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User’s Guide
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Introduction
Congratulations. Y ou now have a powerful, portable electronic reference. Using this product,
you can. . .
• find daily horoscopes for yourself and
others.
• find personality profiles based upon birth
dates for yourself, others, and even for
famous personalities.
• test your compatibility with others as
friends and as lovers.
• save birth dates in your personal list for
use at any time.
• learn about the basics and fine points of
astrology.
We suggest you read this User’s Guide and follow its steps to get the most from your new electronic reference.
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BACK
CLEAR
DATE
ENTER
HELP
LIST
MENU
NEXT
ON/OFF
PREV
Key Guide
Function Keys
Backs up or erases a letter.
Clears to an entry screen.
Retrieves a frequently used date.
Enters a date or selects an item.
Shows a help message.
Shows the list menus.
Shows the main menus.
Shows the next date or adds a day
to the date typed.
Turns the product on and off.
Shows the previous date or sub-
tracts a day from the date typed.
Direction Keys
Move left or right.
Move up or down. At an entry
screen, adjust the contrast.
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Menus Map
Here is a map of the Horoscope’s menus. To use
them, press MENU and then select a menu item.
TOPICS OTHER
Personality
Profile
Today For
You
Friends
Compatibility
Lovers
Compatibility
Famous
Birthdays
About
Astrology
Clear Date
Large/Small
Font
Set Shutoff
Tutorial
Dis/Enable
Demo
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Getting Started
1. Press ON/OFF.
A brief demonstration appears.
2. Press CLEAR to stop the demonstration.
3. To adjust the screen contrast, repeatedly
press
This is an entry screen. You can adjust the
contrast only at a cleared entry screen.
✓ Disabling the Demonstration
You probably do not want to view the demonstration each time you start. To disable
it, first press MENU. Then press
highlight
it. Then select
✓ Viewing Help
You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HELP. To exit help,
press BACK.
To view a key guide, press MENU, select
the Other menu, and then select
Press the arrow keys to read it.
or .
Other
and press ENTER to select
Disable Demo
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Changing Settings
You can set the font size and shutoff time. The
font size can be large (2-lines) or small (3-lines).
The shutoff time is how long this product stays
on if you forget to turn it off.
▼
T o Set the Font Size
1. Press MENU.
2. Press
3. Press ENTER to select it.
4. Select
5. Press BACK to back up.
to highlight
Large Font
▼
T o Set the Shutoff T ime
1. Select
2. Select
3. Press
4. Press ENTER to select it.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Other
.
Set Shutoff
to highlight a setting.
✓ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move around.
Other
or
Small Font
.
.
.
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Finding Personality Profiles
Personality profiles describe the astrological significance of birth dates. Read them to learn more
about yourself or friends.
1. Press CLEAR.
Or select
menu.
2. Type a birth date (e.g.,
To type numbers, press the top row of letter
keys. Y ou must type hyphens between the
month, day, and year. And the year must have
four digits.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press
5. Press CLEAR when done.
✓ Viewing Complete Menu Items
Some names and menu items are followed
by ellipses because they are too long to fit
on the screen. To view the full name or
item, press
menu.
Personality profile
from the Topics
12-30-1968
to read the profile.
when it is highlighted on the
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Finding Daily Horoscopes
Y ou can find your daily horoscope from January
1, 1900 until December 31, 2049.
1. Press MENU.
Topics
2. Select
.
3. Select
4. T ype a birth date (e.g.,
5. Press ENTER.
6. T ype today’s date or another date.
7. Press ENTER.
8. Press
9. Press CLEAR when done.
Today for you
Your horoscope for that day appears.
to read it.
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10-23-1957
✓ About Selecting Topics
When you select a topic, it remains selected until you select a new one. A check
marks the selected topic on the menu.
The topic you selected may also appear
T opics
above
when you press MENU.
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Finding Famous Birthdays
Horoscopes lists the birth dates of more than 700
famous, twentieth century personalities (two personalities for each day of the year).
ways to find their birth dates.
▼
Scanning the List of Names
1. Press MENU.
2. Select
3. Select
4. Type a personality’s name (e.g.
5. Press ENTER when the name is high-
6. Press BACK to return to the name list.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Topics
.
Famous birthdays
To erase a typed letter, press BACK.
lighted.
To view the next or previous alphabetically
listed birthday, press NEXT or PREV.
✓ Using Famous Birth Dates
Once you have found a famous
personality’s birth date, you can use it to
find personality profiles, test your compatibility with him or her, or save it in your personal list for later use. To learn how, read
the other sections of this guide.
There are two
.
Prince
).
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Finding Famous Birthdays
▼
Using the Locate Menu
1. Press MENU.
2. Select
3. Select
4. Select the Locate menu.
5. Select
6. T ype in a year, month, or day.
7. Press ENTER to select it.
8. Press
9. Highlight a match and press ENTER to
10. Press BACK to back up.
11. Press CLEAR to clear your selections.
Topics
.
Famous birthdays
Year, Month
A check marks the selected date. To deselect
the date, press ENTER when it is highlighted.
If you want to select a date from another category (i.e., year, month, or day), press BACK
now, select a category, and then select a date.
to view the match(es).
view the whole birthday.
, or
Day
.
.
✓ About Bullets and Asterisks
On the Locate menu, bullets (●) indicate
selected categories. Double asterisks (✻✻)
indicate the dates that don’t match your
current selections.
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T esting Compatibility
Are you or someone else compatible as a friend
or lover? Here is how to find out.
1. Press MENU.
Topics
2. Select
3. Select
compatibility
4. Enter the first person’s birth date.
You can enter a birth date from your Personal list or even the birth date of a famous
personality .
5. Enter the second person’s birth date.
6. Press
7. Press
M
indicate the second person’s gender.
description.
✓ About Compatibility Descriptions
Compatibility descriptions begin with a discussion of the first person’s compatibility,
then discuss the second person’s, and finally describe their interactions. Thus the
beginning of the descriptions are based almost entirely on the first person’s birth date
horoscope and, therefore, will not change.
.
Friends compatibility
from the Topics menu.
for male or F for female to
to read the compatibility
or
Lovers
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Saving Dates and Names
There are two ways to save a date so that you
do not have to enter it every time.
▼
Using the Date Key
You can save one, frequently-used date by
typing the date at an entry screen and pressing DA TE. Press ENTER to save it.
The next time you want to enter that date, simply press DATE. Your saved date appears on
the entry screen.
To clear the date you saved, press MENU and
Other
select
press ENTER.
. Then highlight
✓ Changing Dates at an Entry Screen
You can add or subtract a day to or from
any date appearing on an entry screen.
Type a date at an entry screen and press
NEXT or PREV.
NEXT and PREV can also be used with
your saved date. For example, if you save
today’s date using the DA TE key (see
above), then you can recall it and press
NEXT to find your daily horoscope for a
week or so.
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Clear Date
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Saving Dates and Names
▼
Using the Personal List
Y ou can save up to 10 dates plus names or identifying words in your Personal list. Later, you can
retrieve those dates for finding horoscopes or
compatibility descriptions.
1. Press LIST.
2. Select
3. Select
4. Type a birth date followed by a name or
5. Press ENTER to add it to the list.
Personal list
Add an entry to list
other identifying word (e.g.,
or
Becki
You must type a hyphen after the year in
order to type names or words.
7-4-1941-Dad
.
.
9-21-1969-
).
✓ Retrieving and Deleting Dates
Once dates are saved in your Personal list,
you can retrieve them for use at any entry
screen by selecting
List: X Entries
To delete a date from the list, press LIST ,
select
Delete an entry,
date. To delete all the dates from the Personal list, select
Personal list
, and then selecting a date.
and then select a
Erase the list
and then
and press Y.
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Learning About Astrology
You can learn how astrology works as well as
technical astrological terms such as transits, talents, and lights.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press MENU.
3. Select
4. Select
5. Press ENTER.
6. Select a topic about astrology .
7. Press
8. Press BACK to select another topic.
9. Press CLEAR when done.
Topics.
About Astrology.
to read it.
Or press NEXT or PREV to view the next or
previous topic.
✓ About Astrology Topics
Here are the astrological topics you can
read about by selecting
Astrology, Elements, Compatibility, Transits, Transit-to-Transit, Conjunction, Challenges-Hard aspects, Talents-Soft aspects,
Lights, Inner Planets, Major Planets, and
Outer Planets.
About Astrology
:
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Product Care
Replacing the Battery: This product uses one CR2032, 3-
volt lithium battery. Should you need to replace the battery,
unscrew the screws on the back with a very fine screwdriver
and carefully remove the back cover. Then install a new battery, plus sign facing you, and replace the cover.
Cleaning, Storage, Problems: To clean, spray a mild glass
cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface. Do not spray liquids
directly on this product. Do not use or store this product in
extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse
conditions. If you have a problem with this product, refer to the
warranty. If you purchased this product outside the United
States, contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or
repair information.
FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class B comput-
ing 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 interfer-
ence that may cause undesired operation.
Copyrights, Patents, ISBN:
© 1994 Proximity Technology, Inc.
Mt. Holly, N.J. 08060 USA. All rights reserved.
© 1994 Matrix Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
Patents Pending. ISBN 1-56712-104-7
FPS-28021-00 Printed in Philippines
PN 7201631 Rev. A
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only)
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workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original retail purchase, as evidenced by
sales receipt. On discovery of a defect, the end user must return this product (transportation charges
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given below. Each product returned must include the user’s name, address, and telephone number, as
well as a brief description of the nature of the defect and a copy of the sales receipt as proof of the date
of the original retail purchase. Cord Electronics will, at its option, repair or replace any product at no
further charge to the end user on determination by Cord Electronics, in its sole discretion, that the
product was defective and that such defect arose within the duration of this limited warranty.
Enclose $3.00 check or money order for shipping and handling to Cord Electronics
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