Sharp EL-6900 PDAs & Smartphones User Manual


 
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OPERATION MANUAL
ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER
EL-6900
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
ALARM
to
display the daily
alarm screen.
(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.
ALARM
A12–00
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.
The information provided in this manual is
subject to change without notice.
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
Purple colored functions are operated by
pressing
SHIFT
(SHIFT is turned on) and the
appropriate keys.
In this manual, only the display symbols
necessary for explanation of this product are
shown.
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
SHIFT
ENTER
to initialize the
Organizer.
After RESET! is displayed, Home clock is
displayed. (See Clock Mode.) You have
deleted all the memory contents now.
NOTES
If the Organizer is subjected to strong,
extraneous electrical noises or shocks during
use, an abnormal condition may occur in which
no keys (including
ON
OFF
) will respond. Press
the RESET switch and press
SHIFT
ENTER
to
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 7
minutes.
The key touch tone is turned on and off by
pressing
SHIFT
. When the tone is turned
on, is turned on.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
CM
: Clear memory
(in Calculator mode)
U
: Letter U
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.
Changing the Guidance Language
To change the language, press
SHIFT
LANGUAGE
followed by
PREV
or
NEXT
to select the
desired language, then press
ENTER
.
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Clock Mode
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
12 24
(A or P is cleared).
Each time you press
12 24
, 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.
Home clock
Home city (with ) Day of the week
Time
Date
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
.
LON WED
2003– 1– 1
A12–00–00
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
SHIFT
: Turn the touch tone on
and off
V
: Letter V
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.
Telephone Mode
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
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
address, e.g.
SROB
SMBL
(to enter
@
)
SHARPSEC.COM, and press
ENTER
.
The E-mail address is automatically entered
in small letters.
5. Enter the web address (URL), e.g.
WWW.SHARPUSA.COM, and press
ENTER
.
Schedule Mode
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/MEMO
once or twice to
display the Schedule
mode screen.
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).
Memo Mode
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
SCHEDULE/MEMO
once or twice to
display the Memo
mode screen.
2. Enter the memo item
and numbers.
E.g. UNION
SPACE
BANK
ENTER
01
272-0011223
3. Press
ENTER
to store in the memory.
Notes for storing and recalling entries
When the memory is full, MEMORY FULL!
appears briefly, and the entry cannot be stored.
When the symbol
or is turned on,
more information exists. Press
or to
switch the display.
Checking details of entries in Telephone mode
To display each field on the 1st line, follow the
symbol
or and press or . (The
symbol above the 1st line shows each field.)
Pressing
E-MAIL
displays the E-mail address
on the 1st line directly.
Pressing
E-MAIL
(
WWW
) again displays the
web address (URL) on the 1st line. Each time
you press
E-MAIL
(
WWW
), the display
switches between the E-mail and the web
addresses.
Press and hold to start the auto scroll on the
1st line. Press again to stop or restart the
scroll. Press
CCE
to quit the auto scroll.
6. Enter the phone
number, and then
the fax number if
needed, e.g.
012-3456-7890
F
SPACE
SPACE
SPACE
3456-7891, and
press
ENTER
.
•“STORED! appears briefly, then the Telephone
mode screen is displayed. The telephone entry
is now stored.
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
persons name cannot be skipped.
Allowable
characters
The 1st line:
Name, address,
E-mail address
and web address
(URL)
Field
Number of
characters
The 2nd and the
3rd lines:
Phone number
36 characters
or under
Alphabetic letters,
numbers, symbols,
+ × ÷ ., space
Numbers, space, ,
F (Fax), P (Pager)
Recalling entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –
First press the desired mode key.
NEXT
: Recalls entries in forward order
PREV
: Recalls entries in reverse order
Sequential search
Press
NEXT
or
PREV
in each mode.
Direct search
Enter the first characters (8 characters or
under) of the persons name, schedule details,
or memo item, and press
NEXT
or
PREV
. Then press
NEXT
or
PREV
to
continue performing a direct search.
Sorting order
Telephone and memo entries are stored by the
first character of the persons name or memo
item in the following order (case sensitive):
Schedule entries are stored by date and time.
Note
When there is no (further or relevant) entry to
be recalled, NOT FOUND! appears briefly, and
the display returns to the mode screen.
NAME?
har
p
sec.com
_
NUMBER?
2–3456–7890
3456–7891
_
SCHEDULE?
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
schedule alarm cannot be set for an individual
entry.
MEMO?
UNION BANK
01
272–0011223
_
Editing or deleting entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –
Editing
1. Recall the entry to be edited.
2. Press
EDIT
. The cursor starts to flash.
In Telephone mode press
ENTER
several
times to display each field (the address field
and so on).
3. Press , , , or to move the cursor to
the position to be edited.
4. Enter, insert, or delete characters (refer to
Entering Characters).
To cancel editing, press
CCE
.
5. Press
ENTER
several times (until STORED!
appears briefly) to finish editing and to store
the entry.
Deleting
1. Recall the entry to be deleted.
2. Press
DEL
.
•“DELETE? is displayed.
To cancel the deletion operation, press
CCE
.
3. Press
ENTER
to delete the entry.
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