Orbit Research Orion TI-30XS MultiView, User Manual

Page 1: ...PROPRIETARY INFORMATION Orion TI 30XS MultiView User s Guide 17th April 2019 Version 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...OME SCREEN 13 3 3 2ND FUNCTIONS 14 3 4 MODES 15 3 5 MENUS 16 3 6 SCROLLING 18 3 7 ANSWER TOGGLE 19 3 8 LAST ANSWER 19 3 9 ORDER OF OPERATIONS 19 3 10 CLEARING AND CORRECTING 20 3 11 FRACTIONS 20 3 12 PERCENTAGES 21 3 13 X10N KEY 22 3 14 POWERS ROOTS AND INVERSES 22 3 15 PI 22 3 16 ANGLE MENU 23 3 17 RECTANGULAR TO POLAR 24 3 18 TRIGONOMETRY 25 3 19 HYPERBOLICS 26 3 20 LOGARITHM AND EXPONENTIAL FUN...

Page 3: ...MultiView User s Guide User guide Version 1 0 Orbit Research Confidential and Proprietary Information 3 4 4 OBTAINING WARRANTY SERVICE 41 4 5 RETURN POLICY 42 4 6 SHIPPING AND HANDLING 42 4 7 APPENDIX B TRADEMARKS 43 ...

Page 4: ...il to xs subscribe tech aph org APH customer support and developers and interested knowledgeable users exchange information here The e mail list is a great place to get usage tips ask questions or make suggestions For the purposes of this guide the standard TI 30XS MultiView Scientific Calculator from Texas Instruments Incorporated is referred to as the TI 30XS The Orion TI 30XS MultiView Talking ...

Page 5: ...tionality benefits of decades of experience from Texas Instruments Incorporated the world leader in calculators Full speech access to all menus mathematical expressions text and symbols displayed on screen Clear high quality recorded speech Each key is announced when pressed Comprehensive review function Unique Learn mode for instantaneous key identification without interrupting operation High cap...

Page 6: ...inal TI 30XS MultiView hard snap cover Standard A male to Micro B male USB Cable USB wall plug Earphones USB flash drive containing documentation and software Quick Start Guide in braille format Quick Start Guide in print format 2 2 Orientation and Functions This section helps you become familiar with the location and various functions of your Orion TI 30XS To begin the exploration process positio...

Page 7: ...ports at the top of the calculator are the earphone jack on the left and the USB Micro B port on the right In the picture below the ports look reversed because they are facing you instead of away from you Above the screen on the face of the Calculator are three keys in a horizontal region The label on the keys from left to right are A S L and R which stand for Access Silence Learn and Repeat These...

Page 8: ...re the TI 30XS keys shown below There are 41 keys laid out in five rows and nine columns and a four key directional pad in the top right corner The four keys of the directional pad are the arrow keys for the TI 30XS The power on key is in the bottom left corner diagonally opposite from the directional pad It has a raised outline on the bottom left corner of the key ...

Page 9: ... User s Guide User guide Version 1 0 Orbit Research Confidential and Proprietary Information 9 The screen shown below is the rectangular flat section between the Orion Access keys on the top and the TI 30XS keys on the bottom ...

Page 10: ...e wall socket Note Fully charge the battery prior to first time use of the calculator This should take about 4 hours You can use the Orion TI 30XS while it is charging 2 4 Operation Procedure Follow these steps to turn the calculator on and off 1 To turn the device on press the on key located at the lower left hand corner of the calculator positioned in column 1 row 1 2 To turn the device off firs...

Page 11: ... on how they are pressed tapped long pressed or used in combination with the Access key The following sections explain the use of the three Orion Access keys Access Key A Tap the Orion A key followed by an Access Mode key to get the modified functionality for that particular key For example Access followed by Repeat activates the spell mode Holding the A key with a long press enters Orion settings...

Page 12: ...h locating keys and confirming their functionality Learn mode can be used at any time When the unit is in Learn mode the calculator retains its previous status For example if you are in the middle of an operation and enter the Learn mode the calculator operation is not interrupted and the display remains unchanged To enter Learn mode press and hold the middle Orion Access key S L located at the to...

Page 13: ... to top left of screen and reads first line Bottom of screen 2 Moves review cursor to bottom left of screen and reads last line Route cursor 5 Routes review cursor to calculator cursor and reads line Battery status On Announces battery status Status line sto right arrow store Announces active modes i e degree scientific etc Firmware version Xabcyzt memory variable Announces the firmware version Se...

Page 14: ...mode see the TI 30XS Scientific Calculator documentation from Texas Instruments Incorporated When you calculate an entry on the Home screen depending upon space the answer is displayed either directly to the right of the entry or on the right side of the next line Special indicators may display on the screen to provide additional information concerning functions or results These are spoken when ne...

Page 15: ... the angle mode to degrees radians or gradians NORM SCI ENG Sets the numeric notation mode Numeric notation modes affect only the display of results and not the accuracy of the values stored in the unit which remain maximal NORM displays results with digits to the left and right of the decimal as in 123456 78 SCI expresses numbers with one digit to the left of the decimal and the appropriate power...

Page 16: ...cessible Due to the difficulty in accessing information not on the screen MathPrint mode is not accessible When the Orion accessibility is muted MathPrint mode still works and can be used by visual users of the calculator If the MathPrint mode is active a message is announced indicating that MathPrint is not supported and instruction is given to change to Classic mode 3 5 Menus Certain keys displa...

Page 17: ... o R P o 1 R Pr o 2 R Pθ o 3 P Rx o 4 P Ry data data Press once to display the Data editor screen Press again to display the menu o CLEAR o 1 Clear L1 o 2 Clear L2 o 3 Clear L3 o 4 Clear ALL o FORMULA o 1 Add Edit Frmla o 2 Clear L1 Frmla o 3 Clear L2 Frmla o 4 Clear L3 Frmla o 5 Clear ALL Press data while you are in the Add Edit Formula option of the FORMULA menu to display this menu Ls 1 L1 ...

Page 18: ...et o 1 No o 2 Yes 2nd recall o Recall Var o 1 x o 2 y o 3 z o 4 t o 5 a o 6 b o 7 c 2nd clear var o Clear Var o 1 Yes o 2 No 3 6 Scrolling left arrow right arrow up arrow down arrow Press left arrow or right arrow to place the cursor horizontally over the expression entered Press 2nd left arrow or 2nd right arrow to move the cursor directly to the beginning or end of the expression After an expres...

Page 19: ... the TI 30XS calculator is turned off To recall the value of Ans Press 2nd ans Ans displays on the screen or Press any operations key and so forth as the first part of an entry Ans and the operator are both displayed 3 9 Order of operations The TI 30XS calculator uses Equation Operating System EOS to evaluate expressions Within a priority level EOS evaluates functions from left to right and in the...

Page 20: ... 2 or on clear Resets the TI 30XS calculator Returns unit to default settings clears memory variables pending operations all entries in history and statistical data clears the constant feature K and Ans 3 11 Fractions n d 2nd U n d 2nd f left right arrow d 2nd n d left right arrow U n d In Classic mode fractions with n d do not allow operation keys functions or complex fractions in the numerator o...

Page 21: ...ght arrow U n d enter Result 4 1 2 F left right arrow D 4 2nd U n d 1 n d 2 2nd f left right arrow d enter Result 4 5 3 12 Percentages 2nd 2nd right arrow To perform a calculation involving a percentage press 2nd after entering the value of the percentage To express a value as a percentage press 2nd right arrow after the value Example 2 2nd 150 enter Result 3 1 n d 5 right arrow 2nd right arrow en...

Page 22: ...and x 1 from left to right in both Classic and MathPrint modes Raises a value to the power indicated If you insert an expression as the exponent you must place it between parentheses 2nd Calculates the square root of a positive value 2nd x Calculates the nth root of any positive value and any odd integer root of a negative value x 1 Gives the inverse of a value 1 x The TI 30XS calculator evaluates...

Page 23: ...menus that enable you to specify the angle unit modifier as degrees minutes seconds radian r gradian g or convert units using right arrow DMS You can also convert between rectangular coordinate form R and polar coordinate form P See Rectangular to Polar for more information Choose an angle mode from the mode screen You can choose from DEG default RAD or GRAD Entries are interpreted and results dis...

Page 24: ...3 seconds Problem It is known that 30 π 6 radians In the default mode degrees find the sine of 30 Then set the calculator to radian mode and calculate the sine of π 6 radians Note Press clear to clear the screen between problems clear sin 30 enter Result 1 2 mode right arrow enter clear sin π n d 6 right arrow enter Result 1 2 Retain radian mode on the calculator and calculate the sine of 30 Chang...

Page 25: ...r 2nd angle right arrow 2 3 2nd comma 4 enter Result 53 1 Converting r θ 5 30 gives x y 4 3 2 5 and x y 3 4 gives r θ 5 0 53 1 3 18 Trigonometry sin cos tan 2nd sin 1 cos 1 tan 1 Enter trigonometric functions sin cos tan sin 1 cos 1 tan 1 just as you would write them Set the desired Angle mode before starting trigonometric calculations Example Degree Mode Tan mode down arrow down arrow enter clear...

Page 26: ...of the sides are AC 3 CB 7 and AB lower case c Reminder tan A 7 3 therefore m A tan 1 7 3 m A m B 90 180 therefore m B 90 m A c 32 72 mode down arrow down arrow right arrow right arrow enter Result 1 clear 2nd tan 1 7 n d 3 right arrow enter Result 66 8 90 2nd ans enter Result 23 2 2nd 3 x2 7 x2 enter Result 58 left right arrow Result 7 6 To one decimal place the measure of angle A is 66 8 the mea...

Page 27: ...ses 10 to the power you specify 2nd ex raises e to the power you specify Examples LOG log 1 enter Result 0 LN In 1 5 2 enter Result 5 416100402 10x 2nd 10x log 2 enter log 2nd 10x 5 right arrow enter Result 5 ex 2nd ex 5 enter Result 1 648721271 3 21 Constant 2nd K 2nd K turns Constant feature on and lets you define a constant To store an operation to K and recall it 1 Press 2nd K 2 Enter any comb...

Page 28: ...ight arrow store 2nd recall 2nd clear var The TI 30XS calculator has 7 memory variables x y z t a b and c You can store a real number or an expression that results in a real number to a memory variable sto right arrow store lets you store values to variables Press sto right arrow to store a variable and press Xabcyzt to select the variable to store Press enter to store the value in the selected va...

Page 29: ...Var 1 enter x2 enter Result 225 sto right arrow Xabcyzt Xabcyzt Result Ans right arrow y enter Result 225 Xabcyzt Xabcyzt Result y enter 4 enter Result 56 25 Problem In a gravel quarry two new excavations have been opened The first one measures 350 meters by 560 meters the second one measures 340 meters by 610 meters What volume of gravel does the company need to extract from each excavation to re...

Page 30: ...Press 2nd up arrow to go to the top of a list and 2nd down arrow to go to the bottom of a list List formulas accept all calculator functions Numeric notation decimal notation and angle modes affect the display of an element except fractional elements Example L1 data 1 n d 4 down arrow 2 n d 4 down arrow 3 n d 4 down arrow 4 n d 4 enter Result L1 5 Formula right arrow data right arrow Result Formul...

Page 31: ...ith the following options 1 Var Stats analyzes statistical data from 1 data set with 1 measured variable x 2 Var Stats analyzes paired data from 2 data sets with 2 measured variables x the independent variable and y the dependent variable StatVars displays a secondary menu of statistical variables The StatVars menu only appears after you have calculated 1 Var or 2 Var stats Use down arrow and up a...

Page 32: ...ata in L1 L2 or L3 See Data editor 2 Press 2nd stat Select 1 Var or 2 Var and press enter 3 Select L1 L2 or L3 and the frequency 4 Press enter to display the menu of variables 5 To clear data press data data select a list to clear and press enter Examples 1 Var Find the mean of 45 55 55 55 Clear all data data data down arrow down arrow down arrow Result Clear 4 Data enter 45 down arrow 55 down arr...

Page 33: ...n given by the calculator represent What does the value of Σx given by the calculator represent Reminder The weighed average is Σx n 12 1 13 0 5 10 1 11 0 5 1 0 5 1 0 5 3 The teacher gave Anthony 4 more points on test 4 due to a grading error Find Anthony s new average grade data data 4 data right arrow 5 Result Clear 4 Formula 5 12 down arrow 13 down arrow 10 down arrow 11 down arrow right arrow ...

Page 34: ...t 55 kph A hand drawn scatter plot of these data points suggest a linear relationship The TI 30XS calculator uses the least squares method to find the line of best fit y ax b for data entered in lists data data 4 Result Clear 4 33 down arrow 49 down arrow 65 down arrow 79 down arrow right arrow 5 3 down arrow 14 45 down arrow 20 21 down arrow 38 45 down arrow Result L2 5 2nd stat 2 Result Stats 2 ...

Page 35: ...he positive integers from 1 to n n must be a positive whole number 69 RAND contains the following options rand Generates a random real number between 0 and 1 To control a sequence of random numbers store an integer seed value 0 to rand The seed value changes randomly every time a random number is generated randint Generates a random integer between 2 integers A and B where A randint B Separate the...

Page 36: ... To set up a function table 1 Press table 2 Enter a function and press enter Functions allow up to one level of fractions 3 Select the table start table step auto or ask x options and press enter The table is displayed using the specified values Start Specified the starting value for the independent variable x Step Specified the incremental value for the independent variable x The step can be posi...

Page 37: ...e 3600 450 Xabcyzt Result y 3600 450x enter 0 down arrow 1 down arrow right arrow enter down arrow enter Result Ask x OK Input guesses enter Result x 8 The support of 450 per month will last for 8 months since y 8 3600 450 8 0 as shown in the table of values 3 27 Errors When the TI 30XS calculator detects an error it returns an error message with the type of error To correct the error note the err...

Page 38: ...defined data points or attempting to calculate 2 var stats when the data lists are not of equal length DIM MISMATCH Attempting to create a formula when the lists are not of equal length FORMULA The formula does not contain a list name L1 L2 or L3 or the formula for a list contains its own list name For example a formula for L1 contains L1 SYNTAX The command contains a syntax error entering more th...

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