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Radio Shack 17-8002 Owner's Manual - Introduction

Manual is about: Ultra Express Numeric Pager

Summary of 17-8002

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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. 17-8002.Fm page 1 thursday, july 22, 1999 9:40 am.

  • Page 2: Introduction

    2 introduction your ultra express numeric pager lets you keep in touch with the office and with family and friends any- where around town. It can store up to 16 messages and alerts you with either a gentle vibration or one of five beep patterns. The pager also has these features: daily alarm — lets ...

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    3 message protect — lets you protect up to eight mes- sages from accidental deletion. Automatic page reset — stops a page after 20 sec- onds 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 pa...

  • Page 4: Contents

    4 contents getting started ................................................................. 5 subscribing to service ............................................... 5 installing a battery ..................................................... 6 pager quick guide ........................................

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    5 getting started subscribing to service you must subscribe to paging service through mobile- comm before you can start receiving messages. To activate your pager, call mobilecomm or its asso- ciated carrier at the telephone number listed in the ac- tivation instructions provided with your pager’s a...

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    6 installing a battery your pager requires one aaa battery. For the best performance and longest life, we recommend an alka- line battery, such as radioshack cat. No. 23-555. Caution: always use a fresh battery of the required size and type. 1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arr...

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    7 2. Insert the battery as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked beside the compart- ment. 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 mes...

  • Page 8: Pager Quick Guide

    8 pager quick guide press the read/select 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. Read/select button mode but...

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    9 indicators your pager displays the following symbols. Audible mode vibrate (silent) mode protected message message continuation erase all messages delete individual message pager alarm activated automatic power feature low battery indicator 17-8002.Fm page 9 thursday, july 22, 1999 9:40 am.

  • Page 10: Preparation

    10 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...

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    11 5. Repeatedly press to select the current day. 6. Press twice to return to the time/date display. Setting the time press to turn on the pager (if necessary), then fol- low these steps to set the current time. Notes: • if you do not set the time, the pager incorrectly reports the times of your pag...

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    12 2. Press . The hour digits flash. 3. Repeatedly press to select the current hour. 4. Press . The first minute digit flashes. 5. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit. 6. Press . The second minute digit flashes. 7. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit. 8. Press . A or p flashes. 9. ...

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    13 selecting silent or tone alert you can have your pager alert you by vibrating or by sounding one of five tone patterns. To have the pager vibrate when you receive a page, at the time/date display, press . If the pager is cur- rently set to sound tones, it displays silent? . Press to switch to sil...

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    14 selecting the tone pattern when you set the pager to sound tones for pages, you have a choice of five tone patterns. To select a tone pattern: 1. Make sure tone alert is selected (see “selecting silent or tone alert” on page 13). 2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays set alert? . 3. Press ...

  • Page 15: Operation

    15 operation turning the pager on/off to turn on the pager, press . The pager sounds an alert tone or vibrates and briefly turns on all indicators. To turn off the pager, repeatedly press until the pager displays pager off? . Then press . The or indicator turns off. Notes: • the time and date appear...

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    16 receiving and reading messages when the pager receives a page, it alerts (beeps or vi- brates) for 8 seconds. Press any button to stop the alert sooner. The pager displays the number of un- read pages. Press to display the first unread message. If it contains more than 12 digits, repeatedly press...

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    17 • the time/date display automatically appears when you press after reading the last mes- sage, or after about 20 seconds if you do not press any button. Duplicate messages if your pager receives a message that is the same as one already stored in memory (read or unread), duplicate appears when yo...

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    18 • after you read a duplicate message, the pager saves the duplicate messages as one memory record, showing the most recent time and date it was received. Tone only messages if your pager receives a message that does not have any numbers, it displays tone only . Unreadable messages if your pager r...

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    19 overflow message (memory full) your pager can store up to 16 messages at once in its memory. If the pager’s memory is full when it receives a message, overflow appears and the new mes- sage replaces the oldest, unprotected message in memory (see “protecting and unprotecting messag- es” on page 20...

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    20 protecting and unprotecting messages follow these steps to protect a message from being replaced (if the memory is full) or accidentally deleted. 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the message you want to protect. 2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays protect? . 3. Press to prote...

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    21 notes: • you can protect up to eight messages. • if hold full appears when you press in step 3, eight messages are currently protected. To protect another message, you must first unprotect one of those eight. 17-8002.Fm page 21 thursday, july 22, 1999 9:40 am.

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    22 deleting messages you can delete unprotected messages one at a time, or all unprotected/read messages at once. Deleting individual unprotected messages 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the message you want to delete. 2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays delete? . 3. To delete ...

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    23 deleting all unprotected/read messages caution: this procedure deletes all unprotected mes- sages that you have read. Be sure you protect any messages that you want to save before you follow these steps. 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays erase all? . Note: if ...

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    24 automatic operation you can set your pager to automatically turn on and off at specific times every day. To do so, select auto- matic operation then set the desired on and off times. Selecting automatic operation 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays pager auto? ....

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    25 setting the automatic on and off times 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays set auto? . 2. Press . The pager displays the currently set on and off times with the on time’s hour flashing. 3. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the desired time. Then press fo...

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    26 using the alarm you can set your pager’s alarm to sound at the same time each day. The pager alerts for 20 seconds at the set alarm time. Press any button to stop the alert sooner. The pager sounds again the next day, unless you turn it off. Turning the alarm on/off 1. At the time/date display, r...

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    27 setting the alarm time 1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until the pager displays set alarm? . 2. Press twice. The hour flashes. 3. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the desired time. Then press for the next digit. Repeat this step until the pager displays the desired alarm ti...

  • Page 28: Pager Ideas

    28 pager ideas include your pager number in your answering ma- chine or voice mail messages. This way, you can re- ceive important messages immediately. Leave your pager number at your children’s school and with the babysitter so you can always be reached in an emergency. Establish code messages wit...

  • Page 29: Care

    29 care to enjoy your pager for a long time: • keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. • use and store the pager only in normal tempera- ture environments. • handle the pager gently and carefully. Don’t drop it. • keep the pager away from dust and dirt. • wipe the pager with a d...

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    30 fcc information your pager might cause tv or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To determine whether your pager is causing the interference, turn off the pager. If the interference goes away, your pager is causing the interference. Try to eliminate the interfer- ence by moving...

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    31 this device complies with part 15 of fcc rules . Op- eration is subject to the following conditions: (1) this device may not cause any harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept interference received, in- cluding interference that may cause undesired opera- tion. 17-8002.Fm page 31 thu...

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    Radioshack a division of tandy corporation fort worth, texas 76102 6/96 printed in the usa 17-8002.Fm page 32 thursday, july 22, 1999 9:40 am.