Sharp ZQ-2500, ZQ-2700 Operation Manual

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ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER

OPERATION MANUAL

This equipment complies with the requirements of Directive 89/336/EEC as amended by 93/68/EEC.

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PART NAMES

Option

Command center

Display

Power on/off keys

port

(4-pin

option jack)

Cursor movement keys

Entei

key

Return key

Congratulations on purchasing the ZQ-2500/ZQ-2700
Electronic Organizer. Please read this operation manual
carefully to familiarize yourself with all the features of the
Organizer and to ensure years of reliable operation. For quick
reference, keep this operation manual on hand.

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Notes:
. Some of the accessories described in this manual may not

be available in some countries.

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The only difference between the ZQ-2500 and the ZQ-2700
is the memory capacity.
Unless otherwise specified, this manual applies to both
models.

NOTICE

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SHARP strongly recommends that separate permanent
written records be kept of all important data. Data may be
lost or altered under certain circumstances. 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 or alteration of stored
data, etc.
The information provided in this manual is subject to
change without notice.

INTRODUCTION .
TABLE OF CONTENTS . .

BEFORE USE . . . . .

GETTING STARTED . .
BASIC ENTRY PROCEDURES

USING THE CLOCK FUNCTION . . . .

USING THE CALENDAR FUNCTION .
USING THE SCHEDULE FUNCTION
USING THE ANNIVERSARY FUNCTION .
USING THE TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
USING THE MEMO FUNCTION..
USING THE EXPENSE FUNCTION
USING THE CALCULATOR FUNCTION
USING THE CONVERSION FUNCTION
USING THE SECRET FUNCTION .

MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

USING THE DATA TRANSFER FUNCTION
APPENDICES . . .

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Be sure to perform the following procedures before using your

Organizer for the first time.

1. Open your Organizer in the following manner:

Lift top

Caution: Do not use force when opening the Organizer.

2. Initialize the Organizer.
Simultaneously press @J and the RESET switch on the

bottom of the Organizer.

Display symbols

Note: Under certain conditions the message may appear as

m

“Data has been impaired ! Press [Y] to CLEAR ALL

EDIT

memory”. Proceed to the next step in either case.

2nd

The Organizer is initialized and then the TEL 1 directory is
displayed.

*

q

h

d’

Q

t+

Indicates a low battery level.

Theentry

on the display may be edited.

12nd]

has been pressed.

Capital letters will be entered. [To enter small letters,
press (CAPS)).

Data on screen is secret data accessible only by the
correct password.

The SECRET function is in effect.

A “beep” will sound when a key is pressed.
The specified schedule alarm(s) will sound.
There is more data which is not on the display. The

data can be displayed by pressing

(rl

or

Ir).

Key notations

This manual uses the following notations for key operations
and functions.

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-

-+

[CALENDAR] “Command center” mode keys are

identified by their feature name
enclosed in a box.

Change sign key.

Backspace key.

r’=

Umlaut key.

O-LZ

Letter Z key.

Note: The blue functions and symbols are operated by

pressing

[2ndl

and the appropriate key. The white ones

are operated in the CALCULATOR mode without

(2nd1,

or with @ in other modes.

Contrast adjustment (on the display)

1.

Press-.

2. Press a then 1 (“FUNCTION”).

3. Press 2 (“LCD CONTRAST”).

4. Press a or m to darken or lighten the display. Holding

either key down will result in a continuous change in
contrast.

5. Press

(CCEI.

Turning the “beep” on and off

While “ j ” is displayed, a “beep” will sound whenever a key is
pressed. To turn the “beep” on or off, press @ then

a.

Date format

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You can select “MONTH/DAY/YEAR” or

“DAY.MONTH.YEAR”

as your date format.

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1. Press-.

2. Press

[VI

1 (“FUNCTION”).

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3. Press a 3 (“DATE FORMAT”).

4. Press

II]

or

(rl.

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5. Press [ENTER).

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Note: The default setting is “MONTH/DAY/YEAR”.

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Entering characters

Keys and their functions

Moves the cursor to the right. (When an entry is
displayed, pressing this key will allow you to enter the
edit mode.)
Moves the cursor to the left.
Moves the cursor up a line.
Moves the cursor down a line.
Puts the Organizer into the insert mode. Pressing

(INS]

again returns the Organizer to the overwrite mode.
Deletes the character at the cursor position.
Backspace key. Deletes the character to the left of the
cursor.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line (new
line).
Clears the data being entered.
Stores the data being displayed.
(If you wish to save an edited entry without deleting the
original entry,, press

(2ndJ (GF&)

IMPORTANT: Individual capital letters may be entered by

pressing the desired key while “CAPS” is displayed.

Entering non-English characters

Entering “A”,

“D”, “e”

and

“8”,

for example.

1. Press

(MEMO]

to enter the MEMO mode and press

B.

2. Press (CAPS]; “CAPS” displayed.

3.

Press

(2ndl [

A.

4. Press (CAPS)

(2nd] (7] u.

5. Press

[2ndl m

e.

6.

Press

[FZ (71

o.

Note:

“c”

is entered by pressing (2nd)

[F].

Non-English

characters can also be entered as symbols.

Entering numbers

Use

101

through

(9)

to enter numbers.

Entering graphic symbols and special characters

Press

(SMBLJ

to enter the symbol entry mode. There are a total
of 33 symbols. In each display, five symbols are shown; to
change to a different display, press a or a. Select a
symbol by pressing its corresponding number.
To exit the symbol entry mode, press

(SMBLI

again.

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Making corrections

The following examples use three different misspelling of “NEW

YORK”.

Correcting misspellings

Inserting missing letters

1. Press

@.

2. Enter “NEW

YRK”.

3.

Press m

f?J

(INS].

4. Insert

“0”.

Deleting unwanted characters

Displaying the time

Press (HOME] to display the local
time.
To retain the display, hold the key
down.

NEW YORK

MON JAN

1,1996

12 : OOAMD

(New York

isthe

default HOME

The time difference from the HOME city.

(London is the default WORLD

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Setting and changing

HOME city

Set your local city as the HOME city by selecting its zone
number. Zone numbers are based on the distance of the zones

from the International Date Line (zone number zero). For
example, there is a

i3-hour

difference between the
International Date Line and London (London is 13 hours
behind), so the zone number for London is 13. Honolulu is 23
hours behind the date line, so its zone number is 23.

Zone number

1. Press@$

(HOMEI.

2.

Press m

Ir].

3. Press

(VI

or W to display the

desired city.

4.

Press-.

Notes:

NEW YORK

[ls:ol

MON JAN 1.1996

6 :

OOAMB

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. To set the WORLD city, press

(2ndl (WORLDJ

then follow the

above procedure.

. If the name of city you want to set is not in the built-in city

list, display the zone number for the city, press m and

then enter the city name.

. For zone numbers 0, 14 and 15, the city name display is

blank.

. Some city names are abbreviated on the display as follows:

HONG KONG

HONGKONG

NEW DELHI

DELHI
RIO DE JANEIRO RIO
LOS ANGELES

L.A.
ANCHORAGE

ANC.

Setting the HOME time and date

1.

Press

(2ndJ (HOMEJ.

2. Enter the hour and minutes followed by A (a.m.) or P (p.m.).

3. Press a, enter the day and month in two digits each and
the year in four digits.

4. The clock starts when (ENTER1 is pressed.

Notes:

The time and date of the WORLD clock is set automatically
according to the HOME clock.
When using the 24-hour system, in step 2 above, enter the
hour and minutes in four digits.
To select the 12-hour or 24-hour clock, press (MENU], a, 1,

m, a

then 1. Next, select the desired system with

(41

and

[tl

and press

(ENTER_J.

Setting daylight savings time

HOME time clock

1.

Press

(2ndj

(HOME_).

2. Enter the correct DST time.

3.

Press

(znd] (ENTERJ; “ -@I’

appears.

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To clear the DST setting, enter the correct time again in the

same manner as above.

WORLD time clock

Press (2nd) (GiEK$ then

(2ndJ (ENTERJ.

Displaying and changing the monthly
calendar

Once (CALENDAR) has been pressed, the month can be changed
by pressing

[VI

(to display upcoming months) or m (to

display past months).

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I,

Indicates the 10th

the “cm”

Notes:

l At the top left, a

’

’

”

is attached to the years 1901 to 1999,

while no mark is attached to the years 2000 to 2099.

. When a or a is held down, the calendar will scroll

forwards or backwards continuously.

Finding a date with the numerical keys

Use m or

I+]

to find a date that is a specified number of

days in the past or future.

For example, first find the date 90 days after January 15, then
minus 35 days from that date. (This example assumes the
cursor is on January 15, 1996).

1.

PressI+]

90

m,

2. Press Q 35

m.

The calendar for March 1996 appears, with the 10th flashing.

Recalling a month by designating the
date

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1.

In the calendar mode, press

m

twice.

2. Enter the date.

3.

Press (CALENDAR).
The specified monthly calendar will
be displayed.

Entering scheduled data

Press (SCHEDULE) and display

TUE JAN

30,1996

the desired date using W or

1o:oob-1e:ooR

[v).

Or after pressing

Sales meeting

(SCHEDULE] press

(CCEJ,

enter the
scheduled date then press
(ENTER].
Enter the schedule time and details.
For the schedule time, input the starting time and ending
time followed by A (a.m.) or P (p.m.). Next, input the
description followed by (ENTER].

Notes:

If you are using the 24-hour system, in step 2 above input
the starting time in four digits and then press

(.1.

Then

input the ending time and press

(ENTERJ.

Then, enter the
details.
The date will be “tagged” on the calendar display. (See the
display sample on pg. 8.)
For schedule items without times, after the “TIME

?”

message appears, simply begin entering the description.

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B$$$

(The tag marking the scheduled item on the monthly

calendar will appear on the upper right next to the date.)

Recalling scheduled data

1.

Press (SCHEDULE)

(CCEJ 6%).

2. Enter the scheduled date. ,

3. Press (ENTER].

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DAY

:30

YEAR

:19981

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Press a (to recall the next/future days) or

(/\I

(to recall past

days).
Notes:

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(2nd) 67)

repeatedly to search for those days on
which items are scheduled, starting with the day appearing
on the display.

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After the last scheduled item has been found, “NOT
FOUND!” is briefly displayed. Pressing

(2ndl W

reverses

the search.

Recalling scheduled data using the index display

1.

Press (GiZKG]

2. Press

(MENU1.

3. Press 2 (“INDEX”).

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4. Press m or m to move
the pointer ” b

“.

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Sales meeting

Use a or

CI]

to move to the next or previous page of the

four entries.

5. Press (ENTER) to

reca.ll

item.

Editing scheduled data

1. Press

m

1 (“EDIT”).

2. Edit the data using

(.I, m, [rl, [rl, @I,

(DEL), etc.

3. Press (ENTER].

Deleting scheduled data

Deleting a single agenda item

1. Recall the data you would like to delete.

2. Press (DEL) Y.
Deleting the agenda for an entire month

1.

Press (CALENDAR) and display the calendar for the month you

would like to delete.

2. Press

IDEL] Y.

Deleting all the data in the schedule memory

1. Press

(iGiG] T;Tl

1 (“FUNCTION”).

2. Press 3 (“DATA DELETION”) 2 (“SCHEDULE”).

3. Press 1 (“SCHEDULE”) Y.

Note: When the SECRET function is turned on, ‘SECRET ON