EC-397 66K Electronic Organizer Auto Phone Dialer
with Illuminator Backlight
(650-0727) Operation Faxback Doc. # 37540
TURNING THE ORGANIZER ON AND OFF
Press ON/OFF to turn on the organizer. The Main Menu appears. Press
ON/OFF again to turn off the organizer.
To conserve battery power, the organizer automatically turns off after
about 7 minutes if you do not press a key.
SELECTING A FUNCTION
When the Main Menu appears, you can select a function by pressing the
keyboard letter that appears above the desired icon. You can also use the
arrow keys to highlight the desired icon, then press ENTER.
ENTERING RECORDS
The EC-397 lets you store six different types of records: phone directory,
schedule alarm, memo, to-do, secret, and expense records. Each of these
types of records has different uses, but share basic record entry features.
To enter capital letters, press CAPS. CAPS appears on display.
To enter a space, press SPACE.
To select a symbol ( /, , , ' , : , $ , English pound, Yen, or the
each symbol), repeatedly press SMBL. Then press > to select the
symbol.
If you make an incorrect entry, press < to move to the character you
want to change, then type the correct character over the old one.
To start a new line, press <--.
To insert a space before a character, press INS then you can enter a
character.
To backspace over a character, press BACK SPACE.
If name is stored with uppercase letters, you must search using
uppercase letters.
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY CONTRAST
When the Main Menu is displayed, press SEARCH /\ to increase the display
contrast, or SEARCH \/ to decrease the display contrast.
TURNING THE KEY TONE ON AND OFF
To set your organizer to sound a tone each time you press a key, select the
Home Time function, then press Tone key. A beep sounds and the Tone symbol
appears.
To turn off the key tone, select the Home Time function, then press the
Tone key again. A beep sounds and the Tone symbol disappears.
SETTING THE DATE AND TIME
When you set the date and time for your home time zone, all other world
times are set automatically.
1. Select the Home Time function.
2. Press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ until a city in your time zone appears on
the display. See "Viewing World Times" for city names.
3. Press 12/24 (Z) to set the clock to 12- or 24-hour format. AM appears
on the display in the 12-hour format.
4. Press EDIT. The first digit in the month flashes.
5. Press < or > to move to the digit you want to change, then use the
number keys to enter the month, day, year, hour, minute, and seconds.
6. In the 12-hour format, press AM/PM (X) to choose AM or PM.
7. Press ENTER to store the setting.
NOTE: If the information you enter is invalid (for example, you enter
15 for the month), the first month digit flashes on the display
after you press ENTER. Re-enter the correct digit, then press
ENTER.
8. Press DST (C) to turn Daylight Saving Time on or off.
VIEWING WORLD TIMES
Once you set your home time, you can follow these steps to view the time in
32 cities around the world.
1. Select the World Time function. The date and time in the last
selected city appear on the display.
2. Repeatedly press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to select the city you want.
CITY NAME
Honolulu Rio (de Janeiro) Riyadh Bangkok
Anchorage London Tehran Hong Kong
Los Angeles Paris Dubai Singapore
Denver Berlin Kabul Tokyo
Chicago Rome Karachi Adelaide
New York Helsinki Delhi Sydney
Toronto Cairo Dhaka Noumea
Caracas Moscow Yangon Wellington
3. Press DST (C) to turn on or off Daylight Saving Time.
NOTES: If you have already turned on Daylight Saving Time, the
organizer automatically adjusts the time for all world cities
that use Daylight Saving Time.
CHECKING THE MEMORY CAPACITY
1. Press SHIFT then SPACE. The Configuration Menu appears.
2. Press 2 then ENTER. The display shows the available memory capacity.
3. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
USING THE BACKLIGHT
To turn on the backlight, press the Backlight Key.
The backlight turns off automatically after about 20 seconds. To turn off
the backlight sooner, press the Backlight Key again.
DAILY ALARM
You can set an alarm to sound at a set time of day. When the daily alarm
is on, ((*)) appears on the display and a tone sounds for about 20 seconds
at the set time.
To silence the alarm, press any key.
NOTE: Because pressing any key will turn off the alarm, the alarm might
not sound if you are entering information at the precise alarm time.
SETTING THE DAILY ALARM
1. Select the Daily Alarm function.
2. Press EDIT. The first hour digit flashes.
3. Use the number keys to enter the alarm hour and minute.
NOTE: If you make a mistake, press < or > to move to the digit that
you want to change. Then type the correct digit.
4. In the 12-hour format, press AM/PM to set the alarm time to AM or PM.
5. Press ENTER to store the alarm time. ((*)) appears on the bottom of
the display. The alarm is set to sound.
6. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
TURNING THE DAILY ALARM ON AND OFF
1. Select the Daily Alarm function.
2. Press the key with the musical note (V) to turn the alarm on. ((*))
appears on the bottom of the display when the alarm is set to sound.
Press the key with the musical note (V) to turn the alarm off. ((*))
disappears.
NOTE: Turning the daily alarm on or off does not affect the schedule
alarms (see "Turning the Schedule Alarm On and Off").
USING SNOOZE
When the alarm sounds, press SPACE to turn on the snooze function.
The alarm turns off for about 10 minutes.
When the alarm sounds again, press any key except SPACE to silence the
alarm. If no key is pressed, the alarm sounds again after 10 minutes, then
turns off until the next day at the set time.
CALENDAR
Your organizer's calendar can display any date from January 1, 1901, to
December 31, 2099.
Select the Calendar function. The current month appears on the display
with the current date flashing.
The display shows one month at a time and the leftmost day of the week is
Sunday.
To scroll through the calendar one month at a time, press SEARCH /\ or
SEARCH \/.
A colon to the right of a date means there is a schedule alarm set for that
date (see "Schedule Alarms").
PHONE DIRECTORY
There are three different phone directories available (Business, Personal,
and General). You can enter a name, company name, address, telephone
number, E-mail address, and a note into each phone directory record. Each
note can be up to 512 characters and numbers, including spaces.
The procedures to enter, recall, edit, and delete a record are the same
whether you are using a Business, Personal, or General directory record.
ENTERING A PHONE DIRECTORY RECORD
1. Select whichever phone directory function you want (Business, Personal,
or General). *Business*, *Personal*, or *General* appears on the
display.
2. Enter the contact's name.
NOTES:
The organizer stores names alphabetically, so you might want to enter
the last name first.
If you want to skip a particular field, press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER. PHONE 1? appears on the display.
4. Type the first phone number and press ENTER. PHONE 2? appears.
NOTES:
In some telephone systems, you must dial an access code (9 for
example) and wait for a second dial tone before you can dial an
outside number. If your phone is connected to one of these system,
you might want to enter a pause at the appropriate point. To enter a
pause, press -.
To use the auto dialer, you might need to enter the full telephone
number, including any access codes, any long distance codes, and the
area code (see "Auto Dialing).
5. Type the second phone number and press ENTER. Phone 3? appears.
6. Type the third phone number and press ENTER. COMPANY? appears.
7. Type the company name and press ENTER. ADDRESS? appears.
8. Type the address and press ENTER. E-MAIL? appears.
9. Type the E-mail address and press ENTER. NOTE? appears.
10. Type the note and press ENTER to store the record. WAIT . . . appears.
11. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
RECALLING A PHONE DIRECTORY RECORD
Phone directory records are stored in alphabetical order by contact name.
You can recall a phone directory record in one of five ways: sequential
recall by contact name, sequential recall by company, direct recall by
contact name, direct recall by company, and wild card search.
SEQUENTIAL RECALL BY CONTACT NAME
1. Select the desired phone directory.
2. Press SEARCH \/ to view the first record sorted alphabetically by
contact name.
NOTE: If there are no record stored in the directory, NOT FOUND!
appears briefly.
3. Repeatedly press \/ to view the whole record.
SEQUENTIAL RECALL BY COMPANY NAME
1. Select the desired phone directory.
2. Press ENTER until COMPANY? appears.
3. Press SEARCH \/ to view the first record sorted alphabetically by
company.
NOTE: If there are no records stored in the directory, NOT FOUND!
appears briefly.
4. Repeatedly press \/ to view the whole record.
DIRECT RECALL BY CONTACT NAME
1. Select the desired phone directory.
2. Type the first few characters (up to 8) of the desired contact name.
3. Press SEARCH \/ to search for names that begin with those characters.
The first record that begins with the characters you entered appears on
the display.
NOTE: If a matching record is not found. NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
4. Repeatedly press \/ to view the whole record.
5. Press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to view the previous or next record.
DIRECT RECALL BY COMPANY NAME
1. Select the desired phone directory.
2. Press ENTER until COMPANY? appears.
3. Type the first few characters (up to 8) of the desired company.
4. Press SEARCH \/ to display the first record beginning with those
characters.
NOTE: If a matching record is not found. NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
5. Repeatedly press /\ to \/ to view the whole record.
6. Press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to view the previous or next record (in
alphabetical order).
WILDCARD SEARCH
1. Select the desired phone directory.
2. In any field, type the first few characters (up to 8) of any text to
search.
3. Press SHIFT then SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to display the first record
that begins with those characters.
NOTE: If a matching record is not found, NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
4. Repeatedly press /\ or \/ to view the whole record.
5. Press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to view the previous or next record (in
alphabetical order).
EDITING A PHONE DIRECTORY RECORD
1. Recall the record you want to edit.
2. Press EDIT. A flashing cursor appears on the first character of the
contact's name.
3. Press > to move the cursor to where you want to make your edits.
To change a character, simply type the correct character.
To change a character to a space, press SPACE.
To add a character, press INS so a space appears. Then enter the
character.
To delete a character, press DEL.
4. When you finish editing the contact's name, press ENTER. PHONE 1?
appears on the first line of the display.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to edit the phone numbers, company name, address,
E-mail address, and note.
6. When you finish editing, press ENTER until WAIT . . . appears. The
edited information is stored. NAME? appears on the display.
DELETING A PHONE DIRECTORY RECORD
1. Recall the record you want to delete.
2. Press DEL. DELETE? (Y/N) appears.
3. If you are sure, press Y. The entire directory record is deleted.
Otherwise, press N. The record remains unchanged.
AUTO DIALING
If you have touch tone service, the Ec-397 can automatically dial a phone
number you have entered in one of the phone directories.
NOTE: Auto dial only works with numbers that are stored in a phone
directory record as Phone 1, Phone 2, or Phone 3.
Follow these steps to auto dial a phone number stored in a directory
record.
1. Recall the phone directory record containing the phone number you want
to dial. Use /\ or \/ to position the number you want to dial on the
top display line.
2. Align the organizer's speaker (on the back of the organizer) with the
telephone receiver, and hold the organizer firmly against it.
3. Press AUTO DIAL. DIALING . . . appears.
4. Hold the organizer in place until the dialing is complete and
DIALING . . . disappears.
5. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
MEMO FUNCTION
Use the memo function to store important messages.
ENTERING A MEMO RECORD
You can enter a record of up to 512 characters. Memos are sorted
alphabetically.
1. Select the Memo function.
2. Enter you message.
3. Press ENTER to store your memo. MEMO? reappears.
4. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
RECALLING MEMO RECORDS
You can recall memo records using sequential recall (alphabetical order),
direct recall by content, or wildcard search.
SEQUENTIAL RECALL
1. Select the Memo function.
2. Press SEARCH \/ or SEARCH /\ to view the first memo in alphabetical
order. Press SEARCH /\ to view the previous memo or SEARCH \/ to view
the next memo.
DIRECT RECALL BY CONTENT
1. Select the Memo function.
2. Enter the first few characters of the desired memo.
3. Press SEARCH \/ to search for the first memo starting with the
characters you entered.
NOTES:
If a matching memo record is not found, NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
Press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to scroll through the memos
alphabetically.
WILDCARD SEARCH
1. Select the Memo function.
2. Enter a character pattern (up to 8 characters) that is anywhere in the
desired memo.
3. Press SHIFT then SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to search the memo records for
a memo that has the matching character pattern.
NOTE: If a matching record is not found, NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
4. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
EDITING A MEMO RECORD
1. Recall the memo you want to edit.
2. Press EDIT. A flashing cursor appears on the first character of the
display.
3. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to where you want to make your
edits.
To change a character to space, press SPACE.
To change a character, simply type the correct character.
To add a character, press INS so a space appears, then enter the
character.
To delete a character, press DEL.
4. When you finish editing, press ENTER until WAIT . . . appears. The
edited memo is stored. MEMO? appears.
5. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
DELETING A MEMO RECORD
1. Recall the memo record you want to delete.
2. Press DEL. DELETE? (Y/N) appears.
3. If you are sure, press Y. The memo record is deleted. Otherwise,
press N. The memo record remains unchanged.
TO-DO FUNCTION
Use the To-Do function to list activities you need to accomplish.
ENTERING A TO-DO RECORD
You can enter a record of up to 512 characters and give it a priority
level. To-do records are sorted first by priority, and then
alphabetically.
1. Select the To-Do function.
2. Enter you message.
3. Press ENTER. PRIORITY? appears.
4. Enter the priority level (1, 2, or 3). 1 is the highest priority, and
3 is the lowest.
5. Press ENTER to store your record. TODO? reappears.
6. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
RECALLING TO-DO RECORDS
You can recall to-do records using sequential recall, priority, recall, or
wildcard search.
SEQUENTIAL RECALL
1. Select the To-Do function.
2. Repeatedly press SEARCH \/ to view the to-do records in order of
priority. Repeatedly press SEARCH /\ to view to-do records in order of
entry, last entered first.
PRIORITY RECALL
1. Select the To-Do function.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Enter a priority level (1, 2, or 3).
4. Press SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to find the records having that priority.
NOTE: If no matching record is found, NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
5. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
WILDCARD SEARCH
1. Select the To-Do function.
2. Enter a character pattern (up to 8 characters) that is anywhere in the
desired to-do record.
3. Press SHIFT then SEARCH /\ or SEARCH \/ to search the to-do records for
a record that has the matching character pattern.
NOTE: If no matching record is found, NOT FOUND! appears briefly.
4. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
EDITING A TO-DO RECORD
1. Recall the to-do record you want to edit.
2. Press EDIT. A flashing cursor appears on the first character of the
message.
3. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to where you want to make your
edits.
To change a character to a space, press SPACE.
To change a character, simply type the correct character.
To add a character, press INS so a space appears, then enter the
character.
To delete a character, press DEL.
4. Press ENTER. The priority number flashes. Enter a new priority
number, if desired.
5. Press ENTER. TODO? reappears.
6. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
DELETING A TO-DO RECORD
1. Recall the to-do record you want to delete.
2. Press DEL. DELETE? (Y/N) appears.
3. If you are sure, press Y. The to-do record is deleted. Otherwise,
press N. The to-do record remains unchanged.
SECRET RECORDS
You can keep confidential phone directory, schedule alarm, memo, and to-do
records. A password you choose protects the confidential information.
You must enter the password before you can store or recall secret records.
you cannot change existing records into secret records except by
re-entering them.
ENTERING SECRET RECORDS
1. Press SHIFT then SPACE. The Configuration Menu appears.
2. Select 1 then press ENTER. PASSWORD? appears.
3. Enter a password (up to 8 characters), then press ENTER. The password
indicator appears on the bottom of the display.
NOTES:
Your password can include any combination of letters, numbers, or
symbols.
Be sure you can remember you password! If you forget it, you must
reset the secret area which clears all of your secret records.
4. Press MENU, then select the Phone, Schedule, Memo or To-Do function
where you want to store secret records.
5. Enter the record (see "Entering a Phone Directory Record", "Entering a
Schedule Alarm, "Entering a Memo Record", or "Entering a To-Do
Record"). When you exit the Phone, Schedule, Memo or To-Do functions,
or if you turn off the organizer (or it automatically turns off), the
organizer exits the secret area. To re-enter the secret area, you must
perform Steps 1 and 2 again.
RECALLING SECRET RECORDS
1. Press SHIFT then SPACE.
2. Press 1 then ENTER.
3. Enter the password, then press ENTER. The password indicator appears.
4. Press MENU then select the Phone, Schedule, Memo or To-Do function.
5. Recall the record you want to see.
EDITING SECRET RECORDS
1. Recall the secret record you want to edit.
2. Press EDIT. A flashing cursor appears on the first character of the
display. See "Editing a Phone Directory Record", "Editing a Schedule
Alarm Record", "Editing a Memo Record", or "Editing a To-Do Record" to
edit the record.
CHANGING THE PASSWORD
1. Press SHIFT then SPACE. The Configuration Menu appears.
2. Press 1 then ENTER.
3. Enter the password, then press ENTER.
4. Press 1 then ENTER. NEW PASSWORD? appears.
5. Enter a new password, then press ENTER to change the password.
6. Press MENU to return to the Main Menu.
CALCULATOR
Select the Calculator function.
Press the keys in the order they appear in the arithmetic operation. For
example:
You Press: You see:
3 + 4 = 7
8 x 3 - 4 = 20
6 / 2 = 3
To clear a calculation, press C/CE.
NOTES:
If the result of a calculation has more than 10 digits, or if you try
to divide by 0, E (error) appears. To clear the error, press C/CE.
If you enter a wrong number, press C/CE and re-enter the correct
number before you press =.
SQUARE CALCULATIONS
To do square calculations, follow this example.
To calculation 4 squared.
You press: You see:
4 x = 16
MEMORY CALCULATIONS
The memory calculation feature lets you to easily to multi-step
calculations.
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 the value in
memory.
Press M- to total a calculation and subtract the total from the value
in memory.
Press MR to recall (display) the value in memory.
For example: (4 x 5) + (28 + 2) - (7 - 2) + (75 /5)
You Press: The display's last line shows:
4 x 5 = M+ M 20
28 + 2 = M+ M 30
7 - 2 = M- M 5
75 / 5 = M+ M 15
MR M 60
MC 60
NOTE: M appears on the display when a value is stored in memory. M
disappears when you clear the memory.
(YO/km-01/28/1997)
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