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- Page 1 17-9026.fm Page 1 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 17-9026 Cat. No. OWNER’S MANUAL ™ WordLine FLX Alphanumeric Pager Please read before using this pager.
- Page 2 17-9026.fm Page 2 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack WordLine FLX Alphanumeric Pager lets the office and family and friends keep in touch with you anywhere around town. It can store up to 16 alphanumeric messages and alerts you with a gentle vibration, a chirp, one of seven tone patterns, or a tone that gradually increases in volume.
- Page 3 17-9026.fm Page 3 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Your pager uses “flex” technology — the latest in pag- ing technology — to extend battery life up to four times longer than ordinary pagers, saving you time and money. The pager also has these features: Silent Alert —...
- Page 4 17-9026.fm Page 4 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Message Lock — lets you protect up to 8 messages from accidental deletion. Clock — displays the current time when you are not viewing a message and when the pager is off. Duplicate Message —...
- Page 5 17-9026.fm Page 5 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Note: You need one AAA battery (not supplied) to power your pager.
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
17-9026.fm Page 6 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM CONTENTS Getting Started ............8 Subscribing to Service .......... 8 Installing a Battery ..........9 A Look at Your Pager ..........12 Indicators ............13 Preparation ............... 15 Setting the Time and Date ........15 Selecting the Alert Type ........ - Page 7 17-9026.fm Page 7 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Reading Information Services Messages ... 28 Turning the Alert On and Off ....... 31 Setting a Bookmark ........31 Deleting Messages ..........32 Deleting Individual Messages ..... 32 Deleting All Messages ......... 33 Using the Alarm ..........
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Page 8: Getting Started
17-9026.fm Page 8 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM GETTING STARTED SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subscribe to paging service through Page- Mart before you can start receiving pages. You can select either alphanumeric or numeric service. If you select numeric, callers can only send messages using a touch-tone phone. -
Page 9: Installing A Battery
17-9026.fm Page 9 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 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 recommended type. - Page 10 17-9026.fm Page 10 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 2. Slide the battery cover lock away from the cover to unlock it. Then slide off the battery cover in the direction of the arrow marked on it. Battery Cover Lock 3.
- Page 11 17-9026.fm Page 11 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM When battery power becomes low, the pager displays . You have about 5 days of battery power left when this warning first appears, depending on use. Hint: To save power, turn off the pager (or set it to au- tomatically turn off the alert function) when you are not using it.
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Page 12: A Look At Your Pager
17-9026.fm Page 12 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM A LOOK AT YOUR PAGER Mode Select Read/Power Button Button Button Press the mode button ( ) to access and scroll through the pager’s menus. Press the select button ( ) to select a message or menu option. - Page 13 17-9026.fm Page 13 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Press the read/power button ( ) to turn on the pager or view messages, or hold it down for about 1 second to turn on the light. Vibrate mode Delete all mode Controls menu selected Protected mes-...
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Page 14: Indicators
17-9026.fm Page 14 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM INDICATORS Your pager displays the following general symbols. Bookmarked Alarm off information ser- vices message Alarm on or Alarms menu Alert-activated selected information ser- vices message Message continuation Audible alert mode Chirp alert mode or Alerts menu selected... - Page 15 17-9026.fm Page 15 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM The pager also displays these symbols for specific message types. Each symbol is shown both selected (highlighted) and unselected. Information ser- vices message (main indicator) Alphanumeric message Locked message Information ser- vices message...
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Page 16: Preparation
17-9026.fm Page 16 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM PREPARATION SETTING THE TIME AND DATE Press to turn on the pager (if it is off), then follow these steps to set the current time and date. Note: If you do not press a button within about 8 or 30 seconds (depending on the step) while setting the time and date or any of the pager’s other features, the pager stores any changes made to that point and re-... -
Page 17: Selecting The Alert Type
17-9026.fm Page 17 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Repeat this step to set the minutes, 12/24 hour indicator ( for AM, for PM, or blank for 24-hour time), month, and day. 4. When you finish, press to store the settings. SELECTING THE ALERT TYPE You can have the pager alert you by vibrating, or by sounding one of seven tone patterns, a single chirp,... - Page 18 17-9026.fm Page 18 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 2. Press . The name of the first alert type VIBRATE? ) appears. 3. To have the pager vibrate when you receive a page , simply press appears. To have the pager sound one of seven tone pat- terns , press once so AUDIO?
- Page 19 17-9026.fm Page 19 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM To have the pager sound an alert that gradually increases in volume , repeatedly press until appears. Then press ESCALERT? appears. To have the pager not alert , repeatedly press until NO ALERT? appears.
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Page 20: Operation
17-9026.fm Page 20 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM OPERATION TURNING THE PAGER ON/OFF To turn on the pager , press . The pager vibrates or sounds whichever alert tone is currently set, briefly displays the start-up message (programmed by your dealer), then the power indicator ( ) and time/date display appear. -
Page 21: Turning On The Light
17-9026.fm Page 21 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM TURNING ON THE LIGHT To turn on the light, hold down for about 1 sec- ond. The light automatically turns off after about 8 seconds if you do not press another key. -
Page 22: Receiving/Reading Messages
17-9026.fm Page 22 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM RECEIVING/READING MESSAGES When the pager receives a message, it displays a message summary with a flashing message marker ( ) to represent the new message. And, depending on the alert type you selected, the pager alerts you in one of these ways: •... - Page 23 17-9026.fm Page 23 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM The message summary disappears about 3 seconds after the alert ends. To display the summary again (at any time), press The message summary includes a marker ( ) for each message stored in the pager’s memory, and the marker for each new (unread) message flashes.
- Page 24 17-9026.fm Page 24 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM To read the selected message , simply press . The pager briefly displays up to the first 14 characters of the message, the message number (such as ), and the time it was received. If appears (meaning the message contains more than 14 characters), press again or wait about 3 seconds to see the rest of...
- Page 25 17-9026.fm Page 25 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Notes: • If you do not press a key for more than 3 seconds while viewing a message, the time/date display (or the overflow character display) appears. • If you lock a message, its marker appears as appears while you read it.
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Page 26: Duplicate Messages
17-9026.fm Page 26 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Duplicate Messages If your pager receives a message that is the same as one already stored in memory (read or unread), it im- mediately saves the duplicate message using the message marker of the original record. When you press to read that message, the pager first dis- plays... -
Page 27: If Memory Becomes Full
17-9026.fm Page 27 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM If Memory Becomes Full Your pager can store up to 16 messages at once. If the pager’s memory becomes full (when it receives the sixteenth message), the pager displays MEMORY . Press any key to clear from FULL MEMORY FULL... -
Page 28: Locking And Unlocking Messages
17-9026.fm Page 28 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM LOCKING AND UNLOCKING MESSAGES Follow these steps to protect a message from being accidentally deleted or replaced (if the memory is full). You can lock up to 8 messages. 1. Display the message you want to protect, then press . -
Page 29: Reading Information Services Messages
17-9026.fm Page 29 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM To escape to the time/date display without locking the message, press When you display a locked message or select (high- light) its marker on the message summary, also appears. To unlock a message, repeat these steps. UNLOCK? appears in Step 1, and the original marker ( ) reap-... - Page 30 17-9026.fm Page 30 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM • Group 3: News • Group 4: Sports • Group 5: Entertainment When the information services memory is full, new messages replace the old ones. Note: Information services providers, content, and up- date schedules could change without notice.
- Page 31 17-9026.fm Page 31 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 2. Press again to enter the information services menu. The newest unread message is high- lighted ( 3. Press to move to the message you want to read, if necessary. The message slot number appears.
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Page 32: Turning The Alert On And Off
17-9026.fm Page 32 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Turning the Alert On and Off You can set an alert for each information services message slot. Display the message in the information services mes- sage slot where you want to set an alert. Repeatedly press until CHIRP ON? or CHIRP OFF? appears. -
Page 33: Deleting Messages
17-9026.fm Page 33 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM When you press for the information services menu, appears for a bookmarked message. After you read the entire message, the bookmark disap- pears. DELETING MESSAGES You can delete unlocked messages one at a time, or all at once. -
Page 34: Deleting All Messages
17-9026.fm Page 34 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Note: To escape to the time/date display without deleting the message, press Deleting All Messages Important: This procedure deletes all unlocked mes- sages. Be sure you lock any messages that you want to save before you follow these steps. -
Page 35: Using The Alarm
17-9026.fm Page 35 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 3. To erase all unlocked messages, press again. The time/date display reappears. To escape to the time/date display without delet- ing the messages, press USING THE ALARM You can set your pager to sound an alarm on a specif- ic day, or every day, at up to three different times. -
Page 36: Setting The Alarm Time(S)
17-9026.fm Page 36 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Setting the Alarm Time(s) Note: If you make a mistake in any step, repeatedly press to select the incorrect setting (so it flashes), then repeat the necessary step to correct the setting. 1. - Page 37 17-9026.fm Page 37 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 5. Repeatedly press (or hold down) to set the hour, then press . The minute digits flash. 6. Repeatedly press (or hold down) to set the minutes, then press 7. If the pager is set to use the 12-hour format , flashes.
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Page 38: Turning The Alarm(S) On/Off
17-9026.fm Page 38 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM To set the alarm to sound every day , repeatedly press (or hold down) until ––/–– appears. 9. To set another alarm, repeatedly (if necessary) press until the alarm number flashes, then repeat Steps 3–8. -
Page 39: Special Features
17-9026.fm Page 39 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM SPECIAL FEATURES USING PRIVATE TIME You can set the pager for private time, so the pager will not sound when it receives an alert between cer- tain times. Setting the On/Off Times 1. - Page 40 17-9026.fm Page 40 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM 4. Repeatedly press to set the on hour, then press . The on minutes flash. 5. Repeatedly press to set the on minutes, then press . The AM/PM indicator flashes. 6. Press to select for AM or for PM (if neces-...
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Page 41: Turning Private Time On And Off
17-9026.fm Page 41 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Turning Private Time On and Off 1. At the time/date display, press , then repeatedly press until PRIVATE TIME? appears. 2. Press . The set on and off times appear, and the off ( ) or on ( ) indicator flashes. -
Page 42: Changing The Message Scroll Setting
17-9026.fm Page 42 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM CHANGING THE MESSAGE SCROLL SETTING Your pager can display up to 14 characters of a mes- sage at one time, and it is preset to display overflow characters when you press again;... - Page 43 17-9026.fm Page 43 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Follow these steps to change the message scroll set- ting. 1. At the time/date display, press SCROLL? appears. 2. Press SCROLL 1 appears. 3. To select the displayed setting , simply press To select a different setting , repeatedly press until you see that setting, then press The time/date display reappears.
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Page 44: Pager Ideas
17-9026.fm Page 44 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM PAGER IDEAS Include your pager number in your answering ma- chine or voice mail messages. This way, you can re- ceive important messages immediately. Leave your pager number at your children’s school and with the baby-sitter so you can always be reached in an emergency. -
Page 45: Care
17-9026.fm Page 45 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM CARE To enjoy your pager for a long time: • Keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. • Use and store the pager only in normal tempera- ture environments. -
Page 46: Fcc Information
17-9026.fm Page 46 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM FCC INFORMATION Your pager might cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating properly. To determine whether your pager is causing the interference, turn off the pager. If the interference goes away, your pager is causing it. - Page 47 17-9026.fm Page 47 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules . Op- eration is subject to the following conditions: (1) this device may not cause any harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept interference received, in- cluding interference that may cause undesired opera- tion.
- Page 48 17-9026.fm Page 48 Friday, July 23, 1999 4:32 PM Manufactured under one or more of the U.S. patents listed inside the product’s battery compartment. Other patents pending. RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation Fort Worth, Texas 76102 9/97 Printed in the USA...