Introduction ............ 1 Effective Use of Your Pager......1 Getting Started ..........2 Battery Information........2 Control Buttons (Bravo 500) ....... 3 Control Buttons (Bravo 501) ....... 4 Turning Your Pager On ....... 5 Turning Your Pager Off ....... 5 Backlight ............
6881036b50a.fm Page 1 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of your B ravo Numeric pager. This booklet contains operation instructions that explain how to use your new pager and provides helpful suggestions for first-time as well as experienced users.
6881036b50a.fm Page 2 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Getting Started Battery Information Your pager operates with a single AAA-size alkaline battery (do not use carbon zinc batteries). See the diagram on the following page for the battery door location. If lobat displays, the pager’s AAA-size battery is low.
6881036b50a.fm Page 3 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Control Buttons (Bravo 500) Function: Press to move between features and change values. Select/Backlight: Press to select features and turn on/off the backlight. Read/Escape: Press to read messages or return to the Status...
6881036b50a.fm Page 4 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Control Buttons (Bravo 501) Function: Press to move between features and change values. Select/Backlight: Press to select features and turn on/off the backlight. Read/Escape: Press to read messages or return to the Status...
6881036b50a.fm Page 5 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Turning Your Pager On Ensure that a fresh battery is properly installed as listed in “Installing/Replacing the Battery” on page 2. Press and hold for 3 to 4 seconds to turn your pager on.
6881036b50a.fm Page 7 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Backlight In low-light conditions, you can turn on the pager’s backlight on or off at any time by pressing and holding for two seconds. The backlight automatically turns off when the pager returns to the Status screen.
6881036b50a.fm Page 8 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Using the Main Menu The main menu provides access to the many features of your pager through the use of symbols and prompts. To navigate through the main menu, press ...
6881036b50a.fm Page 9 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Time and Date Setting the Time From the Status screen, press until Set Time displays, and then press 12:56 pm Press to increase the hour. When the desired hour displays, press advance to the next field.
6881036b50a.fm Page 10 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Press to increase the year. When the desired year displays, press Repeat Step 2 to set the month/day. When you have finished setting the date, press to save your changes and return to the Status screen.
6881036b50a.fm Page 11 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Setting the Alarm Your new pager allows you to set a daily alarm. From the Status screen, press until Set alarm displays, and then press 12:34p Press to increase the hour. When the desired hour displays, press advance to the next field.
6881036b50a.fm Page 12 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Alerts Setting the Alert Type Your new pager has both audible and silent alert types. These alert types are: silent (vibrate), sleep (no alert), vibra call (vibrate then chirp), chirp, and eight standard audible alerts.
6881036b50a.fm Page 13 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Reminder Alert This feature allows you to turn on/off reminder alerts. Reminder alerts repeat at two-minute intervals until you have read all new messages. To turn on/off reminder alerts, proceed as follows: ...
6881036b50a.fm Page 14 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM l c alt to toggle between on and Press off, and press to make your selection. • The low cell alert repeats hourly between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
6881036b50a.fm Page 15 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Messages The pager can store up to 20 personal messages and 2 maildrop messages. If you have programmed your pager to alert you when it receives a message, an alert sounds (see “Setting the Alert Type” on page 11).
6881036b50a.fm Page 16 Friday, October 20, 2000 8:21 AM Locking/Unlocking Messages You can lock up to ten messages to prevent them from being deleted or overwritten by new messages when the pager’s memory is full. • To lock a message, press while the message displays.
6881036b50b.fm Page 17 Friday, Nov 21, 2003 8:21 AM Deleting Messages You can delete messages from your pager at any time. By deleting older messages, you decide which messages to keep and which to save before they are overwritten by new messages. (Se e also “Locking/Unlocking Messages”...
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