Radio Shack 17-8032-35, 17-8002-05 User Manual

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Cat. No.

17-8002/05

17-8032/35

OWNER’S MANUAL

Ultra Express Numeric Pager

Please read before using this pager.

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INTRODUCTION

Your Ultra Express Numeric Pager lets you keep in
touch with the office and with family and friends any­where around town. It can store up to 16 messages
and alerts you with either a gentle vibration or one of
five beep pat terns. The pager also has these f eatures:

Daily Alarm —

lets you set the pager to sound an

alarm at a set time each day.

Low Battery Indicator —

lets you know when the

battery is low.

Clock —

displays the current date and time, when

you are not viewing a message.

©

1996 Tandy Corporation.

RadioShack is a trademark used by Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

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

Automatic Page Reset — stops a page after 20 sec­onds if you do not press a button.

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

Automatic Pager Power — lets you set the pager to
turn on and off at specific times every day.

Be sure you thoroughly read these instructions to en­sure that you fully understand your pager’s operation.

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 ................................................................... 9

Preparatio n ................... ................... ................... ............ 10

Setting the Date ....................................................... 10

Setting the Time ........................................................ 11

Selecting Silent or Tone Alert ................................... 13

Operation ... ................... ............... .................... ............... 15

Turning the Pager On/Off ......................................... 15

Turning On the Light ................................................ 15

Receiving and Reading Messages .......................... 16

Protecting and Unprotecting Messages ................... 20

Deleting Messages .................................................. 22

Automatic Operation ................................................ 24

Setting the Alarm ..................................................... 26

Pager Ideas ..................................................................... 28

Care .... .................... ................... ................... ............... .... 29

FCC Informatio n ................ ... .... .... .... ....................... 30

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GETTING STARTED

SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE

You must subscribe to paging service thr ough M obile­Comm before you can start receiving messages.

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

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INSTALLING A BATTERY

Your pager requires one AAA battery. For the best
performance and longest life, we recommend an alka­line battery, such as RadioShack Cat. No. 23-555.

Caution:

size and type.

1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the

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Always use a fresh battery of the required

arrow.

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2. Insert the battery as indicated by the polarity
symbols (+ and –) marked beside the compart­ment.

3. Replace the cover.

When battery power becomes low, the pager displays

. You have about 1 week’s battery power left

when this warning first appears.

Notes:

• The built-in memory saver stores messages and
settings for up to 5 minutes while you change the
battery or after the battery loses power.

• Turn off the pager when you are not using it, to
save power. See “Operation” on Page 15.

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PAGER QUICK GUIDE

Read/Select

Button

Press the read/select button

Mode

Button

Light/Reset

Button

( ) to turn on the

pager, view pages, and select menu options.

Press the mode button

( ) to access the pager’s

menus.

Press the light/reset button

( ) to turn on the

light. Press it twice to return to the time/date display.
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INDICATORS

Your pager displays the following symbols.

Audible mode
Vibrate (silent) mode
Protected message
Message continuation
Erase all messages
Delete individual message
Pager alarm activ ated
Automatic power fe ature

Low battery indicator

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PREPARATION

SETTING THE DATE

Press to turn on the pager, then follow these steps
to set the current date.

Notes:

• If you do not set the date, the pager incorrectly
reports the dates of your pages.

• If you do not press a button within 10 seconds,
the pager returns to the time/date display.

1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press
until the pager d isplays

2. Press . The month digits flash.

3. Repeatedly press to select the current m onth.

4. Press . The day digits flash.

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SET dATE?

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