Texas Instruments TI-84 - Manual

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TI-84 Plus Silver Edition Keyboard

å

key accesses the Handheld

Software Applications (Apps) loaded
on your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition

É

accesses the alpha function

printed in green above each key

y

accesses the second function

printed in blue above each key

Operations keys

} ~ Ü |

keys let you move

the cursor in four directions

ë

erases (clears) the entry line

or deletes an entry and answer on
the home screen

Õ

evaluates an expression,

executes an instruction, or selects

a menu item

Special Features of the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition,
TI-84 Plus, and TI-83 Plus

Flash

™

— Electronic Upgradability

The TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, and TI-83 Plus use Flash

technology, which lets you update your operating system and

add

Handheld Software Apps

, such as Topics in Algebra 1, Inequality

Graphing, NoteFolio

™

, TImeSpan

™

, CellSheet

™

, and many more!

Comparing the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition and the TI-83 Plus

TI-84 Plus Silver Edition TI-83 Plus

Flash ROM

1.54 Mb

160 Kb

Holds up to

94 Apps

10 Apps

Preloaded Apps

18

4

Connectivity

USB cable

included

TI Connectivity USB
cable sold separately

Case Color

SILVER & Customizable

Classic dark gray

Z80 Processor Speed

15 MHz

6 MHz

RAM

24 Kb

24 Kb

TI Connectivity Kit

With the TI Connect

™

software and TI Connectivity USB cable, you

can link your TI-84 Plus to a personal computer. As future software

updates become available on the TI website, you can download

the software to your computer and use the TI Connect software

and TI Connectivity USB cable to update your TI-84 Plus.

Getting to Know Your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition

Turning Your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition On and Off

To turn on

your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, press

…

.

■

If you had previously turned off your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition by pressing

y M

, it will display the home screen as it was when you last used it.

To turn off

your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition manually, press

y M

.

■

All settings and memory contents are retained by Constant Memory

™.

To prolong the life of the batteries,

Automatic Power Down

™

(APD

™

)

turns

off your TI-84 Plus Silver Edition automatically after about five minutes

without any activity.

Using the

y

and

É

Keys

The secondary function of each key is printed in blue above the key.

When you press the blue

y

key, the character, abbreviation, or word

printed in blue above the other keys becomes active for the next

keystroke. For example, when you press

y

and then

ç

, the TEST

menu is displayed.

The alpha function of each key is printed in green above the key. When

you press the green

É

key, the alpha character printed in green

above the other keys becomes active for the next keystroke. For

example, when you press

É

and then

ç

, the letter A is entered.

Adjusting the Display Contrast

To adjust the contrast, follow these steps:

1

Press and release the

y

key.

2

Press and hold

}

or

Ü

(which are above

and below the contrast symbol).

}

Darkens the screen

Ü

Lightens the screen

Home Screen

The home screen is the primary screen of the

TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. On this screen, you can enter

instructions to execute and expressions to evaluate.

The answers are displayed on the same screen.

To return to the Home Screen from any other screen,

press

y 5

.

Darker

© Texas Instruments, 2007

Lighter