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Cat. No. 65-743 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using t his equipment. EC-291 24K Electronic Organizer with Web Site Directory 65-743.fm Page 1 Wedn esda y, February 9, 2005 9 :17 AM.
2 Your RadioShack EC-291 24K Elec- tronic Organizer wi th Web Site Direc- tory is a pocket-size data organ izer. It’s great for the person on the go, combining three telep hone directo ries, a web site list, al arm clock, schedule alarms, a calculator, and more in one compact, easy-to-use package.
3 Phone List/W eb Site — puts names, addresses, phone nu mbers, fax/pager numbers, E-mail addresses, web sites and notes at your fingertips. Home Time/Worl d Time — shows you the current time in your local time zone and in 3 1 other cities around the world.
4 Memo/To Do — lets you keep notes for yourself, as well as a list of things to do. Password — pre vents unauthorized access to your information. 10-Digit Calc ulator — does standard arithmetic and memory calculations. Currency Conve rter — makes it easy to convert between U.
5 Important: Ta ndy Corporation as- sumes no responsibil ity for any loss or claims by third parties that might arise through use of this databank or for damages incurred as a result of infor- mation loss d ue to malfunctions, re- pairs, battery replacement, or misuse.
6 CONTENTS Before Y ou Begin .......... ........... ..... 9 Removing the Insulat ion S trip s ... 9 T urning the Organizer On and Of f ........... ........... ............ ........... 10 T urning the Key T one On and Of f ........... ........... .....
7 Using Records ..... ........... ............. 37 Recalling a Web Site/Phone List or Memo/T o Do Record ............. 37 Editing a Web Site/Phone List or Memo/T o Do Record ............. 39 Deleting a Web Site/Phone List or Memo/T o Do Record .......
8 The Password ................... ........... 57 Entering a Secret Record .......... 57 Recalling a Secret Record ........ 60 Calculator ......... .............. ........... ... 61 Calculations ........... .............. ...... 61 S t andard Calculations .
9 BEFORE Y OU BEGIN REMOVING THE INSULA TION STRIPS Before you can use the organizer, you must remove the two protective insula- tion strips from inside the ba ttery com- partment.
10 T URNING THE ORGANIZER ON AND OFF Press ON/OFF to turn on the organizer. Press ON/OFF again to turn it off. To conserve batte ry power, the orga- nizer automatically turns off after about 6 minutes of non-use.
11 T URNING THE KEY T ONE ON AND OFF You can set your organizer so a tone sounds each time you press a key. With the o rganizer turned on, p ress to turn the tone on or off.
12 Note: You can only turn the key tone on or off when the display shows the current dat e and time. 65-743.fm Page 12 Wed nes day, February 9, 2005 9:17 AM.
13 CLOCK/CALENDAR SETTING/V IEWING THE HOME DATE AND TIME 1. T urn on the organizer , then press PROG . The seconds digits flash. 2. Press SEARCH ∧ or ∨ until your city’s name code appears. If your city is not listed, use a city in th e same time zone as yours.
14 Code City Name LON London RIO Rio de Janeiro CCS Caracas YYZ T oronto NYC New Y ork CHI Chicago DEN Denver LAX Los Angeles ANC Anchorage 65-743.fm Page 14 Wed nes day, February 9, 2005 9:17 AM.
15 Code City Name HNL Honolulu WLG Welli ngton NOU Noumea SYD Sydney ADL Adelaide TYO T okyo SIN Singapore HKG Hong Kong BKK Bangkok RGN Rangoon DAC Dhaka DEL Delhi KHI Karachi KBL Kabul DXB Dubai THR T ehran RUH Riyadh 65-743.
16 3. Press . The first digit of the year flashes. 4. Use the number keys to enter the year , month, and date on the first line. Then enter the curren t hour and minute on the second line. Code City Name MOW Moscow CAI Cairo HEL Helsinki ROM Rome BER Berlin PA R P a r i s 65-743.
17 Note: If you make a mistake, press or to move backward or forward to the digit you wan t to change. Then enter the correct digit. 5. Press 12/24 to set the clock to the 12- or 24-hour format.
18 In the 12-hour format, AM or PM appears. Pres s AM/PM to choose AM or PM. 6. T o select dayli ght saving time, press DST . appears. Press DST again to turn daylight savi ng time off.
19 7. Press ENTER to store the date and time. T he day of the week automatically appears. Note: If any information you ente r is invalid (for example, you enter 15 for th e hour), the first hou r digit flashes after you press ENTER . Enter the correct digit, th en press ENTER again.
20 VI EWING WORLD T IMES Once you set your home time, you can follow th ese steps t o view the t ime in 31 other cities around the world. 1. Press CALEN/W/ H TIME . The date and time of the la st selected city appears. 2. Repeatedly press SEARCH ∧ or ∨ to select the city you want.
21 1. Press CALEN/W/H TIME twice. The display shows th e day of the week, the current year and month, and the calendar for one week at a time. The leftmost date is Sun- day and the current date flashes. 2. T o move forward or backward through the weeks, repea tedly press (or hold down) or .
22 W EB SITE/PHONE LIST S ST ORING W EB SITE RECORDS Today, more and more comp anies, or- ganizations, and even indi viduals have sites on the worl d wide web. For ex- ample, th e address for Tandy Co rpo- ration is http://www.tandy.com . You probably have bookmarks on your home or office com puter for the sites you frequently visit.
23 The display shows 12 characters at a time. When appears o n the right side of the record, there are more characters to the right of the last di s- played character. Press to view the next 12 characters. When appears on the left side of the record, you can press to move back.
24 • If you make an incorrect entry , repeatedly press to move to the character you want to change, then type the correct character over the old one. 1. Press WEB SITE/PHONE LIST . WEB NO DATA appears if there are no records stored. WEB SEARCH ? appears if there are already re cords stored.
25 2. Press PROG . SPACE% and the percentage of memory units avail- able briefly appea r . T hen NAME? appears. 3. Enter the name. (The web site list stores names alph abetically .) 4. Press ENTER . WEB SITES? appears. 5. Enter the web site address (URL).
26 Note: If n ot enough space is available for the record you have entered, FULL appears. Delete phone records, memo records, sch edule alarms, or other web site addresses to free ad ditional space. See “Using Records” on Page 37 to re- call, edit, or delete a record.
27 notes into each record of the phone list. Each entry in th e record can be up to 48 characters, except the ad dress, which can be up to 96 characters. Note: Each character or digit uses 1 byte of memory. The d irectory uses an additional 9 bytes to store and sepa- rate each phone list record.
28 • Repeatedly press SYM to select a symbol (@ – . , ’ : ? / % " = $ £ ¥ + # ( ) &). T o enter the symbol, press . • If you make an incorrect entry , repeatedly press to move to the character you want to change, then type the correct character over the old one.
29 1. Press WEB SITE/PHONE LIST twice (for TEL1 ), three times (for TEL2 ), or four times (for TEL3 ). The directory number and NO DATA appear if there are no phone records stored. The directory number and SEARCH? appear if there are already records stored.
30 able briefly appear . Then NAME? appears. 3. Enter th e name. (Since the direc- tory stores names alphabetically , you might want to put last names first.
31 5. Enter the company name. 6. Press ENTER . ADDRESS? appears. 7. Enter the address. 8. Press ENTER . PHONE 1? appears. 9. Enter the first telepho ne number . 10. Press ENTE R . PHONE 2? appears. 1 1. Enter the second telephone num- ber . 12. Press ENTER .
32 16. Press ENTER . NOTE ? appea rs. 17. Enter your no te. 18. T o store th e record, hold down ENTER until WAIT... appears. Note: If n ot enough space is available for the record you have entered, FULL appears. Delete phone record s, schedule alarms, memo re cords, or web site addresses to free ad ditional space.
33 MEMO/T O DO The Memo function lets you record notes to yourself, while the To Do function lets you keep a list of thi ngs to do. Each entry can be up to 96 charac- ters. ENTERING A MEMO FILE 1. Press MEMO/TO DO . NO MEMO appears if there are no memo records stored.
34 MEMO SEARCH? appears if there are already memo records stored. 2. Press PROG . SPACE% and the percentage of memory units avail- able appear . Th en MEMO? appears. 3. Enter the memo. Notes: •P r e s s SP ACE to enter a space. • Repeatedly press SYM to select a symbol (@ – .
35 4. Press ENTER to save the memo file record. See “Using Records” on Pa ge 37 to re- call, edit, or dele te a record. ENTERING A T O DO FILE 1. Press MEMO/TO DO twice. NO TODO appears if ther e are no to do records stored. TODO SEARCH? appears if there are already to do records stored.
36 3. Enter the informati on you want to keep in the to do file. Notes: •P r e s s SP ACE to enter a space. • Repeatedly press SYM to select a symbol (– .
37 USING RECORDS RECALLING A W EB SITE/PHONE LIST OR MEMO/T O DO RECORD 1. Repeatedly press WEB SITE/ PHONE L IST or MEMO/TO DO unt il the de sired dir ectory (suc h as WEB SEARCH?, TEL 1 SEARCH? MEMO SEARCH? or TODO SEARCH?) appears. 2. Press SEA RCH ∧ or ∨ t o v i e w t h e first record.
38 find, then press SEARCH ∧ or ∨ . The first matching record appears. Notes: • If there are no records stored in your organizer , NO DATA appears. • If there is not a matching record, NOT FOUND appears. 3. Repeatedly press ENTER to view the other information in the record.
39 EDITING A WE B SITE/ PHONE LIST OR MEMO/ T O DO RECORD 1. Recall the record you wa nt to edit. 2. Press EDIT . A flashing cursor appears on the first character of the name. 3. Press or to move the cursor to the characte r you want to ed it. T o change a chara cter , simpl y enter the correct character .
40 T o add a cha racter , press IN S so a character space appears, then enter a chara cter . Press SP ACE to enter a space in place of character . T o delete a charac ter , press DEL . 4. When you finish ed iting the name, press ENTER . Th e next entr y in the record appe ars on the first line of the display .
41 DELETING A W EB SITE/ PHONE LIST OR MEMO/ T O DO RECORD 1. Recall the record you want to de- lete. 2. Press DEL . DELETE? (Y/N) appears. 3. If you are sure, press Y .
42 DAIL Y ALARM You can set an alarm to sound at a set time of day. When th e daily alarm i s on, ( ( • ) ) appears and a tone sounds at the set time for about 20 seconds, even if the organizer is off.
43 SETTING THE DAILY ALARM TIME 1. Press ALARM/SCHED twice. ALARM and the curre nt alarm time appear . 2. Press PROG . Y ou see ALARM? , and the first alarm digit flashes.
44 3. Use the number keys to enter the alarm hour and minute. Note: If you make a mist ake, press or to move forward or backward to the digit that you want to change. Then enter the correct di git. 4. Press AM/PM to set the alarm time to AM or PM if you a re using the 12-hour time format.
45 6. Press CALEN/W/H TIME to return to the current date and time dis- play . T URNING THE DAILY ALARM ON AND OFF 1. Press ALARM/SCHED twice. ALARM and the curre nt alarm time appear . 2. Press to turn on the alarm. ( ( • ) ) appears. Press again to turn off the alarm.
46 Note: T urning the daily alarm on or off does not affect schedule alarms. 65-743.fm Page 46 Wed nes day, February 9, 2005 9:17 AM.
47 SCHEDULE ALARMS Schedule alarms keep you in control of your busy schedule by reminding you of meetings a nd other important events. For each alarm, you can enter an alarm message of up to 96 ch arac- ters. At the set time, the alarm sound s for 20 seconds and your stored message appears.
48 appear) if you are entering in for- mation precisely at the schedule alarm time. • If your organizer is locked at the schedule alarm time, the ala rm sounds but the alarm message does not appear . T o display the alarm message, you must enter the pa ssword (see “The Pas s- word” on Page 57).
49 + # ( ) &). T o enter the symbol, press . • If you make an incorrect entry , repeatedly press to move to the character yo u want to change, then type the correct cha racter over the old one. 1. Press ALARM/S CHED. SCHEDULE appears if there are schedule alarms stored.
50 Note: The display shows 12 char- acters at a ti me. When appears on th e right side of the record, there are more characters to the right of th e last displayed character . Press to view the next 12 char acters. W hen appears on the left side of the record, you can press to move back.
51 5. Press ENTER , then enter the me s- sage you want to have displayed when the schedule alarm sounds. 6. Hold down ENTER until WAIT... appears, indicating the al arm time has been stored. Notes: • T o store a schedu le alarm, you must enter both the alarm time and a message.
52 T URNING THE SCHEDULE ALARM ON AND OFF 1. Press ALAR M/SCHED . SCHED- ULE appears. 2. Press to turn on the alarm. appears. Press again to turn off the alarm.
53 RECALLING A SCHEDULE ALARM Schedule alarms are stored in chrono- logical order. 1. Press ALARM/SCHED . SCHED- ULE appears. Note: If there are n o schedule alarms stored in your organizer , NO SCHEDULE appears. 2. Press SEA RCH ∨ . The fi rst sched- ule alarm appe ars.
54 EDITING A SCHEDULE ALARM 1. Recall the sch edule ala rm you want to edit. 2. Press EDIT . A flashing cursor appears on the first year digit. 3. Press to move forward or to move backward to the digit you want to change. Then enter the correct date and time.
55 T o add a character , press INS so a character space appears, then enter a character . Press SP ACE to enter a space in place of a character . T o delete a character , press DEL . 6. T o store the schedule alarm, hold down ENTER until WAIT... appears.
56 3. If you are sure, press Y . The alarm is deleted. Otherwise, press N . The schedul e alarm remains. 65-743.fm Page 56 Wed nes day, February 9, 2005 9:17 AM.
57 THE PASSWORD You can block un authorized access to information by entering it in an are a which is protected by a passw ord that you assign. Once you enter the password, al l the records you enter are automatically stored in the secret area. You must en- ter the password t o recall a record in the sec ret area.
58 3. Enter the password. Note: If this is the first time you are answering this question, you are about to set the password. Y our p assword can be up to 8 characters.
59 Notes: • After you press CALEN/W/H TIME or turn off your organizer (or it turns itself off), does not appear when you turn it back on. T o re-enter the secret area, pre ss the desired function key then SECRET , enter the password again, and press ENTER .
60 RECALLING A SECRET RECORD 1. Select the desired fun ction using WEB SITE/PHONE , ALARM/SCHED , or MEMO/T O DO . 2. Press SECRET , then enter the password. 3. T o recall, e dit, or delete a secre t file record, see “Using Records” on Page 37. 65-743.
61 CALCULA T OR Press CONV/CALC on ce to use the cal- culator. CAL and 0 appear. CALCULA TIONS St andard Calculations Press the keys in the order they ap- pear in the arithm etic operation.
62 For example: Press C/CE once to clear the last entry. Press C/CE twice to cle ar all pending calculations. Note: If the result of a calculation has more than 10 digits, o r if you try to di- vide by 0, E (error) appears. To clear the error, pre ss C/CE .
63 For example, to calculate 4 2 : Memory Calculations The memo ry calculation feature lets you do multistep cal culations easily. Use the following keys to perform memory calculations: • Press MC to clear the memory . • Press M+ to total a calculation and add the total to memory .
64 •P r e s s MR to recall (display) the value in memory . •P r e s s MC to clear the memo ry . Note: M appears when you store a val- ue in memory. M disappears when you clear the memo ry. For example, to find (4 × 5) + (28 + 2) – (7–2) + (75 ÷ 5): Y ou press Y ou see CONV/CALC CAL 0.
65 CONVERSIONS METRIC CONVERSIONS The organizer ca n convert between the following: Degrees Celsius/degrees Fahrenheit Yards/meters Inches/centimeters Pounds/kilograms Ounces/grams Gallons/liters Fluid ounces/millili ters Miles/kilometers Follow these st eps to perform metric conversions.
66 3. Enter the numbe r you want to convert. 4. Press or to select the direc- tion of the co nversion . The con- verted number app ears. For example, if you wa nt to con- vert 32 ° F to Celsius and the dis- play shows DEG C -> DEG F , press to chang e it to DEG C <- DEG F .
67 CURRENCY CONVERSION You can use your organizer to convert between four pairs of currencie s. The pre-programmed pairs are: US $/DM US $/¥ US $/C (Canadian) $ US $/£ Or, you can store your own pairs. Follow these steps to convert curren- cies. 1. Press CONV/CALC three times.
68 If you want to change the currency name(s) or set the exchange rate(s), press EDIT . Enter the new currency name on the left, then press ENTER and enter the new currency name on the right. Note: Y ou can press SY M to select the symbols you need when editing currency name s.
69 6. Press or to select the direc- tion of the conversion. The con- verted amount appears. The currency names a nd exchange rates you enter remain stored until you reset the organizer.
70 CARE Your RadioShack EC-219 24K Elec- tronic Organizer wi th Web Site Direc- tory is an example of superio r design and craftsmanship. The follo wing sug- gestions will help you care for your o r- ganizer so you can enjo y it for years. • Keep the organizer dry .
71 down or the displ ay might fail completely . Th is is only tempo- rary . The organizer works nor- mally again when it return s to normal temp erature. • Handle the organizer ge ntly and carefully . Dropping it can damage the circuit boards an d cause it to work improperly .
72 (see “Resetting the Organizer” on Page 76). • Use onl y fresh batteries of the required size and type. Always remove old or we ak batteries. They can le ak chemicals that can destroy the electronic circuits. Modifying or tampering with the orga- nizer’s internal components can cause a malfunction and might invalid ate the warranty.
73 backed up by an other CR2032. When the display dims or stops working properly, replace th e main batteries. T o protect the data stored in your orga - nizer , replace the back-up b attery once a year . We recommend RadioShack Cat. No. 23-162 for both main and back-up batteries.
74 ies and install the new ones as quickly as possible. Follow these steps to replace the ma in batterie s or the back-up battery. 1. Press ON/OFF to turn off the orga- nizer . 2. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw on the battery compartment cover , then slide the cover off in the direction of the arrow on th e cover .
75 then install the new one(s) with the positive (+) side(s) facing up. Warning: • Always dispose of old batterie s promptly and properly . • Never burn batteries.
76 RESETTING THE ORGANIZER Resetting the Secret Memory Follow these steps to reset th e orga- nizer and clear the re cords stored in the secret memory. This is useful if you forget the password o r just want to free up memory by deleting the records in the se cret area.
77 2. Press Y . DEL SECRET? appears. 3. Press Y again. DELETE... appears for about 2 seconds, then the curre nt date and time appear . All the records sto red in the orga- nizer ’s secret memory are cleared. Resetting All Memory If you want to clear all the records in the organizer, follow these steps to completely reset the orga nizer.
78 1. Follow the steps in “Resetting the Secret Memory” on Page 76 and press any key except Y in S tep 3. ERASE DATA? appears. 2. Press Y . RESET... appears for about 2 second s. All the informa- tion stored in the organizer ’s memory (includ ing reco rds in t he secret area) is cleared.
79 S P ECIFICATIONS Power Source: Main T wo Lithium Batt eries, 3 V Back-Up One Lithium Battery , 3V , T ype CR2032 (RadioShack Cat. No. 23-162) Battery Life: Main ..................... About 8 Months Back-Up ............. ...... About 1 Y ear Automa tic Power-Of f .
80 Specifications are typical; in dividual units might va ry. Specifications are subject to change and improve ment without notice . 65-743.fm Page 80 Wed nes day, February 9, 2005 9:17 AM.
81 NOTES 65-743.fm Page 81 Wed nes day, February 9, 2005 9:17 AM.
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83 Limited One-Y e ar W arra nty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manu- facturin g defects in material an d workmanship under no r- mal use for one (1) ye ar from the date of purchase from RadioSha ck compan y-owned stor es and autho rized Ra- dioShack fr anchisees an d dealers.
RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T exas 76102 7A8 Printed in Hong Kong (Continu ed) and product s on which a refund i s made, be - come the prop erty of RadioSha ck. New or recondi tioned part s and products may be used in the per formance o f war- ranty service.
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