Franklin RT-8015 User Manual

RT-8015

Personal

Organizer

User’s Guide

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Cautions

• Do not carry the organizer in the back pocket
of your slacks or trousers.

• Do not drop the organizer or apply excessive
force to it.

• Do not subject the organizer to extreme tem­peratures.

• Clean only with a soft, dry cloth.

• Since this product is not waterproof, do not
use it or store it where fluids can splash onto
it. Raindrops, water spray, juice, coffee,
steam, perspiration, etc. will also cause the
organizer to malfunction.

Getting Started

Before you turn the unit on for the first time, you
must perform a system reset. Warning! Asystem
reset erases any user-entered information and
clears all settings. Pressing the reset button with
more than light pressure may permanently disable
your organizer.

1. Use a thin, pointed object (e.g., a straightened
paper clip) to press the reset button on the
back of the organizer.

Caution: Do not use an object with a break­able tip.

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2. Tap ENTER to confirm the reset.
Memory available flashes briefly and the unit

goes to the Home Time screen.

Note: If you accidentally depress the reset button
at any time, DO NOT tap ENTER. Tap any other
character instead. This stops the unit from reset­ting and prevents any entered data from being
lost.

Understanding the Display

Several screen prompts and icons appear on the
top and either side of the display. These indicate
active states and perform no function when
tapped.

Function keys appear as icons printed on a strip at
the bottom of the screen. Tap these to access dif­ferent functions such as the Clock, Phone books,
Calculator etc.

There are two keypads – alphabet and numeric.
The 2nd key toggles between the two keypads.
The direction arrows and SPACE key are common
to both keypads, but other “soft” keys (keys that
appear on the display) are unique to one keypad or
the other.

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Function Keys

2nd Toggles between the two keypads.

Cycles between Home Time, World
Time, Alarm and Timer.

Toggles between the Personal and
Business phone books.

Toggles between the Schedule and
Memo books.

Cycles between Keyboard Wiz, Memory
and Chance.

Cycles between the math Calculator,
Calorie Calculator, Currency Converter,
Euro Converter and Metric Converter.

/

Scroll through menu options, records,
world cities and conversions. Do
Tip/Discount calculations.

ENTER Selects an item. In the Calculator, per-

forms a calculation.

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Common Keys

These appear on both the alphabet and numeric
keypads.

/ Move the cursor in the indicated

direction.

SPACE Inserts a space.

Alphabet Keypad Keys

INS Allows characters to be inserted when

editing a record.

CAP Toggles between typing capital and

lower case letters.

SYM Cycles through the available symbols.
EDIT Starts the edit mode.
DEL Deletes a character at the cursor.

Deletes a record.

Numeric Keypad Keys

Tap the 2nd key to see these options.
12/24 Toggles between 12- and 24-hour time

displays in the clocks.

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/

DST Turns DST on or off.
AM/PM Toggles between a.m. and p.m.
MENU Goes to the Setting menu.

Goes to the password entry screen.
Turns the keytone on or off.

AC Clears the calculator.
CE Clears the most recent entry in the

Calculator.

M+ Adds the number on the screen to the

Calculator memory.

M- Subtracts the number on the screen from

the number in the Calculator memory.

MRC Shows the number stored in the

Calculator memory.

Important Information

Auto-Shut Off

When none of the keys have been tapped for
approximately five minutes, the organizer automat­ically turns the power off to save the battery.
Press ON/OFF to resume. The actual life of the
battery depends on the usage.

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Keytone

The keytone is the beep that sounds when any
key is tapped. To turn the keytone off or on, touch

on the numeric keypad.

Typing Capitals and Lower Case
Letters

Tap CAP. in the alphabet keypad to toggle
between entering capital and lower case letters.
When the capitals keypad is selected, CAPS
appears to the top right of the display.

Symbols and Accents

From the alphabet keypad, you can enter 31 dif­ferent symbols such as $, £, ¥ etc. Tap SYM
repeatedly in any data entry screen to cycle
through the available symbols. You can also enter
accented characters such as É, é, À, à, ç etc. To
do this, tap SYM and then tap the letter you want
repeatedly to cycle through the available accents.

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Using the Menu

The MENU key is available on the numeric key­pad. The Menu allows you to select a language,
choose a date display, check available memory,
start a PC-Link (if you have the optional PC Sync
program) and adjust screen contrast. You can
access the Menu only from the Clock, Phone
books, Schedule or Memo. To use the menu, do
the following.

1. Tap MENU on the numeric keypad.

2. Tap or to cycle through LANGUAGE?,
DATE SET?, MEMORYCHECK?, PC-LINK?
and CONTRAST?.

3. Tap ENTER when you see the one you want.
When you select MEMORY CHECK, the avail-

able free memory flashes on the screen and
you return to the screen you were previously
viewing.

When you select PC-LINK, the connecting
process begins. Note: This option is only
active when your unit is connected to your PC
and you have the PC Sync program installed
and open on your PC.

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4. Tap or to cycle through the available
Language and Date display settings.

LANGUAGE options are ENGLISH, NEDER­LANDS (Dutch), PORTUGÛES (Portuguese),
ITALIANO (Italian), DEUTSCH (German),
FRANÇAIS (French) and ESPAÑOL

(Spanish).

DATE SET options are YYYY/MM/DD,
MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY.

Note: Use / to adjust the contrast.

5. Tap ENTER when done.

Using the Clocks

Using , you can set Home Time, view local
times in 45 cities around the world, set Alarms and
use the Timer. Note: You must set Home Time
before viewing World time or using the Schedule,
because World Times are based on Home Time.

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Setting Home Time

You can select daylight savings time and the time
format you want. To do this, tap , tap 2nd
and then tap DST for daylight savings time or
12/24 for the 12- or 24-hour time format.
When you turn DST on, appears to the right
of the display. When you select the 12-hour for­mat, A or P appears to the left of the time to indi­cate a.m. or p.m. You can change the a.m./p.m.
setting when setting the time. To set Home Time,
do the following.

1. Tap .

to the left of the display indicates Home

Time.

2. Tap EDIT.
The cursor flashes under the first letter of the

city abbreviation.

3. Enter a city abbreviation of your choice, or tap

/ to cycle through the available names.

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The city name you enter can have a maximum
of six letters.

4. Tap to go to the date field.
If you enter a six letter name, the cursor auto-

matically goes to the date field.

5. Enter the date.
The date display depends on your selection in

DATE SET in the Menu.

6. Set the time.
If you selected the 12-hour time format, tap

AM

/PM for the time you want.

7. Tap ENTER to save your settings.

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