Motorola Ultra Express 6881023B75-A(X) User manual

User’s Guide
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Contents
Page
Introduction..................................................................1
Activating Your ULTRA Express Pager....................... 1
Operating Your ULTRA Express Pager....................... 2
Controls........................................................................2
Indicator Symbols ........................................................ 2
Turning Your Pager On and Off................................... 3
Turning the Light On and Off....................................... 3
Setting the Clock and Date.......................................... 4
Setting the Incoming Message Alert............................ 5
Setting the Pleasing Alerts........................................... 5
Receiving and Reading Messages.............................. 6
Protecting and Unprotecting Your Messages.............. 6
Deleting/Erasing Messages......................................... 7
Setting the Alarm ......................................................... 7
Automatic On and Off .................................................. 8
Effective Use of Your ULTRA Express Pager.............. 9
Standard Features..................................................... 10
Battery Information..................................................... 11
Care and Maintenance............................................... 12
Functionality and Use of Your Pager......................... 12
Cleaning Your ULTRA Express Pager....................... 12
Patent Information...................................................... 12
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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Motorola ULTRA
Express pager.This compact pager incorporates many ad-
vances in electronic, microminiaturization and wireless tech-
nology.The ULTRA Express pager allows you to receive nu-
meric messages instantly and affordably.
This user's guide explains how to operate your pager and
provides suggestions for first-time as well as experienced
pager users.
Please note, if you have used a BRAVO EXPRESS pager,
the ULTRA Express pager has enhanced operation.
Review this user’s guide to be sure you get the most from
your ULTRA Express pager. Keep this guide handy for
quick reference.
Activating Your ULTRA Express Pager
To activate your ULTRA Express pager, contact your pag-
ing service provider.
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Operating Your ULTRA Express Pager
Your ULTRA Express pager receive pages only when it is
turned on.
Controls
Read/Select
[ -
used to turn the pager on, display mes-
sages and select pager functions.
Mode
\ - used to scan pager modes.
Light/Reset
] -
used to turn on the pager’s LCD back-
light, and return the pager to the standby mode.
Indicator Symbols
E Audible mode
D
Vibrate (silent) mode
\
Message Indicator
F
Protected message
I
Message continuation
J Erase all messages
K
Delete individual message
L
Pager alarm activated
G
Out-of-range
A
Automatic turn on/off feature
H
Low-battery indicator
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READ/SELECT
BUTTON MODE
BUTTON LIGHT/RESET
BUTTON
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Turning Your Pager On and Off
Press
[
to turn your pager on. An alert indicator on the
upper left-hand corner indicates the pager is on and ready
to receive messages.
Whenthepager isonandnoactivityis takingplace,thestand-
by screen is displayed.
➊ To turn your pager off, press and release \ until
pager off ?
is displayed.
➋ Press
[
.
The time of day and the date are displayed on your pager
even when it is off.
Turning the Light On and Off
➊ Press ] at any time to turn the light on.
➋ Press
]
again while the clock or a message is dis-
played to turn the light off and return to the standby
screen.
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Example of a standby screen (pager on)
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Example of a standby screen (pager off)
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Setting the Clock and Date
Setting the Clock:
➊ Press and release \ until
set time ?
is displayed.
➋ Press
[
.The hour digits begin to flash.
➌ Press and release \ to set the correct hour digits.
➍ Press
[
.The first digit of the minutes begins to flash.
➎ Press and release \ to set the correct minutes.
➏ Press
[
again to move to the next minutes digit.
➐ Press
[
.The A.M./P.M.indicator begins to flash.
➑ Repeat steps 5 and 6 to set your pager for A.M./P.M.
and the 12/24 hour mode.
➒ Press ] twice or allow the pager to automatically return
to the standby screen.The time and date are displayed.
Note :When adjusting any of the time and date fields, press
and hold the
\ to fast-forward to your selection.To skip a
field, press and release
[
until you reach the desired field.
For example, if you only need to change the 12 Hour setting,
press and release
\ until
set time ?
is displayed, then
press and release
[
until 1
2 hours
begins to flash.
After performing any pager functions described in this
manual, your ULTRA Express pager automatically returns
to the standby mode and your selections are activated; or
press
] twice to return to the standby mode and activate
your selections.
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Setting the Date:
➊ Press and release \ until
set date ?
is displayed.
➋ Press
[
.The month digits begin to flash.
➌ Press \ to set the correct month digits.
➍ Press
[
.The day digits begin to flash.
➎ Press \ to set the correct day digits.
➏ Press
]
twice or allow the pager to automatically return
to the standby screen.The time and date are displayed.
Setting the Incoming Message Alert
You can set your pager to alert with either a pleasing (au-
dible) alert or a vibrating (silent) alert.
➊ Press \ until silent ? or audio ? is displayed
depending on which mode the pager is in currently.For
the pager to vibrate, it must be in the silent mode.
➋ To change the alert mode, press
[
while your choice
of alert mode is displayed.
The choices are
E
for audible or
D
for vibrate (silent).
Setting the Pleasing Alerts
You can set your ULTRA Express pager to alert with one
of four pleasing alerts or one standard alert.
Note: You must first set the incoming alert mode to “Audi-
ble”, see above.
➊ Press and release \ until
set alert ?
is dis-
played.
➋ Press
[
.The current setting is displayed.
➌ Press and release \ until your choice of ALERT 1,
ALERT 2, ALERT 3, ALERT 4 or ALERT 5 is displayed.
➍ Press
]
twice or allow the pager to automatically re-
turn to the standby screen.
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Receiving and Reading Messages
When a message is received, the pager alerts for 8 sec-
onds.
➊Press any button to stop the alert.
➋Press [to display the message.
➌Press ]twice while the message is displayed to re-
turn to the standby screen.
Messages containing more than 12 characters are dis-
played on a second screen.The Isymbol indicates there
are additional screens.The second screen is displayed
automatically after 1 minute, or pressing [advances the
display to the second screen.The last screen of the mes-
sage displays the message number and time the mes-
sage was received.
If a message is left unread, the pager emits a reminder
alert every 2 minutes, and the number of unread messag-
es is displayed on the screen (i.e., 1 Page, 2 Pages).
Protecting and Unprotecting Your Messages
You can protect up to eight messages so they are not
erased or replaced by new messages.The message you
want to protect/unprotect must be displayed on the
screen.
➊To protect a message, press and release ▲while the
message is displayed until protect ? is displayed.
➋Press [.
When reading a protected message, the protect Fsymbol
is displayed in the upper portion of the screen.
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Example of a screen with message continuation indicator
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➊To unprotect a message, press and release \while
the message is displayed until unprotect ? is dis-
played.
➋Press [.The protect Fsymbol is no longer displayed.
Deleting/Erasing Messages
Deleting Individual Messages:
➊Press and release \while the message is displayed
until delete ? is displayed with the Ksymbol.
➋Press Ë.All remaining messages are moved to the
next available message location.
Erasing All Messages:
➊Press and release \until erase all ? is dis-
played with the Jsymbol.
➋Press [. All read and unprotected messages are
erased from pager memory.
Setting the Alarm
You can set your pager’s alarm to alert you at a certain time
of day.
➊Press and release \until set alarm ? is dis-
played.
➋Press [.
Follow the instructions under “Setting the Clock and the
Date”to set the time for the alarm to sound.
DF
1:555-1234
Example of a protected message
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To Enable or Disable the Alarm:
➊Press and release \until set alarm ? is dis-
played.
➋Press and release [until you get to the ON/OFF field
➌Press and release \until your choice of on or off is
displayed.
When the alarm is enabled, Lis displayed on the standby
screen.
Note: The alarm Lsymbol is displayed even when the
pager is off and the alarm is enabled.
Automatic On and Off
You can set your ULTRA Express pager to automatically
turn on and off.This feature can greatly improve battery
life.
To Enable:
➊Press and release \until pager auto ? is dis-
played.
➋Press [.The current setting is displayed and the A
symbol is displayed around the alert mode indicator.
DL
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B L
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Example of standby screen with automatic on/off enabled
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