Nokia 6600 - Manual (Page 100)

Nokia 6600 User Guide 87 Copyright © 2004 Nokia
Extras
• CONVERTER
Go to Menu → Extras → Converter .
In Converter, you can convert measures such as Length from one unit to
another, for example, Yards to Meters .
Note: The Converter has limited accuracy and rounding errors may occur.
Converting units
Options in Converter: Conversion type , Currency rates (not applicable to
other units), Help , and Exit .
To make currency conversion you must first set the exchange rate. See “Setting a
base currency and exchange rates” on page 87.
1 Scroll to the Type field and press to open a list of measures.
Scroll to the measure you want to use and press OK .
2 Scroll to the first Unit field and press to open a list of available units.
Select the unit from which you want to convert and press OK .
3 Scroll to the next Unit field and select the unit to which you want to convert.
4 Scroll to the first Amount field and key in the value you want to convert.
The other Amount field changes automatically to show the converted value.
Press to add a decimal and press for the +, - (for temperature), and E
(exponent) symbols.
The conversion order changes if you write a value in the second Amount field.
The result is shown in the first Amount field.
Setting a base currency and exchange rates
Before you can make currency conversions, you need to choose a base currency
(usually your domestic currency) and add exchange rates.
The rate of the base currency is always 1. The base currency determines the
conversion rates of the other currencies.
1 Select Currency as the measure type and select Options → Currency rates . A list
of currencies opens and you can see the current base currency at the top.
2 To change the base currency, scroll to the currency (usually your domestic
currency), and select
Options → Set as base curr. .
Important: When you change the base currency, all previously set
exchange rates are set to 0 and you need to key in new rates.