Service manual

1-10 June 21, 2004
GENERAL NP88 FLEX
Product Overview
Confirmation Alert
When switched from tone-only to silent mode, the pager vibra tes for a short period
of time to confirm the pager is in the silent mode. When switched from silent to
tone-only mode, a short beep is emitted to confirm the switch to tone-only.
Page Alert/Unread Message Indicator
When a message is received, the pager emits an alert (either tone or vibrate) and
displays an unread message indicat ion (i.e., 1 page, 2 pages,etc.).
The number displayed indicates the total number of unread messages in the pager
memory. When the number of messages is greater than the number of available
memory slots, the pager displays the overflow indicator. E ither the overflow
indicator or the unread message indicator remains displayed until all messages
have been read, and/or erased.
The pager’s memory is displayed by pressing the On/Read/Select ( ) button.
Overflow Indicator
Anoverflowconditionoccurswhenallmessageslotsarefilledwithunreadmessages
and a new message is received. Upon receipt of a message, while the pager is in the
overflow condition, the oldest unread message is discarded. With an overflow
condition, the next message received causes the oldest read, unlocked message to
beoverwritten.Inthismode,theoverflowindicatorreplacesthedefaultidledisplay.
Messages must be read and erased to clear the overflow display.
Personal Alarm
The alarm feature is activated through a Menu prompt. The alarm is a twenty
second tone or an twentysecond vibrate alert. When the alarm is set, it operates even
while thepagerisoff.Thealarmistwosecondslongwhenthepagerisin a lo cell
condition.
Message Lock/Unlock
You can selectively lock up to eight messages (FLEX) so they cannot be
overwritten by incoming messages, or erased if erase all
Tone-onlymessagescanalsobe locked. Amessageis locked bypressing theMenu
button( )whileanyportionofthemessage(includingtheservicescreen)isdisplayed.
A locked page can be unlocked in the same manner.
Erase All
The Erase All feature allows you to delete all read and unprotected messages.
Unread and protected messages are relocated to the top of the message stack.
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When all of the protected memory is full and the user attempts to protect another
message, a
message is displayed to indicate the message cannot be
protected.
is selected.