Motorola RadioShack WordLine FLX User manual

Please read before using this pager.
Cat. No. 17-9026
OWNER’S MANUAL
WordLine FLX
Alphanumeric Pager
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FEATURES
Your RadioShack WordLine FLX Alphanumeric Pager
lets the office and family and friends keep in touch
with you anywhere around town. It can store up to 16
alphanumeric messages and alerts you with a gentle
vibration, a chirp, one of seven tone patterns, or a
tone that gradually increases in volume.
Callers can send alphanumeric messages to your
pager three ways: leave a message with the operator
at your message center, send a message using a
computer and modem, or use a hard terminal.
You can also receive information services messages
on your pager, including sports scores, top news sto-
ries, and entertainment updates.
©1997 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
, Motorola, WordLine FLX, Escalert, and
are trademarks of Motorola, Inc.
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Your pager uses “flex” technology — the latest in pag-
ing technology — to extend battery life up to four
times longer than ordinary pagers, saving you time
and money. The pager also has these features:
Silent Alert — lets you set the pager to not sound or
only vibrate, so you can avoid disturbing others.
Three Alarms — lets you set up to three different
alarms to sound at the desired times on a specific
day, or every day.
Private Time — lets you set the pager to automatical-
ly turn its alert function off and on once every day at
the times you select. During private time, the pager si-
lently stores any messages it receives.
Low Battery Indicator — lets you know when the
battery is low.
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Message Lock — lets you protect up to 8 messages
from accidental deletion.
Clock — displays the current time when you are not
viewing a message and when the pager is off.
Duplicate Message — lets you know if you receive
the same message more than once.
Adjustable Message Scroll Speed — lets you set
the pager to display messages line-by-line, or scroll
the message across the display at one of three
speeds you select.
Page Reminder — beeps or vibrates every 2 min-
utes, for up to 30 minutes, to remind you to view un-
read pages.
Automatic Page Reset — stops a page after about
15 seconds if you do not press a button.
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Note: You need one AAA battery (not supplied) to
power your pager.
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CONTENTS
Getting Started ........................................................... 8
Subscribing to Service .......................................... 8
Installing a Battery ................................................ 9
A Look at Your Pager ............................................... 12
Indicators ............................................................ 13
Preparation ............................................................... 15
Setting the Time and Date .................................. 15
Selecting the Alert Type ...................................... 16
Operation .................................................................. 19
Turning the Pager On/Off .................................... 19
Turning on the Light ............................................ 20
Receiving/Reading Messages ............................ 21
Duplicate Messages .................................... 25
Tone Only/Unreadable Messages ............... 25
If Memory Becomes Full ............................. 26
Locking and Unlocking Messages ...................... 27
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Reading Information Services Messages ........... 28
Turning the Alert On and Off ....................... 31
Setting a Bookmark ..................................... 31
Deleting Messages ............................................. 32
Deleting Individual Messages ..................... 32
Deleting All Messages ................................. 33
Using the Alarm .................................................. 34
Setting the Alarm Time(s) ............................ 35
Turning the Alarm(s) On/Off ........................ 37
Special Features ....................................................... 38
Using Private Time .............................................. 38
Setting the On/Off Times ............................. 38
Turning Private Time On and Off ................. 40
Changing the Message Scroll Setting ................. 41
Pager Ideas ............................................................... 43
Care ........................................................................... 44
FCC Information ................................................. 45
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GETTING STARTED
SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE
You must subscribe to paging service through Page-
Mart before you can start receiving pages. You can
select either alphanumeric or numeric service. If you
select numeric, callers can only send messages using
a touch-tone phone.
To activate your pager , call PageMart at:
1-800-99-RSPAGE
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INSTALLING A BATTERY
Your pager requires one AAA battery. For the best
performance and longest life, we recommend an alka-
line battery, such as RadioShack Cat. No. 23-555.
Caution: Always use a fresh battery of the required
size and recommended type.
Notes:
• The built-in memory saver stores messages and
settings for up to 5 minutes while you change the
battery or after the battery loses power.
• Be careful because if you accidentally install the
battery backward, the pager loses all messages
and settings.
1. If the pager is on, press
to turn it off
(so only the date and time appear).
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2. Slide the battery cover lock away from the cover
to unlock it. Then slide off the battery cover in the
direction of the arrow marked on it.
3. Put a battery in the compartment as indicated by
the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked inside. The
pager turns on, vibrates or sounds a brief alert,
and briefly displays the preprogrammed start-up
message.
4. Replace the cover and lock it.
BatteryCover
Lock
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When battery power becomes low, the pager displays
. You have about 5 days of battery power left when
this warning first appears, depending on use.
Hint: To save power, turn off the pager (or set it to au-
tomatically turn off the alert function) when you are
not using it. See “Turning the Pager On/Off” on
Page 20 or “Using Private Time” on Page 39.
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A LOOK AT YOUR PAGER
Press the mode button ( ) to access and scroll
through the pager’s menus.
Press the select button ( ) to select a message or
menu option.
Mode
Button Select Button Read/Power Button
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Vibrate mode
Delete all mode
Controls menu
selected
Protected mes-
sage
Power on
Low battery
Private time
activated
Press the read/power button ( ) to turn on the
pager or view messages, or hold it down for about 1
second to turn on the light.
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INDICATORS
Your pager displays the following general symbols.
Alarm off
Alarm on or
Alarms menu
selected
Message
continuation
Audible alert
mode
Chirp alert mode
or Alerts menu
selected
Bookmarked
information ser-
vices message
Alert-activated
information ser-
vices message
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The pager also displays these symbols for specific
message types. Each symbol is shown both selected
(highlighted) and unselected.
Information ser-
vices message
(main indicator)
Alphanumeric
message
Locked
message
Information ser-
vices message
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PREPARATION
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE
Press to turn on the pager (if it is off), then follow
these steps to set the current time and date.
Note: If you do not press a button within about 8 or 30
seconds (depending on the step) while setting the
time and date or any of the pager’s other features, the
pager stores any changes made to that point and re-
turns to the time/date display.
1. At the time/date display, press
. TIME/
DATE? appears and flashes.
2. Press . The time and date appear and the
hour digits flash.
3. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the
correct hour. Then press for the next digits to
flash.
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Repeat this step to set the minutes, 12/24 hour
indicator (Afor AM, Pfor PM, or blank for 24-hour
time), month, and day.
4. When you finish, press to store the settings.
SELECTING THE ALERT TYPE
You can have the pager alert you by vibrating, or by
sounding one of seven tone patterns, a single chirp,
or a tone that gradually increases in volume. You can
also set the pager to
not alert you.
Press to turn on the pager (if it is off), then follow
these steps to select the alert type.
1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press until
ALERTS? appears and flashes.
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2. Press . The name of the first alert type
(VIBRATE?) appears.
3.
To have the pager vibrate when you receive a
page
, simply press . appears.
To have the pager sound one of seven tone pat-
terns
, press once so AUDIO? appears, then
press . The alert number (such as ALERT 6)
appears. To select a different pattern, repeatedly
press within 8 seconds. Each time you press
, the pager sounds the selected pattern and
displays that alert number (ALERT 1, ALERT 2,
and so on). When you hear the pattern you want,
press again so appears.
To have the pager sound a chirp , repeatedly
press until CHIRP? appears. Then press
so appears.
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To have the pager sound an alert that gradually
increases in volume
, repeatedly press until
ESCALERT? appears. Then press so
appears.
To have the pager not alert , repeatedly press
until NO ALERT? appears. Then press . The
alert symbol (such as ) disappears.
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OPERATION
TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF
To turn on the pager , press . The pager vibrates or
sounds whichever alert tone is currently set, briefly
displays the start-up message (programmed by your
dealer), then the power indicator ( ) and time/date
display appear.
Note: When the private time feature is on (see “Using
Private Time” on Page 39), the power indicator ap-
pears as .
To turn off the pager , press so OFF? appears.
Then press again. All display characters disap-
pear except for the time and date.
Note: The pager does not receive pages when it is
off.
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