Messagewatch tips

Seiko has discontinued the Messagewatch, and their paging service went offline on Dec 31, 1999, so my watch no longer functions as a beeper. The only other pager-watch I know of is [The Timex Beepwear], but be warned that it only has a three-month battery life.

Messagewatch tips If you return to your service area after being on the road and you want your watch to immediately search for a radio signal, hold down the "T" (time) button for 10 seconds. The "S" (signal) indicator will begin to flash, and your messagewatch will search for a new signal. Your messagewatch will not receive pages while you are performing some operations on the watch, like deleting messages. However messages are broadcast twice, so this rarely makes you miss pages. As some of the messagewatch packaging indicates, the watch will only receive pages when the band-clasp is closed. If you're jealous of the Beepwear watch's nationwide coverage and full text display, comfort yourself with this thought- the Beepwear is not waterproof or even water resistant, and the battery life is estimated at 3 months.

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