Bravo 500 User manual

Introduction
1
Function - Press
to move between
features and
change values.
Select/Backlight -
Press to select
features and turn
backlight on or off.
Read/Escape - Press
to read messages or
return to the Status
screen.
Icons:
#
Alarm is set
&
Message continues
+
Vibrate mode
!
Out-Of-Range
(
Musical alert
%
Batter Low
$
New message
)
Phone Book
*
Message is locked
,
Auto On/Off is active
Pager Controls and Indicators
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 screen.

Contents
Introduction .............................................1
Pager Controls and Indicators ...............1
Getting Started ........................................3
Batter Information.................................3
Installing/Replacing the Batter .............3
Turning Your Pager On..........................4
Turning Your Pager Off..........................4
Turning on the Backlight. ......................4
Pager Tips..............................................4
Personalizing Your Bravo 500 Pager.....5
Ti e and Date..........................................5
Setting the Time.....................................5
Setting the Date .....................................6
Setting the Alarm ...................................6
Displa ing Date or Da of the Week .....7
Setting the Message Alert ......................7
Setting the Re inder Alert.....................7
Messages .................................................8
Reading Messages ................................8
Locking/Unlocking Messages ................8
Storing Individual Messages ..................9
Deleting Messages ................................9
Phone Book........................................... 10
Adding Phone Numbers ...................... 10
Modif ing Phone Numbers ................. 11
Browsing Your Phone Book Entries .... 11
Searching Your Phone Book Entries... 12
QuickWords .......................................... 12
Setting the Auto On/Off Ti es ............ 13
Setting the Countdown Ti er ............ 13

Getting Started
3
Getting Started
Battery Infor ation
Your pager uses one AAA-size alkaline batter (do not use carbon zinc batteries).
If
% is displa ed, the batter is low. Replace the batter .
Installing/Replacing the Battery
Note: You onl have two minutes to replace the old batter with the new batter .
Otherwise, ou ma lose all saved settings and pages.
Caution! You ust atch the (+) and (-) polarity arkings. If you insert
the battery backwards, your pager settings (ti e, date, etc.) will be
erased.
Remove cover
Remove old batter and insert
new batter . Replace cover.

Getting Started
4
Turning Your Pager On
Turning Your Pager Off
Turning on the Backlight.
Pager Tips
1. After 8 seconds of inactivit , the pager returns to the Status screen without
saving the changes.
2. Press and hold to speed up the scrolling of the character being
changed.
Press To Display Description
Status Screen The Status screen displa s
the date and time and
other status indicators.
Press To Display Then Press
PAGER OFF
Press To Display Then Press
and hold Backlight Automaticall turns off.
# (
feb01 12^29p

Ti e and Date
5
Personalizing Your Bravo 500 Pager
Ti e and Date
Setting the Ti e
Your pager can be set to a 24-hour format when ou bu it, or ou can have our
Service Center or service provider change it to a 24-hour format.
Press To Display Then Press
POWER UP SCR
to displa Power Up
to set character
A to 9 to go to next character
Repeat Up to 20 characters to save Power Up
Press To Display Then Press
Se TiMe
to displa the time
to set the hour
1^
to
12^
to go to next field
to set minutes
^01
to
^00
to go to next field
for a.m. or p.m.
A or P
to save

Ti e and Date
6
Setting the Date
Note: When ou change the date, the da of the week is automaticall updated.
Setting the Alar
Press To Display Then Press
Se da e
to displa the date
to set month
JAN
to
deC
to go to next field
to set da
01
to
31
to go to next field
to set ear.
01
to save
Press To Display Then Press
Se alaRM
to displa alarm status
ALARM1
,
2
, or
3
to select an alarm
for alarm t pe
OFF , dLY , SCH , or WKL to select alarm t pe
and alarm time
[plus month/da if SCH]
to advance to alarm
prompt message
to set character
A to 9 to go to next character
Repeat up to 20 characters to save

SettingtheMessageAlert
7
Displaying Date or Day of the Week
Setting the Message Alert
Setting the Re inder Alert
Press To Display Then Press
to switch between
date & da of the week
JAN01 12^01P
or
MON 12^01P
Press To Display Then Press
SE ALER
to displa alert t pe
VIBRATE , Audible ,
No Aler
to select alert t pe
if
Audible ALER 1 to ALER 12 to select alert tone
Press To Display Then Press
SET REMINdER
to activate
REM ON to displa setting
01 to 60 (minutes) to save

Messages
8
Messages
Your pager can store up to 20 personal messages and 5 maildrop messages.
Reading Messages
Locking/Unlocking Messages
You can lock up to ten messages to protect them.
Note: You cannot lock maildrop messages.
Press To Display Description
2 pages Number of messages
123-4567
First Numerical message
[01]-a
Number in brackets and
address (usuall A).
next message
Press To Display Then Press
with unlocked
message displa ed
loCK
to lock the message
with locked
message displa ed
unloCK
to unlock the message

Messages
9
Storing Individual Messages
Deleting Messages
Note: Messages must be unlocked before the can be deleted.
Deleting a Maildrop Message
Deleting an Individual Message
Press To Display Then Press
SAVE dir
to displa NM prompt
to set character
A to z to go to next character
to save name
Id MELOdY
to select music alert
to save
Press To Display Then Press
with maildrop
message displa ed
dele e mail
to delete maildrop
message
Press To Display Then Press
dele e MSG
to delete message

Phone Book
10
Deleting All Messages
Phone Book
You ma store telephone numbers for up to 12 people and assign one of the 9
alert tones to each entr .
Adding Phone Nu bers
Press To Display Then Press
with Status
screen displa ed
dele e all
to delete all unlocked
messages
Press To Display Then Press
el dIR
to displa phone book
Add dIR
to displa NM prompt
and Full Name to save & displa
TEL-
and Phone Number to save & displa
Id MELOdY
123456789
to hear alert 1
Repeat Desired alert to assign alert and exit

Phone Book
11
Modifying Phone Nu bers
Browsing Your Phone Book Entries
Press To Display Then Press
el dIR
to displa phone book
Modify dIR
to displa first entr
Desired phone book entr to edit
and Correct Name to save & displa
TEL-
and Correct Phone Number to save & displa
Id MELOdY
123456789
to select music alert
to save changes
Press To Display Then Press
el dIR
to displa phone book
browse
to displa first entr
Each phone book entr to view entr

QuickWords
12
Searching Your Phone Book Entries
Note: If there are no phone book entries that match the search characters, the
message
NO SUCH NAME is displa ed.
QuickWords
QuickWords are short text messages that can be displa ed when ou are paged
(see table below for code; asterisk plus number).
Press To Display Then Press
el dIR
to displa phone book
searCh
to activate search
and First Few Characters to jump to matching entr
QuickWord Code Message QuickWord Code Message
*0 RUNNING LATE *5 CALL HOME
*1 ON MY WAY *6 WHERE ARE U
*2 PICK ME UP *7 MEET YOU AT
*3 I AM HOME *8 I LOVE YOU
*4 COME HOME *9 HAPPY B-DAY

Setting the Auto On/Off Ti es
13
Setting the Auto On/Off Ti es
You can set our pager to turn OFF at one time and come back ON at a later
time.
Setting the Countdown Ti er
Note: To displa the countdown timer instead of the Status screen, press and
hold for 2 seconds. Press to return to the Status screen.
Press To Display Then Press
SET AU O
to activate
au o on
to displa OFF time
and Auto Off time to go to Auto On
and Auto On time to save
Press To Display Then Press
dOWN iMER
to displa choices
ON
to select Timer ON
and To set the time in hours,
minutes, and seconds
to save