Motorola WORD LINE FLX User manual

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USER’S GUIDE
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
Effective Use of Your Pager..............1
GETTING STARTED
Battery Information............................ 2
Controls............................................. 4
Turning Your Pager On..................... 5
Menu Icons........................................ 5
Turning Your Pager Off ..................... 6
Sending a Test Page to Yourself....... 6
Backlight........................................... 7
MESSAGES
Types of Messages .......................... 8
Setting the Scroll Speed................... 8
Receiving/Reading Messages........ 10
Scanning Your Messages............... 11
Duplicate Messages........................ 12
TIME/DATE
Setting the Time and Date............... 12
ALERTS
Setting the Incoming Alert ............... 13
Choosing an Audio (Audible) Alert .. 15
ALARMS
Setting the Alarm.............................16
MESSAGE FEATURES
Locking Personal Messages............18
Unlocking Personal Messages ........19
Private Time ....................................19
Deleting Messages..........................21
Storing Messages............................22
Automatic Message Deletion...........23
INFORMATION SERVICES
Information Services........................23
Information Services History............23
Reading Information Services .........24
Turning the Information Service
Alert On and Off.............................25
Turning the Information Service
Bookmark On.................................26
OTHER FEATURES
Out of Range ...................................27
Message Error Icons .......................27
USE AND CARE .................................27

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Congratulations on purchasing the Motorola
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WORDline™ or WORDline FLXTM
pager. The WORDline FLX pager incorporates the latest in paging technology. The
Motorola FLEX protocol-based pagers offer extended battery life and improved
paging reliability.
This compact pager 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 of Your Pager
Your pager can help you keep in contact with everyone important to you. By giving
your pager number to your business associates, family, and friends, you can be
contacted when necessary.
If you have a cellular phone, give your pager number instead of your cellular number.
Then you can decide who to call back on your cellular phone without paying for
incoming calls.
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Battery Information
YourWORDlineor WORDline FLX pager operates with one AAA-sizealkalinebattery.
When the battery is low, the low-battery icon ™is displayed between the time and
date on the standby screen. Change your battery after receiving a low-battery
indicator.
Messages are retained when replacing the battery. To retain pager alert settings, turn
the pager off before removing the old battery.
Installing / Replacing the Battery
 Turn your pager off. Refer to “Turning
YourPagerOff”onpage6.
 To remove the old battery, slide the
battery door lock towards the top of
the pager to unlock the battery door.
 While pressing on the battery door,
slide the door until the rib on the
battery door aligns with therib on the
back cover.
Battery
Door Lock
Ribs
Slide to open
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GETTING STARTED
 Lift the battery door to free it from the housing.
 Remove the battery.
 Align the new battery so the positive (+) and negative (-) markings match the
polarity diagram in the battery compartment.
 Insert the battery.
 To replace the battery door, align thegrooves on the battery door with the grooves
on the back cover and slide the battery door closed.
 Slide the battery door lock toward the bottom of the pager to lock the battery door.

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Controls
ÄMode Used to scroll through available choices, or to increment a
value.
¡Select Used to select and confirm a choice.
ºRead/
Power On Used to read a message, to save a setting, to turn on the pager, to turn on the backlighting, and to exit from a menu.
Read/Power On
Button
Mode Button
Select Button
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Turning Your Pager On
Menu Icons
The four menu icons on the top row (wie=) correspond to the four menus: CONTROLS,
DELETE ALL,ALERTS, and ALARMS respectively.
Press and release Äto display the CONTROLS?,DELETE ALL?,ALERTS?, and ALARMS?
menu prompts. Press ¡to enter the corresponding menus, or press ºto return to
the standby screen.
Press ºto turn your pager on.
A start-up message is displayed momentarily
and your pager activates the currently selected
alert.
Note: The start-up alert can be stopped by
pressing any button.
When the pager 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 pager indicators such as alarm status.
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Note: The first time you press Äthese menu icons are displayed. The controls
menu icon wflashes, indicating that pressing ¡will enter the controls menu.
Turning Your Pager Off
Sending a Test Page to Yourself
It’s a good idea to test yourpager and service by sending a page to yourself. Start by
using the phone number, web site or email address (and a PIN, if required) your
service provider gave you, then enter a short message.
 From the standby screen, press Ätodisplay
CONTROLS?. The controls menu icon wflashes.
 Press ¡to display OFF?.
 Press ¡to turn the pager off. The off screen is
displayed without any icons.
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If you are sending a word message from a phone, an operator will assist you;
otherwise, press the phone buttons to enter a numeric message or type a message
and send it.
While you are waiting for the message to reach your pager, refer to page 10 for more
information about how to read a message.
If yourpager does not receive the messagewithin a few minutes, contact your service
provider. After you have tested the pager, read the rest of this guide to learn about the
many useful features of your new pager.
Backlight
Press and hold ºfor one second or more to activate the LCD message screen
backlight. The backlight turns off automatically after the pager returns to the standby
screen.
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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 åselected
Information services
when received: ¨unselected ´selected
®unselected Üselected (FLEX)
when chirp is on: Öunselected Åselected
when bookmark is on: •unselected Ãselected (not available on all models)
Setting the Scroll Speed
You can choose the speed at which your messages scroll, or read them line by line.
 From the standby screen, press Ätodisplay
CONTROLS?. The controls menu icon w flashes.
 Press ¡to enter the CONTROLS menu.
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 Press and release Äuntil SCROLL? is displayed.
 Press ¡to enter the SCROLL menu.
 Press and release Äto choose the scroll
speed.
 Press ¡to select the scroll speed.
There are four scroll speeds to choose from:
LINE-BY-LINE,SCROLL 1,SCROLL 2, and SCROLL 3
(fastest).
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SCROLL?
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Receiving/Reading Messages
When a message is received, your pager either alerts audibly (audio, chirp, and
Escalert™ modes) or vibrates. A message indicator (for example1,2, etc.) lets you
know how many messages you have received. On some models, this message
indicator displays on the standby screen.
 Press any button to stop the alert.
 Press º to display the message status
screen. The message indicators for unread
messages ¥flash until any part of the message
is read.
 Press º to read the selected message or
press ¡to select another message, then
press º.
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Note: If the reminder alert has been set and there are any unread messages, your
pager may give a periodic alert until they have all been read. This will continue for
up to 30 minutes. A message is considered read if any part of the message is
displayed.
Scanning Your Messages
When the first line of a message is displayed, press ¡to scan all messages of the
same type. The message number and the first line of the message are displayed for
each message.
 If your pager is set to scroll the message
automatically (SCROLL 1,SCROLL 2,orSCROLL 3),the
remainder of the message is automatically
displayed at that speed.
Hint: To pause or restart a scrolling
message, press º.
 Allow the pager to automatically return to the
standby screen, or press Äthen º.
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time the message
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message number
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Duplicate Messages
Setting the Time and Date
When a duplicate message is received,
DUPLICATE is displayed afterthe message number
and before the message. The time the duplicate
message was received is displayed.
 From the standby screen, press Ätodisplay
CONTROLS?. The controls menu icon w flashes.
 Press ¡to enter the CONTROLS menu.
 Press and release Äuntil TIME/DATE? is
displayed.
 Press ¡to enter the TIME/DATE menu. The
hour field flashes.
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Hint: Pressing and holding Äscrolls through selections quickly.
Setting the Incoming Message Alert
You can set your pager to alert with a vibrating alert (vibration with no alert tone), a
chirp alert (short beep alert), an alert of increasing volume (Escalert), or no alert
(completely silent). You can also choose from one of the audio alerts (called audible
alerts in some models).
 Press and release Äto adjust the hour.
 Press ¡to move to the next field.
 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the minutes, AM/PM,
month, and day fields.
 Press ºfrom any field to save.
 From the standby screen, press and release Ä
until ALERTS? is displayed. The alert icon e
flashes.
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Note: If you choose no alert or vibrate, your pager emits an audio (or audible)
alert only if a priority message is received, or an alarm sounds.
Note: If either audio (or audible) alert mode is selected, your pager automatically
displays the alert options screen.
 Press ¡to enterthe ALERTS menu. VIBRATE? is
displayed.
 Press and release Äuntil your choice of
VIBRATE?,AUDIO? (or AUDIBLE?, depending on
the model), CHIRP?,ESCALERT?,orNO ALERT is
displayed.
 Press ¡toselect thedesired 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 (or Audible) Alert
If youselect the audio (or audible) alert mode, you can set your pager to alert withone
of the audio (or audible) alerts.
 From the standby screen, press and release Ä
until ALERTS? is displayed.
 Press ¡toenter the ALERTS menu. VIBRATE? is
displayed.
 Press and release Äuntil AUDIO? (or AUDIBLE?,
depending on the model) is displayed.
 Press ¡to enter the AUDIO (or AUDIBLE) menu.
 Press Äuntil your choice of audio (or audible)
alert is displayed. The pager emits a sample of
each alert.
 Press ¡to select your choice of audio (or
audible) alert. The standby screen is displayed
with the audio (or audible) alert icon -.
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Setting the Alarm
Your pager has three alarms. Each alarm can be set for either a specific time and
date, or for a specific time on a daily basis.
 Fromthe standby screen, press and release Ä
until ALARMS? is displayed. The alarm icon =
flashes.
 Press ¡to enter the ALARMS menu. The alarm
number 01 flashes.
 Press Ätoscrollthroughalarm choices01,02,
or 03.
 Press ¡to move to the next field. The turn on
=or turn off qiconflashes.
 Press Ä to turn on =or turn off qthe alarm.
 Press ¡to move to the hour field. The hour
flashes.
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 Press and release Äto adjust the hour.
Hint: Press and hold Äto adjust the setting
quickly.
 Press ¡to move to the next field.
 Repeat steps 7 and 8 to set the minutes,
AM/PM, month, and day fields.
 Press ºin any field to save and exit.
When an alarm is turned on, the alarm icon =is
displayed on the standby screen.
To alert on a daily basis, set the month and day
to --/--.
When an alarm expires, the alarm icon =
flashes, ALARM is displayed with the alarm
number, and your pager alerts.
Press any button once to stop the alarm, and
again to clear the message.
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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. Messages can be locked only while reading them.
Note: You may lock up to half of your personal messages. The number of
messages that can be locked varies by model. To lock another message once your
pager’s limit is reached, you must first unlock at least one message.
 Press Äwhile reading a personal message to
display LOCK?.
Hint: Refer to “Receiving/Reading
Messages” on page 10 for information on
how to access messages.
 Press ¡to lock the message. The message
indicator Øis displayed.
When a locked message is selected or read, the
lock icon yis displayed.
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MESSAGE FEATURES