Radio Shack 256K User manual

Cat. No. 65-780

OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

256K Metal Case

Organizer

with EL Backlight

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FEATURES

Your RadioShack 256K Organizer is great

for the person on the go. The pocket-size

data organizer combines these features:

256K Memory

— lets you store over 7,000

phone records.

Electroluminescent (EL) Backlight

—

makes reading the 5-row display easy, even

in low light.

Phone Directories

— put names, address-

es, and numbers at your fingertips when you

store them in the business, personal, or gen-

eral directory.

©

1999 Tandy Corporation.

RadioShack is a registered trademark

used by Tandy Corporation.

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Schedule Alarms

— keep you in control of

your busy schedule by reminding you of

meetings and other important events.

Memo and To-Do Functions

— let you write

yourself notes and to-do lists of up to 512

characters each.

Expense Manager

— helps you keep track

of business and personal expenses.

Calendar

— shows monthly calendars from

January 1901 to December 2099.

World Time

— shows you the current time in

32 cities around the world.

Daily Alarm

— lets you set an alarm to re-

mind you of an important daily event. The

snooze feature lets you temporarily silence

this alarm for about 10 minutes.

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Information Transfer

— moves records be-

tween this organizer and another one like it

by infrared data transfer or between the orga-

nizer and a personal computer with an op-

tional PC Link cable.

8-Digit Password

— prevents unauthorized

access to your private information.

10-Digit Calculator

— to do standard arith-

metic and memory calculations.

Automatic Power-Off

— conserves battery

power by automatically turning off the orga-

nizer if you do not press a key for about 7

minutes.

Caution:

Do not place credit cards, automat-

ic teller machine cards, or other cards with a

magnetic strip on or near the organizer. The

organizer’s speaker contains a magnet that

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could erase important information from these

magnetic strips.

Note:

Tandy Corporation assumes no responsibility

for any loss or claims that might arise through

use of this organizer or for damages incurred

as a result of information loss due to malfunc-

tions, repairs, battery replacement, or mis-

use. You should maintain physical records of

important information to protect against such

loss.

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CONTENTS

Preparation ............................................ 7

Overview ................................................ 8

Daily Alarm .......................................... 18

Calendar .............................................. 21

Phone Directories ................................ 22

Schedule Alarms .................................. 31

Memo Function .................................... 38

To-Do Function .................................... 42

Secret Records .................................... 46

Calculator ............................................. 51

Expense Manager ................................ 55

Data Transmission ............................... 66

Care ..................................................... 73

Specifications ....................................... 81

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PREPARATION

REMOVING THE BATTERY

INSULATOR

Your organizer comes with a battery insulator

to preserve battery power during shipping.

Before you can use your organizer, you must

remove the battery insulator from the battery

compartment.

Turn the organizer over so the bottom faces

up. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the

four screws, then carefully remove the cover.

Remove the battery insulator by grasping it

and pulling it away from the organizer. Then,

replace the metal cover and secure it with the

screws.

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OVERVIEW

TURNING THE ORGANIZER

ON AND OFF

Press

ON/OFF

to turn on the organizer. The

Main Menu appears. The organizer automati-

cally turns off if you do not press a key for

about 7 minutes. Press

ON/OFF

again to turn

off the organizer sooner.

SELECTING A FUNCTION

When the Main Menu appears, you can se-

lect a function by pressing the keyboard letter

that appears above the desired icon. You can

also use the arrow keys to highlight the de-

sired icon, then press

ENTER

.

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ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY

CONTRAST

Press

MENU

so the Main Menu appears.

Then press

SEARCH

to increase the dis-

play contrast; press

SEARCH

to decrease

the display contrast.

USING THE BACKLIGHT

To turn on the backlight, press . The back-

light automatically turns off after about 20

seconds. To turn off the backlight sooner,

press . again.

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USING THE KEY TONE

To set your organizer to sound a tone each

time you press a key, from the Main Menu

press

S

to select the Home Time function (or

highlight and press

ENTER

), then press

V

.

A beep sounds and appears.

To turn off the key tone, select the Home

Time function, then press

V

again. A beep

sounds and disappears.

SETTING THE DATE AND

TIME

When you set the date and time for your

home time zone, all other world times are set

automatically.

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1. Select the Home Time function. You see

London

and the default day, date, and

time.

2. Press

SEARCH

.or .until a city in

your time zone appears (see “Viewing

World Times” on Page 13 for city

names).

3. Press

12/24

(

Z

) to set the clock to 12- or

24-hour format.

AM

or

PM

appears after

the time in the 12-hour format.

4. Press

EDIT

. The first digit in the month

flashes.

5. Press or to move to the digit you

want to change, then use the number

keys to enter the month, date, year,

hour, and minute.

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Notes:

• If your area is currently observing

Daylight Saving Time, set the time as

if you were in Standard Time, then

switch to Daylight Saving Time in

Step 7.

• In the 12-hour format, press

AM/PM

(

X

) to choose AM or PM.

6. Press

ENTER

to store the settings.

Note:

If you enter invalid digits (for

example, if you enter 15 for the month),

the first digit in the month flashes after

you press

ENTER

. Enter the correct dig-

its, then press

ENTER

again.

7. Press

DST

(

C

) to select Daylight Saving

Time.

DST

appears. Press

DST

again to

turn return to Standard Time.

DST

dis-

appears.

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VIEWING WORLD TIMES

Once you set your home time, you can view

the time in 32 cities around the world.

Follow these steps to view the time in one of

the cities listed.

Cities

London

Paris

Berlin

Rome

Helsinki

Cairo

Moscow

Riyadh

Tehran

Dubai

Kabul

Karachi

Delhi

Dhaka

Yangon

Bangkok

Hong Kong

Singapore

Tokyo

Adelaide

Sydney

Noumea

Wellington

Honolulu

Anchorage

Los Angeles

Denver

Chicago

New York

Toronto

Caracas

Rio de

Janeiro

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1. From the Main Menu, press

D

to select

the World Time function (or highlight

and press

ENTER

). The last-selected

city name and that city’s day, date, and

time appear.

2. Repeatedly press

SEARCH

. or

SEARCH

.until you see the city name

you want.

3. Press

DST

to turn on or off Daylight Sav-

ing Time.

Note:

Not all cities observe Daylight

Saving Time. If you have already

selected Daylight Saving Time, the orga-

nizer automatically adjusts the time for

all world cities.

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CHECKING AVAILABLE

MEMORY

Follow these steps to find out how much us-

able memory is available.

1. From the Main Menu, press

SHIFT

then

SPACE

. The Configuration Menu

appears.

2. Press

2

then

ENTER

. The percentage of

available memory appears.

3. Press

MENU

to return to the Main Menu.

ENTERING RECORDS

You can enter several different types of

records into your organizer. Each type of

record has different uses and capabilities, but

shares basic record entry features.

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• To enter capital letters, press

CAPS

.

C

appears.

• To enter a space, press

SPACE

.

• To select a symbol, repeatedly press

SYMBL

until you see the symbol you

want (/ ,

,

: $ £ ¥ @ ) ( ? ! \ # _). Then

press to select the symbol.

• If you make an incorrect entry, press the

arrow keys to move to the character you

want to change, then type the correct

character over the old one.

• To start a new line, press

↵

.

• To insert a space before a character,

press

INS

. If you want to enter a charac-

ter in that space, simply press the appro-

priate key after you press

INS

.

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DELETING RECORDS

Follow these steps to delete a phone directo-

ry, schedule alarm, memo, to-do, or expense

record.

1. Recall the record you want to delete.

2. Press

DEL

.

Delete?

(Y/N)

appears. If you are sure, press

Y

. The

record is deleted. Otherwise, press

N

.

The record remains unchanged.

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DAILY ALARM

You can set an alarm to sound at a set time

of day. When the daily alarm is on,

(

•

)

appears on the display and a tone sounds for

about 20 seconds at the set time. Press any

key to silence the alarm.

Note:

Because pressing any key turns off the

alarm, the alarm might not sound if you are

entering information at the alarm time.

SETTING THE DAILY ALARM

1. Select the Daily Alarm function (

H

).

The display shows

.

2. Press

EDIT

. The first hour digit flashes.

3. Use the number keys to enter the alarm

hour and minute.

4. In the 12-hour format, press

AM/PM

to

set the alarm time to AM or PM.

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5. Press

ENTER

to store the alarm time.

(

•

)

appears on the display. The

alarm is set to sound.

6. Press

MENU

to return to the Main Menu.

TURNING THE DAILY ALARM

ON AND OFF

1. Select the Daily Alarm function (

H

).

2. Press

V

to turn the alarm on.

(

•

)

appears on the display when the alarm

is set to sound. Press

V

to turn the alarm

off.

(

•

)

disappears.

Note:

Turning the daily alarm on or off does

not affect the schedule alarms (see “Turning

the Schedule Alarm On and Off” on

Page 33).

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USING SNOOZE

When the alarm sounds, press

SPACE

to turn

on the snooze function. The alarm turns off

for about 10 minutes.

When the alarm sounds again, press any key

except

SPACE

to silence the alarm. If no key

is pressed, the alarm sounds again after 10

minutes then turns off until the next day at the

set time.

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