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PRINTED IN CHINA/IMPRIMÉ EN CHINE

02ETO (TINSE0570EHZZ)

OPERATION MANUAL

ELECTRONIC ORGANIZER

EL-6900

5. Setting daylight saving time (DST:

summer time)

1. Press 

CLOCK

 once or twice to display Home

or World clock.

2. Press 

DST

.

“#” is displayed. The time is set 1 hour ahead.
To clear DST, press 

DST

 to clear “#”. The time

is set 1 hour behind.

Notes
• DST can be set independently in either Home or

World clock.

• When DST is set for one world city, it is used

for all cities displayed in World clock.

6. Setting alarms

The Organizer has 3 kinds of alarm:
1. Daily alarm ........ beeps every day at the alarm

time (for 1 minute), when

” is turned on.

2. Hourly alarm ...... beeps every hour when

minutes reach “00”, when

” is turned on.

3. Schedule alarm .. beeps at the time for all the

schedule entries (for 1
minute), when “

” is

turned on. (Refer to
“Schedule Mode”.)

Press any key to stop the alarm beeping.

Setting/Changing the daily alarm time

1. Press 

CLOCK

 once or twice to display Home

clock (with “

”).

2. Press 

ALARM

 to

display the daily
alarm screen.
(The display differs
between the 12-hour and 24-hour clock.)

3. Press 

SHIFT

 

SET

.

4. Enter the time.
5. Press 

ENTER

.

• The daily alarm time is set.

Turning the alarms on and off

An alarm sounds only when the respective symbol
(

, or 

) is turned on.

Display Home clock (press 

CLOCK

 once or twice)

and press 

ALARM

 to display the daily alarm

screen.
Each time you press 

ALARM

 while the daily alarm

screen is displayed, the combination of symbols
switches.
Note
• Alarms sound even when the Organizer is

turned off.

ALARM

A12–00

SHARP assumes no responsibility, directly or
indirectly, for financial losses or claims from
third persons resulting from the use of this
product and any of its functions, such as stolen
credit card numbers, loss or alteration of stored
data, etc.

The information provided in this manual is
subject to change without notice.

NOTICE

SHARP strongly recommends that separate
permanent written records be kept of all
important data. Data may be lost or altered in
virtually any electronic memory product under
certain circumstances. Therefore, SHARP
assumes no responsibility for data lost or
otherwise rendered unusable whether as a
result of improper use, repairs, defects, battery
replacement, use after the specified battery life
has expired, or any other cause.

Part Names

• Purple colored functions are operated by

pressing 

SHIFT

 (“SHIFT” is turned on) and the

appropriate keys.

• In this manual, only the display symbols

necessary for explanation of this product are
shown.

Using the Organizer for the First Time

Be sure to perform the following operations
before using the Organizer for the first time.
1. Remove the isolating film that is affixed to the

battery holder on the back of the unit.

2. Press the RESET switch with a ball-point pen

or similar object.
“RESET?” is displayed.

3. Press 

SHIFT

 

ENTER

 to initialize the

Organizer.
After “RESET!” is displayed, Home clock is
displayed. (See “Clock Mode”.) You have
deleted all the memory contents now.

NOTES

• If the Organizer is subjected to strong,

extraneous electrical noises or shocks during
use, an abnormal condition may occur in which
no keys (including 

ON

OFF

 ) will respond. Press

the RESET switch and press 

SHIFT

 

ENTER

 to

delete all the memory contents.

• To minimize battery consumption, the Organizer

is designed to automatically turn off when no
key has been pressed for approximately 7
minutes.

• The key touch tone is turned on and off by

pressing 

SHIFT

 

. When the tone is turned

on, “

” is turned on.

Entering Characters

• Alphanumeric letters, symbols, and “+ – 

×

 ÷ .”

can be entered into the dot display area (the 1st
line).

• Numbers and some characters (only space, –,

and F and P in Telephone mode) can be entered
into the number display area (the 2nd and the
3rd lines).

• Basically letters are entered in capital letters

(“CAPS” is turned on). To enter small letters,
press 

CAPS

 to turn “CAPS” off.

Entering symbols and letters with an accent
mark

• To enter a symbol, press 

SMBL

 repeatedly until

the desired symbol appears:

@#$£¥

( )~’: / \_&<>ß!?¡¿æµ¢

• To enter a letter with an accent mark, press

SHIFT

 

SHIFT

 to turn “SHIFT LOCK” on, and

press the appropriate key repeatedly. (Refer to
the “QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE” inside the
cover.)

• To turn “SHIFT LOCK” off, press 

SHIFT

 again.

Making corrections

Move the cursor to the character to be corrected.
Enter the correct character to replace the previous
one.

Cursor

The cursor (_) indicates the position for entering a
character. Move the cursor with the cursor keys
(

 

 

 

).

Inserting characters

Each time 

INS

 is pressed, a space is inserted at

the cursor position to allow you to enter a
character.

Deleting characters

Press 

DEL

 to delete the character at the cursor

position.
Press 

C•CE

 to clear all the characters that you

have entered and not stored yet.

q

Power ON/OFF key

w

Cursor keys

e

Search keys

r

Mode keys

t

RESET switch

y

TRANSLATOR key

The following notations are used for
key operations.

CM

: Clear memory

(in Calculator mode)

U

: Letter “U”

Guidance messages can be displayed in 7
languages – English, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian,
German, French, and Spanish. After initializing the
Organizer, the default setting is English.

Changing the Guidance Language

To change the language, press 

SHIFT

 

LANGUAGE

followed by 

PREV

 or 

NEXT

 to select the

desired language, then press 

ENTER

.

5

1

2

3
4

6

Clock Mode

Each time you press 

CLOCK

, the clock switches

between Home and World clocks. (For World
clock, “

” is not displayed.)

1. Before setting the clock

• The default setting for the date is “YYYY/MM/

DD” (year-month-day). To change the setting to
“MM/DD/YYYY” (month-day-year) or “DD/MM/
YYYY” (day-month-year):
1. Press 

CLOCK

 once or twice to display

Home clock (with “

”).

2. Press 

DATE TYPE

.

3. Press 

PREV

 or 

NEXT

 to select the

desired type.

4. Press 

ENTER

 to store the new setting.

• To change the 12-hour clock to the 24-hour

clock, press 

12      24

 (“A” or “P” is cleared).

Each time you press 

12      24

, the clock

switches.

• In the period of daylight saving time/summer

time, press 

DST

 in advance (“#” is displayed).

2. Setting the clock

1. Press 

CLOCK

 once or twice to display Home

clock (with “

”).

2. Press 

SHIFT

 

SET

 to start setting.

The cursor starts to flash on the city name.

3. Press 

PREV

 or 

NEXT

 to select the

desired  time zone. (Refer to the list of cities
described below.)
• Enter the city name, if needed (6 characters

or under). Only one changed name for Home
clock can be stored.

4. Press 

 to move the cursor to the year.

5. Enter the year (4 digits), the month, and the

day (2 digits each).
• The built-in calendar extends from January

1st, 1901, to December 31st, 2098.

6. Press 

AM/PM

 to select “A” (morning) or “P”

(afternoon) for the 12-hour clock.

7. Enter the time (hours and minutes).

Note: P12-00: noon, A12-00: midnight

8. Press 

ENTER

. The clock starts from “00”

seconds.

Home clock

Home city (with “

”)

Day of the week

Time

Date

Notes
• To enter a single-digit date or time, enter “0”

and the digit (e.g. “02”).

• If you enter an invalid date or time, “ERROR!”

appears briefly. Enter the correct date and time
and press 

ENTER

.

 LON     WED

 2003– 1– 1

 A12–00–00

Zone Display

City

Zone Display

City

No.

No.

0

TNG

TONGA

10

MOW MOSCOW

1

WLG

WELLINGTON

11

CAI

CAIRO

2

NOU

NOUMEA

12

PAR

PARIS

3

SYD

SYDNEY

13

LON

LONDON

3.3

ADL

ADELAIDE

14

AZ0

AZORES ISLANDS

4

TYO

TOKYO

15

-2H

2hrs behind LON

5

HKG

HONG KONG

16

RIO

RIO DE JANEIRO

6

BKK

BANGKOK

17

CCS

CARACAS

6.3

RGN

YANGON

18

NYC

NEW YORK

7

DAC

DHAKA

19

CHI

CHICAGO

7.3

DEL

NEW DELHI

20

DEN

DENVER

8

KHI

KARACHI

21

LAX

LOS ANGELES

8.3

KBL

KABUL

22

ANC

ANCHORAGE

9

DXB

DUBAI

23

HNL

HONOLULU

9.3

THR

TEHRAN

24

MID

MIDWAY

SHIFT

 

: Turn the touch tone on

and off

V

: Letter “V”

3. Using World clock

1. Press 

CLOCK

 once or twice to display World

clock (without “

”).

2. Press 

PREV

 or 

NEXT

 to select the

desired city.

4. Changing the cities between Home

and World clocks

You can change the home city for a city in another
time zone without adjusting the stored correct
time.
1. Press 

CLOCK

 once or twice to display World

clock (without “

”).

2. Press 

PREV

 or 

NEXT

 and select the

desired city to be set as the new home city.

3. Press 

SHIFT

 

SET

 to change the cities

between Home and World clocks.
• The previous home city is now set as the

world city (without “

”).

4. Press 

CLOCK

 to check the home city.

• The selected city in step 2 is set as the home

city (with “

”).

5. Press 

CLOCK

 to recheck the world city,  and

press 

PREV

 or 

NEXT

 to select the new

world city, if needed.

Telephone Mode

Telephone mode is composed of two directions of
storage memory. Pressing 

TEL

 toggles between

“1” and “2” on the display.
Use these files for convenience, e.g. business
and private files.
A telephone entry consists of name, address,
E-mail address, web address (URL) and number
fields.

Storing telephone entries

1. Press 

TEL

 once or

twice to display the
Telephone mode
screen.

2. Enter the name, e.g. 

SMITH

 

SPACE

 

ROBERT

,

and press 

ENTER

.

3. Enter the address, e.g. 

18 

SPACE

 EAST

SPACE

 ROAD

, and press 

ENTER

.

4. Enter the E-mail

address, e.g.

SROB

 

SMBL

(to enter “

@

”)

SHARPSEC.COM

, and press 

ENTER

.

• The E-mail address is automatically entered

in small letters.

5. Enter the web address (URL), e.g.

WWW.SHARPUSA.COM

, and press 

ENTER

.

Schedule Mode

Schedule mode is used for storing schedule
details (36 characters or under), date and time
(year, month, day, hour, and minute).
In the 1st line the same characters are allowable
as in Telephone mode.
Pressing 

SCHEDULE/MEMO

 toggles between

Schedule and Memo mode.

1. Storing schedule entries

1. Press

SCHEDULE/MEMO

once or twice to
display the Schedule
mode screen.

2. Enter the details and press 

ENTER

.

3. Enter the date and time.

• The types of date and time are the same as

the types set for the clock.

• To enter a single-digit date or time, enter “0”

and the digit (e.g. “O2”).

Memo Mode

Notes or other pieces of information that are not
appropriate for Telephone or Schedule mode can
be entered for convenience.
In the 1st line the same characters are allowable
as in Telephone mode. In the 2nd and the 3rd
lines you can enter numbers, –, and space. (36
characters or under can be entered in each line.)

Storing memo entries

1. Press

SCHEDULE/MEMO

once or twice to
display the Memo
mode screen.

2. Enter the memo item

and numbers.
E.g.

UNION 

SPACE

BANK 

ENTER

01 
272-0011223

3. Press 

ENTER

 to store in the memory.

Notes for storing and recalling entries

• When the memory is full, “MEMORY FULL!”

appears briefly, and the entry cannot be stored.

• When the symbol “ ” or “ ” is turned on,

more information exists. Press 

 or 

 to

switch the display.

Checking details of entries in Telephone mode

• To display each field on the 1st line, follow the

symbol “ ” or “ ” and press 

 or 

. (The

symbol above the 1st line shows each field.)

• Pressing 

E-MAIL

 displays the E-mail address

on the 1st line directly.
Pressing 

E-MAIL

 (

WWW

) again displays the

web address (URL) on the 1st line. Each time
you press 

E-MAIL

 (

WWW

), the display

switches between the E-mail and the web
addresses.

• Press and hold 

 to start the auto scroll on the

1st line. Press 

 again to stop or restart the

scroll. Press 

C•CE

 to quit the auto scroll.

6. Enter the phone

number, and then
the fax number if
needed, e.g.

012-3456-7890 
F

 

SPACE

 

SPACE

 

SPACE

 

3456-7891

, and

press 

ENTER

.

• “STORED!” appears briefly, then the Telephone

mode screen is displayed. The telephone entry
is now stored.

Notes
• The symbol “NAME”, “ADDRESS”, “E-mail”, or

“URL” is turned on while entering in each field.

• To skip entry of an address, E-mail address,

web address (URL), or number, press 

ENTER

when “ADDRESS?”, “E-MAIL?”, “URL?”, or
“NUMBER?” is displayed. However, entering a
person’s name cannot be skipped.

Allowable

characters

The 1st line:
Name, address,
E-mail address
and web address
(URL)

Field

Number of
characters

The 2nd and the
3rd lines:
Phone number

36 characters
or under

Alphabetic letters,
numbers, symbols,
“+ – 

×

 ÷ .”, space

Numbers, space, –,
F (Fax), P (Pager)

Recalling entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –

First press the desired mode key.

NEXT

 : Recalls entries in forward order

PREV

 : Recalls entries in reverse order

Sequential search

Press 

NEXT

 or 

PREV

 in each mode.

Direct search

• Enter the first characters (8 characters or

under) of the person’s name, schedule details,
or memo item, and press 

NEXT

 or

PREV

. Then press 

NEXT

 or 

PREV

 to

continue performing a direct search.

Sorting order

• Telephone and memo entries are stored by the

first character of the person’s name or memo
item in the following order (case sensitive):

• Schedule entries are stored by date and time.
Note
• When there is no (further or relevant) entry to

be recalled, “NOT FOUND!” appears briefly, and
the display returns to the mode screen.

NAME?

har

p

sec.com_

NUMBER?

2–3456–7890

  3456–7891_

SCHEDULE?

4. Press 

ENTER

 to store in the memory.

Notes
• Schedules for the following dates can be stored:

January 1901 to December 2098.

• If an attempt is made to store an entry without a

date or time, or with an invalid date or time,
“ERROR!” appears briefly. Enter the correct
date and time and press 

ENTER

.

2. Alarm for Schedule mode

When the schedule alarm (“

”) is turned on, it

is set for all the schedule entries. Beeping sounds
for 1 minute when the time for a schedule entry is
reached. Press any key to stop the alarm. The
schedule alarm cannot be set for an individual
entry.

MEMO?

UNION BANK

01

272–0011223_

Editing or deleting entries – Telephone, Schedule, Memo –

Editing

1. Recall the entry to be edited.
2. Press 

EDIT

. The cursor starts to flash.

• In Telephone mode press 

ENTER

 several

times to display each field (the address field
and so on).

3. Press 

, or 

 to move the cursor to

the position to be edited.

4. Enter, insert, or delete characters (refer to

“Entering Characters”).
• To cancel editing, press 

C•CE

.

5. Press 

ENTER

 several times (until “STORED!”

appears briefly) to finish editing and to store
the entry.

Deleting

1. Recall the entry to be deleted.
2. Press 

DEL

.

• “DELETE?” is displayed.
• To cancel the deletion operation, press

C•CE

.

3. Press 

ENTER

 to delete the entry.

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