

LOCK?.

display

LOCK?

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¥¥¥∫

Note:

Up to eight personal messages may be locked. To lock another message

once this limit is reached, you must first unlock at least one message.

Unlocking Personal Messages

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UNLOCK?

➋ Press ¡ to lock the message. The message

∫ is displayed.

indicator

When a locked message is selected or read, the

y is displayed.

lock icon

➊ Press ∞ while reading a locked personal

message to display

UNLOCK?.

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➋ Press ¡ to unlock the message. The message

indicator

¥ is displayed.

¥¥¥å

Private Time

This feature allows you to turn off all pager alerts during a preselected time period.
Messages received during this time period are stored. When enab led, priv ate time
works on a daily basis. When disab led, no pager alerts are turned off during the
private time setting.

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➊ From the standby screen, press ∞ to display

CONTROLS?. The controls men u icon w flashes .

CONTROLS?

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➋ Press ¡ to enter the CONTROLS menu.

OFF?

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➌ Press and release ∞ until PRIVATE TIME? is

displayed.

PRIVATE TIME?

MESSAGE FEATURES

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➍ Press ¡ to enter the PRIVATE TIME menu. The

private time enable

➎ Press ∞ to enable r or disable s private time.

➏ Press ¡ to move to the next field. The hour

field of the start time flashes.

➐ Press ∞ to adjust the start time hour.
➑ Repeat steps 6 and 7 to adjust the start time

minutes, AM/PM, stop time hour, minutes , and
AM/PM.

➒ Press º from any field to save and exit. While

private time is active,
pager does not alert.

r or disable s icon flashes.

e is not displayed, and the

Deleting Messages

Messages may be deleted one at a time or all at once.

Deleting a Single Message

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DELETE?

Deleting All Messages

The DELETE ALL command deletes all read and unlocked personal messages and
information services. Locked or unread messages are not deleted.

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DELETE ALL?

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DELETE?

➊ While reading a message press and release ∞

DELETE? is displayed.

until

➋ Press ¡ to delete the message.

➊ From the standby screen, press and release ∞

DELETE ALL? is displayed. The delete icon

until

i

flashes.

➋ Press ¡ to enter the DELETE menu. The delete

confirmation

DELETE? is displayed.

➌ Press ¡ to delete all personal messages.

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Storing Messages

Your pager can store up to 16 personal messages. Each stored message is assigned
a number, which is display ed when the message is stored. The first message received
is 1, the second is 2, and so on.

Automatic Message Deletion

If all message slots are full and a new message is received, the oldest unlocked read
message is automatically deleted.

When the message memory is full,
return to the standby screen.

If all messages are unread, the oldest, unlocked message is deleted and
displayed.

MEMORY FULL is displayed. Press an y button to

OVERFLOW is

MESSAGE FEATURES

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Information Services

Information services are typically news or general updates which provide relevant
information.

Your WORDline pager may be equipped with information services. If your pager has
this capability , you will receiv e regular updates throughout the da y in up to 3 diff erent
information categories. Updates include sports scores and sports news, top stories,
and entertainment news.

Note:

Content providers and content are subject to change without notice. Update
schedules may vary depending upon your service provider. Contact your service
provider if you are interested in receiving information services.

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INFORMATION SERVICES

Reading Information Services

When an information service message is received, † flashes for 12 seconds and
the number of unread information services is displayed. After 12 seconds, the
standby screen is displayed.

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➊ Press º to displa y the message status

screen.

†

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π¨

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➋ Press º to enter the information service

menu.
The information service message icons

π or ∂ when selected and ¨ or ® when

display
unselected.

➌ Press ¡ to move to the message you want to

read. The corresponding message slot number
is displayed.

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TOP SINGLES 1.

Note:

T o return to the standby or message status screen while reading a message,

∞ and then º.

press

➍ Press º to read the message. The time the

information service was received is displayed
with the first screen of the message.

o indicates the message is continued on an

additional screen.

Turning the Information Service Alert On and Off

You can set an information service alert for each message slot.

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CHIRP ON?

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➊ While reading an information service message,

∞ until CHIRP ON? or CHIRP OFF? is

press
displayed.

➋ Press ¡ to turn chirp on or off for that

information service message slot.

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INFORMATION SERVICES

Turning the Information Service Bookmark On

You can set a bookmark to hold your place in a lengthy information service while
reading it.

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➊ While reading an information service message,

∞ to display BOOKMARK?.

press

BOOKMARK?

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†

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➋ Press ¡ to activate the bookmark. The

message menu screen is displayed.

• is displayed in the information service menu.

The next time you read that information service
message, the message begins at the point where
the bookmark was placed.

Ω indicates a selected bookmarked message.

Ω¨¨

INFORMATION SERVICES

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Out of Range

If your pager is equipped with this feature, and if you are outside y our paging coverage

t is displayed. As long as t is displa y ed, y our pager cannot receiv e

area,
messages.

Message Error Icons

If there is an error in the message received, the error icon ƒ is displayed ov er each
errored character in the message.

If this option is enabled, and if the truncated message icon
the message, either the message was too long, or there was not enough memory to
store the message.

√ is displayed at the end of

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OTHER FEATURES

Cleaning Y our Pager

T o clean smudges and g rime from the exterior of your 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.

Functionality and Use of Your Pager

For questions pertaining to the functions and use of your Motorola pager please visit
our web site at www.motorola.com/pagers or in the U .S . call 1-800-548-9954 or
1-800-793-7834 (TDD). For questions pertaining to your paging service, contact your
paging service provider.

Care and Maintenance

The WORDline and WORDline FLX pagers are dur able , reliab le, and can pro vide
years of dependable service; howe v er, they are precision electronic products. W ater
and moisture, excessive heat, and e xtreme shock ma y damage the pager. Do not
expose your pager to these conditions. If repair is required, the Motorola Service

USE AND CARE

Organization, staffed with specially trained technicians, offers repair and maintenance
facilities throughout the world.

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You can protect your pager purchase with an optional extended warranty covering
parts and labor. F or more inf ormation about warranties, please contact either y our
paging service provider, retailer, or Motorola, Inc. at 1-800-548-9954. For repairs, call
Motorola, Inc. at 1-800-548-9954 in the U .S. or 1-800-323-9685 in Canada. In the
U.S., to contact Motorola, Inc. on y our TDD, call 1-800-793-7834.

Battery Information

Y our W ORDline or W ORDline FLX pager operates with one AAA-size alkaline battery.
When the battery is low, the low-battery icon
date on the standby screen. Change y our battery within five da ys of receiving a low­battery indication.

Messages are retained when replacing the battery. To retain pager alert settings, turn
the pager off before removing the old battery .

™ is displayed between the time and

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BATTERY

Replacing the Battery

➊ T urn your pager off .
➋ T o remo v e the old battery, slide the

battery door lock towards the top of the
pager to unlock the battery door.

➌ While pressing on the battery door,

slide the door until the ribs on the
battery door align with the ribs on the
back cover .

➍ Lift the battery door to free it from the

housing.

Slide to open

➎ Remove the battery.
➏ Align the new battery so the positive (+) and negative (-) markings match the

BATTERY

polarity diagram in the battery compartment. Insert the battery.

➐ T o replace the battery door, align the g rooves on the battery door with the groov es

on the back cover and slide the battery door closed.

➑ Slide the battery door lock toward the bottom of the pager to lock the battery door.

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Battery
Door Lock

Ribs

NOTES

NOTES

NOTES

Patent Information

This Motorola product is manufactured under one or more Motorola U.S. patents.
These patent numbers are listed inside the housing of this product. Other U.S.
patents for this product are pending.

t, Motorola, WORDline, WORDline FLX, Escalert, and

are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc.

© 1997 by Motorola, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

1500 Gateway Blvd., Boynton Beach, FL 33426-8292

Paging Products Group

Printed in U.S.A. 7/97

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WORDline™ and WORDline™ FLX Quick Reference Card

Indicators and Icons

s

On

r

On, Private Time enabled

å

Message, selected

¥

Message, unselected

w

Controls menu

i

Delete All menu

-

Audio alert

e

Alerts menu/Chirp alert

u

Vibrate (silent) icon

=

Alarm menu/Alarm enabled

q

Alarm disabled

y

Locked message

t

Out of range

Control Buttons:

o

Message continuation

™

Low-battery

†

Information service menu, selected

∆

Information service menu, unselected

π

Information service message, selected

¨

Information service message, unselected

∂

Information service message, selected (FLEX)

®

Information service message, unselected (FLEX)

≠

Information service, Chirp on, selected

µ

Information service, Chirp on, unselected

Ω

Information service, Bookmark, selected

•

Information service, Bookmark, unselected

∫

Locked message, selected

¢

∞¡ º

Mode Select Read/Power On

Locked message, unselected

Setting the Alarm

➊ Press ∞ until ALARMS? is displayed.
➋ Press ¡.
➌ Press ∞ to choose alarm 01, 02, or 03.
➍ Press ¡ to move to the next field.
➎ Press ∞ to enable = or disable q the

alarm.

➏ Press ¡ to move to the hour field.
➐ Press and release ∞ to adjust the hour.
➑ Press ¡ to move to the next field.

WORDline and WORDline FLX Menu Map

Controls Delete All Alerts Alarms

OFF
TIME-DATE
SCROLL
PRIVATE TIME

DELETE


➒ Repeat steps 7 and 8 to set the minutes,

AM/PM, month, and day fields.

➓ Press º from any field to save and exit.

T o alert on a daily basis, set the month and
day to --/--.

Locking and Unlocking Messages

While reading a personal message, press
to display

Deleting a Single Message

Press

DELETE? is displayed. Press ¡.

VIBRATE
AUDIO
CHIRP
ESCALERT
NO ALERT

LOCK? or UNLOCK?. Press ¡.

∞ while reading a message until

ALARM 01
ALARM 02
ALARM 03

∞