Franklin Rolodex RF-192, User Manual

Page 1: ...RF 192 Personal Organizer Organizador Personal User s Guide Manual del usuario ...

Page 2: ...sive licensed to use this ELECTRONIC REFERENCE You may not make any copies of the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE 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 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE You may not expor...

Page 3: ...usiness and personal telephone num bers and addresses e mail addresses memos schedules anniversaries to do lists expense records set two clocks to keep time and date in 29 lo cations around the world perform metric and currency conversions set a Daily Alarm link data with your PC choose between 6 prompt languages protect your data with a password You can also use the backlight for easier view ing ...

Page 4: ...mo Directory 24 Using the To Do Directory 25 Searching for and Editing Records 26 Using the Expense Manager 28 Using the Anniversary Directory 31 Using a Password 32 Using the Calculator 35 Using the Converter 37 Installing the PC Sync 40 Transmitting or Receiving Records 41 Replacing the Battery 47 Specifications 48 Limited Warranty outside U S 48 Limited Warranty U S only 49 FCC Notice 50 ...

Page 5: ...indirectly for financial losses or claims from third parties resulting from the use of this product and any of its functions such as stolen credit card numbers the loss or alteration of stored data etc The information provided in this manual is subject to change without notice Cautions Do not carry the organizer in the back pocket of your slacks or trousers Do not drop the organizer or apply exces...

Page 6: ...ore than light pressure may permanently disable your orga nizer 1 Turn the organizer over and carefully pull the battery insulation sheets to remove them 2 Press ON OFF to turn the organizer off 3 Use a thin pointed object e g a straightened paper clip to press the reset button on the back of the organizer Caution Do not use an object with a breakable or sharp tip RESET 4 Press ENTER to clear the ...

Page 7: ...en the language you want is displayed on the screen press ENTER to select it The unit automatically returns to the Home Time mode Setting the Clock To learn how to set the clock see Using the Clocks on page 12 Changing the Language This organizer can display prompts and other mes sages in six languages To select a language do the following 1 Press Time Getting Started ...

Page 8: ...Italian 4 When the language you want is displayed on the screen press ENTER to select it The unit automatically returns to the Home Time mode Auto Shut Off When none of the keys have been pressed for approximately 5 6 minutes the organizer automatically turns the power off to save the batteries Press ON OFF to resume The actual life of the batteries depends on the usage ...

Page 9: ...es to the Expense Manager Goes to the Converter Goes to the Calculator Goes to Data communication Turns the backlight on or off Other Keys C CE Moves the cursor to the next line in a record in editing mode ON OFF Turns the organizer on and off ENTER Stores data in a record confirms data entries DEL Deletes a character when editing a record Deletes a record being viewed INS Allows characters to be ...

Page 10: ... direction Contr Controls the screen contrast Next Displays next record C Selects the alarm clock and then cycles through the Daily Hourly and Schedule alarms to activate deactivate them D DST When the Home Time is displayed turns daylight savings on or off L Lang Changes the prompt language X AM PM Toggles times between a m and p m M MD DM Toggles date display between M D Y and D M Y Z 12 24 Togg...

Page 11: ...ry E M Subtracts the displayed number from the number stored in the memory R M Stores a positive number in the memory Adds a number Subtracts a number x Multiplies a number Divides a number Displays as Inserts a decimal point Performs a calculation O Calculates a percentage I Calculates a square root P Changes the sign of a number C Ce Clears the most recent entry ...

Page 12: ...ess to switch the backlight on and off It will automatically turn off if you have not pressed a key for about eight seconds About Symbols SYM gives you the option of entering any of 23 symbols Press SYM Press Search or to cycle through the symbols _ Press 0 9 to confirm the symbol you want About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Guide may vary slightly from what you see...

Page 13: ...een appears HOME TIME FRI 1 JAN 1999 HONG KONG 12 35 40PM 2 Press M MD DM to toggle between the date display of M D Y and D M Y 3 Press D DST if you want to see daylight savings time is displayed To turn it off press D DST again 4 Press SET EDIT to start editing 5 Press Search or to cycle through the list of 29 cities 6 When you see the one you want stop pressing Search or to choose it as your hom...

Page 14: ...ur settings Setting World Time 1 Press Time until the World Time screen appears WORLD TIME FRI 1 JAN 1999 LONDON 05 00 4 35 40AM There are 29 built in cities in different time zones 2 Use Search or to cycle through the list of cities and view their corresponding times Note The World Time is based upon hours added to or subtracted from the Home Time zone It is not a separate clock and cannot be set...

Page 15: ...elaide AZORES Azores TOKYO Tokyo MID ATLANTIC Mid Atlantic HONG KONG Hong Kong RIO Rio De Janeiro BANGKOK Bangkok CARACAS Caracas YANGON Yangon NEW YORK New York DHAKA Dhaka CHICAGO Chicago DELHI Delhi DENVER Denver KARACHI Karachi LOS ANGELES Los Angeles KABUL Kabul ANCHORAGE Anchorage DUBAI Dubai HAWAII Hawaii TEHRAN Tehran MIDWAY Midway MOSCOW Moscow Time Format When setting time press X AM PM ...

Page 16: ...yed ALARM 12 00 AM 2 Press SET EDIT then use the numbered keys to enter a time For example enter 1015 and press X AM PM to select either a m or p m 3 Press ENTER to confirm your settings ALARM 10 15 AM indicates that the Daily Alarm is on At the set time your organizer will automatically turn on if it was off The alarm will sound for about 20 seconds Press any key to turn off the alarm Setting the...

Page 17: ...s at the selected day and time 1 Press Time until Home Time is displayed 2 Press C until is displayed HOME TIME FRI 1 JAN 1999 HONG KONG 12 35 40PM 3 To cancel the alarm press C until no icon is displayed Press C to cycle through four alarm selections Alarm Icon No alarm No icon Hourly Chime Schedule Alarm Hourly Chime and Schedule Alarm ...

Page 18: ...ng the Anniversary Directory on page 30 To learn how to enter To Do events read Using the To Do Directory on page 25 Viewing Dates 1 Press 1 Cal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1999 DEC 48 52 The current date will flash and the current month and year will be displayed to the top left of the screen The week number of the current day and the total ...

Page 19: ...icate Schedule Anniversary and To Do entries The upper dot indicates a Schedule entry the middle dot indicates an Anniversary entry and the lower dot indicates a To Do entry 3 Highlight the entry you want using the direction keys and then press Sched Anniv or To Do Memo to view the detailed information about the entry If there is more than one Schedule Anniversary or To Do entry on that day press ...

Page 20: ... Type a name For example to enter the name Robert Edwards type EDWARDS ROBERT Note To alphabetize your entries by the last name you must type the last name first You can enter a maximum of 45 characters in the name field including letters numbers and symbols To enter a symbol press SYM Press Search or to cycle through the list of symbols and press 0 9 to choose the symbol you want NAME EDWARDS_ ...

Page 21: ... the Name field COMPANY _ 4 Type the name of a company In the Company field you can enter a maximum of 18 characters including letters numbers and symbols 5 Press ENTER to confirm the entry and go to the next field 6 Type a phone number For example type 201 265 5600 HOME h 201 265 5600 In each number field you can enter a maximum of 18 digits including hyphens and spaces ...

Page 22: ...et address up to 81 charac ters and NOTE up to 63 characters It is not necessary to complete each field Skip an unwanted field and move on to the next one by pressing ENTER NOTE VISIT ABC COMPANY This is the last field 8 Press ENTER to store the record To learn how to view and edit records please refer to Searching for and Editing Records on page 26 Using the Telephone Directory ...

Page 23: ...e input mode and then type your information For example to enter 20 09 1999 11 30 type 200919991130 Press X to choose a m or p m if needed The date format follows the one chosen on the Home Time screen See Setting Home Time on page 12 3 Press ENTER to type keywords for the event For example type STAFF MEETING You can enter a maximum of 108 characters including letters numbers and symbols 20 9 1999...

Page 24: ...please refer to Setting the alarms on page 15 When the Schedule alarm is set the alarm will sound at the time of the appointment The organizer will turn on if it was off displaying the relevant schedule record Note if you have set a password you must enter it to view the schedule entry See Using a Password on page 32 for more information To turn the alarm off press C in Home Time display mode unti...

Page 25: ...ord Entering a Memo Record 1 Press To Do Memo until the Memo screen appears MEMO MEMO 2 Type your data Press SPACE to insert spaces in your data 3 Press C CE to move the cursor to the next line 4 Press ENTER to store your data To learn how to view and edit records please refer to Searching for and Editing Records on page 26 ...

Page 26: ...e your data For example to enter 09 20 1999 type 09201999 The date format follows the one chosen on the Home Time screen See Setting Home Time on page 12 3 Press ENTER to type keywords for the entries For example type FINISH ABC PROJECT 20 SEP 1999 FINISH PROJECT You can enter a maximum of 108 characters including letters numbers and symbols Note If your data on the first line exceeds 18 character...

Page 27: ...n the Schedule and To Do directories are in chronological order and Memo entries are in the order in which you entered them In any phone directory you can type the first few letters of a name in the name field of a record and then press Search or to find it The organizer will display the first record starting with those letters if any You can then use or to scroll through the record In the Schedul...

Page 28: ...the character you want to edit 4 Press INS to insert a character Press DEL to delete a character 5 Press ENTER to store your changes Deleting a Record 1 Find the record you want to delete To learn how read Searching for a Record 2 Press DEL 3 Press ENTER to delete the record To exit without deleting press any key other than ENTER WAIT After a moment you will see the message DELETED and you will re...

Page 29: ...one chosen on the Home Time screen See Setting Home Time on page 12 3 Press ENTER and type the expense amount 4 Press ENTER to go to the EXPENSE TYPE menu EXPENSE TYPE 1 MEAL 2 HOTEL 3 CAR 4 PHONE 5 FARES 6 ENTRT 7 TIPS 8 MISC 1 You have 8 expense types to choose from 5 Press the number of the one you want and then press ENTER to go to the PAYMENT TYPE menu 6 Press the number of the PAYMENT TYPE y...

Page 30: ...you are looking for or press Search or to cycle through your records To Find a Specific Expense Record 1 Press Exp and then press ENTER till you see the REPORT screen EXPENSES REPORT FROM 01 1 99 TO 31 1 99 Press SET EDIT to change the start and end dates of the Report period 2 Press Search or to cycle through the report When you return to the REPORT screen you can enter a new date period ...

Page 31: ...ion 1 Press Exp 2 Press SET EDIT TYPE 1 MEAL 3 Edit the description using a maximum of 6 characters and press ENTER to confirm You will now go to the next Type name that you can edit Type your changes or a new name and press ENTER each time to confirm your changes It is not necessary to edit every Type After you edit the Types you want press C CE to exit the edit mode ...

Page 32: ... the number keys and press ENTER 3 Type keywords for the event You an enter a maximum of 108 characters including letters numbers and symbols Viewing an Anniversary Record 1 Press Anniv 2 Press Search or to cycle through your records 3 To search for a specific record type the date you want To learn how to edit and delete records please refer to Editing a Record and Deleting a Record on page 27 ...

Page 33: ...er again you will have to perform a system reset which will clear the password and erase all the data stored in memory To learn how to perform a system reset read Getting Started on page 5 Setting the Password 1 Press Time until Home Time is displayed 2 Press SPACE Type a password You can use up to 6 digits Remember to write your password down and keep it in a safe place 3 Press ENTER to store you...

Page 34: ...SWORD You are prompted to enter your password Type your password and then press ENTER If you mistype your password the message OPEN ERROR will appear and you will be prompted to enter your password again After you enter your correct password the icon will disappear from the screen and you will be able to enter your data 2 You can now enter new data or view existing data ...

Page 35: ...ntil Home Time is displayed 2 Press SPACE PASSWORD 3 Type your old password and then press ENTER You will be prompted to enter your new password To deactivate your password just press ENTER without pressing any number keys first 4 Type your new password and then press ENTER ...

Page 36: ...ype a decimal press To change a number from positive to negative press P To clear a number press C Ce 3 Press x or to add subtract multiply or divide respectively Or press I to calculate a square root 4 Type another number 5 Press to calculate Or press O to calculate the percentage 6 Press C Ce to clear the calculations ...

Page 37: ...ll appear on the display Press C Ce to clear the error Using the Calculator Memory 1 In the Calculator make a calculation or type a number 2 To add the number on the screen to the number stored in memory press R m To subtract the number on the screen from the number stored in memory press E M CALCULATOR M 98 M indicates the number is stored in memory 3 To retrieve the number from memory press W MR...

Page 38: ...ter Pound Kilogram US gallon Liter UK gallon Liter Ounce Gram Fahrenheit Centigrade 1 Press Conv until the Metric conversion screen appears 0 3048 0 0 0 METRIC FEET M FEET M 2 Press Search or to select a conversion category if needed 3 Press or to select the conversion direction if needed 4 Type the number to be converted For example to convert 10 ft to meters type 10 ...

Page 39: ...t in currency exchange rates 3 of which you can program 1 Press Conv until you see the currency conversion screen 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 EURO FRF USD CUR1 CUR2 EURO 2 Press Search or to select one of the built in currency exchanges 3 Type the number for conversion on the bottom row and press ENTER to convert 4 Press Search or to view the other currencies Using the Converter ...

Page 40: ...row of the screen to indicate that the unit is now ready for a rate to be set Note All rates must be in relation to the EURO For e g if 1 Euro 1 0662 US enter 1 0662 as the conversion rate for USD 3 Press or to cycle through the 3 program mable currencies Note The default names are USD CUR1 and CUR2 The default conversion rate is 1 4 Type the new currency name up to 4 letters or numbers and press ...

Page 41: ... how to use your PC Sync 1 Insert the CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Double click Setup EXE to install the program Your PC Sync for windows will be installed in C ORGANISER unless you specify otherwise If the CD ROM does not start automatically then you will need to do the following 1 Go to Start Programs Windows Explorer 2 Click on your CD ROM drive This is normally E If you changed it then choose y...

Page 42: ...t 3 Connect the single pin plug of the cable into the PC PORT hole on the left side of your organizer Configuring the Organizer Software 1 On your personal computer go to C ORGANISER DBANK EXE and start up your Organizer PC Sync 2 Select Databank Model from the Options menu 3 On the Model Setup window select Series L 4 Click OK 5 Select Serial Port from the Options menu 6 On the Serial Port Setup ...

Page 43: ...hronize your Organizer with the PC Sync Program on one computer they become a matched pair Should you try to synchronize your Organizer data with PC Sync on another computer your data is likely to be corrupted It is best to synchronize between a single matched pair 1 Make sure that the cable is connected securely to both the PC and the Organizer 2 In the PC Sync for Windows click File Sync with Or...

Page 44: ... Organizer is transmitting the data necessary for synchronization Receiving this means your PC has processed the data and is transmitting back the data necessary for synchronization WAIT this means the Organizer is updating the records OK this means synchronization is complete After two seconds your Organizer will return to the initial display mode Transmitting or Receiving Records ...

Page 45: ...ansmit A Single Record 1 Click RECEIVE RECORD on the toolbar of your PC Sync for Windows 2 Click OK Verify the model and COM port information 3 Click the Import button to confirm the operation 4 Find the file you wish to transmit on your handheld Organizer 5 Press Data Sync and 2 TX will be displayed 6 Press ENTER to start the transmission The record will be added to PC Sync as a new record To Tra...

Page 46: ...gle Record 1 Press Time on your handheld Organizer until the Home Time screen appears 2 Press Data Sync to enter the data communication mode 3 Use or to select 3 Rx or press 3 to start the transmission 4 In the PC Sync for Windows highlight the record you wish to transmit 5 Click SEND RECORD on the toolbar of your PC Sync for Windows 6 Click OK Verify the model and COM port information 7 Click the...

Page 47: ...ime screen appears 2 Press Data Sync to enter the data communication mode 3 Use or to select 3 Rx or press 3 to start the transmission 5 Click File Export to Organizer on the menu bar of your PC Sync 6 Click the Export button to confirm the operation Transmitting or Receiving Records ...

Page 48: ...he lid 3 Remove the old batteries and quickly replace them with the new batteries with the positive sides facing up 4 Replace the battery cover Warning If RESET appears when you next turn on the organizer do not press ENTER unless you want to reset the organizer and erase all your information Keep Written Copies of Important Data This organizer stores your information as long as the batteries supp...

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Page 51: ...ision reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer...