Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PGL-302 Radio Shack
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Cat. No. 17-8002/8003 /8032/ 8033 OWNER’S M ANUAL PG L-30 2 Ul tr a E xpre s s Nume ric L ocal P ager Ple ase r ead be fo re us in g t hi s page r . TM 17-8 00 3.
2 INT ROD U CTIO N Your PGL- 302 Ultr a Expres s Numeric Local Pager l ets you keep in t ouch wi th the o ffic e and wi th f amily and fr iends anywher e ar ound to wn. It can stor e up to 16 mess ages and aler ts you with either a gentl e vibr atio n or one of five bee p pat - tern s.
3 Automati c Page Rese t — stop s a page afte r 20 se conds if you do no t p ress a butt on. Page Rem inder — beeps or vi brat es ev- ery 2 mi nutes t o remind yo u to vie w un- read pages . Automati c Pager Po w e r — lets y ou set the page r to tur n on and off at specifi c times ev ery da y.
4 GE T TING ST ARTE D SUBSCRIBING TO SERVICE You must subs cr ibe to local paging ser - vice t hrough a l ocal pr ovider . Contact your local Radio Shack store t o fi nd o ut how to conta ct the servic e provider in your ar ea. Your s ervic e prov ider will gi ve you i n- stru ction s for how t o pa ge your pager and se nd number s to it.
5 INST ALLING A BA TTER Y Your pag er requ ires o ne AAA ba ttery. For t he best p erforma nce, we recom- mend an al kaline bat tery s uch as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-555. 1. Slid e o ff the bat tery cov er in the dire ction of the ar row . 2. Remove the ol d batter y , if neces- sary , and d ispose of i t pr operl y .
6 3. Inser t th e new bat tery a s indi cated by the polar ity symbo ls (+ and –) marked besi de the com par tment. 4. Replac e the batte ry cov er . Notes: • The bui lt-in m emory sav er stor es mess ages and sett ings fo r a short time while you c hange the batter y .
7 P AGE R QU ICK GU IDE Press t he read/ select button () t o turn on the pager , view pages , and se l e ct menu opti ons. Press the mode butt on ( ) to acc ess the pager ’s menus. Press t he li ght/r eset but ton () t o turn on th e li ght. Pr ess i t twice t o ret urn to the t ime/ date dis play.
8 INDICA T ORS The fol lowin g indicat ors appear on your pager’ s displ ay. Audibl e m ode Vibra te ( silent) mode Prote cted mes sage Mess age cont inuat ion Erase al l messages Delet e i ndi vidua l message Pager al arm activ ate d Automat ic power fe ature Low batt ery indicat or 17-8 00 3.
9 PRE P ARA TIO N SETTING THE DA TE Press to turn on th e pager, then f ol- low t hese s teps to set the cu rrent date. Note: If you do not pr ess a but ton wi thin 10 seconds , the pager retur ns to the time/ date di splay. 1. At th e time/ date di splay , r epeatedl y press unti l t he page r di splays SET dATE? .
10 SETTING THE TIME Press to turn on th e pager, then f ol- low thes e ste ps to set the cu rrent time. Note: If you do n ot set t he ti m e, the p ag- er i ncorre ctly report s the t imes of y our pages. 1. At th e time/ date di splay , r epeatedl y press unti l t he page r di splays SET TIME? .
11 7. Repeate dly pr ess to selec t the corr ect di git . 8. Press . A or P flashe s if the pager is s et t o the 12- hour format. 9. Press to s elect the desi red t ime of d ay ( A for A M or P f o r P M ). 10. Press . Th e page r dis plays 12 HOURS or 24 HOURS .
12 SELECTING SILENT OR TONE ALERT You can have your pa ger al ert yo u by vi - brat ing or by soun ding on e of five t one pa tter ns. To have the pager vibr ate when you r e- ceive a p age, at the t ime/dat e disp lay, press . I f the pag er is cu rrently set to sound t ones , it di splays SILENT? .
13 Selectin g the T one Pattern When you s et the page r to sound tones for pages, you h ave a ch oic e of f ive t one pa tter ns. To se lec t a ton e p atte rn: 1. Select tone alert (see “Selec ting Sile nt or T one Al e rt ”). 2. Repeate dly pr ess unt il the pager di splays SET ALERT? .
14 OP ERA TION TURNING THE P AGER ON AND OFF Press to t urn on t he page r. The pag- er soun ds an aler t tone o r vibr ates and brie fly turns on al l i ndicator s. To turn of f the pager, repeatedl y press unti l the pager d isp lays PAGER OFF? . Then pr ess .
15 RECEIVING AND READING MESSAGES When t he pager r eceives a page, it al erts (beeps or vi brates) for 8 seconds. Press any butt on to sto p the alert so oner. The pager dis plays the number of unread pages. The pager brie fly al erts every 2 mi nutes unti l you view the mes sage .
16 T one Only Messages If yo ur pager r ece ives a messa ge that does no t have any numbers, it di splays TONE ONLY . Unreadable Mess ages If y our page r recei ves a mes sage that is part iall y or totall y unreadabl e, it doe s not displ ay the unreadabl e parts .
17 PROTECTING AND UNPROTECTING MESSAGES Foll ow t hese st eps to pr otect a mes sage so yo u c annot delete it. 1. Repeate dly pr ess unt il the pager di splay s the m essage you want to pr ote ct. 2. Repeate dly pr ess unt il the pager di splays PROTECT? .
18 DELETING MESSAGES You can delet e si ngle message s, or all unprot ected m essa ges. Deleting Individua l Messages 1. Repeate dly pr ess unt il the pager di splay s the m essage you want to del et e. 2. Press unti l the pager displ ays dELETE? . 3.
19 AUTOMA TIC OPERA TION You can s et your pager to autom aticall y turn on and off at speci fic ti mes eve ry day. To do so, select a utomati c opera- tio n and set th e desire d on and of f time s. Selectin g Aut omatic Operation Foll ow these st eps to sel ect autom atic operat ion.
20 Setting t he Automatic O n and Off Time s 1. At th e time/ date di splay , r epeatedl y press unti l t he page r di splays SET AUTO? . 2. Press . The pager displ ays the curr ently s et on and of f tim es with the on ti m e’ s hour flash ing . 3.
21 SETTING THE ALARM Foll ow these steps t o set your pa ger to aler t you at a sp ecifi c tim e. 1. At th e time/ date di splay , r epeatedl y press unti l t he page r di splays SET ALARM? . 2. Press . The pager displ ays the curr ently set al arm ti me wit h eit her ON or OFF flash ing .
22 The pa ger aler ts for 20 seco nds at the set al arm time. Press any button to stop the ale rt sooner . P AGER IDEAS Incl ude your pag er number in yo ur an- sweri ng mac hine or v oice m ail m essag- es. This way, you can recei ve importa nt mess ages i mmedia tely.
23 Establ ish code me ssage s wi th your f am- ily or f rien ds. For exampl e, you r chi ldren can i nclude t he code 3333 t o tell you they ar e home f rom school . Your sp ouse can send 07734 to say hel lo! (Read it up- side- down.) If you have a cel lular phone, g ive your pager nu mber inst ead of you r cell ular numbe r .
24 CARE To enjoy yo ur pager for a long time: • Keep the page r dry . If it get s wet, wipe it dry immediately . • Use and store the p ager onl y in nor- mal temper ature env ironment s. • Hand le the pager gentl y and care- full y . Don ’t d rop it.
25 If you canno t eliminat e the inter ference, the FCC r equir es that you sto p using your page r. Modif ying or ta mpering wi th you r pa ger’s int ernal co mponent s can cause a mal - funct ion a nd might voi d your FCC aut ho- riz ation to oper ate it .
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