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    Cat. No. 17-9003 OWNER’S MANUAL Plea se read befor e u sin g this pa g er. Trac ker A lpha nu mer ic Pa ger 17-9 00 3. fm Page 1 Frida y, Ju ly 23, 19 99 9:4 2 AM[...]

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    2 INT R ODU CT IO N Your Tra cker Alph anumeric Pager l ets you kee p in touch wi th th e office and with f amily an d friends an y- where arou nd town. It can stor e up to 16 alp hanumer- ic messa ges (o r a maximum of 640 charact ers) and aler ts you with eit her a gen tle v ibrat ion, a vi brati on and s ingle beep, a melody, or one of t wo b ee[...]

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    3 Low Batte ry Message and Al ert — l ets yo u know when t he bat tery is low. Automati c Message Scr oll — lets you set the pag er to auto matical ly scr oll thro ugh all mess ages and set the speed at which the messa ges scrol l . Page Rem inder — lets you set the pager to sound a seri es of alerts to remind you to view unr ead page s. Time[...]

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    4 CONTEN TS Gett ing Star ted .. .... ....... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ........ ... .... ........ .. 6 Subs crib ing to Se rvic e ....... ....... .... .... ........ ... .... .... ...... 6 Inst allin g a Batt ery . .... ........ ... .... ........ .... .... ....... .... .... .. 6 Page r Q uick Guid e ... .... .... ........ ... .... ........ .[...]

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    5 Usin g Auto m ati c Mes sage -Sc rol l .. .... ... .... .... .... 26 Du plicate Mes sag es .. ....... .... .... ........ ... .... ........ 27 T on e On ly o r Un reada ble Mess age s ... ........ .... 27 Prote cting and Un prote cting M ess ages .... ... .... ........ 28 De letin g Me ssa ges ........ .... ....... .... .... .... ....... .... ....[...]

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    6 GE T TING ST A RTED SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subs cr ibe to pagi ng servi ce through M obi le- Comm b efore you can s tart recei ving messages. To act ivat e your pager, call Mobil eComm or i ts ass o- ciat ed carr ie r at the teleph one num be r lis te d in the a c- tiv ation inst ructions pr ovided wit h your pager’s acti vati on packe[...]

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    7 1. Slid e off the bat tery cover in t he direc tion of the arrow . 2. Place a bat tery in the compar tment accor ding to the pol arit y sym bol s (+ and –) marked inside. 3. Replac e the cover . 1 2 17-9 00 3. fm Page 7 Frida y, Ju ly 23, 19 99 9:4 2 AM[...]

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    8 When b attery power bec omes low, the pager so unds an aler t ever y few secon ds, Change Battery ap - pears, and fl ashes on the di splay. Pr ess any b utton to st op the aler t. Depe nding on how oft en you u se the pager, you shoul d h ave abo ut 3 days of bat tery power lef t when this low batter y alert fi rst occu rs. Notes: • If you pr e[...]

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    9 PA GER QUI CK GU ID E Alert Sp eaker Me n u Button Fun cti on/Sel ect Buttons 17-9 003.fm Page 9 Frida y, Ju l y 23, 1999 9:42 A M[...]

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    10 INDICATORS Your pager dis plays t he f ollo wing sy mbols. or Audi ble al ert mod e or Si lent (vi brate ) alert m ode Pr otec ted messag e Dupl ic at e messag e or Messa ge cont inuat ion Dail y alarm Ti m e r Low batte ry 17-9 003.fm Page 1 0 Frid ay, J uly 23 , 199 9 9:42 AM[...]

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    11 PAGER SET-UP SETTING THE DATE, TIME, A ND TIME FORMAT Press and hol d for a few secon ds to tur n on the pager, then fol low t hese st eps t o set the current dat e, time, and time form at. Notes: • If you do not set the ti me, the pager incor rectly repor ts the tim es of your page s. • If you do no t pres s a but ton f or about 40 sec onds[...]

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    12 • When you pres s in Steps 3 –8, the pag er scrol ls forwar d through th at sett ing’s sequ ence (year s 95 – 13 , f or exampl e), then repeats that sequenc e when it reach es the en d. 1. At the sta ndby display , press then repeat edly press until Set Clock appears . 2. Press . The hour di gi t(s) fla sh. 3. Repeate dl y pr ess to sele[...]

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    13 5. T o selec t th e other t ime for mat, pr ess so t h at format flash es, then press . The yea r digits fl ash . T o keep the cur rent time for mat, simpl y press . The year di gits fla sh. 6. Repeate dl y pr ess to selec t the curre nt year , then pre ss . The mont h dig its flas h. 7. Repeate dl y press to se lect the c ur r ent mont h, then [...]

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    14 SETTING THE DATE FORMAT Your pa ger is pr eset t o disp lay the dat e in t he month/ day/y ear (M/D/Y) format, but you can set it to use the D/M/Y format. To change t he date format, f ollow these steps . 1. At the sta ndby display , press then repeat edly press until Set Options appears . 2. Press , then re peat edly press unti l Calen- dar: an[...]

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    15 SETTING THE MESSAGE ALE RT Your p ager is p reset to al ert you b y sounding one of thre e audi ble a lert patter ns (Beep1) ; however, you can set i t to u se any of thes e audible or sil ent aler ts (and yo u can set the al ert leng t h — see “Setting t he Alert Lengt h” on Page 1 9). Display Alert Type Beep1 or Beep 2 (audibl e) Melody [...]

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    16 Selectin g an Audible Ale rt 1. At the st andby dis play , press . Set Alerts appears and the l ast select ed aler t sy m bol fla shes. 2. Press . Sound ON/OFF appears, and t he cur- rent sett ing ( ON or OFF ) flashes. 3. Press (if necessary) so ON fl as hes, then pr ess . Beep1, 2 / Melody appear s, a nd the cur- rent sett ing f lashes . 4. Re[...]

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    17 Selectin g a Silent Ale rt 1. At the st andby dis play , press . Set Alerts appears and the l ast select ed aler t sy m bol fla shes. 2. Press . Sound ON/OFF appears, and t he cur- rent sett ing ( ON or OFF ) flashes. 3. Press (if necessar y) so OFF flashes, then press . Chirp ON/OFF a ppears, and t he curr ent sett ing ( ON or OFF ) flashes. 4.[...]

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    18 Using Audibl e/Silent Q uick-Set To quick ly chang e the aler t type fro m audible t o silent or si lent to a udible , at th e stand by displ ay, pr ess and hold f or a fe w seconds . Set Alerts appea rs brie fly , then t he pager b eeps and Sound ON or Sound OFF appe ars brief ly . Then t he standb y dis- play r eappear s showing t he curr ent [...]

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    19 Setting t he Alert Length Your page r is pr eset to aler t for about 30 sec onds when you recei ve a mess age or to r e m ind you of an unread message; however, you can set i t to alert for 20 (“ Short” ), 3 2 (“Middl e”), or 44 (“Lon g”) s econds. Foll ow thes e steps to cha nge t he aler t length. 1. At the sta ndby display , press[...]

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    20 OP ERAT ION T URNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on th e pager , press and hol d for a few sec- onds unt i l Power ON appears o n the display . The pager so unds an alert tone or vibr ates and br iefly turn s on all indi cator s, t hen the stand by dis play a p- pears. To turn of f th e p ager , press and hol d for a few sec- onds unt il the p ager[...]

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    21 • The di splay light s for abo ut 45 se conds each t ime you t ur n th e pager on or pres s a but ton. (The l ig ht turn s off soon afte r the stand by display rea p- pears) . • T o conserve batter y power , turn of f the pag er when yo u are not us ing it (when you are n ot expect i ng p ages, for e xample). 17-9 003.fm Page 2 1 Frid ay, J [...]

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    22 MEMORY CAPACITY Your pag er c an store up t o 16 messages (or a maxi- mum of 640 chara cters) in its memo ry. If the pa ger’s memor y is full when it rece ives a new m essage, the new mes sage replaces t he old est unpr otecte d m e s- sage in memory. Hint: To pre vent the pa ger from aut omatic ally repla c- ing messag es you want to keep a n[...]

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    23 RECEIVING/READING MESSA GES Receiving Me ssages When t he pager receiv es a message , it alerts (b eeps or vibr ates) and displ ays the incomi ng message for up to 4 4 seconds ( depending o n the al ert leng th select ed — see “Set ti ng t he Alert Len gt h ” on Page 1 9). To st op the ale rt sooner, pr ess any butt on. Notes: • The aler[...]

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    24 Reading Messages To read all messages store d in memory , repeat edly press or . Eac h time you press a bu t ton, the pag- er dis plays t he next messa ge and the ti me it was re- ceive d (ti me stamp) . The p ager di splays any unr ead mess ages (from newest to ol dest) fir st, then it dis- plays all pre viously re ad messag es from newest to o[...]

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    25 Notes: • The characte rs (such as 21d ) that bri efly appe ar in t he lower -left co rner of the displ ay befo r e the time s tamp are par t of a pa ging-ad dress featu r e not suppo r ted by your carri er . • The fi rst ti m e you p ress or to vi ew any unread message, the pager a l ert s again (for up t o 44 seconds) . Press or again to st[...]

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    26 • Y ou can set the page r to sound a remi nder aler t at pres et interval s fo r up to 3 hours to remi nd you of u nr ea d messages . See “Using the Reminder Alert ” on Page 32. Using Automat ic Message-Scrol l To have the pager auto m atical ly scroll t hrough al l mess ages st ored i n memory so you c an read t he m hands- f ree, press a[...]

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    27 Duplicate Me ssages If your page r rece ives a messag e that is the s ame as one al r eady st ored in memor y ( read or u nread), appear s when the pager di splay s the duplic ate mes- sage. Af ter yo u read a dupl icate m essage, the pag er saves onl y one copy of it, showing the most rece nt time t hat the message was recei ve d. T one Only or[...]

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    28 PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Your pag er let s you pr otect up to ei ght mess ages from being repl aced i f th e memory be comes full . Fol - low t hese s teps t o pr otect or u nprotect messages. 1. Repeate dl y press or to select the message you wan t to pr otect or unprote ct. 2. Press . Protect flas hes on the disp lay . 3. Press twi[...]

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    29 Note: If *FULL* appears and t he pager beeps t wi ce when you pr ess to protect a message, eight m e s- sages a re current ly pr otected. To protec t anoth er mess age, y ou must fi rst unprote ct or delete ( see “De- let ing Mess ages”) on e of t hose eight. DELETING MESSAGES Your pa ger lets you del ete mess ages one at a t ime or all mess[...]

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    30 3. Press . Delete flas hes on the disp lay. 4. Press three t imes to delete the messag e. As you pr ess the butt on, t he pager displays Delete (not flashing ), Delete? , then Deleted . T hen the next old est mes sage appears . Note: T o escape t o the stan dby dis play wi thout delet ing t he message at any t ime before you press a thi rd time,[...]

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    31 Deleting All Messages Cautio n: This proc edure del etes al l message s (pr o- tect ed and unprot ected) stor ed in memory. 1. Turn off the pager . 2. Press and hold and until Delete All? appears . 3. T o delete all message s in memory , press . Deleted All appea rs briefly , then the pager turn s on a nd the standb y dis play appears. Note: T o[...]

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    32 SPEC IAL FEA TURES USING THE REMINDER ALERT To re m i nd you of any unread messages, y ou can s et your pager to s ound an al e rt (at i nterval s of 1, 2, 5, 10, then ever y 30 mi nutes) for up to 3 hours or unti l you press a button. Follow these steps to t urn the remin d- er aler t on or off. 1. At the sta ndby display , press then repeat ed[...]

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    33 SETTING THE MESSAGE SCROLL SPEED Your page r is pre set to displ ay each m essage f or about 2 seco nds when you set the pager to automa ti- call y scrol l th rough al l messages store d in memo ry (see “ Using Aut omatic Message-Sc r oll ” on Page 26); however , you can set it to dis pl ay each messa ge for 1 (“Sl ow”), 2 (“Medi um”[...]

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    34 3. Press so t he current setting f lashes , then repeat edly pr e ss unti l the sett ing yo u want to use f lashes. 4. Press to s t ore yo ur s el ection . Th e standby dis- play r eappears. M 17-9 003.fm Page 3 4 Frid ay, J uly 23 , 199 9 9:42 AM[...]

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    35 USING THE DAILY ALARM You can set your pager t o sound an alar m at the same ti me each day. At the se t alar m time, *Alarm* appear s, flashe s, and the page r sounds a silent or audibl e alarm (de pending on the sele cted message aler t t ype) f or a bout 3 0 secon ds. To s t op the alarm sooner , p res s any but ton. The ala rm sounds again t[...]

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    36 2. Press . The la st set alarm t i me and Alarm ON/OFF a ppear , and the c urrent al arm set ting ( ON or OFF ) flash es. 3. If OFF is f lashing, pres s so ON fl ashes, then press . Th e hour di git(s) flash. 4. Repeate dl y pr ess to sele ct th e hour , t hen press . Th e minut e digits fl ash. Note: I f you previousl y selec ted the 12-hour ti[...]

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    37 T urning the Daily Ala rm Off/On Foll ow these st eps to turn of f the alarm or turn it back on. 1. At th e standb y displ ay , pr ess then so Set Alarm appea rs. 2. Press . The la st set alarm t i me and Alarm ON/OFF a ppear , and the c urrent al arm set ting ( ON or OFF ) flash es. 3. T o tur n t he alarm on or of f, pr ess so that set - tin g[...]

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    38 USING THE TIMER You can s et your pager to sou nd an ale rt af ter a s et amoun t of t ime ( up to 99 minutes ) h as pa ssed — ju st lik e a tim er. After a s et number of minut es has passed, Time is Up ! appe ars, flashe s, and t he pager s ounds a sil ent or audible al ert ( dependi ng on the s el e cted mess age aler t typ e) for about 30 [...]

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    39 3. Repeate dl y pr ess to se t the nu m b er of min- utes, then p r es s . Run/Stop a ppears, and Stop fla sh es. Notes: • As y ou press , t he pager s crolls f orwa rd from 1-99 minutes, th en repeats th at sequence when i t r eaches t he end. • The ti mer displ ays the sec onds, but you can se t only the number of mi nutes. 4. Press so Run[...]

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    40 Stopping t he Ti mer Foll ow these steps to sto p the r unning timer before the ti m er al er t soun ds. 1. At the sta ndby display , press then repeat edly press until Set Timer appears . 2. Press . Run/Stop and the remai ning t ime appear , and Run and fla sh. 3. Press so Stop flashes , the n press . The timer stops and the standby di splay re[...]

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    41 PA GE R IDE A S Incl ude your pager n umber in you r an swering m a- chine or vo ice mail m essages. This way, you can r e- ceive importan t messag es immedi ately. Leave y our pager n umber at you r c hildren’ s scho ol and wi t h 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[...]

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    42 CARE To enjoy yo ur pager for a long time: • Keep the pager dr y . I f i t gets wet , wi pe it dry imme diately . • Use and store t he pager onl y in n ormal t empera- ture envir onments. • Hand le the pager gen t ly and ca refull y . Don’t drop it. • Keep the pager away fr om dust and d irt. • Wipe th e pager with a d amp cloth occa[...]

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    43 FCC INFORMATION Your pager might cau se TV or radi o int er f erenc e even when it is op erating pr operly. To determine whether your pager is caus i ng the int erferenc e, turn off the pager. If the i nter ference go es away, your pager i s causi ng t he i nterfer ence. Tr y t o eliminat e the int erfer- ence by mo vin g the page r away from th[...]

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    44 Th is d evi c e c ompl ies wi th P ar t 15 of t he FCC Rules . Operat i on is su bject to the follo wing condi tions: ( 1) thi s devi ce may not cause any harmful inter ference, and (2) thi s devic e must acc ept i nterfere nce recei ved, incl udi ng interfer ence that may cause undesir ed oper- ati on. RadioSh ack A Divisi on of T andy Corporat[...]