Radio Shack Tone/Vibration Pager, 17-6024 Owner's Manual
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OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
Tone/Vibration
Cat. No. 17-6024
Pager
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FEATURES
Your RadioShack Tone /Vibration Pager works with your
4-Watt Wireless Paging System (Cat. No. 17-6023) to
keep you accessible in any envi ronment wher e you nee d
to be able to receive important messages.
When the pager gets a signal from the system’s transmitter, it beeps or vibrates, depending on the setting you selected, and shows the message co de on its display. The
silent paging mod e allows yo u to stay accessi ble withou t
disturbing others around you. Ad d this pager to your existing system if you have more than one person you need
to page.
Non-Volatile Memory
— stores system and pager codes
(not messages) for over one year, even with weak or
dead batteries.
Message Memory
— stores the last eight message
codes in the pager and lets you review them with the
touch of a button before the pager is switched off.
Digital Display
— shows 10 different message codes
(0–9) received from the paging system’s transmitter.
Battery Sentinel
— shows when the pager’s batter y lev-
el is low.
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PREPARATION
INSTALLING BATTERIES
The pager is powered by two AAA batteries (not supplied). We recommend RadioShack alkaline batteries.
You can also use rechargeable nickel-cadmium or nickelmetal hydride batter ies, also available at your local RadioShack store.
Using rechargeable batteries might reduce range.
Note:
When batteries are low,
when you press
seconds.
To install or replace the pager’s batteries:
1. Slide the
front of the pager, then slide off th e batter y c ompar tment cover in the direction of the arrow.
2. Set the switch inside th e compartme nt to
(for alkaline batteries) or
rechargeable nickel-cadmium or nickel-metal hydride
batteries).
Caution:
switch set to
age the batteries and the pager.
LOCK
Do not use alkaline batteries with the
b appears on the pager’s display
//OFF
RECHARGEABLE
, and the pager beeps every 15
switches on both sides toward the
ALKALINE
RECHARGEABLE
. Doing so c ould dam-
(for
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3. Insert two fresh AAA batteries, as indicated by the
polarity symbols (+ and –) marked inside the compartment.
4. Replace the cover and slide
on both sides
LOCK
toward the back of the pager.
The pager retain s pager code s in memor y without
Note:
power for up to 1 year.
Recharging Batteries in the Pager
A battery charger (Cat . No. 17-6025) specially designe d
for use with the 17-6024 page r is available at your local
RadioShack store. It can hold and charge up to six 176024 pagers. Follow these steps to recharge batteries:
1. Place the pager wi th nickel-cadmium or nickel-metal
hydride batteries installed in one of the charger’s
slots.
2. Slide the charger’s switch to Ni-Cd (for nickelcadmium batteries) or Ni-MH (for nickel-metal
hydride batteries).
3. Charge the batter ies for 14–16 hours. The charging
indicator lights green when charging is completed.
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