Handspring Treo 270 User Guide

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FCC Statement
This device may cause TV or radio interference if used in close proximity to receiving equipment. The FCC can re-
quire you to stop using the device if such interference cannot be eliminated. If you need assistance, contact Hand-
spring Customer Care.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including in-
terference that may cause undesired operation.
This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi-
dential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there
is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful in-
terference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
nReorient or relocate the receiving antenna
nIncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver
nConnect the equipment into an outlet or circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help and for additional suggestions.
Exposure To Radio Frequency Energy (SAR)
In order to comply with FCC RF exposure safety guidelines, users MUST use a Handspring brand body-worn ac-
cessory during body-worn operation. Use of accessories not provided by Handspring or that have not been tested
for RF exposure compliance with this product may not comply with the FCC RF exposure safety guidelines and
should not be used.
See www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/ for more information on RF exposure safety.
Responsible Party:
Handspring, Inc.
189 Bernardo Avenue 
Mountain View, California 94043-5203 
United States of America 
(650) 230-5000
Canadian RFI Statement
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regula-
tions.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le matériel brouilleur du
Canada. 
						

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Safety and General Information
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION. Read this information before using your in-
tegrated multi-service portable radio. 
For the Safe and Efficient Operation of Your Radio, Observe These Guidelines
Your radio product contains a transmitter and a receiver. When it is ON, it receives and transmits radio frequency
(RF) energy. The radio operates in the frequency range of 800 MHz to 1990 MHz and employs digital modulation
techniques. When you use your radio, the system handling your call controls the power level at which your radio
transmits. The output power level typically may vary over a range from .001 Watts to 2 Watts.
Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy
Your Treo is designed to comply with national and international standards, including United States Federal Com-
munications Commission, OET Bulletin 65 supplement C; American National Standards Institute (ANSI) IEEE. C95.
1-1992; Cenelec EN 50360; and Industrie Canada RF exposure guidelines.
In order to comply with FCC RF exposure safety guidelines users MUST use a Handspring brand body-worn acces-
sory during body-worn operation. Use of accessories not provided by Handspring or that have not been tested for
RF exposure compliance with this product may not comply with the FCC RF exposure safety guidelines and should
not be used.
To assure optimal radio performance, always adhere to the following procedures:
nWhen placing or receiving a phone call hold the radio as you would a telephone. 
nSpeak directly into the microphone and position the antenna up over your shoulder.
nDO NOT hold the antenna when the radio is “IN USE.” Holding the antenna affects call quality and may cause 
the radio to operate at a higher power level than needed. 
Interference to Medical and Personal Electronic Devices
Most, but not all, electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals and certain electronic equipment may not be
shielded against the RF signals from your Treo communicator.
Pacemakers
The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of six inches (6) be main-
tained between a handheld wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker.
These recommendations are consistent with the independent research by the recommendations of Wireless Tech-
nology Research.
Persons with pacemakers should:
nALWAYS keep the phone more than six inches from their pacemaker when the phone is turned ON. 
nNOT carry the phone in a breast pocket.
nUse the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference.
nTurn the phone OFF immediately if you have any reason to suspect that interference is taking place.
Audio Safety 
Some hearing aids may be affected by some digital wireless phones. You may want to consult your doctor in the
event of you experience interference with your hearing aid while using Treo. When using the speakerphone feature,
it is recommended that you place Treo at a safe distance from your ear. 
Other Medical Devices
If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer of your device to determine if it is adequately
shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information.
Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so. Hos-
pitals or health care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy. 
						

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Interference to Other Electronic Devices
RF energy may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded electronic operating and entertainment systems
in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or representative to determine if these systems are adequately
shielded from external RF energy. Also check with the manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to the
vehicle.
Safety and General Use While Driving
Check the laws and regulations on the use of telephones in the area where you drive. Always obey them.
When using the phone while driving, please:
nGive full attention to driving and to the road
nUse hands-free operation, if available
nPull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving conditions so require.
Aircraft Safety
Turn your radio OFF before boarding any aircraft to prevent possible interference to aircraft systems. Regulations
of the United States Federal Aviation Administration prohibit use when the aircraft is in the air and require you have
permission from a crew member to use your radio while the aircraft is one the ground.
Non-ionizing Radiation
As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users are advised that for satisfactory operation of the equipment
and for the safety of the personnel, it is recommended that no part of the human body be allowed to come to close
to the antenna during operation of the equipment.
General Safety Information
As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users are advised to heed all posted warnings on the use and
operation of Treo and to turn off your device in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere, such as fueling
stations, even where no warnings or notices are posted.
Emergency Calls
IMPORTANT! The Treo communications features operate using radio signals, like any wireless phone, wireless and
landline networks, and user-programmed functions. Therefore you should never rely solely upon Treo for essential
communications (for example, medical emergencies).
Remember, the phone feature must be on in order to make or receive calls and you must be in a service area with
adequate signal strength. Emergency calls may not be possible on all wireless phone networks or when certain net-
work services and/or phone features are in use. Check with local service providers.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the following developers whose contributions were an integral part of the Handspring 
product:
nC.E. Steuart Dewar
Pimlico Software, Inc.
www.gorilla-haven.org/pimlico
nDarren Beck
Code City
www.codecity.com.au
nRick Huebner
www.probe.net/~rhuebner/index.html 
						

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							Index
Numerics
3-way calling 98
A
ABA (Address Book archive file) 36
Accented characters
entering 31
onscreen keyboard 35
Active call 95, 97
Add-on applications 42–45
Address Book
archive files (.aba) 36
Address Book.See PhoneBook
Adjusting volume 15
Alarm
preset 121
reminder 121
setting 108
sound 121, 182, 218
for untimed events 108
Anniversaries. See Repeating events
Answering calls 95–96
Antenna 16
Application buttons 15, 19, 39, 52, 53, 54, 
55, 176
Applications
beaming 80–81
Blazer 54, 125
Calculator 59
categories 40
CityTime 58
Date Book Plus 53
Expense 60
font style 78
installing 42–44
Memo Pad 57
opening 39
PhoneBook 52
preferences for 42
removing 44
security 46
SIM Phonebook 61SIM Services 62
SMS Messaging 55
To Do List 56
viewing as icons 41
viewing as list 41
See also Add-on applications
Applications Launcher 39–41
Appointments. See Date Book Plus
Archive files
importing data from 36
for main applications 36
saving deleted records 65
saving purged records 66
Automatic fill, in Expense 169
Auto-off delay 181
Autotext. See Keyboard ShortCuts
B
Backlight, keyboard 19
Backup. See HotSync
Battery
charging 18
conserving power 181
gauge 39, 84
Beaming
See also Infrared
Beaming information 80–82
location of IR port 16
problems with 226
Beep tone 97
Birthdays. See Repeating events
Blazer
adding bookmarks 127, 128
Bookmark view 127
deleting bookmarks 129
editing bookmarks 128
menus 130
opening 54
organizing bookmarks 129
overview 54
Preferences 132
Properties 131
Web Page view 125 
						

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Boilerplates 139
Bold font for text 78
Bookmarks
adding 127, 128
arranging 129
deleting 129
editing 128
Brightness control 15, 20
Business card for beaming 80
Buttons
power 16
ringer 16
scroll 15, 89, 126, 136
Buttons preferences 176
C
Cable
connecting to computer 24
for local HotSync operations 78, 79
serial 12, 24, 198, 224
USB 12, 25
Calculator
Advanced mode 153
Area view 159
Basic mode 152
buttons explained 152, 153–160
Finance view 155
Length view 158
Logic view 157
Math view 154
memory 152
menus 161
opening 59, 152
overview 59
recent calculations 59, 153
selecting mode 152
Statistics view 157
Trigonometry view 155
Volume view 160
Weight/Temp view 158
Calibration 20, 180, 218
Call
Preferences 97, 99, 102
status 97, 98
waiting 97
Call History 100
adding to PhoneBook 94
adding to Speed Dial list 94
deleting items 94
dialing from 94displaying 93
incoming calls 93
missed calls 93, 100
outgoing calls 93
purging 94
Call Waiting, disabling 186, 206
Caller ID 95, 97, 100, 102
Calling card, using in phone settings 186, 
206
Calls
3-way 98
active 95, 97
answering 95–96
answering call waiting 97
conference 98
forwarding 99, 239
ignoring 95
incoming 93, 95–99
missed 93, 100
outgoing 93, 99–100, 102
placing a second 98
placing from SIM Book 172
placing on hold 97
switching 98
Capital letters 29
Caring for the communicator 213
Categories
application 40
assigning records to 67
beaming 80–81
creating 68–69
default 67
displaying 68, 102, 223
merging 69
renaming 69
using in Applications Launcher 40
Chain calculations 153
Charger
connecting 18, 25
connector on communicator 17
Charging battery 18
Check boxes 21
CityTime
adding cities 151
home city 150
menus 151
opening 58
overview 150
remote cities 150
Clearing Calculator entries 152, 154
Codes, call forwarding 239 
						

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Color control 15, 20
depth 132
COM port. See USB, port and Serial port
Combining categories 69
Comma delimited files, importing data 
from 36
Command buttons 21
Command equivalents (keyboard) 33
Communicator
contrast control 15, 20
overview 11
turning on/off 19
Compressing Day view 120
Conduits 199
for connecting to PIMs 27
for modem HotSync operations 207
for synchronizing applications 225, 
199–200, 216
See also HotSync
Conference calls 98
Conflicting events 115
Connecting
headset 24
HotSync cable 24
service templates 187
to server or ISP 187
travel charger 18, 25
Connection preferences 177
Contact information. See PhoneBook
Contacts
copying 91
Continuous events
changing 110
deleting from Date Book Plus 66, 110
scheduling 109
Copying
contact information 91
Copying text 65
Country default setting 180
Coverage area 93, 95, 99, 100, 137
Cradle. See Cable
Creating
categories 40, 68–69
contact entries 89–90
currency symbols 164
custom fields in PhoneBook 103
Date Book Plus events 105
Expense items 162
expense reports in Excel 166–168
memos 148
notes for records 77records 63
To Do List items 144
Currency
default 169
defining 164
for Expense items 164
Current date 23, 223
Current time 39
displaying in Date Book Plus 111
setting 23
Customizing
categories 69
currencies and symbols 164
expense reports 229–236
fields in PhoneBook 103
HotSync settings 199
See also Preferences
Cutting text 64
Cycling through views 52, 53, 54, 55
D
Daily
calendar 105–107
events. See Repeating events
Journal 116
Data
entry. See Entering data
transfer. See HotSync
Date Book
archive files (.dba) 36
Date Book Plus
adding PhoneBook data to 
records 71–72
alarm 108
changing event time 107
changing event to untimed 107
changing repeating events 110
conflicting events 115
continuous events 109–110
creating records 63, 105–107
Daily Journal 116
Day view 111
deleting records 65
deleting repeating events 110
end time for Day view 119
Event tracking 116
floating events 115
fonts 78
List View 114
menus 118 
						

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Month view 113
notes for records 77
opening 53
overview 53
private records 75
purging records 66
repeating events 66, 109–110
scheduling events 105–107
selecting dates 105
start time for Day view 119
Sunday or Monday to start week 181
switching views 111
templates 117
To Do List items 116
untimed events 106
Week view 111, 181, 223
Week View with Text 112
Year View 113
Dates
Expense item 162
setting current 23, 223
To Do List record due 145, 145–146
Day (Date Book Plus view) 106, 120
DBA (Date Book archive file) 36
Decimal point 181
Default
categories 67
currency in Expense 169
settings. See Preferences
Deleted
data, saving in archive files 65
Deleting
applications 42, 44
Bookmarks 129
Call History 94
Desktop software 46
passwords 47
records 65
service templates 191
SIM card entries 171
SMS messages 137, 142
Speed Dial entries 88
text 64
See also Purging records
Desktop software 26
linking to external files 210
removing 46
saving deleted data to an archive 
file 65
system requirements 12upgrading 12
See also PIM
Dial Pad
dialing numbers 89
icon 89, 239
Dialing
applications 102
emergency numbers 100
from Call History 94
from Contacts list 91
from SIM Book 172
last number 99
previous numbers 89, 93
with Dial Pad 89
with Speed Dial 86
Digitizer 20, 180, 218
Display control 15, 20
Display, contrast (brightness) control 15
DNS (Domain Naming System) 189
Docking station. See Cable
Double-booked events 115
Dragging
memos into other applications 57
using the stylus 20
E
Edit
call forwarding number 99
menu 172
phone number 86
SMS messages 140
Speed Dial 87, 88
Editing
records 64–65
E-mail addresses
in PhoneBook 92
Email messages 134, 136
Emergency numbers 100
Entering data 29–37
importing from other applications
36–37
using communicator keyboard 29–34
using the computer keyboard 35
using the onscreen keyboard 35
Entries. See PhoneBook
Events. See Date Book Plus
Excel, transferring Expense data to
166–168
Exchanging data. See HotSync
Exclamation marks in To Do List 147 
						

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Expense
adding PhoneBook data to records 73
categorizing records 67
creating records 63, 162
currency 164, 169
date of item 162
defining new currency 164
deleting records 65
menus 168
notes for records 77
opening 60
overview 60
purging records 66
receipt details 163
reports in Excel 166–168, 229–236
sorting records 74
templates for reports 167
type 163, 169
vendor 164
F
Files, linking to external 210
Finding
applications 39
information in applications 69–73
phone numbers 71–72
using the Find application 71
Floating events 115
Fonts 78
Formats preferences 180
Forwarding
calls 99, 239
SMS Email 134
SMS messages 140
Frozen communicator 218
G
Games 182
General preferences
alarm sounds 182
auto-off delay 181
system sounds 182
Glossary. See Keyboard ShortCuts
GSM codes 239
H
Handheld mode 19
Hard reset 215Headset
connecting 24
Headset jack 15
Help
Keyboard 65
online tips 22
Hiding
records 75
See also Private records
Hold button 97
HotSync
buttons preferences 176
conduits for synchronizing 
applications 199–200, 216
customizing 199
defined 78
first-time operation 79–80, 211–212
HotSync Manager 78
IR operation 200–204
linking to external files 210
local operation 79, 198
modem operation 198, 204–207, 
225–226
modem settings 205
network operation 208
operations using IR port 200–204
problems with 224–226
setting options 197–198
for synchronizing data 26
I
Icons
alarm 108
application 41
battery 84
Call History 93
Dial Pad 89, 239
note 77
online Tips 22
onscreen 218
repeating event 109
signal strength 84
SIM Book 170
Voicemail 84
Idle timeout of ISP or server 
connection 188
Ignoring calls 95
Importing data 36–37
Incoming calls 93, 95–99 
						

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Indicators
battery 16, 84
call status 97, 98
call waiting 97
missed call 100
network service 84
signal strength 84
voicemail 84
wireless mode 84
Infrared
HotSync operations 200–204
port 200
requirements for computer 200
Infrared port. See IR port
Installing
applications 42–44
conduit to install applications 199
Desktop software 26, 217
International characters
entering 31
onscreen keyboard 35
IP address 187, 189
IR port 16
See also  Beaming information
IR. See Infrared
Items. See To Do List or Expense
K
Key Pad 87, 95
Keyboard
accented characters 31
capital letters 29
computer 35
location 15
menu commands 33
moving the cursor 32
numbers 30
online Help 65
onscreen 35
ShortCuts for entering data 34, 
194–195
Keyboard backlight 19
L
LED 16, 18
Letters
font style 78
onscreen keyboard 35
Light, see LED 16Linking
external file 210
with desktop software. See HotSync
List (Date Book Plus view) 114
List, in Applications Launcher 41
Locking
communicator with a password 48, 
193
records. See Security
Login scripts 190, 237
Looking up PhoneBook data
to add to other records 71–72
scrolling in Contacts view 70
Looking up. See Finding
Lost communicator, contact for 90
Lost records 223
Lotus
1-2-3, for expense reports 236
Organizer, importing data from 36
M
Main applications 39
Maintenance information 213
Meetings. See Date Book Plus
Memo Pad
adding PhoneBook data to 
records 71–72
archive files (.mpa) 36
categorizing records 67
creating records 63, 148
deleting records 65
dragging memos into other 
applications 57
fonts 78
menus 149
opening 57
overview 57
private records 75
reviewing memos 148
sorting records 74, 223
See also Notes
Memory
for beaming 226
Calculator 152
regaining 66
Memos. See Memo Pad
Menus 33–34, 218
Blazer 130
choosing 33
command equivalents (keyboard) 33