Radio Shack PGL-302 ULTRA EXPRESS Numeric 17-8022 User manual

Cat. No. 17-8022/17-8023
OWNER’S MANUAL
PGL-302 Ultra Express Numeric
Local Pager
Please read before using this pager.
TM
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INTRODUCTION
Your PGL-302 Ultra Express Numeric Local Pager lets
you keep in touch with the office and with family and
friends anywhere around town. It can store up to 16
messages and alerts you with either a gentle vibration
or one offive beep patterns. Italso hasthese features:
Daily Alarm—lets you set the pager to sound an
alarm at a set time.
Low Battery Indicator— lets you know when the bat-
tery is low.
Clock—displays the current date and time, when you
are not viewing a message.
©1995 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
Ultra Express is a trademark of Motorola, Inc.
Radio Shack is a registered trademark
used by Tandy Corporation.
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Message Protect—lets you protect up to eight mes-
sages from accidental deletion.
Automatic Page Reset—stops a page after 20 sec-
onds if you do not press a button.
Page Reminder—beeps or vibrates every 2 minutes
to remind you to view unread pages.
Automatic Pager Power—lets you set the pager to
turn on and off at specific times every day.
Be sure you thoroughly read these instructions to en-
sure that you fully understand your pager’s operation.
Note: Youneed one AAA battery to power your pager.
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GETTING STARTED
SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE
You must subscribe to local paging service through
PageMart before you can start receiving pages.
To activate your pager, call PageMart’s at 1-800-99-
RSPAGE.
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INSTALLING A BATTERY
Your pager requires one AAA battery. For the best per-
formance, we recommend an alkaline battery such as
Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-555.
1. Slide off the battery cover in the direction of the
arrow.
2. Remove the old battery, if necessary, and dis-
pose of it properly.
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3. Insert the new battery as indicated by the polarity
symbols (+ and –) marked beside the compart-
ment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Notes:
• The built-in memory saver stores messages and
settings for a short time while you change the
battery.
• Turn off the pager when you are not using it. See
“Automatic Operation.”
• A battery should last for 850 to 950 hours of use.
When battery power becomes low, the pager displays
. You have about 1 week’s battery power left
when this warning first appears.
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PAGER QUICK GUIDE
Press the read/select button ( ) to turn on the pag-
er, view pages, and select menu options.
Press the mode button ( ) to access the pager’s
menus.
Press the light/reset button ( ) to turn on the light.
Press it twice to return to the time/date display.
Read/Select
Button Mode Button Light/Reset Button
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INDICATORS
Your pager displays the following symbols.
Audible mode
Vibrate (silent) mode
Protected message
Message continuation
Erase all messages
Delete individual message
Pager alarm activated
Automatic power feature
Low battery indicator
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PREPERATION
SETTING THE DATE
Press to turn on the pager, then follow these steps
to set the current date.
Note: If you do not press a button within 10 seconds,
the pager returns to the time/date display.
1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press
until the pager displays SET dATE?.
2. Press . The month digits flash.
3. Repeatedly press to select the current month.
4. Press . The day digits flash.
5. Repeatedly press to select the current day.
6. Press twice to return to the time/date display.
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SETTING THE TIME
Press to turn on the pager, then follow these steps
to set the current time.
Note: If you do not set the time, the pager incorrectly
reports the times of your pages.
1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press
until the pager displays SET TIME?.
2. Press . The hour digits flash.
3. Repeatedly press to select the current hour.
4. Press . The first minute digit flashes.
5. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit.
6. Press . The second minute digit flashes.
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7. Repeatedly press to select the correct digit.
8. Press .
Aor Pflashes if the pager is set to the
12-hour format.
9. Press to select the desired time of day (Afor
AM or Pfor PM).
10. Press . The pager displays 12 HOURS or 24
HOURS.
11. Press to select the desired time format (12-
hour with AM/PM or 24-hour).
12. Press twice to return to the time/date display.
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SELECTING SILENT OR TONE
ALERT
You can have your pager alert you by vibrating or by
sounding one of five tone patterns.
To have the pager vibrate when you receive a page,at
the time/date display, press . If the pager is current-
ly set to sound tones, it displays SILENT?. Press
to switch to silent alerts. The pager vibrates briefly,and
the indicator turns on.
To have the pager sound tones when you receive a
page, at the time/date display, press . If the pager
is currently set to vibrate, it displays AUdIO?. Press
to switch to tone alerts. The pager beeps, and the
indicator turns on.
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Selecting the Tone Pattern
When you set the pager to sound tones for pages, you
have a choice of five tone patterns. To select a tone
pattern:
1. Select tone alert (see “Selecting Silent or Tone
Alert”).
2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays
SET ALERT?.
3. Press to hear the currently selected pattern.
4. Repeatedly press to select a different pattern.
Each time you press , the pager sounds the
selected pattern and displays ALERT 1,
ALERT 2, ALERT 3, ALERT 4, or ALERT 5.
5. When you hear the pattern you want, press
twice to return to the time/date display.
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OPERATION
TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF
Press to turn on the pager. The pager sounds an
alert tone or vibrates and briefly turns on all indicators.
To turn off the pager, repeatedly press until the
pager displays PAGER OFF?. Then press . The
or indicator turns off.
Notes:
• The time and date appear when the pager is off.
• The pager does not receive pages when it is off.
TURNING ON THE LIGHT
To turn on the light, press . The pager’s light turns
on for 8 seconds. Press
again to turn it offsooner.
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RECEIVING AND READING
MESSAGES
When the pager receives a page, it alerts (beeps or vi-
brates) for 8 seconds. Press any button to stop the
alert sooner. The pager displays the number of unread
pages.
The pager briefly alerts every 2 minutes until you view
the message.
Press to display the message. If it contains more
than 12 digits, repeatedly press to see the rest of
the message. The last screen of the page gives the
message’s number and time.
To read additional messages, press again.
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Tone Only Messages
If your pager receives a message that does not have
any numbers, it displays TONE ONLY.
Unreadable Messages
If yourpager receives a message that is partially or to-
tally unreadable, it does not display the unreadable
parts.
PROTECTING AND
UNPROTECTING MESSAGES
Follow these steps to protect amessageso you cannot
delete it.
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1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the
message you want to protect.
2. Repeatedly press until the pager displays
PROTECT?.
3. Press to protect the message.
To unprotect the message, follow the above steps. In
Step 2, the pager displays UNPROTECT?.
DELETING MESSAGES
You can delete single messages, or all unprotected
messages.
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Deleting Individual Messages
1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the
message you want to delete.
2. Press until the pager displays dELETE?.
3. Press to delete the message.
Deleting All Unprotected Messages
1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press
until the pager displays ERASE ALL?.
2. Press to delete the messages.
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AUTOMATIC OPERATION
You can set your pager to automatically turn on and off
at specific times every day. To do so, select automatic
operation and set the desired on and off times.
Selecting Automatic Operation
Follow these steps to select automatic operation.
1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press
until the pager displays PAGER AUTO?.
2. Press to select automatic operation.
To return to manual operation, repeat these steps. The
pager displays PGR MANUAL? in Step 1.
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Setting the Automatic On and Off Times
1. At the time/date display, repeatedly press
until the pager displays SET AUTO?.
2. Press . The pager displays the currently set
on and off times with the on time’s hour flashing.
3. Repeatedly press until the pager displays the
desired time. Then press to make the next
digit flash.
Repeat this step until the pager displays the
desired on and off times.
4. Press twice to return to the time/date display.
Note: The pager only turns on and off automatically if
you turn on this function. See“Selecting AutomaticOp-
eration.”
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