Setting or Changing the Alert Type on a Pager.

Pagers have a number of different Alert Types. These are tones, chimes, and vibrations that the pager can be set to use to notify you when a page is received.

There are several different types of alerts, each of which is described below.

  • Alert – This is an alert tone or beep. There are a number of different sounds/patterns to choose from.
  • Musical – This alert type will play a short musical tune. There are several to choose from.
  • Silent – This turns the vibration feature on and off. You can choose from vibration only or vibration and tone.
  • Sleep – This turns off alerts entirely. Choose this if you do not want any alert sounds or vibrations.

To Set or Change an Alert:

  1. From the Time/Date window, push the Function button.
  2. Press either Select button to scroll through the options until you see ‘Set Alert’
  3. Press the Function button to enable ‘Set Alert’
  4. Press the function button to move the cursor to the desired alert mode.
  5. Press either Select button to move the cursor to the desired setting.
  6. Press the Read button to set the alert.

 

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