Psion Revo Palmtop Computer Instructions Manual

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Setting up to connect
To enter your phone type and connection method,
select Preferences on the Tools menu, then move to
the Phone page.
·If necessary, select the type of mobile phone you
are using on the Phone line (this will normally
only be ‘Basic GSM’).
To connect using your phone’s Infrared (or ‘IR’) port: 
1.Set the Connection line to ‘Infrared’.
2.Ensure the Infrared port is activated on your
mobile phone. Your phone’s manual will tell you
how to do this.If your phone does not support...

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Printing phonebooks & entries
You can print either your entire phonebook, or a
group of selected entries.
·If you have not already selected a printer, refer
to the instructions in the ‘Printing’ chapter.
To print:
1.Select the phonebook you wish to print. If you
do not want to print all the entries, highlight the
group of entries you want to print.
2.Use the Printing commands on the File menu:
·Use the Page setup command to control the
page size, margins, and add headers and footers.
·Use the...

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Time
Using alarms
Use the Alarms view to set alarms that will ring even
when your Revo is switched off, e.g. a ‘repeating’
wake-up alarm that will ring each day you work, and
‘once only’ alarms to remind you of appointments.
The Alarms view allows you to set up to 6 alarms,
each up to 7 days ahead, and control their sounds.
Use the Time program to set, display and manage
alarms; and to display a map of the world that gives
you information on cities, times and dialling codes.
The Time program has...

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Setting an alarm
To set a new alarm, move to a blank line and then
tap on it or press Enter, or start typing the alarm text
or the time. Alternatively, tap New alarm on the
Toolbar, or select the command from the Edit menu.
1.Set the alarm time, and select the following alarm
types on the Occurrence line:
·‘Next 24 hours’, if the alarm is to ring once at the
specified time during the next 24 hours; or ‘Once
only’, followed by a day, if you wish the alarm to
ring once at the specified time more...

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Responding to an alarm
When an alarm rings, the alarm text is displayed on
screen.
·To clear the alarm: tap the Clear button or press
Esc. If it is a once only alarm, it is removed. If it is
a repeating alarm, it will ring again the next time
it is due.
· ·· ·
·To silence the alarm but leave the text displayed:
tap the Silence button or press Enter.
·To ‘snooze’ the alarm (i.e. to stop it from ringing)
for 5 minutes: tap the Snooze button or press
the Spacebar. Each further press adds 5 minutes...

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Silencing alarms
If you wish to silence alarms for a particular period,
e.g. the duration of a meeting or journey:
1.Select Sound from the Tools menu.
2.Set the Alarm sound to ‘Silent for’ and specify
the duration for alarms to be silenced. If you wish
to silence alarm sounds indefinitely, set the
Alarm sound to ’Off’.
Note: When a ‘silenced’ alarm rings, the alarm text
still appears on screen, and you need to respond to it
as you would for an audible alarm.
·If you wish to stop an alarm from...

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Viewing alarms
The countdown to the next alarm set in Time or
Agenda, is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
·To view the alarms that are to ring in the future,
select View next alarms on the Edit menu.
Next alarms
·Select View past alarms to list the last alarms to
have been cleared (e.g. if you cancel an alarm,
but need to be reminded of the alarm text).
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Using the map
Use the Map view to display information for cities
around the world. Set the city in which you are
currently located as your ‘Home’ city, and then select
other cities to find their time differences, dialling
codes and distances from your Home city.Important:
In order for world information to be accurate, make sure
you have defined your Home city, and the current time
and date. Refer to the ‘Getting started’ chapter for
details.
Selecting a country or city
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·If you look through the countries, only the capital
cities are listed. To view only the cities in one
particular country; select the country, then select
Cities in current country from the View menu.
To go back to displaying cities for all countries,
reselect the command.
When you select a city, the cross hairs on the map
move to the selected city, and information about the
city appears at the bottom of the screen.
·The time difference between the Home city and
selected city is displayed. This...