Radio Shack 17-9003 User manual

Cat. No. 17-9003
OWNER’S MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION
Your Tracker Alphanumeric Pager lets you keep in
touch with the office and with family and friends any-
where around town. It can store up to 16 alphanumer-
ic messages (or a maximum of 640 characters) and
alerts you with either a gentle vibration, a vibration
and single beep, a melody, or one of two beep pat-
terns. The pager also has these features:
Clock — displays the current date and time when you
are not viewing a message, and lets you change the
time (12- or 24-hour) and date (M/D/Y or D/M/Y) dis-
play formats.
Daily Alarm — lets you set the pager to sound an
alarm at a set time each day.
Message Protect — lets you protect up to eight mes-
sages from accidental deletion.
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All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack is a trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
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Low Battery Message and Alert — lets you know
when the battery is low.
Automatic Message Scroll — lets you set the pager
to automatically scroll through all messages and set
the speed at which the messages scroll.
Page Reminder — lets you set the pager to sound a
series of alerts to remind you to view unread pages.
Timer — lets you set the pager to sound an alert after
a set amount of time (up to 99 minutes) has passed.
Be sure you thoroughly read these instructions to en-
sure that you fully understand your pager’s operation.
Note: You need one AAA battery (not supplied) to
power your pager.
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CONTENTS
Getting Started ................................................................. 6
Subscribing to Service ............................................... 6
Installing a Battery ..................................................... 6
Pager Quick Guide ........................................................... 9
Indicators ................................................................. 10
Pager Set-Up ................................................................... 11
Setting the Date, Time, and Time Format ................. 11
Setting the Date Format ........................................... 14
Setting The Message Alert ...................................... 15
Selecting an Audible Alert ................................ 16
Selecting a Silent Alert ..................................... 17
Using Audible/Silent Quick-Set ........................ 18
Setting the Alert Length ................................... 19
Operation ........................................................................ 20
Turning the Pager On/Off ......................................... 20
Memory Capacity ..................................................... 22
Receiving/Reading Messages ................................. 23
Receiving Messages ........................................ 23
Reading Messages .......................................... 24
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Using Automatic Message-Scroll ..................... 26
Duplicate Messages ........................................ 27
Tone Only or Unreadable Messages ............... 27
Protecting and Unprotecting Messages ................... 28
Deleting Messages .................................................. 29
Deleting Individual Messages .......................... 29
Deleting All Messages ..................................... 31
Special Features ............................................................ 32
Using the Reminder Alert ......................................... 32
Setting the Message Scroll Speed ........................... 33
Using the Daily Alarm .............................................. 35
Setting the Daily Alarm Time ........................... 35
Turning the Daily Alarm Off/On ........................ 37
Using the Timer ........................................................ 38
Setting/Starting the Timer ................................ 38
Stopping the Timer ........................................... 40
Pager Ideas ..................................................................... 41
Care ................................................................................. 42
FCC Information ...................................................... 43
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GETTING STARTED
SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE
You must subscribe to paging service through Mobile-
Comm before you can start receiving messages.
To activate your pager, call MobileComm or its asso-
ciated carrier at the telephone number listed in the ac-
tivation instructions provided with your pager’s
activation packet.
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 type.
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1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the
arrow.
2. Place a battery in the compartment according to
the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked inside.
3. Replace the cover.
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When battery power becomes low, the pager sounds
an alert every few seconds, Change Battery ap-
pears, and flashes on the display. Press any button
to stop the alert. Depending on how often you use the
pager, you should have about 3 days of battery power
left when this low battery alert first occurs.
Notes:
• If you press a button to stop the alert, the pager
displays (and
Change Battery instead of
the time on the standby display) until you replace
the battery.
• The pager’s built-in memory stores messages
and settings for at least 2 minutes while you
change the battery or after the battery loses
power.
• Always dispose of old batteries promptly and
properly; do not burn or bury them.
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PAGER QUICK GUIDE
Alert
Speaker Menu
Button Function/Select Buttons
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INDICATORS
Your pager displays the following symbols.
or Audible alert mode
or Silent (vibrate) alert mode
Protected message
Duplicate message
or Message continuation
Daily alarm
Timer
Low battery
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PAGER SET-UP
SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND
TIME FORMAT
Press and hold for a few seconds to turn on the
pager, then follow these steps to set the current date,
time, and time format.
Notes:
• If you do not set the time, the pager incorrectly
reports the times of your pages.
• If you do not press a button for about 40 seconds
during these steps (or while setting any of the
pager’s features), the pager returns to the time/
date (standby) display. Try again.
• To rapidly advance the setting during these steps
(or while setting any other feature), simply press
and hold that button.
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• When you press in Steps 3–8, the pager
scrolls forward through that setting’s sequence
(years 95–13, for example), then repeats that
sequence when it reaches the end.
1. At the standby display, press then repeatedly
press until Set Clock appears.
2. Press . The hour digit(s) flash.
3. Repeatedly press to select the hour, then
press . The minute digits flash.
Note: If you previously selected the 12-hour time
format, be sure to select the correct AM or PM
hour so AM or PM appears.
4. Repeatedly press to select the minutes, then
press .
12 and 24 appear (for 12- or 24-hour
time format), and the last selected format flashes.
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5. To select the other time format, press so that
format flashes, then press . The year digits
flash.
To keep the current time format, simply press .
The year digits flash.
6. Repeatedly press to select the current year,
then press . The month digits flash.
7. Repeatedly press to select the current month,
then press . The day digits flash.
8. Repeatedly press to select the current day of
the month, then press to store the selected
settings. The standby display reappears showing
the current date and time.
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SETTING THE DATE FORMAT
Your pager is preset to display the date in the month/
day/year (M/D/Y) format, but you can set it to use the
D/M/Y format. To change the date format, follow these
steps.
1. At the standby display, press then repeatedly
press until Set Options appears.
2. Press , then repeatedly press until Calen-
dar: and the currently selected format (M/D/Y
or D/M/Y) appear.
3. Press . The currently selected date format
flashes.
4. Press to select the other date format, then
press to store your selection. The standby dis-
play reappears showing the date in the selected
format.
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SETTING THE MESSAGE ALERT
Your pager is preset to alert you by sounding one of
three audible alert patterns (Beep1); however, you
can set it to use any of these audible or silent alerts
(and you can set the alert length — see “Setting the
Alert Length” on Page 19).
Display Alert Type
Beep1 or Beep2 (audible)
Melody (audible)
Vibrate (silent)
Chirp/Vibrate (two beeps then silent)
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Selecting an Audible Alert
1. At the standby display, press . Set Alerts
appears and the last selected alert symbol
flashes.
2. Press .
Sound ON/OFF appears, and the cur-
rent setting (ON or OFF) flashes.
3. Press (if necessary) so ON flashes, then press
. Beep1, 2/Melody appears, and the cur-
rent setting flashes.
4. Repeatedly press to select Beep1, (Beep)2,
or Melody so that setting flashes, then press
to store the selected setting. The standby display
reappears showing the symbol for the selected
setting.
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Selecting a Silent Alert
1. At the standby display, press . Set Alerts
appears and the last selected alert symbol
flashes.
2. Press .
Sound ON/OFF appears, and the cur-
rent setting (ON or OFF) flashes.
3. Press (if necessary) so OFF flashes, then
press .
Chirp ON/OFF appears, and the
current setting (ON or OFF) flashes.
4. Press (if necessary) so OFF flashes to select
(vibrate) or ON flashes to select (chirp/
vibrate). Then press to store the selected set-
ting. The standby display reappears showing the
symbol for the selected setting.
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Using Audible/Silent Quick-Set
To quickly change the alert type from audible to silent
or silent to audible, at the standby display, press and
hold for a few seconds. Set Alerts appears
briefly, then the pager beeps and Sound ON or
Sound OFF appears briefly. Then the standby dis-
play reappears showing the current audible (ON) or si-
lent (OFF) alert pattern symbol.
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Setting the Alert Length
Your pager is preset to alert for about 30 seconds
when you receive a message or to remind you of an
unread message; however, you can set it to alert for
20 (“Short”), 32 (“Middle”), or 44 (“Long”) seconds.
Follow these steps to change the alert length.
1. At the standby display, press then repeatedly
press until Set Options appears.
2. Press so AR: (auto-reset) and the current
alert length (Short, Middle, or Long) appear.
3. Press so the current setting flashes, then
repeatedly press to select the desired setting.
4. Press to store your selection. The standby dis-
play reappears.
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OPERATION
TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF
To turn on the pager, press and hold for a few sec-
onds until Power ON appears on the display. The
pager sounds an alert tone or vibrates and briefly
turns on all indicators, then the standby display ap-
pears.
To turn off the pager, press and hold for a few sec-
onds until the pager beeps once (Set Alerts ap-
pears), then release and press it again within 2
seconds. Power OFF appears and the pager beeps,
then the display goes blank.
Notes:
• The pager does not receive messages or sound
at a set daily alarm time (see “Using the Daily
Alarm” on Page 35) when it is off.
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