Motorola BRAVO LX User manual

User’s Guide
A
BRAVO LX
™
CONTENTS Page
Introduction............................................................ 1
Controls................................................................. 1
Turning Your Pager On ......................................... 2
Turning Your Pager Off ......................................... 2
Receiving and Reading Messages........................ 3
Turning the Light On and Off................................. 4
Changing Alert Modes........................................... 4
Selecting an Audible Alert ..................................... 5
Setting the Time .................................................... 5
Setting the Alarm................................................... 6
Setting the Date..................................................... 6
Saving Messages.................................................. 7
Erasing Messages................................................. 7
Selective Erasing of Messages ............................. 7
Effective Use of Your
BRAVO LX Pager............... 8
Battery Information................................................ 8
Features ................................................................ 9
Cleaning Your
BRAVO LX Pager........................ 10
Repair and Maintenance ..................................... 10
Patent Information............................................... 11
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of a Motorola
BRAVO LX pager.This compact pager uses many
advances in electronic and wireless technology
which allow you to receive numeric messages in-
stantly and affordably.
CONTROLS
Buttons
WOn/Read/Select−turn pager on, read incoming
messages, and select the function displayed.
VBacklight/Reset −turn the display light on and
reset the pager to the standby screen, which
showstime,date, alarmstatus,and alertstatus.
Press Vtwice to reset to the standby screen.
XMenu - scroll through the menu.
After performing any pager function described in this
user’s guide (setting the time, date, alarm, and so
on), your
BRAVO LX pager automatically returns to
the standby screen and activates the selections you
made.
Function Indicators
[Silent Alert −the pager alerts without audible
alerts for incoming messages.
DAudible Alert −one of several pleasing audible
alerts sound for an incoming message.
\Alarm −the alarm alerts you at the set time.
=MessageLock −thismessage islockedagainst
deletion.
BContinuousMessage−moremessageinforma-
tion is on the next screen.
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TURNING YOUR PAGER ON
Press Wto turn your pager on.
Your pager gives an alert by either a sound or a vibra-
tion, indicating it is on. After displaying the power-up
screen, the time of day, the date, and an alert indica-
tor are shown on the standby screen.
TURNING YOUR PAGER OFF
❶Press Xuntil pager off? is displayed.
❷Press Wto turn your pager off.
NOTE:The pager displays the time and date, but not
an alert mode indicator. If the alarm is set, the alarm
indicator \remains on the screen when the pager is
off.

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RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES
Your
BRAVO LX pager can receive up to sixteen 20-
character messages.When a message is received,
the pager alerts for eight seconds.
❶Press any button to stop the alert.
❷Press Wto display the message.
❸Press Vtwice while reading your message to
return to the standby screen.
Messages longer than 12 characters display on a
second screen, indicated by the Bsymbol. Press W
to display the second screen.The second screen is
displayed automatically after one minute, even if Wis
not pressed.
The last screen of your message displays the mes-
sage slot number and the time received.
If a message is not read, the pager gives a reminder
alert every two minutes and the screen displays the
number of unread messages (i.e., 1 Page, 2 Pages)
until all messages are read.
If the pager receives more messages than its avail-
able memory can hold, the new message replaces
the oldest read, unlocked message.
An overflow condition occurs when all message slots
are filled with unread messages and a new message
is received. Upon receipt of a message, while the
pager is in the overflow condition, the oldest unread
message is discarded. In this mode, the overflow in-
dicator replaces the default idle display
with overflow.Messages must be read and erased
to clear the overflow display.
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TURNING THE LIGHT ON AND OFF
❶Press Vto turn the light on.
❷To turn the light off, press Vagain. The light turns
off automatically two seconds after returning to
the standby screen.
CHANGING ALERT MODES
❶Press X. Either silent ? or audio ? is
displayed, depending on the current mode.
❷If audio ? is displayed, the pager is in “Silent”
mode.Press W tochangeto“Audible”mode.The
pager chirps.
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❸Ifsilent ? isdisplayed,thepagerisin“Audible”
mode. Press W to change to “Silent” mode. The
pager vibrates.
For your pager to vibrate when a message is re-
ceived, it must be in “Silent”mode.
SELECTING AN AUDIBLE ALERT
❶Press Xuntil set alert ? is displayed.
❷Press W. The current alert number is displayed,
for example: alert 3, and the pager gives a
sample of the alert tone.
❸Press Xuntil the desired alert type is displayed.
As each alert number is displayed, the pager
gives a sample of the alert tone.
❹Press Wto select the alert number, set the alert
toneto beused, andreturn to thestandby screen.
When messages are received, your pager gives
theselectedalertonlywhenintheaudiblemodeD.
SETTING THE TIME
❶Press Xuntil set time ? is displayed.
❷Press Wto set the time. The hour flashes.
❸Press Xto change the hour. Press Wto switch to
the minutes. The first digit of the minutes flashes.
❹Press Xto change the first minute digit. Press W
to switch to the second digit. The second digit of
the minutes flashes.
❺PressXto changethesecond minutedigit.Press
Wto switch to AM/PM. The a or pflashes.
❻Press Xto change AM/PM.
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❼Press Wto display the 12/24 hour screen.
❽Press Xto change the 12/24 hour mode.
❾Press Vtwice to return to the standby screen.
SETTING THE ALARM
❶Press X until set alarm ? is displayed.
❷Press Wto select the alarm on/off sequence. on
or off flashes.
❸Press Xto turn the alarm on or off. Press Wto
switch to the hours. The hour flashes.
❹Press Xto change the hour. Press Wto switch to
the minutes. The first digit of the minutes flashes.
❺Press Xto change the first minute digit. Press W
to switch to the second digit. The second digit of
the minutes flashes.
❻PressXto changethesecond minutedigit.Press
Wto switch to AM/PM. The a or pflashes.
❼Press Xto change AM/PM.
❽Press Vtwice to return to the standby screen.
Note: Steps 6 and 7 apply when in the 12 hour mode.
The symbol \is displayed when the alarm is turned
on.The pager vibrates or gives a 20-second alert
and alarm is displayed at the selected time.
If set, the alarm activates even when the pager is off.
Press any button to stop the alarm alert.
SETTING THE DATE
❶Press Xuntil set date ? is displayed.
❷Press W. The month flashes.

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❸Press Xuntil the desired month is displayed.
Press Wto switch to the day. The day flashes.
❹Press Xuntil the desired day is displayed. Press
Wto repeat setting the date, if needed.
❺Press Vtwice to return to the standby screen.
SAVING MESSAGES
❶To save a message, press Xwhile reading your
message. The prompt protect ? is displayed.
❷Press Wto protect the message. The symbol =
indicates that your message is saved.
❸Press Xwhile reading the saved message to
remove the protection. The prompt
unprotect ? is displayed.
❹Press Wto remove the protection. The symbol =
is removed from the screen.
Saved messages cannot be erased or overwritten by
newmessages when memoryis full.You cansave up
to eight messages.
ERASING MESSAGES
❶Press Xuntil erase all? is displayed.
❷Press W. Your read, unprotected messages are
erased. The pager returns to the standby screen.
The erase all? prompt is displayed only if there
are read messages in memory.
SELECTIVE ERASING OF MESSAGES
❶Press Xtwice while reading a message and the
delete ? prompt is displayed.
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❷Press Wto delete the message and return to the
standby screen.
Only unprotected messages can be deleted.
EFFECTIVE USE OF YOUR BRAVO LX PAGER
Your
BRAVO LX pager can help you keep in contact
with everyone important to you. . . children or child
care providers, business office, data services, and
voice mail.Be sure that your children’s school, physi-
cian, and friends have the number to contact you in
emergencies.
Give your pager number to family, friends, and asso-
ciates to assure contact at any time, any place.When
they call your pager number, they enter the number
where they can be reached on a tone-type tele-
phone. This number is then displayed on
your
BRAVO LX pager.
If you have a cellular phone, give your pager number
instead of your cellular number.Then you can decide
whom to call back, without paying for incoming cellu-
lar calls.Your
BRAVO LX pager can help reduce your
monthly cellular phone bill!
BATTERY INFORMATION
Your
BRAVO LX pager is designed to operate with an
AAA-size alkaline battery.See diagram on page 2 for
the battery door location.If detached from the pager,
the hinged battery door can be easily snapped back
into place.
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FEATURES
Backlight: In low-light conditions, the backlight
makes the screen easy to read.
Duplicate Messages: If the same message is re-
ceived more than once, duplicate is displayed at
the beginning of the latest message.This message
contains the latest timestamp and prevents a repeat-
ed message from taking an extra memory slot.
Low Battery Indicator:When battery power reach-
es low levels, lo cell is displayed, prompting you to
change the battery. All pager alerts change to two
seconds in length.
Message Erase: Messages can be erased all at
once or selectively at your choice to free space in
memory.
Memory Retention: All messages remain in memo-
ry, even when the pager is off and while the battery is
being replaced.
Memory Capacity:The
BRAVO LX pager can store
up to sixteen 20-character messages, for a total of
320 characters.
Message Protect:You can protect up to eight mes-
sages stored in the pager memory.
Overflow: overflow is displayed when more un-
read messages are received than the available mes-
sage memory can hold.After you read all of your un-
read messages, the standby screen is displayed.
Automatic Alert Reset:The pager alerts automati-
cally stop, even if no buttons are pressed.
Personal Alarm:This alarm can be set to alert you.
The alarm works even when the pager is off.
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Reminder Alert:The pager chirps or vibrates every
two minutes until you read all unread messages.
Standby Screen: The standby screen displays the
time of day/date and the indicators.
Time of Day and Day/Month:The time of day and
the date display whether the pager is on or off.
Timestamp:The time of day a message is received
is displayed on the last screen of each message.
User Selectable Audible Alerts: A selection of five
alert tones gives you a choice of message alerts
heard when you are paged in the audible alert mode D.
CLEANING YOUR BRAVO LX PAGER
To clean the pager housing, use a soft, nonabrasive
cloth moistened in a mild soap and water solution.
Wipe the surface using a second cloth moistened in
clean water. Do not place in water. Do not use al-
cohol or other cleaning solutions.
REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE
Your
BRAVO LX pager, properly handled, is capable
of many years of trouble-free service.However, if ser-
vice is required, Motorola’s Service Organization,
staffed with specially trained technicians, offers con-
veniently located repair and maintenance facilities
throughout the country. Please contact your paging
service representative or a Motorola sales office for
more information.

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PATENT INFORMATION
This Motorola product is manufactured under one or
more Motorola U.S.patents. A partial listing of these
patents is provided on the underside of the belt clip
and on the inside surface of the back cover of the
product. Other U.S. patents covering this product are
pending.
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NOTES
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NOTES
t, Motorola, BRAVO LX are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
© 1995 by Motorola, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
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