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Cat. No. 65-719
OWNER'S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
EC-295
3K Electronic
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  • Page 1 Cat. No. 65-719 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment. EC-295 3K Electronic Organizer...
  • Page 2 FEATURES Your RadioShack EC-295 3K Elec- tronic Organizer is a pocket-size data organizer. It’s great for the person on the go, combining a telephone directo- ry, alarm clock, schedule alarms, a calculator, and more in one compact, easy-to-use package. Its features in- clude: Three-Row Display —...
  • Page 3 Metric Converter — lets you perform conversions to and from metric mea- surements. Currency Converter — makes it easy to convert between currencies. Home Time/World Time — shows you the current time in your local time zone and in 24 other cities around the world.
  • Page 4 Automatic Power-Off — conserves battery power by turning off the orga- nizer about 4 minutes after you stop using it. 3K Memory — gives you ample space for storing phone numbers, addresses, and schedules. Account Manager — lets you keep track of up to three accounts.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Removing the Insulation Strips ... 7 A Quick Look at the Organizer’s Features ... 8 Operation ... 13 Turning the EC-295 On and Off ... 13 Turning the Key Tone On and Off ... 13 Setting/Viewing the Home Date and Time ... 14 Viewing World Times ...
  • Page 6 Phone Directory ... 32 Account Manager ... 34 Locked Records ... 36 Calculator ... 39 Conversions ... 41 Metric Conversions ... 41 Currency Conversions ... 42 Care ... 46 Replacing the Batteries ... 48 Resetting the Organizer ... 50 Specifications ... 53...

  • Page 7: Before You Begin

    BEFORE YOU BEGIN REMOVING THE INSULATION STRIPS Before you can use the organizer, you must remove the protective insulation strip from inside the battery compart- ment. To remove the slip, grasp the end and gently pull it out in the direc- tion of the arrows.

  • Page 8: A Quick Look At The Organizer'sfeatures

    A QUICK LOOK AT THE ORGANIZER’S FEATURES...
  • Page 9 Directional Controls , , and — search forward backward through records, and move the cursor within records. Number Keys — enter numbers. Mode Keys — help you organize your information into categories. — keeps track of home time as well as time in 24 other world cities.
  • Page 10 — performs standard, metric conversion, and currency conver- sion calculations. — keeps track of two different currency conversion rates. — converts between common standard and metric units of mea- surement. Special Keys — help you display, ed- it, rearrange, and organize your infor- mation.
  • Page 11 ) — enters the letter F and toggles between standard and day- light-savings time. ) — enters the letter D AM/PM and toggles between AM and PM. ( ) — enters the letter S and turns the key tone on and off. ) —...
  • Page 12 ) — enters the letter Z KM–MI and performs miles to kilometers conversion. ) — enters the letter X and G–OZ performs grams to ounces conver- sion. ) — enters the letter C KG–LB and performs kilograms to pounds conversion. ) —...

  • Page 13: Operation

    OPERATION TURNING THE EC-295 ON AND OFF To turn the organizer on, press . Press again to turn it off. ON/OFF To conserve battery power, the orga- nizer automatically turns off about 4 minutes after you stop using it. TURNING THE KEY...

  • Page 14: Setting/Viewing The Home Date And Time

    ses. To turn the key tone off or on, press ( appears when the key tone is on. Note: You can only turn the key tone on or off when the display shows the current date and time. When you reset the organizer, key tone defaults to on.
  • Page 15 City Name City Code London Paris Cairo Moscow Dubal Karachi Dhaka Bangkok Hong Kong Tokyo Sydney Noumea...
  • Page 16 City Name City Code Auckland Midway Honolulu Anchorage Los Angeles Denver Chicago New York Caracas Rio De Janeiro Note: As you scroll through the world cities list, –1H –2H appear; how- ever, no major cities correspond with...
  • Page 17 Greenwich Mean Time –1H (hour) or – 2H. You can still choose either of these settings if (for example) you know you are in that specific time zone. To choose a city for your home time and set the time and date, follow these steps.
  • Page 18 6. Press or select the digits you want to change, then use the number keys to enter the year, month, day, hour, and minute dig- its. 7. Press ) to choose AM or AM/PM PM. ( appears only in the 12-hour format.) 8.

  • Page 19: Viewing World Times

    • Press any time to choose 12/24 the12-hour or 24-hour format. VIEWING WORLD TIMES Once you set your home time, you can follow these steps to view the time in 24 other cities around the world. 1. Repeatedly press until and the date and time in the last selected city appears.

  • Page 20: Entering Data/Using Records

    ENTERING DATA/ USING RECORDS You enter data in each mode ( , and ) in the same way. When entering data, the display shows 11 characters on a single line and up to three rows at a time. • When appears on the right side of the record, there are more characters to the right of the last...
  • Page 21 When you enter data: • Press to enter a space. SPACE • Press to select a symbol locat- ed above certain keys. • If you make an incorrect entry, press or to move to the char- acter you want to change, then type the correct character.

  • Page 22: Recalling A Record

    RECALLING A RECORD 1. Press the desired mode key , for example) so the de- sired directory prompt appears. 2. Press or to view the records in sequence, starting with the first or last record. Or, enter the first few characters of the record you want to find, then press .
  • Page 23 3. Press to move the cursor to the character you want to edit. To change a character, simply enter the correct character. • Press to enter a space SPACE in place of a character. • To delete a character, press C/CE •...

  • Page 24: Deleting A Record

    7. Repeat Steps 1–6 to edit addition- al records or press another mode key to exit. DELETING A RECORD 1. Recall the record you want to de- lete. 2. Press DELETE? Y/N pears. 3. To delete the record, press DELETE . . briefly appears.) To exit, press...

  • Page 25: Alarms

    ALARMS DAILY ALARM You can set an alarm to remind you of a daily event, such as a phone call. When the daily alarm is on, pears on the display and a tone sounds for about 20 seconds at the set time.
  • Page 26 Setting the Daily Alarm 1. Repeatedly press until ALARM appears in the display. 2. Press EDIT Y/N appears EDIT and the first hour digit flashes. 3. Use the number keys to enter the alarm hour and minute digits. 4. In the 12-hour format, press to set the alarm time to AM or 5.

  • Page 27: Schedule Alarms

    2. Press EDIT appears to the EDIT left and appears at the top. 3. To turn on the alarm, press appears when the alarm is set to sound. To turn off the alarm, press disappears. Note: Turning the daily alarm on or off does not affect schedule alarms (see “Schedule Alarms”).
  • Page 28 nizer can store up to 58 schedule alarms. At the set alarm time, the alarm sounds for about 20 seconds and your stored message appears on the dis- play. If the organizer is off at the alarm time, the organizer turns on, sounds the alarm, and displays the alarm mes- sage.

  • Page 29: Entering Aschedule Alarm

    Notes: • Because pressing any key turns off the alarm, the alarm might not sound if you are entering informa- tion at the precise alarm time. • If the alarm sounds and the alarm message appears while you are entering information, the informa- tion you are entering might not be stored.
  • Page 30 2. Enter the alarm message (up to 32 characters). 3. Press . The first digit of the ENTER month flashes. 4. Enter the alarm date (month, day, year). 5. Enter the alarm time. Note: In the 12-hour format, press to select AM or PM AM/PM time.
  • Page 31 Turning Schedule Alarms On and Off 1. Recall desired schedule alarm. 2. Hold down until EDIT EDIT pears. 3. Press twice so ALM ON Y/ ENTER appears. 4. To set the alarm to sound, press otherwise, press...

  • Page 32: Phone Directory

    PHONE DIRECTORY You can store contacts’ names, tele- phone numbers, fax numbers, and e- mail information in the organizer’s phone directory. The organizer can store up to 124 phone records. To enter a phone record, follow these steps. 1. Press NAME? the amount of available memory, and...
  • Page 33 bers) and press to move to ENTER the next field. 4. Press to store the record. ENTER STORE... briefly appears. To enter another phone directory record, repeat Steps 2–4. To recall a phone directory record, fol- low these steps. 1. Press NAME? appears.

  • Page 34: Account Manager

    ACCOUNT MANAGER You can use the organizer to help manage your money. The organizer is set up to keep track of up to three dif- ferent accounts and their balances. To enter an account record, follow these steps. 1. Press so appears.
  • Page 35 4. Press to store the transac- ENTER tion. The adjusted amount ap- pears. Notes: The balance in each of the three accounts $9,999,999,999. The original balance will appear if you try to enter a transac- tion totalling more than this.

  • Page 36: Locked Records

    LOCKED RECORDS You can block unauthorized access to confidential phone directory, schedule alarm, and account records by setting a password. Setting the Password 1. Press LOCK? appears. 2. Enter a password up to four char- acters long, then press ENTER and the home date and time appear.
  • Page 37 • Be sure you can remember your password. If you forget it, you must reset the organizer, which clears all of your records. Storing Records Once you have set your password, press , or then enter the desired information. See “Entering Data/Using Records”...
  • Page 38 Cancelling the Password You can cancel your password so all records are accessible. 1. Press to turn off the orga- ON/OFF nizer. Then press to turn ON/OFF on the organizer again. 2. Press UNLOCK? _ _ _ _ appears. 3. Enter the current password. LOCK? _ _ _ _ appears.

  • Page 39: Calculator

    CALCULATOR Press to use the calculator. CALC appear. Press the keys in the order they ap- pear in the arithmetic operation. For example: You press You see 3 + 4 = 3 – 4 = 3 + 2 =...
  • Page 40 Press ) once to clear the last C/CE entry. Press twice to clear all C/CE pending calculations. Press +/– to change the displayed number from positive to negative and vice versa. Note: If the result of a calculation has more than 10 digits, or if you try to di- vide by 0, (error) appears.

  • Page 41: Conversions

    CONVERSIONS METRIC CONVERSIONS The organizer can convert between the following: • degrees Celsius to degrees Fahr- enheit ( °C–°F • miles to kilometers ( KM–MI • gallons to liters ( L–GAL • ounces to grams ( G–OZ • pounds to kilograms ( KG–LB •...

  • Page 42: Currency Conversions

    3. Press CM-IN KM-MI G-OZ KG-LB , or to select the de- L-GAL °C-°F sired measurement units to con- vert. 4. Press to convert from stan- dard to metric units, or to con- vert from metric to standard units. For example, to convert inches to centimeters, press , then CM–IN...
  • Page 43 Storing Exchange Rates Follow these steps to store or replace exchange rates. CURRENCY 1. Press appear. 2. Press the desired exchange rate ) or 3. Enter the exchange rate (up to 4 digits). 4. Press to store the rate. ENTER For example, to enter an exchange rate between U.S.
  • Page 44 Converting Currencies 1. Press 2. Enter the amount that you want to convert. (For example, $10 U.S. dollars into French francs.) 3. Press either (where the desired exchange rate is stored). 4. To convert into the exchange rate , press .
  • Page 45 To convert from the exchange rate , press example, convert French francs into U.S. dollars, press , enter , press then press . Ten French francs equal about $1.63.

  • Page 46: Care

    CARE To enjoy your EC-295 3K Electronic Organizer for a long time: Keep the organizer dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. • Use and store the organizer only in normal temperature environ- ments. • Handle the organizer gently and carefully.
  • Page 47 ing as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance. Notes: • At very low temperatures, the dis- play’s response time might slow down or the display might fail completely. This is only tempo- rary. The organizer works normal- ly again when it returns to normal temperature.

  • Page 48: Replacing The Batteries

    REPLACING THE BATTERIES Your organizer is powered by two 3- volt CR2025 lithium batteries. When the display dims or stops working properly, replace the batteries one at a time. Warnings: • Always dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. Never bury or burn them.
  • Page 49 • Remove and replace the batter- ies one at a time. • Remove all old batteries and in- stall the new ones as quickly as possible. Follow these steps to replace the bat- teries. 1. Press to turn off the orga- ON/OFF nizer.

  • Page 50: Resetting The Organizer

    3. Remove the old batteries one at a time, and install the new ones with the positive (+) side facing 4. Replace the cover. RESETTING THE ORGANIZER If the organizer stops operating prop- erly, try resetting the memory.
  • Page 51 Caution: Resetting the memory clears all information stored in the organizer. To clear the organizer’s memory, fol- low these steps. 1. Use a pointed object (such as a straightened paper clip) to press button on the bottom of RESET your organizer. RESET Y/N? appears on the display.
  • Page 52 2. Press to clear all the information stored in the organizer. Other- wise, press 3. Re-enter any settings, such as key tone, date and time, daily alarm, and schedule alarms.

  • Page 53: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Power Source ... 3V Lithium Batteries (2) Type: CR2025 Battery Life ... About 1 Year Automatic Power-Off: About 4 Minutes Working Temp..32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C) Dimensions (HWD): (114.3 13 mm) Weight (with Batteries) ... 4.05 oz (115 g) Specifications are typical;...
  • Page 54 NOTES...
  • Page 56 Limited Ninety-Day Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workmanship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized Ra- dioShack franchisees and dealers. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, Ra- dioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE DU-...

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