PerComm e80 User manual

Percomm e80
Quick Start Guide
TURNING PAGER ON AND OFF
You can turn OFF your e80 by selecting the POWER
OFF icon in the Main Menu.
Turn the device back ON by pressing ALT, and then
SPACE.
The Main Menu icons will appear in the LCD display
when it is on again.
Note: Two additional methods of turning off the
device are:
• Pressing ALT, then SPACE.
• Pressing Power Off in the Main Menu popup
options menu
SETTING TIME AND DATE
1. Go to PREFERENCES VDate and Time. The Date
and Time submenu is displayed.
2. Use the joystick to move from one field to another,
and press the joystick to change options in each
selectable field.
3. Set Time Format to “24hr” or “12hr”.
4. Set the current Time.
HH (00-23 for 24-hour format, or 01-12 for 12hr
format)
MM (set automatically by system if Network Sync
is set to Yes)
AM/PM (only if 12hr format is selected)
5. Set the current Date:
MMM (“Jan”, “Feb”, Mar”, etc.)
DD (01-31)
YY (00-99)

6. If Network Sync is set to Yes, then the device will
automatically set the minutes of the Time.
7. Press ESC to exit from Date and Time. Your
changes are automatically saved.
MAIN MENU OPTIONS
To change your alert sound:
Press MENU and select:
• Silence Alerts to turn off your alert sound (note:
alarm alerts are not affected)
• Vibrate Alerts to change your alert sound to
vibrate (note: alarm alerts are not affected)
Return to your default alert setting by selecting
Alerts On (note: alarm alerts are not affected)
To turn off message transmission:
Press MENU and select Transmitter Off. You can
receive messages, but will not be able to send
messages until you turn message transmission on
again. The icon x!
Rwill display on the Main Menu
screen when the transmitter is off. Your device will
not transmit when the transmitter is off!
Turn message transmission back on by selecting
Transmitter On.
To lock your keyboard:
Press MENU and select Keyboard Lock. Alternately,
you may lock the keyboard from the Main Menu by
pressing ALT then L.
Unlock the keyboard by pressing ALT then L.
SENDING AND COMPOSING MESSAGES
You can compose and send messages to wireless
and email addresses.
To start, select Send a Message in the Main Menu.

The send a message screen is displayed. Move the
cursor (push the joystick Y ) to the MSG field and
type your message.reading a message
Select INBOX in the Main Menu. A listing is displayed
of all messages in your Inbox, organized from the
newest (at the top) to the oldest.
Scroll through the Inbox menu of received messages
to the desired message.
Press the joystick to open the message for viewing.
Press ESC to return to the Inbox when finished read-
ing the message.
DELETING MESSAGES
Scroll to the message you want to delete.
Press MENU to open the Inbox Options popups menu
and select one of:
Delete to delete a single, selected message;
alternatively, you may press ALT DEL.
Delete All Msgs to delete all messages in your
Inbox.
Delete Read Msgs to delete all messages that are
marked as Read. Messages marked as “Unread”
will not be deleted.
If you have set the Confirm Delete option (PREFER-
ENCES VOptions VConfirm Delete) to “Yes”,
then you will be asked to confirm or cancel
the deletion.
SETTING A MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
You can also have your e80 timestamp messages.
Go to PREFERENCE VMessage Timestamp
Set Timestamp to “Yes” (ON)
Set Time Format to 12hr or 24hr

Set Date Format to one of:
“Full” (Feb 28, 2006),
“dd/mm/yyyy” or
“mm/dd/yyyy”
Press ESC to save and exit from Timestamp.setting
private time
Private Time allows you to turn off the Inbox and
News Message Alerts for a specified period of time
every day (for example, when you are asleep at night).
To configure Private Time:
Go to PREFERENCES VPrivate Time.
Set Private Time to “Yes” to turn on Private Time.
Enter the Start Time by clicking in each field until the
desired number or option appears:
If Date and Time Time Format is set to 12hr format,
set the hour (01-12), minute (00-59), and AM or
PM. If Date and Time Time Format is set to 24hr
format, set the hour (00-23) and the minute (00-
59).
Enter the End Time by clicking in each field until the
desired number or option appears:
If Date and Time Time Format is set to 12hr format,
set the hour (01-12), minute (00-59), and AM or
PM. If Date and Time Time Format is set to 24hr
format, set the hour (00-23) and the minute (00-
59).
Set Alert at End to “Yes” (default) or “No.” When set
to Yes, an alert sounds at the end of Private Time if
new messages are in the Inbox.
Press ESC to save and exit from Private Time. Private
Time is now turned on and will go into effect for the
selected time period (from Start Time to End Time.)