Motorola Minitor 6 Manual

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Scan (5 Channel Models Only)
Each function mode can scan two channels 
as long as the pager is programmed with 
two or more channels.
Reset Button
 The Reset Button is multifunctional.•Condition: After receiving an alert (and 
the Reset function is not programmed 
for Automatic Reset or the Delayed 
Reset timer has not expired)
Action: Press the Reset button to return 
your pager to the Standby mode.
•Condition: Privacy option is not 
enabled
Action: Press and hold the Reset 
button to place the pager in open 
squelch Monitor mode.•Condition: Battery indication
Action: To view the battery level, press 
and release the Reset button.•Condition: Push-to-Listen enabled
Action: After receiving an alert, press 
the Reset button to listen to an incoming 
message.•Condition: Critically low battery alert 
reminder
Action: To disable the automatic critical 
battery alert reminder, press and 
release the Reset button while the 
reminder is in progress.
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Conditioning Your Pager For Operation
Follow the procedures described next to 
condition your pager for operation.1.
Set the Function Switch to a tone-alert 
position and power up the pager. You 
hear four short beeps. The red and 
yellow LED blinks indicating that the device has been powered up.
2.
Set the Function Switch to a monitor position.
3.
Listen for a transmission and adjust the 
volume control to a comfortable listening level.
4.
If no transmission is heard, hold down 
the Reset button and adjust the 
background noise to a comfortable 
listening level. If required, adjust the 
volume level when a voice signal is present.
5.
Set the Function Switch to the desired 
operating mode (e.g. Selective Call, 
Monitor, or Scan with tone and/or vibrate alert, etc.).
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Pager Programming 
Software (PPS) Take a moment to familiarize yourself with 
the available PPS programmable options:
Stored Voice Duration . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Announcements Type . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Function Switch Announcements  . page 21
Battery Level Announcement  . . . . page 21
Fixed Volume Page Alert . . . . . . . . page 22
Priority Scan Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
Page Alert Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Unread Message Reminder  . . . . . page 23
Priority Tone Alert  . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Always On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25
Function Switch Options . . . . . . . . page 25Note: If your model does not support any of 
the features mentioned above, contact a 
Motorola authorized paging system dealer 
or call 1-800-548-9954 for more 
information or for the addition of these 
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Stored Voice Duration
This feature allows you to limit the length of 
an incoming message to be stored. 
Note: A shorter message length allows for 
more number of total messages stored.
There are five options available. •15 seconds: First 15 seconds of a 
message is stored. •30 seconds: First 30 seconds of a 
message is stored.•60 seconds: First 60 seconds of a 
message is stored.•120 seconds: First 120 seconds of a 
message is stored. 
•Dynamic: Complete message is stored 
regardless of the length of the message 
(depending upon the memory 
available).Announcements Type
This feature allows you to select the voice 
type for announcements.
There are two options available.•Male: All announcements will be played 
in the male voice.•Female: All announcements will be 
played in the female voice.
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English Function Switch 
Announcements
This feature allows you to enable or disable 
the voice announcements when the pager 
is powered up or when the Function Switch 
is moved to a new position.
There are four options available.•On: Voice announcements enabled.•On Reset Only: Voice announcements 
enabled only when Reset button is 
released.•On & On Reset: Voice announcements 
also enabled when Reset button is 
released.•Off: Voice announcements disabled.
Battery Level Announcement
This feature allows you to enable or disable 
the voice announcements for the battery 
level when you press and release the 
Reset button.
There are two options available.•On: Voice announcements enabled.•Off: Voice announcements disabled.
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Fixed Volume Page Alert
This feature allows you to fix the page alert 
volume level at its loudest setting.
There are two options available.•On: The page alert volume level is fixed 
at the maximum. Turning the On/Off/
Volume Control Knob changes only the 
voice message volume level.•Off: Turning the On/Off/Volume Control 
Knob changes the voice message and 
the page alert volume level.
Priority Scan Time
This feature allows you to set a duration for 
the pager to wait before scanning the 
priority channels. 
Note: This option is enabled only when one 
of the Function Switch positions is 
configured for priority scan.
The range of the Priority Scan Time is 
0.64 seconds to 2.04 seconds; the default 
is 0.512 seconds.
Note: If the priority scan time is set to more 
than 0.512 seconds, you may miss an 
incoming message.
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Page Alert Duration
This feature allows you to set the duration 
of page alerts. 
There are two options available.•Fixed: You can set the duration to a 
fixed value between 0.5 seconds to 
2 minutes.•Standard: The alert will last for a 
standard duration of two tones.
Note: If the duration is fixed and is longer 
than the duration of the second pager 
activation tone, you may miss either part of 
the message or the entire message 
depending on the message length.
Unread Message Reminder
This feature allows you to enable or disable 
the reminder that there is one or more 
unread messages in the pager. 
There are two options available.•On: Unread message reminder 
enabled.•Off: Unread message reminder 
disabled.
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Priority Tone Alert
This feature allows you to override the 
vibrate settings of the Function Switch for 
Call Address 1 on Frequency 1 to always 
sound a tone alert instead.
There are two options available.•On: The pager sounds a tone alert 
instead of vibrating to indicate an 
incoming message - even when the 
alert type is set as vibrate.•Off: The pager vibrates to indicate an 
incoming message - when the alert type 
is set as vibrate.
Privacy
This feature allows you to disable the 
ability to monitor the channel when you 
press and hold the Reset button - unless 
Push-To-Listen is enabled for silent scan or 
selective call modes.
There are two options available.•On: Pressing and holding the Reset 
button does not place the pager in 
monitor mode.•Off: Pressing and holding the Reset 
button places the pager in monitor 
mode.
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Always On
This feature allows you to keep the pager 
on regardless of the On/Off/Volume Control 
Knob position.
There are two options available:•On: The pager will remain powered up - 
even when the On/Off/Volume Control 
Knob is switched to off position•Off: The pager turns off when the On/
Off/Volume Control Knob is switched to 
off position.
Note: While Always On is enabled, the 
pager needs to be power cycled after you 
reattach the battery.
Function Switch Options
There are eight different Function Switch 
positions available, labeled from A to H. 
The following options can be programmed 
for each of the Function Switch positions.
Mode
This option allows you to select the mode 
of operation for different Function Switch 
positions.
There are six different modes available.•Selective Call:•This mode allows you to detect 
two-tone and long-tone pages. 
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•Only one frequency can be monitored 
for paging tones at any given time. 
When a page is detected, the pager 
generates a page alert and stores the 
message. 
Note: The page alert may be an audible or 
a vibrate - depending on the Function 
Switch position.•In Selective Call mode, the audio will 
remain turned off until a page is 
received, where upon your pager will 
alert, indicating the carrier squelch 
operation is enabled. The pager will 
then turn the audio off according to 
the current Reset mode.•Additional programmable options are 
Off Duty, Priority Tone Alert, 
Push-To-Listen, and Privacy mode.Note: Selective Call can be set for up to 
five different frequencies, labeled as F1, 
F2, F3, F4, and F5.
•Monitor:•This mode allows you to monitor 
activity on a programmed frequency 
(carrier squelch operation). •Only one frequency can be monitored 
at a time. When a page is detected, 
the pager generates a page alert and 
stores the message.
Note: Monitor can be set for up to 5 
different frequencies, labeled as F1, F2, 
F3, F4, and F5.
•Probability Scan:•This mode allows you to monitor 
traffic on two different frequencies. 
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