Sharp EL-6985 Operation Manual

NOTICE
• SHARP strongly recommends that separate
permanent written records be kept of all
important data. Data may be lost or altered in
virtually any electronic memory product under
certain circumstances. Therefore, SHARP
assumes no responsibility for data lost or
otherwise rendered unusable whether as a
result of improper use, repairs, defects, battery
replacement, use after the specified battery life
has expired, or any other cause.

Part Names

6
q Power ON/OFF key
w Cursor keys
e Search keys
r Mode keys
t RESET switch
y TRANSLATOR key
The following notations are used for key operations.
➝
: Clear memory
CM
(in Calculator mode)
➝
: Letter "U"
U

Using the Organizer for the First Time

Be sure to perform the following operations
before using the Organizer for the first time.
1. Remove the isolating film that is affixed to the
battery holder on the back of the unit.
2. Press the RESET switch with a ball-point pen
or similar object.
"RESET?" is displayed.
3. Press to initialize the
SHIFT ENTER
Organizer.
After "RESET!" is displayed, Home clock is
displayed. (See "Clock Mode".) You have
deleted all the memory contents now.
Changing the Guidance Language
Guidance messages can be displayed in 7
languages – English, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian,
German, French, and Spanish. After initializing the
Organizer, the default setting is English.

Entering Characters

• 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
3rd lines).
• Basically letters are entered in capital letters
("CAPS" is turned on). To enter small letters,
press to turn "CAPS" off.
CAPS
Entering symbols and letters with an accent
mark
• To enter a symbol, press repeatedly until
SMBL
the desired symbol appears:
( )~': / \_&<>ß!? ¡¿æµ¢
@#$£¥
• To enter a letter with an accent mark, press
to turn "SHIFT LOCK" on, and
SHIFT SHIFT
press the appropriate key repeatedly. (Refer to
following list)
• To turn "SHIFT LOCK" off, press again.
SHIFT
(Key) (CAPS ON) (Key) (CAPS ON)
(CAPS OFF)

Clock Mode

Home clock
Home city (with " ") Day of the week
LON WED
Date
2003– 1– 1
Time
A12–00–00
Each time you press , the clock switches
CLOCK
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 once or twice to display
CLOCK
Home clock (with " ").
2. Press .
DATE TYPE
3. Press or to select the
PREV
NEXT
desired type.
4. Press to store the new setting.
ENTER
• To change the 12-hour clock to the 24-hour
clock, press ("A" or "P" is cleared).
12 24
Each time you press , the clock
12 24
switches.
• In the period of daylight saving time/summer
time, press in advance ("#" is displayed).
DST
2. Setting the clock
1. Press once or twice to display Home
CLOCK
clock (with " ").
2. Press to start setting.
SHIFT SET
The cursor starts to flash on the city name.
3. Press or to select the
PREV NEXT
desired City. (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 date.
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 to select "A" (morning) or "P"
AM/PM
(afternoon) for the 12-hour clock.
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EL-6985 English Front sheet
ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER
EL-6985
OPERATION MANUAL
• SHARP assumes no responsibility, directly or
indirectly, for financial losses or claims from
third persons resulting from the use of this
product and any of its functions, such as stolen
credit card numbers, loss or alteration of stored
data, etc.
• This Organizer is not designed to visit Web sites
or transfer/receive e-mail messages by using
the URL or E-mail addresses you will store.
• The information provided in this manual is
subject to change without notice.
1
2
3
4
5
• Yellow colored functions are operated by
pressing ("SHIFT" is turned on) and the
SHIFT
appropriate keys.
• In this manual, only the display symbols
necessary for explanation of this product are
shown.
➝
: Turn the touch tone on
SHIFT
and off
➝
: Letter "V"
V
NOTES
• If the Organizer is subjected to strong,
extraneous electrical noises or shocks during
use, an abnormal condition may occur in which
OFF
no keys (including ) will respond. Press
ON
the RESET switch and press
SHIFT ENTER
delete all the memory contents.
• To minimize battery consumption, the Organizer
is designed to automatically turn off when no
key has been pressed for approximately 5
minutes.
• The key touch tone is turned on and off by
pressing . When the tone is turned
SHIFT
on, " " is turned on.
To change the language, press
SHIFT LANGUAGE
followed by or to select the
PREV NEXT
desired language, then press .
ENTER
Making corrections
Move the cursor to the character to be corrected.
Enter the correct character to replace the previous
one.
Cursor
The cursor (_) indicates the position for entering a
character. Move the cursor with the cursor keys
( ).
Inserting characters
Each time is pressed, a space is inserted at
INS
the cursor position to allow you to enter a
character.
Deleting characters
Press to delete the character at the cursor
DEL
position.
Press to clear all the characters that you
C•CE
have entered and not stored yet.
(CAPS OFF)
7. Enter the time (hours and minutes).
Note: P12-00: noon, A12-00: midnight
8. Press . The clock starts from "00"
ENTER
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
Display City Display City
LON LONDON TYO TOKYO
LIS LISBON ADL ADELAIDE
PAR PARIS SYD SYDNEY
BER BERLIN GUM GUAM
ROM ROME NOU NOUMEA
AMS AMSTERDAM WLG WELLINGTON
BCN BARCELONA AKL AUCKLAND
HEL HELSINKI TNG TONGA
CAI CAIRO MID MIDWAY
MOW MOSCOW HNL HONOLULU
RUH RIYADH ANC ANCHORAGE
THR TEHRAN LAX LOS ANGELES
DXB DUBAI DEN DENVER
KBL KABUL CHI CHICAGO
KHI KARACHI NYC NEW YORK
DEL DELHI YYZ TORONTO
DAC DHAKA CCS CARACAS
RGN YANGON RIO RIO DE JANEIRO
BKK BANGKOK MAT MID ATLANTIC
BEI BEIJING –2H 2hrs behind LON
HKG HONG KONG AZO AZORES ISLANDS
SIN SINGAPORE
3. Using World clock
1. Press once or twice to display World
CLOCK
clock (without " ").
2. Press or to select the
PREV NEXT
desired city.
4. Changing the cities between Home
and World clocks
1. Press once or twice to display World
CLOCK
clock (without " ").
2. Press or and select the
PREV NEXT
desired city to be set as the new home city.
3. Press to change the cities
SHIFT SET
between Home and World clocks.
• The previous home city is now set as the
world city (without " ").
4. Press to check the home city.
CLOCK
• The selected city in step 2 is set as the home
city (with " ").
5. Setting daylight saving time (DST:
summer time)
1. Press once or twice to display Home
CLOCK
or World clock.
2. Press .
DST
"#" is displayed. The time is set 1 hour ahead.
To clear DST, press to clear "#". The time
DST
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.
Up to three daily alarms can
be set (ALARM1, ALARM2,
and ALARM3).
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 "
turned on. (Refer to

"Schedule Mode".)

Press any key to stop the alarm beeping.
Setting/Changing the daily alarm time
1. Press once or twice to display Home
CLOCK
clock (with " ").
2. Press to display the ALARM1 screen.
ALARM
• Press or to display
PREV NEXT
ALARM2 or ALARM3 screen.
Telephone mode is composed of two directions of
storage memory. Pressing toggles between
TEL
"1" and "2". (It is turned on at the right top 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 once or
TEL
NAME?
to
twice to display the

Telephone mode

screen.
2. Enter the name, e.g. SMITH
SPACE
and press .
3. Enter the address, e.g. 18
SPACE
ROAD, and press .
SPACE
4. Enter the E-mail
sec.com _
har p
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
6. Enter the phone number, and then the fax
number if needed, e.g.
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.
1. Storing schedule entries
1. Press
SCHEDULE?
SCHEDULE/MEMO
once or twice to
display the Schedule
mode screen.
2. Enter the details and press .
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").
4. Press to store in the memory.
ENTER
Notes or other pieces of information that are not
appropriate for Telephone or Schedule mode can
be entered for convenience.
In the 1st line the same characters are allowable
as in Telephone mode. In the 2nd and the 3rd
lines you can enter numbers, –, and space. (36
characters or under can be entered in each line.)
Storing memo entries
1. Press
MEMO?
SCHEDULE/MEMO
once or twice to
display the Memo
mode screen.
Recalling entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –
First press the desired mode key.
: Recalls entries in forward order
NEXT
: Recalls entries in reverse order
PREV
Sequential search
Press or in each mode.
NEXT PREV
Direct search
• In each mode, enter the first characters (8
characters or under) of the person's name,
schedule details, or memo item, and press
or . Then press
NEXT PREV
to continue performing a direct
PREV
search.
Sorting order
• Telephone and memo entries are stored by the
Checking details of entries in Telephone mode
• To display each field on the 1st line, follow the
symbol " " or " " and press or
• Pressing displays the E-mail address
E-MAIL
on the 1st line directly.
Pressing ( ) again displays the
E-MAIL WWW
web address (URL) on the 1st line. Each time
you press ( ), the display
E-MAIL WWW
switches between the E-mail and the web
addresses.
4/16/02, 10:25 AM
3. Press or to
ALARM 1
display the screen is
turned on the daily
A 12–00
alarm, if the daily
alarm time is not displayed.
(The display differs between the 12-hour and
24-hour clock.)
4. Press .
SHIFT SET
5. Enter the time.
6. Press .
ENTER
• The daily alarm time is set.
Turning the alarms on and off
An alarm sounds when the respective symbol
( , , or ) is turned on.
Display Home clock (press
CLOCK
and press to display the daily alarm
ALARM
screen.
Each time you press while the daily alarm
ALARM
screen is displayed, the combination of symbols
switches.
Note
• Alarms sound even when the Organizer is
turned off.
Turning the each daily alarm on and off
1. Display Home clock and press
2. Press or to display the
PREV NEXT
daily alarm screen.
3. Each time you press or , the daily alarm
you selected turns on or off. e.g. daily alarm1.
ALARM 1 ALARM 1
" is
A 12–00 –– ––
ALARM on
Note
• The daily alarm which is turned off does not
beep even though the " " is displayed.
Telephone Mode
012-3456-7890
NUMBER?
F
SPACE SPACE
2–3456–7890
3456-
SPACE 3456–7891 _
7891, and press
.
ENTER
• "STORED!" appears briefly, then the Telephone
mode screen is displayed. The telephone entry
is now stored.
Number of
Field
characters
The 1st line:
Name, 36 characters
E-mail address, or under
web address (URL)
address 72 characters
or under
The 2nd and the
ROBERT,
3rd lines:
36 characters
Phone number
or under
EAST
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
"ADDRESS?", "E-MAIL?", "URL?", or
"NUMBER?" is displayed. However, entering a
person's name cannot be skipped.
• When the memory is full, "MEMORY FULL!"
appears briefly, and the entry cannot be stored.
.
Schedule Mode
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
• When the memory is full, "MEMORY FULL!"
appears briefly, and the entry cannot be stored.
2. Alarm for Schedule mode
When the schedule alarm ("
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
schedule alarm cannot be set for an individual
entry. To turn on and off the alarm, refer to the
"Clock Mode".

Memo Mode

2. Enter the memo item
UNION BANK
and numbers.
01
E.g. UNION
SPACE 272–0011223 _
BANK
01
272-0011223
3. Press to store in the memory.
ENTER
Note
• When the memory is full, "MEMORY FULL!"
appears briefly, and the entry cannot be stored.
first character of the person's name or memo
item in the following order (case sensitive):
• Schedule entries are stored by date and time.
Notes
• When the symbol " " or " " is turned on,
more information exists. Press
or
NEXT
switch the display.
• When there is no (further or relevant) entry to
be recalled, "NOT FOUND!" appears briefly, and
the display returns to the mode screen.
• Press and hold to start the auto scroll on the
. 1st line. Press again to stop or restart the
scroll. Press to quit the auto scroll.
C•CE
PRINTED IN CHINA/IMPRIMÉ EN CHINE
02DTO (TINSE0543EHZZ)
once or twice)
.
ALARM
ALARM off
Allowable
characters
Alphabetic
letters,
numbers,
symbols,
"+ – × ÷ .",
space
Numbers,
space, –,
F (Fax),
P (Pager)
when
.
") is turned on, it
or to