Receiving And Previewing Your Messages; Reading Messages; Replying To Messages; Turning The Backlight On And Off - Motorola PF1500 User Manual

Use !# to scroll through the list of available alert
options and highlight your selection, then press
,. To sample an alert without selecting, press
and hold ,.
If an audible alert is selected, l displays on the
Status screen. If vibrate is selected, k displays
on the Status screen. If silent is selected, an alert
icon does not appear on the Status screen.
When the battery is low, alerts are shortened.
To exit without changing alert mode, press ..
You are now ready to begin receiving pages. Try
sending yourself a page to verify proper operation
of your pager. Then read through the rest of this
guide for complete information about all of your
pager's features.

Receiving and Previewing Your Messages

• When you receive a personal or information
service message, the Status screen displays
and the unit alerts according to the L main or
news/information alert setting. A flashing E or
j displays on the Main menu indicating which
type of message has been received.
• To stop the alert, press any button. The 1 on
the Standby screen and E or j on the Main
menu flash until you have read all received
personal or news/info service messages.
• If reminder alerts were preset, the unit
periodically alerts to remind you of any unread
messages. The reminder alert is a chirp if the
alert option was set for any audible alert or the
alert is a short vibration if set to vibrate alert. The
reminder alert is a chirp followed by a 1 second
vibration if set to chirp and vibrate. The reminder
alert is a 2 second vibration followed by a chirp
if set to vibrate and beep.

Replying to Messages

If this service is available on your pager, follow
the instructions below to reply to a message:

Reading Messages

To read a message (while previewing), use !#
to highlight the desired message.
Press , to read the selected message.
Use !#to scroll through the text of a message
or press , to page through the message.
If pre-set, the time and date displays as the last
line of each message.
At the end of the message, press , to reply,
move, or delete the message, or press . to
return to the Message Preview screen.
At any time, while previewing or reading, press
and hold , to access a pop-up menu with
Reply, Move, and Delete options.
Press , to choose b
Reply to
Message . Your pager displays a list of pre-
programmed reply messages for you to choose
from.
Use !#to scroll through the list of pre-
programmed reply messages.
With your reply message choice highlighted,
press , to send the message that you have
selected. Your pager will display a confirmation
message of
Message Transmitting.
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Previewing Messages
Use !# to highlight E or j and press , to
display a list of the first 4 messages.
If you have more than 4 messages, use !# to
move to any of the message listings.
S displays next to any message you previously
previewed and read.
Rdisplays when a reply was successful.
[ displays when a reply was unsuccessful.
^ displays next to any unread personal message
with custom reply choices attached.
Reading Messages
If your pager has Reply capability, please refer to
the Reading Message instructions presented in
"Replying to Messages" on page 9
To read a message (while previewing), use !#
to highlight the desired message.
Press , to read the selected message.
Use !#to scroll through the text of a message
or press , to page through the message.
If pre-set, the time and date displays as the last
line of each message.
At the end of the message, press , to move or
delete the message, or press . to return to
the Message Preview screen.
At any time, while previewing or reading, press
and hold , to access a pop-up menu with
Delete, and Move options. If you are reading an
information service message, the pop-up menu
also gives you a Create InBox option (refer to
"Create an InBox" on page 12).
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g flashes next to the message to indicate that
the reply is in progress. If the message reply was
successful, R displays before the message on
the Message Preview screen. If the message
reply was unsuccessful, [ displays before the
message on the Message Preview screen.

Turning the Backlight On and Off

Press and hold . until the backlight turns on.
The backlight remains on until the pager times
out to the Standby screen.
You can manually turn the backlight off by
pressing and holding ..

Deleting Messages from InBoxes

Delete Messages While Reading
At the end of each message is a Move/Delete
option. (Reply/Move/Delete if reply service is
available.) Press , and use !# to move to
Delete Message
J
To exit without deleting or moving the message,
press ..
Deleting All Read Messages
All read messages in the inboxes can be deleted.
Messages in your Main and News/Info folders are
not affected by this action.
Press ,, !, or #to display the Main menu.
Use # to highlight J Delete Messages
and press ,.
Use !# to highlight either
?
and press ,.
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and press , again.
J
or
Yes N o
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