Author: Clive Whitear
Date: 4th March 1999
Version: ER5 release
Hardware
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The EPOC machine pen
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The EPOC machine has a pen that you should use to operate the touch-sensitive screen. It's specially designed not to harm the screen.
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You can usually select something on the screen, simply by tapping it.
To select text with the pen, put the pen on the first character you want to select and move the pen across the text to the last character you want to select; this is known as "dragging".
You can also change some aspects of the display by tapping them, e.g. tap the clock in a program's Toolbar to change it from an "analog" to a "digital" clock.
If you have difficulty selecting things with the pen, you may need to re-calibrate the screen. To do this, tap the Control panel button on the Toolbar in the System screen and select the Screen icon. Then press Calibrate and follow the instructions on the screen.
Switching on & off
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To switch the EPOC machine off, press the Off key, or select Switch off on the Tools menu in the System screen.
The EPOC machine switches off automatically after xx minutes of not being used; this is to save battery power. To change this setting tap Control panel on the Toolbar in the System screen, and select the Switch on/off icon.
If you set Automatic switch off to 'No' the EPOC machine will not switch off automatically. Do not select 'No' if you only use batteries - the batteries will run down if you inadvertently leave the EPOC machine turned on.
'If no external power' means the EPOC machine will switch off automatically only if it is being powered by batteries. If you are using a mains adapter, it will stay on.
•	Select the Screen icon to change the 'Backlight automatic switch off' settings.
Disks & memory
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The folders and files displayed on the System screen are those on the current disk ('C' for the EPOC machine's internal drive, or 'D' for an external disk). To view the files and folders on an external disk that is plugged into the machine, tap on the disk letter on the Title bar and select the alternative from the list, or select Current disk|C (internal) or Current disk|D (external) on the Disk menu.
To display the amount of internal memory that is free, select Show disk gauge on the View menu on the System screen. To see how much memory is used and how much is free in kilobytes (K), select Memory on the Information menu.
•	One K is just over a thousand characters of text. One megabyte (M) is a thousand K.
To display information about an external disk, select Disk on the Information menu.
If you are short of memory on the internal drive, try removing unwanted files (or moving them to an external disk), closing a program you are not using or clearing the clipboard.
•	To format an external disk (and lose any information that was previously on the disk), select Format disk from the Disk menu and select Disk D. Do not format the C disk.
Screen Backlight
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The EPOC machine has a light in the screen (or "backlight") that you can switch on to make text on the screen more easily visible in poorly lit locations.
To turn the backlight on and off: press the required key combination.
The backlight switches off automatically after xx minutes of not being used; this is to save battery power.
To change the Backlight setting: tap Control panel on the Toolbar in the System screen, and select the Screen icon.
When using batteries as opposed to mains power, use the backlight sparingly, and keep its automatic switch off time set to a low value, to save the batteries.
Batteries & power
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EPOC machine takes the following types of batteries:
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•	xx for the main batteries.
•	xx for the backup battery.
A message will tell you when either of the batteries are getting low and need replacing.
To prolong battery life:
•	Set the automatic switch off time to a lower value.
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•	Use the Backlight sparingly and set its automatic switch off time to a lower value.
•	If the EPOC machine has a cable which allows you to connect it to a PC with EPOC CONNECT installed set the Link to desktop to Off when you are not using the link. The EPOC machine uses more battery power when the Link to desktop is On, even if it is not being used.
•	If the EPOC machine has external buttons for recording voice notes do not leave any of them pressed.
For information about the batteries, select Battery on the Information menu on the System screen.
Alarms & other sounds
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To switch all the sounds that can be produced by EPOC programs off (with the exception of alarm sounds): tap Control panel on the Toolbar in the System screen and select the Sound icon. Then remove the tick from the Sounds on box.
To turn alarm sounds off: go to the Time program, tap Sound on the Toolbar, and set it to 'Off'.
In the EPOC Time and Agenda programs, you can select any of the EPOC machine's built in alarms, or use the EPOC Record program to create your own sounds (these then become automatically available to EPOC Time and Agenda).
To hear an alarm sound: select New alarm from the Edit cascade in the EPOC Time program, select the sound, and press the Test sound button.
You can use the EPOC Record program to delete any alarms that you have created yourself, but you cannot delete the sounds supplied with the EPOC machine.
Keyboard settings
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If the EPOC machine has a keyboard the delay time can be changed.
Keyboard delay times work as follows:
If you hold down a character key while typing, the character will be repeated after a short delay (the 'Initial delay time'). If you keep the key pressed, the character will be repeated again after another delay, the 'Subsequent delay time'.
To change the keyboard delay settings, tap Control panel on the Toolbar in the System screen and select the Keyboard icon.
External disks
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External disks are removable devices which can be used to provide additional space for storing files and folders created on the EPOC machine. External disks can be inserted in the D disk drive. You can save files and folders direct to External disks, or use them to back up files and folders from the EPOC machine's 'C' disk.
External disks can also be used to hold additional programs that can be selected from the Extras bar.
Some types of disk are supplied ready formatted.
Connecting to PCs
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If you have EPOC CONNECT you can integrate your EPOC machine with PCs running Windows 95 or NT 4.0. EPOC CONNECT creates a 'EPOC machine' icon on the PC desktop and within Windows Explorer, with options to:
•	View your EPOC machine files, and drag and drop files between the two machines. The files will be automatically converted to the appropriate file format at the same time.
•	Convert files from another machine. Convert the files from the other machine to a PC format and then convert them again to EPOC machine format before copying them to the EPOC machine.
•	Synchronise Agenda files on the EPOC machine with any of the PC agenda applications that EPOC CONNECT supports.
•	Print files on the EPOC machine to a printer connected to the PC.
•	Back up the EPOC machine’s files to a PC, and restore them to the EPOC machine should you need to.
•	Install new programs on your EPOC machine.
You can also open files on your EPOC machine in an associated PC program, edit them, and save them back to the EPOC machine.
To connect the EPOC machine to a PC:
1.	Install EPOC CONNECT on the PC from the disk or CD. See the EPOC CONNECT documentation for information on how to do this.
2.	Use Link to desktop on the Tools menu in the EPOC machine System screen to make sure the link is set to ‘Cable’.
3.	Use the commands from the ‘EPOC machine’ desktop icon or the icon in Windows Explorer to perform the EPOC CONNECT functions.
When you are not using an EPOC link cable or Infrared link, set the Link to desktop to 'Off', to save battery power.
•	If you leave the link set to 'Cable' or 'Infrared', then you will not be able to print, or use the link for the Comms program.
Infrared data transfer
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If the EPOC machine has Infrared capabilities, you can copy highlighted information, or whole files (regardless of which EPOC programs were used to create them), to another EPOC machine without using a cable. You cannot transfer information between a EPOC machine and xx.
•	Transferred files have the same information and attributes as the original files, including passwords.
To transfer information using Infrared:
1.	Select Link to desktop on the Tools menu in the System screen and set the Link line to Off on both EPOC machines.
2.	On the sending EPOC machine, select the piece of information to be copied - this might be a section of text, or an entry in Agenda or Data. To copy a whole file, highlight it on the System screen.
3.	On the receiving EPOC machine, open the file into which the information is to be copied and place the cursor where it is to be inserted. If copying a file, move to the System screen and open the folder that the file is to be copied into. Then select the Receive command from the Infrared cascade on the Side bar or Tools menu. The EPOC machine should display a 'Ready to receive' message.
4.	The Infrared "window" on each EPOC machine is located xx. Ensure that the two EPOC machines are facing each other, on a similar horizontal plane (ideally, both should be resting on the same flat surface). The EPOC machines should be no more than xx metres apart.
5.	Select the Send command from the Infrared cascade on the sending EPOC machine.
6.	The information is now transferred. To stop the transfer while it is in progress, press the Esc key on either of the EPOC machines.
•	If you are transferring a file, and the folder to which the file is being copied already contains a file of the same name, then the screen of the receiving EPOC machine will display a “file already exists” message, and will display a dialog suggesting a new name. Either accept the suggested name or type in an alternative. If you want to keep the same filename, you can save the file to another folder and/or disk drive.
•	If you leave the link set to 'Cable' or 'Infrared', then you will not be able to print, or use the link for the Comms program.
Infrared transfer (Agenda entries)
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Infrared transfer can be used to copy an entire Agenda entry, including date, time and alarm settings to an Agenda file on another EPOC machine, or to copy Agenda entry text and embedded objects to any other text-based EPOC program. (You can also copy an Agenda file to the System screen of another EPOC machine.)
1.	On the sending EPOC machine, move the cursor to the Agenda entry or highlight the text and objects.
2.	On the receiving EPOC machine, open the Agenda file to which the entry is to be copied or move the cursor to the place where the text and objects are to be copied.
3.	Select Infrared receive on the receiving EPOC machine and Infrared send on the sending EPOC machine.
•	If you transfer an entry from a To-do list to an EPOC machine that does not have a To-do list of the same name, the entry is placed in the first To-do list.
Infrared transfer (Data entries)
Hardware Beam Copy IR Transfer
Infrared transfer can be used to copy an entire Data entry to a Data file on another EPOC machine. A Data file can also be copied to the System screen of another EPOC machine.
1.	On the sending EPOC machine, move the cursor to the Data entry or highlight the text and objects.
2.	On the receiving EPOC machine, open the Data file to which the information is to be copied or move the cursor to the place where the text and objects are to be copied.
3.	Select Infrared receive on the receiving EPOC machine and Infrared send on the sending EPOC machine.
•	For an entry to be successfully transferred, the receiving database must have the same labels and label settings as the sending database.
Infrared transfer (Sketches)
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Infrared transfer can be used to copy part of a sketch to a Sketch file, or to a Sketch window in another program (e.g. Word), on another EPOC machine. A Sketch file can also be copied to the System screen of another EPOC machine.
1.	On the sending EPOC machine, select the area of the sketch to be copied.
2.	On the receiving EPOC machine, open the Sketch file/window to which the information is to be copied.
3.	Select Infrared receive on the receiving EPOC machine and Infrared send on the sending EPOC machine.
Infrared transfer (Word documents)
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Infrared transfer can be used to copy highlighted Word text and embedded objects to any text-based program on another EPOC machine. You can also copy a Word file to the System screen of another EPOC machine.
1.	On the sending EPOC machine, highlight the text and objects to be copied.
2.	On the receiving EPOC machine, move the cursor to the place where the text and objects are to be copied.
3.	Select Infrared receive on the receiving EPOC machine and Infrared send on the sending EPOC machine.
•	If text is copied from one Word file to another, style and formatting details are preserved. Where there is a clash of styles, the style settings in the receiving file will take precedence over similarly named styles in the incoming paragraph(s).
Infrared transfer (Program text)
Hardware OPL Beam Program Copy IR Transfer
Infrared can be used to copy highlighted OPL text to any text-based program on another EPOC machine. An OPL file can also be copied to the System screen of another EPOC machine.
To transfer OPL information using Infrared:
1.	On the sending EPOC machine, highlight the text.
2.	On the receiving EPOC machine, move the cursor to the place where the text is to be copied.
3.	Select Infrared receive on the receiving EPOC machine and Infrared send on the sending EPOC machine.
Infrared transfer (Sheet)
Hardware Beam Worksheet Copy IR Transfer
Infrared transfer can be used to copy the contents of cells highlighted in Sheet to a Sheet file on another EPOC machine, or to copy the text in the cells to any other text-based program. A Sheet file can also be copied to the System screen of another EPOC machine.
1.	On the sending EPOC machine, highlight the cells.
2.	On the receiving EPOC machine, move the cursor to the place where the information is to be copied.
3.	Select Infrared receive on the receiving EPOC machine and Infrared send on the sending EPOC machine.
•	If you copy cells to another Sheet file, then the formulae for calculations are also copied (relative and absolute cell references are preserved and behave normally). If you copy cells to a file in a program other than Sheet, the results of any formulae, not the formulae themselves, are copied.