Radio Shack 17-7060, 17-7040 User Manual

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Cat. No.

OWNER’S MANUAL

Pronto Numeric Pager

Please read bef ore using this pager.

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INTRODUCTION

Your Pronto Numeric Pager lets you keep in touch
with the office and with family and friends anywhere
around town. It can store up to sixteen 20-digit mes­sages and alerts you with either a beep or a gentle vi­bration. It also has these features.

16-Message Memory

sages.

Low Battery Message

battery is low.

Clock

— displays the current time, when you are not

viewing a message.

RadioShack is a trademark used by Tandy Corporation.

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— lets you store up to 16 mes-

— lets you know when the

©

1996 Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

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Message Protect — lets you protect up to eight mes­sages from accidental deletion.

Message Deletion — lets you delete at one time all
unprotected/read messages.

Page Reminder — beeps or vibrates every 2 minutes
to remind you to view unread pages.

Extra Battery Storage Slot — lets you store an extra
battery in the battery compartment for quick access
when the current battery needs to be replaced.

Note: You need one AAA battery (not supplied) to
power your pager.

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CONTENTS

Getting Started ....................................................... 5

Subscribing to Service ...................................... 5

Installing a Battery ............................................ 6

Pager Quick Guide ................................................. 8

Indicators .......................................................... 8

Preparation ............ ........ .. .. ........ .. ............... .. ... ....... 9

Setting the Time ................................................ 9

Selecting Silent or Audible Alert ..................... 11

Operation .............................................................. 12

Turning the Pager On/Off ................................ 12

Receiving and Reading Messages ................. 13

Protecting and Unprot ecting Messages .......... 17

Deleting All Unprotected/Read Messages ...... 19

Pager Ideas ........................................................... 20

Care ....................................................................... 21

FCC Information ................................................... 22

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GETTING STARTED

SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE

You must subscribe to paging service through Mobile­Comm before you can start receiving messages.

To activate your pager, call MobileComm or its asso­ciated carr ier at the telephone num ber listed in the ac­tivation instructions provided with your pager’s
activation packet.

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INSTALLING A BATTERY

Your pager requires one AAA battery for power. For
the best perform ance and longest lif e, we r ecom m end
an alkaline battery such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-

555.

1. Slide the battery cover
latch away from the
cover to unlock it, then
slide the cover/belt clip
in the direction of the
arrow to remove it.

2. Insert a battery in the compartment sl ot closest to
the pager’s display, according to the polarity s ym ­bols (+ and –) marked inside.

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Note: For quick access when the current battery
needs to be replaced, you can store an extra
AAA battery in the other slot in the compartment.

3. Replace the battery cover/belt clip and slide the
latch toward the cover to lock it.

When battery power becomes low, the pager displays

LO bAttErY

. You have about 1 week’s battery

power left when this warning first appears.
Caution: Removing the battery deletes all messages

and settings (such as the time) stored in the pager’s
memory . Be sur e to reset t he time (s ee “Settin g the
Time” on Page 10) after you replace the batter y.

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Press the large button

on the pager, read messages,
and select menu option s.

Press the small button

cess the pager’s menu.

INDICATORS

Your pager displays these symbols.

Audible alert mode
Protected page
Message continues

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to turn

to ac-