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Cat. No.

17-9026

OWNER’S MANUAL

WordLine FLX

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Alphanumeric Pager

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Summary of Contents for RadioShack WordLine FLX

Page 1: ...Please read before using this pager Cat No 17 9026 OWNER S MANUAL WordLine FLX Alphanumeric Pager 17 9026 fm Page 1 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 2: ...d alphanumeric messages to your pager three ways leave a message with the operator at your message center send a message using a computer and modem or use a hard terminal You can also receive information services messages on your pager including sports scores top news sto ries and entertainment updates 1997 Tandy Corporation All Rights Reserved RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Co...

Page 3: ...te so you can avoid disturbing others Three Alarms lets you set up to three different alarms to sound at the desired times on a specific day or every day Private Time lets you set the pager to automatical ly turn its alert function off and on once every day at the times you select During private time the pager si lently stores any messages it receives Low Battery Indicator lets you know when the b...

Page 4: ... message more than once Adjustable Message Scroll Speed lets you set the pager to display messages line by line or scroll the message across the display at one of three speeds you select Page Reminder beeps or vibrates every 2 min utes for up to 30 minutes to remind you to view un read pages Automatic Page Reset stops a page after about 15 seconds if you do not press a button 17 9026 fm Page 4 Fri...

Page 5: ...5 Note You need one AAA battery not supplied to power your pager 17 9026 fm Page 5 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 6: ...ration 15 Setting the Time and Date 15 Selecting the Alert Type 16 Operation 19 Turning the Pager On Off 19 Turning on the Light 20 Receiving Reading Messages 21 Duplicate Messages 25 Tone Only Unreadable Messages 25 If Memory Becomes Full 26 Locking and Unlocking Messages 27 17 9026 fm Page 6 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 7: ...sages 32 Deleting All Messages 33 Using the Alarm 34 Setting the Alarm Time s 35 Turning the Alarm s On Off 37 Special Features 38 Using Private Time 38 Setting the On Off Times 38 Turning Private Time On and Off 40 Changing the Message Scroll Setting 41 Pager Ideas 43 Care 44 FCC Information 45 17 9026 fm Page 7 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 8: ...ugh 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 To activate your pager call PageMart at 1 800 99 RSPAGE 17 9026 fm Page 8 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 9: ...e required size and recommended type Notes The built in memory saver stores messages and settings for up to 5 minutes while you change the battery or after the battery loses power Be careful because if you accidentally install the battery backward the pager loses all messages and settings 1 If the pager is on press to turn it off so only the date and time appear 17 9026 fm Page 9 Friday July 23 19...

Page 10: ...f the arrow marked on it 3 Put a battery in the compartment as indicated by the polarity symbols and marked inside The pager turns on vibrates or sounds a brief alert and briefly displays the preprogrammed start up message 4 Replace the cover and lock it BatteryCover Lock 17 9026 fm Page 10 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 11: ...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 See Turning the Pager On Off on Page 20 or Using Private Time on Page 39 17 9026 fm Page 11 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 12: ...GER Press the mode button to access and scroll through the pager s menus Press the select button to select a message or menu option Mode Button Select Button Read Power Button 17 9026 fm Page 12 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 13: ...enu selected Protected mes sage Power on Low battery Private time activated 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 17 9026 fm Page 13 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 14: ...ols Alarm off Alarm on or Alarms menu selected Message continuation Audible alert mode Chirp alert mode or Alerts menu selected Bookmarked information ser vices message Alert activated information ser vices message 17 9026 fm Page 14 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 15: ...r 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 17 9026 fm Page 15 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 16: ...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 turns to the time date display 1 At the time date display press TIME DATE appears and flashes 2 Press The time and date appear and the hour digits flash 3 Repeatedly press until the pager displays the correct hour Then press for the next digits to flash 17 9026 fm Page 16 Fri...

Page 17: ... have the pager alert you by vibrating or by sounding one of seven tone patterns a single chirp or a tone that gradually increases in volume You can also set the pager to not alert you Press to turn on the pager if it is off then follow these steps to select the alert type 1 At the time date display repeatedly press until ALERTS appears and flashes 17 9026 fm Page 17 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 18: ...ress The alert number such as ALERT 6 appears To select a different pattern repeatedly press within 8 seconds Each time you press the pager sounds the selected pattern and displays that alert number ALERT 1 ALERT 2 and so on When you hear the pattern you want press again so appears To have the pager sound a chirp repeatedly press until CHIRP appears Then press so appears 17 9026 fm Page 18 Friday ...

Page 19: ...ally increases in volume repeatedly press until ESCALERT appears Then press so appears To have the pager not alert repeatedly press until NO ALERT appears Then press The alert symbol such as disappears 17 9026 fm Page 19 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 20: ...dealer then the power indicator and time date display appear Note When the private time feature is on see Using Private Time on Page 39 the power indicator ap pears as To turn off the pager press so OFF appears Then press again All display characters disap pear except for the time and date Note The pager does not receive pages when it is off 17 9026 fm Page 20 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 21: ...URNING 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 17 9026 fm Page 21 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 22: ...e pager alerts you in one of these ways If you selected the vibrate or any audible alert pattern tone or ESCALERT the pager sounds an alert vibrates or beeps for 15 seconds Press any button to stop the alert sooner If you selected the chirp pattern the pager chirps once If you set the pager to not alert you the flashing message marker is your only alert 17 9026 fm Page 22 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 ...

Page 23: ...des a marker for each message stored in the pager s memory and the marker for each new unread message flashes The first time you display the summary after the pager re ceives a message it automatically selects and high lights the marker for the newest unread message and shows that message s number 17 9026 fm Page 23 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 24: ...4 characters press again or wait about 3 seconds to see the rest of the message To select a different message repeatedly press until that message s marker is highlighted on the sum mary then press to read the message To scroll through all stored messages display any message then repeatedly press Each time you press the key up to the first 14 characters of the next message appear 17 9026 fm Page 24...

Page 25: ...If you selected the vibrate pattern chirp pattern or one of the seven tone patterns the pager briefly alerts every 2 minutes for up to 30 min utes or until you read all new messages Your pager is preset to display overflow charac ters when you press again however you can set the pager to automatically scroll the entire message across the display at one of three speeds See Changing the Message Scro...

Page 26: ...ge the pager first dis plays DUPLICATE and the most recent time the message was received Then the message automati cally appears after 3 seconds Press again to see it sooner Tone Only Unreadable Messages If your pager receives a message that does not have any characters it displays TONE ONLY If it receives a message that is partially or totally unreadable it does not display the unreadable parts 1...

Page 27: ...s MEMORY FULL Press any key to clear MEMORY FULL from the display then delete some messages to free up memory see Deleting Messages on Page 33 If the pager receives another message while its mem ory is full the new message replaces the oldest un protected message in memory see Locking and Unlocking Messages on Page 28 17 9026 fm Page 27 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 28: ...ges 1 Display the message you want to protect then press The pager displays LOCK Note If DELETE appears instead of LOCK 8 messages are locked To lock another message wait for DELETE to disappear then unlock one of those 8 2 To lock the message press The message summary appears and the locked message s marker appears as 17 9026 fm Page 28 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 29: ...so appears To unlock a message repeat these steps UNLOCK appears in Step 1 and the original marker reap pears on the summary display in Step 2 READING INFORMATION SERVICES MESSAGES Your pager receives updates from information servic es throughout the day in three different categories in three different message slots 17 9026 fm Page 29 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 30: ...dules could change without notice When the pager receives an information services message flashes and the number of unread mes sages appears for 12 seconds Follow these steps to read an information services message at any time 1 To display the message summary screen press flashes next to the markers Note If appears repeatedly press until you see 17 9026 fm Page 30 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 31: ... the message slot number GROUP 3 for example up to the first 14 characters of the message 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 the message Note If you do not press a key for more than 3 sec onds while viewing a message the time date display or the overflow character display appears 17 902...

Page 32: ...o set an alert Repeatedly press until CHIRP ON or CHIRP OFF appears Then press The chirp turns on if it was off and off if it was on Setting a Bookmark You can set a bookmark in an information services message to hold your place if you want to finish read ing it later While reading a message press so BOOKMARK appears Then press 17 9026 fm Page 32 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 33: ...NG MESSAGES You can delete unlocked messages one at a time or all at once Deleting Individual Messages 1 Display the message you want to delete then press twice The pager displays DELETE 2 To delete the message press The message summary appears confirming that the message and its marker have been deleted 17 9026 fm Page 33 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 34: ...mes sages Be sure you lock any messages that you want to save before you follow these steps 1 At the time date display repeatedly press until the pager displays DELETE ALL and flashes Note If there are no unprotected messages DELETE ALL does not appear 2 Press DELETE appears verifying your selection 17 9026 fm Page 34 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 35: ... day or every day at up to three different times At a set alarm time the pager displays the alarm num ber such as ALARM 2 and beeps regardless of the message alert type for 15 seconds To silence the alarm sooner press any button once Press any but ton again to clear the alarm display flashes until you press a button twice If you set a daily alarm it sounds again the next day 17 9026 fm Page 35 Fri...

Page 36: ...y press until the pager displays ALARMS 2 Press The alarm set display appears and the currently selected alarm number 01 02 or 03 flashes 3 Repeatedly press until the pager displays the alarm number you want to set then press The alarm on or off symbol flashes 4 To turn on the alarm now press if necessary so flashes then press The hour digits flash Otherwise skip to Step 5 17 9026 fm Page 36 Frida...

Page 37: ...A or P flashes Press to change the indicator if necessary then press If the pager is set to use the 24 hour format sim ply press The month digits flash 8 To set the alarm to sound on a specific day repeatedly press or hold down until the desired month such as 2 appears press so the day digits flash then repeatedly press until the desired day appears 17 9026 fm Page 37 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 38: ...e the settings The time date display reappears and the pager displays if you turned on any of the alarms Turning the Alarm s On Off To set one or more of the pager s alarms to sound or not sound at the set time s follow Steps 1 4 of Set ting the Alarm Time s on Page 36 for each alarm and in Step 4 press to turn the alarm on or off When you finish press to store the settings 17 9026 fm Page 38 Frid...

Page 39: ... On Off Times 1 At the time date display press then repeatedly press until PRIVATE TIME appears 2 Press The last set on and off times appear and the off or on indicator flashes 3 Press The on hour flashes Note During private time the off hour appears first and flashes You must set the off time before you set the on time 17 9026 fm Page 39 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 40: ...M or P for PM if neces sary then press The off hour flashes 7 Repeatedly press to set the off hour then press The off minutes flash 8 Repeatedly press to set the off minutes then press The AM PM indicator flashes 9 Press to select A for AM or P for PM if neces sary 10 Press to store the settings and return to the time date display 17 9026 fm Page 40 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 41: ... indicator flashes 3 Press so the pager displays on or off then press to store the setting and return to the time date display When appears and the pager is on the pager alerts automatically turn off and on at the set times During private time when the pager alerts are turned off the pager silently stores any messages received 17 9026 fm Page 41 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 42: ...when you press again however you can set the pager to automatically scroll the entire message across the display at any of three speeds You can select one of these scroll settings SCROLL 1 slow scroll SCROLL 2 moderate scroll SCROLL 3 fast scroll LINE BY LINE 14 characters one screen at a time default setting 17 9026 fm Page 42 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 43: ...me 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 17 9026 fm Page 43 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 44: ...your children s school and with the baby sitter so you can always be reached in an emergency If you have a cellular phone give your pager number instead of your cellular number 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 17 9026 fm Page 44 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 45: ...dry immediately Use and store the pager only in normal tempera ture environments Handle the pager gently and carefully Don t drop it Keep the pager away from dust and dirt Wipe the pager with a damp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new 17 9026 fm Page 45 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 46: ...erference by moving the pager away from the TV or radio If you cannot eliminate the interference the FCC re quires that you stop using your pager Modifying or tampering with your pager s internal components can cause a malfunction and might void your FCC authorization to operate it If your pager is not performing as it should contact your local Ra dioShack store for assistance or call PageMart at ...

Page 47: ...ation 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 17 9026 fm Page 47 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

Page 48: ...ndy Corporation Fort Worth Texas 76102 9 97 Printed in the USA Manufactured under one or more of the U S patents listed inside the product s battery compartment Other patents pending 17 9026 fm Page 48 Friday July 23 1999 4 32 PM ...

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