Motorola Advisor Pro User manual

AIPB-961768-O
A
User’s Guide
ADVISOR

Pro
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Advisor Pro  ALPHANUMERIC PAGER
Congratulations on purchasing a new Advisor Pro
alphanumeric pager by Motorola, the world leader in
paging.Your Advisor Pro pager incorporates many of
the most advanced electronic, communications, and
wireless technologies available.It’s reliable, conve-
nient, and designed for easy operation.
The Operating Instructions explain how to use your
new
Advisor Pro pager and provides helpful sugges-
tions for first-time as well as experienced users.Keep
this booklet handy for quick reference.
To GetThe Most Out OfYour Advisor Pro
Pager:
• Give your pager number to secretaries, business
associates, friends and family.This lets you keep in
touch wherever you go!
• Include your pager number on your business cards
and on your telephone answering machine mes-
sage.Let people know how to contact you when
you're on the go.
• Leave your pager number at your children’s school
and with the baby-sitter so you can always be
reached, right away, in an emergency.
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Turning the Advisor Pro Pager On:
• Press the
READ/RESET
button
Ë
.Your pager will
alert and show the
ON indicator ë in the upper left
corner of the display.The time and date appear at
the bottom of the display
Display Icons
Delete
Delete
All
Set
Alert
Set
Time Set
Alarm Lock/
Unlock
Turn
Audible/
Silent Mode
Prompt
Auto
On/Off
SET ALARM
åÈÑÖÉóíïñ
Off
Msg Msg
A
dvisor Pro Controls
A
Directional Control
Arrows Function/Select
Button Read/Reset
Button
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Receiving and ReadingYour Messages:
When receiving a message, your pager alerts and dis-
plays the incoming message symbol
ü
.
• Press any button to stop the alert.
• Press
Ë
to display your message.
The flashing arrow at the bottom right corner of the
screen
Ü
indicates the message you received contin-
ues beyond the first two lines of the display.Each
Ë
press advances the message to the next two lines.
Press and hold
Ë
to rapidly scroll through your mes-
sage.
Your pager automatically stores the message, along
with the time and date your message was received.
If more than one message exists in your pager’s mem-
ory, press the left
ä
or right
ã
directional arrow but-
tons to select the message you wish to read.The
reversed arrow cursor
Ó
indicates the location of your
message in memory.Press
Ë
to display your mes-
sage.
A flashing
ë
symbol indicates a message has been
received, but has not yet been read.If programmed
with reminder alerts, your pager beeps at predeter-
mined intervals to remind you of an unread message.
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Using the Function Menu:
• Press the
FUNCTION/SELECT
button Á to display the
function menu.
The function menu gives you access to the many fea-
tures of your pager through a series of icons and
prompts.For example, when the function menu screen
first displays, the
TURN OFF
icon
ó
flashes, indicating
the present position of the cursor.The
TURN OFF
prompt also displays on the first line on the LCD.As you
move the cursor left or right across the icons, a corre-
sponding prompt appears.To activate your function
selection, press
Á
.
NOTE: To escape from any field without making any
changes, press
Ë
.
TurningYour Pager Off:
• Press
Á
to display the function menu.
• The TURN OFF icon
ó
flashes when this menu item
first appears.
• Press
Á
to select the TURN OFF function.Press
Á
again to turn your pager off.
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Backlighting:
• To view your display in low light conditions, turn on
your pager's backlight by pressing and holding
Á
for 1.5 seconds.If no further buttons are pressed,
the backlight automatically turns off when the dis-
play goes blank.You can also turn off the backlight
by pressing and holding
Á
for 1.5 seconds.
Locking and Unlocking Messages:
Up to 10 messages can be “locked”in memory, pre-
venting them from being replaced when your pager’s
memory is full or from being deleted if the
DELETE
ALL
function ñ is chosen.
• Press the
READ/RESET
button
Ë
.
• Select the message you wish to lock by using the
ä
or
ã
directional buttons.
• Press the
FUNCTION/SELECT
button
Á
to display the
function menu.
• Press
ã
to move the cursor to the LOCK MSG icon
í
.
• Press the
Á
to lock the message.The padlock icon
í
appears, indicating the message has been locked.
To unlock
ì
a locked
í
message, use the same proce-
dure outlined above.
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Setting the Clock:
• While in the function menu, move the cursor left to the
SET TIME icon
Ñ
by pressing the
ä
.
• Press Á to display the
SET TIME
screen.The cursor
flashes in the hour position.The
ä
increments the
flashing digits.This is defined by the
+
icon shown on
the display above the button.
• Advance to the desired hour by pressing
ä
.
• Move the cursor to the minute field by pressing
ã
.
• Repeat the process for each field hour, minute, AM/
PM/24 hr., day/month/year.
• Press Á to initiate the change.
If you move your cursor past the last field in the row
(far right), it automatically wraps around and appears
at the first function icon in the row (far left).
NOTE: To escape from any field without making any
changes, press
Ë
.
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Setting the Alert Pattern:
• Press Á to display the function menu.
• Press
ä
to move the cursor to the alert icon
È
.
• Press
Á
to display the
SET ALERT
screen.
• Move to the desired alert and press
Á
to initiate the
alert change.The selected alert number flashes while
a 2 second sample of the selected alert plays through
the internal speaker.
NOTE: To escape from any field without making any
changes, press
Ë .
Setting the Alert Mode (Silent/Audible):
• Press
Á
to display the function menu.
• Press
ã
to move the cursor to the AUDIBLE MODE
É
or
SILENT MODE
Ç
icon.
The AUDIBLE MODE icon Éappears if the pager is in
the silent alert mode (prompting you to enter that
mode, if desired).The SILENT MODE icon Çappears
if the pager is in the audible alert mode (prompting
you to enter that mode, if desired).
• Press Áto select the desired alert.
If the selected mode is É, your pager emits a short
“chirp.”If the selected mode is Ç,
and if equipped with a
vibrator, your pager vibrates.
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Setting the Alarm
If your pager is equipped with the ALARM feature, and
you wish to set the alarm:
• Press Á to display the function menu.
• Press the äto move the cursor to the SET ALARM
Öicon.
• Press Á to display the set alarm screen.
When the screen first appears, the cursor is at the left-
most position.This icon defines the alarm status:
either alarm enable À, or alarm disable Ã.
• Press the left directional button to increment or toggle
between alarm enable Àand alarm disable Ã.
• Press ãto move the cursor to the hour field.
• Repeat the process for each field (hour, minute).
• Press Á to make the change.
The alarm indicator Àappears if an alarm has been
set.At the selected time, your pager either vibrates or
emits a unique 8-second alert, depending on the alert
mode.
NOTE:To escape from any field without making any
changes, press Ë.
Setting the Auto On/Off function:
If your pager is equipped with theAUTO ON/OFF fea-
ture,
and you wish to activate this feature:
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• Press Áto display the function menu.
• Press äto move the cursor to the AUTO ON/OFF
icon å.
• Press Áto display the AUTO ON/OFF screen.
When the screen first appears, the cursor appears at the
left-most position.This icon defines theAUTO ON/OFF sta-
tus:either AUTO ON/OFF Enabled å, or Disabled õ.
• Press äto increment or toggle between AUTO ON/
OFF Enable åor Disable õ.
• Press ãto move the cursor to the hour field.The
auto ON time is shown on the left and the auto OFF
time is shown on the right.
• Repeat the process for each field for both the ON
time and the OFF time (hour, minute, and AM/PM if your
pager is set to display time in the 12 hour mode).
• Press Áto activate the AUTO ON/OFF function.
The indicator Îdisplays in the upper left-hand cor-
nerof thedisplayif theAUTOON/OFF function hasbeen
enabled.If the ON time is equal to the OFF time, the
AUTO ON/OFF function is not enabled.
NOTE:To escape from any field without making any
changes, press Ë.
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