unication Alpha Gold User manual

Display Zoom ................................................................... 7
Setting the Time and Date ....................................................... .7
Setting the Alarm .............................................................................8
Setting the Message Alar ........................................................... 9
Setting the Alert Mode ................................................................ 10
Setting the Alert Pattern............................................................. 10
Turning the Maildrop Alert On and Off ................................ 11
Deleting Messages from Memory ............................................ 11
Moving Messages toYour Notebooks ................................... 12
Deleting Messages From Your Notebook s ...................... 13
Setting PrivateTime .......................................................................13
Care of Your P ager.......................................................................... 16
Cleaning Your P ager...................................................................... 16
Repair and Maintenanc e................................................................ 17
Battery Information........................
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Alpha Gold
USER'SGUIDE
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Contents
Page
Getting the Most fromYour Pager ............................... 1
Display Symbols ......................................................... 2
Controls ......................................................................2
Pager Symbols............................................................3
TurningYour Pager On................................................4
TurningYour Pager Off................................................4
Receiving and R eadingYour Messages......................5
Using the Function Menu............................................6
Backlighting.................................................................6
Locking and Unlocking Messages ..............................6
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G etting the Mos t from Your P ager
*S pend a few minutes learning all of the functions
and mes s aging capabilities of your pager.
*G ive your pager number to your business as soci-
ates , friends , family, children's school, and the baby-
sitter so you can always be reached in an emer-
gency.
*Include your pager number on business cards and
on your voice mail.
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Dis play S ymbols
Controls
AddTo
Note-
book
Set
Message
Alarm
Choose
Alert
Set
Audible/
S ilent
Alert
Turn
Pager
Off
Escape
( to s ta tus
screen)
Delete All
Messages
Lock/
Unlock
Message
SetTime
and Alarm
Delete
Message
Left/Right
Directional
Buttons
Function/
S ele ct B utton
Read/
Escape/
Power On
Button
Up/Down
Directional
Buttons
Display
Zoom
Set
Private
Time

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Pager Symbols
Pager Status Symbols: (Left column)
ëPower On
ÍAudible Alert Mode
Private Time
ÖAlarm
Message Status Symbols:(Top two rows of display)
íLocked Message
ÕMaildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled)
VMaildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)
üMessage In Memory Indicator
éMemory Full Indicator
ÖAlarmed Message
Function Menu Symbols: (Bottom row of display)
ÈChoose Alert
ÑSetTime and Alarm
åSet Private Time
ÉSet Audible Alert
ÇSet Silent Alert
óTurn Pager Off
òEscape (to status screen)
ïDelete Message
ñDelete All Messages
íLock Message
ìUnlock Message
ÕMaildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled)
ÌMaildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled)
ÖSet Message Alarm
¶Add to Notebook
Other Symbols:
åEnter Private Time Menu and Private Time
Enabled
õPrivate Time Disabled
ô24 HourTime
AM AMTime
PM PMTime
ÃDisable Alarm
cEnable Alarm
ÇNo Message Alert (On Choose Alert Menu)
ÕChirping Alert (On Choose Alert Menu)
(Full Battery Gauge
,Low Battery Gauge
Errored Data Indicator
ÜMessage Continuation
Truncated Message
TurningYour Pager On
Press Ë.
Your pager alerts and shows ëin the left column of
the display.The time and date are shown at the bottom
of the display.
TurningYour Pager Off
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press äto move the cursor to ó.
➌Press Átwice to turn the pager off.
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Receiving and ReadingYour Messages
When a message is received, your pager alerts and
displays a flashingüsymbol.
➊Press any button to stop the alert.
➋Press Ëto display your message.
The pager automatically stores the message and the
time and date it is received.
A flashing arrow Üat the bottom right corner of the
screen indicates the message you are reading contin-
ues beyond the four lines of the display.
Press Ëto advance to the next screen of the mes-
sage.
Press to read your message line by line.
Press and hold Ëto rapidly scroll through your mes-
sage, screen by screen.
If more than one message exists, press äor ãto
select the message you want to read.The symbol Ó
indicates the location of the message. Press Ëto
display your message.While reading your messages,
you can press Hor Ito view the previous or next
message.
A flashing ësymbol indicates you have a message
that has not been read.The pager alerts at predeter-
mined intervals to remind you of any unread mes-
sages.
Alpha Gold pagers store up to 19 personal messages
in memory.
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Using the Function Menu
Press Áto display the function menu.
The function menu gives you access to the many features
of your pager through a series of symbols and prompts.
For example, when the function menu screen is first dis-
played, the òsymbol flashes, indicating the present
position of the cursor.You can now press äor ãto
move the cursor within the function menu.
NOTE:To exit from any menu without making changes,
press Ë.
Backlighting
The pager’s backlight illuminates in low-light condi-
tions when any button is pressed.You can manually
activate or deactivate the backlight at any time by
pressing and holding Áfor two seconds. If no other
buttons are pressed, the backlight automatically turns
off when the pager returns to the standby mode.
Locking and Unlocking Messages
Up to 10 messages can be locked in memory, preventing
them from being replaced when memory is full (indicated
by the ésymbol).
➊Press Ë.
➋Press äor ãto select the message to lock.
➌Press Áto display the function menu.
➍Press ãto move the cursor to lock (í) or unlock
(ì).
➎Press Áto lock or unlock the message.
➏The symbol íor ìis displayed, indicating the status
of the message in memory.
1Display Zoom On
4Display Zoom Off
INTRODU
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INTR
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When this feature is enabled, the standard 4-line display
is converted to a 2-line display. The characters are
enlarged vertically, increasing message readability.
To Enable Display Zoom:
GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
From the Function menu, press to move the
cursor to
GETTING STARTED
➊
GETTING STARTED
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GETTING STARTED
1.
GETTING STARTED
910
GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
Press Display zoom is now active.
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➋
GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
GETTING STARTED
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Setting theTime and Date
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press äto move the cursor to Ñ.
➌Press Áto display the set-time screen.
➍Press ãto move the cursor to the hour digit.
➎Press or to adjust the hour.
➏Press ãto move the cursor to the minute digit.
➐Press or to adjust the minute.
➑Repeat the process for each set of digits: AM/PM/
24 hr., month/day/year.
➒Press Áto activate the time and date change.
If you move the cursor past the last symbol in the row
(far right), it automatically wraps around and displays
at the first symbol in the beginning of the same row (far
left).
NOTE:To exit from any menu without making changes,
press Ë.
●Ñ22:23ô05/06/96●
Ã0:00ô--/--/--
SET TIME
Example of Set-Time Screen
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Setting the Message Alarm
This feature allows you to set a one-time or a daily
alarm for a particular personal message.You can set
an alarm for up to five personal messages.
To set a one-time message alarm:
➊Press Ë.
➋Press äor ãto select the message you want to
alarm.
➌Press Áto display the function menu.
➍Press ãto move the cursor to Ö.
➎Press Áto display the set-message-alarm screen.
When the screen is first displayed, the cursor is at the
far left position.
This symbol defines the alarm status—either alarm
enabled (c) or alarm disabled (Ã).
➏From the set-message-alarm screen, follow the
same steps described in Setting the Alarm.
To set a daily message alarm:
Follow the instructions above to set the alarm time,
then follow the instructions in “To set the alarm to alert
daily”under Setting the Alarm.
The bsymbol replaces the msymbol when the mes-
sage alarm is set.
At the selected time, your pager vibrates or emits a 12-
second alert, depending on the current alert mode.
Press Jto display the message for which the alarm is
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Setting the Alert Mode
The alert can be set as either audible or silent.
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press äto move the cursor to Éor Œ.
The Ésymbol is displayed if the pager is in the silent alert
mode (prompting you to enter the audible mode, if
desired).The Œsymbol is displayed if the pager is in the
audible alert mode (prompting you to enter the silent
mode, if desired).
➌Press Áto select the desired alert mode.
If the selected mode is audible (É), your pager emits a
short chirp. If the selected mode is silent (Œ) and your
pager is equipped with a vibrator, your pager vibrates.
Setting the Alert Pattern
NOTE: The pager must be in the audible alert mode to
select the alert pattern.
Your pager has a standard alert (1), seven different pleas-
ing alerts (2 through 8), and a chirping alert (Õ), allowing
you to select and change the alert.You can also select no
alert (Œ).
To change your alert:
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press äto move the cursor to È, then press Á.
➌Pressäor ãto move thecursor tothe desiredalert.
The pager gives a sample of each alert when scrolling
through the selections.
➍Press Áto activate the alert.
GETTING STARTED
The msymbol replaces the bsymbol after the alarm
has sounded unless the alarm is set to alert daily .
NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl-
edged, the Öflashes until the message is read.
NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl-
edged, the Ösymbol flashes until any button is
pressed.
NOTE:To exit from any menu without making changes,
press Ë.
Setting the Alarm
The alarm on your pager can be set for a specific time
and date, or it can be used as a daily alarm.
To set the alarm for a specific time and date:
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press äto move the cursor to Ñ.
➌Press Áto display the set-time-and-alarm screen.
➍Press to move the cursor to Ö.
The alarm symbol defines the alarm status—either
alarm enabled (c) or alarm disabled (Ã).
➎Press ãto move the cursor to Ö.
➏Press or to enable or disable the alarm.
➐Press ãto move the cursor to the hour digit.
➑Repeat the process for each entry (minute, AM/PM,
and date).
➒Press Áto activate your selection.The Ösymbol
is shown on the display.
At the selected time, your pager emits a 12-second
audible alert even if the pager is in the silent mode.
To set the alarm to alert daily:
Follow the steps previously described, except when
setting the date, press for the date entries until you
see a blank month, day, and year (--/--/--).The alarm is
now set to alert every day at this specified time.
Ñ22:23ô05/06/96
●Ã0:00ô--/--/--●
SET ALARM
Example of Set-Time-and-Alarm Screen
All new and stored messages including notebook
messages are displayed in a 2-line format. Pager
prompts are not enlarged in the zoom mode.
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Display Zoom

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Turning the Maildrop Alert On and Off
You can set your pager to alert when a maildrop (also
known as information service) message is received.
➊Press Ë.
➋Press to move the cursor to Õ.
➌Press Áto display the function menu.
➍Press ãto move the cursor to the alert on (Õ) or
alert off (Ì) symbol.
The symbol Õis displayed if the maildrop alert is on
(prompting you to turn it off, if desired).
The symbol Ìis displayed if the maildrop alert is off
(prompting you to turn it on, if desired).
➎Press Áto select the desired maildrop alert mode.
Deleting Messages from Memory
You can delete an unlocked and un-alarmed message
from memory while you are viewing the message or
through the function menu.
To delete messages using the function menu:
➊Press äor ãto select the message you want to
delete from memory.
➋Press Áto display the function menu.
➌Press ãto move the cursor to ï.
➍Press Áto receive confirmation of the request.
➎Press Áto delete the message.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 j r
PLEASING ALERT
Example of the Alert Pattern Screen
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To delete all unlocked, un-alarmed and read
messages from memory:
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press ãto move the cursor to ñ.
➌Press Átwice.
All unlocked, un-alarmed and read messages are now
deleted.
NOTE: Personal and maildrop notebooks are not
deleted with this feature.
Moving Messages toYour Notebooks
Your pager has two notebook areas: a personal note-
book for storing personal messages, and a maildrop
notebook for storing information service messages.
To store a message in your personal notebook:
➊Press Ë.
➋Press äor ãto move the cursor to select the mes-
sage you desire to move into your personal note-
book.
➌Press Áto display the function menu.
➍Press ãto move the cursor to ¶.
➎Press Áto move the message into your personal
notebook.
The ¶symbol is shown in the top right-hand corner of
the display.
To store a message in the maildrop (information
service) notebook:
Follow the same steps as described for storing per-
sonal notebook messages.
The ¶symbol is shown in the second row, right-hand
corner of the display.
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Deleting Messages fromYour Notebooks
➊Press ãto move the cursor to ¶.
➋Press Ëto display a list of notebook messages.
➌Press For Gto scroll through the list until Kis dis-
played at the notebook message you want to delete.
➍Press Áto display the function menu.
➎Press ãto move the cursor to ï.
➏Press Áto confirm the delete request.
➐Press Áto delete the message. Repeat these
steps to delete each message.
Setting Private Time
To set your pager’s Private Time feature, proceed as fol-
lows:
ON OFF
õ0:00ô0:00ô
Example of Private Time Screen
➐Repeat the process for each set of digits for both the
on time and the off time (hour, minute, AM/PM if
your pager is set to display time in the 12 hour
mode).
➑Press Áto activate Private Time.
The åsymbol is displayed if the Private Time function
is enabled. If the on time is equal to the off time,
the pager does not enable the Private Time function.
Other Features
Battery Gauge:The battery gauge indicator is located
on the status screen and keeps you informed of the
battery energy level.The five indicators range from full
to low: ((full), )(3/4), *(1/2), +(1/4),
and , (low).
Key Click: When this feature is enabled, and the
pager is in the audible mode, a “click” is emitted when-
ever a button is pressed.The click is not heard when
the pager is in the silent mode.
Errored Data Indicator:The úsymbol displays when
potentially corrupt data is received.The indicator alter-
nates with the corrupted character.
You can select a time period during which your pager is completely
silent .Your pager still receives messages but is does not alert. The
pager alerts only if an alarm expires or a priority message is received.
➍Press or to select åor õ.
➎Press ãto move the cursor to the hour digit.The
Private On time is displayed on the left and the
Private Off time is displayed on the right.
➏Press or to adjust the hour.
➊Press Áto display the function menu.
➋Press äto move the cursor to å.
➌Press Áto display the Private Time screen.
When the screen is first displayed, the cursor is at the
farthest left position.The enabled (å) or disabled (õ)
symbol indicates the current status.
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Maildrop History:When this option is enabled, the
pager stores up to five history files per maildrop (infor-
mation services) slot selected.When a new maildrop
message is received on a specific slot, the existing
message is “pushed”into the history area and the new
message is stored in the maildrop slot. When a sixth
history file is received, the oldest history file is deleted.
Battery Information
Your pager is designed to operate with a single AA-size
alkaline battery (carbon zinc batteries are not recom-
mended).See the diagram on the following page for the
battery door location.
To install or replace the battery, place the pager face
down and proceed as follows:
➊Unlock the battery door by sliding the door latch
away from the battery door.
➋Slide the battery door in the direction of the arrow
(toward the outer edge).
➌Lift the battery door away from the housing to
remove it.Lift the battery out of the battery compart-
ment, taking note of the positive (+) and negative (-)
markings on the battery and the pager housing.
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To install a new battery, reverse this procedure, taking
note of the positive (+) and negative (-) markings.
CAUTION: Do not insert the battery backwards or the
messages stored or locked in memory will be erased.
Care ofYour Pager
To maintain the fine optical quality of the display in the
pager, do not subject it to extreme temperatures and
moisture.
CleaningYour Pager
To clean smudges and grime from the exterior of the
housing,useasoft,nonabrasive cloth moistened in a mild
soap and water solution.Rinse the surface using a sec-
ond cloth moistened in clean water. Do not immerse the
pager in water. Do not use any other cleaning solu-
tions.
Alpha Gold Pager Battery
Replacement (rear view)
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Repair and Maintenance
Your pager, properly handled, is capable of many
years of trouble-free service.
However, If your pager ever requires service, please
call Unication customer care at 886-2-22999678.
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Anyone intending to use a radio in a location
where hazardous concentrations of flammable mate-
rials exist (hazardous atmosphere) is advised to
become familiar with the subject of intrinsic safety
and with the National Electric Code NFPA 70
(National Fire Protection Association) Article 500
(hazardous [classified] locations).
UL Approval labels are attached to the Alpha Gold
Pager to identify the unit as being UL Approved for
specified hazardous atmospheres. This label speci-
fies the hazardous Class/Division/Group which will
appear as follows:
RAD DEV FOR HAZ LOC
DIV2, I, A,B,C,D II F.G
Substitution of Components may impair Intrinsic
safety.
The following is the Approved battery listing
to be used for the UL Approved Alpha Gold
1.5AA ALK, Duracell MN2400 or Energizer E92
• Do not operate equipment in a hazardous
atmosphere unless it is a type especially
qualified (for example, UL Approved) for such
use. An explosion or fire may result.
• Do not operate a UL Approved Product in a
hazardous atmosphere if it has been physi-
cally damaged (for example, cracked hous-
ing). An explosion or fire may result.
• Do not replace or charge batteries in a haz-
ardous atmosphere. Contact sparking may
occur while installing or removing batteries
and cause an explosion or fire.
!
W A R N I N G
!
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• Do not replace or change accessories in a
hazardous atmosphere. Contact sparking
may occur while installing or removing acces-
sories and cause an explosion or fire.
• Turn a radio off before removing or installing
a battery or accessory.
• Do not disassemble a UL Approved Product
unit in any way that exposes the internal
electrical circuits of the unit.
• Do not substitute components. This could
void the intrinsic safety rating.
Regulatory Agency Compliance
This device complies with part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may
not cause harmful interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause unde-
sired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reason-
able protection against harmful interference in
a residential installation. This equipment gen-
erates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accor-
dance with the instructions, may cause harm-
ful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interfer-
ence will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interfer-
ence to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equip-
ment and receiver
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/
TV technician for help.
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