Author: Clive Whitear
Date: December 21st 1998
Version: ER5 release
TIME
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Time: Quick start
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The EPOC Time program has two views:
•	The Map view - a map of the world with cities, times, dialling codes and distances.
•	The Alarms view - to set, display and manage alarms.
For the information in EPOC Time to be accurate, the current time, date and Home city needs to be set using Time & date and Home commands on the Tools menu in either view.
World map (Time)
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To display the Map view, tap Map on the Toolbar, or select the command on the View menu.
Next to the map are the current time, and the sunrise and sunset times, for the Home city and a selected city. A sun symbol next to the clock means that the city is in "summer time".
Under the map is the telephone code to dial from the Home city to the selected city, the difference in times between the two cities and the distance between them.
Alarms view (Time)
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To display the Alarms view, tap Alarms on the Toolbar, or select Alarms from the Switch view cascade on the View menu.
The time until the next alarm, whether set in Time or Agenda, is given at the bottom of the screen.
To view the last 8 alarms to have been cleared, select View past alarms on the Edit menu.
To view alarms that are set to ring in the future, select View next alarms on the Edit menu.
Setting the time & date
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To set the time and date:
•	In the EPOC Time program, tap the clock in the Alarms view or select Time & date on the Tools menu.
•	On the System screen, select Time & date on the Control panel.
•	Tap on the date line or press Tab to browse for a date in the built in calendar.
Home city (Time)
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The "Home city" is the current location.
To set the Home city, select Home on the Tools menu and start typing its name. If it's known to the EPOC machine, its name will be displayed with the country underneath. If not, you can add it using Add city on the Edit menu when in the Map view.
•	Use the right and left arrow keys to select the correct city and country combination.
Selecting countries & cities (Time)
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To select a different location on the map:
•	Tap the location on the map.
•	Tap the country or city line at the bottom of the Map view.
•	Start typing the name of the required country or city; or use the right and left arrow keys to scroll through the available countries/cities.
When a country is selected, its capital city is displayed.
The cross hairs move to the selected city, and information about the city appears at the bottom of the screen.
Alarms (Time)
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Up to 8 alarms can be set to ring in the next 24 hours, in the next 7 days, or to repeat daily, weekly or only on workdays - e.g. a wake-up alarm for workdays, or once only alarms to provide a reminder of an appointment.
To set a new alarm, go to a blank line in the Alarms view and press Enter or just start typing. Alternatively, in either view, select New alarm on the Edit menu or on the Toolbar.
Set the Occurrence line to:
•	Next 24 hours for the alarm to ring once at the specified time within the next 24 hours.
•	Once only, followed by a day, for the alarm to ring once at the specified time, more than 24 hours from now.
•	Daily for the alarm to ring every day of the week at the specified time.
•	Weekly, on a particular day, for the alarm to ring at the specified time on that day every week.
•	Workdays for the alarm to ring at the specified time on days defined as "Workdays".
•	To change the workdays, select Workdays on the Tools menu.
The Text for the alarm appears when the alarm rings, and remains on screen until the alarm has been responded to. (so don't enter text which others should not see).
To edit the details of an alarm, move to the relevant line and press Enter or select Change alarm details on the Edit menu.
•	If the same alarm sound or time is frequently used, they can be set as new alarm preferences using Preferences on the Tools menu.
Responding to alarms (Time)
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When an alarm rings, the associated text is also displayed on screen.
•	If the EPOC Record program is in use, the alarm sound will be delayed until the recording has stopped.
•	To silence the alarm but leave the text displayed, press the Silence button.
•	To "snooze" the alarm for 5 minutes, press the Snooze button - each further press adds 5 minutes to the "snooze" time, up to a maximum of one hour. The EPOC machine can be used while the alarm is "snoozed".
•	If the EPOC machine is closed when an alarm rings, it can be "snoozed" by pressing any of the voice note buttons on the outer casing.
•	To clear the alarm, press the Clear button. If it is a once only alarm, it is removed. If it is a repeating alarm, it is automatically set to the next time it is due to ring.
•	When the alarm rings, switch to any program (using the Program icon bar) to automatically start a 5-minute snooze - after this time, the alarm will ring again.
GMT offset
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GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is a means of calculating standard time. Each city on the world map is associated with a "GMT offset" - the number of hours and minutes that the city is in front of (+) or behind (-) GMT.
The time difference between the Home and selected cities shown under the map is the difference in "GMT offsets", adjusted by the "summer time" if appropriate.
To view or change the GMT offset, use Change city details on the Edit menu.
Silencing alarms (Time)
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To silence all scheduled alarms during a particular period, e.g. the duration of a meeting or journey, tap Sound on the Toolbar, or select Sound on the Tools menu.
Set Alarm sound to 'Silent for' and set the length of time for which alarms are to be silent.
If you want to silence alarms sounds indefinitely, set Alarm sound to 'Off'.
•	When a 'silenced' alarm rings, the Voice notes recording light flashes and the alarm text appears on screen.
Disabling alarms (Time)
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To stop an alarm from ringing without removing it from the Alarms view list, e.g. to suspend a wake-up alarm when on holiday, select the alarm and select Disable alarm on the Edit menu.
The alarm will be crossed out to show that it is no longer active. To make the alarm active again, repeat the above procedure.
Deleting alarms (Time)
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To remove an alarm, select the alarm, and press Del or select Delete alarm on the Edit menu.
To delete an alarm which was set in the EPOC Time program from the View next alarms dialog, highlight it and press the Delete button or key.
To delete an alarm set in Agenda, go to the Agenda program.
•	When you delete a repeating alarm, it is deleted for all days on which it is due to repeat.
Summer time settings (Time)
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Each city can be associated with a summer time zone.
When summer time begins in one of the zones, select Summer times on the Tools menu and tick the zone.
•	If the Home city is not in a zone, but is in summer time or if the Home city is in summer time and the zone it is in is not, tick Home.
When "summer time" ends for the zone, remove the tick so that the times go back again.
A sun symbol next to a clock in the Map view means that the city is in summer time.
•	Enter reminders in EPOC Agenda for when summer time begins and ends.
Adding cities & countries (Time)
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To add a city:
1.	Select Add city in the Edit menu and fill in the details. Enter the latitude and longitude if known (this is used to work out distances and sunrise and sunset times).
2.	Position the city on the map using the pen or arrow keys.
To add a country:
1.	Select Add country on the Edit menu and fill in the details. The 'National dial prefix' is the number that needs to be dialled immediately prior to each city area code when telephoning from one city to another within the country.
2.	Enter the details for the country's capital city.
3.	Position the capital city on the map using the pen or arrow keys.
•	To subsequently change any of the city/capital city details, use Change city details on the Edit menu.
Deleting cities & countries (Time)
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If a city added to the world map, needs to be removed, select it in the bottom left hand corner of the Map view, and then select Delete city on the Edit menu.
The cities and countries that have been supplied with the EPOC machine cannot be deleted. A capital city that you have added cannot be deleted unless the entire country is deleted.
Display preferences (Time)
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To look at the cities in just one country, select the required country at the bottom of the Map view, and select Cities in current country on the View menu. Then tap on the city at the bottom and use the left and right arrow keys to scroll through the cities. To display cities for all countries again, select Cities in current country again.
To change between analog and digital clocks in the Map view and Toolbar, tap them.
To change between 12 and 24 hour clocks, the date format, or the separator characters for times and dates, select Formats on the Tools menu.
To change the units used to display the distance between the selected and Home cities, go to the Map view and select Distance units on the View menu.