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Troubleshooting
If a file appears to have “vanished”
When you tap on a program icon, your Revo will
open the program with the file that you last used. For
example, if you only use one Agenda file, this will
always be displayed when you tap the Agenda icon.
However, if you move or rename your file, your Revo
will not be able to find this “last used” file when you
tap the program icon. So, it looks for a file with a
standard filename (e.g. Word, Agenda, Sheet, etc.)
and displays this file instead. If there is no file with this
name in the standard folder, a new file is created.
You can re-open the original file from its new location
using the Open file command on the File menu.
If you forget your password
If you forget a password set for a Word or Sheet file,
you will not be able to open the file again until you
remember the correct password (even Psion can not
‘unlock’ passwords for you).
If you forget the password set for the whole machine,
you will not be able to use your Revo until you
perform a “hard reset”. All your files will be lost and
cannot be retrieved.
See ‘How do I reset my Revo’ later for more
information.
If my Revo doesn’t seem to turn on/turn off
If your Revo doesn’t seem to turn on:
·Check the screen contrast to make sure it isn’t
set too low.
·Connect to the power supply, either via the
docking station, or by connecting the power
adaptor directly to the rear of your Revo. Check
that the green light (above the Tab key) turns on,
which indicates that your Revo is connected to
the power supply. If you continue to use your
Revo when the battery is low, it will eventually
not have enough power and will switch off. You
will not be able to switch it on again until you
connect to the power supply.
If your Revo doesn’t seem to turn off:
·Check the automatic switch off time using the
Switch on/off icon from the Control panel in the
System screen.Note: Running OPL program can prevent automatic
switch off if it neither pauses, nor waits for a keypress.
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How do I reset my Revo?
If you find that you cannot exit a program normally,
move to the System screen and select the List open
files command from the File menu. Select the
program from the list and tap the Close file button.
If this does not work, or if your Revo appears to have
“locked up”, perform a “soft reset”. This should restart
your Revo while preserving most of your information.
Use a soft reset if the keys on your Revo do not
appear to respond, or if your Revo does appear to
switch on and you are sure the battery isn’t too low
(especially if the contrast adjustment still appears to
work), but the screen is otherwise blank.
·To perform a soft reset: open your Revo, then
gently press something like an unfolded paperclip
into the reset hole marked ‘1’. Do not insert
anything in the hole marked ‘2’ at the same time.
After a soft reset, your Revo will ‘beep’ twice when
you switch it on. Any changes to open files, messages,
or OPL programs, will be lost. Files and messages
which are not open will almost always be safe.It is possible (although unlikely) that a program failure
causes the soft reset to lose the information on your
Revo; it could even prevent the reset from working at
all.
If the soft reset does not fix the problem, you will
have to perform a “hard reset”.
Important warning
A hard reset resets your Revo completely, and all
information on the machine will be lost.
·To perform a hard reset: open your Revo, then
press both ends of an unfolded paperclip into the
reset holes marked ‘1’ and ‘2’ at the same time.
Press the On key twice to switch on your
machine.
To switch on your machine after a hard reset, press
the Esc (On) key twice. Your Revo will beep once
when you switch it on. If your Revo beeps twice, you
have performed a soft reset. If this happens, perform
the hard reset again, making sure that you press both
reset holes firmly, and at the same time.Note: If you have backed up your Revo using PsiWin,
restore the files to your machine after the hard reset.
See the ‘PsiWin’ chapter and PsiWin on-line Help for
details.
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Troubleshooting
Reset holes Paperclip
Hard reset (case open)
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Appendices
Appendices
To insert special characters when you can’t display
the Special character dialog:
1.Move to Word, select the Special character
command from the Insert menu.
2.Highlight the character you want to insert to
display its shortcut key at the bottom of the
dialog, e.g. the special character ä has the
shortcut Ctrl+153.
3.Move back to the program in which you want to
insert the character and press its shortcut key,
e.g. to insert ä hold down Ctrl and press 1, then
5 and then 3.
Character set
The Revo contains several fonts, but all have the
same basic character set. This is the IBM Code Page
1252 character set.
In addition to the characters that you can enter
directly from the keyboard, there are many other
special characters which you can use. You can display
and insert them in programs using the Insert special
character command.
To insert special characters, e.g. in Word:
1.Open the Word file.
2.Select the Special character command from the
Insert menu.
3.Select the required character and tap OK.Note: You can also use the Shift+Ctrl+C shortcut
keypress to display the Special character dialog when
typing text in most other programs.
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Specification
Dimensions:
Size: 157x79x18mm.
Weight: 200g.
Screen:
125x48mm viewing area.
480x160 pixel, grey scale display with reflective
backing.
9 touch-sensitive icons for program selection.
5 touch-sensitive icons for commands.
Internal memory:
ROM: 8MB or 16MB (depending on model),
containing multi-tasking, windowed operating system.
RAM: 8MB.
Processor:
32bit ARM 710T core, 36.864MHz.Sound:
Loudspeaker - ½W, 8 ohm.
Power:
Internal batteries: 2x 650mAHr AAA NiMH
rechargeable batteries.
Mains adaptor (6V DC ± 10%, 500mA).
Keyboard:
53 key, QWERTY layout, computer-style keyboard.
Temperature:
Operating temperature: +5°C to +40°C (+41°F to
+104°F).
Storage temperature: -10°C to +40°C (+14°F to
+104°F).
Communications options:
Fast RS232-compatible serial link (when connected to
docking station) provides data transfer speeds of up
to 115200 baud.
Infrared optical link supports Infrared
communications.
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Index
Index
entries in Data 165
entries in Jotter 132
entries in Phone 102
entries in phonebooks 104
event entries in Agenda 66
files to emails 82, 92
information in Sheet cells 153
international prefixes in Phone 109
labels in Contacts 62
labels in Data 170
notes in Agenda 73
numbers in Calc 125
passwords to files 42
phone numbers 194
phonebook entries to contacts 105
phonebooks 98
scientific calculations 126
titles to graphs 162
to-do entries 71
to-do lists in Agenda 72
town or city 120
addresses
email 176in Email 82, 90
Agenda
alarms 68
dialling 194
Infrared 189
moving & renaming files 44
PC agendas 76
synchronizing with a PC 56
alarms 114
changing 116
deleting 116
in Agenda 68
responding to 116
setting 115
troubleshooting 200
alignment
in Sheet 158
in Word 141
alphabetical order
in Contacts 59
in Data 167
am/pm clock 29
analog clocks 121
Symbols# sign
in Sheet 154
$ sign
in Sheet 156
» in Agenda 70
12/24 hour clock 121, 29
3D graphs 161Aabsolute references in Sheet 156
accented characters 204
adding
Agenda entries 65
anniversaries in Agenda 68
appointments 65
birthdays in Agenda 68
calculations in Calc 125
city 120
country 121
day entries in Agenda 65
entries in Contacts 58
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angle formats 130
anniversaries in Agenda 68
annual appointments 70
applications.See programs
applying styles in Word 143
appointments in Agenda 65
archiving Agenda files 75
arrows
in menu commands 23
on dialog lines 24
assigning memories in Calc 128
attachments
adding 82, 92
opening/viewing 92
saving 92
attributes 43
automatic
backup in PsiWin 55
sending of email 86
switch on/off 19
axis titles 162Bbackground colour in Word 142
backing up
automatic 55files to a PC 55
bak files 54
bar graphs 161
battery
charging 17
icon 17
information 47, 17
life 18
prolonging life 198
BCC in Email 82
beaming.See Infrared
bell symbol in Agenda 68
birthdays in Agenda 68
blind copy in Email 82
bold text
in Sheet 158
in System screen 37, 21
in Word 140
bookmark in System screen 37
borders
in Sheet 158
in Word 142
browsing folders 41
bullets
in Jotter 133
in Word 141Busy view in Agenda 67
buttons
in dialogs 25
CCalc program 124
calculations
general 125
in Sheet 155
scientific 126
calendar
in Agenda 69
in dialogs 25
calibrating the screen 33
cancelling
dialogs 25
Infrared transfer 190
candle symbol in Agenda 68
care of your Revo 196
Cascade game 180
categories in Agenda.See entry
symbols
CC in Email 82
centred text in Word 141
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changing
Agenda entries 70
alarm details 116
angle formats 130
city details 120, 121
Contact entries 61
country details 108, 121
Data entries 169
entries in Phone 105
font in Word 140
labels in Contacts 61, 62
labels in Data 167, 169
number formats in Calc 131
templates 147
character set 204
charging
light 15, 16, 17
the battery 17
check box 24
circular references in Sheet 156
cities 114
adding 120
changing details 120, 121
deleting 120
selecting 119
sunrise and sunset times 122cleaning the screen 197
clearing
alarms 116
the Calculator display 126
clocks 121
closing
files 37
files & folders 38
mailboxes 93
programs 38
colours in Word 140
column graphs 161
column widths
in Data 167
in System screen 35
COM port
connecting 14
selecting 50
combining information 26
command icons 20
commands on menus 23
confirming tentative Agenda entries 66
connecting
COM port 14
docking station to PC 14
power adaptor 14, 16Revo to docking station 15
to a PC 50
to mailboxes 85, 87
Connection icon
in PsiWin 49, 51
contacts
adding 58
adding in Phone 104
adding phonebook entries 105
adding to phonebooks 102
deleting 61
deleting in Phone 105
dialling 194
displaying in Phone 99
editing 61
editing in Phone 105
finding 60
finding in Phone 101
in Phone 96, 98
labels 61
linking in Phone 99, 104, 107
sorting 59
sorting in Phone 101
synchronizing with a PC 56
contrast of screen 19, 33
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