Radio Shack EC-295 User manual

Cat. No. 65-719
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
EC-295
3K Electronic
Organizer

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©1999 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
RadioShack is a registered trademark
used by Tandy Corporation.
FEATURES
Your RadioShack EC-295 3K Elec-
tronic Organizer is a pocket-size data
organizer. It’s great for the person on
the go, combining a telephone directo-
ry, alarm clock, schedule alarms, a
calculator, and more in one compact,
easy-to-use package. Its features in-
clude:
Three-Row Display — lets you see
up to three lines of data at once.
Phone Directory — puts names,
phone numbers, fax numbers, and e-
mail addresses at your fingertips.
Schedule Alarms — remind you of
meetings and other important events.

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Metric Converter — lets you perform
conversions to and from metric mea-
surements.
Currency Converter — makes it easy
to convert between currencies.
Home Time/World Time — shows
you the current time in your local time
zone and in 24 other cities around the
world.
10-Digit Calculator — lets you per-
form arithmetic and currency conver-
sion calculations.
Daily Alarm — sounds daily at a time
you set.
Password — prevents unauthorized
access to your information.

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Automatic Power-Off — conserves
battery power by turning off the orga-
nizer about 4 minutes after you stop
using it.
3K Memory — gives you ample space
for storing phone numbers, addresses,
and schedules.
Account Manager — lets you keep
track of up to three accounts.
Important: Tandy Corporation as-
sumes no responsibility for any loss or
claims that might arise through use of
this organizer or for damages incurred
as a result of information loss due to
malfunctions, repairs, battery replace-
ment, or misuse. You should maintain
physical records of important informa-
tion to protect against such loss.

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CONTENTS
Before You Begin ........................... 7
Removing the Insulation
Strips ........................................... 7
A Quick Look at the Organizer’s
Features ...................................... 8
Operation ...................................... 13
Turning the EC-295 On
and Off ....................................... 13
Turning the Key Tone On
and Off ....................................... 13
Setting/Viewing the Home
Date and Time ........................... 14
Viewing World Times ................. 19
Entering Data/Using Records ..... 20
Recalling a Record .................... 22
Editing a Record ........................ 22
Deleting a Record ...................... 24
Alarms ........................................... 25
Daily Alarm ................................ 25
Schedule Alarms ....................... 27
Entering a Schedule Alarm ........ 29

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Phone Directory ........................... 32
Account Manager ........................ 34
Locked Records .......................... 36
Calculator ..................................... 39
Conversions ................................. 41
Metric Conversions ................... 41
Currency Conversions .............. 42
Care .............................................. 46
Replacing the Batteries ............. 48
Resetting the Organizer ............ 50
Specifications .............................. 53

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
REMOVING THE
INSULATION STRIPS
Before you can use the organizer, you
must remove the protective insulation
strip from inside the battery compart-
ment. To remove the slip, grasp the
end and gently pull it out in the direc-
tion of the arrows.
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A QUICK LOOK AT THE
ORGANIZER’S
FEATURES

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Directional Controls , , , and
— search forward or backward
through records, and move the cursor
within records.
Number Keys — enter numbers.
Mode Keys — help you organize your
information into categories.
— keeps track of home time
as well as time in 24 other world
cities.
— organizes phone records
and general information about con-
tacts.
— locks specific records.
— keeps track of up to three
different accounts.
— sets appointment times and
reminders.

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— performs standard, metric
conversion, and currency conver-
sion calculations.
— keeps track of two different
currency conversion rates.
— converts between common
standard and metric units of mea-
surement.
Special Keys — help you display, ed-
it, rearrange, and organize your infor-
mation.
EDIT — allows you to update infor-
mation in various records.
DEL ( C/CE) — deletes characters
to the right of the cursor; clears
calculator entries.
— accesses special charac-
ters and secondary functions (as
labeled above some keys).

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F (DST) — enters the letter F and
toggles between standard and day-
light-savings time.
D (AM/PM) — enters the letter D
and toggles between AM and PM.
S ( ) — enters the letter S and
turns the key tone on and off.
A (12/24) — enters the letter A and
toggles between the 12- and 24-
hour time formats.
ENTER (=) — stores information
and totals an arithmetic operation.
SPACE — enters a space.
N (EX1) — enters the letter N and
stores a currency exchange rate.
M (EX2) — enters the letter M and
stores a currency exchange rate.
@ (CM–IN) — enters the @ symbol
and performs centimeters to inches
conversion.

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Z( KM–MI) — enters the letter Z
and performs miles to kilometers
conversion.
X(G–OZ) — enters the letter X and
performs grams to ounces conver-
sion.
C( KG–LB) — enters the letter C
and performs kilograms to pounds
conversion.
V( L–GAL) — enters the letter V
and performs liters to gallons con-
version.
B(°C–°F) — enters the letter B and
performs Celsius to Fahrenheit
conversion.

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OPERATION
TURNING THE EC-295
ON AND OFF
To turn the organizer on, press ON/
OFF. Press ON/OFF again to turn it off.
To conserve battery power, the orga-
nizer automatically turns off about 4
minutes after you stop using it.
TURNING THE KEY
TONE ON AND OFF
Your organizer is preset so a tone
sounds each time you press a key.
You can turn off the key tone.
With the organizer turned on, press
so the home date and time ap-
pear and the home city is in parenthe-

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ses. To turn the key tone off or on,
press ( S). appears when the key
tone is on.
Note: You can only turn the key tone
on or off when the display shows the
current date and time. When you reset
the organizer, key tone defaults to on.
SETTING/VIEWING THE
HOME DATE AND TIME
There are 24 cities listed in the orga-
nizer. You must select a city as your
home time. If your city is not listed, use
a city in the same time zone as yours.
When you set the time and date for
your home time zone, all other world
times are set automatically.

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City Name City Code
London LON
Paris PAR
Cairo CAI
Moscow MCW
Dubal DXB
Karachi KHI
Dhaka DAC
Bangkok BKK
Hong Kong HKG
Tokyo TYO
Sydney SYD
Noumea NOU

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Note: As you scroll through the world
cities list, –1H and –2H appear; how-
ever, no major cities correspond with
Auckland AKL
Midway MID
Honolulu HNL
Anchorage ANC
Los Angeles LAX
Denver DEN
Chicago CHI
New York NYC
Caracas CCS
Rio De Janeiro RIO
City Name City Code

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Greenwich Mean Time –1H (hour) or –
2H. You can still choose either of
these settings if (for example) you
know you are in that specific time
zone.
To choose a city for your home time
and set the time and date, follow these
steps.
1. Repeatedly press until
appears.
2. Press or to select your city.
3. Press ENTER (=) to store the set-
ting.
4. Repeatedly press until the
city you have chosen appears in
parentheses.
5. Hold down EDIT until EDIT ap-
pears and the cursor flashes.

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6. Press or to select the digits
you want to change, then use the
number keys to enter the year,
month, day, hour, and minute dig-
its.
7. Press AM/PM (D) to choose AM or
PM. (Aor Pappears only in the
12-hour format.)
8. Press ENTER to store the setting.
Notes:
• If the information you enter is in-
valid (for example, you enter 15
for the month), the invalid digit
flashes on the display after you
press ENTER. Enter the correct
digit(s), then press ENTER.
•Press
DST(F) to turn daylight sav-
ing time on or off. DST appears
when daylight saving time is on.

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• Press 12/24 any time to choose
the12-hour or 24-hour format.
VIEWING WORLD TIMES
Once you set your home time, you can
follow these steps to view the time in
24 other cities around the world.
1. Repeatedly press until
and the date and time in the last
selected city appears.
2. Repeatedly press or to se-
lect the desired city.
3. To turn daylight-saving time on or
off for the currently selected time
zone, press DST.
Note: Not all cities use daylight-saving
time.

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ENTERING DATA/
USING RECORDS
You enter data in each mode ( ,
, and ) in the same way. When
entering data, the display shows 11
characters on a single line and up to
three rows at a time.
• When appears on the right side
of the record, there are more
characters to the right of the last
displayed character. Press to
view the next 12 characters.
When appears on the left side
of the record, you can press to
move back.
• When appear on the last
line of a record, you can repeat-
edly press or hold or to
move to the first or last field of
that record.