HP 12C Manuale utente
HP 12c Platinum Financial
Calculator Quick Start Guide
Edition 1
HP Part Number: F2232-90201
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Edition 1, October 2008
Contents
Table of Contents
Welcome to your HP 12c Platinum Financial Calculator .............. 1
The Keys................................................................................ 1
Customizing the Calculator ...................................................... 2
Storage Registers and Continuous Memory ................................ 7
Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) Mode......................................... 7
Keys and Functions ............................................................... 10
Basic Financial Calculation Example ....................................... 19
Warranty and Contact Information ......................................... 21
Replacing the Batteries .......................................................... 21
HP Limited Hardware Warranty and Customer Care ................. 22
Limited Hardware Warranty Period ........................................ 22
General Terms ..................................................................... 22
Customer Care..................................................................... 24
Product Regulatory & Environment Information.......................... 28
Contents
Getting Started 1
1GettingStarted
Welcome to your HP 12c Platinum Financial Calculator
This booklet is intended to get you started quickly with the basic features
of your 12c Platinum Financial Calculator. Use it for quick reference. For
more detailed information about the 12c Platinum, refer to the HP 12c
Platinum Financial Calculator User’s Guide. Pages of the user’s guide
are cited throughout this manual, and it is highly recommended you
refer to the user’s guide to thoroughly familiarize yourself with the many
features of your calculator.
The Keys
Many keys on the HP12c Platinum perform more than one function.
The primary function of a key is indicated by the characters printed in
white on the upper face of the key. The alternate function(s) of a key are
indicated by the characters printed in gold above the key and the char-
acters printed in blue on the lower face of the key. See Figure 1.
Figure 1
2 Getting Started
• To specify the primary function printed on the upperface of
a key, press the key alone.
•To specify the alternate function printed in gold above a
key, press the gold prefix key (T), then press the function
key.
•To specify the alternate function printed in blue on the
lower face of a key, press the blue prefix key (U), then
press the function key.
Pressing the Tor Uprefix key turns on the corresponding status
indicator — for g— in the display. After a function key is pressed, the
indicator turns off. Note how function keys for bonds, depreciation, and
clearing are grouped together under brackets printed above the keys in
gold. Unless otherwise indicated, press and release the desired key, or
key combination from left to right. You do not need to press and hold
the keys as with a computer or typewriter.
There are a total of nine status indicators that appear along the bottom
of the display and signify the status of the calculator for certain opera-
tions. When applicable, the descriptions below identify when an indica-
tor appears on screen.
In this manual, the highlighted portion of the key symbol or symbols rep-
resents the active function of the key. Functions above the keys are
spelled out and preceded by the Tfunction key.
Customizing the Calculator
Table 1-1 lists some of the basic functions available for customizing the
calculator. The pages of the HP 12c Platinum Financial Calculator User’s
Getting Started 3
Guide are included for reference. Refer to these pages of the user’s
guide for more information.
Table 1-1 Basic Functions
Functions Display/Description
Turn calculator
on/off
(page 16).
Turns calculator on. Pressing Sagain turns the
calculator off. The calculator turns off
automatically12 minutes after it was last used.
Operating
mode
(page 20).
1. P r e s s T ALG to set the operating mode to
Algebraic mode.
2. Press T RPN to set the operating mode to
Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) mode.
3. Note the “RPN” or “ALG” indicator. RPN is the
default operating mode.
Display contrast
(page 16).
Press and hold T while pressing ; or Z
to adjust the display contrast, darker or lighter,
respectively.
4 Getting Started
Digit separator
(replace
decimal point
with a comma)
(page 17).
1. The default separator is a comma (see above).
2. Turn the calculator off first by pressing S.
3. Press and hold . and then press and
releaseS to change the digit separator from a
comma to a point.
4. Perform the same steps again to change the point
to a comma.
Number display
format
(page 87).
Press and releaseT followed by a number 0-9 to
specify the number of digits displayed to the right of
the decimal point. The default setting is two places to
the right of the decimal point.
Table 1-1 Basic Functions
Functions Display/Description
Getting Started 5
Calendar
format. Month-
day-year
(M.DY) or Day-
month-year
(D.MY)
(pages 37-40).
Press Uq or Up to set the date format.
The default setting is M.DY. The screen above shows
December 3, 2010 in M.DY format.
1. P r e s s Uq.
2. Key in one or two digits for the month.
3. Press ..
4. Key in two digits for the day.
5. Key in four digits for the year.
6. Note: at this point, pressing Rdisplays the
date in the selected number display format.
1. For day-month-year, press Up. Note the
“D.MY” indicator appears.
2. Key in one or two digits for the day.
3. Press ..
4. Key in two digits for the month.
5. Key in four digits for the year.
Table 1-1 Basic Functions
Functions Display/Description
6 Getting Started
Compound
interest (pages
63, 219).
Press VL followed by dates separated by R
to specify the compound interest option for odd-
period calculations of interest (i), Present Value (PV),
Payment (PMT), and Future Value (FV). Note the “C”
indicator appears. The default setting performs
calculations for PV, PMT, and FV using simple
interest. Press VL again to return to the default
setting.
Payment mode
(page 46).
Press Ug to set the payment mode for cash flow
problems. Use Begin mode for payments occurring at
the beginning of the compounding period. Note the
“BEGIN” indicator appears.
Press Uh for payments occurring at the end of
the compounding period. End mode is the default
setting.
Table 1-1 Basic Functions
Functions Display/Description
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