Olivetti Da Vinci DV1, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ...2 CONTROL TOUCH KEYS 13 QUICKKEYS 13 DISPLAY INDICATORS 14 OPENING AN APPLICATION 15 THE DAVINCI CRADLE 15 CHAPTER 4 TOOLS MENU 16 USING THE ADD NEW RECORD FEATURE 16 USING EDIT RECORD FEATURE 17 USING SEARCH RECORD FUNCTION 18 USING DELETE RECORD FUNCTION 18 CHAPTER 5 ON SCREEN KEYBOARD DATA ENTRY 19 USING THE ON SCREEN VIRTUAL KEYBOARD 19 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTERS 19 CHAPTER 6 PHONE BOOK 20 PHONE...

Page 3: ... RECORDS 30 VIEWING TO DO RECORDS 30 CHAPTER 9 NOTES MEMOS 31 CHAPTER 10 CALCULATOR 32 CHAPTER 11 CONVERSIONS 33 METRIC CONVERSION 33 CURRENCY CONVERSION 34 EURO CONVERSION 35 CHAPTER 12 MENU 36 TIME AND ALARM 36 ANNIVERSARY 36 PC SYNCRONIZATION 36 SYSTEM PREFERENCES 40 MEMORY 40 DEFRAGMENTATION DEFRAG 40 APPENDICES 41 A DAVINCI FOLDABLE KEYBOARD INSTRUCTIONS 41 B TROUBLESHOOTING DAVINCI 42 C TROU...

Page 4: ...cumstances such as exposure to an electrostatic discharge data may be lost or altered or the unit may become inoperative until reset Therefore we assume no responsibility for data lost or otherwise rendered unusable whether as a result of improper use repair battery replacement or use after the specified battery life has expired from similar causes We assume no responsibility directly or indirectl...

Page 5: ...rmation provided in this manual is subject to change without notice SAFETY TIPS Be careful not to scratch the touch screen Use only the supplied stylus or other plastic tipped pens designed for the touch sensitive screen Never use an actual pen or pencil fingernails or other sharp objects on the surface of the touch screen The daVinci should be protected from rain and moisture Treat the daVinci as...

Page 6: ...N REMOVING OR REPLACING THE BATTERY COVER THE COVER SHOULD EASILY FIT INTO ITS PLACE IN THE BACK OF THE UNIT NOTE Battery voltages are constantly monitored a low battery warning message will show when power level gets too low Replace the batteries when this message is displayed You can change the battery without losing any information Do not try to operate or synchronize the daVinci with a low bat...

Page 7: ...the daVinci for the first time only NOTE RESET WILL CLEAR THE MEMORY OF ALL DATA AND SETTINGS When the initialization is complete the display switches to the clock screen Adjust the display contrast by turning the display contrast knob located on the left side of the unit HOME AND WORLD TIME This screen is used to select and set the Home City Home Time and World City Display this screen at anytime...

Page 8: ... right or left arrows next to the year 3 Select the desired month and date from the provided lists 4 Verify that the date and year at the upper part of the display corresponds to the desired date and year 5 Tap ok to confirm Editing time 1 In the Home Time setting mode tap the time frame for the time selection view 2 Select the desired hour and minute from the lists If in 12 hour clock mode tap AM...

Page 9: ... mode or enter a city not listed To define a home city that is not listed follow these instructions 1 Tap on Set and then on the city name listed example city New York country U S A to enter the Country and City list selection Select a listed city that is within the same time zone as your desired home city 2 Tap on Set and then on Tools to edit the city and country state fields Enter a new city an...

Page 10: ...rld on the lower right part of the display to toggle between Home Time or World Time modes DAILY ALARM To set the daily alarm 1 Tap Menu Alarm for the daily alarm screen 2 Touch set to enter a new alarm 3 Select the alarm time as in Editing Time above 4 Tap the On Off key to activate deactivate the alarm time 5 Tap ok to save the settings When home time reaches the time set for the daily alarm the...

Page 11: ...ssword The characters will be shown as during entry 4 Tap Enter or ok 5 The daVinci will prompt you to confirm the new password by entering the password again 6 After entering password again tap ok Password is now assigned Entering password is required every time the daVinci is turned on Tap the box with the word off in the System Preference to deactivate the password protection Tap the box with t...

Page 12: ...PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS QuickKeys include Up Down and Enter keys Control Touch keys Application Icon Touch Menu Stylus Housing Contrast Control Keyboard Connector Touch Panel Area Display Indicators Display Protection Cover Directional Arrows ...

Page 13: ...ord the description priority and deadline of the task Planner allows you to plan your schedule and store it in memory It provides the flexibility of planning a schedule with reference to monthly calendars and daily times Notes stores alphanumeric notes with the virtual on screen keyboard or the external keyboard Calc is a full function 12 digit calculator You can easily access the currency and met...

Page 14: ...hapter 4 TOOLS MENU Up Down Used when the information in a record exceeds the screen length The icons are tapped to move the display a page at a time B P Selects the category Business Personal or both OK Confirms entries and operation selections On Off Turns the unit on or off Symbol QUICKKEYS The QuickKeys are designed to enable access to phone records using one hand operation Up Down Control Key...

Page 15: ...y is viewed Business Personal or both and if there is additional data available by scrolling up or down Scrolling Status Indicator When using the full length of the screen the display will show up to 9 lines of data If one or both of the arrows appear in the top title section it indicates there is more to see in the direction of the arrow To see the data use the stylus and tap the point of the up ...

Page 16: ...de After highlighting a record in List view mode or viewing a record in Data view mode tapping Tools New Record or Tools Edit Record puts the screen in Edit view mode The on screen keyboard will appear enabling data entry and editing Data View Mode Tap a listed record to switch to the record data view screen showing the details of the selected record THE DAVINCI CRADLE The daVinci cradle is design...

Page 17: ...by tapping its icon 1 Tap Tools and then Add new record 2 A cursor is displayed in the first data field of your selected application Use the on screen or external folding keyboard to enter data and to navigate between fields until all record information is complete 3 Note that the field name e g Last Name First Name Company etc will disappear when the first character is inserted into the field Use...

Page 18: ...ord 4 Make appropriate changes to the record Saving the Changes Tap Enter or ok to save the changes to the record If any other application is selected before saving or the Esc function is selected before saving the unit will prompt Save YES NO Tapping YES saves the changes Tap Esc to return to the Record Edit mode Tap NO to continue operations without saving the record Insert Mode Use the stylus t...

Page 19: ...USING DELETE RECORD FUNCTION Once a record has been highlighted in the Applications List mode or in the Records View mode you can delete it from memory To Delete a Record in the List Mode 1 Select the List mode for the application to delete a record 2 Tap on the record you wish to delete 3 Tap Tools Delete record 4 The daVinci will prompt Delete YES NO 5 Tap YES if you wish to delete the record Ta...

Page 20: ...t mode of any application the virtual keyboard will automatically appear on the bottom of the touch sensitive screen ready for instantaneous input Tap the character keys to input each character CAP caps lock shift key INS insert back space Return symbol return key work the same as a PC keyboard INTERNATIONAL CHARACTERS 1 Touch the Int key on the on screen virtual keyboard to activate the internati...

Page 21: ... 8 Mobile 9 Pager 10 Email Web address 11 Address 12 City 13 State 14 Zip 15 Text note 16 Category Business Personal To view the Phone list tap the phone icon on the Application Icon Touch Menu located at the bottom of the screen area Phone list view shows the list of names sorted alphabetically according to each name Last Name First Name stored in the record s name field To view the phone list so...

Page 22: ...different line Use the Return key if more than one line of text is required Tap Page Up Page Down to see more fields Tap the category box to assign the record to the business or personal category Default category is set in the System Preferences Menu see Chapter 12 MENU 3 Tap Enter or ok to save the information and return to the List mode Edit record 1 To edit a specific record tap the record then...

Page 23: ...p B P on the Control Touch Keys to select the Business or Personal category name to be viewed The category name appears on the top of the display B marks records stored under the Business category P marks records stored under the Personal category and B P marks records stored under both categories Use the search option in the Tools menu To use the Search option 1 Tap Tools select Search record 2 E...

Page 24: ...VIEWING PHONE RECORDS Switch from a phone list view to an individual record view by tapping the corresponding record Touch the Up Down arrows to see more fields To go back to the list view touch Esc or ok ...

Page 25: ... upper right of a date indicates an existing morning Schedule event for that date A dot on the lower right of a date indicates an existing afternoon Schedule event for that date A bar on the right of a date indicates an existing Anniversary event for that date A slash on the upper left of a date indicates an existing To do event for that date Details of a To Do activity and an Anniversary to the h...

Page 26: ...t to the year shown above the calendar to scroll one year at a time Above the calendar tap the arrow next to the date to go to a date selection view Specify the year and tap the desired month and date in the date selection view Touch ok to go to the specified date Tools Options in Calendar You can add a planner record or search a planner record using the Tools menu in the Planner Tap desired add o...

Page 27: ...te field and select the desired date then tap ok 3 To adjust the start or end time tap the time filed and select the desired time Note that you can scroll the minute s arrows or select from the 10 minutes increments list Tap ok to go back to the schedule event 4 By default the alarm is set to the off position In order to set the alarm tap on next to the alarm field 5 Select the category 6 Enter th...

Page 28: ...sary list by alphabetical order Use letter tabs to find the desired anniversary record or use the Search feature The Search feature follows the same procedures as in searching Telephone records Create Edit and Delete Records Follow the procedures used in adding new Schedule records above Anniversary Alarm Time Actions If the unit is off or running another application when the Anniversary alarm dat...

Page 29: ... 1 Priority ranking from 1 to 5 2 Due Date 3 Status of the task Done Pending 4 Category Business Personal 5 The details of the task To view the To Do list tap the To Do icon on the Application Icon Touch Menu located at the bottom of the screen area The To Do list has two columns The left column shows the priority and the due date and the right contains details of tasks ...

Page 30: ...an be viewed by their status in the List view mode There are three different tabs at the bottom of the touch screen as follows Tap All to display all To Do records done pending Tap Done to display those records marked as done Tap Pending to display those records that are not done CREATING EDITING AND DELETING TO DO RECORDS Follow the procedures used in creating editing and deleting Telephone recor...

Page 31: ...ess or Personal category name to be viewed Category name appears on the top of the display B and P mark records stored under Business or Personal categories respectively B P marks all records Use the search option in the Tools menu To use the Search option 1 Tap Tools select Search record 2 Enter priority date or desired text to search in the corresponding field Searching priority is by order of f...

Page 32: ...con on the touch Menu located at the bottom of the screen area Notes list shows the list of test memos sorted by entry date To view Note list sorted alphabetically tap Date at the lower right side of the display Finding and Viewing Notes Follow the procedures used in finding and viewing Telephone records Creating Editing and Deleting Notes Records Follow the procedure used in creating editing and ...

Page 33: ...e display indicates an error a number longer than 12 digits or when divided by 0 Tap AC to clear the error C Clear the last entered value Tap twice to cancel calculation AC All cancel by pressing once M M Adds subtracts the currently displayed value to from the current memory contents MR Recall the numbers stored in memory MC Clear the number after recall from the memory Switches the sign between ...

Page 34: ...he Calculator mode before selecting the desired conversion function METRIC CONVERSION For Converting Physical Measurements 1 Enter the amount to be converted in the calculator mode 2 Tap the Metric Conversion box in the calculator mode the second icon from the top in the conversion column 3 Tap the arrow corresponding to the desired metric conversion and conversion direction 4 Result is displayed ...

Page 35: ...culator mode the last icon from the top in the conversion column 2 Tap line of a currency to be set 3 Enter the value amount of 1 or one home currency unit if other than a dollar using the digit keypad on the lower part of the display Use the backspace arrow to correct entries 4 When all currencies are set tap ok to confirm ...

Page 36: ...he Calculator mode the third icon from the top in the conversion column 3 Tap the arrow corresponding to the desired currency and conversion direction 4 Result is displayed in the calculator mode EURO CONVERSION Follow the procedures used in Currency Conversion previously Note that Euro Conversion rates are set for the given currencies therefore the Set Currency function does not apply to Euro Con...

Page 37: ...ry PC Sync System Preferences Password Memory and Defrag TIME AND ALARM See Chapter 2 WORKING WITH DAVINCI ANNIVERSARY See Chapter 7 PLANNER PC SYNCRONIZATION In order to perform PC synchronization you must first connect the daVinci cradle to your PC To connect the daVinci cradle to your PC turn off your computer and plug the cradle s cable into the serial communication port on the PC ...

Page 38: ... compatible with the daVinci and you wish to continue using that program as your PC PIM then install the CompanionLink PC software available on the CD ROM See the daVinci package for a list of PC PIM packages compatible with daVinci DVSync is the program that allows you to synchronize your daVinci s data with your Personal Information Manager on the PC The CD ROM will automatically install DVSync ...

Page 39: ...f you have set the DVSync program to automatically start when you log in to your computer DVSync should be running To verify the DVSync program is running on your PC look at the bottom right hand corner of your PC screen You should see a DVSync icon located near the area of the PC screen that shows the time of day This area is referred to as the system tray 5 If you do not see the DVSync icon in t...

Page 40: ...d corner of your PC screen You should see a DVSync icon located in the system tray near the area of the PC screen that shows the time of day 5 If you do not see the DVSync icon in the system tray select CompanionLink Synchronize by clicking Programs and then CompanionLink on the PC Start menu This will load DVSync and you will see the icon in the system tray 6 A CompanionLink window will appear on...

Page 41: ... more details see Chapter 2 WORKING WITH DAVINCI First Day of Week tap the desired first day of week for the schedule PASSWORD See Chapter 2 WORKING WITH DAVINCI MEMORY This function allows you to keep track of the memory space left in the daVinci Usable memory capacity is shown as percentage free DEFRAGMENTATION DEFRAG Perform this optimization regularly in order to fully utilize the memory The d...

Page 42: ... schd Schedule Shift 5 memo Memo Shift 6 clock Clock Shift 7 calc Calculator Shift 8 menu Menu Shift 9 B P Select Category Business or Personal Shift 0 Off 2nd Press and release 2nd Q 2nd W 2nd E x 2nd R 2nd T 2nd A 2nd S 2nd D 2nd F 2nd G 2nd Z 2nd X 2nd C 2nd V 2nd 2nd Y 2nd U 2nd I ce 2nd O 2nd P ac 2nd H 2nd J 2nd K 2nd L 2nd B 2nd N 2nd M _ 2nd 2nd 2nd enter return 2nd Press and release digit...

Page 43: ...rast using the contrast knob on the left side of the daVinci Reset the unit being careful not to clear memory The memory in daVinci is full or nearly full Delete any unnecessary data You can always check the memory capacity by tapping Menu System Memory Reset the unit being careful not to clear memory The daVinci is set to turn off automatically after a period of inactivity You can adjust the time...

Page 44: ...dem etc or that the port does not exist During installation the program sets COM 1 as the default communication port for the synchronization operation If a modem or another device is using COM 1 the assigned communication port must be changed If you do not know which communication port to use follow these steps to find your PC s communication port s 1 From the desktop select and double click My Co...

Page 45: ... should say No conflicts If the daVinci still does not synchronize with your PC the port may be disabled in the CMOS Setup of the PC You will need to consult the PC manufacturer for information on how to enter setup on your machine Q2 When attempting to synchronize the message Error Time Out appears on the screen after a short time Why does it occur A2 The most likely cause for timeouts is that th...

Page 46: ...g correctly but data is not being transferred What should I do A3 Make sure the desired program is selected in the DVSync Settings 1 Start DVSync on the PC if it is not already running From the Start menu select Programs select the program you want running on the PC This will automatically start DVSync 2 Single click the icon on the system tray and select the DVSync Settings option 3 You will know...

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