Rolodex RF-2296 User Manual

96K ORGANIZER

RF-2296

With Advanced Data Compression

User’s Guide

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Introduction

Congratulations! Y ou now own a ROLODEX
Electronics organizer, a powerful 64K electronic
organizer that through advanced data compres­sion can hold 96K. Using this organizer you can:

• keep track of daily appointments,

• store and retrieve telephone numbers and
addresses, Internet addresses, memos,
and To Do items,

• set two clocks to keep the time and date in
32 locations around the world,

• set a Daily Alarm,

• perform mathematical calculations,

• perform metric and currency conversions,

• set a password which allows you to create
secret records, and

• transfer information to and from your IBM­compatible personal computer with the
purchase of a connectivity kit (see
“Specifications” for ordering information).

Y our organizer comes with the batteries
already installed. All you have to do to get
started is carefully remove the battery
insulation tape from the battery compartment.
To learn how, read “Getting Started.”

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Getting Started

Before you can use your organizer for the first
time, you must remove the battery insulation
tape from your organizer.

1. Turn your organizer over.

2. Carefully pull the battery insulation tape
out of the battery compartment.

Note: You may have to reset your organizer
by using a paperclip to
set button, located on the back. Press Y to
start the reset and display
To reset only your secret memory, press Y.
To reset your entire organizer, press N when

DEL SECRET?

Y when

ERASE DATA?

Warning! Resetting your organizer erases all
stored data. Only perform a reset if you do not
need the data currently stored in your organizer.

✓ To Use the Backlight

Your organizer has a backlight to illuminate
the screen at night or in other low-light
conditions. To turn the backlight on, first
turn on your organizer and then press .
The backlight will stay on for as long as
you press the keys and will turn off auto­matically 20 seconds after your last key­stroke. To turn the backlight off, press .

gently

press the Re-

DEL SECRET?

is displayed, and then press

is displayed.

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.

Key Guide

Main Function Keys

CALC/DATE

Toggles between the Calculator and
the Calendar.

CONV

T oggles between the Metric Converter
and the Currency Converter.

DEL Deletes a flashing character.
EDIT Lets you make changes to an

ENTER Goes to the next field or enters an item.
INS I

ON/OFF Turns your organizer on or off.

PROG Lets you enter a new record.

SP ACE Types a space.
SYM

existing record.

nserts a space between typed characters.

INTERNET

Selects the Internet directory.

MEMO

/TO DO

Toggles between the Memo Pad and
the To Do List.

PHONE

Cycles through your Phone directories.

Toggles between the Scheduler and

/ALM

SCHD

Daily Alarm.

SECRET

Lets you set or change a password, and
lets you access your secret records.

Types symbols (e.g.,$, /, £, etc.).

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Key Guide

TIME

Toggles between the Home Time
and World Time.

V At the Home Time, turns the keytone

on or off. At the Daily Alarm, enables or
disables the Daily Alarm. At the
Scheduler, enables or disables the
Schedule Alarm.

Turns the backlight on or off.

SEARCH

Cycles through your records.

▲

▲

Moves in the indicated direction.

▲

▲

Calculator Function Keys

C/CE Clears your current calculation.

÷ Types a division symbol.

x Types a multiplication symbol.
– Types a subtraction symbol.
+ Types an addition symbol.
= Performs a calculation.
. Types a decimal point.
% Calculates a percentage.
+/- Changes the sign of a number.

√ Calculates a square root.

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Using the Clocks

Y our organizer has two clocks that keep the time
and date simultaneously: a Home Time, which can
keep your current time, and a World Time, which
keeps the time of 32 cities throughout the world.

To Set the Home Time

1. Press TIME until the Home Time is on
the screen.

The Home Time does not display a city code.

2.

Press PROG.

3. Press to select the hour and use the
number keys to type your changes.

Note: You cannot change the seconds.

4. Continue setting the time by using or

to select the minutes, year, month, and

day and then typing your changes.

5. Use ▲ or ▼ to scroll through the list of
world cities (see the chart) until you find
one that is in your time zone.

To switch between a.m. and p.m., press
X(AM/PM) repeatedly.

To switch between 12-hour time and 24-hour
time, press Z(12/24) repeatedly.

To set the time to daylight saving time, press C(
The marker indicates daylight saving time.

6. When you are finished, press ENTER.

The day appears on the top left of the screen.

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DST

).

Using the Clocks

T o Use the W orld T ime

1.

Press

The World Time displays a city code (e.g.,

2. Use ▲ or ▼ to scroll through the list of
world cities.

City Code City Name City Code City Name City Code City Name

HNL Honolulu BER Berlin DAC Dhaka
ANC Anchorage ROM Rome RGN Rangoon
LAX Los Angeles HEL Helsinki BKK Bangkok
DEN Denver CAI Cairo HKG Hong Kong

NYC New York RUH Riyadh TYO Tokyo
YYZ Toronto THR Tehran ADL Adelaide
CCS Caracas DXB Dubai SYD Sydney

LON London KHI Karachi WLG Wellington
PAR Paris DEL Delhi

Note: The World Time is based upon hours
added to or subtracted from the Home Time
zone. It is not a separate clock and cannot be set.

✓ To Hear the Keytone

Press V( ) to enable the keytone when the
Home Time is on the screen. To disable
the keytone, press V( ) again.

✓ About the Auto-shutoff

If you forget to turn off this organizer, it will au­tomatically shut off in about six minutes. To
turn your organizer back on, press ON/OFF.

TIME

until World Time is on the screen.

LON

CHI Chicago MOW Moscow SIN Singapore

RIO Rio de Janeiro KBL Kabul NOU Noumea

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).

Using the Daily Alarm

Y ou can set a Daily Alarm that acts as an alarm
clock which chimes once a day at a specified
time. When an alarm sounds, simply press a key
to stop it. The alarm will sound for 20 seconds if
you do not stop it. Even if your organizer is turned
off, the alarm will sound and the organizer will
automatically turn on.

To Set the Daily Alarm

1. Press SCHD/ALM until
screen.

2. Press PROG.

The first digit in the hour flashes.

3. Use or to highlight a desired digit in
the time and then type changes with the
number keys.

To change the Daily Alarm time to a.m. or
p.m., press X(AM/PM) repeatedly.

4. When finished, press ENTER to set and
enable the Daily Alarm.

The marker appears on the screen to in­dicate that the Daily Alarm is enabled.

To disable the Daily Alarm, press V( ) and the

marker disappears from the screen.

ALARM

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is on the