EC-374  My Super Magic Diary
(650-0837)                 Operation                  Faxback Doc. # 31612

TURNING POWER ON AND OFF

Press ON to turn power on.  To turn power off, press OFF.

AUTO POWER OFF FUNCTION

The unit automatically turns off if you do not press any key for about six
minutes.

IMPORTANT:  If power is turned off while you are inputting data, editing
            data, setting the current time, or setting an alarm time, your
            input is not stored.

            Any alarms you have set still sound, even if power is turned
            off.

ABOUT THE ICON MENU SYSTEM

To perform an operation, you must first use the Main Menu to select the
icon for the correct mode.

TO DISPLAY THE MAIN MENU

The Main Menu appears whenever you turn on the unit.  You can also display
it by pressing MENU.

MENU ICONS

1.  Telephone Directory Mode

2.  Schedule Mode

3.  Calendar Mode

4.  Secret Memory Area

5.  Magic Beam Mode

6.  Calculator Mode

7.  Conversion Mode

8.  Alarm Mode

9.  Data Memo Mode

10. Fortune Telling Mode

11. Match Maker Mode

ENTERING A MODE

To Enter a Mode

1.  Display the Main Menu

2.  Use /\, \/, <, or > to move the highlighting around the display.

3.  Press EXE to enter the highlighted mode.

    Use TIME to enter the Timekeeping Mode.

    Use PET to enter the Pet Mode.

ABOUT FUNCTION MENUS

    Pressing FUNCTION displays a menu of available functions.

    Use /\ or \/ to highlight the function you want, then press EXE.

    When selecting a function takes you through a number of different
    displays, you can backstep to the previous display by pressing
    FUNCTION.

    To exit from a function menu operation, press AC/ON.

SETTING THE SYSTEM LANGUAGE

This manual uses the English setting for all of its display messages

To Set the System Language

1.  Display the Main-Menu.

2.  Press FUNCTION.

3.  Highlight "Language" then press EXE.

4.  Highlight a language, then press EXE.

    The "Language" menu item appears in the language that is currently set
    as the system language.

    in Danish     "Sprog"
    in German     "Sprache"
    in English    "Language"
    in Spanish    "Idioma"
    in French     "Langue"
    in Italian    "Lingua"
    in Dutch      "Taal"
    in Portuguese "Idioma"
    in Finnish    "Kieli"
    in Swedish    "Sprak"

ADJUSTING DISPLAY CONTRAST

The display's contrast setting determines image darkness.

To Adjust Display Contrast

1.  Display the Main Menu.

2.  Press /\ to make images darker or \/ to make them lighter.

KEY INPUT TONE

When the key input tone is on, a beep sounds each time you press a key.

To Turn the Key Input Tone On and Off

1.  Display the Main Menu.

2.  Highlight SYMBOL then press EXE.

3.  Press FUNCTION.

4.  Highlight "Sound," then press EXE.

5.  Highlight "Key Tone."

6.  Use < or > to turn the key tone on or off, then press EXE.

INPUTTING TEXT

The following explains the basics of inputting text with this unit.

To Input Letters and Numbers

1.  Press ALPHA/NUM to switch between letter input (indicated by SYMBOL on
    the display) or number input (indicated by SYMBOL).

2.  Press the key marked with the character you want.

    Example:  R     Letter input: R
                    Number input: 4

TO INPUT UPPERCASE LETTERS

The normal setting for this unit is upper-case (capital) letters.  To
input upper case letters, simply press the keys.

TO INPUT A SINGLE LOWER-CASE LETTER

1.  Press SHIFT.

*   The indicator "S" appears when the keyboard is shifted.

2.  Input the letter you want.

    After you input a letter, the keyboard automatically shifts back to
    uppercase.

TO INPUT MULTIPLE LOWER-CASE LETTERS

1.  Press Function.

2.  Highlight "CAPS", then press EXE.

    This causes the "CAPS" indicator to disappear.

    To input a single upper-case letter while the keyboard is not shift
    locked, press SHIFT.

3.  To shift-lock the keyboard again, press FUNCTION, highlight "CAPS"
    then press EXE.

TO INPUT SYMBOLS FROM THE KEYBOARD

1.  Press ALPHA/NUM to switch to number input (indicated by "N").

2.  Press the key marked with the symbol you want.

    Use this procedure for periods and mathematical symbols marked above
    keyboard keys.

    To input a space, simply press SPACE.

TO INPUT SYMBOLS AND CHARACTERS WITH THE FUNCTION MENU

1.  Press FUNCTION.

2.  Highlight "Symbols," then press EXE.

    This causes a menu to appear, with the selected letter/symbol
    highlighted.

3.  Use /\ or \/ to scroll line-by-line: < or > to move left or right; and
    /\ or \/ to scroll screen-by-screen.

4.  When the letter/symbol you want is highlighted, press EXE.

TO INPUT CHARACTERS USING THE CODE KEY

1.  Press CODE.

2.  Press a number key from 1 to 8.

    If you pressed 6, 7, or 8, you are done.  If you pressed 1, 2, 3, 4,
    or 5, you have to perform the following step to input a vowel.  

3.  If you are inputting an accented vowel (a, e, i, o, u), press the key
    for the vowel.

    The following table shows the characters you can input using CODE.

               Key Operation                      Input

               CODE 1 [A, E, I, O, U]              a, e, i, o, u
               CODE 2 [A, E, I, O, U)              a, e, i, o, u
               CODE 3 (A, E, I, O, U)              a, e, i, o, u
               CODE 4 (A, E, I, O, U)              a, e, i, o, u
               CODE 5 (A, N, 0)                    a, n, o
               CODE 6                              oe
               CODE 7                              c
               CODE 8                              B

    All CODE characters, except for B are automatically input in upper
    case.  To input them in lowercase, simply press SHIFT before pressing
    6 or 7 in step 2, or before inputting the vowel being accented in step
    3.

    If you use the CODE key with a character that is not shown in the
    table above, the character will be input without an accent.

TO CHANGE A CHARACTER

1.  Use /\, \/, <, or > to move the cursor to the character you want to
    change.

2.  Input the new character.

ABOUT "ITEMS" AND "ENTRIES"

Data you input in the Telephone Directory, Schedule, and Data Memo Modes
is made up of "items" and "entries."

Item - Name Entry:  JACKSON ERIC
       Telephone Number Entry:  123-4567
       Address Entry:  570 Tandy Avenue, Seattle, WA 90904

To Clear All the Text in a Displayed Item

Press AC/ON.

To Clear All of the Text in an Entry

Press C/CLEAR to clear characters you have input but did not yet store by
pressing EXE.

TO DELETE A SINGLE CHARACTER

1.  Use /\, \/, <, or > to move the cursor to the character you want to
    delete.

2.  Press SHIFT.

3.  Press < (DEL).

TO INSERT A CHARACTER

1.  Use /\, \/, < or > to move the cursor to the place where you want to
    insert a character.

2.  Press SHIFT.

3.  Press > (INS) to open up a space.

4.  Input the character.


(EB 4/1/96)

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