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Cat. No. 65-719
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
EC-295
3K Electronic
Organizer
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FEATURES Your RadioShack EC-295 3K Elec- tronic Organizer is a pocket-size data organizer. It’s great for the person on the go, combining a telephone directo- ry, alarm clock, schedule alarms, a calculator, and more in one compact, easy-to-use package. Its features in- clude: Three-Row Display — lets you see up to three lines of data at once. Phone Directory — puts names, phone numbers, fax numbers, and e- mail addresses at your fingertips. Schedule Alarms — remind you of meetings and other imp
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Metric Converter — lets you perform conversions to and from metric mea- surements. Currency Converter — makes it easy to convert between currencies. Home Time/World Time — shows you the current time in your local time zone and in 24 other cities around the world. 10-Digit Calculator — lets you per- form arithmetic and currency conver- sion calculations. Daily Alarm — sounds daily at a time you set. Password — prevents unauthorized access to your information. 3
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Automatic Power-Off — conserves battery power by turning off the orga- nizer about 4 minutes after you stop using it. 3K Memory — gives you ample space for storing phone numbers, addresses, and schedules. Account Manager — lets you keep track of up to three accounts. Important: Tandy Corporation as- sumes no responsibility for any loss or claims that might arise through use of this organizer or for damages incurred as a result of information loss due to malfunctions, repairs, battery replace- m
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CONTENTS Before You Begin ........................... 7 Removing the Insulation Strips ........................................... 7 A Quick Look at the Organizer’s Features ...................................... 8 Operation ...................................... 13 Turning the EC-295 On and Off ....................................... 13 Turning the Key Tone On and Off ....................................... 13 Setting/Viewing the Home Date and Time ........................... 14 Viewing Wo
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Phone Directory ........................... 32 Account Manager ........................ 34 Locked Records .......................... 36 Calculator ..................................... 39 Conversions ................................. 41 Metric Conversions ................... 41 Currency Conversions .............. 42 Care .............................................. 46 Replacing the Batteries ............. 48 Resetting the Organizer ............ 50 Specifications ..............................
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN REMOVING THE INSULATION STRIPS Before you can use the organizer, you must remove the protective insulation strip from inside the battery compart- ment. To remove the slip, grasp the end and gently pull it out in the direc- tion of the arrows. 7 2 x P V U 3 N K 5 I 2 C A 0 A M B 2 3 3 R 2 2 C 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 A N I T H E C S E N R I 3 2 E D 3 A 1 M 3 2 3 1
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A QUICK LOOK AT THE ORGANIZER’S FEATURES 8
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Directional Controls , , , and — search forward or backward through records, and move the cursor within records. Number Keys — enter numbers. Mode Keys — help you organize your information into categories. — keeps track of home time as well as time in 24 other world cities. — organizes phone records and general information about con- tacts. — locks specific records. — keeps track of up to three different accounts. — sets appointment times and reminders. 9
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— performs standard, metric conversion, and currency conver- sion calculations. — keeps track of two different currency conversion rates. — converts between common standard and metric units of mea- surement. Special Keys — help you display, ed- it, rearrange, and organize your infor- mation. EDIT — allows you to update infor- mation in various records. DEL (C/CE) — deletes characters to the right of the cursor; clears calculator entries. — accesses special charac- ters and secondary function
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F (DST) — enters the letter F and toggles between standard and day- light-savings time. D (AM/PM) — enters the letter D and toggles between AM and PM. S ( ) — enters the letter S and turns the key tone on and off. A (12/24) — enters the letter A and toggles between the 12- and 24- hour time formats. ENTER (=) — stores information and totals an arithmetic operation. SPACE — enters a space. N (EX1) — enters the letter N and stores a currency exchange rate. M (EX2) — enters the letter M and stores
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Z (KM–MI) — enters the letter Z and performs miles to kilometers conversion. X (G–OZ) — enters the letter X and performs grams to ounces conver- sion. C (KG–LB) — enters the letter C and performs kilograms to pounds conversion. V (L–GAL) — enters the letter V and performs liters to gallons con- version. B (°C–°F) — enters the letter B and performs Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion. 12
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OPERATION TURNING THE EC-295 ON AND OFF To turn the organizer on, press ON/ OFF. Press ON/OFF again to turn it off. To conserve battery power, the orga- nizer automatically turns off about 4 minutes after you stop using it. TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF Your organizer is preset so a tone sounds each time you press a key. You can turn off the key tone. With the organizer turned on, press so the home date and time ap- pear and the home city is in parenthe- 13
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ses. To turn the key tone off or on, press ( S). appears when the key tone is on. Note: You can only turn the key tone on or off when the display shows the current date and time. When you reset the organizer, key tone defaults to on. SETTING/VIEWING THE HOME DATE AND TIME There are 24 cities listed in the orga- nizer. You must select a city as your home time. If your city is not listed, use a city in the same time zone as yours. When you set the time and date for your home time zone, all oth
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City Name City Code London LON Paris PAR Cairo CAI Moscow MCW Dubal DXB Karachi KHI Dhaka DAC Bangkok BKK Hong Kong HKG Tokyo TYO Sydney SYD Noumea NOU 15
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City Name City Code Auckland AKL Midway MID Honolulu HNL Anchorage ANC Los Angeles LAX Denver DEN Chicago CHI New York NYC Caracas CCS Rio De Janeiro RIO Note: As you scroll through the world cities list, –1H and –2H appear; how- ever, no major cities correspond with 16
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Greenwich Mean Time –1H (hour) or – 2H. You can still choose either of these settings if (for example) you know you are in that specific time zone. To choose a city for your home time and set the time and date, follow these steps. 1. Repeatedly press until appears. 2. Press or to select your city. 3. Press ENTER (=) to store the set- ting. 4. Repeatedly press until the city you have chosen appears in parentheses. 5. Hold down EDIT until EDIT ap- pears and the cursor flashes. 17
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6. Press or to select the digits you want to change, then use the number keys to enter the year, month, day, hour, and minute dig- its. 7. Press AM/PM (D) to choose AM or PM. (A or P appears only in the 12-hour format.) 8. Press ENTER to store the setting. Notes: • If the information you enter is in- valid (for example, you enter 15 for the month), the invalid digit flashes on the display after you press ENTER. Enter the correct digit(s), then press ENTER. •Press DST(F) to turn daylight sa
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• Press 12/24 any time to choose the12-hour or 24-hour format. VIEWING WORLD TIMES Once you set your home time, you can follow these steps to view the time in 24 other cities around the world. 1. Repeatedly press until and the date and time in the last selected city appears. 2. Repeatedly press or to se- lect the desired city. 3. To turn daylight-saving time on or off for the currently selected time zone, press DST. Note: Not all cities use daylight-saving time. 19
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ENTERING DATA/ USING RECORDS You enter data in each mode ( , , and ) in the same way. When entering data, the display shows 11 characters on a single line and up to three rows at a time. • When appears on the right side of the record, there are more characters to the right of the last displayed character. Press to view the next 12 characters. When appears on the left side of the record, you can press to move back. • When appear on the last line of a record, you can repeat- edly press or ho
