Motorola LS550 User manual

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USER GUIDE
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Introduction ...........................................1
Getting Started......................................2
Installing/Replacing the Battery ..........2
Sending a Test Page toYourself..........3
Control Buttons...................................4
TurningYour Pager On........................5
TurningYour Pager Off........................6
Backlight..............................................6
Time and Date........................................7
Setting the Time and Date ..................7
PrivateTime .........................................10
To Turn PrivateTime On....................10
To Turn PrivateTime Off....................12
Alerts....................................................13
Selecting the Incoming
Message Alert ..............................13
Messages.............................................16
Reading New Messages...................16
Reading Stored Messages................18
Saving Messages..............................19
Deleting Messages..............................20
Deleting a Single Message ...............20
Deleting All Messages.......................21
Message Folder...................................22
Moving a Message
into the Folder...............................22
Reading Messages in the Folder ......24
Deleting Messages from
the Folder......................................26
Alarm....................................................27
Setting the Alarm ..............................27
QuickNotes ..........................................30
Message and Pager Indicators...........31
Belt Clip................................................33
Use and Care .......................................34
Patent Information...............................36
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Congratulations on purchasing an LS550 pager.Your new pager provides
exciting capabilities in messaging and can become a vital part of your
business and personal life.This compact pager combines messaging and
time keeping functions in a package that is convenient to carry.
If your LS550 has the f symbol, it uses FLEX
™
technology.The Motorola
FLEX protocol-based pagers offer extended battery life and improved
paging reliability.
To fully understand the features this pager offers, please take a few
minutes to read this user’s guide.This user’s guide also includes a
detachable quick reference card on the back cover.
INTRODUCTION
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Effective Use ofYour Pager
Your pager can help you keep in contact with everyone important to you.By
giving your pager number to your business associates, family, and friends,
you can be contacted whenever needed.
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 paying for incoming calls.
Battery Information
Your pager operates with one AAA-size
alkaline battery (carbon zinc batteries
are not recommended).
Installing/Replacing the Battery
➊
Turn the pager off.Refer to “Turning
Your Pager Off”on page 6.
➋
Locate the battery door on the back
of the pager. Polarity
Marking Battery
Compartment
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➌
Slide the battery door in the direction of the arrow to unlatch the battery
door.
➍
Lift the battery door up to open.
➎
Remove the old battery, noting the polarity.
➏
Position the new battery so the + and - markings on the battery match
the polarity diagram next to the battery compartment.
➐
Close the battery door.
➑
Slide the door until it is fully closed.
Note:
Check your pager’s clock time after replacing the battery.
Sending aTest Page toYourself
After you have read this guide and your pager has been activated by your
service provider, send yourself a test page.Refer to “Functionality and Use
ofYour Pager”on page 36.
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Control Buttons
t
Menu Used to access pager menus and to turn on the
backlight.
r
Read Used to turn the pager on, read messages, and
navigate through menus.
s
Select Used to select pager settings and features.Also used
to read additional screens of messages.
Read
Button
Select
Button
Menu
Button
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TurningYour Pager On
➊
Press
r
.The start-up screens are
displayed and your pager activates the
power on chime (when in audible mode).
➋
Press any button to stop the alert.
The unread message (or home)
screen is displayed.
When your pager is on and no activity
is taking place, the Standby screen is
displayed.The Standby screen
displays the time and date and may
display other status indicators.
m 88 f hjl b
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MOTOROLA
m 88 f hjl b
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NEW! 1
m 88 f hjl b
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3!30P 07/05
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TurningYour Pager Off
Backlight
In low-light conditions, press and hold
t
for 2 seconds to turn on the
pager’s backlight.The backlight turns off automatically after the pager
returns to the Standby screen.
➊
From the Standby screen, press t twice.
➋
Press and release
r
until
PAGER OFF
is
displayed, then press
s
.
OFF
is displayed momentarily before
the pager shuts off, and
m
is removed
from the display.
The off screen displays the time and
date, and if an alarm is set, the alarm
indicator.
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PAGER OFF
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OFF
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3!30P 07/05
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Setting upYour Pager
This section gives instructions for setting the time and date and Private
Time.Access to these features is obtained through the Setup Pager menu.
Setting theTime and Date
➊
From the Standby screen, press t twice.
➋
Press and release
r
until
SET UP PAGER
is displayed.
➌
Press s .
TIME/DATE
is displayed.
➍
Press
s
.
FORMAT!AM/PM
or
FORMAT!24HR
is
displayed.
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SET UP PAGER
m 81 f hjl b
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TIME/DATE
m 85 f hjl be
FORMAT! AM/PM
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➎Press and release runtil your choice of
FORMAT!AM/PM (for AM/PM time), or
FORMAT!24HR (for 24-hour time) is
displayed, then press s.
The screen used to set the time is
displayed with the hour digit flashing.
➏Press runtil the correct hour is
displayed, then press s.
➐Repeat Step 6 to set the minutes and
AM/PM fields (if AM/PM time was
selected above).
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TIME! 12!00A
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TIME! 03!00A
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TIME! 03!30P
TIME AND DATE
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After the time has been set, the screen
used to set the date is displayed.
➑Press and release runtil the correct
month is displayed, then press s.
➒Press and release runtil the correct day
is displayed, the press s.
SET is displayed momentarily.
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DATE! 07/01
m 85 f hjl b
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DATE! 07/05
m 85 f hjl b
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SET
TIME AND DATE
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ToTurn PrivateTime On
You can set a time period during which your pager still receives messages
but it will not alert.Your pager goes into the PrivateTime mode daily until it
is turned off. ➊From the Standby screen, press ttwice.
➋Press and release runtil SET UP PAGER
is displayed.
➌Press s, then press r.
PRIVATE TIME is displayed.
➍Press s.
PRIVATE OFF or PRIVATE ON is
displayed depending on the current
setting.
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SET UP PAGER
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PRIVATE TIME
m 82 f hjl be
PRIVATE OFF
PRIVATE TIME
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➎Press and release runtil PRIVATE ON is
displayed, then press s.
The screen used to set the start time
is displayed.
➏Press and release runtil the desired
start hour is displayed, then press s.
➐Repeat Step 6 to set the minutes and
AM/PM fields (if your pager’s clock is set
to AM/PM time).
The screen used to set the stop (END)
time is displayed.
➑To set the stop time, follow the same
procedure used to set the start time.
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PRIVATE ON
m 82 f kjl b
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START! 03!00A
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START! 03!30P
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END! 05!00P
PRIVATE TIME
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ToTurn PrivateTime Off
When finished, SET is displayed
momentarily.
Note: When your pager has entered
the private time mode, qreplaces the
alert mode indicator.
➊Follow Steps 1 through 4 in “To Turn
PrivateTime On” on page 10.
➋Press and release runtil PRIVATE! OFF
is displayed, then press s.
The START screen is displayed
momentarily.
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SET
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PRIVATE OFF
PRIVATE TIME
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Selecting the Incoming Message Alert
You can set your pager’s incoming message alert to a silent vibration or
you can select one of the musical alerts.
➊From the Standby screen, press ttwice.
➋Press and release runtil SELECT ALERT
is displayed, then press s.
The current alert setting is displayed.
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SELECT ALERT
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ALERT VIBE
ALERTS
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➌Press runtil your choice of ALERT AUDIO
or ALERT VIBE is displayed.
Note: If ALERT AUDIO is selected, the
pager automatically goes into the set-
audio alert mode, refer to “Alert Audio”
on page 15.
➍When the desired alert is displayed,
press s.The pager gives a sample of
your selection.
SELECTED is displayed momentarily.
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ALERT AUDIO
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SELECTED
ALERTS
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Alert Audio
The Alert Audio feature allows you to select one of the musical alerts.
When Alert Audio is selected in the
Select Alert feature the previously
selected alert is displayed and
sampled.
➊Press and release runtil your choice of
musical alert is displayed.The pager
gives a sample of each alert as you scroll
through the choices.
➋Press sto select the alert.
SELECTED is displayed and the pager
gives a sample of the alert.
➌Press sto stop the alert.
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AUDIO 1
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AUDIO 2
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SELECTED
ALERTS
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Messages
Your pager can receive up to 40 messages.When a message is received,
your pager alerts according to the current alert and mflashes.
Reading New Messages ➊Press rto stop the alert and display the
number of new messages.
➋Press ragain to display the first unread
message.When eis present, it indicates
that the message continues on an
additional screen.
➌Press sto display the next screen of your
message.
The next screen of your message,
typically the time stamp, is displayed.
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NEW! 2
m 81 f hjlb e
555-1212
m 81 f hjl be
3!30P
MESSAGES
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➍Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to read the next
message.
END is displayed after the very last
message is displayed.
Note: You must display both the
message and the second screen to
remove the unread message indicator
(flashing mon the Standby screen).
To exit from any screen while reading
your messages, press t, GO)HOME is
displayed, then press s.The number
of unread (new) messages is
displayed before the pager returns to
the Standby mode.
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END
MESSAGES
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Reading Stored Messages
➊From the Standby screen, press rtwice.
The first screen of the first stored
message is displayed.
Note: If no messages are stored, NO
MESSAGES is displayed.
➋Press sto display the second screen of
yourmessage.Ifyouwantto viewthe first
screen again, press sagain.
➌Press rto display the next stored
message.If you wish to display just the
first screen of your messages, continue to
press and release r.
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555-1212
m 81 f hjl be
3!30P
m 82 f hjlb e
555-1234
MESSAGES
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