Radio Shack EC-291 Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S MANUAL

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EC-291

24K Electronic

Organizer

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Page 1 Cat. No. 65-743 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment. EC-291 24K Electronic Organizer with Web Site Directory...
Page 2 FEATURES Your RadioShack EC-291 24K Elec- tronic Organizer with Web Site Direc- tory is a pocket-size data organizer. It’s great for the person on the go, combining three telephone directories, a web site list, alarm clock, schedule alarms, a calculator, and more in one compact, easy-to-use package.
Page 3 Phone List/Web Site — puts names, addresses, phone numbers, fax/pager numbers, E-mail addresses, web sites and notes at your fingertips. Home Time/World Time — shows you the current time in your local time zone and in 31 other cities around the world.
Page 4 Memo/To Do — lets you keep notes for yourself, as well as a list of things to do. Password — prevents unauthorized access to your information. 10-Digit Calculator — does standard arithmetic and memory calculations. Currency Converter — makes it easy to convert between U.S.
Page 5 Important: Tandy Corporation as- sumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties that might arise through use of this databank or for damages incurred as a result of infor- mation loss due to malfunctions, re- pairs, battery replacement, or misuse. You should maintain physical records of important information to protect against such loss.
Page 6: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Before You Begin ... 9 Removing the Insulation Strips ... 9 Turning the Organizer On and Off ... 10 Turning the Key Tone On and Off ... 11 Clock/Calendar ... 13 Setting/Viewing the Home Date and Time ... 13 Viewing World Times ...
Page 7 Using Records ... 37 Recalling a Web Site/Phone List or Memo/To Do Record ... 37 Editing a Web Site/Phone List or Memo/To Do Record ... 39 Deleting a Web Site/Phone List or Memo/To Do Record ... 41 Daily Alarm ... 42 Setting the Daily Alarm Time ...
Page 8 The Password ... 57 Entering a Secret Record ... 57 Recalling a Secret Record ... 60 Calculator ... 61 Calculations ... 61 Standard Calculations ... 61 Square Calculations ... 62 Memory Calculations ... 63 Conversions ... 65 Metric Conversions ... 65 Currency Conversion ...
Page 9: Before You Begin
BEFORE YOU BEGIN REMOVING THE INSULATION STRIPS Before you can use the organizer, you must remove the two protective insula- tion strips from inside the battery com- partment. To remove the slips, gently pull them out.
Page 10: Turning The Organizer On And Off
TURNING THE ORGANIZER ON AND Press ON/OFF Press ON/OFF To conserve battery power, the orga- nizer automatically turns off after about 6 minutes of non-use. to turn on the organizer. again to turn it off.
Page 11: Turning The Key Tone On And Off
TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF You can set your organizer so a tone sounds each time you press a key. With the organizer turned on, press to turn the tone on or off. A beep sounds. appears when the key tone is on.
Page 12 Note: You can only turn the key tone on or off when the display shows the current date and time.
Page 13: Clock/Calendar
CLOCK/CALENDAR SETTING/VIEWING THE HOME DATE AND TIME 1. Turn on the organizer, then press . The seconds digits flash. PROG 2. Press SEARCH city’s name code appears. If your city is not listed, use a city in the same time zone as yours. ∧...
Page 14 Code City Name London Rio de Janeiro Caracas Toronto New York Chicago Denver Los Angeles Anchorage...
Page 15 Code Honolulu Wellington Noumea Sydney Adelaide Tokyo Singapore Hong Kong Bangkok Rangoon Dhaka Delhi Karachi Kabul Dubai Tehran Riyadh City Name...
Page 16 Code 3. Press flashes. 4. Use the number keys to enter the year, month, and date on the first line. Then enter the current hour and minute on the second line. City Name Moscow Cairo Helsinki Rome Berlin Paris . The first digit of the year...
Page 17 Note: If you make a mistake, press to move backward or forward to the digit you want to change. Then enter the correct digit. 5. Press to set the clock to the 12/24 12- or 24-hour format.
Page 18 In the 12-hour format, appears. Press to choose AM/PM AM or PM. 6. To select daylight saving time, press appears. Press again to turn daylight saving time off.
Page 19 7. Press ENTER and time. The day of the week automatically appears. Note: If any information you enter is invalid (for example, you enter 15 for the hour), the first hour digit flashes after you press Enter the correct digit, then press again.
Page 20: Viewing World Times
VIEWING WORLD TIMES Once you set your home time, you can follow these steps to view the time in 31 other cities around the world. 1. Press CALEN/W/H TIME and time of the last selected city appears. 2. Repeatedly press to select the city you want.
Page 21 1. Press CALEN/W/H TIME display shows the day of the week, the current year and month, and the calendar for one week at a time. The leftmost date is Sun- day and the current date flashes. 2. To move forward or backward through the weeks, repeatedly press (or hold down) Note: To move a month ahead,...
Page 22: Web Site/Phone Lists
WEB SITE/PHONE LISTS STORING WEB SITE RECORDS Today, more and more companies, or- ganizations, and even individuals have sites on the world wide web. For ex- ample, the address for Tandy Corpo- ration is http://www.tandy.com. You probably have bookmarks on your home or office computer for the sites you frequently visit.
Page 23 The display shows 12 characters at a time. When side of the record, there are more characters to the right of the last dis- played character. Press next 12 characters. When on the left side of the record, you can press to move back.
Page 24 • If you make an incorrect entry, repeatedly press to move to the character you want to change, then type the correct character over the old one. 1. Press WEB SITE/PHONE LIST appears if there WEB NO DATA are no records stored. appears if there WEB SEARCH ? are already records stored.
Page 25 2. Press PROG percentage of memory units avail- able briefly appear. Then appears. 3. Enter the name. (The web site list stores names alphabetically.) 4. Press ENTER appears. 5. Enter the web site address (URL). 6. Press ENTER 7. If you like, enter a note. 8.
Page 26: Storing A Phone List Record
Note: If not enough space is available for the record you have entered, FULL appears. Delete phone records, memo records, schedule alarms, or other web site addresses to free additional space. See “Using Records” on Page 37 to re- call, edit, or delete a record. STORING A PHONE LIST RECORD Your organizer has three phone direc-...
Page 27 notes into each record of the phone list. Each entry in the record can be up to 48 characters, except the address, which can be up to 96 characters. Note: Each character or digit uses 1 byte of memory. The directory uses an additional 9 bytes to store and sepa- rate each phone list record.
Page 28 • Repeatedly press symbol (@ – . , ’ : ? / \ % " = $ £ ¥ + # ( ) &). To enter the symbol, press • If you make an incorrect entry, repeatedly press the character you want to change, then type the correct character over the old one.
Page 29 1. Press twice (for ), or four times (for TEL2 The directory number and appear if there are no DATA phone records stored. directory SEARCH? already records stored. 2. Press PROG. percentage of memory units avail- SITE/PHONE ), three times (for TEL1 number appear if there are...
Page 30 able briefly appear. Then appears. 3. Enter the name. (Since the direc- tory stores names alphabetically, you might want to put last names first.) 4. Press appears. ENTER COMPANY? NAME?
Page 31 5. Enter the company name. 6. Press appears. 7. Enter the address. 8. Press appears. 9. Enter the first telephone number. 10. Press appears. 11. Enter the second telephone num- ber. 12. Press appears. 13. Enter the fax or pager number. 14.
Page 32 16. Press ENTER 17. Enter your note. 18. To store the record, hold down until ENTER Note: If not enough space is available for the record you have entered, appears. Delete schedule alarms, memo records, or web site addresses to free additional space.
Page 33: Memo/To Do
MEMO/TO DO The Memo function lets you record notes to yourself, while the To Do function lets you keep a list of things to do. Each entry can be up to 96 charac- ters. ENTERING A MEMO FILE 1. Press MEMO/TO DO NO MEMO memo records stored.
Page 34 MEMO SEARCH? are already memo records stored. 2. Press PROG percentage of memory units avail- able appear. appears. 3. Enter the memo. Notes: • Press • Repeatedly press a symbol (@ – . , ’ : ? / \ % " = $ £...
Page 35: Entering A To Do File
4. Press ENTER file record. See “Using Records” on Page 37 to re- call, edit, or delete a record. ENTERING A TO DO FILE 1. Press MEMO/TO DO NO TODO to do records stored. TODO SEARCH? are already to do records stored. 2.
Page 36 3. Enter the information you want to keep in the to do file. Notes: • Press • Repeatedly press a symbol (– . , ’ : ? / \ % @ “ ” = $ £ ¥ + # ( ) &). To enter the symbol, press •...
Page 37: Using Records
USING RECORDS RECALLING A WEB SITE/PHONE LIST OR MEMO/TO DO RECORD 1. Repeatedly PHONE LIST the desired directory (such as SEARCH? MEMO SEARCH? TODO SEARCH?) 2. Press SEARCH first record. You can also enter the first char- acter of the record you want to press MEMO/TO DO SEARCH?,...
Page 38 find, then press The first matching record appears. Notes: • If there are no records stored in your appears. • If there is not a matching record, 3. Repeatedly press other record. 4. To recall another record, repeat Step 2, or press ward or SEARCH organizer,...
Page 39: Editing A Web Site/Phone List Or Memo/To Do Record
EDITING A WEB SITE/ PHONE LIST OR MEMO/ TO DO RECORD 1. Recall the record you want to edit. 2. Press appears on the first character of the name. SPACE EDIT 3. Press to the character you want to edit. To change a character, simply enter the correct character.
Page 40 To add a character, press character space appears, then enter a character. Press SPACE place of character. To delete a character, press 4. When you finish editing the name, press ENTER the record appears on the first line of the display. 5.
Page 41: Deleting A Web Site/Phone List Or Memo/To Do Record
DELETING A WEB SITE/ PHONE LIST OR MEMO/ TO DO RECORD 1. Recall the record you want to de- lete. 2. Press appears. 3. If you are sure, press record press DELETE? deleted. . The record remains. (Y/N) . The entire Otherwise,...
Page 42: Daily Alarm
DAILY ALARM You can set an alarm to sound at a set time of day. When the daily alarm is • on, ( ) appears and a tone sounds at the set time for about 20 seconds, even if the organizer is off. To silence the alarm sooner, press any key.
Page 43: Setting The Daily Alarm Time
SETTING THE DAILY ALARM TIME 1. Press ALARM time appear. 2. Press PROG and the first alarm digit flashes. ALARM/SCHED and the current alarm . You see twice. ALARM?
Page 44 3. Use the number keys to enter the alarm hour and minute. Note: If you make a mistake, press backward to the digit that you want to change. Then enter the correct digit. 4. Press AM/PM to AM or PM if you are using the 12-hour time format.
Page 45: Turning The Daily Alarm On And Off
6. Press CALEN/W/H TIME to the current date and time dis- play. TURNING THE DAILY ALARM ON AND OFF 1. Press ALARM time appear. 2. Press appears. Press off the alarm. ALARM/SCHED and the current alarm to turn on the alarm. ( again to turn to return twice.
Page 46 Note: Turning the daily alarm on or off does not affect schedule alarms.
Page 47: Schedule Alarms
SCHEDULE ALARMS Schedule alarms keep you in control of your busy schedule by reminding you of meetings and other important events. For each alarm, you can enter an alarm message of up to 96 charac- ters. At the set time, the alarm sounds for 20 seconds and your stored message appears.
Page 48: Entering Aschedule Alarm
appear) if you are entering infor- mation precisely at the schedule alarm time. • If your organizer is locked at the schedule alarm time, the alarm sounds but the alarm message does not appear. To display the alarm message, you must enter the password (see “The Pass- word”...
Page 49 + # ( ) &). To enter the symbol, press • If you make an incorrect entry, repeatedly press to move to the character you want to change, then type the correct character over the old one. 1. Press ALARM/SCHED. appears if there are SCHEDULE schedule alarms stored.
Page 50 Note: The display shows 12 char- acters at a time. When appears on the right side of the record, there are more characters to the right of the last displayed character. Press next 12 characters. When appears on the left side of the record, you can press back.
Page 51 5. Press ENTER sage you want to have displayed when the schedule alarm sounds. 6. Hold down appears, indicating the alarm time has been stored. Notes: • To store a schedule alarm, you must enter both the alarm time and a message. •...
Page 52: Turning The Schedule Alarm On And Off
TURNING THE SCHEDULE ALARM ON AND OFF 1. Press appears. 2. Press appears. Press off the alarm. Note: Turning a schedule alarm on or off does not affect the daily alarm. ALARM/SCHED to turn on the alarm. SCHED- again to turn...
Page 53: Recalling Aschedule Alarm
RECALLING A SCHEDULE ALARM Schedule alarms are stored in chrono- logical order. 1. Press appears. Note: If there are no schedule alarms stored in your organizer, NO SCHEDULE 2. Press SEARCH ule alarm appears. To recall other schedule press SEARCH SEARCH (or hold down scroll through the records).
Page 54: Editing A Schedule Alarm
EDITING A SCHEDULE ALARM 1. Recall the schedule alarm you want to edit. 2. Press appears on the first year digit. 3. Press move backward to the digit you want to change. Then enter the correct date and time. 4. To change the message, press ENTER flashes.
Page 55: Deleting A Schedule Alarm
To add a character, press character space appears, then enter a character. Press SPACE place of a character. To delete a character, press 6. To store the schedule alarm, hold down appears. DELETING A SCHEDULE ALARM 1. Recall the schedule alarm you want to delete.
Page 56 3. If you are sure, press . The alarm is deleted. Otherwise, press The schedule alarm remains.
Page 57: The Password
THE PASSWORD You can block unauthorized access to information by entering it in an area which is protected by a password that you assign. Once you enter the password, all the records you enter are automatically stored in the secret area. You must en- ter the password to recall a record in the secret area.
Page 58 3. Enter the password. Note: If this is the first time you are answering this question, you are about to set the password. Your password can be up to 8 characters. Be sure you can remember your password. If you forget it, you must reset the orga- nizer which clears all records stored in the secret area (see...
Page 59 Notes: • After you press or turn off your organizer (or it turns itself off), appear when you turn it back on. To re-enter the secret area, press the desired function key then SECRET again, and press • To change the password, you must completely reset the orga- nizer (see “Resetting All Memory”...
Page 60: Recalling A Secret Record
RECALLING A SECRET RECORD 1. Select the desired function using WEB SITE/PHONE MEMO/TO DO 2. Press password. 3. To recall, edit, or delete a secret file record, see “Using Records” on Page 37. ALARM/SCHED , then enter the SECRET...
Page 61: Calculator
CALCULATOR Press once to use the cal- CONV/CALC culator. appear. CALCULATIONS Standard Calculations Press the keys in the order they ap- pear in the arithmetic operation.
Page 62: Square Calculations
For example: You press 3 + 4 = 8 × 3 – 4 = 6 ÷ 3 + 2 = Press once to clear the last entry. C/CE Press C/CE calculations. Note: If the result of a calculation has more than 10 digits, or if you try to di- vide by 0, the error, press Square Calculations...
Page 63: Memory Calculations
For example, to calculate 4 You press 4 × = Memory Calculations The memory calculation feature lets you do multistep calculations easily. Use the following keys to perform memory calculations: • Press • Press add the total to memory. • Press M–...
Page 64 • Press value in memory. • Press Note: appears when you store a val- ue in memory. clear the memory. For example, to find (4 × 5) + (28 + 2) – (7–2) + (75 ÷ 5): You press CONV/CALC 4 ×...
Page 65: Conversions
CONVERSIONS METRIC CONVERSIONS The organizer can convert between the following: Degrees Celsius/degrees Fahrenheit Yards/meters Inches/centimeters Pounds/kilograms Ounces/grams Gallons/liters Fluid ounces/milliliters Miles/kilometers Follow these steps to perform metric conversions. 1. Press CONV/CALC 2. Press SEARCH to select the units to be con- verted.
Page 66 3. Enter the number you want to convert. 4. Press tion of the conversion. The con- verted number appears. For example, if you want to con- vert 32°F to Celsius and the dis- play shows press DEG F temperature is 0°C. To display a temperature below 0°C or F, enter the number and press...
Page 67: Currency Conversion
CURRENCY CONVERSION You can use your organizer to convert between four pairs of currencies. The pre-programmed pairs are: US $/DM US $/¥ US $/C (Canadian) $ US $/£ Or, you can store your own pairs. Follow these steps to convert curren- cies.
Page 68 If you want to change the currency name(s) or set the exchange rate(s), press Enter the new currency name on the left, then press enter the new currency name on the right. Note: You can press select the symbols you need when editing currency names.
Page 69 6. Press tion of the conversion. The con- verted amount appears. The currency names and exchange rates you enter remain stored until you reset the organizer. to select the direc-...
Page 70: Care
CARE Your RadioShack EC-219 24K Elec- tronic Organizer with Web Site Direc- tory is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following sug- gestions will help you care for your or- ganizer so you can enjoy it for years. •...
Page 71 down or the display might fail completely. This is only tempo- rary. The organizer works nor- mally again when it returns to normal temperature. • Handle the organizer gently and carefully. Dropping it can damage the circuit boards and cause it to work improperly.
Page 72: Replacing The Batteries
(see “Resetting the Organizer” on Page 76). • Use only fresh batteries of the required size and type. Always remove old or weak batteries. They can leak chemicals that can destroy the electronic circuits. Modifying or tampering with the orga- nizer’s internal components can cause a malfunction and might invalidate the warranty.
Page 73 backed up by another CR2032. When the display dims or stops working properly, replace the main batteries. To protect the data stored in your orga- nizer, replace the back-up battery once a year. We recommend RadioShack Cat. No. 23-162 for both main and back-up batteries.
Page 74 ies and install the new ones as quickly as possible. Follow these steps to replace the main batteries or the back-up battery. 1. Press nizer. 2. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw on the battery compartment cover, then slide the cover off in the direction of the arrow on the cover.
Page 75 then install the new one(s) with the positive (+) side(s) facing up. Warning: • Always dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. • Never burn batteries. • Keep batteries out of reach of children. Swallowing a battery could be fatal. Caution: Be sure to keep the two main batteries in the battery com- partment...
Page 76: Resetting The Organizer
RESETTING THE ORGANIZER Resetting the Secret Memory Follow these steps to reset the orga- nizer and clear the records stored in the secret memory. This is useful if you forget the password or just want to free up memory by deleting the records in the secret area.
Page 77: Resetting All Memory
2. Press 3. Press appears for about 2 seconds, then the current date and time appear. All the records stored in the orga- nizer’s cleared. Resetting All Memory If you want to clear all the records in the organizer, follow these steps to completely reset the organizer.
Page 78 1. Follow the steps in “Resetting the Secret Memory” on Page 76 and press any key except ERASE DATA? 2. Press about 2 seconds. All the informa- tion stored in the organizer’s memory (including records in the secret area) is cleared. You must re-enter the key tone, current date and time, daily alarm time, and the daily alarm.
Page 79: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS Power Source: Main Back-Up (RadioShack Cat. No. 23-162) Battery Life: Main ... About 8 Months Back-Up ... About 1 Year Automatic Power-Off ... About 6 Minutes Working Temperature ... 32–104°F Dimensions: (HWD) ... 3 × 5 Weight (w/o Batteries) ... 3.4 oz (96 g) Two Lithium Batteries, 3V One Lithium Battery, 3V, Type CR2032...
Page 80 Specifications are typical; individual units might vary. Specifications are subject to change and improvement without notice.
Page 81 NOTES...
Page 83 Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manu- facturing defects in material and workmanship under nor- mal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized Ra- dioShack franchisees and dealers. EXCEPT AS PRO- VIDED HEREIN, RadioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, IN- CLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FIT-...
Page 84 (Continued) and products on which a refund is made, be- come the property of RadioShack. New or reconditioned parts and products may be used in the performance of war- ranty service. Repaired or replaced parts and products are warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period. You will be charged for repair or replacement of the product made after the expiration of the warranty period.

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