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)