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Message Alarms
This feature allows you to set a one-time or daily alarm for a selected
personal message. You can set an alarm for up to five personal messages.
When a message alarm is set,
b
replaces
m
in the Message-status
screen. At the time the alarm sounds,
m
is again displayed unless the
alarm is set to alert daily. Press
J
to display the message for which the
alarm is set. If the alarm times passes without being acknowledged,
b
flashes until the message is read.
To Set a One-time Message Alarm
➊
From the Message-status screen, press
H
or
I
to select the message
you want to alarm.
➋
Press
K
.
➌
Press
I
to move the cursor to
d
.
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➍
Press
K
. The Set-message-alarm screen is displayed.
The alarm symbol shows the current alarm status.
c
is displayed if the
message alarm is enabled,
e
is displayed if the message alarm is
disabled.
➎
Press
F
or
G
until
c
is displayed.
➏
Press
I
to move the cursor to the hour digits.
Example of Set-Message-Alarm Screen
zv 03:15PM 05/05/7z
z
c
1
5:30PM 05/05/97
z
SET ALARM
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➐
Press
F
or
G
to adjust the hour digits.
➑
Repeat steps 6 and 7 to adjust the minutes, AM/PM/24 hr., and date.
➒
Press
K
to activate your selection.
You can also set a message alarm while reading the message by following
steps 2 through 9 above.
To Set a Daily Message Alarm
➊
Follow steps 1 through 8 to set the message alarm time.
➋
When setting the date in step 8, press
G
until you see double dashes for
the month, day, and year (--/--/--).
➌
Press
K
to activate your selection. The alarm is now set to alert every
day at this specified time.
Note:
To exit from any screen without making changes, press
J
.
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Private Time
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.
To Set Private Time
➊
From the Function menu, press
H
to move the cursor to
3
.
➋
Press
K
.
When the Private-time screen is first displayed, the cursor is at the flashing
symbol on the far left,
3
indicates private time is enabled,
µ
indicates
private time is disabled.
Example of Set Private-Time Screen
ON OFF
3
3:15PM 5:00PM
PRIV
A
TE TIME