Motorola Memo Express II User manual

A
USER’S GUIDE
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EXPRESS II FLX™
EXPRESS II™
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Contents
Introduction
Controls.............................................. 2
Getting Started
Turning Your Beeper On .................... 3
Menu Icons......................................... 4
Turning Your Beeper Off .................... 4
Messages
Types of Messages ............................ 5
Receiving/Reading Messages............ 5
Message Features
Scanning Your Messages................... 7
Duplicate Messages........................... 7
Time/Date
Setting the Time and Date.................. 8
Alerts
Setting the Incoming Message Alert... 9
Choosing an Audio Alert................... 10
Read Mode
Setting the Scroll Speed................... 11
Message Features
Locking Personal Messages............. 12
Unlocking Personal Messages......... 13
Deleting Messages........................... 14
Storing Messages............................. 15
Automatic Message Deletion............ 15
Information Services
Reading Information Services .......... 16
Information Service Alert.................. 17
Information Service Bookmark ......... 18
Other Features
Out of Range.................................... 19
Message Error Icons ........................ 19
Use and Care
Patent Information............................ 20
Cleaning Your Beeper...................... 20
Functionality and Use....................... 21
Care and Maintenance..................... 21
Battery
Battery Information........................... 22
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Congratulations on purchasing the Motorola

Memo Express II
TM
or Memo Express II
FLX
TM
beeper.The Memo Express II FLX beeper incorporates the latest in paging
technology.FLEX
TM
technology extends battery life up to four times longer than
ordinary beepers and improves the ability to receive pages.
This compact beeper combines messaging and time keeping functions in a package
that is convenient to carry.Full understanding of what this product offers begins with
reading this user’s guide.This user’s guide includes a detachable Quick Reference
Card on the back cover.
Effective Use ofYour Beeper
Your beeper can help you keep in contact with everyone important to you.By giving
your beeper number to your business associates, family, and friends, you can be
contacted when necessary.
If you have a cellular phone, give your beeper number instead of your cellular number.
Then you can decide who to call back on your cellular phone without paying for
incoming calls.
Sending aTest Page toYourself
After your beeper has been activated by your service provider, send yourself a test
page.
INTRODUCTION
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Controls
∞
Mode Used to scroll through available choices, or to increment a
value.
¡
Select Used to select and confirm a value.
º
Read/
Power On Used to read a message, to save a setting, to turn on the beeper, and to exit from a menu.
Read/Power On
Button
Mode Button
Select Button
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GETTING STARTED
TurningYour Beeper On
Press
º
to turn your beeper on.
A start-up message is displayed momentarily
and your beeper activates the currently selected
alert.
Note: The start-up alert can be stopped by
pressing any button.
When the beeper is on and no activity is taking
place, the standby screen is displayed.The
standby screen displays the power indicator, the
time and date, the alert mode, and may display
other beeper indicators.
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Menu Icons
The three menu icons on the top row (
wie
) correspond to the three menus:
CONTROLS
,
DELETE ALL
,and
ALERTS
.
The first time you press
∞
these menu icons are displayed.The controls menu
icon
w
flashes, indicating that pressing
¡
will enter the controls menu.
Press and release
∞
to display the
CONTROLS?
,
DELETE ALL?
,and
ALERTS?
menu
prompts.Press
¡
to enter the corresponding menus, or press
º
to return to the
standby screen.
TurningYour Beeper Off
➊
From the standby screen, press
∞
to display
CONTROLS?
.The controls menu icon
w
flashes.
➋
Press
¡
to display
OFF?
.
➌
Press
¡
to turn the beeper off.The off screen
is displayed without any icons.
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GETTING STARTED
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Types of Messages
The message indicators define the type of message received and flash until the
message is read.
Personal messages:
¥
unselected
å
selected
Information services
when received:
π
or
∂
when chirp is on:
≠
selected
when bookmark is on: Ω selected
Receiving/Reading Messages
When a message is received, your beeper alerts with the selected alert (chirp, audio,
vibrate, musical, or no alert).A message indicator (for example
1
,
2
, etc.) lets you
know how many messages you have received.
➊
Press any button to stop the alert.
➋
Press
º
to display the message indicator
menu.The message indicators for unread
messages flash until any part of the message is
read.
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Note: A message is considered read if any part of the message is displayed.
➌
Press º to read the selected message or
press
¡
to select another message, then
press
º
.
Hint: On this screen, pressing
∞
displays
the previous screen.
➍
If your beeper is set to scroll the message
automatically (
SCROLL 1
,
SCROLL 2
, or
SCROLL 3
),
the remainder of the message is automatically
displayed at that speed.
Hint: To pause or restart a scrolling
message, press
º
.
If the scrolling speed is set to
LINE-BY-LINE
,
press º to view the next screen.
➎
Allow the beeper to automatically return to the
standby screen, or press
∞
then
º
.
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time the message
was received
message number
message
continuation
indicator
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ScanningYour Messages
When the first line of a message is displayed, press¡to scan all other messages
that may be stored.The message number and the first line of the message are
displayed for each message.
Duplicate Messages
When a duplicate message is received,
DUPLICATE is displayed after the message number
and before the message.The time the duplicate
message is received is displayed.
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Setting theTime and Date
Hint: Pressing and holding ∞scrolls through selections quickly.
➊From the standby screen, press ∞to display
CONTROLS?.The controls menu icon wflashes.
➋Press ¡to enter the CONTROLS menu.
➌Press and release ∞until TIME/DATE? is
displayed.
➍Press ¡to enter the TIME/DATE menu.The
hour field flashes.
➎Press and release ∞to adjust the hour.
➏Press ¡to move to the next field.
➐Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the minutes,
AM/PM, day, and month fields.
➑Press ºfrom any field to save and return to
the standby screen.
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CONTROLS?
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OFF?
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TIME/DATE?
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TIME/DATE
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Setting the Incoming Message Alert
You can set your beeper to alert with a chirp alert, a vibrating alert (vibration with no
alert tone), one standard audio (beep) alert, one of the musical alerts, or no alert (no
vibration or alert tone).
Note: If the audio alert mode is selected, your beeper automatically displays the
audio alert options screen.
➊From the standby screen, press and release∞
until ALERTS? is displayed.The alert icon e
flashes.
➋Press ¡to enter the ALERTS menu.VIBRATE? is
displayed.
➌Press and release ∞until your choice of
VIBRATE?, AUDIO?,CHIRP? or NO ALERT? is
displayed.
➍Press ¡to select the desired alert.The
standby screen is displayed with the
corresponding alert icon.
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VIBRATE?
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AUDIO?
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Choosing an Audio Alert
If you select the audio alert mode, you can choose either a standard beep (audio) or
one of the musical alerts.
If you choose no alert or vibrate, your beeper emits an alert only if a priority message
is received. ➊From the ALERTS menu, press and release ∞
until AUDIO? is displayed.
➋Press ¡to enter the AUDIO menu.
➌Press∞to scroll throughthe alert choices.The
beeper emits a sample of each alert.
➍Press ¡to select the alert.The standby
screen is displayed with the audio alert icon -.
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AUDIO?
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ALERT 1
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ALERTS
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Read Mode
This feature allows you to choose the most comfortable way to view messages.
Setting the Scroll Speed
You can choose the speed at which your messages scroll, or read them line by line.
➊From the standby screen, press ∞to display
CONTROLS?.The controls menu icon wflashes.
➋Press ¡to enter the CONTROLS menu.
➌Press and release ∞until SCROLL? is displayed.
➍Press ¡to enter the SCROLL menu.
➎Press and release ∞to choose the scroll
speed.
➏Press ¡to select the scroll speed.
There are four scroll speeds to choose from:
LINE-BY-LINE, SCROLL 1 (slowest), SCROLL 2, and
SCROLL 3 (fastest).
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SCROLL?
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READ MODE
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Locking Personal Messages
By locking messages, you can save personal messages to prevent them from being
replaced when the memory is full or from being deleted.Messages can be locked only
while reading them.
Note: A maximum of five personal messages may be locked at one time.To lock
another message, you must first unlock at least one message.
➊Press ∞while reading a personal message to
display LOCK?.
➋Press ¡to lock the message.The message
indicator ∫is displayed.
When a locked message is selected or read, the
lock icon yis displayed.
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LOCK?
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Unlocking Personal Messages
➊Press ∞while reading a locked personal
message to display UNLOCK?.
➋Press ¡to unlock the message.
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Deleting Messages
Messages may be deleted one at a time or all at once.
Deleting a Single Message
Deleting All Messages
The DELETE ALL command deletes all read and unlocked personal messages and
information services.Locked or unread messages are not deleted.
➊While reading a message press and release∞
until DELETE? is displayed.
➋Press ¡to delete the message.
➊From the standby screen, press and release∞
until DELETE ALL? is displayed.The delete icon
iflashes.
➋Press ¡to enter the DELETE menu.The delete
confirmation DELETE? is displayed.
➌Press ¡to delete all personal messages.
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DELETE?
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Storing Messages
Your beeper can store up to ten personal messages.Each stored message is
assigned a number, which is displayed when the message is stored.The first
message received is 1, the second is 2, and so on.
Automatic Message Deletion
If all message slots are full and a new message is received, the oldest unlocked read
message is automatically deleted.
When the message memory is full, MEMORY FULL is displayed.Press any button to
return to the standby screen.
If all messages are unread, the oldest, unlocked message is deleted and OVERFLOW is
displayed.
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Information Services
Information services are typically news or financial reports which provide information
that is relevant for a short time (a few hours).Your beeper may be equipped with one
information service message slot.Contact your service provider if you are interested
in receiving information services.
Reading Information Services
When an information service message is received, †flashes momentarily and the
unread information services is displayed. After a short time, the standby screen is
displayed. ➊Press º to display the message indicator
menu.
➋Press º to enter the information service
menu.The information service message icon π
or ∂is displayed.
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INFORMATION SERVICES
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Turning the Information Service Alert On and Off
You can set an incoming message alert for the information service message slot.
➌Press º to read the message.The time the
information service was received is displayed
with the first screen of the message.
oindicates the message is continued on an
additional screen.
Press ∞and then ºto display the previous
screen.
➊While reading an information service message,
press ∞until CHIRP ON? or CHIRP OFF? is
displayed.
➋Press ¡to turn chirp on or off for the
information service message slot.
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Turning the Information Service Bookmark On
You can set a bookmark to hold your place in a lengthy information service while
reading it. ➊While reading an information service, press ∞
to display BOOKMARK?.
➋Press ¡to activate the bookmark.The
message menu screen is displayed.
The next time you read the information service,
the last screen displayed while the message was
marked is the starting point of the display.
Ωindicates the message is bookmarked.
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BOOKMARK?
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INFORMATION SERVICES
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