Related Manuals for Radio Shack 17-7040
Summary of Contents for Radio Shack 17-7040
- Page 1 17-7060.fm Page 1 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM 17-7040/1/2/3 Cat. No. 17-7060/1/2/3 OWNER’S MANUAL Pronto Numeric Pager Please read before using this pager.
- Page 2 17-7060.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM 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 mes- sages and alerts you with either a beep or a gentle vi- bration.
- Page 3 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.
-
Page 4: Table Of Contents
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 Unprotecting Messages ... 17 Deleting All Unprotected/Read Messages ... 19 Pager Ideas ... -
Page 5: Getting Started
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... -
Page 6: Installing A Battery
INSTALLING A BATTERY Your pager requires one AAA battery for power. For the best performance and longest life, we recommend an alkaline battery such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23- 555. 1. Slide the battery cover latch away from the... - Page 7 Caution: Removing the battery deletes all messages and settings (such as the time) stored in the pager’s memory. Be sure to reset the time (see “Setting the Time” on Page 10) after you replace the battery.
- Page 8 17-7060.fm Page 8 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM Press the large button to turn on the pager, read messages, and select menu options. Press the small button to ac- cess the pager’s menu. INDICATORS Your pager displays these symbols.
-
Page 9: Pager Quick Guide
17-7060.fm Page 9 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM PAGER QUICK GUIDE... -
Page 10: Preparation
17-7060.fm Page 10 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM PREPARATION SETTING THE TIME Press the large button to turn on the pager, then fol- low these steps to set the current time. Note: If you do not set the time, the pager incorrectly reports the times of your pages. - Page 11 17-7060.fm Page 11 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM 6. Press the large button. The second minute digit flashes. 7. Repeatedly press the small button to select the correct digit. 8. Press the large button. 9. Press the small button to select the desired time of day ( for AM or for PM).
-
Page 12: Selecting Silent Or Audible Alert
. Then press the large button. The pager vibrates, and disappears from the display. To have the pager beep when you receive a page, at the time display, repeatedly press the small button un- til the pager displays AUDIBLE? . Then press the large button. -
Page 13: Operation
17-7060.fm Page 13 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM OPERATION TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pager, press the large button. The pag- er sounds an alert tone or vibrates and briefly turns on all display indicators, then dashes (– – –) appear. -
Page 14: Receiving And Reading Messages
17-7060.fm Page 14 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When the pager receives a message, it alerts (beeps or vibrates) for 8 seconds. To stop the alert sooner, press either button. The pager displays the number of unread messages. - Page 15 • The time display automatically appears when you press the large button after reading the last mes- sage, or after about 20 seconds if you do not press any button. • The pager briefly alerts every 2 minutes until you read all new messages.
- Page 16 17-7060.fm Page 16 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM Duplicate Messages If your pager receives a message that is the same as one already stored in memory (read or unread), dUPLICATE appears when you press the large but- ton to read that message. Press the large button again to read the duplicate message.
- Page 17 Overflow Message (Memory Full) Your pager can store up to 16 messages in its memo- ry. If the pager’s memory is full when it receives a new message, OVErFLOW appears and the new message replaces the oldest unprotected message in memory (see “Protecting and Unprotecting Messages”...
-
Page 18: 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 the large button until the pager displays the message you want to protect. 2. Repeatedly press the small button until the pager... - Page 19 17-7060.fm Page 19 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM Notes: • You can protect up to eight messages. • If FULL appears when you press the large button in Step 3, eight messages are currently pro- tected. To protect another message, you must first unprotect one of those eight.
-
Page 20: Deleting All Unprotected/Read Messages
Be sure you protect any messages that you want to save before you follow these steps. 1. At the time display, repeatedly press the small button until the pager displays Note: If there are no unprotected/read mes- sages, ERASE ALL does not appear. -
Page 21: Pager Ideas
Your spouse can send 07734 to say hello! (Read it upside-down.) If you have a cellular phone, give your pager number instead of your cellular number. You can decide who to call back on your cellular phone, without paying for incoming cellular calls. -
Page 22: Care
17-7060.fm Page 22 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM CARE To enjoy your pager for a long time: • Keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry. • Use and store the pager only in normal tempera- ture environments. -
Page 23: 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 it off. If the interference goes away, your pager is causing the in- terference. Try to eliminate the interference by moving the pager away from the receiver. - Page 24 17-7060.fm Page 24 Thursday, July 22, 1999 8:56 AM This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules . Op- eration is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause any harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept interference received, including interference that may cause undesired oper- ation.