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This section contains technical information about the PV Unit.
Date Formats
The following describes the date formats that can be set for the system (page 176).
Time Formats
The following describes the time formats that can be set for the system (page 176).
Tool Bars
The PV Unit uses standard tool bars for data input and display. The following
shows typical examples of these toolbars, and describes the items that can appear
in each.
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Format
M/D/Y
D/M/Y
Y/M/D
Description
Month/Day/Year. Example: Jan/31/2000
Day/Month/Year. Example: 31/Jan/2000
Year/Month/Day. Example: 2000/1/31
Format
12-hour
24-hour
Description
Represents time in two blocks, from midnight to 11:59am,
and from noon to 11:59pm.
Represents time as a single block, from 0:00 to 23:59. This
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Data Input Tool Bar
• The above table shows all the buttons that can possibly appear in a data
input tool bar. Depending on mode and other factors, some of the tools
shown above may not be included in a data input tool bar.
Mode icon
Button
Mode icon
Description
Indicates the mode you are currently in.
Clears all characters in the entry (field) where the cursor
is located. In the Contacts and Mail modes, pressing this
button clears the data from all the input fields for the
data item (record) you are inputting.
Pastes the current date and time as being kept by the
main clock at the current cursor location.
Displays a calculator.
Advances to the next screen.
Returns to the previous screen.
Displays the input screen for a mail message attachment.
In the Mail Mode, displays Contacts Mode mail
addresses so you can select the one you want.
Displays a list of Contacts Mode mobile phone numbers
from which you can select the one you want.
In the Mail Mode, returns to text input keyboard.
In the Mail Mode, places the e-mail or SMS messages you
are currently writing into the Outbox and then sends it.
Saves input data and closes the input screen.
In the Quick-Memo Mode, tapping this button changes
to the list view.
Displays the pop up tool screen.
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Data Display Tool Bar
• The above table shows all the buttons that can possibly appear in a data
display tool bar. Depending on mode and other factors, some of the
tools shown above may not be included in a data display tool bar.
Mode icon
Description
Indicates the mode you are currently in.
Displays a menu of other views that can be used to
display data.
In the Scheduler and Expense Manager modes, jumps to
today’s date as kept by the PV Unit’s built-in clock.
Advances to the next item.
Returns to the previous item.
Displays the new data input screen.
Returns to the list screen from a Contacts, Memo,
Expense Manager, Quick-Memo, and Mail mode data
screen.
Changes to the data editing screen for the current data
item.
Displays data attached to a mail message.
In the Mail Mode, displays a menu for selecting which
messages you want to send. Tapping this button on the
e-mail or SMS messages display screen performs a mail
send operation.
In the Mail Mode, displays a menu for selecting the type
of reply you want to send.
In the Mail Mode, pick up e-mail or SMS.
Displays the pop up tool screen.
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Keyboard Formats
The PV Unit provides you with a selection of keyboard formats.
QWERTY
This format is automatically selected when English,
Spanish, or Italian is set as the system language.
AZERTY
This format is automatically selected when French is
set as the system language.
QWERTZ
This format is automatically selected when German
is set as the system language.
Scheduler Mode Alarms
• When you set an alarm time for a Schedule, To Do, or Reminder item,
an alarm sounds for about 20 seconds when the alarm time is reached on
the date that is also specified for the data item.
• Alarms may fail to sound when battery power is low.
• Alarms are deleted automatically after the Scheduler alarm time is passed.
You cannot set an alarm time for a date and time that are already passed.
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Input Limits
The following table shows the maximum number of characters that can be input
into various fields.
Mode
Schedule
To Do
Reminder
Contacts
Memo
Expense
Manager
Search
Password
Clipboard
Maximum Number of Characters
2,046
2,046
14
2,046
2,036
14
12
2,048
8
14
14
2,008
12
12
2,048
Entry (Field)
Description
Description
Category
Description
–
Category
Item
Description
Amount
Payment Type
Expense Type
Description
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Resetting the PV Unit
Warning!
The following procedure erases all data stored in the memory of the PV Unit.
Perform this operation only when you want to delete all data and initialize the
settings of the PV Unit.
Remember - you should always keep copies of important data by writing it down,
or by transferring it to a personal computer.
1. Open the cover and touch the screen with the stylus to turn on power.
2. Use the stylus to press the RESET button on the back of the PV Unit.
RESET
➜
• If the above does not appear on the display when you press the RESET
button, slide the battery switch to the REPLACE BATTERIES position
and remove the battery compartment cover. Use the stylus to press the P
button and then replace the battery compartment cover. Slide the battery
switch back to the NORMAL OPERATION position and then press the
RESET button.
3. Tap the center of each of the four cross marks as they appear on the
screen.
• The contrast adjustment screen appears next.
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4. Tap Hor Jto adjust the contrast of the display, and then tap OK.
5. In response to the message that appears, tap Yes to reset the PV Unit and
clear all memory contents, or No to abort the reset procedure without
doing anything.
6. If you tapped Yes in the above step, a second confirmation message
appears. Tap Yes to reset the PV Unit and clear all memory contents, or
No to abort the reset procedure without doing anything.
• Tapping Yes in the above step starts the actual reset procedure.
7. After the reset procedure is complete, tap the button next to the language
you want to select as the system language.
8. Tap Set to change to the pop up tool screen.
9. Check the time setting and correct it if necessary (page 174).
• Following are the initial settings of the PV Unit after you perform the
RESET operation.
Main clock: Clock 1
London
Jan/1/2001
12:00 am
12-hour format
Clock 2: New York
Daily Alarm: 12:00 pm
Sound: Daily Alarm off, all others on
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Euro Conversion Rate Presets
Country
Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Austria
Finland
Ireland
Luxembourg
Rate (for 1 euro)
1.95583
6.55957
1936.27
166.386
2.20371
40.3399
200.482
13.7603
5.94573
0.787564
40.3399
Currency Code
DEM
FRF
ITL
ESP
NLG
BEF
PTE
ATS
FIM
IEP
LUF
Decimal Places
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
2
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Storage Capacity
The memory capacity of the PV-750Plus is 2-Mbyte. The following shows the
number of items that can be stored.
Scheduler
Approximately 24,400 items with 20-character description.
Approximately 12,200 items with 60-character description.
Contacts
Approximately 24,400 items, under the following conditions.
8-character name
10-character home phone number
10-character home fax number
20-character home address
Approximately 8,130 items, under the following conditions.
8-character name
10-character business phone number
10-character business fax number
40-character business address
20-character company name
20-character department
20-character position
Memo
Approximately 1,430 items, 1,024-character memos.
Expense Manager
Approximately 12,200 items, under the following conditions.
10-character description
Expense type and payment type set
E-Mail
Approximately 6,100 queued messages, each with the amount of data shown
below. To: 20 characters
Subject: 10 characters
Message: 200 characters

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SMS
Approximately 8,130 queued messages, each with the amount of data shown
below. To: 20 characters
Name: 10 characters
Message: 100 characters
Quick-Memo
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Abidjan
Abu Dhabi
Acapulco
Accra
Addis Ababa
Adelaide
Aden
Al Manamah
Algiers
Alice Springs
Amman
Amsterdam
Anchorage
Andorra
Ankara
Antananarivo
Asuncion
Athens
Atlanta
Auckland
Azores
Baghdad
Baltimore
Bangkok
Barcelona
Basel
Beirut
Belgrade
Bergen
Berlin
Birmingham
Bismarck
Bogota
Boise
Bonn
Boston
Brasilia
Brazzaville
Brisbane
Broken Hill
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Calcutta
Canberra
Cape Town
Caracas
Casablanca
Cayenne
Chatham Island
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Colombo
Conakry
Copenhagen
Dakar
Dallas
Damascus
Dar es Salaam
Darwin
Delhi
Denver
Detroit
Dhaka
Dubai
Dublin
Dusseldorf
Edmonton
Fernando de
Noronha
Fort Worth
±0:00
+4:00
–6:00
±0:00
+3:00
+9:30
+3:00
+3:00
+1:00
+9:30
+2:00
+1:00
–9:00
+1:00
+2:00
+3:00
–4:00
+2:00
–5:00
+12:00
–1:00
+3:00
–5:00
+7:00
+1:00
+1:00
+2:00
+1:00
+1:00
+1:00
–6:00
–6:00
–5:00
–7:00
+1:00
–5:00
–3:00
+1:00
+10:00
+9:30
+1:00
+2:00
+1:00
–3:00
+2:00
+5:30
+10:00
+2:00
–4:00
±0:00
–3:00
+12:45
–7:00
–6:00
–5:00
–5:00
+6:00
±0:00
+1:00
±0:00
–6:00
+2:00
+3:00
+9:30
+5:30
–7:00
–5:00
+6:00
+4:00
±0:00
+1:00
–7:00
–2:00
–6:00
Frankfurt
Freetown
G.M.T.
Geneva
Georgetown
Guam
Guatemala City
Hamburg
Hannover
Hanoi
Havana
Helena
Helsinki
Hermosillo
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Istanbul
Jacksonville
Jakarta
Jeddah
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Kabul
Kampala
Kansas City
Karachi
Kathmandu
Khabarovsk
Khartoum
Kingston
Kinshasa
Kuala Lumpur
Kuwait
La Paz
+1:00
±0:00
±0:00
+1:00
–4:00
+10:00
–6:00
+1:00
+1:00
+7:00
–5:00
–7:00
+2:00
–7:00
+8:00
–10:00
–6:00
–5:00
+2:00
–5:00
+7:00
+3:00
+2:00
+2:00
+4:30
+3:00
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+5:00
+5:45
+10:00
+2:00
–5:00
+1:00
+8:00
+3:00
–4:00
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Difference
City Name
Time
Difference
City Name
Time
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City Name
Time
Difference
City Name
Time
Difference
City Name
Time
Difference
Lagos
Las Palmas
Lilongwe
Lima
Lisbon
Lome
London
Los Angeles
Luanda
Lusaka
Luxembourg
Madrid
Managua
Manaus
Manila
Maputo
Marseille
Melbourne
Memphis
Mexico City
Miami
Midway Is.
Milan
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Mogadishu
Monrovia
Montevideo
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
Munich
Muscat
Nadi
Nairobi
Nashville
Nassau
New Orleans
New York
Niamey
Norfolk
Norfolk Island
Noumea
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Oslo
Ottawa
Panama City
Papeete
Paramaribo
Paris
Peking (Beijing)
Perth
Philadelphia
Phnom Penh
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Port Louis
Port Moresby
Port au Prince
Port of Spain
Portland
Prague
Quito
Reykjavik
Rio de Janeiro
Riyadh
Rome
Saint Louis
Salt Lake City
Salzburg
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
San Juan
San Salvador
Sanaa
Santa Fe
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Sao Paulo
Seattle
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Sofia
St Petersburg
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei
Tampa
Tegucigalpa
Tehran
Tijuana
Tokyo
Toronto
Tripoli
Tunis
Vancouver
Vienna
Vientiane
Warsaw
Washington,D.C.
Wellington
Winnipeg
Yangon
Yaounde
Zurich
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+2:00
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±0:00
±0:00
±0:00
–8:00
+1:00
+2:00
+1:00
+1:00
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+8:00
+2:00
+1:00
+10:00
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+1:00
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–6:00
+3:00
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–5:00
+3:00
+5:30
+1:00
+4:00
+12:00
+3:00
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–5:00
–6:00
–5:00
+1:00
–5:00
+11:30
+11:00
–6:00
–6:00
+1:00
–5:00
–5:00
–10:00
–3:00
+1:00
+8:00
+8:00
–5:00
+7:00
–7:00
–5:00
+4:00
+10:00
–5:00
–4:00
–8:00
+1:00
–5:00
±0:00
–3:00
+3:00
+1:00
–6:00
–7:00
+1:00
–6:00
–8:00
–8:00
–6:00
–4:00
–6:00
+3:00
–7:00
–4:00
–4:00
–3:00
–8:00
+9:00
+8:00
+8:00
+2:00
+3:00
+1:00
+10:00
+8:00
–5:00
–6:00
+3:30
–8:00
+9:00
–5:00
+2:00
+1:00
–8:00
+1:00
+7:00
+1:00
–5:00
+12:00
–6:00
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Mail Mode Glossary
access point
The contact point you call in order to access the Internet.
address bit mask
This is a value that is used to calculate a subnet address.
DNS
Domain Name System, which controls the way that computers can contact
each other, exchange e-mail, and display Web pages. The Internet Protocol
(IP) uses Internet addresses and the DNS to deliver mail and other information
from computer to computer.
IP address
A series of four numbers separated by periods (called dots).
login ID
A name assigned to you by an Internet provider. This name identifies you
when you log onto the Internet.
login password
A password you have to input to log onto the Internet. Your provider’s
computer checks your password against your login ID to see if they match
what is registered.
mail address
A mail address, also called an Internet address, is made up of two main
parts separated by @ (pronounced “at”). The part of the address to the left
of the @ sign is the user name (often the login ID). The part to the right of
the @ sign is the host name or domain name, which identifies the computer
where you have an Internet mail account.
POP
Post Office Protocol, which controls mail systems where e-mail is delivered
to a mailbox on a server. To receive the mail, someone must log onto the
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A client/server based protocol for systems
where someone uses a mail client to create mail and read mail, while servers
do the actual processing and delivery of the mail.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol. Protocols for
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A connection could not be established!
100 alarms are already set!
Cause: The maximum allowable
limit of 100 alarms are already set. Action: Wait until some of the existing alarms are used, or delete
alarms you do not need to make
room for new ones.
Cause: You are trying to highlight
dates for a period that spans multiple
years.
Action: The range of dates when
specifying highlights must be within
one single year. Change your date
range specification so it is within the
same year.
All dates you select must be within the same year.
Cause: Battery power is getting
weak. Action: Replace batteries as explained on page 19 of this User’s Guide.
Batteries are getting weak! Replace them as instructed in the User’s Guide.
Message Table
Note
•Whenever an error message appears during a mail send or receive operation,
first check to make sure your access point settings are correct.
Cause: A connection cannot be
established between your PV unit
and mobile phone for some reason.
Action: Tap OK to clear the error
message. Make sure that the settings
of your mobile phone are correct and
that the infrared ports of your PV
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Data error! Consult your User’s Guide for correct procedure.
Cause: An internal data error has
corrupted memory data. Action: See page 15 of this User’s Guide for the correct procedure.
Cause: A data error requires that
you perform the RESET operation,
which deletes all data stored in
memory and returns all settings to
their initial defaults.
Action: Tap Yes to close the dialog
box. You can then recall data stored
in memory to make written copies
before it is cleared by the RESET
operation. Tap No to go immediately
into to the RESET operation, which
will delete all data stored in memory.
Data error! Do you want to view data before resetting?
Cause: An error occurred during
data communication. Action: Correct the cause of the error and try again.
Cause: This message appears after
an operation that can affect your
time settings.
Communication error!
Action: Since all alarms and other
timekeeping related operations are
based on your time setting, be sure
to check it and make corrections as
necessary whenever this message
appears.
Check your home time setting and correct it if necessary!
Cause: An alarm time has been
reached for secret memory area data. Action: Enter the secret memory area to view details about the alarm.
Check the secret memory area!
Cannot connect!
Cause: 1. Light is not reaching the
infrared ports.
2. Surrounding light or
noise is causing
communication
problems.
Action: 1. Remove the obstruction
that is blocking the light
and try again.
2. Change to a different
location, or change the
position of the phone,
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Cause: You did not input all of the
minimum data required to store the
data item.
Action: Input the minimum required
entries for the mode where you are
inputting new data. Check the
minimum requirements and input the
required data.
Input all required data.
Cause: A connection could not be
established because your access
point is busy, the data circuits of
your mobile phone provider are
congested, or you are outside the
service area of your mobile phone.
Action: Tap OK to clear the error
message and try again or switch to
another access point. If you continue
to have problems, check your
connection settings to make sure
they are correct. Make sure you are
within the service area of your
phone.
Line is busy.
Cause: You are trying to use invalid
values for a date. Action: Input the date correctly.
Make sure you are inputting the date correctly.
Cause: None of the data in memory
matches the characters you specified
for a search operation.
Action: Check the characters you
specified to make sure you did not
make a mistake, or try searching for
different characters.
Data item not found!
Cause: Broken service provider or
mobile phone connection. Action: Check hardware, correct any problems, and try again.
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Modem initialization failed.
Action: Make sure the mobile phone
is turned on. Also check to make
sure that your mobile phone is set up
for e-mail send and receive.
Cause: The modem could not be
initialized for some reason.
Cause: During connection, host
became busy and failed to respond
further.
Action: Tap OK to clear the error
message. Change to another access
point or try again later.
No response from the host!
Cause: The time you are trying to
set for an alarm is already passed. Action: This is merely a warning message that appears for about one
second. After that, the dialog box
closes and the data is stored without
the alarm.
That alarm time is already passed!
Cause: There is no response from the
phone when sending or receiving SMS
or Phone Book data.
Action: Tap OK to clear the error
message. Make sure that the infared
ports of your PV unit and of your mobile
phone are facing directly at each other.
Phone is not responding!
Cause: You are inputting invalid
values for a time setting. Action: Input proper values for the time.
Make sure you are inputting the time correctly.
Memory is full!
Cause: You are trying to input data
or receive data while memory is
already full.
Action: First try performing the
memory management operation to
see if more memory can be made
available. If this message still
appears, it means that memory is
really full. Delete data you no longer
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The reset operation deletes all data in memory!
Do you want to continue?
Cause: You are about to perform the
RESET operation, which deletes all
data stored in memory and returns
all settings to their initial defaults.
Action: Tap Yes to perform the
RESET operation and delete all data,
or No to close the dialog box
without deleting anything.
Cause: You are trying to assign a
name that is already used when
naming a payment type or expense
type.
Action: Use a different name.
The next step starts data deletion and unit reset!
Do you want to continue?
Cause: This is the final warning
before execution of the RESET
operation, which deletes all data
stored in memory and returns all
settings to their initial defaults.
Action: Tap Yes to execute the
RESET operation and delete all data,
or No to close the dialog box
without deleting anything.
That name is already used!
Cause: You are specifying a
Reminder date that is outside the
period specified by the start date and
end date.
Action: Check the specified period
and set the date correctly.
That date is outside of the specified period.
Cause: The time you are setting for
an alarm is already used. Action: Change the alarm time to one that is not yet used.
That alarm time is already used!