Radio Shack 17-7040 manual

C at. N o. 17- 7040/ 1/2/ 3 17-7060/ 1/2/ 3 OWNER’S MANUAL Pron to Nu meric Pager Pl ease r e ad bef or e usi ng thi s pa ger. 17-7 06 0. fm Page 1 Thurs da y, Ju ly 22, 19 99 8:5 6 AM[...]

2 INT ROD U CT ION Your Pr onto Numer ic Pager let s you kee p in t ouch with the offi ce and with f amily a nd friends anywhere around town. It can store up to sixte en 20-digi t mes- sages a nd a lerts yo u with eithe r a bee p or a gentle vi- brat ion. It also has the se fea tures. 16-M essage Memo ry — l ets you s tore up to 16 mes- sages. Lo[...]

3 Messa ge Prot ect — lets you p rotect up t o eight me s- sages from acci dental dele tion. Messa ge Deletion — lets you de lete at one ti me all unprot ected/ read me ssage s. Page Rem i nder — beeps or vib rates ever y 2 m i nutes to remi nd you to view unread page s. Extra Batter y Stora ge Slot — let s you sto re an extra batt ery in t[...]

4 CONTEN TS Ge ttin g S t art ed . ... .. ..... ... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ... ..... .. ... .. 5 Su bsc ri bin g to S erv ic e . ..... ... ..... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... ... .. 5 Ins tall in g a Ba t tery ..... .. ..... ... ..... .. .. ..... ... .. ..... ... .. 6 Pa ger Q uic k G uid e ... .. ... .... ... .. ..... ... .. ..... .. ..... .[...]

5 GE T TING ST A RTED SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subs cr ibe to pagi ng servi ce through Mobi le- Comm b efore you ca n s tart receivi ng m essages. To act ivat e your pager, call MobileCom m or i ts ass o- ciat ed carr ie r at the tel ephone numbe r lis ted in the a c- tiv ation inst ructions pr ovided wit h your pager’s acti vati on packe [...]

6 INSTALLING A BATTERY Your pa ger re quires one AAA ba ttery f or power . For the best perfor m ance and longest life, we r ecommend an alk aline battery s uch a s Radio Shack Cat . No. 2 3- 555. 1. Slid e the bat tery cov er lat ch away from the co ver to u nlock i t, t hen sli de the cover /belt clip in t he dir ection o f the arrow to r emove i[...]

7 Note: For quick access when the current batte ry needs t o be replaced, you can s tore an extra AAA batter y i n the ot her slot in th e compar tment. 3. Replac e the ba tter y cover /belt cl ip an d sli de the latc h to wa rd t he co v er to l oc k i t. When b attery powe r becomes l ow, the pa ger di splays LO bAttErY . You have about 1 week’[...]

8 INDICATORS Your p ager disp lays these symbols. Audibl e al ert mode Protec ted pa ge Mess age cont inues Press the lar ge button to tu rn on the pager , read messages , and selec t menu option s. Press t he small butt on to a c- cess the page r’s menu. 17-7 060.fm Page 8 Th ursda y , Ju ly 22, 19 99 8:56 AM[...]

9 PA GER QU I CK G UID E 17-7 060.fm Page 9 Th ursda y , Ju ly 22, 19 99 8:56 AM[...]

10 PREPARATION SETTING THE TIME Press th e larg e button to turn on the pager , then fol- low thes e ste ps to set the curr ent time. Note: If you do not set th e time, the pager i ncorre ctly repor ts the tim es of your page s. 1. At the t ime display , repeatedl y press the smal l butt on until the pag er displ ays SET TIME . 2. Press t he lar ge[...]

11 6. Press t he lar ge butt on. The se cond minut e digit fla shes. 7. Repeate dly pre ss the s mall bu tton to se l ec t the corr ect di git . 8. Press the lar ge but ton. A or P fl ashes. 9. Press t he small butt on to s elect the desir ed time of d ay ( A fo r A M or P for PM ). 10. Pr ess the large butt on again t o sto re the tim e you ju st [...]

12 SELECTING SILENT OR AUDI BLE ALERT To hav e the pager vib rate wh en you receiv e a pag e, at t he ti me disp lay, repeat edly press the small butt on unti l the p ager displ ays SILENT? . Then pr ess the larg e butt on. The pager vi brates, and dis appears from th e display . To have t he pa ger beep wh en you rec eive a pa ge, at the t ime di [...]

13 OP ERAT ION T URNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pag er, pres s th e large but to n. The pag- er sou nds an alert t one or vi brat es an d briefly t urns on all disp lay indicat ors, then das hes ( – – –) appear . To turn o ff the pager , at the ti m e dis play, repeat edly press the sm all but ton unt il the p ager di splays OFF? , th[...]

14 RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When t he pager receiv es a message , it alerts (b eeps or vi brates ) for 8 seconds . To stop the aler t sooner , press eithe r butt on. The pager disp l ays t he number of unread messages. Press t he lar ge but ton. The pager di splay s t he newest mess age (up to t he fir st 12 digi ts). Af ter a bout 12 sec- on[...]

15 To read addit ional message s, repeatedly press the larg e butto n. The pager first displa ys all new messa g- es i n or der ( by th e ti me they we re recei ved), then it displ ays a ll message s in order . Notes: • The t im e d ispla y aut omatica lly appe ar s wh en you press the large but ton after read i ng the last mes- sage, or aft er a[...]

16 Duplicate Me ssages If your page r rece ives a messag e that is the s ame as one alr eady stor ed in memory (re ad or unread), dUPLICATE appears when you press th e lar ge but- ton t o read that message. Pr ess t he large b utton again t o read t he dupli cat e message. Notes: • The ti me a nd mess age number do not appea r the fir st ti me yo[...]

17 Unreadable Mess ages If your pager recei ve s a mess age tha t is partia lly or to- tal ly unrea dable, it does not dis play th e unreadab le part s. Overflow Messa ge (Memory Full) Your p ager can s tore up to 16 me ssages i n i ts memo- ry. If the p ager’s mem ory is f ul l when i t recei ves a new mess age, OVErFLOW appear s and t he new me[...]

18 PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Foll ow these steps to pr otect a message from bei ng repl aced (i f t he memor y i s full) or acci dent ally del eted. 1. Repeate dly press the large button unt il the pager displ ay s the messa ge you want to pro tec t. 2. Repeate dly pr ess the small b utton u ntil t he pager displ ays PROTECT . 3. Press t[...]

19 Notes: • Y ou c an pro tect up t o ei ght messages. •I f FULL appear s when you press the la rge butt on in Step 3, ei ght messages are curre ntly pro- tect ed. T o pr otect another mess age, you must fir st u nprotect one of thos e eight. 17-7 060.fm Page 1 9 T hursd ay, J uly 22 , 199 9 8:56 AM[...]

20 DELETING ALL UNPROTECTED/ READ MESSAGES Cautio n: This proced ure deletes all unprote cted mes- sages tha t you have read. Be sure you pro tect any mess ages that you want to save befor e you fol low these st eps. 1. At the t ime display , repea tedly press the smal l butt on until the pag er displ ays ERASE ALL . Note: If the re are no unprotec[...]

21 PA GE R IDE AS Incl ude your pager n umber in you r answering ma- chine or vo ice mail m essages. This way, you can r e- ceive im portan t messag es imm ediat ely. Leave y our pager n umber at you r childr en’s school and wi th the babysi tter so y ou can alway s be rea ched in an eme rge ncy. Establ ish code messa ges with your fami ly or fri[...]

22 CARE To enjoy yo ur pager for a long time: • Keep the pager dry . If it gets wet , wi pe it dry . • Use and store t he pager only in n ormal t empera- ture envir onments. • Hand le t he pager gently and ca ref ully . • Keep the pager away fr om dust and d i rt. • Wipe the page r with a damp clo th occasi onal ly . 17-7 060.fm Page 2 2 [...]

23 FCC INFORMATION Your pager might cau se TV or radi o int er ferenc e even when it is op erating pr operl y. To det ermine whether your p ager is caus in g the i nterfere nce, turn it off. I f the int erfer ence goes away , your pa ger is causi ng the i n- terf er ence. T r y to elimi nat e the i nter ferenc e by moving the pager a w ay fr om the[...]

RadioSh ack A Divisi on of T andy Corporat ion Fort Wor t h, T exas 76102 Pr int ed in the USA This de vice com plies w ith Part 15 of FCC Rules . O p- erat ion i s sub j e ct to the f ollow in g two condit ions: ( 1 ) thi s devi ce ma y not cause a n y harmful int erfer ence, and ( 2 ) thi s devi ce mus t accep t int erferenc e received , incl udi[...]