Sharp YO-270 User Manual

ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER

OPERATION MANUAL

Instrucciones abreviadas en español

CONTENTS

Using the Organizer for the First Time ................................................ 1

Auto Shut OFF ............................................................................. 2

Backlight ....................................................................................... 2

Adjusting the LCD Contrast ......................................................... 2

Tu r ning the key sound On and Off ............................................... 2

Memory Check ............................................................................. 2

Display Symbols and Part Names ...................................................... 3

Entering Characters ............................................................................ 5

Built-in Calendar and Clock ................................................................ 6

Clock Mode .......................................................................................... 6

Alarm ................................................................................................... 8

Telephone Mode .................................................................................. 9

Calendar Mode .................................................................................. 12

YO-270

Schedule Mode ................................................................................ 13

Anniversary Mode ............................................................................ 15

To Do Mode ...................................................................................... 16

Memo Mode ...................................................................................... 17

Expense Mode ................................................................................. 18

Calculator Mode ............................................................................... 21

Conversion Mode ............................................................................. 22

Secret Function ................................................................................ 24

Using the included Backup/Restore Utility ...................................... 25

Battery Replacement ........................................................................ 29

Specifications ................................................................................... 30

Instrucciones abreviadas en espanõl ............................................ S-1

NOTICE

• SHARP 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, SHARP 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.

• SHARP 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 SHARP approved service facility.

NOTES

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

Using the Organizer for the First Time

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

1. Pull out the battery insulation sheets

from the battery compartment.

The Organizer starts operation.

(The battery insulation sheets were inserted at the factory to prevent battery wear.)

2. Press the RESET switch.

A message, “CLEAR ALL DATA OK?” is displayed.

3. Use

4. Select “Yes” using

Note

• Press the RESET switch with a ball-point pen or similar object.

or l to select “Yes” and press

The message will appear as "Do you really want to initialize the organizer's memory?"

or l and press

The Organizer is now initialized. Proceed to set the date and time of the clock (Refer to page 6).

Do not use an object with a breakable or sharp tip.

If a malfunction occurs under abnormal conditions

If the organizer is subjected to strong extraneous electrical noise or shock during use, on rare occasions, all the functions will not work properly and data may be displayed incorrectly. In such cases, follow the procedures as shown below.

1. Press RESET.

2. When a message, "CLEAR ALL DATA OK?" is displayed, select "No" and press

If the first procedure doesn't work, follow the next procedure to initialize the organizer's memory. In this case, all the stored data will be deleted.

1. Press RESET.

2. When a message, "CLEAR ALL DATA OK?" is displayed, select "Yes" and press

Auto Shut Off Function

Memory Free

100 %

When none of the keys has been pressed for approximately 7 minutes (initial setting), the Organizer automatically turns the power off to save the batteries.

Setting the Auto Shut Off time (Default: 7 minutes)

1. If the display is in another

Auto Shut Off

1 Min. 2 Min. 3 Min.

5 Min.

7 Min.

9 Min.

mode or World Clock mode,

press

2. Press

to enter the Home Clock mode.

The Auto Shut Off time setting window will appear.

3. Press an appropriate number key (

to 3, 5, 7,

) to select

the Auto Shut Off time.

Backlight

The Backlight allows you to view the display and use the Organizer even in low-light conditions. Pressing

the display for as long as you continue to use the Organizer, or until no key is pressed for 15 seconds.

•To turn the Backlight off, press

• The Backlight may remain on for less than the preset interval or it may not function if the battery level is low.

• The Backlight does not function during data transfer.

once illuminates

again.

Do not use the Backlight unnecessarily.

• Since the Backlight drains power from the operating batteries, excessive use of the Backlight will significantly reduce the life of your batteries.

Adjusting the LCD Contrast

Press > or < in the Home Clock mode.

The LCD display will become brighter each time

darker each time

is pressed.

is pressed and

Adjust the contrast to the level you find best for viewing.

Tur ning the key sound On and Off

Press } in Home Clock mode to set the key sound On and Off.

Memory Check

Press K in Home Clock mode.

The memory check window will appear.

Press any key to return to Home Clock mode.

Display Symbols and Part Names

Display Symbols

Alarm sound: The Alarm Clock is ON. Alarm sign: Appears on the display when the alarm sounds.

Schedule Alarm: The schedule alarm is ON. Schedule Alarm sign: Appears on the display when the schedule alarm sounds.

Anniversary sign: Indicates that a special day will arrive within days as set in Reminder.

UP sign: More information exists above the current display.

(Press

DOWN sign: More information exists below the current display. (Press

CAPS LOCK sign: Capital (uppercase) letters will be entered. To enter small (lowercase) letters, press “CAPS” off.

Beep sound: Key touch sound (beep) is ON.

EDIT function: The listing on the display can be edited.

to turn

2nd function: Indicates that f has been pressed.

Alarm sign: The daily alarm is ON.

Low Battery sign: Indicates that the battery level is extremely low.

• The display examples in this manual show only the symbols required

for each explanation.

Part Names

Clear/Clear entry key

Display

Mode keys

Power ON/OFF key

Option port (3-pin option jack)

Key Assignments

: ENTER key

: NEW entry key

: EDIT key

: DELETE key

: INSERT key

: RETURN key

Used to exit the current mode.

Cursor navigation keys

Search keys

RESET switch

: 2nd Function key Activate the second function specifically assigned to the next key pressed. Also functions for special characters assigned to the number keys.

: CAPS key Functions as CAPS LOCK. It is used to select capital (uppercase) or small (lowercase) letters. In this manual the keys are represented by symbols, for example:

→&

: Indicates the “&” key.

→7

: Indicates the numeric “7” key.

Entering Characters

Moving the Cursor

Move the cursor by pressing j, l, k, or m .

Entering Characters

1. Entering letters and numbers

The initial setting for entering letters is small (lowercase) letters. To enter capital (uppercase) letters, turn “CAPS” on by pressing

2. Entering graphic symbols and special characters

Key map for special characters

Key Display Key Display Key Display

f 0 f 3 f 6 f 9 f s

) #

(

.com

f 1 f 4 f 7 f ,

! $

’

f 2 f 5 f 8 f ~

Other characters

Press

to display the symbol entry mode, allowing a total of

11 symbols and characters to be selected. To select the desired

symbol/special character, press times at the position where you would like to insert it.

Characters assigned to

? ; ” %_ L ¥ \ = ~ ^

Making Corrections

the appropriate number of

1. Inserting or Replacing characters

Press i, once or twice, to insert or replace characters.

2. Deleting characters

* :

can be used for deletion of data in Calculator mode and Rate

figure in Conversion mode.

and b can be used for deletion of characters

can also be used to delete listings

• Entering characters

and / by themselves is not possible.

a h

New York U.S.A. TUE DEC 24, 2002

34 : 56

New York U.S.A. TUE 01 01, 2002

: 34 :

New York U.S.A. TUE 01 01, 2002

34 : 00

New York U.S.A. TUE 01 01, 2002

30 : 00

New York U.S.A. TUE 12 01, 2002

30 : 00

Built-in Calendar and Clock

Precautions

• Calendar, Schedule, Expense, and Clock modes allow you to enter the desired date and time between Jan. 1, 1950 and Dec. 31, 2150.

• If an attempt is made to store an invalid time or date, you will not be able to move the cursor to date entering, or store the time and

date by pressing

again.

Clock Mode

The Organizer has both Home Clock and World Clock modes. The display switches between Home and World clock each time is pressed.

Home Clock Mode

. Enter the correct value and press

London

United Kingdom TUE DEC 24, 2002

: 34 :

World Clock Mode

Setting the Home Clock

1. If the display is in other mode or World Clock mode, press to enter the Home Clock mode.

2. Press

The organizer will enter the clock setting mode.

3. Select AM or PM using

(

(or k m).

4. Press

to move the cursor

to the Hour position.

5. Enter the appropriate hour.

6. Press

to move the cursor. Enter the minutes in the same way.

The seconds position can not be edited. Timekeeping starts from 00 immediately after you set the clock.

7. Press

to move the cursor to the Month position.

8. Enter the appropriate month.

to move the cursor

Press to the Day position. Enter the day and then year in the same way.

9. Press j or l to move the

Los Angeles U.S.A. TUE DEC 24, 2002

: 30 :

cursor to the City position.

.Select your Home city using

or m.

The Organizer has 96 time zone cities. If your city is not

New York

U.S.A. TUE 12 24, 2002

: 30 :

Los Angeles

U.S.A. TUE 12 24, 2002

30 :

listed, use the nearest city in the same time zone as your Home city.

.Press

to set the

Clock.

The clock starts from exactly

Los Angeles U.S.A. TUE DEC 24, 2002

: 30 :

the set time (xx:xx:00).

Note

•To select your Home city quickly at Step 10, move the cursor to the

Country position using

. Then move the cursor back to the City position using j and

select a city name using

and select the desired country using k or

or m.

Selecting the date format (Default: Month-Day-Year)

1. Press

desired date format.

Month-Day-Year ➠ Year-Month-Day ➠ Day-Month-Year

Note

• There may be differences in month display between input/edit mode and search mode. Refer to the following table.

the appropriate number of times to select the

Mode Month-Day-Year Year-Month-Day Day-Month-Year Input/Edit 01 24 2002 2002 01 24 24 01 2002 Search JAN 24, 2002 2002 JAN 24 24 JAN 2002

Selecting the 12- or 24-hour time systems (Default: 12 hour)

1. Press

the appropriate number of times to select the 12

hour or 24 hour systems.

12 hour 24 hour

Los Angeles U.S.A. TUE DEC 24, 2002

: 30 :

Setting Daylight Saving Time (DST) ON/OFF

1. Press C once to switch the DST setting.

Los Angeles U.S.A. THU AUG 8, 2002

34 :

Changing the World Clock zone to the Home time zone

When traveling abroad, you can easily change Home Clock settings by changing the time zone.

1. Press

to enter the World Clock mode.

2. Select the desired city using

or m .

London

United Kingdom TUE DEC 24, 2002

34 : 56

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

7 : 30 AM

Notes:

Morning Call

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

7 : 30 AM

Morning Call

–Alarm 1–

7 : 30

11/10

Alarm

The organizer has the following three Alarm modes. Once you set an alarm, a beep sounds for 1 minute at the set time every day or for a specific date.

Alarm 1: sounds beep two times then interval, repeatedly Alarm 2: sounds beep three times then interval, repeatedly Alarm 3: sounds beep four times then interval, repeatedly

Setting the alarm time (and date)

1. If the display is in another mode or World Clock mode, press

to enter the Home Clock mode.

2. Press

to enter the Alarm Mode. Alarm 1 mode will appear.

3. Select an Alarm mode from 1 to 3 using

4. Press

. Alarm setting mode appears and the cursor flashes on the hour field.

5. Enter the hour.

Note

• Enter the numbers in 24-hour format.

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

- - : - -

or >, if required.

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

- - : - -

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

07 : - -

• An alarm setting may not be possible for certain days in the next year.

6. Move the cursor using

7. Enter the minutes.

Continue to enter the date you wish to set in the same manner.

If you wish an everyday alarm such as a morning call, keep the date/month field empty.

8. Press

9. Enter some comment for your

reminder.

Note

• Up to 40 characters can be entered.

10.

Press

The Alarm icon will appear on the display.

Note

• Once the Alarm is set, the set data cannot be deleted.

or l to the minute field.

Switching the alarm OFF (or ON)

Others

Search Name?

Personal

Search Name?

1. If the display is in another mode or World Clock mode, press

to enter the Home Clock mode.

2. Press

to enter the

Alarm Mode.

Alarm 1 mode will appear.

3. Select an Alarm mode from 1 to

3 using

4. Press

The alarm icon will disappear and the alarm will be set to OFF.

Press

or >, if required.

again.

again to set the alarm ON.

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

7 : 30 AM

Morning Call

–Alarm 1–

MM/DD

- - : - -

To stop the Alarm

Press any key to stop the alarm.

Telephone Mode

There are three telephone entry categories, Personal, Business, and Others. Each entry can be simply classified for easy access to the data. All can be used to search for listings from the three telephone categories.

Each time you press manner:

, the display will change in the following

Business

Search Name?

All

Search Name?

Each entry has the following 14 fields.

Maximum number of

Field Name alphanumeric characters 1 Last name: 48 2 First name: 48 3 Company: 96 4 Home#: 48 5 Office#: 48 6Fax#: 48 7 Other#: 48 8 Address: 96 9 City: 48

10 State: 48 11 Zip code: 48 12 Country: 48 13 E-mail: 48 14 Notes: 96

Entry

First name Company Home# Office# Fax#

John ABC Interna.. 585-4280

Last name Smith

First name Company Home# Office# Fax#

John ABC Interna.. 585-4280 619-542-732. .

Last name Smith

Stored !

1. Press

2. Press

The display will change to the record input mode.

3. Enter the Last name.

For example, “Smith”

4. Press

then enter the First name. For example, “John”

5. Press the cursor to the Company and enter “ABC International Co.”

to select Business.

or m ,

or m to move

Business

Search Name?

Last name

First name Company Home# Office# Fax#

Last name Smith

First name Company Home# Office# Fax#

Last name Smith

First name Company Home# Office# Fax#

Last name Smith

First name Company Home# Office# Fax#

John

John ational Co.

6. Press

or m to move the cursor to the Home #.

7. Enter “585-4280”.

8. Press

or m to move the cursor to the Office # and enter “619-542-7320#33”.

f 3

*Press

to enter #.

9. Enter each category in the same manner.

10.

At the Notes field, Press

to store the data.

The Business Search display will appear.

Note:

• The data cannot be stored unless Home#, Office#, Fax# or Other#

field is entered.

Last Name Alphabetical Search

1. Press v the appropriate number of times to enter the desired Telephone mode. The Search window will appear.

2. Press order.

Last Name Direct Search

1. Press v the appropriate number of times to enter the desired Telephone mode (in this case Business).

The search window will appear.

2. Enter some of the last name letters in order.

Up to 10 letters can be entered.

3. Press

If there is no data matched, “Not Found!” will appear, and then the screen will return to the initial display.

or > to search for the target record in alphabetical

Business

Search Name?

Smith

or > key to search for the target record.

Company Name Direct Search

1. Press v the appropriate number of times to enter the desired Telephone mode.

The search window will appear.

2. Press

3. Enter some of the company

4. Press

or k to change the search mode to “Search Company?”.

name letters in order.

Up to 10 letters can be entered.

or > key to search for the target record.

Business

Search Company?

ABC

See also

Entering Characters ................................................... 5

Editing Listings ......................................................... 20

Deleting Listings ....................................................... 20

S2002

JUN

9 16 23 30

3 10 17 24

4 11 18 25

5 12 19 26

6 13 20 27

7 14 21 28

8 15 22 29

Search Date?

Calendar

01-01-2002

Calendar Mode

Navigating the Monthly Calendar Display

1. Press

to enter the Calendar Mode.

The monthly calendar of the current month will appear. The current day will be highlighted. Navigate the calendar using the following keys:

< > j

: Go to previous day

: Go to next day

: Go to the same day of the

previous week

: Go to the same day of the next week

•

j, l, k

: displays the following or previous month.

S2002

JUN

9 16 23 30

and m cursors can move only within the month

displayed.

Changing the weekly display format

The organizer has two weekly formats:

1. Press

below.

and then { to change between the formats

2002 JUN

3 10 17 24

Directly go to the target month

1. At the Calendar Mode, press

Data input screen will appear.

2. Enter the target date.

3. Press

The monthly calendar of the target date will appear.

Note: In the Calendar Mode, monthly calendars from January 1950

to December 2150 are available.

Confirmation of the Schedule, To Do, and Anniversary Mode entries

You can see the dates to which you assigned a Schedule, To Do or Anniversary on the monthly calendar display.

The indication marks are displayed as follows:

Schedule Mode

Entry

A project meeting will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Setember 11, 2002

1. Press Schedule Mode.

The Schedule Search window will appear.

The current date will be displayed and the cursor under the first number flashes.

The first number depends on your Date Format selection. These examples are in the MM/DD/YYYY format.

2. Press Entry display will appear and Date will be highlighted. Enter 09 for month.

3. Move the cursor to the day/year field by using target day/year in the same manner.

4. Press for Start Time.

to enter the

. The Schedule

, and enter 10:00

Schedule

Search Date?

0_8-08-2002

Date

Start Time End Time Alarm Reminder

Date

Start Time

End Time

End Time Alarm Reminder

09-11-2002

9:00 AM 9:00 AM

Yes

0 Min. Before

or l and enter the

SEP 11,2002

10:00_

9:00 AM

Yes

0 Min. Before

5. Press

“End Time” will be highlighted and the time will automatically change to 30 minutes after the

Date Start Time

End Time

Alarm Reminder

SEP 11,2002

10:00 AM 10_:30

Yes

0 Min. Before

Start Time.

6. Enter 11:00 for End time, and

press

7. Press

or l to select “Yes” or

“No” for Alarm setting, and

press

Date Start Time

End Time

Alarm Reminder

Date Start Time End Time

Alarm

Reminder

SEP 11,2002

10:00 AM 11:00_

Yes

0 Min. Before

SEP 11,2002

10:00 AM 11:00 AM

Yes

0 Min. Before

If you select “Yes”, the Schedule Alarm will sound at the time set in Reminder minutes before the Start time. If you select “No”, Schedule Alarm will not sound.

Note:

• If you select “No” in step 7, “Description” will appear instead. Go step 9 to continue.

Date Start Time End Time

Alarm

Reminder

SEP 11,2002

10:00 AM 11:00 AM

–––––

8. Enter the appropriate time for

Reminder and press Schedule Alarm will sound at the entered time before the Start Time. You can select any

Date Start Time End Time Alarm

Reminder

SEP 11,2002

10:00 AM 11:00 AM

Yes

05_ Min Before

number from 00 to 99.

Note:

• Enter the number in two-digit format

9. Enter the name of the

Search Date?

Schedule

0_9-11-2002

Schedule

SEP 11, 2002

11:00 AM10:00 AM

Project Meeting

scheduled item into the Description field. (Project

Date

Description:

SEP 11, 2002

Project Mee

ting

meeting).

Up to 96 alphanumeric characters can be entered.

10.

Press

The data will be stored. Press

again, and the

Schedule

SEP 11, 2002 B Project Meeting

11:00 AM10:00 AM

confirmed display will appear.

Search today’s schedule

1. Press

The Schedule display will appear.

The current date will be displayed and the first number flashes.

The first number depends on your Date Format selection. These examples are in the “MM/DD/YYYY” format.

2. Press

for the target schedule item.

to enter the Schedule Mode.

or > to search

Schedule

AUG 8, 2002 B Project presentation

5:30 PM 3:00 PM

Search a schedule on a future (or past) date

1. Press

to enter the Schedule Mode.

The Schedule display will appear.

The current date will be displayed and the cursor under the first number flashes.

The first number depends on your Date Format selection. These examples are in the “MM/DD/YYYY” format.

2. Set the desired date.

Select the month, day and year

field using

or l and enter

the desired number.

3. Press

to search for the target schedule item of the specific date.

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