Franklin IC-107, User Manual

Page 1: ...th the Franklin IC 107 DIGITAL BOOK F User s Manual Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 S C H E D U L E 3 12 9 6 JUNE 9 7 8 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 X FCR 28007 00 A PN 7201665 Printed in China FOLD Electronic Publishers Personal ORGANIZER ...

Page 2: ...GITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the DIGITAL BOOK You may not export...

Page 3: ...11 Learn About Searches 12 Explore the Tutorials 14 Clock 16 Setting the Clock 17 Schedule 19 Making Schedule Entries 20 Finding Schedule Entries 23 Changing Schedule Entries 28 Calendar 30 Finding Calendars 31 Viewing Schedule Entries 34 Phone Book 36 Making Phone Book Entries 37 Finding Phone Book Entries 39 Contents ...

Page 4: ...ng Locations 48 Changing Locations 50 Calculator 53 Making Calculations 54 Saving Results 56 Using Previous Results 57 Other Functions 59 Gauging Memory 60 Naming Cards 61 Copying Cards 62 More Functions 63 Appendixes 65 Digital Book System 66 Specifications 70 Key Guide 72 Index 74 ...

Page 5: ...r can store up to 128 kilobytes of information that you enter And its built in on card battery protects your entries between sessions To acquaint yourself with all the topics scan this User s Manual before using the Organizer Then read each section for in depth instructions About User Notes Like This Throughout this User s Manual gray boxed user notes provide you with tips and advanced uses of the...

Page 6: ...5 If you re using the Organizer for the first time read this section Getting Started ...

Page 7: ...al Book System is on If you do information that you entered in those books may be erased You must install the Organizer before you can use it Here s how 1 Turn the Digital Book System off 2 Insert the digital book in a slot on the back 3 Press 4 To adjust the screen contrast turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book System 5 If the screen is still blank check the batteries ON OFF ...

Page 8: ...ress or to outline ORG 3 Press 4 If you see the above message press If you ve never used this Organizer before the Clock appears See Setting the Clock p 17 Resuming Where You Left Off After your first session you go to the last screen that you saw when you start using the Organizer again E CARD ENTER ...

Page 9: ...ime when you select a topic you go to the last screen that you saw in that topic 1 Press to view the main menus 2 If needed press to highlight the Topic menu The check marks the currently selected topic 3 Press or to highlight a topic 4 To go to a screen in the highlighted topic press 5 To select another topic repeat Steps 1 through 4 MENU ENTER ...

Page 10: ...eens Zooming Between Topics You can move more quickly between topics by pressing these Gold key combinations at any screen except a help message Simply hold while pressing the other key To Zoom To Press Phone Book Clock Calendar dates World Time foreign Calculator math Schedule To view your next Schedule entry if any press plus Then press D M B C F S N BACK ...

Page 11: ...nu Items Some menu items are too long to be fully displayed on a menu In that case the item is followed by ellipses like this To view a full menu item first press or to highlight the item as above Then press To return to the menu press BACK ...

Page 12: ... if available by pressing This is a special menu Later in this User s Manual you ll learn how to use every special menu But note these general instructions To select an item on a special menu press or to highlight the item Then press To exit a special menu press NOTE You can t go to special menus from main menus or help messages SPEC ENTER BACK ...

Page 13: ...information in a topic You can go to a search screen if available by pressing This is a search screen At any search screen use these keys to enter searches To Press type letters type capital letters type a space type numbers move the cursor erase characters clear the search screen search CLEAR A C SHIFT A Q W B E BACK CLEAR ENTER SPACE ...

Page 14: ... characters press to view special punctuation marks not appearing on the keyboard Next press the arrow keys to highlight a punctuation mark Then press to type it You can also type these special punctuation marks with or without pressing by pressing plus plus one of the keys shown above MORE ENTER MORE SHIFT ...

Page 15: ...ral tutorial 1 Press 2 Press to highlight the Other menu 3 If needed press or to highlight Tutorial 4 With Tutorial highlighted press 5 To view a tutorial press and then To move down press or 6 To view the next or previous tutorial press plus or 7 To return to the Other menu press repeatedly MENU ENTER BACK DN UP ENTER DN ...

Page 16: ...o the top or bottom of a help message press plus or NOTE To view a help message about all the Gold key combinations in the Organizer press plus Viewing MORE Help When you re viewing certain help messages you can view more help about your situation by pressing A note near the end of the help message indicates if more help is available Explore the Tutorials DN BACK HELP MORE HELP ...

Page 17: ...he Clock The Clock can be set to any U S time zone standard or daylight savings time or any time zone used in a World Time location The Organizer s on card battery keeps the Clock running when the Organizer is removed from the Digital Book System ...

Page 18: ... If the Clock is not in view Select the Clock from the Topic menu Or press plus for clock 2 Press This is the Clock special menu 3 If needed press to highlight Set Time Zone 4 With Set Time Zone highlighted press 5 To select a time zone press or Then press 6 Press 7 Press and then to select Daylight Savings Setting the Clock C SPEC ENTER ENTER SPEC ENTER ...

Page 19: ...ow see Other Location Changes p 52 8 Press or and then to select Summer Time or Standard Time 9 Press 10 Press and to select Set Date Time 11 Type a month day year and time To type numbers press the numbered keys To change a line press and then retype it 12 Press at the last line Or press plus at any line ENTER SPEC ENTER ENTER ENTER ...

Page 20: ...19 Schedule This section shows you how to use the Schedule The Schedule is an electronic date book Using the Schedule you can enter and find meetings things to do annual events and more ...

Page 21: ... of up to 99 characters 1 Select the Schedule from the Topic menu Or press plus for schedule If you ve never used the Schedule you go directly to the Schedule entry screen See Step 3 below 2 Press 3 If needed press plus to highlight New Entry 4 With New Entry highlighted press This is a Schedule entry screen 5 Type a month day or year Or press You need to type only the first letters of the month T...

Page 22: ... Type an event description To change a line press and then retype it 8 To add the entry to the Schedule press at the last line Or press plus at any line This is a sample Schedule entry 9 Press to view the Schedule menu The Schedule entry is listed by date and time ENTER ENTER MENU ...

Page 23: ...dule selected press Next press Then press or to highlight New Annual Entry Press and make your entry Saving or Discarding Changes At any Schedule entry screen you can save or discard your most recent changes First press Then press or to highlight an item To select the highlighted item press Or to exit the special menu press CLEAR SPEC ENTER BACK ENTER SPEC ...

Page 24: ...r Entries At the Schedule search screen you can find Schedule entries by date or other searches see p 24 1 With the Schedule selected press You go to the Schedule search screen 2 Type a date or other Schedule search To type numbers press plus numbered keys 3 To view the first matching entry press 4 To view more matches if any press plus Finding Schedule Entries CLEAR DN ENTER ...

Page 25: ...n Search By Examples days today yester day tomorrow months jan feb mar years 1993 or 93 a next or previous previous week time period next month next year the first words in Lunch ski trip event descriptions dates followed by Feb 93 ski trip the first words NOTE You can search for only the first words in event descriptions Your search words must exactly match the first words except for case CLEAR M...

Page 26: ... is pre entered 1 With the Schedule selected press 2 Press to highlight the Locate menu 3 Press 4 Type a month day and year Or press To type numbers press the numbered keys 5 At the last line press 6 To view more matching entries if any press plus To view a list of all matching entries press 7 To clear your search press ENTER DN MENU CLEAR MENU ENTER ...

Page 27: ...en following these steps 1 With the Schedule selected press After searching for or locating entries the Matches menu appears Otherwise the Schedule menu does 2 Press or to highlight an entry To zoom to the bottom or top of the list press plus or 3 To view a highlighted entry press 4 To view the next or previous listed entry press plus or 5 To return to the main menus press CLEAR MENU DN ENTER DN U...

Page 28: ...dule entry from the current time by pressing plus at any screen except a menu or help message To exit the appointment press You can also view your next appointment by pressing at the Schedule search screen Then press to highlight Show Next Appoint ment To view the next appointment press Or to exit the special menu press SPEC ...

Page 29: ... a range of old entries These steps show how to change entries To learn about your other options see p 29 1 Find any Schedule entry See Finding Schedule Entries p 23 2 Press This is the Schedule entry special menu 3 If needed press to highlight Change Entry 4 With Change Entry highlighted press This is a sample Schedule entry screen 5 Type your changes 6 To save the changes press plus ...

Page 30: ...ing Undelete Entry restores the most recently deleted Schedule entry even if you deleted it during a previous session New Entry lets you make a new Schedule entry New Annual Entry lets you make a new Schedule entry that repeats every year After typing an annual entry press Delete All Older than deletes all Schedule entries older than a date that you type After typing a date press Show Next Appoint...

Page 31: ... This section shows you how to use the Calendar The Calendar covers every month from 1990 to 2052 The Calendar also marks the days and months with Schedule entries so you can instantly view them Calendar ...

Page 32: ... for only a month you go to the next occurrence of that month If you search for only a year you go to January of that year 1 Select the Calendar from the Topic menu Or press plus for dates 2 Press You go to the Calendar search screen 3 Type a month year both or other search To type numbers press plus numbered keys You need to type only the first three letters of a month You don t need to type capi...

Page 33: ...lendar search screen press Other Calendar Searches Here are other searches that you can enter at the Calendar search screen Search By Examples days of the week monday tuesday a next or previous next monday day or time period previous week next year other terms yesterday today tomorrow DN Finding Calendars DN UP CLEAR UP ...

Page 34: ...ct a month you go to that month in the selected year If you select a year you go to that year 1 With the Calendar selected press 2 Press or to highlight Month or Year 3 Press The check marks the current selection 4 Press or to highlight a month or year 5 To view its calendar press To view the next or previous month press or MENU ENTER ENTER DN UP ...

Page 35: ... then pressing If you highlight an unmarked day you go to the Schedule search screen 1 Find any calendar See Finding Calendars p 31 2 Press the arrow keys to highlight a marked day 3 To view the first Schedule entry on that day press This is a sample Schedule entry 4 To view the next Schedule entry if any on that day press plus 5 To return to the calendar press ENTER BACK DN ...

Page 36: ...press to view the Calendar special menu Then press or to highlight New Schedule Entry Press Then make a Schedule entry for the day that you highlighted on the calendar or any other day see p 20 To return to the calendar press NOTE You can view Schedule entries for a highlighted calendar using the Calendar special menu above First press or to high light View Schedule Then press BACK ENTER SPEC ENTE...

Page 37: ...ows you how to use the Phone Book The Phone Book is an electronic phone and address book Using the Phone Book you can save home and business phone numbers and addresses Then you can find your Phone Book entries by any entered item ...

Page 38: ...lect Phone Book from the Topic menu Or press plus for phone book If you ve never used the Phone Book you go directly to the Phone Book entry screen Step 3 2 Press 3 If needed press plus to highlight New Entry 4 With New Entry highlighted press This is a Phone Book entry screen 5 Type a last name Then press 6 Type other information if available After each line press To change a line press and then ...

Page 39: ...38 Making Phone Book Entries Or press plus at any line This is a sample Phone Book entry 8 To return to the menu press The entry is listed alphabetically by last name ENTER BACK ...

Page 40: ... last name or any line in an entry see p 40 Your search must exactly match the first letters or numbers of an item in a Phone Book entry 1 With the Phone Book selected press This is the Phone Book search screen 2 Type a name or other Phone Book search 3 To view the first matching entry press 4 To view more matching entries if any press plus To view a list of all matching entries press 5 To clear y...

Page 41: ...nt relative Whatever your search it must exactly match the first letters or numbers of an item in a Phone Book entry except for case For example if the state in a Phone Book entry is N Y you must enter N Y or n y to match it NOTE You don t need to enter all the letters or numbers in a Phone Book entry item For example you can enter smit to find Smiths Smithsons etc But you do need to enter backsla...

Page 42: ...ory or items from more than one category 1 With the Phone Book selected press 2 Press to highlight the Locate menu 3 To select a category press and then This is a sample list of states 4 To select items press and then To deselect an item press To select items from other categories press and go to Step 3 5 To view the list of matches press To scan the list see p 42 To clear press MENU ENTER ENTER B...

Page 43: ... the Phone Book press After searching for or locating entries the Matches menu appears Otherwise the Phone menu does 2 Start typing a last name As you type names are highlighted To erase letters press 3 To move up or down press or Or press or To zoom to the top or bottom of the list press plus or 4 To view a highlighted entry press 5 To view the next or previous listed entry press plus or 6 To ret...

Page 44: ...about the other options see p 44 1 Find any Phone Book entry See Finding Phone Book Entries p 39 2 Press This is the Phone Book entry special menu 3 If needed press to highlight Change Entry 4 With Change Entry highlighted press This is a sample Phone Book entry screen 5 Type your changes 6 To save the changes press plus Changing Phone Book Entries ENTER SPEC ENTER ...

Page 45: ...delete it you must make a new entry before continuing in the Phone Book Undelete Entry restores the most recently deleted Phone Book entry even if you deleted it during a previous session New Entry lets you make new entries BACK ENTER Saving or Discarding Changes At any Phone Book entry screen you can save or discard your most recent changes First press Then press or to highlight an item To select...

Page 46: ...shows you how to use the World Time The World Time lets you find the current time and date in more than 270 pre entered locations around the world You can also add your own locations for customized reference World Time ...

Page 47: ...rrent see p 17 Searching For Locations At the World Time search screen you can find world wide times and dates by location 1 Select World Time from the Topic menu Or press plus for foreign 2 Press 3 Type a location name city country or both This is the World Time search screen 4 Press to view a matching location 5 To view more matches if any press plus To clear the search press CLEAR F ENTER DN CL...

Page 48: ...cted press After searching the Matches menu appears Otherwise the Locations menu does 2 Start typing a location name city country As you type locations are highlighted To erase letters press 3 To move up or down press or To zoom to the top or bottom of the list press plus or 4 To view a highlighted location press 5 To return to the main menus press Finding Locations CLEAR MENU BACK ENTER BACK ...

Page 49: ...ess 2 If needed press plus to highlight New Entry 3 With New Entry highlighted press This is a Location entry screen 4 Type a location Then press 5 Select Subtract or Add by pressing or and then Then press Or type or and then press 6 Type hours added or subtracted from GMT 7 To add the location press at the last line Or press plus at any line The new location appears 8 To return to the main menus ...

Page 50: ... how many hours a time zone is from GMT see an atlas almanac or encyclopedia Selecting U S Time Zones At any Location entry screen you can set a location to a standard U S time zone First press Then if needed press to highlight Standard Time Zones Next press Then press and then to select a time zone NOTE The Clock must be set to the correct U S time zone for the above steps to set an accurate time...

Page 51: ...o any World Time Zone This example shows you how change World Time locations To learn about your other options see p 52 1 Find a World Time location See Finding Locations p 46 This is a sample location 2 Press 3 If needed press to highlight Change Entry This is the Location special menu 4 With Change Entry highlighted press SPEC ENTER ...

Page 52: ...press or highlight Save Changes and press 7 To return to the main menus press ENTER ENTER CLEAR SPEC ENTER MENU Saving or Discarding Changes At any Location entry screen you can save or discard your most recent changes First press Then press to highlight an item To select a highlighted item press Or to exit the special menu press SPEC ENTER BACK ...

Page 53: ...ng a previous session New Entry lets you add a new location to the World Time list Set Clock to this Time Zone sets the Clock to the time zone of the current location First press to highlight this menu item Then to set the Clock press BACK ENTER About Changing Locations In locations that you ve added you can change the location name or time In pre entered locations you can change the time only If ...

Page 54: ...is section shows you how to use the Calculator The Calculator performs basic math operations squares square roots and reciprocals You can also save your results and use them in later calculations Calculator ...

Page 55: ...nd reciprocals 1 Select the Calculator from the Topic menu Or press plus for math This is the Calculator screen 2 To type numbers press the numbered keys To type a negative number press plus To type decimals press To erase numbers press 3 To type x or press the keys under the math symbols 4 Type another number 5 To calculate the result press SHIFT BACK ENTER ...

Page 56: ...pe more numbers and do more calculations 7 To clear the current calculations press Squares Square Roots Reciprocals To Press square a number find a square root find a reciprocal Scanning Calculations To Press scroll up or down page up or down or J L K UP DN ENTER CLEAR ...

Page 57: ...ld name each result before you save it 1 Make a calculation See Making Calculations p 54 2 Press 3 If necessary press to highlight Save this Result This is the Calculator special menu 4 Press If you don t want to save it press now 5 Type a name of up to 10 characters To erase characters press 6 To save the result press ENTER BACK BACK ENTER ...

Page 58: ...ult 3 Press 4 Press to highlight a result 5 To use the result press The result appears on the Calculator screen SPEC Deleting Saved Results Using the Calculator special menu you can also delete saved results First press at the Calculator screen Next press and then to select Delete Previous Result Then press to highlight a result in the list To delete the result press SPEC ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER ...

Page 59: ...For example if you had saved a result named subtotal you would type subtotal at the Calculator screen Then press to use it in your calculations NOTE To type Q W E R T Y U I O or P at the Calculator screen you must press while pressing the letter keys Also you can t type a name at the Calculator screen that begins with a number ENTER ...

Page 60: ...ther Functions This section shows you how to use the functions under the Other menu Using the Other menu You can gauge the memory name and copy your Organizer set the shutoff timing and reset the Organizer ...

Page 61: ... Press 2 Press to highlight the Other menu 3 Press or to highlight Memory Gauge 4 Press 5 To return to menus press About the Organizer s Memory The Organizer s memory is dynamically allocated That means that the number of entries that you can make in any Topic depends on the number of entries in the other Topics MENU ENTER BACK 1 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 62: ...re copying to or from it To learn how to copy Organizer cards see p 62 1 Press 2 Press to highlight the Other menu 3 Press or to highlight Name this Card 4 Press 5 Type a name of up to 8 characters To erase characters press 6 To save the name press MENU ENTER BACK ENTER ...

Page 63: ...nstalled in your Digital Book System see p 61 WARNING When you copy to an Organizer card all previous entries on that card are overwritten 1 Press 2 Press to highlight the Other menu 3 Press or to highlight Copy the Card 4 Press These are sample names 5 To select a copy direction press or Then press 6 To exit without copying press To copy the Organizer press ENTER BACK E MENU ENTER ...

Page 64: ...en Copyright lets you view copyright informa tion about the Organizer To exit it press Factory Reset WARNING Factory Reset permanently erases all the information entered in an Organizer Use it only if you want to erase erase all your entries To exit Factory Reset press any key but To reset press Verifying Phone Book verifies your Phone Book entries and repairs any damaged entries WARNING Use Verif...

Page 65: ...on screen WARNING Unless you see the low battery warning do not change the on card battery or remove the battery cover on the back of the Organizer card If you must change the on card battery do so only with the Organizer installed in the Digital Book System If you change the on card battery when the Organizer is not installed you will permanently erase all the information that you entered in the ...

Page 66: ...65 This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System and the Organizer Appendixes ...

Page 67: ...n off the Digital Book System Then compress the book s tab and lift the book from the slot Restarting the Digital Book System If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically first press and then press If nothing happens hold and press If nothing happens still press the recessed reset button on the back of your Digital Book System using a paper clip WARNING If you install or rem...

Page 68: ...eps Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books 1 Highlight a word in a digital book Read its User s Manual to learn how 2 Hold and press 3 Highlight the other digital book s symbol Then press You see its main display You may need to press again to look up the word Digital Book System CARD ENTER ENTER ENTER CARD ...

Page 69: ...minutes Replacing the Batteries Your Digital Book System uses CR2032 lithium batteries Have four new batteries ready before following these steps 1 Turn the Digital Book System off 2 Press and slide the battery cover off the back of the unit Then remove all batteries 3 Place a battery with its plus sign up at the bottom of each battery cavity 4 Place a battery plus sign up at the top of each cavit...

Page 70: ...excessive pressure or weight on your digital books or Digital Book System Don t expose your digital books to extreme or prolonged heat cold or other adverse conditions When you re not using your Digital Book System keep two digital books or dummy books in its slots to prevent dust build up Cleaning the Digital Book System To clean the digital books apply isopropyl alcohol with cotton swab To clean...

Page 71: ...ule entries Phone Book entries or World Time Locations Calculator functions addition subtraction multiplication division squares square roots reciprocals and saving results Data copying to other Organizer cards Entry browsing Intercard communication Memory gauge adjustable shutoff timing context sensitive help and built in tutorials On card 3 volt CR1220 lithium battery On card RAM 128 kilobytes S...

Page 72: ...XTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow the exclusion of ...

Page 73: ... Select an item Search Or calculate View a special menu Back up Or erase typed characters View a help message Direction Keys Move in the indicated direction Page up or down CLEAR MENU MORE CARD ENTER SPEC BACK HELP UP DN Hold while pressing the other key DN UP HELP Gold Key Combinations View help about Gold key combinations Zoom to top bottom In Calculator scroll Go to the next previous entry tuto...

Page 74: ... View the next appointment Go to the Schedule Save an entry or changes Type special punctuation marks In the Calculator Square a number n2 Make a square root n Make a reciprocal 1 n Type a negative number Other Keys At menus view highlighted item in full Type capital letters Type a space C D F M S SHIFT J K L A SHIFT SHIFT A SPACE N ...

Page 75: ...oots 55 typing decimals 54 math symbols 54 negative numbers 54 using saved results 57 58 Calendar locating calendars 33 making Schedule entries 35 searching 31 viewing Schedule entries 34 Clock Daylight Savings Time 17 selecting 17 setting current time 17 U S time zones 17 to world times 18 52 Copying Organizers 62 Copyright informa tion 63 Cursor 12 Daylight Savings Time 17 Decimals typing 54 Dig...

Page 76: ...in Calendar 33 in Phone Book 41 in Schedule 25 Locations menu 47 Matches menu in Phone Book 42 in Schedule 23 26 in World Time 46 47 Memory capacity 4 60 gauge 60 Menus highlighting selecting items 8 main menus selecting 8 viewing 8 special menus 11 viewing full items 10 Naming Organizers 61 Negative numbers typing 54 Next appointment viewing 27 29 Organizer cards copying 62 naming 61 resetting 63...

Page 77: ...ing entries 29 discarding changes 22 event descrip tions 20 21 locating entries 25 making entries 20 29 from Calendar 35 saving changes 22 scanning entries 26 searching by date 23 by other items 24 selecting 20 viewing from calen dars 34 viewing next appoint ment 27 29 Searches clearing 12 general instructions 12 typing characters 12 Selecting Organizer 7 topics using Gold key combinations 9 using...

Page 78: ... the Calculator 58 punctuation 13 Verifying Phone Book 63 Viewing full menu items 10 help messages 15 main menus 8 more help 15 special menus 11 special punctuation 13 tutorials 14 Warranty U S only 71 World Time adding loca tions 48 52 changing locations 50 deleting undeleting locations 52 discarding changes 51 Locations menu 47 saving changes 51 scanning locations 47 searching by loca tions 46 s...

Page 79: ...th the Franklin IC 107 DIGITAL BOOK F User s Manual Electronic Publishers Mt Holly NJ 08060 S C H E D U L E 3 12 9 6 JUNE 9 7 8 4 5 6 1 2 3 0 X FCR 28007 00 A PN 7201665 Printed in China FOLD Electronic Publishers Personal ORGANIZER ...