Alpha Gold C ontents

Page G etting the Most from Your P ager ...... 1 Display S ymbols ...... 2 C ontrols ...... 2 P ager S ymbols...... 3 Turning Your Pager On ...... 4 Turning Your Pager Off ...... 4 R eceiving and R eading Your Messages...... 5

D E Using the Function Menu ...... 6

I Backlighting...... 6 Locking and Unlocking Messages ...... 6 U Display Zoom ...... 7 Setting the Time and Date ...... 7. Setting the Alar m ...... 8 Setting the Message Alar ...... 9 G Setting the Aler t Mode ...... 10 Setting the Aler t Pattern...... 10 ' S Turning the Maildrop Aler t On and Off ...... 11

R Deleting Messages from Memor y ...... 11 Moving Messages toYour Notebooks ...... 12

E Deleting Messages From Your Notebook s...... 13 Setting Private Time ...... 13 S Battery Information...... 15 Care of Your P ager ...... 16

U Cleaning Your P ager ...... 16 Repair and Maintenanc e...... 17

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G etting the Mos t from Your Pager Dis play S ymbols * S pend a few minutes learning all of the functions and messaging capabilities of your pager. Set Add To Delete All S et * G ive your pager number to your business associ- C hoose S et Time Private Note- Messages Message ates, friends, family, children's school, and the baby- Alert and Alarm Time Alarm book sitter so you can always be reached in an emer- gency. * Include your pager number on business cards and on your voice mail.

Display S et Tur n E scape Delete Lock/ Zoom Audible/ Pager (to status Message Unlock S ilent Off screen) Message Alert

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Up/Down Left/R ight Function/ R ead/ Directional Directional S elect Button E scape/ Buttons Buttons Power On Button

1 2 1 Display Zoom On

Pager Symbols 1 Display Zoom On Pager Status Symbols: (Left column) 4 Display Zoom Off INT R ODUCTION ë Power On Other Symbols:

Í Audible Alert Mode å Enter Private Time Menu and Private Time Private Time Enabled INT R ODUC Ö Alarm õ Private Time Disabled

Message Status Symbols: (Top two rows of display) ô 24 Hour Time AM AM Time í Locked Message PM PM Time Õ Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled) Ã Disable Alarm V Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled) c Enable Alarm ü Message In Memory Indicator Ç No Message Alert (On Choose Alert Menu) é Memory Full Indicator Õ Chirping Alert (On Choose Alert Menu) Ö Alarmed Message ( Full Battery Gauge Function Menu Symbols: (Bottom row of display) , Low Battery Gauge È Choose Alert ú Errored Data Indicator Ñ Set Time and Alarm Ü Message Continuation å Set Private Time Truncated Message É Set Audible Alert Ç Set Silent Alert ó Turn Pager Off Turning Your Pager On ò Escape (to status screen) ï Delete Message Press Ë. ñ Delete All Messages Your pager alerts and shows ë in the left column of í Lock Message the display. The time and date are shown at the bottom ì Unlock Message of the display. Õ Maildrop Indicator (Alert Enabled) Turning Your Pager Off Ì Maildrop Indicator (Alert Disabled) ➊ Press Á to display the function menu. Ö Set Message Alarm ➋ Press ä to move the cursor to ó. ¶ Add to Notebook ➌ Press Á twice to turn the pager off.

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Receiving and Reading Your Messages Using the Function Menu

When a message is received, your pager alerts and Press Á to display the function menu. displays a flashing ü symbol. The function menu gives you access to the many features ➊ Press any button to stop the alert. of your pager through a series of symbols and prompts. ➋ Press Ë to display your message. For example, when the function menu screen is first dis- The pager automatically stores the message and the played, the ò symbol flashes, indicating the present time and date it is received. position of the cursor. You can now press ä or ã to move the cursor within the function menu. A flashing arrow Ü at the bottom right corner of the screen indicates the message you are reading contin- NOTE: To exit from any menu without making changes, ues beyond the four lines of the display. press Ë. Press Ë to advance to the next screen of the mes- Backlighting sage. Press to read your message line by line. The pager’s backlight illuminates in low-light condi- tions when any button is pressed. You can manually Press and hold Ë to rapidly scroll through your mes- activate or deactivate the backlight at any time by sage, screen by screen. pressing and holding Á for two seconds. If no other If more than one message exists, press ä or ã to buttons are pressed, the backlight automatically turns select the message you want to read. The symbol Ó off when the pager returns to the standby mode. indicates the location of the message. Press Ë to Locking and Unlocking Messages display your message. While reading your messages, you can press H or I to view the previous or next Up to 10 messages can be locked in memory, preventing message. them from being replaced when memory is full (indicated A flashing ësymbol indicates you have a message by the é symbol). that has not been read. The pager alerts at predeter- ➊ Press Ë. mined intervals to remind you of any unread mes- ➋ sages. Press ä or ã to select the message to lock. ➌ Alpha Gold pagers store up to 19 personal messages Press Á to display the function menu. in memory. ➍ Press ã to move the cursor to lock (í) or unlock (ì). ➎ Press Á to lock or unlock the message. ➏ The symbol í or ì is displayed, indicating the status of the message in memory.

5 6 Setting the Time and Date ➋ Press K Display zoom is now active. GETTING STA R TED GETTING STA R TED GETTING STA R TED GETTING STA R TED All new and stored messages including notebook ➊ Press Á to display the function menu. messages are displayed in a 2-line format. Pager ➋ Press ä to move the cursor to Ñ. prompts are not enlarged in the zoom mode.

➌ GETTING STA R TED Press Á to display the set-time screen. GETTING STA R TED Setting the Alarm ➍ Press ã to move the cursor to the hour digit. ➎ Press or to adjust the hour. The alarm on your pager can be set for a specific time

➏ Press ã to move the cursor to the minute digit. and date, or it can be used as a daily alarm. GETTING STARTED ➐ To set the alarm for a specific time and date: Press or to adjust the minute. ➊ ➑ Press Á to display the function menu. Repeat the process for each set of digits: AM/PM/ ➋ Press ä to move the cursor to Ñ. 24 hr., month/day/year. ➌ Press Á to display the set-time-and-alarm screen. ➒ Press Á to activate the time and date change. ➍ Press to move the cursor to Ö. ● ● Ñ22:23ô05/06/96 Ñ22:23ô05/06/96 Ã0:00ô--/--/-- ●Ã0:00ô--/--/--● SET TIME SET ALARM

Example of Set-Time Screen Example of Set-Time-and-Alarm Screen If you move the cursor past the last symbol in the row The alarm symbol defines the alarm status—either (far right), it automatically wraps around and displays alarm enabled (c) or alarm disabled (Ã). at the first symbol in the beginning of the same row (far ➎ Press ã to move the cursor to Ö. left). ➏ Press or to enable or disable the alarm. NOTE: To exit from any menu without making changes, ➐ Press ã to move the cursor to the hour digit. press Ë . ➑ Repeat the process for each entry (minute, AM/PM, and date). Display Zoom ➒ Press Á to activate your selection. The Ö symbol is shown on the display. When this feature is enabled, the standard 4-line display At the selected time, your pager emits a 12-second is converted to a 2-line display. The characters are audible alert even if the pager is in the silent mode. enlarged vertically, increasing message readability. To set the alarm to alert daily: To Enable Display Zoom: Follow the steps previously described, except when setting the date, press for the date entries until you ➊ From the Function menu, press to move the H see a blank month, day, and year (--/--/--). The alarm is GETTING STARTED cursor to 1. GETTING STARTED

now GETTING STARTED set to alert every day at this specified time. GETTING STA R TED GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED GETTING STA R TED GETTING STARTED 7 GETTING STARTED

8 GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED GETTING STA R TED NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl- The mGETTING STA R TED symbol replaces the b symbol after the alarm edged, the Ö symbol flashes until any button is has sounded unless the alarm is set to alert daily . pressed. NOTE: If the alarm expires without being acknowl- NOTE: To exit from any menu without making changes, edged, the Ö flashes until the message is read. press Ë. Setting the Alert Mode

Setting the Message Alarm The alert can be set as either audible or silent. ➊ This feature allows you to set a one-time or a daily Press Á to display the function menu. alarm for a particular personal message. You can set ➋ Press ä to move the cursor to É or Œ. an alarm for up to five personal messages. The É symbol is displayed if the pager is in the silent alert To set a one-time message alarm: mode (prompting you to enter the audible mode, if ➊ Press Ë. desired). The Œsymbol is displayed if the pager is in the ➋ Press ä or ã to select the message you want to audible alert mode (prompting you to enter the silent alarm. mode, if desired). ➌ 9 10 ➌ Press Á to display the function menu. Press Á to select the desired alert mode. If the selected mode is audible (É), your pager emits a ➍ Press ã to move the cursor to Ö. short chirp. If the selected mode is silent (Œ) and your ➎ Press Á to display the set-message-alarm screen. pager is equipped with a vibrator, your pager vibrates. When the screen is first displayed, the cursor is at the Setting the Alert Pattern far left position. This symbol defines the alarm status—either alarm NOTE: The pager must be in the audible alert mode to enabled (c) or alarm disabled (Ã). select the alert pattern. ➏ From the set-message-alarm screen, follow the Your pager has a standard alert (1), seven different pleas- same steps described in Setting the Alarm. ing alerts (2 through 8), and a chirping alert (Õ), allowing To set a daily message alarm: you to select and change the alert. You can also select no Follow the instructions above to set the alarm time, alert (Œ). then follow the instructions in “To set the alarm to alert To change your alert: daily” under Setting the Alarm. ➊ Press Á to display the function menu. The b symbol replaces the m symbol when the mes- ➋ Press ä to move the cursor to È, then press Á. sage alarm is set. ➌ Press ä or ã to move the cursor to the desired alert. At the selected time, your pager vibrates or emits a 12- second alert, depending on the current alert mode. The pager gives a sample of each alert when scrolling Press J to display the message for which the alarm is through the selections. set. ➍ Press Á to activate the alert. 9 10 To delete all unlocked, un-alarmed and read messages from memory: ➊ Press Á to display the function menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 j r ➋ Press ã to move the cursor to ñ. PLEASING ALERT ➌ Press Á twice. Example of the Alert Pattern Screen All unlocked, un-alarmed and read messages are now deleted. Turning the Maildrop Alert On and Off NOTE: Personal and maildrop notebooks are not deleted with this feature. You can set your pager to alert when a maildrop (also known as information service) message is received. Moving Messages to Your Notebooks ➊ Press Ë. Your pager has two notebook areas: a personal note- ➋ Press to move the cursor to Õ. book for storing personal messages, and a maildrop ➌ Press Á to display the function menu. notebook for storing information service messages. ➍ Press ã to move the cursor to the alert on (Õ) or To store a message in your personal notebook: alert off (Ì) symbol. ➊ Press Ë . The symbol Õ is displayed if the maildrop alert is on ➋ Press ä or ã to move the cursor to select the mes- (prompting you to turn it off, if desired). sage you desire to move into your personal note- The symbol Ì is displayed if the maildrop alert is off book. (prompting you to turn it on, if desired). ➌ Press Á to display the function menu. ➎ Press Á to select the desired maildrop alert mode. ➍ Press ã to move the cursor to ¶. Deleting Messages from Memory ➎ Press Á to move the message into your personal notebook. You can delete an unlocked and un-alarmed message The ¶ symbol is shown in the top right-hand corner of from memory while you are viewing the message or the display. through the function menu. To store a message in the maildrop (information To delete messages using the function menu: service) notebook: ➊ Press ä or ã to select the message you want to delete from memory. Follow the same steps as described for storing per- sonal notebook messages. ➋ Press Á to display the function menu. ➌ Press ã to move the cursor to ï. The ¶ symbol is shown in the second row, right-hand corner of the display. ➍ Press Á to receive confirmation of the request. ➎ Press Á to delete the message.

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Deleting Messages from Your Notebooks

➊ Press ã to move the cursor to ¶ . ➍ Press or to select å or õ. ➋ Press Ë to display a list of notebook messages. ➎ Press ã to move the cursor to the hour digit. The ➌ Press F or G to scroll through the list until K is dis- Private On time is displayed on the left and the played at the notebook message you want to delete. Private Off time is displayed on the right. ➍ Press Á to display the function menu. ➏ Press or to adjust the hour. ➎ Press ã to move the cursor to ï. ➐ Repeat the process for each set of digits for both the ➏ Press Á to confirm the delete request. on time and the off time (hour, minute, AM/PM if your pager is set to display time in the 12 hour ➐ Press Á to delete the message. Repeat these mode). steps to delete each message. ➑ Press Á to activate Private Time. Setting Private Time The å symbol is displayed if the Private Time function To set your pager’s Private Time feature, proceed as fol- is enabled. If the on time is equal to the off time, lows: the pager does not enable the Private Time function. You can select a time period during which your pager is completely silent .Your pager still receives messages but is does not alert. The Other Features pager alerts only if an alarm expires or a priority message is received. Battery Gauge: The battery gauge indicator is located ➊ Press Á to display the function menu. on the status screen and keeps you informed of the ➋ Press ä to move the cursor to å. battery energy level. The five indicators range from full ➌ Press Á to display the Private Time screen. to low: ( (full), ) (3/4), * (1/2), + (1/4), and , (low). When the screen is first displayed, the cursor is at the farthest left position. The enabled (å) or disabled (õ) K ey Click: When this feature is enabled, and the symbol indicates the current status. 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. ON OFF Errored Data Indicator: The ú symbol displays when potentially corrupt data is received. The indicator alter- õ 0:00ô 0:00ô nates with the corrupted character.

Example of Private Time Screen

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14 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- Alpha Gold Pager Battery mended). See the diagram on the following page for the Replacement (rear view) battery door location. To install a new battery, reverse this procedure, taking To install or replace the battery, place the pager face note of the positive (+) and negative (-) markings. down and proceed as follows: CAUTION: Do not insert the battery backwards or the ➊ Unlock the battery door by sliding the door latch messages stored or locked in memory will be erased. away from the battery door. Care of Your Pager ➋ Slide the battery door in the direction of the arrow (toward the outer edge). To maintain the fine optical quality of the display in the ➌ Lift the battery door away from the housing to pager, do not subject it to extreme temperatures and remove it. Lift the battery out of the battery compart- moisture. ment, taking note of the positive (+) and negative (-) Cleaning Your Pager markings on the battery and the pager housing. To clean smudges and grime from the exterior of the housing, use a soft, 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.

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R epair and Maintenance

Your pager, properly handled, is capable of many Anyone intending to use a radio in a location years of trouble-free service. where hazardous concentrations of flammable mate- However, If your pager ever requires service, please rials exist (hazardous atmosphere) is advised to become familiar with the subject of intrinsic safety call Unication customer care at 886-2-22999678. 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 ! W A R N I N G

• 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.

17 18 • Do not replace or change accessories in a hazardous atmosphere. Contact sparking If this equipment does cause harmful interfer- may occur while installing or removing acces- ence to radio or television reception, which sories and cause an explosion or fire. • Turn a radio off before removing or installing can be determined by turning the equipment a battery or accessory. off and on, the user is encouraged to try to • Do not disassemble a UL Approved Product correct the interference by one or more of the unit in any way that exposes the internal electrical circuits of the unit. following measures: • Do not substitute components. This could void the intrinsic safety rating. • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equip- Regulatory Agency Compliance ment and receiver This device complies with part 15 of the • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the circuit different from that to which the following two conditions: (1) This device may receiver is connected. not cause harmful interference, and (2) this • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ device must accept any interference received, TV technician for help. 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.

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