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- Page 1 17-9050.fm Page 1 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Cat. No. 17-9050 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this pager. SportsCaster Alphanumeric Pager...
- Page 2 17-9050.fm Page 2 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM INTRODUCTION Your RadioShack SportsCaster Alphanumeric Pager is a sports news source and personal pager — all in one! The pager provides you with frequent updates of sports scores, team standings, sports news, and Las Vegas betting odds for both professional and college sports.
- Page 3 17-9050.fm Page 3 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Daily Alarm — lets you set the pager to sound an alarm and display a reminder symbol (such as a tele- phone to remind you to call someone) at a set time each day.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
17-9050.fm Page 4 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM CONTENTS Getting Started ............6 Subscribing to Service ........6 Installing a Battery ..........6 Pager Quick Guide ..........9 Feature Symbols ..........10 Button-Guide Symbols ........12 Standby Display ..........13 Pager Set-Up ............ - Page 5 17-9050.fm Page 5 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Protecting and Unprotecting Messages ..34 Deleting Messages ......... 36 Special Features ..........39 Using the Reminder Alert ........ 39 Setting the Alert Length ........40 Changing the Message Scroll Setting ........... 41 Using the Daily Alarm ........
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Page 6: Getting Started
17-9050.fm Page 6 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 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 7 17-9050.fm Page 7 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Arrow – Latch 1. Slide the battery cover latch away from the cover to unlock it, then slide off the cover in the direc- tion of the arrow. 2. Place a battery in the compartment according to the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked inside.
- Page 8 17-9050.fm Page 8 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM When battery power becomes low, the pager sounds an alert every few seconds, Change Battery pears, and flashes on the display. Press any button to stop the alert, then replace the battery as soon as possible.
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Page 9: Pager Quick Guide
17-9050.fm Page 9 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM PAGER QUICK GUIDE Function/Select Button Menu Button (... -
Page 10: Feature Symbols
17-9050.fm Page 10 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM FEATURE SYMBOLS To show the currently selected feature (such as the alert setting), your pager displays the following sym- bols. Symbol Description Audible alert mode Silent (vibrate) alert mode Sports message Duplicate message Protected message Appears while you set the clock... - Page 11 17-9050.fm Page 11 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Symbol Description Alarm set to sound Standby display “timeout” setting (appears while you set the clock) Appears while you set the optional features Timer set to sound Delete the currently selected message Delete all messages Low battery...
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Page 12: Button-Guide Symbols
17-9050.fm Page 12 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM BUTTON-GUIDE SYMBOLS To guide you each time you set one of your pager’s features (such as the clock) or select a message to delete or protect, your pager displays two symbols. You See You Press to select or confirm... -
Page 13: Standby Display
17-9050.fm Page 13 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM STANDBY DISPLAY Your pager is preset to always show you its “standby display” when you are not reading a message or set- ting a feature. The standby display includes the date, day of the week, time, the last set message alert sym- bol, and the symbol for any special feature currently set or running (such as the alarm or timer). -
Page 14: Pager Set-Up
17-9050.fm Page 14 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM PAGER SET-UP SETTING THE CLOCK Hold down for about 2 seconds to turn on the pag- er, then follow these steps to set the current date, time, time format, and standby display timeout setting. Notes: •... - Page 15 17-9050.fm Page 15 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM • To keep the existing setting in any of these steps (or while setting any other feature), simply press to skip to the next step. • When you press in Steps 3–8, the pager scrolls forward through that setting’s sequence (the years –...
- Page 16 17-9050.fm Page 16 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 4. Repeatedly press to select the minutes, then press . The cursor moves below the time for- mat ( for 12- or 24-hour). 5. To select the other time format, press so that format appears, then press .
- Page 17 17-9050.fm Page 17 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 8. Repeatedly press to select the current month, then press . The cursor moves below the standby display timeout symbol. 9. To conserve battery power, you can set the pager so the standby display disappears and the dis- play goes blank after about 5 seconds if you do not press a key.
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Page 18: Setting The Date Format
17-9050.fm Page 18 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Note: If you selected in Step 9, the display goes blank after about 5 seconds if you do not press a key. The next time you press a key, the standby display immediately reappears. SETTING THE DATE FORMAT Your pager is preset to display the date in the month/ day/year (M/D/Y) format, but you can set it to use the... -
Page 19: Selecting The Personal Message Alert Type
17-9050.fm Page 19 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 3. Press appears next to the date format, then press so the other date format appears. 4. Press to store your selection. The standby display reappears showing the date in the selected format. - Page 20 17-9050.fm Page 20 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM • The alert tone’s volume gradually increases dur- ing an audible alert. • Your pager does not alert you when it receives sports messages. Symbol Alert Types Beep — Single or Dual (audible) Musical —...
- Page 21 17-9050.fm Page 21 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Selecting an Audible Alert 1. At the standby display, press Set Alerts appears and the last selected alert symbol flashes. 2. Press appear. Sound ON 3. Press (if necessary) so appears, then press appear.
- Page 22 17-9050.fm Page 22 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM If you selected in Step 4, Musical Melody and a number from 1–16 (such as Melody 1 appear, and the pager sounds the selected mel- ody twice. To select a different melody, repeat- edly (if necessary) press until you see or hear the melody you want to use.
- Page 23 17-9050.fm Page 23 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 3. Press (if necessary) so appears, then press Chirp Vibrator appear. 4. Press (if necessary) so appears Vibrator to select the gentle vibration alert, or so Chirp appears to select the chirp/vibration alert. 5.
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Page 24: Operation
17-9050.fm Page 24 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM OPERATION TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pager, hold down for a few seconds. and the time, date, and day of the week Power ON appear, the pager gives a sample alert and briefly turns on several indicators, then the standby display appears. - Page 25 17-9050.fm Page 25 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Notes: • The display lights for about 40 seconds each time you turn the pager on or press a button. (The light turns off soon after the standby display reap- pears). •...
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Page 26: Receiving Messages
17-9050.fm Page 26 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM RECEIVING MESSAGES Your pager can receive sports messages (such as game scores, team standings, news headlines, and so on — controlled by your paging service provider) and personal messages (such as those sent by friends and family). - Page 27 17-9050.fm Page 27 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Personal Messages — When the pager receives a personal message, it alerts (beeps or vibrates) and displays the incoming message for up to 44 seconds (depending on the alert length selected — see “Set- ting the Alert Length”...
- Page 28 17-9050.fm Page 28 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Memory Capacity Your pager can store a combined total of 32 sports and personal messages (or a maximum of 7,936 char- acters) in its memory. If the pager’s memory is full when it receives a new message, the new message replaces the oldest unprotected personal message in memory.
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Page 29: Reading Messages
17-9050.fm Page 29 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM READING MESSAGES To read all messages stored in memory, repeatedly press If you press , the pager displays messages (oldest to newest) in this order: • unread personal messages • all sports messages •... - Page 30 17-9050.fm Page 30 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM If there are unread personal message(s) in memory , the pager alerts again (audible only, for up to 44 sec- onds) the first time you press to view each unread message. Press again to stop the alert.
- Page 31 17-9050.fm Page 31 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Notes: • The characters (such as ) that appear in the upper-left corner of the display when you read a message indicate message’s “paging- address” (used internally by your carrier). • The pager displays before the first character after the last character of each message.
- Page 32 17-9050.fm Page 32 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Using Automatic Message-Scroll To have the pager automatically scroll through all pre- viously read messages stored in memory so you can read them without having to continually press a but- ton, press and release , then hold down for about 2 seconds.
- Page 33 17-9050.fm Page 33 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Other Messages Duplicate — If your pager receives a personal mes- sage that is the same as one already stored in memo- ry (read or unread), appears in the upper-right corner of the display when the pager displays the du- plicate message.
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Page 34: Protecting And Unprotecting Messages
17-9050.fm Page 34 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Your pager lets you protect a combined total of 16 sports and personal messages from being replaced if the memory becomes full. Follow these steps to pro- tect or unprotect messages. - Page 35 17-9050.fm Page 35 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 4. To immediately protect or unprotect another mes- sage, repeatedly (if necessary) press to select that message, then press once so appears or disappears. To return to the standby display, press Note: If *FULL* appears and the pager beeps twice...
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Page 36: Deleting Messages
17-9050.fm Page 36 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM DELETING MESSAGES Your pager lets you delete one message at a time or all messages at once. Deleting Individual Messages 1. Repeatedly (if necessary) press to select the message you want to delete. 2. - Page 37 17-9050.fm Page 37 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM To escape to the standby display without deleting the message at any time before you press third time, press 5. To immediately delete another message, repeat- edly (if necessary) press to select the mes- sage, then press twice so Delete...
- Page 38 17-9050.fm Page 38 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 3. Press twice. appears and Delete All flashes. 4. Press three times to delete all messages. As you press the button, the pager displays , then Delete All Delete All Sure? All Deleted! .
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Page 39: Special Features
17-9050.fm Page 39 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM SPECIAL FEATURES USING THE REMINDER ALERT To remind you of any unread personal messages, you can set your pager to sound an alert for up to 1 hour or until you press a button. It sounds alerts at intervals of 1, 2, 5, 10, then 30 minutes. -
Page 40: Setting The Alert Length
17-9050.fm Page 40 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM SETTING THE ALERT LENGTH Your pager is preset to alert for about 20 seconds when you receive a personal message, to remind you of an unread personal message, or at a set alarm time or timer setting;... -
Page 41: Changing The Message Scroll Setting
17-9050.fm Page 41 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 4. Press to store your selection. The standby display reappears. CHANGING THE MESSAGE SCROLL SETTING Your pager is preset to display each message one page (screen) at a time when you set the pager to au- tomatically scroll through all messages stored in memory (see “Using Automatic Message-Scroll”... -
Page 42: Using The Daily Alarm
17-9050.fm Page 42 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 3. Press appears next to the current set- ting, then press to select the other setting. 4. Press to store your selection. The standby display reappears. USING THE DAILY ALARM You can set your pager to sound an alarm and display one of five special alarm symbols (such as a tele- phone to remind you to call someone) at the same time each day. - Page 43 17-9050.fm Page 43 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Setting the Daily Alarm Time Follow these steps to turn on the alarm and set the alarm time. (To simply turn the alarm off or on, see “Turning the Daily Alarm Off/On” on Page 45.) 1.
- Page 44 17-9050.fm Page 44 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Note: If you previously selected the 12-hour time format, be sure to select the correct AM or PM hour so appears. 5. Repeatedly press to select the minutes, then press . The cursor moves below the currently selected alarm symbol.
- Page 45 17-9050.fm Page 45 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Turning the Daily Alarm Off/On Follow these steps to turn off the alarm or turn it back on (so it sounds at the last set alarm time). 1. At the standby display, press then appears.
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Page 46: Using The Timer
17-9050.fm Page 46 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM USING THE TIMER You can set your pager to sound an alert after a set amount of time (up to 99 minutes) has passed — just like a timer. After the set number of minutes have passed, a special timer display appears, flashes, and the pager alerts (audible or silent) for up to 44... - Page 47 17-9050.fm Page 47 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM 3. Repeatedly press to set the number of min- utes, then press appears next to Timer STOP Notes: • As you press , the pager scrolls forward from 1–99 minutes, then repeats that sequence when it reaches the end.
- Page 48 17-9050.fm Page 48 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM Note: When less than 1 minute remains on the timer, the pager displays 0 for the first 50 seconds, then it counts down the last 10 seconds. Stopping the Timer Follow these steps to stop the running timer before time runs out.
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Page 49: Pager Ideas
17-9050.fm Page 49 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 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 50: Care
17-9050.fm Page 50 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 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 51: Fcc Information
17-9050.fm Page 51 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 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 52 17-9050.fm Page 52 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 8:44 AM This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules . Operation is subject to the following 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.
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