SkyTel ST900 User Manual

ST900

Turning ST900 Off

Backlight

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Open the lid and press the ENTER key to power on the ST900

nsure that the battery is properly installed.

2) . Upon powering on, the

ST900 will take several seconds to initialize before displaying the Home Screen.

3) From the Home Screen, press any key (except ESC key) to display the Main Menu.

If you do not select a menu item, the ST900 reverts to Standby mode after a pre­ defined amount of time (configurable in Preferences)
If you have one or more unread messages, a circle indicator icon on the left side
of the screen will flash (while in Standby mode).

In low-light conditions, press and hold ESC to turn on the backlight.
The backlight remains illuminated until the ST900 times out and returns to the Standby screen.
To manually turn the backlight off, press and hold ESC again.

Turning ST900 On

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2) Highlight Yes and press Enter.

From the Main Menu, press the Navigation button to scroll down to Power Off and press ENTER.

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Using the Main Menu

Use the Main menu for the following features:

Read the received or sent messages
Send messages
Access your Contacts
Change Preferences
Set the Alarm
Access Quiet Mode
Turn the transmitter off and on
Turn the ST900 off
Press navigation keys to highlight the desired feature and then press Enter.

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Setting the Time and Date

1) From the Main menu, press the navigation keys to highlight Preferences and press Enter.

2) Press navigation keys to highlight Setup and press Enter.

3) Press navigation keys to highlight Set Time & Date and press Enter.

4) Use Left/Right keys to select the desired Network Sync type.

5) Use Up/Down keys to move the cursor up and down.

6) Use Left/Right keys to select the desired date format while the cursor is on the Format.

7) Use Left/Right keys to move the cursor field to field while the cursor is on the Time and
Date setting.

8) Use Enter key to increase the time and date while the cursor is on the Time and Date
setting.

: Time and date are automatically set.
: Time and date are set as Eastern Time.
: Time and date are set as Central Time.
: Time and date are set as Mountain Time.
: Time and date are set as Pacific Time.
: Allows you to configure the time and date manually.

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his section discusses how to compose, select addresses and send a message with your ST900.

From the Main Menu, press navigation keys and highlight Write and then press Enter.

After composing the message, press the Menu

key (located at the bottom right of the ST900).

The device will display six menu items. Menu items include: Select Address, Send, Add-replies,
Quick-Text, Back and Cancel. Use the navigation key to highlight the desired feature and then
press Enter to execute.

Select Address: The user can select addresses.
Send: The ST900 sends the message.

Add-replies: You can attach your own MCR (Multiple Choice Response) that can be selected
by the receiver of the message.
Quick-Text: You can easily copy the pre-written text to the message.
Back: Brings you out of Write menu.
Cancel: Removes the menu options from the bottom of the screen.

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Compose a message.

The Send icon will only be highlighted after

a Contact(s) has been selected.

Composing a Message

Menu Options

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Selecting Addresses

Sending a Message

You can manually enter the wireless address or email via selecting One Time

Wireless or One Time Email from the list. Or you can select up to twenty addresses
from the existing address list.

1) Use Navigation Keys to move the cursor and highlight the desired address.

2) Press Enter and then use navigation key to select the desired address type.

3) Press Enter to select the address.

If you have finished composing a message and done with selecting addressees,
then you can move the cursor to Send menu. Pressing Enter sends the message.
'Message Transmitting' displays to inform you that your message is being sent to the
selected addresses.

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hen you receive a Personal or News/Info message, the ST900 displays a pop-up window
and alerts according to the InBox or News/Info Alert setting.
To stop the alert press any key, or open the flip cover. The InBox or News/Info icon will
flash until you have read all received messages.
If reminder alerts were preset from Preferences, the ST900 periodically alerts to remind
you of any unread InBox messages.

1) From the Main menu, press navigation keys to highlight Read and press Enter to display
InBox, OutBox, News/Info InBox and Message Folder.

2) Use the navigation keys to move the cursor and press Enter to open the InBox,
OutBox, News/Info InBox or Message Folder.

3) The screen will display the first six messages.

1) To read a message, (while previewing) press navigation keys to highlight the desired
message and press Enter.

2) Press up/down navigation keys to scroll through the text of a message or press Enter to
page through the message.

3) At the end of the message, a highlighted menu bar is displayed. Press Menu or Enter to
Reply, Forward, Move, or Delete the message.
Note: At any time, while previewing or reading a message, press Menu to access the Message
Options menu.

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Previewing Messages

Reading Messages

Reading a Message

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