Rolodex RFPP-12 User manual

User’s Guide
POCKET DIRECTORY
RFPP-12
POCKET PLANNER
RF411-12

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Getting Started
Before you start using this organizer, do the following:
1. Turn your organizer over and carefully pull the
battery insulation tape to remove it.
Now, you should perform a system reset.
Warning! A system reset erases any user-entered
information and clears all settings.
2. Press ON/OFF to turn the organizer off.
3. Use a thin, pointed object (e.g., a paper clip) to
press the reset button on the back of the orga-
nizer.
4. Press ENTER to reset the organizer.
✓Keep Written Copies of Important Data
This organizer stores your information as long as
the batteries supply power.
Warning! If the batteries lose power or are re-
moved, all your information will be lost. Information
can also be lost or corrupted if you make a mistake
while operating this organizer. Therefore, always
keep written copies of your important information in
case it is corrupted or lost.
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Key Guide
Function Keys
TEL Toggles between the business and
personal phone directories.
SCHD Selects the scheduler.
T.SET( ) Letsyou setthe hometime, worldtime, alarm
clock, password, and exchange rates; also
activates/deactivates the secret mode.
HT/WT Toggles between the home and world time.
ALM Selects the alarm clock and then cycles
through the daily, hourly, and schedule
record alarms to activate/deactivate
them. Also turns off a sounding daily or
schedule record alarm.
CAL/CONV Toggles between the calculator and the
converter.
Other Keys
C ( CE / C ) Shifted, deletes a record.
ENTER Stores an entered record.
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G ( DST AM / PM ) When viewing the home or world time,
toggles to or from daylight savings. When
setting the home time or the daily alarm,
toggles to or from a.m. or p.m.
GLO Turns the backlight on or off.
H(12/24) Toggles the home and world time between
12- and 24-hour displays.
ON/OFF Turns the organizer on or off.
SHIFT Pressed once, shifts a key to perform the
function printed above the key. Pressed
twice, engages the shift lock.
SPACE Types a space.
V( ) Shifted, toggles the keytone on and off.
X (
SYM )Shifted, lets you type symbols (e.g., $, :, #).
Direction Keys
Unshifted, moves cursor. Shifted, ( DEL )
deletes a character, (
INS ) inserts a space,
and ▼ ( M . CK ) displays the memory remaining.
Displays records.
Calculator Function Keys
C ( CE / C )Clears a calculation.
E (
M -) Stores a negative number in the memory.
F (%) Calculates a percentage.
L (+/-)
Toggles numbers to or from positive or negative.
Q ( MC )Clears the calculator memory.
R (
M +) Adds a positive number to the memory.
W(
MR )Retrieves the number in the memory.
Z (
AC )Clears calculations and calculator memory.
Key Guide
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Using the Clock
This organizer keeps two times: a home time and a
world time. Important! You should set the home time
before setting the world time or using the scheduler.
To Use the Home Time
1. Press HT/WT until the home time appears.
The home time has an asterisk at the upper left.
2. To set the home time, press T.SET ( ).
3. Press or until a city in your time zone appears.
Or type a city name of up to six characters.
Note: The day of the week automatically changes
when you save your settings.
4. If needed, press ▼ to go to the next line and then
type the date.
Use the solid triangle keys to move the cursor.
5. Press ▼ to go to the next line and then type the time.
6. To change the time to or from a.m. or p.m.,
press G (
DST AM / PM ).
7. Press ENTER to save your settings.
8. To change the home time to or from a 12- or
24-display, press H (12/24).
9. To change the home time to or from daylight sav-
ings time, press G (
DST AM / PM ).
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*LON SUN
1995-03-04
11-23-17

Using the Clock
To Use the World Time
You can use the world time to view the times in other
world cities.
Note: The world time is based upon hours added to or
subtracted from the home time. It is not a separate clock
that can be set independently of the home time.
1. Press HT/WT until the world time appears.
The world time has no asterisk next to the city
name.
2. Use or to change the city and time zone.
The city, hour and, eventually, the day of the week
changes.
3. To change the world time to or from a 12- or
24-display, press H (12/24).
4. To change the world time to or from daylight sav-
ings time, press G (
DST AM / PM ).
The # next to the day of the week indicates daylight
savings time.
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LON SUN
1995-03-04
11-23-17
PAR SUN
1995-03-04
12-23-17

Using the Alarms
To Set the Daily Alarm ( )
Note: The daily alarm is based upon the home time.
1. Press ALM.
2. Press T.SET ( ).
3. Type an hour and minutes.
If needed, use ( DEL ) and ( INS ) to move the cursor.
4. To change the time to or from a.m. or p.m.,
press G ( DST AM / PM ).
5. Press ENTER to save your settings.
The icon indicates that the daily alarm is set.
To Enable/Disable the Hourly Alarm ( )
To enable the hourly alarm, press ALM until the bell icon
appears at the bottom right of the screen. To disable the
hourly alarm, press ALM until the bell icon disappears.
To Enable/Disable the Schedule Record
Alarm ( ((\)) )
To set an alarm to sound whenever a schedule record
occurs, press ALM until the ((\)) icon appears. To disable
the schedule record alarm, press ALM until the ((\)) icon
disappears.
To Turn off the Daily or Schedule Record
Alarm
When the daily alarm or a schedule record alarm
sounds, press ALM to turn off the sound.
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To Enter a Business or Personal Phone
Directory Record
Business and personal phone directory records have
three lines of information. You can type up to 36
characters in each line. In the first line, you can letters
and numbers. In the second and third lines, you can
type numbers.
1. Toggle TEL until BUSINESS or PERSONAL appears.
2. In the first line, type a name or other information and
then press
▼.
To type symbols (e.g., $, :, #), press SHIFT twice to
engage the shift lock, press X (
SYM ) until the symbol
you want appears, and then press SHIFT.
Use the solid triangle keys to move the cursor.
To delete or insert a character, press SHIFT and
then press (
DEL ) or ( INS ) .
3. In the second line, type a phone number and then
press ▼.
To type a hyphen, press the minus key. To repre-
sent an asterisk or a pound sign in a telephone
number, press SHIFT and then press J or K.
4. In the third line, type another phone number if you
want.
5. Press ENTER to store the record.
Entering Records
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SMITH BOB
555- 1234
F 555- 5678

Entering Records
To Enter a Schedule Record
Schedule records have three lines of information. The
first line can hold up to 36 characters. The second and
third lines hold numbers.
Note: You can also set an alarm to sound whenever a
scheduled event occurs. To learn how, read “To Use the
Schedule Record Alarm” under “Using the Alarms.”
1. Press SCHD.
2. In the first line, type an event description and then
press
▼.
To type symbols (e.g., $, :, #), press SHIFT twice to
engage the shift lock, press X ( SYM ) until the symbol
you want appears, and then press SHIFT.
To change a character, use (
DEL ) and then retype it.
3. In the second line, type the year, month, and date
of the event, and then press ▼.
4. In the third line, type hour and minutes.
This is a sample schedule record.
5. Press G ( DST AM / PM ) to change the time to or from
a.m. and p.m.
Note: To change a.m. and p.m., the flashing cursor
must be positioned at a time digit (hour or minute) and
the home time must be in the 12-hour display mode.
6. Press ENTER to store the record.
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MEETING
1997 01- 31
P 03 - 30

Finding, Editing, & Deleting Records
You find, edit, and delete business and personal phone
directory records, as well as schedule records, in the
same manner.
To Find a Record
1. Toggle TEL or press SCHD.
2. Do one of the following:
• Use
or to cycle through the records alpha-
betically,
• Or type the first character(s) of a record and then
use or until the record that you want ap-
pears.
To Edit a Record
1. Find a record. (To learn how, see above.)
2. Press SHIFT.
3. Use (
DEL ) and ( INS ) to move the cursor.
4. Type your changes.
5. Press ENTER to store the changes.
To Delete a Record
1. Find a record. (To learn how, see above.)
2. Press SHIFT.
3. Press C (
CE / C ).
4. Press ENTER to delete it. Or press any other key if
you do not want to delete it.
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This organizer has a secret mode, which lets you create
secret business phone directory records, personal
phone directory records, and scheduler records that only
someone with the password you set can use.
Warning! Your secret records can be viewed only if
you remember your password, so always write down
your password and keep it in a separate location.
To Set the Password
1. Toggle TEL or press SCHD.
2. Press T.SET ( ).
3. Type a password of up to six characters.
Remember to write down your password and keep it
in a separate location.
4. Press T.SET ( ) to store the password and acti-
vate the secret mode.
The key icon on the screen indicates that the secret
mode is activated.
5. To deactivate the secret mode, press T.SET ( ) twice.
To Enter Secret Records
1. Toggle TEL or press SCHD.
2. Type a record.
To learn how, read “Entering Records.”
Using a Password
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KEY WORD?

Using a Password
3. Press T.SET ( ) to activate the secret mode.
Notice that the key icon appears on screen.
4. Press ENTER to store the secret record.
To View Secret Records
Important! To view your secret records, the secret
mode must be activated and the business or personal
directory, or the scheduler, must be selected.
1. If the secret mode is not activated, press T.SET
() until the flashing key icon appears and then
enter your password.
The key icon indicates the secret mode is activated.
2. Toggle TEL or press SCHD.
3. View any secret records.
To learn how, read “Viewing, Editing, & Deleting
Records.”
To Change the Password
Important! To change the password, the secret mode
must be activated.
1. If the secret mode is not activated, press T.SET
() until the flashing key icon appears and then
enter your password.
2. Press T.SET ( ).
3. Press SHIFT.
4. Use (
DEL ) and ( INS ) to move the cursor, type
your changes, and then press T.SET ( ).
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Using the Calculator
To Make Basic Calculations
1. Press CAL/CONV until the calculator screen
appears.
2. Type a number.
You can type up to 10 digits. To change the number
to or from positive or negative, press L (+/-).
3. Press the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or
division key.
4. Type another number.
5. Press = to make your calculation.
6. To clear the calculation, press C (
C / CE ).
Or press F (%) to calculate a percentage.
To Use the Calculator Memory
1. Make a calculation as shown above or simply type
a number in the calculator.
2. Press R (
M +) to add the result to the memory as a
positive number or E (
M -) to add it to the memory
as a negative number.
3. To retrieve the number from memory,
press W (
MR ).
4. To clear the calculator memory, press Q (
MC ).
To clear the calculation and the calculator
memory, press Z (
AC ).
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Converting Measures and Currency
To Perform Metric Conversions
1. Press CAL/CONV until the inches-to-centimeters
conversion screen appears.
2.
Press or until the desired conversion appears.
3. To change the direction of the conversion,
press (DEL) or (INS).
4. Type a number.
5. Press ENTER to convert it.
To Set Exchange Rates
You can set more than one exchange rate and convert
currencies in both directions.
1. Press CAL/CONV until the inches-to-centimeters
conversion screen appears.
2. Press
or until the blank conversion screen
appears.
This is the blank conversion screen.
3. Press T.SET ( ).
4. Type a short abbreviation for the source currency
(e.g.,
USD for U.S. dollars).
5. Press (ins).
6. Type a short abbreviation for the target currency
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(e.g., YEN ) and then press ENTER.
7. Type an exchange rate (units of the target cur-
rency per one unit of the source currency).
8. Press ENTER to save the exchange rate.
To Convert Currencies
Note: To convert currencies, you must first set their
exchange rates. To learn how, read “To Set Currency
Exchange Rates” above.
1. Press CAL/CONV until the inches-to-centimeters
conversion screen appears.
2. Press
or until the appropriate conversion
screen appears.
3. To change the direction of the conversion, press
( DEL ) or ( INS ).
4. Type units of the source currency.
5. Press ENTER to convert it to the target currency.
Converting Measures and Currency
This organizer may change operating modes due to
electrostatic discharge. Normal operation of this
organizer can be re-established by pressing the ON/
OFF key.
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USD --> YEN
114.

Using Other Functions
To Use the Backlight
1. Press GLO.
The backlight will automatically turn off in a few
seconds.
Note: Overuse of the backlight will drain the batter-
ies of power more quickly.
To Disable/Enable the Keytone
The keytone sounds whenever you press a key. A at
the upper left of the screen indicates that the keytone is
enabled.
1. To disable the keytone, first press SHIFT
and then press V ( ).
2. To re-enable keytone, repeat these steps.
To Check the Memory
1. Press SHIFT.
2. Press
▼ ( M . CK ).
The number indicates bytes remaining.
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CAPACITY
11905

Replacing the Batteries
This organizer uses two CR2025, 3-volt lithium batteries.
Before you follow these steps you should have a small
Phillips screwdriver and the new batteries at hand.
Warning! When no batteries are installed, this organizer will
save your information for only about 30 seconds. So quickly
install the new batteries when you remove the old ones.
1. Turn off the organizer and turn it over.
2. With the Phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws
at the top of the battery cover and then remove the lid.
Do not remove the screws at the sides of the organizer.
3. Remove the old batteries and quickly replace them with
the new batteries, with their plus (+) signs facing you.
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 (see
below).
To Reset the Organizer
Warning! Resetting the organizer permanently erases all the
information entered in it. Perform a reset only when you want
to erase and lose all your information.
1. If needed, turn the organizer on.
2. Using the pointed end of a paper clip, press the recessed
reset button on the back of the organizer.
RESET? should appear on the screen.
3. Press ENTER to reset the organizer. Or press any
other key to cancel the reset.
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Specifications
REP-28001-00
P/N 7201855 Rev. C
Models RF411-12 and RFPP-12
Size: 11.8 x 7.1 x 1.1 cm • Weight: 2.5 oz
•Batteries: Two CR2025 lithium • Storage capacity: 1200 items
Cleaning This Product
To clean this product, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its
surface. Don’t spray liquids directly onto the unit. Don’t use or store your
organizer in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse
conditions.
FCC Notice
Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to
Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions (1) This device may not cause harmful interference; and
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesirable operation.
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Rolodex is a registered trademark of Insilco Corporation.
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one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at
Franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship
or materials.
Products purchased outside the United States that are returned under
warranty should be returned to the original vendor with proof of purchase
and description of fault. Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid
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or wear and tear. This guarantee does not affect the consumer’s statutory
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