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    RT -8015 Personal Organizer User ’ s Guide www .franklin.com[...]

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    License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. YOUR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PUR- CHASED THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE W[...]

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    Cautions • Do not carry the organizer in the back pocket of your slacks or trousers. • Do not drop the organizer or apply excessive force to it. • Do not subject the organizer to extreme tem- peratures. • Clean only with a soft, dry cloth. • Since this product is not waterproof, do not use it or store it where fluids can splash onto it. R[...]

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    2. T ap ENTER to confirm the reset. Memory available flashes briefly and the unit goes to the Home T ime screen. Note: If you accidentally depress the reset button at any time, DO NOT tap ENTER . T ap any other character instead. This stops the unit from reset- ting and prevents any entered data from being lost. Understanding the Display Several sc[...]

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    Function Keys 2nd T oggles between the two keypads. Cycles between Home T ime, World T ime, Alarm and Timer . T oggles between the Personal and Business phone books. T oggles between the Schedule and Memo books. Cycles between Keyboard Wiz, Memory and Chance. Cycles between the math Calculator , Calorie Calculator , Currency Converter , Euro Conver[...]

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    Common Keys These appear on both the alphabet and numeric keypads. / Move the cursor in the indicated direction. SP ACE Inserts a space. Alphabet Keypad Keys INS Allows characters to be inserted when editing a record. CAP T oggles between typing capital and lower case letters. SYM Cycles through the available symbols. EDIT Starts the edit mode. DEL[...]

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    DST T urns DST on or off. AM/PM T oggles between a.m. and p.m. MENU Goes to the Setting menu. Goes to the password entry screen. T urns the keytone on or off. AC Clears the calculator . CE Clears the most recent entry in the Calculator . M+ Adds the number on the screen to the Calculator memory . M- Subtracts the number on the screen from the numbe[...]

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    Keytone The keytone is the beep that sounds when any key is tapped. T o turn the keytone of f or on, touch on the numeric keypad. T yping Capitals and Lower Case Letters T ap CAP . in the alphabet keypad to toggle between entering capital and lower case letters. When the capitals keypad is selected, CAPS appears to the top right of the display . Sy[...]

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    Using the Menu The MENU key is available on the numeric key- pad. The Menu allows you to select a language, choose a date display , check available memory , start a PC-Link (if you have the optional PC Sync program) and adjust screen contrast. Y ou can access the Menu only from the Clock, Phone books, Schedule or Memo. T o use the menu, do the foll[...]

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    4. T ap or to cycle through the available Language and Date display settings. LANGUAGE options are ENGLISH , NEDER- LANDS (Dutch), PORTUGÛES (Portuguese), IT ALIANO (Italian), DEUTSCH (German), FRANÇAIS (French) and ESP AÑOL (Spanish). DA TE SET options are YYYY/MM/DD , MM/DD/YYYY , DD/MM/YYYY . Note: Use / to adjust the contrast. 5. T ap ENTER [...]

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    Setting Home Time Y ou can select daylight savings time and the time format you want. T o do this, tap , tap 2nd and then tap DST for daylight savings time or 12/24 for the 12- or 24-hour time format. When you turn DST on, appears to the right of the display . When you select the 12-hour for- mat, A or P appears to the left of the time to indi- cat[...]

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    The city name you enter can have a maximum of six letters. 4. T ap to go to the date field. If you enter a six letter name, the cursor auto- matically goes to the date field. 5. Enter the date. The date display depends on your selection in DA TE SET in the Menu. 6. Set the time. If you selected the 12-hour time format, tap AM / PM for the time you [...]

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    Viewing W orld Time 1. T ap until you see to the left of the screen. 2. T ap or to view the date and time in the list of available cities. CITY ABBREVIATION CITY ABBREVIATION LONDON LON SINGAPORE SIN LISBON LIS TOKYO TYO PARIS PAR ADELAIDE ADL BERLIN BER SYDNEY SYD ROME ROM GUAM GUM AMSTERDAM AMS NOUMEA NOU BARCELONA BCN WELLINGTON WLG MADRID MAD A[...]

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    Setting the Alarms Y ou can set three alarms: a daily alarm indicated by , an hourly chime indicated by , and a schedule reminder indicated by . The daily alarm sounds for 60 seconds. T ap any key to turn it off. The hourly chime beeps for one second on the hour , every hour . T o set the alarms, do the following: 1. T ap until you see ALARM on the[...]

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    Using the Timer Y ou can use your organizer as a T imer . T o set the T imer , do the following. 1. T ap until you see TIMER on the screen. 2. T ap the number keys or use / to input the time you want. Use / to move the cursor . 3. T ap ENTER to store your setting. The T imer will beep at the appointed time no matter where you are in the organizer .[...]

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    1. T ap once for the PERSONAL phone book. T ap twice for the BUSINESS phone book. 2. T ype a name. The display automatically goes to the NAME field. 3. T ap / to go to the fields you want and enter data. The keypad automatically changes from the alphabet to the numeric in the fields where you need to enter numbers. 4. T ap ENTER when done to store [...]

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    2. Start entering your task. Y ou can enter a maximum of 36 characters. T ap / to move between the fields. 3. Enter the date and time. 4. T ap ENTER to store your record. T o enter a memo, do the following. 1. T ap until you see MEMO? on the screen. 2. Enter your memo. Y ou can enter a maximum of 36 letters on the first line. Y ou can enter a maxim[...]

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    Searching and Viewing Records T elephone and memo records are sorted alpha- betically . Schedule records are sorted chronologi- cally . 1. T ap or to find the book you want. 2. T ap / to scroll through your records. Y ou can also enter the first few letters of your record and then tap to go directly to the record. 3. Use // / to view your records. [...]

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    Autoscrolling is available when viewing tele- phone records. T ap and hold or for about 3 seconds to start autoscrolling. T ap the arrow again to stop. T ap CE to exit the scroll- ing mode. T ap to see the Cell phone number . Press it again to return to the Home / Fax numbers. Editing Records 1. Find the record you want to edit. 2. T ap EDIT . 3. T[...]

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    Password Protection Y ou can lock the data in your T elephone, Schedule and Memo books by setting a password. Note: Y ou can use all the other features in this organizer without the password. W arning! Please keep written records of your data. If you forget your password, you will not be able to recover any of the data stored in your handheld organ[...]

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    Viewing Confidential Data 1. Select the T elephone, Schedule and Memo book. P ASSWORD? is displayed. 2. T ype your password and tap ENTER . T ap / to scroll through your confidential records. Changing the Password 1. From Home T ime mode, tap 2nd . 2. T ap . P ASSWORD? is displayed. 3. T ype your password and tap ENTER . EDIT P ASS.? is displayed. [...]

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    Using the Calculator T ap to cycle through a math Calculator , Calorie Calculator , Currency Converter , Euro Converter and Metric Converter . The T ip / Discount calculator is also available from the math Calculator . Making a Calculation 1. T ap once. The numeric keypad appears. 2. Enter the numbers you want. Y ou can enter a maximum of 10 digits[...]

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    Using the Calculator Memory 1. In the Calculator , make a calculation or type a number . 2. T ap M+ to add the number on the screen to the Calculator memory . T o subtract the number on the screen from the number stored in memory , tap M- . M appears on the screen to indicate the num- ber is stored in memory . 3. T o retrieve the number from memory[...]

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    Calculating the Tip or Discount 1. T ap once to see the calculator . 2. Enter the amount of the bill. Or enter the price of an item. 3. T ap ( $ ) to see the gratuity due. T ap (%) to see the discount amount. 4. T ap ( $ ) again to see the sum of the bill plus the gratuity . T ap (%) again to see the sum of the item minus the discount. Counting Cal[...]

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    T ap / to scroll across the screen and read all the text. 4. T ap and enter the date. 5. T ap and enter the time. Y ou can tap AM/PM to enter the proper time of day if you previously selected the 12-hour time display format. 6. T ap . The unit for the food you selected will appear . 7. Enter the relevant number . For example, if the food is Pizza, [...]

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    Viewing and Deleting Records 1. T ap until you see the Calorie Calculator . 2. T ap / to scroll through your records. 3. When you see the record you wish to delete, tap DEL . 4. T ap ENTER to delete the record. T ap any other key to cancel the deletion. Using the Currency Converter Y ou must first set currency rates before doing cur- rency conversi[...]

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    5. T ap to move the cursor to the next currency and enter the letters for that currency . 6. T ap ENTER to go to the rate field. 7. Enter a new rate. Note: The rate you set must equal 1 unit of the first currency . For example, if your first cur- rency is USD and the second YEN the rate you set will be 133.61 or whatever is the cur- rent exchange r[...]

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    Using the EURO Converter Use the EURO converter for conversion between the Euro and 12 national currencies. The built-in rates are those adopted by the Council of the European Union for the 12 participating countries. These rates cannot be edited in accordance with the rounding regulations set by the European commission. Rates are set as follows: T[...]

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    Using the Metric Converter There are eight built-in conversions. 1. T ap until you see inch—>cm on the screen. 2. Use / to find the conversion you want. T ap or to change the direction of the conversion. 3. Enter the numbers you want. 4. T ap ENTER to do the conversion. 5. T ap CE to clear the converter . inch cm yd m mile km F˚ C˚ ft m oz g[...]

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    Playing the Games There are 3 fun games to choose from: KEYBOARD WIZ, MEMOR Y and CHANCE. Keyboard Wiz This game tests your knowledge of the alphabet keypad and your reflexes! Letters race across the display . The object of the game is to tap the letter that races across the screen. There are 20 levels of speed. 1. T ap until you see KEYBOARD WIZ o[...]

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    1. T ap until you see MEMORY on the screen. 2. Use / to cycle through the levels until you find the one you want. 3. T ap ENTER to start the game. 4. T ap the direction arrows to move to a hidden number and tap ENTER to see it. The number on the cursor is revealed. Continue doing this until you find matching numbers. The object of the game is to fi[...]

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    Y ou see the message Set#(1-9) and the num- ber 6 flashes to indicate that this can be changed. 2. T ap ENTER to select 6 or enter any number from 1-9. For example, enter 5. 3. T ap ENTER again. Y ou can now select your highest number which must be equal to or less than 99. 4 . T o select a maximum number , enter a new num- ber . For example, enter[...]

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    Replacing the Battery This organizer uses 1 CR2032, 3-volt lithium bat- tery . Before you follow these steps you should have a small Phillips screwdriver (one that fits into screws with and “x” notch) and the new battery at hand. W arning! When no batteries are installed, this organizer will save your information for only about 30 seconds. So q[...]

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    Keep Written Copies of Important Data This organizer stores your information as long as the battery supplies power . W arning! If the battery loses power or is removed, all your information will be lost. Information can also be lost or corrupted if you make a mistake while operating this organizer . Therefore, always keep written copies of your imp[...]

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    Copyrights, T rademarks and Patents © 2004 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. ROLODEX® is a registered trademark of Berol Corporation, a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. For technical support, please call (609)-386-8997 and choose option 1 or visit us on the web at www .franklin.com Thi[...]

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    FCC Notice NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to com- ply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if[...]

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    Limited W arranty (U.S. only) LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMIT- ED REMEDY (A) LIMITED WARRANTY. FRANKLIN WARRANTS TO THE ORIGI- NAL END USER THAT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEAR FROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE AS EVIDENCED BY A COPY OF YOUR RECEIPT, YOUR FRANKLIN PRODUCT SHALL BE FREE FROM DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP. T[...]

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    PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF REVENUE OR PROFIT, LOST OR DAM- AGED DATA OR OTHER COMMERCIAL OR ECONOMIC LOSS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR THEY ARE OTHERWISE FORESEEABLE. WE ARE ALSO NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CLAIMS[...]

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    TRACKABLE FORM OF DELIVERY TO FRANKLIN FOR YOUR RETURN. 39 RPP-28012-00 Rev. A[...]