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Error Messages

The calculator beeps and displays an error message under certain circumstances－for example, when you attempt an operation that is not allowed.

The calculator distinguishes between math errors that occur on the calculator line and other types of messages by preceding math-error messages with the word .

Press C or < to erase the message and restore the previous display.

 

   

The Solver cannot begin a numerical search using the initial estimates. See pages 180 and 239.

    

To conserve battery power, the calculator will not transmit data to the printer until fresh batteries have been installed.

       

Attempted to get another list without first clearing or naming the current list. Press @cto clear it or to name it.

 

Attempted a calculation using an empty CFLO or SUM list.

   

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Hp 17bII+ Financial Calculator Edition June January Printing History Welcome to the hp17bII+ Welcome to the hp 17bII+ Contents Saving and Reusing Numbers Error MessagesUsing Parentheses in Calculations Power Function Exponentiation Interest Rate Conversions Time Value of MoneyCash Flow Calculations 11 141 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic BondsDepreciation 10 121 Running Total and Statistics 12 153 The Equation Solver 14 190 Additional Examples More About Calculations Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service RPN The Stack Menu Maps RPN Summary RPN Selected Examples Error Messages Index Currency Exchange Calculations List of ExamplesList of Examples General Business Calculations Interest Rate Conversions Running Total and Statistical Calculations Time, Alarms, and Date ArithmeticHow to Use the Equation Solver Bonds and Notes Important Information Important Information Getting Started Power On and Off Continuous MemoryAdjusting the Display Contrast Getting Started 18 1 Getting Started Setting the LanguageWhat You See in the Display Keys for language Key Description Backspacing and Clearing Shift Key @ Keys Display Description Keys for Clearing20 1 Getting Started Keys DisplayDescription Doing Arithmetic Keying in Negative Numbers Using the Menu Keys22 1 Getting Started Menu Labels Menu Keys Main Menu 24 1 Getting Started Main Menu Menu Label Operations Done Covered This Category Choosing Menus and Reading Menu Maps 26 1 Getting Started Using the MU%C menuDisplaying the MU%C menu Calculations Using Menus Clearing Values in Menus Exiting Menus e28 1 Getting Started = Cost Solving Your Own Equations Solve 30 1 Getting Started Typing Words and Characters the ALPHAbetic Menu Characters Editing ALPHAbetic TextKeys       32 1 Getting Started Calculating the Answer CalcAlphabetic Editing Operation Label or Key to Press Keyboard KeysDisplayDescription Temporarily SHOWing ALL Controlling the Display FormatDecimal Places Internal Precision Exchanging Periods and Commas in Numbers Rounding a Number Double Space. Press Error MessagesModes 36 1 Getting Started Number of bytes Percentage of total Memory still free Calculator Memory @M 38 2 Arithmetic ArithmeticCalculator Line VDoing Calculations Keys Display VUsing Parentheses in CalculationsArithmetic Mathematical Functions VThe Percent Key40 2 Arithmetic Shifted Math Functions VThe Power Function ExponentiationKey Description Math MenuMath Menu Labels 42 2 Arithmetic History Stack of Numbers Saving and Reusing Numbers VKeys Display VReusing the Last Result @L44 2 Arithmetic VKeys Display Description Storing and Recalling Numbers Doing Arithmetic Inside Registers and Variables Keys New Register ContentsArithmetic in Registers Scientific Notation 48 2 Arithmetic Range of Numbers Business Percentages BUS Menus Description Percentage Calculations Business 50 3 Percentage Calculations in Business Using the BUS MenusExamples Using the BUS Menus Percent Change %CHG Percent of Total %TOTL Markup as a Percent of Price MU%P Markup as a Percent of Cost MU%C52 3 Percentage Calculations in Business Sharing Variables Between Menus Currx Menu Currency Exchange Calculations54 4 Currency Exchange Calculation Menu Key Selecting a Set of CurrenciesCurrx Menu Currency Exchange Calculation Currencies Select CAN$ as currency United States Conversion Chart in US$Entering a Rate Currency Rate Select HK$ as currency 58 4 Currency Exchange Calculation Storing and Recalling Sets of Currencies Converting Between Two CurrenciesExample Converting between Hong Kong and U.S Dollars 60 4 Currency Exchange Calculation Clearing the Currency Variables TVM Menu Time Value of MoneyTime Value of Money Second Level of TVM First Level of TVM Shortcut for N Multiplies the number in the display by TVM Menu LabelsFirst Level Second Level 64 5 Time Value of Money Cash Flow Diagrams and Signs of Numbers FV is 66 5 Time Value of Money Using the TVM Menu Loan Calculations Figures and stores number 68 5 Time Value of Money @c  Figures and stores 70 5 Time Value of Money 000 Savings Calculations 72 5 Time Value of Money Figures and stores number 74 5 Time Value of Money Leasing Calculations  76 5 Time Value of Money Amortization Amrt 78 5 Time Value of Money Displaying an Amortization ScheduleAmrt Menu Labels Label Time Value of Money Next successive set of payments authorized 80 5 Time Value of Money First year 82 5 Time Value of Money Printing an Amortization Table Table Calculates and prints 84 6 Interest Rate Conversions Interest Rate Conversions Converting Interest Rates Icnv MenuInterest Rate Conversions 86 6 Interest Rate Conversions Compounding Periods Different from Payment Periods 88 6 Interest Rate Conversions  90 6 Interest Rate Conversions Cflo menu Cash Flow CalculationsCash Flow Calculations 92 7 Cash Flow Calculations Cflo Menu Labels Cash Flows Ungrouped 94 7 Cash Flow Calculations Creating a Cash-Flow List For grouped cash flows The display now shows Entering Cash Flows 96 7 Cash Flow Calculations Prompting for #TIMES #T?. When the calculator displays Display Description Viewing and Correcting the List Deleting Cash Flows from List. Pressing Copying a Number from a List to the Calculator LineNaming and Renaming a Cash-Flow List 98 7 Cash Flow Calculations Starting or GETting Another List Clearing a Cash-Flow List and Its NameViewing the Name of the Current List. Press , then e 100 7 Cash Flow Calculations Cash-Flow Calculations IRR, NPV, NUS, NFV Calc Menu for Cflo Lists Menu Label 102 7 Cash Flow Calculations Calculates NPV 104 7 Cash Flow Calculations Group Number Amount Prompts for next cash 106 7 Cash Flow Calculations Doing Other Calculations with Cflo Data Bond Menu Bonds108 8 Bonds Menu Description Label Bond Menu LabelsBonds 110 8 Bonds Doing Bond CalculationsTo calculate the price or yield of a bond Since there is no call on 112 8 Bonds MM.DDYYYY format Deprc Menu Depreciation114 9 Depreciation Depreciation Deprc Menu Labels To calculate the depreciation for an asset Doing Depreciation CalculationsDB, SOYD, and SL Methods 116 9 Depreciation Basis Salv 4,000 Year Percentage Deductible Keys Display Description Acrs Method118 9 Depreciation Partial-Year Depreciation 120 9 Depreciation Calendar Year Depreciation Value Running Total and Statistics Running Total and Statistics SUM Menu Labels SUM Menu122 10 Running Total and Statistics Entering Numbers and Viewing the Total Creating a SUM List 124 10 Running Total and Statistics Amount Date DateTransaction 126 10 Running Total and Statistics Naming and Renaming a SUM List Doing Statistical Calculations Calc Clearing a SUM List and Its Name Calc Menu for SUM Lists Menu Key Calculations with One Variable128 10 Running Total and Statistics Expense Month Phone 130 10 Running Total and Statistics Calculations with Two Variables Frcst Calc Total Mean Medn Stdev Range More MIN MAX Sort Frcst 132 10 Running Total and Statistics Frcst Menu Labels Logarithmic Curve Fit Curve Fitting and Forecasting To do curve fitting and forecasting 134 10 Running Total and Statistics Radio Number of Minutes Dollar SalesAdvertising Values Minutes 136 10 Running Total and Statistics Minutes 138 10 Running Total and Statistics Weighted Mean and Grouped Standard Deviation Rent Summation Statistics 140 10 Running Total and Statistics Doing Other Calculations with SUM Data Viewing the Time and Date Time, Appointments, Date ArithmeticTime, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic Time Menu Labels Time Menu142 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic Or DD.MMYYYY Setting the Time and Date SETSET Menu Labels Menu Label Description Changing the Time and Date Formats SET Adjusting the Clock Setting Adjst144 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic Menu Labels for Setting Appointments Description Viewing or Setting an Appointment APT1-APT10Appointments Appt 146 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic To set an appointment or view its current setting Acknowledging an Appointment To acknowledge a past-due appointment Unacknowledged AppointmentsClearing Appointments 148 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic Date Arithmetic Calc 150 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic Determining the Day of the Week for Any DateCalculating the Number of Days between Dates Calc Menu Labels for Date Arithmetic Calculating Past or Future Dates DATE2 152 11 Time, Appointments, and Date Arithmetic Solver Example Sales Forecasts Equation SolverEquation Solver Next =OLD 154 12 The Equation Solver Menu Label   156 12 The Equation Solver Solve MenuKeys Solve Menu Labels Entering EquationsTo make an entry into the Solver list To do a calculation using a Solver menu Calculating Using Solver Menus Calc158 12 The Equation Solver Rmenu label Eqty 160 12 The Equation Solver Naming an Equation Editing an Equation Edit 162 12 The Equation Solver Finding an Equation in the Solver ListShared Variables Clearing Variables Deleting a variable is quite different from clearing it Deleting Variables and Equations 164 12 The Equation Solver Writing EquationsDeleting One Equation or Its Variables Delet Deleting All Equations or All Variables in the Solver @c ⋅ C 100⋅ E 166 12 The Equation Solver What Can Appear in an Equation+ 5 ⋅ E Using the Alpha Menu Solver Functions Using a Typing Aid168 12 The Equation Solver DDAYSd1d2cal Solver Functions for Equations Description Svariable name 170 12 The Equation SolverHH.MMSS format IFcond expr 1 expr #TCFLO-listnameflow# Cfr c 1 c 2 s exprSIZECCFLO-listname SIZESSUM-listname 172 12 The Equation Solver Days OperatorKeys Conditional Expressions with if≥ = ≤ = ≠  174 12 The Equation Solver Percent Salary Increase RatingExamples of Conditional Equations VALUE＝FIRST＋1 ⎟ FIRST. If FIRST＝0, then VALUE＝FIRST 176 12 The Equation Solver Summation Function ∑ Accessing Cflo and SUM Lists from the Solver 178 12 The Equation Solver Creating Menus for Multiple Equations S Function How the Solver Works 180 12 The Equation Solver Halting and Restarting the Iterative Search Entering Guesses 182 12 The Equation Solver  184 13 Printing Printing Printing Printer’s Power SourceDouble-Space Printing Printing the DisplayP 186 13 Printing Printing Other Information @pPrinting Variables, Lists, and Appointments List Printer Menu Labels    Trace Printing Trace Printing Descriptive Messages MSG188 13 Printing Keys Print-out How to Interrupt the Printer 190 14 Additional Examples Additional ExamplesLoans Simple Annual Interest Additional Examples Yield of a Discounted or Premium Mortgage Figures and stores total 192 14 Additional Examples See appendix F for RPN keystrokes for the next two examples Annual Percentage Rate for a Loan with Fees 194 14 Additional Examples 11.5  Loan with an Odd Partial First Period @c e Solver Equation for Odd-Period Calculations 196 14 Additional Examples Canadian Mortgages Solver Equation for Canadian Mortgages 198 14 Additional Examples Solver Equation for Advance Payments Advance Payments Leasing Value of a Fund with Regular Withdrawals Savings200 14 Additional Examples Displays periodic 202 14 Additional Examples Deposits Needed for a Child’s College Account Additional Examples 204 14 Additional Examples Flow of Withdrawals For FLOW1 206 14 Additional Examples Value of a Tax-Free Account 35  208 14 Additional Examples Value of a Taxable Retirement Account Modified Internal Rate of Return Group No. of Months Cash Flow, $ Flow no 210 14 Additional Examples 180000 V8 /12FLOW0 V13 /12  200000 I212 14 Additional Examples Solver Equation for Insurance Price Price of an Insurance Policy 214 14 Additional Examples Bonds 216 14 Additional Examples Discounted Notes Moving Average Statistics Solver Equation for Moving Averages 218 14 Additional Examples Use Chi-Squared χ2 StatisticsIf necessary If the expected values vary 220 14 Additional Examples Number Keystroke Display Description Obtaining Help in Operating the Calculator Assistance, Batteries Memory, and ServiceAssistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service Answers to Common Questions Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service Low-Power Indications Power and BatteriesDo not use rechargeable batteries Installing Batteries Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service Managing Calculator Memory Reset hole Resetting the Calculator For English language Erasing Continuous MemoryFor the other languages „ If the calculator won’t turn on Determining If the Calculator Requires ServiceClock Accuracy Environmental Limits Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service Confirming Calculator Operation Self-Test Warranty Assistance, Batteries, Memory, and Service America Country Telephone numbers ServiceEurope Country Telephone numbers Asia Pacific Country Telephone numbers HP Invent Canada Regulatory informationJapan More About Calculations More About CalculationsIRR% Calculations Possible Outcomes of Calculating IRR% Storing a Guess for IRR% Halting and Restarting the IRR% Calculation S T = P R I C E － P R O F I T Direct SolutionsSolver Calculations O F I T = P R I C E － C O S T ＝ a R E a ⎟ W E a ＝ L x W Iterative Solutions More About Calculations More About Calculations More About Calculations Actuarial Functions Equations Used by Built-in Menus Time Value of Money TVM Percentage Calculations in Business BUSAmortization NPV ＝ CF0 + ∑CFj x Uspv i% nj x Sppv i% Nj Interest Rate ConversionsCash-Flow Calculations NOM %  P NUS ＝ Uspv i% N Total ＝ ∑nj ⋅ CFj Bond Calculations DB ＝ Basis ⋅ Fact % /100 Depreciation Calculations Forecasting Sum and StatisticsModel Transformation SX 2 ⋅ SY Equations Used in ChapterSXY = Σ X − M Advance Payments Odd-Period CalculationsModified Internal Rate of Return Menu Maps Menu Maps Figure C-2. Currx Menu Figure C-3. FIN Menu Figure C-3 . FIN Menu Figure C-4. SUM Menu Figure C-5. Time Menu Figure C-6. Solve Menu RPN Summary RPN SummaryAbout RPN About RPN on the hp 17bII+ To select RPN mode Press @  Setting RPN Mode Same as Where the RPN Functions AreFunction Definition Key to Use Name ~ same as ↓. Except in Cflo and SUM lists, Efunction and the key also Arithmetic Topics Affected by RPN ModeDoing Calculations in RPN Simple Arithmetic To Calculate Press Display 27 % Calculations with STO and RCL RPN Mode ALG ModeChain Calculations－No Parentheses Display To Calculate Press What the Stack Is RPN The StackRPN The Stack Exchanging the X- and Y-Registers in the Stack Reviewing the Stack Roll Down Arithmetic－How the Stack Does It Lost How Enter Works Clearing Numbers Last X Register Reusing NumbersRetrieving Numbers from Last Chain Calculations Exercises Solution 23 @w13 E9 *-7@t+ RPN Selected Examples RPN Selected Examples   KeysDisplay Calculates annual interest #TIMES1 for FLOW1 For E, press =, not I11 I  Annual payment deposit    Error Messages Error Messages Error Messages Error Messages                 Error Messages Special Characters IndexIndex 147 169 166 156 ,  174-76 31-32 149 145144 116 162-64 133 181-83229 Examples 138-39 168-71 239 , 72-73 213-15 , 132 , 109 , 49, 53 , 52, 128 , 128 , 128 , 128  242-46 143-44 Memory. See also Continuous Memory 164-67 , 101 , 101 , 101 , 157 , 56 , 56 , 56 , 42 92-94 175 , 56 , 42 , 18 @p, 186 P PMT. See also Payments in TVM, 63 rounded amortization Repeating appointments past-due, 148 setting 128 Using146-47 176 243-46 171 178 148 133-34 This regulation applies only to The Netherlands