Motorola Express Xtra Express Xtra FLX Pager User manual

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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
EXCITING FLEX TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
EFFECTIVE USE OF YOUR PAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ABOUT THIS USER’S GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
OPERATING YOUR PAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
INDICATOR SYMBOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
TURNING YOUR PAGER ON AND OFF . . . . . . . . . 4
TURNING THE LIGHT ON AND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SETTING THE INCOMING MESSAGE ALERT . . . . 7
SETTING THE PLEASING ALERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES . . . . . . . . 8
PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING YOUR
MESSAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ERASING MESSAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SETTING THE ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
AUTOMATIC ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
BATTERY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CARE AND MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CLEANING YOUR PAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PATENT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on your purchase of a Motorola
Express Xtra™ or Express Xtra FLX™ pager. Your
new pager allows you to receive numeric messages
instantly and affordably. The Express Xtra or
Express Xtra FLX pager provides many enhanced
features and can be a vital part of your personal and
business life management. The compact pager in-
corporates the most advanced electronic, micromin-
iaturization and wireless technologies.
EXCITING FLEX TECHNOLOGY
If your pager incorporates the latest in paging tech-
nology - FLEX TECHNOLOGY - you can enjoy many
benefits. FLEX technology extends battery life up to
four times longer than ordinary pagers, saving you
time and money. As a Motorola FLEX pager user,
you can feel more confident in receiving your pages
because FLEX technology improves the ability to re-
ceive pages. FLEX technology has been developed
by Motorola, the leader in paging innovation and
quality.
EFFECTIVE USE OF YOUR PAGER
Your pager can help you keep in contact with every-
one important to you . . . your children, child care pro-
viders, business office, family, and friends. Be sure
your children’s school, physician, family, and friends
have your pager number so you can be contacted
when necessary.
If you have a cellular phone, give your pager number
instead of your cellular number. Then you can decide
who to call back on your cellular phone without pay-
ing for incoming cellular calls.
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ABOUT THIS USER’S GUIDE
This user’s guide explains how to operate your pager
and provides suggestions for first-time as well as ex-
perienced pager users.
Please note: If you have used a BRAVO
®
Express,
an Ultra Express™ or an Ultra Express FLX™ pager,
the Express Xtra and Express Xtra FLX pagers have
enhanced operation. Review this user’s guide to get
the most from your pager. Keep this guide handy for
quick reference.
OPERATING YOUR PAGER
Your pager receives pages only when it is turned on.
LIGHT/RESET
BUTTON MODE
BUTTON READ/SELECT
BUTTON
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CONTROLS
The Read/Select button ] is used to turn the pag-
er on, display messages and select pager functions.
The Mode button \ is used to scan pager modes.
The Light/Reset button [
is used to turn on the
pager’s LCD backlight, and return the pager to the
standby mode.
INDICATOR SYMBOLS
E
Audible mode
D
Vibrate or no alert (silent) mode
QR
Message indicator (flashes)
I
Message continuation
K
Duplicate message
F
Protected message
J
Pager alarm activated
A
Automatic turn on/off activated
G
Out of range
H
Low-battery
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TURNING YOUR PAGER ON AND OFF
Press ] to turn your pager on. An alert indicator
(E or D ) indicates the pager is on and ready to re-
ceive messages.
When the pager is on and no activity is taking place,
the standby screen is displayed. The standby screen
displays the time and date, the alert mode, and other
pager indications such as the unread message indi-
cator and the auto on/off indicator.
➊ To turn your pager off, press and release \ until
pager
off ? is displayed.
➋ Press ] .
The time of day and the date are displayed even
when the pager is turned off.
D
11:28a 11-03
Example of the standby screen (pager on)
11:28a 11-03
Example of the standby screen (pager off)
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TURNING THE LIGHT ON AND OFF
➊ Press [ at any time to turn the light on.
➋ Press [ again to turn the light off and return to
the standby screen.
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE
Setting theTime:
➊ Press and release \ until set time ? is dis-
played.
➋ Press ] .The hour digits begin to flash. Press
and release \ to set the hour digits.
➌ Press ] .The first digit of the minutes flashes.
Press and release \ to set the first digit of the
minutes.
➍ Press ] .The second digit of the minutes flash-
es. Press and release \ to set the second digit
of the minutes.
D
11:28a
Example of set-time screen
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Note: If your pager was previously set for 24-hour
time format, step 5 is omitted.
➎ Press ]
. The A.M./P.M. indicator flashes.
Press and release \ to select a or p .
➏ Pres s ] . The 12/24-hour indicator flashes.
Press and release \ to select 12- or 24-hour
time format.
Note: If ] is pressed after step 6, your pager re-
turns to the time-setting function.
➐ Allow the pager to automatically return to the
standby screen, or press [twice to return to the
standby screen.
Setting the Date:
➊Press and release \until set date ?is dis-
played.
➋Press ].The month digits flashes.
➌Press and release \to set the month digits.
➍Press ].The day digits flashes.
➎Press and release \to set the day digits.
Note: If ]is pressed after step 5, your pager re-
turns to the date-setting function.
➏Allow the pager to automatically return to the
standby screen, or press [twice to return to the
standby screen.
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SETTING THE INCOMING MESSAGE ALERT
You can set your pager to alert with a vibrating alert
(vibration with no alert tone), an audio alert (audible
with pleasing alert), a chirp alert (short beep alert), or
no alert (completely silent).
➊Press and release \until set alert ?is dis-
played.
➋Press ].
➌Press and release \until your choice of vibrate
?, audio ?, chirp ?, or no alert ?is displayed.
➍To change the alert mode, press ]while your
choice is displayed.
Note: If Audio is selected, your pager automatically
goes into the Set Pleasing Alert mode.
SETTING THE PLEASING ALERTS
You can set your pager to alert with one of seven
pleasing alerts.
➊Press and release \until set alert ?is dis-
played.
➋Press ].
➌Press and release \until audio ?is displayed.
➍Press ].
➎Press and release \until your choice of Alert 1,
Alert 2, Alert 3, Alert 4, Alert 5, Alert 6, or Alert 7 is
displayed.The pager gives a sample of each alert
while scrolling through the pleasing alerts menu.
➏Press ]to activate your selection and return to
the standby screen.
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RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES
When a message is received, the pager alerts (vibra-
tion, audible, or chirp) for eight seconds, unless the
pager is set to No Alert. A flashing message indicator
(for example QR, QS, etc.) in the upper left-hand cor-
ner of the standby screen lets you know how many
messages you have received.
➊Press any button to stop the alert.
➋Press ]to display the message.The message
number is displayed in the upper left-hand corner
of the message screen.
➌Press ]again to display the second screen of
the message.
➍Allow the pager to automatically return to the
standby screen, or press [twice to return to the
standby screen.
A Iin the upper right-hand corner of the message
screen indicates the message is continued on an ad-
ditional screen. The next screen is automatically dis-
played, or you can press ]to display the next
screen. The last screen of the message displays the
time the message was received.
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