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Cat. No. 17-7021
OWNER’S MANUAL
TM
PRO ENCORE!
PG 202 Numeric Pager
Please read before using this pager.
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17-7021.fm Page 2 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM INTRODUCTION Your Radio Shack Pro Encore PG 202 Numeric Pager lets you keep in touch with family and friends every- where you go (in the PageMart coverage area you choose) and is easy to operate. It can store up to 16 20-digit messages in memory, and you can protect im- portant messages so you do not accidentally erase them. Be sure you thoroughly read these instructions to en- sure that you fully understand how to use your pager. © 1995 Tand
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17-7021.fm Page 3 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM INSTALLING THE 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 the battery compartment lock up and slide the battery door in the direction of the arrow. The pager’s door hinges open. If you accidentally lift it so far that it pops off of the pager, simply snap it back into place. 2. Insert the battery’s positive end first, as indicated by
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17-7021.fm Page 4 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM 3. Close the battery door and slide the battery com- partment lock down to secure it. Notes: • To conserve battery power, turn the pager off when you are not using it. • The battery should provide about 850 to 950 hours of continuous use. A low battery alert sounds and the pager displays LO CELL when the battery’s power is low. When this oc- curs, replace the battery. Notes: • To save battery power, all pager alerts change to 2 seconds in l
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17-7021.fm Page 5 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM OPERATION A LOOK AT YOUR PAGER Display — turns the pager on/off, lets you read messages and select the displayed function. — press once to light the screen; press again to re- set to the standby screen. — scrolls through menus. 5
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17-7021.fm Page 6 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM TURNING ON THE PAGER Press to turn on your pager. Your pager alerts with either a tone or vibration. TURNING OFF THE PAGER Repeatedly press until the pager displays PAgEr OFF?. Press to turn off the pager. Previously re- ceived messages are not erased. However if you are paged while the pager is off, you do not receive the page. 6
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17-7021.fm Page 7 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM SELECTING AUDIBLE/SILENT ALERT From the date/time display, press until the pager displays either SILENT? or AUdIO?. • If the pager displays SILENT?, it is set to sound an alert tone. Press to make your pager vibrate when it receives a page. • If the pager displays AUdIO?, it is set to vibrate. Press to make your pager sound an alert tone when it receives a page. Set your pager to the silent mode when you are in meetings, church, or the th
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17-7021.fm Page 8 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM ALERT TONES Your pager has five different alert tones. If you select- ed the audible alert, follow these steps to select an alert tone. 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays SET ALErT?. 2. Press . The pager sounds the currently selected alert tone. 3. Repeatedly press until the pager sounds the alert tone you want. 4.Press . 8
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17-7021.fm Page 9 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM SETTING THE TIME You must set the time so the pager can time stamp your messages. 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays SET TIME?. 2. Press . The hour digits flash. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the hour. 3. Press . The first minute digit flashes. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the first minute digit. 4. Press . The second minute digit flashes. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the sec- ond minute dig
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17-7021.fm Page 10 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM 5.Press . A or P flashes in the display. Within 8 seconds, press to set the time of day to AM or PM. 6. Press twice. The pager displays the time and date. SETTING THE DATE 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays SET dATE?. 2. Press . The month flashes. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the month. 3. Press . The day flashes. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the day. 4. Press twice. The pager displays the time and d
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17-7021.fm Page 11 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM SETTING THE ALARM 1. Repeatedly press until the pager displays SET ALArM?. 2.Press . ON or OFF flashes in the display. Within 8 seconds, press to turn the alarm on or off. 3. Press . The hour digits flash. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the hour. 4. Press . The first minute digit flashes. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly press to set the first minute digit. 5. Press . The second minute digit flashes. Within 8 seconds, repeatedly p
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17-7021.fm Page 12 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM 6.Press . A or P flashes in the display. Within 8 seconds, press to set the time of day to AM or PM. 7. Press twice. The time and date appear on the display. The pager displays when you turn on the alarm. The pager gives a 20-second alert and displays ALARM at the set alarm time. The alarm sounds even if the pager is off. Press any button to stop the alert. 12
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17-7021.fm Page 13 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM RECEIVING PAGES AND READING MESSAGES When the pager receives a page, it alerts for 8 sec- onds. Press any button to stop the alert. The number of unread messages appears on the display. Press to display your message. If the pager displays , there is more information on the next screen. The pager automatically displays the next screen after 1 minute, or you can press to advance sooner. After you view your message, the pager displays the ti
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17-7021.fm Page 14 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM Press to scroll through other messages. After you read all the messages, the time and date appear on the display. Note: If you do not read a message, the pager alerts every 2 minutes and displays the number of unread messages (for example, 1 PAGE). 14
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17-7021.fm Page 15 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM PROTECTING/UNPROTECTING MESSAGES You can protect messages so they are not removed when you receive more messages than the available memory can store. To protect a message, press while the pager dis- plays the message you want to protect. The pager dis- plays PrOTECT?. Press to protect the message. The pager displays . To unprotect a message, press while the pager displays the message you want to unprotect. The pag- er displays UNPrOTECT
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17-7021.fm Page 16 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM ERASING MESSAGES There are two ways to erase messages: erase all and erase one. To erase all messages, repeatedly press until the pager displays ErASE ALL?. Press . All read, un- locked messages are erased from memory, and all other messages are moved to the first message slots. To erase one message, select the message, then press twice. The pager displays dELETE?. Press to erase the message. Note: You cannot erase a message that you have
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17-7021.fm Page 17 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM SPECIAL MESSAGES The pager has the following special messages. OVERFLOW—appears when the number of unread messages received is greater than the available mem- ory. When this occurs, any new message you receive bumps the oldest message out of memory. DUPLICATE—appears when the same message is received more than once. The new message remains with the latest time stamp and the older message is de- leted. TONE ONLY—appears when a page is receive
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17-7021.fm Page 18 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM PAGER IDEAS Give your pager number to friends and family. When they call your pager number, they can use their phone’s touch-tone keypad to enter the number where you can reach them. Your pager displays this number when you receive the page. You are in touch wherever you go in your PageMart coverage area. • Include your pager number on your telephone answering machine greeting. This way you can immediately receive important messages. • Leave
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17-7021.fm Page 19 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM • If you have a cellular phone, give out your pager number instead of your cellular number. Then you can decide who to call back on your cellular phone, without paying for incoming cellular calls. This can drastically reduce your monthly cellular bill. 19
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17-7021.fm Page 20 Wednesday, July 21, 1999 5:13 PM CARE AND MAINTENANCE • Keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids can contain minerals that corrode the electronic circuits. • Use and store the pager only in normal tempera- ture environments. Temperature extremes can shorten the life of electronic devices and distort or melt plastic parts. • Handle the pager gently and carefully. Dropping it can damage circuit boards and cases and can cause the pager to work impro
