Epson HX-20 User Manual - Page 30

Initializing memory and the calendar clock Before you use the HX-20 for the first time, you must initialize its memory and its calendar clock. (If your HX-20 is not on now, turn it on.) The screen will look like this: I CTRL/@Initialize 1 MONITOR 2 BASIC I (Note: there may be various letters and symbols under "1 MON- ITOR". Ignore them.) If you can't read the text on your screen, adjust the VIEW ANGLE knob on the right side of the HX-20. According to this menu, you must type ICTRL]/I@ to initialize the system. To do so, hold down the m key (located at the left edge of q the keyboard) with one finger. While you are holding it down, press the key. You may now release both keys. The screen will display: 1 Enter DATE and TIME MMDDYYHHMMSSG = Press BREAK to abort You have two choices now. You may initialize memory and the calendar clock, or you may decide that you don't wish to do so. Your choice will depend on how long you've been using the HX-20. If your HX-20 is new, then of course you will want to initialize the system. But if you've been using the HX-20 for a while, and only pressed m/m by mistake while looking at the menu, then you will not want to initialize the system. To do so would cause the HX-20 to lose all programs and data you have already entered into its memory. q If you do not want to initialize the system now, press the red w key, or the key, and the HX-20 will again display its menu. All programs and data previously entered into the HX-20 will still be in its memory. If you do want to initialize the system, then you must now enter the date and time. This will set the HX-20's built-in calendar clock, enabling it to keep track of the date and time from this moment on, whether the HX-20 is turned on or not. Figure 3-1 shows the particular form you must use to specify the date and time: 25