Sharp EL-6900 operation manual Setting daylight saving time DST summer time, Setting alarms

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ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER

	EL-6900
		OPERATION MANUAL
NOTICE
• SHARP strongly recommends that separate	• SHARP assumes no responsibility, directly or
permanent written records be kept of all		indirectly, for financial losses or claims from
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virtually any electronic memory product under		product and any of its functions, such as stolen
certain circumstances. Therefore, SHARP		credit card numbers, loss or alteration of stored
assumes no responsibility for data lost or		data, etc.
otherwise rendered unusable whether as a	• The information provided in this manual is
result of improper use, repairs, defects, battery		subject to change without notice.
replacement, use after the specified battery life
has expired, or any other cause.

Part Names

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5.Setting daylight saving time (DST: summer time)

1.Press CLOCK once or twice to display Home or World clock.

2.Press DST .

“#” is displayed. The time is set 1 hour ahead.

To clear DST, press DST to clear “#”. The time is set 1 hour behind.

Notes

•DST can be set independently in either Home or World clock.

•When DST is set for one world city, it is used for all cities displayed in World clock.

6. Setting alarms

The Organizer has 3 kinds of alarm:

1.Daily alarm ........ beeps every day at the alarm

time (for 1 minute), when “” is turned on.

2.Hourly alarm ...... beeps every hour when

minutes reach “00”, when “” is turned on.

3.Schedule alarm .. beeps at the time for all the

schedule entries (for 1

minute), when “” is turned on. (Refer to

“Schedule Mode”.)

Press any key to stop the alarm beeping.

Setting/Changing the daily alarm time

1.	Press	CLOCK	once or twice to display Home
	clock (with “		”).
2.	Press		to
		ALARM		ALARM
	display the daily
	alarm screen.			A12–00
	(The display differs

between the 12-hour and 24-hour clock.)

3.Press SHIFT SET .

4.Enter the time.

5.Press ENTER .

• The daily alarm time is set.

Turning the alarms on and off

An alarm sounds only when the respective symbol

(, , or ) is turned on.

Display Home clock (press CLOCK once or twice) and press ALARM to display the daily alarm screen.

Each time you press ALARM while the daily alarm screen is displayed, the combination of symbols switches.

Note

•Alarms sound even when the Organizer is turned off.

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Telephone Mode

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q Power ON/OFF key	• Purple colored functions are operated by
w Cursor keys	pressing		(“SHIFT” is turned on) and the
		SHIFT
e Search keys	appropriate keys.
r Mode keys	• In this manual, only the display symbols
t RESET switch	necessary for explanation of this product are
y TRANSLATOR key	shown.

The following notations are used for
key operations.
	➝		: Clear memory	➝		: Turn the touch tone on
		CM			SHIFT
			(in Calculator mode)			and off
	➝ U		: Letter “U”	➝ V		: Letter “V”

Using the Organizer for the First Time

Be sure to perform the following operations					NOTES
before using the Organizer for the first time.					• If the Organizer is subjected to strong,
1.	Remove the isolating film that is affixed to the				extraneous electrical noises or shocks during
	battery holder on the back of the unit.				use, an abnormal condition may occur in which
2.	Press the RESET switch with a ball-point pen				no keys (including	OFF	) will respond. Press
						ON
	or similar object.				the RESET switch and		press			to
								SHIFT	ENTER
	“RESET?” is displayed.				delete all the memory contents.
3.	Press			to initialize the	• To minimize battery consumption, the Organizer
		SHIFT	ENTER
	Organizer.				is designed to automatically turn off when no
	After “RESET!” is displayed, Home clock is				key has been pressed for approximately 7

Telephone mode is composed of two directions of storage memory. Pressing TEL toggles between “1” and “2” on the display.

Use these files for convenience, e.g. business and private files.

A telephone entry consists of name, address, E-mail address, web address (URL) and number fields.

Storing telephone entries

1. Press	TEL	once or	NAME?
twice to display the
Telephone mode
screen.

2.Enter the name, e.g. SMITH SPACE ROBERT, and press ENTER .

3.Enter the address, e.g. 18 SPACE EAST

SPACE ROAD, and press ENTER .

4. Enter the E-mail		harpsec.com_
address, e.g.
SROB
	SMBL

(to enter “ @ ”)

SHARPSEC.COM, and press

•The E-mail address is automatically entered in small letters.

5.Enter the web address (URL), e.g. WWW.SHARPUSA.COM, and press ENTER .

6. Enter the phone	NUMBER?
number, and then
	2–3456–7890
the fax number if
	3456–7891_

needed, e.g.

012-3456-7890

FSPACE SPACE SPACE 3456-7891, and

press ENTER .

•“STORED!” appears briefly, then the Telephone mode screen is displayed. The telephone entry is now stored.

Field	Number of	Allowable
	characters	characters
The 1st line:	36 characters	Alphabetic letters,
Name, address,	or under	numbers, symbols,
E-mail address		“+ – ⋅ ÷ .”, space
and web address
(URL)
The 2nd and the		Numbers, space, –,
3rd lines:		F (Fax), P (Pager)
Phone number

Notes

•The symbol “NAME”, “ADDRESS”, “E-mail”, or “URL” is turned on while entering in each field.

•To skip entry of an address, E-mail address, web address (URL), or number, press ENTER when “ADDRESS?”, “E-MAIL?”, “URL?”, or “NUMBER?” is displayed. However, entering a person’s name cannot be skipped.

displayed. (See “Clock Mode”.) You have	minutes.
deleted all the memory contents now.	• The key touch tone is turned on and off by

Schedule Mode

pressing	SHIFT	. When the tone is turned
on, “ ” is turned on.

Changing the Guidance Language

Guidance messages can be displayed in 7	To change the language, press					SHIFT			LANGUAGE
languages – English, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian,	followed by	PREV	or	NEXT			to select the
German, French, and Spanish. After initializing the	desired language, then press							.
					ENTER
Organizer, the default setting is English.

Entering Characters

Schedule mode is used for storing schedule details (36 characters or under), date and time (year, month, day, hour, and minute).

In the 1st line the same characters are allowable as in Telephone mode.

Pressing SCHEDULE/MEMO toggles between Schedule and Memo mode.

1. Storing schedule entries
1. Press		SCHEDULE?
	SCHEDULE/MEMO

once or twice to display the Schedule mode screen.

4.Press ENTER to store in the memory. Notes

• Schedules for the following dates can be stored:

January 1901 to December 2098.

• If an attempt is made to store an entry without a date or time, or with an invalid date or time, “ERROR!” appears briefly. Enter the correct

date and time and press ENTER .

2. Alarm for Schedule mode

When the schedule alarm (“”) is turned on, it is set for all the schedule entries. Beeping sounds for 1 minute when the time for a schedule entry is reached. Press any key to stop the alarm. The

• Alphanumeric letters, symbols, and “+ – ⋅ ÷ .”

can be entered into the dot display area (the 1st

line).

• Numbers and some characters (only space, –,

and F and P in Telephone mode) can be entered

into the number display area (the 2nd and the

Making corrections

Move the cursor to the character to be corrected. Enter the correct character to replace the previous one.

Cursor

2.Enter the details and press ENTER .

3.Enter the date and time.

•The types of date and time are the same as the types set for the clock.

•To enter a single-digit date or time, enter “0” and the digit (e.g. “O2”).

schedule alarm cannot be set for an individual entry.

3rd lines).

• Basically letters are entered in capital letters

(“CAPS” is turned on). To enter small letters,

press CAPS to turn “CAPS” off.

Entering symbols and letters with an accent mark

•To enter a symbol, press SMBL repeatedly until the desired symbol appears:

@# $ £ ¥ ( )~ ’: / \ _ &<> ß!? ¡¿æµ¢

•To enter a letter with an accent mark, press

SHIFT SHIFT to turn “SHIFT LOCK” on, and press the appropriate key repeatedly. (Refer to the “QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE” inside the cover.)

• To turn “SHIFT LOCK” off, press SHIFT again.

The cursor (_) indicates the position for entering a character. Move the cursor with the cursor keys

().

Inserting characters

Each time INS is pressed, a space is inserted at the cursor position to allow you to enter a character.

Deleting characters

Press DEL to delete the character at the cursor position.

Press C•CE to clear all the characters that you have entered and not stored yet.

Memo Mode

Notes or other pieces of information that are not	2.	Enter the memo item					UNION BANK
appropriate for Telephone or Schedule mode can		and numbers.
							01
be entered for convenience.		E.g. UNION
					SPACE		272–0011223_
In the 1st line the same characters are allowable		BANK		ENTER
as in Telephone mode. In the 2nd and the 3rd		01
lines you can enter numbers, –, and space. (36		272-0011223
characters or under can be entered in each line.)	3.	Press				to store in the memory.
			ENTER

Storing memo entries

1. Press

SCHEDULE/MEMO MEMO?

once or twice to display the Memo mode screen.

Clock Mode

Home clock
Home city (with “ ”)		Day of the week
Date	LON	WED
	2003– 1– 1
Time	A12–00–00

Each time you press CLOCK , the clock switches between Home and World clocks. (For World clock, “ ” is not displayed.)

1. Before setting the clock

•The default setting for the date is “YYYY/MM/ DD” (year-month-day). To change the setting to “MM/DD/YYYY” (month-day-year) or “DD/MM/ YYYY” (day-month-year):

1.Press CLOCK once or twice to display Home clock (with “ ”).

2.Press DATE TYPE .

3.Press PREV or NEXT to select the desired type.

4.Press ENTER to store the new setting.

•To change the 12-hour clock to the 24-hour

clock, press 1224 (“A” or “P” is cleared). Each time you press 1224 , the clock switches.

•In the period of daylight saving time/summer time, press DST in advance (“#” is displayed).

2. Setting the clock

1.Press CLOCK once or twice to display Home clock (with “ ”).

2.Press SHIFT SET to start setting.

The cursor starts to flash on the city name.

3.Press PREV or NEXT to select the desired time zone. (Refer to the list of cities described below.)

•Enter the city name, if needed (6 characters or under). Only one changed name for Home clock can be stored.

4.Press to move the cursor to the year.

5.Enter the year (4 digits), the month, and the day (2 digits each).

•The built-in calendar extends from January 1st, 1901, to December 31st, 2098.

6.Press AM/PM to select “A” (morning) or “P” (afternoon) for the 12-hour clock.

7.Enter the time (hours and minutes). Note: P12-00: noon, A12-00: midnight

8.Press ENTER . The clock starts from “00” seconds.

Notes

•To enter a single-digit date or time, enter “0” and the digit (e.g. “02”).

•If you enter an invalid date or time, “ERROR!” appears briefly. Enter the correct date and time and press ENTER .

Zone	Display	City	Zone	Display	City
No.			No.
0	TNG	TONGA	10	MOW	MOSCOW
1	WLG	WELLINGTON	11	CAI	CAIRO
2	NOU	NOUMEA	12	PAR	PARIS
3	SYD	SYDNEY	13	LON	LONDON
3.3	ADL	ADELAIDE	14	AZ0	AZORES ISLANDS
4	TYO	TOKYO	15	-2H	2hrs behind LON
5	HKG	HONG KONG	16	RIO	RIO DE JANEIRO
6	BKK	BANGKOK	17	CCS	CARACAS
6.3	RGN	YANGON	18	NYC	NEW YORK
7	DAC	DHAKA	19	CHI	CHICAGO
7.3	DEL	NEW DELHI	20	DEN	DENVER
8	KHI	KARACHI	21	LAX	LOS ANGELES
8.3	KBL	KABUL	22	ANC	ANCHORAGE
9	DXB	DUBAI	23	HNL	HONOLULU
9.3	THR	TEHRAN	24	MID	MIDWAY

3. Using World clock

1.Press CLOCK once or twice to display World clock (without “ ”).

2.Press PREV or NEXT to select the desired city.

4.Changing the cities between Home and World clocks

You can change the home city for a city in another time zone without adjusting the stored correct time.

1.Press CLOCK once or twice to display World clock (without “ ”).

2.Press PREV or NEXT and select the desired city to be set as the new home city.

3.Press SHIFT SET to change the cities between Home and World clocks.

•The previous home city is now set as the world city (without “ ”).

4.Press CLOCK to check the home city.

•The selected city in step 2 is set as the home city (with “ ”).

5.Press CLOCK to recheck the world city, and

press PREV or NEXT to select the new world city, if needed.

Notes for storing and recalling entries

•

When the memory is full, “MEMORY FULL!”

•

Pressing

E-MAIL

displays the E-mail address

appears briefly, and the entry cannot be stored.

on the 1st line directly.

•

When the symbol “ ” or “ ” is turned on,

Pressing

(

) again displays the

E-MAIL

WWW

or

to

more information exists. Press

web address (URL) on the 1st line. Each time

switch the display.

you press

(

), the display

E-MAIL

WWW

Checking details of entries in Telephone mode

switches between the E-mail and the web

addresses.

•

To display each field on the 1st line, follow the

•

Press and hold

to start the auto scroll on the

symbol “ ” or “ ” and press

or

. (The

1st line. Press

again to stop or restart the

symbol above the 1st line shows each field.)

scroll. Press

to quit the auto scroll.

C•CE

Recalling entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –

First press the desired mode key.						Sorting order
		: Recalls entries in forward order				• Telephone and memo entries are stored by the
NEXT
		: Recalls entries in reverse order				first character of the person’s name or memo
PREV
Sequential search						item in the following order (case sensitive):
Press			or		in each mode.
	NEXT			PREV

Direct search

•Enter the first characters (8 characters or

under) of the person’s name, schedule details,								• Schedule entries are stored by date and time.
or memo item, and press					or
			NEXT
	. Then press			or			to	Note
PREV		NEXT				PREV

continue performing a direct search.	• When there is no (further or relevant) entry to
	be recalled, “NOT FOUND!” appears briefly, and
	the display returns to the mode screen.

Editing or deleting entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –

Editing

5.

Press

ENTER

several times (until “STORED!”

1.

Recall the entry to be edited.

appears briefly) to finish editing and to store

2.

Press

. The cursor starts to flash.

the entry.

EDIT

• In Telephone mode press

several

ENTER

Deleting

times to display each field (the address field

1. Recall the entry to be deleted.

and so on).

2.

Press

.

DEL

3.

Press , , , or

to move the cursor to

• “DELETE?” is displayed.

the position to be edited.

• To cancel the deletion operation, press

4.

Enter, insert, or delete characters (refer to

.

C•CE

“Entering Characters”).

3.

Press

to delete the entry.

• To cancel editing, press

.

ENTER

C•CE

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