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- Page 1 17-8007.fm Page 1 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Cat. No. 17-8007/08 17-8037/38 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this pager. Octiva Numeric Pager...
- Page 2 17-8007.fm Page 2 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM FEATURES Your Octiva Numeric Pager lets you keep in touch with the office and with family and friends anywhere around town. You can set the pager to alert you with either a gentle vibration or one of four tone patterns. Your pager comes with a convenient belt-clip/holster and has these features: Clock —...
- Page 3 17-8007.fm Page 3 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Message Protect — lets you protect up to six mes- sages from accidental deletion (each for up to 1 week). Long Period Alert — lets you set the pager to briefly beep or vibrate every 2 minutes, up to 12 hours, to re- mind you of unread pages.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
17-8007.fm Page 4 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM CONTENTS Getting Started ..............5 Subscribing to Service ..........5 Installing a Battery ............. 6 Pager Quick Guide ............9 Indicators ..............10 Operation ................. 11 Turning Power On/Off and Selecting the Alert Type ............ -
Page 5: Getting Started
17-8007.fm Page 5 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 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 activation packet. -
Page 6: Installing A Battery
17-8007.fm Page 6 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 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. - Page 7 17-8007.fm Page 7 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 1. Slide the pager out of its holster and be sure the power switch ( ) on the side of the pager is set to off ( 2. Slide the battery cover latch away from the cover to unlock it, then slide off the cover in the direc- tion of the arrows marked on the cover.
- Page 8 17-8007.fm Page 8 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Depending on your pager’s settings and how many messages you receive, you have at least 12 hours of battery power left when the low battery alert first oc- curs. Replace the battery as soon as possible. Note: The built-in memory stores messages and set- tings for at least 1 minute (or more, depending on your pager’s settings and the amount of memory used)
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Page 9: Pager Quick Guide
17-8007.fm Page 9 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM PAGER QUICK GUIDE Display (Power Switch/ (Feature Button) Function Select Button) l = Power off V = Vibrate alert B = Beep (audible) alert... -
Page 10: Indicators
17-8007.fm Page 10 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM INDICATORS Your pager displays the following symbols. Audible alert Long period alert Message continuation Duplicate message Protected message Message marked for deletion Alarm Automatic operation Low battery... -
Page 11: Operation
17-8007.fm Page 11 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM OPERATION TURNING POWER ON/OFF AND SELECTING THE ALERT TYPE ) on the side of your pager slides to turn pow- er on or off and set the alert type (beep or vibrate). To turn on the pager and have it vibrate when you re- ceive a message, set the switch to so the pager vi-... - Page 12 17-8007.fm Page 12 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Notes: • Each time you turn the pager on, the display lights and all display characters appear briefly, then the current date and time (standby display) appears. • When you set the switch from (beep) to (vibrate), disappears from the display.
- Page 13 17-8007.fm Page 13 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Selecting the Alert Tone Pattern When you set so the pager sounds tones (beeps) to alert you of messages, you have a choice of four tone patterns (1–4). The pager is preset to use tone pattern 1. To select a different pattern, follow these steps.
- Page 14 17-8007.fm Page 14 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 4. Repeatedly press to scroll through the tone patterns. Each time you press the button, the pager sounds the next tone pattern and that pat- tern number flashes. 5. When you hear the pattern you want to use, press to select that pattern and return to the standby display.
- Page 15 17-8007.fm Page 15 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Using Long Period Alert (LPA) Your pager is preset to alert for 8 seconds then stop, each time you receive a new message (see “Receiv- ing and Reading Messages” on Page 18). However, you can set the pager to briefly alert every 2 minutes (up to 12 hours) until you read all new messages.
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Page 16: Setting The Date And Time
17-8007.fm Page 16 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM SETTING THE DATE AND TIME Notes: • If you do not set the time, the pager incorrectly reports the times of your messages. • If you do not press a button for about 1 minute during these steps, the pager returns to the standby display. - Page 17 17-8007.fm Page 17 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 2. While you press and hold , set . The pager beeps twice and the currently set date and time appear with the month digit(s) flashing. 3. Repeatedly press to set the month, then press .
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Page 18: Receiving And Reading Messages
17-8007.fm Page 18 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When the pager receives a message, it alerts (beeps or vibrates) for 8 seconds and displays the incoming message. To stop the alert sooner, press either but- ton. - Page 19 17-8007.fm Page 19 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM The standby display reappears when you press ter the memory capacity display appears, or automati- cally after about 20 seconds if you do not press a button. Notes: • After the first four beeps during an audible alert, the alert tone’s volume increases slightly.
- Page 20 17-8007.fm Page 20 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM • If you display a message that has been protected for 24 hours or more, the number of protection days remaining ( , for example) appears (see “Protecting/Unprotecting Messages” on Page 24).
- Page 21 17-8007.fm Page 21 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Tone Only Messages If your pager receives a message that does not have any numbers, it displays TONE Unreadable Messages If your pager receives a message that is partially or to- tally unreadable (due to disruption of the paging signal or low signal strength, for example), it displays the un- readable parts as unusual display characters.
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Page 22: Memory Capacity
17-8007.fm Page 22 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM MEMORY CAPACITY Your pager can receive messages of up to 20 charac- ters each, and it can store up to 320 characters in memory; however, the maximum number of messag- es it can store depends on the length (number of char- acters) of the messages currently stored in memory. - Page 23 17-8007.fm Page 23 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Caution: If the pager’s memory is full when it receives a new message, the new message replaces the old- est unprotected message in memory. Hints: To prevent the pager from automatically re- placing messages you want to keep : •...
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Page 24: Protecting/Unprotecting Messages
17-8007.fm Page 24 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM PROTECTING/UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Follow these steps to protect a message for up to 7 days from being accidentally deleted or automatically replaced (if the memory becomes full). 1. Display the message you want to protect. 2. - Page 25 17-8007.fm Page 25 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM To escape without protecting the message, press twice. Notes: • You can protect up to six messages. • When you select a message that has been pro- tected for over 24 hours, the pager displays the number of protection days remaining ( , for example).
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Page 26: Deleting Messages
17-8007.fm Page 26 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM DELETING MESSAGES You can delete messages (protected or unprotected) one at a time or all unprotected messages at once. Deleting Individual Messages 1. Display the message you want to delete. 2. Press twice. - Page 27 17-8007.fm Page 27 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Deleting All Unprotected Messages Caution: This procedure deletes all unprotected mes- sages. Be sure you protect any messages that you want to save before you follow these steps! 1. Repeatedly press to scroll through the mes- sages stored in memory until the memory capac- ity display (...
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Page 28: Special Features
17-8007.fm Page 28 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM SPECIAL FEATURES USING AUTOMATIC OPERATION Your pager’s automatic operation feature lets you set the pager to automatically turn off and on at specific times every day, so you can conserve battery power (by having the pager turn off during the part of the day you least often use it, for example). - Page 29 17-8007.fm Page 29 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Notes: • The pager does not receive messages or sound at the preset daily alarm time (see “Using the Daily Alarm” on Page 33) after it automatically turns off. • To use the pager (receive messages) after it automatically turns off but before the preset “on”...
- Page 30 17-8007.fm Page 30 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Turning Automatic Operation On and Setting the On and Off Times Notes: • To keep the existing setting in Steps 3-6, simply press then skip to the next step. • Be sure to select the correct AM ( ) or PM ( hour in Steps 3 and 5.
- Page 31 17-8007.fm Page 31 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 4. Repeatedly press to set the “off” minutes, then press and the last set “on” time appear, and the “on” hour flashes. 5. Repeatedly press to set the “on” hour, then press .
- Page 32 17-8007.fm Page 32 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Turning Off Automatic Operation 1. At the standby display, repeatedly press until the pager displays AUTO OFF 2. Press flash. 3. Press to turn off automatic operation and return to the standby display.
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Page 33: Using The Daily Alarm
17-8007.fm Page 33 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM USING THE DAILY ALARM You can set your pager’s alarm to sound at the same time each day. At the set alarm time, the pager alerts for 20 seconds. To stop the alert sooner, press any button. - Page 34 17-8007.fm Page 34 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM Turning On the Alarm and Setting the Alarm Time Note: To keep the existing setting in Steps 3–6, sim- ply press then skip to the next step. 1. At the standby display, repeatedly press until the pager displays flashes.
- Page 35 17-8007.fm Page 35 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 4. Repeatedly press to set the minutes, then press , and the set alarm time flash. 5. Press to store the set alarm time. The pager beeps once and the alarm icon ( ) appears on the standby display.
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Page 36: Pager Ideas
17-8007.fm Page 36 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 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. -
Page 37: Care
17-8007.fm Page 37 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 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. -
Page 38: Fcc Information
17-8007.fm Page 38 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 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. - Page 39 17-8007.fm Page 39 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM 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.
- Page 40 17-8007.fm Page 40 Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:53 AM RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 7/96 Printed in the USA...