Uniden ALP 9060 manual

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    2-Line Alpha/Numeric Pager Operating Guide[...]

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    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 it off. If the interference goes away, your pager is causing the interference. Try to eliminate the interference by moving the pager away from the receiver. If you cannot eliminate the[...]

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    1 Contents Introduction ...............................2 Using this Owners Guide .......................3 Controls .................................4 Display Indicators ...........................5 Belt Clip/Holster ............................6 Illuminated Display ...........................7 Care and Maintenance .........................7 Install[...]

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    Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the CONTAQ II ALP 9090 2-line alpha/numeric pager. This compact, state-of-the-art pager has many features including: o 78 Notebook Storage Locations o 20 Mail Drop Locations o 30 Personal Message Locations o Clearvue™ Illuminated Display o Multiple Alert Tones o Silent or Vibrate Alerts o Time/Day/[...]

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    Using this Owners Guide o Throughout this Operating Guide the action (such as: press a key) is first, followed by a display of the results . Press N , you will see: o If (while setting any function) you do not press any key for about 8 seconds, the display returns to standby. If this happens, start over at step 1. o When you see only the > key i[...]

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    Controls 1. Backward Scroll Key ( < ) 2. Enter/Menu Key ( N ) 3. Forward Scroll Key ( > ) 4. Speaker 5. Display (see next page) 6. Power/Escape Key ( O ) – hold to turn power on/off or press and release to return display to standby. 7. Strap attachment [ To stop the page alert, press any key. To light the display, press and hold any key for[...]

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    Display Indicators 1. Out-of-Range Indicator and first character of the 12-Character Display 2. Alert Type 3. Alarm 4. Day 5. Battery Low 6. Info Service Message 7. Month/Day 8. Message Status Indicator 9. 12-Character Display 5[...]

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    Belt Clip/Holster o Line up the groove on the pager back with the groove on the holster. It fits in the holster only one way. o Slide the pager into the holster. It fits securely. o Use the spring clip to attach the holster to your belt or pocket. o You can view your messages while the pager is in the holster. o To use the function keys, slide the [...]

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    Illuminated Display o Turn on your pager. o At the standby display, press and hold N , > or < for about two (2) seconds. o The display lights for about five (5) seconds. [ Heavy use of the Clearvue™ illumination shortens battery life. Care and Maintenance o Keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. o Use and store only in[...]

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    Installing and Using a Battery Your pager requires one AAA battery for power. Caution: Always use a battery of the specified size and type. Installing the Battery 1. Release the battery compartment lock. Slide and lift off the battery cover. 2. Insert a AAA battery in the compartment according to the polarity symbols (+ and -) marked inside. 8[...]

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    3. Match the dots, slide the battery cover on and slide the lock-tab down. Low Battery Alarm/Warning When the battery power is low, B appears in the display and – once an hour – a low-beep sounds for four-seconds. [ When the battery low indicator appears, replace the battery as soon as possible to keep your pager working at peak performance. Me[...]

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    About Your Pager’s Functions There are six choices in the function menu: 1 Alert Set - change alert type. A Alarm Menu - set alarm for time, day, and/or date. T Time Menu - set the time, day and date. ? Option Menu - time stamp, quick view, sample alert, and word wrap. G Message File - view, set alert, save/move or delete messages. D Delete All -[...]

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    Set the Time, Day and Date Setting the Time From the standby display, go to Time Set (as shown): 1. To select the hour, press > or < until you reach the number that you want. 2. To store your selection and move to the minutes display, press N . 3. To set the minutes and choose between 12 or 24 hour mode, repeat steps 1 and 2. 4. To store your[...]

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    Setting the Day and Date From the standby display, go to Day/Date Set (as shown): 1. To select the day, press > or < until you reach the number that you want. 2. To store your selection and move to the month display, press N . 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to set the month and date. 4. To store your selection in memory, press N . The display return[...]

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    Choosing the Alert Type Go to the Alert Set Menu (as shown): To listen to the tones as you select them, set Sample Alert under the Options Menu on page 20. 1. To cycle through the alert types, press > or < . 2. To store your selection in memory, press N . 3. To toggle between Auto Reset (alert tone stops after 8 seconds) and Non-stop (alert t[...]

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    Using the Alarms You can set the pager to sound an audible or vibrate alarm at the same time every day, on the same day every week, and/or at a specific time on a certain date. When a set alarm time arrives – even if the pager is turned off – the pager repeatedly sounds a unique alert tone (different than any message alert tone pattern) or vibr[...]

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    Setting a Time Alarm To set an alarm for a specific time every day: Example: Every day at 5:54 p.m. From the standby display, go to Time Alarm (as shown): 1. To set the alarm on or off, press > or < . 2. To enter your selection, press N . 3. To select the hour, press > or < until you reach the number that you want. 4. To store your sele[...]

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    Setting a Day (Weekly) Alarm To set an alarm for a specific day of the week and time: (Example: Every Friday at 5:54) From the standby display, go to Day Alarm (as shown). 1. To set the alarm on or off, press > or < . 2. To enter your selection, press N . 3. To select the week day, press > or < until you reach the one that you want. 4. [...]

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    Setting the Date Alarm To set an alarm for a specific date and time: Example: Friday, February 14, at 5:54 p.m. From the standby display, go to Date Alarm (as shown). 1. To set the alarm on or off, press > or < . 2. To enter your selection, press N . 3. To select the month, repeatedly press > or < . 4. To store your selection and move t[...]

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    Choose and Change Options o Time Stamp o Quick View o Sample Alert o Word Wrap [ To “escape” from any Option menu, press O . [ When ? appears above the selected option, that option is on. Time Stamp On or Off Time stamp adds the day, time and date that a message came in. From the standby display, go to Time Stamp (as shown): 1. Press N . The cu[...]

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    Quick View On or Off Quick View lets you set your pager to automatically display each message when you receive it. From the standby display, go to Quick View (as shown): 1 Press N . The current setting appears. 2. To change the setting, press > or < . (The default setting is on.) 3. To store the selected setting and return to standby, press N[...]

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    Sample Alert On or Off When you turn Sample Alert on, you can hear or feel a sample of the alert when you are setting it. From the standby display, go to Sample Alert (as shown): 1 Press N . The current setting appears. (The default setting is on.) 2. To change the setting, press > or < . 3. To store the selected setting and return to standby[...]

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    Word Wrap On or Off If a word in the display is more than 12 characters, Word Wrap prevents breaking it up. To see complete (unbroken) words in the display, turn word wrap on. From the standby display, go to Word Wrap (as shown): 1 Press N . The current Word Wrap setting appears. (The default setting is on.) 2. To change the setting, press > or [...]

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    Managing Message Files There are two types of messages: o Personal Messages (you can move or delete) Your pager holds up to 30 messages in memory. o Info Service (Mail Drop) Messages (you can add an alert, move or delete). Your pager has 20 different mail drops. [ You can store mail drop and personal messages in the Notebook that has 78 memory loca[...]

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    Reading Personal Messages Your pager can store up to 30 personal messages, in the order received. If the pager’s memory is full when it receives a new message, FULL appears on the display and the new message replaces the oldest message in memory. o To prevent the pager from automatically replacing personal messages you want to keep, be sure to pr[...]

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    Receiving/Displaying Messages [ When you receive a Mail Drop message, G appears in the standby screen. Receiving Messages with Quick View On and Time Stamp Off 1. When the pager receives a message, it beeps (or vibrates) and the message displays on the screen. 2. To scroll through the message, press > . To scroll through other stored messages, p[...]

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    Receiving Messages with Quick View Off and Time Stamp On 1. When the pager receives a message, it beeps (or vibrates) for 8 seconds. To immediately stop the alert, press any key. 2. To see the message, press > . 3. To read the rest of the message, press N . 4. To scroll through other messages, press > . 3. To return to the standby display, pr[...]

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    Receiving Messages With Quick View and Time Stamp On 1. When the pager receives a message, it beeps (or vibrates) for about 8 seconds. 2. The message automatically appears on the display. If the message is longer than 12 characters, the second part of the message appears after a second. 3. To stop the alert, press any key. The display shows you hav[...]

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    Tone Only A “tone only” message doesn’t have any numeric characters. It could be an unreadable message, an error or a preset message that alerts you to check your voice mail. Unread Message Reminder If you are using the Auto Reset alert mode (see Choosing the Alert Type on page 13) and you do not read a message within 3 minutes, the pager sou[...]

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    Reading a Mail Drop Message 1. From the standby display go to Message File (as shown): 2. Press N . The first Mail Drop message appears. 3. To scroll through the message, press > or < . 4. To read the next message, press > . [ Press O to return to the standby display. 28[...]

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    Adding an Alert to a Mail Drop Message Type Our example is the first maildrop (07) in the message file and the TIME STAMP is on . 1. Follow the steps to go to the message: 2. With the message in the display, press N . The 3 options appear - Alert ( ? ), Move ( G ), and Delete ( D ) 3. To select Alert ( ? ), press < . Our example’s current sett[...]

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    Deleting a Mail Drop Message Our example is the first maildrop (07) in the message file and the TIME STAMP is on . 1. Follow the steps to go to the message: 2. With the message in the display, press N . The 3 options appear - Alert ( ? ), Move ( G ), and Delete ( D ). 3. To select DELETE ( D ), press > . 4. Press N . The confirmation message “[...]

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    Moving a Message to Notebook [ The message in our example is a Mail Drop message. You move a Personal Message the same way - the only difference is that there are only 2 options in step 1. 1. With the message in the display, press N . The 3 options appear - Alert ( ? ), Move ( G ), and Delete ( D ). Remember that a Personal Message has 2 options - [...]

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    Deleting Individual Personal Messages 1. Go to the message that you want to delete (refer to page 23). 2. Press N . Two options appear - Move ( G ), and Delete ( D ) 3. To select Delete ( D ), press > . 4. Press N . “DELETE OK?” appears. 5. To delete the message, press N . To cancel (not delete the message), press O (escape/cancel). 6. After[...]

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    Deleting All Personal Messages From the standby display, go to Delete All (as shown): 1 Press N . DELETE ALL appears. 2. Press N . The confirmation message “DELETE OK?” displays. [ To Cancel the delete, press O , > or < . 3. Press N again. 4. After about 2 seconds, the standby display appears. 33[...]

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    Contaq II ALP9090 Flex™ Two Year Limited Warranty Important: Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service. WARRANTOR: UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION (“Uniden”) ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY: Uniden warrants, for two years, to the original retail owner, this Uniden Product to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship with only t[...]