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Help!Missing Functions - markusmartinez1977 - 12-31-2019 03:58 PM
Hello everybody, so I picked up an HP48SX and it appears to be missing some functions. For example, I am trying to use the function to change HMS to degrees decimal. I press shift TIME and I get the message "EMPTY CATALOG" this isn't the only time that this happens but it is the first and more important functions that I use. It seems as like some of the original functions have been erased. I tried resetting the calculator and that did not fix the problem. Does anyone have and solutions for this?
RE: Help!Missing Functions - Dave Britten - 12-31-2019 07:48 PM
Make sure you're pressing the orange/left shift key that matches the color of the "TIME" label over the 4 key. I don't have my 48SX in front of me (I keep it on my desk at work), but I believe right-shift TIME takes you directly to the alarm catalog, which is empty as you can see.
RE: Help!Missing Functions - markusmartinez1977 - 12-31-2019 09:54 PM
So the functions I am trying to find are the HMS-> and ->HMS from my recollection on the HP48gx that I used to own, those were located when pressing the right shift TIME. When I do the orange, left shift TIME, I get the clock and alarm options such as SET, ADJUST, ACK, ACKA, and CAT.
RE: Help!Missing Functions - rprosperi - 12-31-2019 11:39 PM
Dave is exactly right. The error msg seen in your screen shot is from pressing BLUE (aka Right)-shift and TIME, you need to press YELLOW (aka Left)-shift and TIME.
RE: Help!Missing Functions - Joe Horn - 01-01-2020 02:03 AM
(12-31-2019 11:39 PM)rprosperi Wrote: Dave is exactly right. The error msg seen in your screen shot is from pressing BLUE (aka Right)-shift and TIME, you need to press YELLOW (aka Left)-shift and TIME.
... and then press either NXT NXT, or left-shift PREV, to see the HMS functions.
RE: Help!Missing Functions - Dave Britten - 01-01-2020 02:24 AM
(12-31-2019 09:54 PM)markusmartinez1977 Wrote: So the functions I am trying to find are the HMS-> and ->HMS from my recollection on the HP48gx that I used to own, those were located when pressing the right shift TIME. When I do the orange, left shift TIME, I get the clock and alarm options such as SET, ADJUST, ACK, ACKA, and CAT.
That is correct for the GX, where they changed the menu system around a bit. On the GX, typically left-shift brings up the choose menu for the application, and right-shift takes you to the soft-key menu. On the SX, where choose menus don't exist, you just hit left-shift to get to the menu, and press NXT to get to what you need. The right-shifted application keys often take you to a specific sub-menu for that application that might be commonly used (the alarm catalog, in the case of the time application; I forget where the other ones lead).
And to clarify, the "application" keys on the 48SX have names printed in orange on a slightly darkened rectangle.
RE: Help!Missing Functions - markusmartinez1977 - 01-07-2020 02:41 PM
Thanks for all of your help everyone. I found it :-)