Ricoh EL-6991 User Manual

PERSONAL ORGANIZER

OWNER’S MANUAL

CONTENTS

Part Names .......................................................................................... 1

Using the Organizer for the First Time ............................................... 2

Entering Characters ............................................................................ 2

Clock Mode .......................................................................................... 3

Telephone Mode .................................................................................. 6

Schedule Mode ................................................................................... 7

To Do Mode ......................................................................................... 8

Memo Mode ......................................................................................... 8

Notes for storing and recalling entries ................................................ 9

Recalling entries .................................................................................. 9

Editing or deleting entries ................................................................. 10

MODEL

EL-6991

Calculator Mode ................................................................................ 10

Currency/Unit Conversion Mode ....................................................... 11

Game Mode .......................................................................................12

Word Translator Mode ....................................................................... 13

Backlight function .............................................................................. 14

Memory Storage ................................................................................14

Adjusting the LCD contrast ............................................................... 15

Secret Function ................................................................................. 15

Using the Included PC Software .......................................................16

Battery Replacement ......................................................................... 18

Specifications .................................................................................... 20

NOTICE

• RadioShack Corporation strongly recommends that separate permanent written records be kept of all important data. Data may be lost or altered
in virtually any electronic memory product under certain circumstances. Therefore, RadioShack Corporation assumes no responsibility for data
lost or otherwise rendered unusable whether as a result of improper use, repairs, defects, battery replacement, use after the specified battery life
has expired, or any other cause.

• RadioShack Corporation assumes no responsibility, directly or indirectly, for financial losses or claims from third persons resulting from the use of
this product and any of its functions, such as stolen credit card numbers, the loss of or alteration of stored data, etc.

• The information provided in this manual is subject to change without notice.

CAUTIONS

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

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

• Do not subject the Organizer to extreme temperatures.

• 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 malfunction.

• Clean only with a soft, dry cloth.

• Use only a RadioShack Corporation approved service facility.

NOTES

• All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufactures.

Display

U

CM

: Clear memory

(in Calculator mode)

: Letter “U”

U

CM

Part Names

Clear/Clear Entry key

Power ON/OFF key

Cursor navigation keys

Key Assignments

Mode keys

Option port (3-pin option jack)

ENTER

: ENTER key

DEL

: DELETE key

BS

: BACK SPACE key

INS

: INSERT key

SMBL

: SYMBOL key

MENU

MEMO/TO DO

Search keys

RESET switch

CAPS

: CAPS key

Functions as CAPS LOCK. It is used to select capital (uppercase) or
small (lowercase) letters.

The following notations are used for key operations.

1

Using the Organizer for the First Time

Be sure to perform the following operations before using the Organizer
for the first time.

1. Remove the isolating film that is

affixed to the battery holder on the
back of the unit.

2. Press the RESET switch with a ball-

point pen or similar object.
“RESET?” is displayed.

3. Press

SHIFT

x to initialize the

Organizer after “RESET!” is displayed. You
have now cleared the memory contents.
The Select Language screen then appears.
Guidance messages can be displayed in ten
languages – English, Italian, German,
French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian,
Czech, Polish, and Greek. After initializing the Organizer, the default
setting is English.

4. Select the desired language using

PREV

or

x.
Home clock is displayed. (See “Clock Mode”.)

NOTES

• If the Organizer is subject to strong, extraneous electrical noises or

shocks during use, an abnormal condition may occur in which no
keys (including

SHIFT

press

OFF

) will respond. Press the RESET switch and

ON

x to delete all the memory contents.

M– M

,

NEXT

+

:

RESET

, then press

•To minimize battery consumption, the Organizer is designed to
automatically turn off when no key has been pressed for approxi­mately five minutes.

MENU

• The key touch tone is turned on and off by pressing
select “KEY TONE?” using
Select on/off using

PREV

or

PREV

NEXT

or

NEXT

, then press x. When

SHIFT

, and press x.

,

the tone is activated, “ ” will appear.

Entering Characters

• Alphanumeric letters, symbols, and “+ – × ÷ .” can be entered into
the dot display area (the first line).

• Numbers and some characters (only space, –, F, and P in Telephone
mode) can be entered into the number display area (the second and
the third lines).

• Letters are entered in capital letters by default (“CAPS” is turned on).
To enter lowercase letters, press

Entering symbols and letters with an accent mark

•To enter a symbol, press

SMBL

appears:

@#$£¥ ( )~’: /\_&<>ß!?

to turn “CAPS” off.

CAPS

repeatedly until the desired symbol

¡¿æµ¢

2

•To enter a letter with an accent mark, press

SHIFT SHIFT

to turn
“SHIFT LOCK” on, and press the appropriate key repeatedly (Refer to
the following list).

•To turn “SHIFT LOCK” off, press

(Key) (CAPS ON)

(CAPS OFF)

SHIFT

again.

(Key) (CAPS ON)

(CAPS OFF)

Clock Mode

Home clock

Home city (with “ ”) Day of the week

NYC THU

Date
Time

1– 1–2004

A 12–00–00

Daylight saving time
set ( with “#”)

#

CAPS

• Activate “CAPS” on to enter capitalized letters.

Making corrections

Move the cursor to the character to be corrected.
Enter the correct character to replace the previous one.

Cursor

The cursor (_) indicates the position for entering a character. Move the
cursor with the cursor keys ( ).

Inserting characters

Each time
allow character entry.

Deleting characters

Press
Press
stored.
Press b to delete the character at the left of the cursor.

INS

is pressed, a space is inserted at the cursor position to

DEL

to delete the character at the cursor position.

C•CE

to clear all the characters you have entered and yet to be

Each time

CLOCK

is pressed, the clock switches between the Home
clock and the World clock mode. (For World clock, “ ” is not
displayed.)

1. Before setting the clock

• The default setting for the date is “MM/DD/YYYY” (month-day-year).

To change the setting to “YYYY/MM/DD” (year-month-day) or “DD/
MM/YYYY” (day-month-year):

1. Press

2. Press

3. Press

4. Press

•To change the 12-hour clock to the 24-hour clock, press Z (“A”

or “P” is cleared). Each time Z is pressed, the clock switches.

• For daylight saving time/summer time, press

displayed on the left side of the day of the week).

CLOCK

SHIFT

press x.

PREV

ENTER

once or twice to display the Home clock (with “ ”).

MENU

, select “DATE SET?” by using k or m , and

or

to select the desired type.

NEXT

to store the new setting.

in advance (“#” is

DST

3

2. Setting the clock

1. Press

2. Press

3. Press

4. Press to move the cursor to the date.

5. Enter the month, the day, and the year (four digits ).

6. Press

7. Enter the time (hours and minutes).

8. Press

Notes

•To enter a single-digit date or time, enter “0” and the digit (e.g.

• If you enter an invalid date or time, “ERROR!” appears briefly. Enter

CLOCK

once or twice to display the Home clock (with “ ”).

SHIFT

e to start setting.

The cursor starts to flash on the city name.

PREV

or

to select the desired city. (Refer to the

NEXT

table of cities on this page.)

• Enter the city name, if needed (six characters or under). Only one
name can be stored for Home clock.

• The built-in calendar extends from January 1, 1901, to December
31, 2098.

to select “A” (morning) or “P” (afternoon) for the

AM/PM

12-hour clock.

Note:

P12-00: noon, A12-00: midnight

ENTER

. The clock starts from “00” seconds.

“02”).

the correct date and time and press

ENTER

.

Display City Display City

LON LONDON TYO TOKYO

LIS LISBON ADL ADELAIDE
PAR PARIS SYD SYDNEY
BER BERLIN GUM GUAM

ROM ROME NOU NOUMEA
AMS AMSTERDAM WLG WELLINGTON

BCN BARCELONA AKL AUCKLAND
HEL HELSINKI TNG TONGA

CAI CAIRO MID MIDWAY

MOW MOSCOW HNL HONOLULU

RUH RIYADH ANC ANCHORAGE

THR TEHRAN LAX LOS ANGELES
DXB DUBAI DEN DENVER
KBL KABUL CHI CHICAGO
KHI KARACHI NYC NEW YORK
DEL DELHI YYZ TORONTO
DAC DHAKA CCS CARACAS

RGN YANGON RIO RIO DE JANEIRO

BKK BANGKOK MAT MID ATLANTIC

BEI BEIJING –2H 2hrs behind LON
HKG HONG KONG AZO AZORES ISLANDS
SIN SINGAPORE

3. Using World clock

1. Press

2. Press

CLOCK

once or twice to display the World clock (without “ ”).

PREV

or

to select the desired city.

NEXT

4. Changing the cities between Home and World
clocks

You can change the home city for a city in another time zone without
adjusting the stored correct time.

4

1. Press

CLOCK

once or twice to display the World clock (without

“ ”).

2. Press

PREV

or

and select the desired city to be set as

NEXT

the new home city.

3. Press

SHIFT

e to change the cities between Home and World

clocks.

• The previous home city is now set as the world city (without “ ”).

4. Press

CLOCK

to check the home city.

• The selected city in step 2 is set as the home city (with “ ”).

5. Press

CLOCK

to recheck the world city, and press

to select the new world city, if needed.

NEXT

PREV

or

5. Setting daylight saving time (DST: summer time)

1. Press

2. Press

Notes

• DST can be set independently in either Home or World clock.

• When DST is set for one world city, it is used for all cities displayed

CLOCK

once or twice to display the Home or the World clock.

DST

.

“#” is displayed. The time is set one hour ahead. To clear DST,

DST

press

to clear “#”. The time is set one hour behind.

in World clock.

6. Setting alarms

The Organizer has three types of alarms:

1. Daily alarm ........ beeps every day at the alarm time (for one

minute), when “ ” is turned on.

Up to three daily alarms can be set (ALARM1,

2. Hourly alarm ...... beeps every hour when minutes reach “00”, when

ALARM2, and ALARM3).

“

” is turned on.

3. Schedule alarm .. beeps at the time for all the schedule entries (for
one minute), when “ ” is turned on. (Refer to
“Schedule Mode”.)

Press any key to stop the alarm beeping.

Setting/Changing the daily alarm time

1. Press

CLOCK

once or twice to display Home clock (with “ ”).

2. Press A to display the ALARM1 screen.

• Press

PREV

or

to display ALARM2 or ALARM3.

NEXT

3. Press or to display the screen is turned on the daily alarm, if

the daily alarm time is not displayed.
(The display differs between the 12-hour and 24-hour clock.)

4. Press

SHIFT

e.

5. Enter the time.

6. Press

ENTER

.

• The daily alarm time is set.

Turning the alarms on and off

An alarm sounds only when the respective symbol ( ,

, or )
is turned on.
Display Home clock (press

CLOCK

once or twice) and press A

to display the daily alarm screen.
Each time you press A while the daily alarm screen is displayed,
the combination of symbols switches.

Note

• Alarms sound even when the Organizer is turned off.

5

Turning the daily alarm on and off

1. Display Home clock and press A.

2. Press

PREV

or

to display the daily alarm screen.

NEXT

3. Each time you press or , the daily alarm you selected turns on
or off. e.g. daily alarm1.

Telephone Mode

Telephone mode is composed of two directories of storage memory.
Press
Use these files for convenience, e.g. business and private files.
A telephone entry consists of name, address, E-mail address, web
address (URL) and number fields.

to toggle between “1” and “2” on the display.

TEL

ALARM on ALARM off

Note

• The daily alarm which is turned off does not beep even though the

“ ” is displayed.

6

Storing telephone entries

1. Press

2. Enter name, e.g. SMITH

TEL

once or twice to display the

Telephone mode screen.

SPACE

NAME?

ROBERT,

and press .

3. Enter address, e.g. 18

SPACE

4. Enter E-mail address, e.g. SROB

l (to enter “@”) SHARPSEC.COM, and
press .

EAST

SMBL

SPACE

ROAD, and press .

h arpsec. com

E-mail

• The E-mail address is automatically
entered in lowercase letters.

•To enter “@”, simply press @ instead of

SMBL

.

5. Enter web address (URL), e.g. WWW.SHARPUSA.COM , and press
.

6. Enter phone number, and fax number if

needed, e.g.

012-3456-7890

SPACE SPACE SPACE

F

3456-7891, and press

NUMBER?
2–3456–7890

3456–7891

ENTER

• “STORED!” appears briefly, then the Telephone mode screen is

displayed. The telephone entry is now stored.

CAPS1

1

–

CAPS

1

–

.