Setting Date and Time

You should be on the Today screen.

Setting the Time Zone

Press the UP ARROW until you are at the top of the screen and hear the date announced.

To open the option of setting the date, Press ENTER.

You are in a dialog box with two settings: Home or Away. "Away" is a setting you can use if you travel for business. To move around in dialog box, press TAB or SHIFT+TAB to move backwards.

When you press TAB the first time, you will hear the time zone announced. You can now set the time zone you are in. You will hear PAC Mate say, "GMT - 8 Pacific." The dash is a minus, indicating that Pacific time is eight hours minus GMT. To change the time zone, press the DOWN ARROW until you reach a setting that matches your location. (hear example)

Setting the Time

Press TAB again. PAC Mate will announce the time. You are now in an edit box where you can change the time. (hear example)

Hour: PAC Mate will say the hour and minutes and automatically has the hour selected. Press the UP or DOWN ARROWS to move to the hour you wish to set. If you need to move between hour and minutes, press the RIGHT or LEFT ARROW keys.

Minute: Press the RIGHT ARROW key to move to minutes. Press the UP ARROW key to move to the minute you want to set.

Seconds: Press the RIGHT ARROW key to seconds. You can set seconds the same way as hours or minutes, using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys.

AM or PM: Press the RIGHT ARROW to the AM/PM setting. Press the UP ARROW to change between the two and choose the one you want.

(Hear example - PAC Mate being set to 12:30:00 p.m.)

Setting the Calendar

Press TAB again and you will be on the Calendar. (hear example)

The Calendar works just like the Time function does. Press the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to move from month to day to year. Press the UP and DOWN ARROWS to change settings within each of those selections. (hear example - PAC Mate being set to Nov. 15, 2004)

If you wish to check what you have entered, press a C CHORD to read the current line. PAC Mate will announce the full date.

Now that you have set the date, press TAB again. You will hear PAC Mate announce the Time page. To save your settings, press ENTER. PAC Mate asks whether you want to save the changes. It is already on the "Yes" button, so press ENTER to save.

The PAC Mate In Use

Use the following practice scenarios to help you Set Date and Time on your PAC Mate.