Psion Revo Palmtop Computer Instructions Manual

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Infrared
Infrared window
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Dialling
Dialling
·If the number is entered in a Contacts, Data or
Agenda entry, you can just select the entry and
use the dial keypress (Fn+Menu). Your Revo will
find the numbers in the entry so that you can
select which number to dial.
·If the number is not entered in a Contacts, Data
or Agenda entry, you can use “free input” dialling
where your Revo will dial the number as you
type it.
Phone numbers
in Contacts entry
Your Revo can generate the “DTMF” tones used for
dialling telephone numbers. You can only use tone
dialling from within the Contacts program, Agenda
and Data (not Phone).Note: Phone systems do vary. DTMF dialling cannot
be guaranteed to work with all types of phone.
You can dial a number as follows:
·If the number is included in a Contacts entry,
highlight the entry and select Dial from the Tools
menu.
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Dialling
Setting up
You can use free input dialling straight away, though
you should remember to add any dial-out code (this
is often a ‘9’) required to obtain an outside line if you
are calling from a building that has a private exchange.
If you have already entered a telephone number in
Contacts, Data or Agenda, you can set up your Revo
to include the dial-out code only when you need to.
To do this:
1.In the System screen, tap on the Control panel
button on the Toolbar and open the Dialling
icon 
.
2.Move to the Location page and select the
Current location, e.g. ‘Office’, then tap Edit.
3.Move to the Dial out page, then enter the
numbers you have to dial to get an outside line
in the Local code and Long distance code lines.
If the internal telephone system requires a pause
after the dial out code, add a comma after the
number.
Note: You can set the time length of the pause after
the dial out code on the Dial settings page.
You can set up your Revo so that the correct
international prefixes and area codes are used when
dialling. To do this:
1.In the System screen, tap on the Control panel
button on the Toolbar or select the command
from the Tools menu, and open the Dialling icon
.
2.Move to the Country page and set the Country
line to the location where you would normally
dial non-international numbers, i.e. your country
of residence. If you go abroad, change the ‘Home
city’ setting in Time, but do not change the
‘Country’ setting. Your Revo will then be able to
use the correct codes to dial numbers.
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Dialling
Entering phone numbers
You can enter a  telephone number to dial in a
Contacts, Data or Agenda entry.
In Data, you can set whether a label is checked when
your Revo looks for telephone numbers to dial. To
include a label in the search:
1.Select the Change labels command from the
Tools menu.
2.Select the label to include and tap the Edit
button.
3.Tap the Options button, then tick Search label
for phone numbers when dialling. Remove the
tick if you do not want to search a particular
label, e.g. if it contains other numerical
information.
Note: If your Revo does not find a telephone number
you have entered in a Data entry, it may be because
the label is not being searched. Follow the instruc-
tions above to ensure that the label is included in the
search.Note: You can enter a telephone number anywhere
in an Agenda entry, but try to avoid mixing telephone
numbers and other numbers in the same entry.
For numbers in your own country, you should include
the required area code in the telephone number. For
international numbers, you should include the
international prefix (or use a + instead) and the
required national code. If you don’t know the national
code for a particular country, you can look it up in the
Time program. You can use numerous other
characters (e.g. brackets or a hyphen) to separate
parts of the number. Do not use a comma as this
represents a pause when dialling.
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Dialling
Dialling phone numbers
To dial a number entered in the Contacts program,
or in a Data or Agenda file:
1.Highlight the entry you want to dial from.
2.Press the Fn and Menu keys together, or select
Dial from the Tools menu in Contacts. Your
Revo will find up to five numbers in each entry.
3.Select the number you want to dial, and hold
your Revo loudspeaker near to the telephone
mouthpiece, approximately 2 inches (5 cm)
away.
·To dial the number, tap the Dial button.
·To use the dial out code, tap the Dial out button
to dial the number preceded by the dial out
code.·Change the number if it is not correct.
·To dial additional digits, tap the Free input
button to make your Revo dial the DTMF codes
as you type each number.
To dial using free input dialling, press the Ctrl key
with the Fn and Menu keys, then dial the number in
the Free input dialog. You can use the digits 0 to 9, *,
and #. Tap the Redial button to redial the number.
Note: The preset tone and delay times will normally
be fine for dialling, unless you are using a poor quality
telephone line. If dialling doesn’t work in a particular
location, try increasing the value of the ‘Tone time’
and ‘Delay time’. Tone, Delay and Pause times are
measured in units of 1/32 seconds.
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Care &  safety
Care & safety
·Do keep your Revo away from strong magnetic
fields (e.g. loudspeakers) and sources of static
electricity.
·Use only the supplied power adaptor, or a Psion
approved adaptor suitable for your Revo.
·If you will not be using your Revo for a while,
store it in a place that is dry, free from damp and
dust. Store at a temperature of -10°C to +40°C
(+14°F to +104°F). 
·Do back up regularly. You can use PsiWin to
back up your Revo to your PC. See the ‘PsiWin’
chapter for more information. When used according to the instructions in this
handbook, your Revo should remain in good working
order for many years. However, there are certain
precautions you should take to ensure continued
trouble-free use:
·Do keep your Revo at a room temperature of
+5°C to +40°C (+41°F to +104°F) and avoid
sudden extremes in temperature, exposure to
direct sunlight or rain, heat sources (e.g. electric
heaters), dust, sand and other fine particles.
·Do not keep your Revo next to credit cards or
transport tickets. The speaker magnet could
corrupt the information on the magnetic strip.
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Care & safety
·To clean the screen: switch off your Revo and
use a soft, clean, dry cloth to gently wipe the
keyboard and screen. Under no circumstances
use water, or chemical solvents that have a
corrosive effect. (If your Revo is set to turn on
automatically when you open the case or tap the
screen, you should turn this preference off
before cleaning the screen.)
·Do not tap the screen with any object that has a
sharp tip or you may damage the screen.·Do not use any type of ink pen, as the ink may
be impossible to remove. When not in use, keep
the pen supplied with your Revo in its storage
compartment.
·Do not immerse your Revo in water, or any
other liquid, or spill liquids onto it.
·Do not drop, throw, or try to bend your Revo,
or press the keys with extreme force.
·Do not attempt to dismantle your Revo. There
are no user-serviceable parts inside and any
attempt to do so will render the warranty void.
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Care &  safety
Prolonging battery life
You can take steps to help your Revo last longer
before it needs to be recharged:
·Turn off the remote link when not in use. To do
this, use Remote link from the Tools menu in
the System screen.
·Set lower Auto switch-off times for the machine.
To do this, adjust the Switch on/off settings in
the Control panel.
·Recharge your Revo regularly, keeping the
battery ‘topped-up’. You will get better long term
performance from the battery if you do not
regularly let it run down completely before
recharging.
When your Revo is switched off, it is on “standby”
and will continue to use a small amount of battery
power, at a rate of about 1% per day.
How long your battery will last depends upon how
you use your Revo. Your Revo will use considerably
more battery power when you are connected to a
PC, using Infrared, or playing sounds.
IMPORTANT: Recharge your battery when it runs down
When the battery runs down, there is enough power left
to keep all your information for approximately 2 weeks.
After 2 weeks, all your information will be lost, so it is
important that you recharge the battery within 2 weeks
when it runs down. If you are not going to use your Revo
for a while, e.g. if you are going on holiday, charge your
Revo’s battery beforehand. When fully charged, your
Revo will keep all your information for 6 weeks when
switched off.Back up your Revo
If you have a PC, use PsiWin to back up your Revo. If you
forget to recharge your battery and loose your
information, you can restore it from the backup on your
PC. See the ‘PsiWin’ chapter for details.
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Care & safety
Security
There are no known problems with passing your
Revo through airport security machines and other
X-rays.
There are several things that you can do to secure
your files against other hazards. You can make your
files “read-only” to avoid accidental deletion; back up
your files regularly in case they get lost; set passwords
to protect information from prying eyes and enter
contact information so that your Revo can be
returned to you if you lose it.Note: It isn’t possible for anyone to copy information
from or to your Revo using Infrared, unless they are
able to access its Infrared ‘Send’ and ‘Receive’
commands.Backing up to a PC
You can use PsiWin to back up individual files or folders,
or your Revo’s entire Internal disk to the PC. See the
‘PsiWin’ chapter or PsiWin’s on-line Help for details.
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
If world times don’t seem to be correct in the
Time program
This is likely to be because of “daylight saving” or
“summer time” settings (where clocks are put
forward for the summer months).
The dates that clocks are set to change vary from
country to country, and sometimes even within a
country; some countries do not use summer times at
all. Therefore, your Revo clock will not change
automatically on the date that the clocks change. You
will need to make sure that each zone is set to use its
“summer time” setting when the clocks change in
those countries. See the ‘Time’ chapter for more
details. You should read this chapter if you have any
questions or experience problems using your Revo.
If an alarm doesn’t ring
If the alarm sounds like beeps, your battery is too low
to play the alarm sound you have chosen. You must
Recharge your Revo before you can hear sounds as
normal.
If the alarm screen is displayed but the sound is
inaudible, the sound may be switched off. The alarm
screen will indicate if the sound is off or silenced for a
particular period. To check if sound is switched on:
·Open the Sound icon from the Control panel in
the System screen. Check that Sounds on is
ticked.
·Open the Time program, then select Sound from
the Tools menu. Check that Alarm sound is set
to ‘On’.
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