Northern Illinois University

Information Technology Services

Alpha/Numeric & Tone/Voice Pager Instructions

To call an Alpha/Numeric pager:

Dial either 44 (from a campus phone) or 753-4400 (from an off campus phone).

You will hear:

"You have reached our paging terminal. At the tone, enter the pager number" (Wait for one tone to sound).

Enter the three digit pager number at this time.

"At the tone, please key in your number" - this is the phone number you want the person to call.

Once you hear three quick tones, the call has been sent and the recording will state "Thank you for calling."

To call a Tone/Voice Pager:

Dial either 44 (from a campus phone) or 753-4400 (from an off campus phone).

You will hear:

"You have reached our paging terminal. At the tone, enter the pager number."

Enter the three digit pager number at this time.

"At the tone, please speak your message." Begin speaking and keep your message short.

Once you hear the three quick tones the call has been sent out and the recording will state "Thank you for calling."

You must wait for the tones to finish sounding before entering the numbers. This is not like the voice mail systems where you can enter the digits during the greeting. After you enter the digits, signify the end of your dial string by pressing the "#" sign.