Motorola Pronto User manual

USER’SGUIDE
A
Pronto™
Pronto FLX™
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
DAudible Alert −a beep tone sounds for incoming
messages.
=MessageLock−this messageissaved, orlocked
against deletion.
BContinuous Message −more message informa-
tion is on the next screen.
OO
OO
Out of Range - if this option is enabled, this
indicator displays whenever the pager is out of
rangeofthepaging transmitter.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
❶From the standby screen press and release
until off ? is displayed.
❷Press 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.
❶Press any button to stop the alert.
❷Press to display the message.
❸Press twice while reading your message to
display escape ?.
❹Press to return to the standby screen.
Messages longer than 12 characters display on a
second screen, indicated by the Bsymbol. 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
❶Press either button to turn the light on.
❷Thelightturnsoffautomaticallyfoursecondsafter
returning to the standby screen.
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Changing Alert Modes
❶From the standby screen, press twice. Either
silentT ? or audible ? is displayed, depending
on the current mode.
❷If audible ? is displayed, then the pager is in the
silent mode. Press to change to the audible
mode. The pager chirps and Dis shown in the
bottom left corner.
❸If 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
❶From the standby screen, press and release
until setT tTime is displayed.
❷Press to set the time. The hour flashes.
❸Press and release until the correct hour anda
(for AM) or p(for PM) is displayed.
❹Press to switch to the minutes. The first digit
of the minutes flashes.
❺Press and release to change the first minute
digit. Press to switch to the second digit. The
second digit of the minutes flashes.
❻Press and release to change the second
minute digit.
❼Press toaccept theselection andreturn tothe
standby screen.
Setting the Time on Your Pronto FLX Pager
❶From the standby screen, press and release
until setT tTime is displayed.
❷Press to set the time. The hour flashes.
❸Press to change the hour. Continue pressing
until the desired hour is displayed.
❹Press to switch to the minutes. The first digit
of the minutes flashes.
❺Press tochange thefirstminutedigit. Press
to switch to the second digit. The second digit of
the minutes flashes.
❻Press to change the second minute digit.
❼Press toswitchtotheaor p .The aorpflashes.
❽Press to change between aand p.
❾Press toaccept theselection andreturn tothe
standby screen.

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Saving Messages
❶To save a message, press while reading your
message. The prompt protTectT is displayed.
❷Press to protect the message.
A =indicates your message is saved.
❸Press while reading the saved message to
remove the protection. The prompt unprotTectT
is displayed.
❹Press 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
❶Pressandrelease until erase all isdisplayed.
❷Press . 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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Battery Information
Your Pronto or Pronto FLX pager is designed to oper-
ate with an AAA-size alkaline battery. See the dia-
gram for battery replacement. SLIDE
DOOR
UNLOCK
A
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SPARE
BATTERY
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POSITIVE
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BATTERY
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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, duplicatTe 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 baUUery is displayed, prompting you
to change the battery.All pager alerts change to two
seconds in length.
Message Erase: Messages can be erased to free
space in memory.
Memory Retention: All messages remain in memo-
ry even when the pager is off.Messages are not re-
tained when the battery is changed.
Memory Capacity:The Pronto pager can store up to
eight 20-character messages or sixteen 10-character
messages, for a total of 160 characters.The Pronto
FLX pager can store up to sixteen 20-character mes-
sages, for a total of 320 characters.
Message Protect:You can protect up to eight mes-
sages stored in the pager memory.
Overflow: ouerflo@j is displayed when more unread
messages are received than the available message
memory can hold. After you read all of your unread
messages, the standby screen is displayed.
Reminder Alert:The pager chirps or vibrates every
two minutes until you read all unread messages.
Time of Day on Standby Screen: The standby
screen displays the time of day when the pager is on.

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Group Call: This feature permits a group of pagers
to receive the same message at the same time.The
group identifier and source identification precede a
group call message.
Tone Only Pages:When a message is received that
does not contain numeric data tTone only is dis-
played.
Timestamp:The time of day a message is received
is displayed on the last screen of each message.
Reserve Battery Compartment:The battery com-
partment accommodates a spare battery to make
changing the battery quick and easy.
Out of Range: If your pager is equipped with this
feature,
and if you are outside the coverage area of
your paging transmitter, theOO
OO symbol displays to in-
form you that you are out of range.As long as the out
of range symbol is displayed, you will be unable to re-
ceive any pages.
Cleaning Your 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.
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Repair and Maintenance
Your Pronto
or Pronto FLX pager, properly handled,
is capable of many years of trouble-free service.
However, if service is required, Motorola’s Service
Organization, staffed with specially trained techni-
cians, offers conveniently located repair and mainte-
nance facilities throughout the country. Please con-
tact your paging service representative or a Motorola
sales office for more information.
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.
NOTES
t, Motorola, Pronto, Pronto FLX, FLEX, and are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
© 1996 by Motorola, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
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