Ricoh EC-295 User Manual

Cat. No. 65-719

OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

EC-295

3K Electronic

Organizer

FEATURES

Your RadioShack EC-295 3K Elec­tronic Organizer is a pocket-size data
organizer. It’s great for the person on
the go, combining a telephone directo­ry, alarm clock, schedule alarms, a
calculator, and more in one compact,
easy-to-use package. Its features in­clude:

Three-Row Display

— lets you see

up to three lines of data at once.

Phone Directory

— puts names,
phone numbers, fax numbers, and e­mail addresses at your fingertips.

Schedule Alarms

— remind you of

meetings and other important events.

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Metric Converter

conversions to and from metric mea­surements.

— lets you perform

Currency Converter

to convert between currencies.

Home Time/World Time

you the current time in your local time
zone and in 24 other cities around the
world.

10-Digit Calculator

form arithmetic and currency conver­sion calculations.

Daily Alarm

you set.

Password

access to your information.

— sounds daily at a time

— prevents unauthorized

— makes it easy

— shows

— lets you per-

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Automatic Power-Off

battery power by turning off the orga­nizer about 4 minutes after you stop
using it.

— conserves

3K Memory

for storing phone numbers, addresses,
and schedules.

Account Manager

track of up to three accounts.

Important:

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 replace­ment, or misuse. You should maintain
physical records of important informa­tion to protect against such loss.

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— gives you ample space

— lets you keep

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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 compart­ment. To remove the slip, grasp the
end and gently pull it out in the direc­tion of the arrows.

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A QUICK LOOK AT THE
ORGANIZER’S
FEATURES

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Directional Controls

— search forward or backward
through records, and move the cursor
within records.

Number Keys
Mode Keys

— enter numbers.

— 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 con­tacts.

— 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 conver­sion calculations.

— keeps track of two different
currency conversion rates.

— converts between common
standard and metric units of mea­surement.

Special Keys

— help you display, ed­it, rearrange, and organize your infor­mation.

— allows you to update infor-

EDIT

mation in various records.

DEL (C/CE

) — deletes characters

to the right of the cursor; clears
calculator entries.

— accesses special charac­ters and secondary functions (as
labeled above some keys).

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) — enters the letter F and

F (DST

toggles between standard and day­light-savings time.

D (AM/PM

) — enters the letter D

and toggles between AM and PM.

( ) — enters the letter S and

S

turns the key tone on and off.

A (12/24

) — enters the letter A and
toggles between the 12- and 24­hour time formats.

ENTER (=

) — stores information

and totals an arithmetic operation.

— enters a space.

SPACE

) — enters the letter N and

N (EX1

stores a currency exchange rate.

) — enters the letter M and

M (EX2

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 conver­sion.

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 con­version.

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

. Press

OFF

To conserve battery power, the orga­nizer automatically turns off about 4
minutes after you stop using it.

ON/OFF

again to turn it off.

ON/

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 (
tone is on.

Note:

on or off when the display shows the
current date and time. When you reset
the organizer, key tone defaults to on.

). appears when the key

S

You can only turn the key tone

SETTING/VIEWING THE
HOME DATE AND TIME

There are 24 cities listed in the orga­nizer. 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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City Name City Code

Auckland AKL
Midway MID
Honolulu HNL
Anchorage ANC
Los Angeles LAX
Denver DEN
Chicago CHI
New York NYC
Caracas CCS
Rio De Janeiro RIO

As you scroll through the world

Note:

cities list,

–1H and –2H appear; how-

ever, no major cities correspond with
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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

ap-

EDIT

pears and the cursor flashes.

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