Motorola Pronto FLX User manual

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Contents
Page
Introduction............................................................ 1
Controls................................................................. 2
Turning Your Pager On ......................................... 3
Turning Your Pager Off ......................................... 3
Receiving and Reading Messages........................ 3
Turning the Light On and Off................................. 4
Changing Alert Modes........................................... 5
Setting the Time on Your Pronto Pager................. 5
Setting the Time on Your Pronto FLX Pager......... 6
Saving Messages.................................................. 6
Erasing Messages................................................. 7
Effective Use of Your Pager.................................. 7
Battery Information................................................ 8
Features ................................................................ 9
Cleaning Your Pager........................................... 10
Repair and Maintenance ..................................... 10
Patent Information............................................... 11
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Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing either a Pronto or
Pronto FLX
pager by Motorola
®
.This compact pager
uses many advances in electronic and wireless tech-
nology which allow you to receive numeric messages
instantly and affordably.
The Pronto FLX pager uses the latest in paging tech-
nology − FLEX  TECHNOLOGY.This technological
advance extends battery life up to five times longer than
ordinary pagers. As a Motorola FLEX pager user, you
can feel more confident in receiving your pages be-
cause FLEX technology improves the ability to receive
pages. FLEX technology has been developed by
Motorola, the leader in paging innovation and quality.
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Controls
Buttons
On/Read/Select − turn pager on, read incoming
messages, and select the function displayed.
Menu − scroll through the menu.
After performing any pager function described in this
user’s guide (setting the time, or changing the alert
mode), your pager automatically returns to the stand-
by screen and activates the selections you made.
Function Indicators
D
Audible Alert − a beep tone sounds for incoming
messages.
=
MessageLock − thismessageissaved,orlocked
against deletion.
B
Continuous Message − more message informa-
tion is on the next screen.
O Out of Range - if this option is enabled, this
indicator displays whenever the pager is out of
rangeofthepagingtransmitter.Aslongastheout
of range symbol is displayed, you will be unable
to receive any pages.
Menu
Button
On/Read/
Select
Button
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Turning Your Pager On
Press to 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 and an alert indicator (if in the
audible mode) are shown on the standby screen.
Turning Your Pager Off
❶ From the standby screen press and release
until off ? is displayed.
❷ Press to turn your pager off.
Receiving and Reading Messages
Your pager can receive up to 16 numeric messages.
When a message is received, the pager alerts for
eight seconds.
❶ Press any button to stop the alert.
❷ Press to display the message.
❸ Press twice while reading your message to
display escape ? .
❹ Press to return to the standby screen.
Messages longer than 12 characters display on a
second screen, indicated by the
B
symbol. Press
to display the second screen.The second screen dis-
plays automatically after 12 seconds, even if is not
pressed.
The last screen of your message displays the mes-
sage slot number and the time received.
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If a message is not read, the pager gives a reminder
alert every two minutes and the screen displays the
number of unread messages (for example, 1 page ,
2 pages ) until all messages are read.
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, un-
locked message is discarded.In this mode, the over-
flow indicator replaces the default idle display
with ouerflo@j .
Messages must be read and erased to clear the over-
flow display.
Turning the Light On and Off
❶ Press either button to turn the light on.
❷ Thelightturnsoffautomaticallyfoursecondsafter
returning to the standby screen.
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Changing Alert Modes
❶ From the standby screen, press twice. Either
silentT ? or audible ? is displayed, depending
on the current mode.
❷ If audible ? is displayed, then the pager is in the
silent mode. Press to change to the audible
mode. The pager chirps and
D
is shown in the
bottom left corner.
❸ If silentT ? is displayed, the pager is in the
audible mode. Press to change to the silent
mode. The pager vibrates.
For your pager to vibrate when a message is re-
ceived, it must be in the silent mode.
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Setting the Time on Your Pronto Pager
❶ From the standby screen, press and release
until setT tTime is displayed.
❷ Press to set the time. The hour flashes.
❸ Press and release until the correct hour and a
(for AM) or p (for PM) is displayed.
❹ Press to switch to the minutes. The first digit
of the minutes flashes.
❺ Press and release to change the first minute
digit. Press to switch to the second digit. The
second digit of the minutes flashes.
❻ Press and release to change the second
minute digit.
❼ Press to acceptthe selection andreturn tothe
standby screen.
Setting the Time on Your Pronto FLX Pager
❶ From the standby screen, press and release
until setT tTime is displayed.
❷ Press to set the time. The hour flashes.
❸ Press to change the hour. Continue pressing
until the desired hour is displayed.
❹ Press to switch to the minutes. The first digit
of the minutes flashes.
❺ Press tochangethefirstminute digit.Press
to switch to the second digit. The second digit of
the minutes flashes.
❻ Press to change the second minute digit.
❼ Press toswitchtothe a or p .The a or p flashes.
❽ Press to change between a and p .
❾ Press to acceptthe selection andreturn tothe
standby screen.
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Saving Messages
❶ To save a message, press while reading your
message. The prompt protTectT is displayed.
❷ Press to protect the message.
A
=
indicates your message is saved.
❸ Press while reading the saved message to
remove the protection. The prompt unprotTectT
is displayed.
❹ Press to remove the protection.
The
= is removed from the screen.
Saved messages cannot be erased or overwritten by
new messages when the memory is full. You can
save up to five messages on your Pronto pager or up
to eight messages on your Pronto FLX pager.
Erasing Messages
❶ Pressandrelease until erase all isdisplayed.
❷ Press . All 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.
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Effective Use of Your Pager
Your pager can help you keep in contact with every-
one important to you . . . your children or child care
providers, business associates, 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 pager.
If you have a cellular phone, give your pager number
instead of your cellular number.Then you can decide
who to call back, without paying for incoming cellular
calls.Your pager can help reduce your monthly cellu-
lar phone bill!
Include your pager number on your business cards
and on your answering machine or voice mail mes-
sage.
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