A8600共通簡易マニュアル-B（英語）

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RJA522744-001V01 MO1005-A

CASIO Electronic Dictionary

Quick Guide (XD-A Series (B))

The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the

CASIO XD-A Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most

illustrations and screen shots show the XD-A8600.

Hangul, Russian, Simpliﬁ ed Chinese, and accented

characters cannot be input on a model that does not

include a dictionary that requires such characters.

Input of the applicable characters becomes possible

when optional software is installed.

The screen shots and product illustrations shown

in this manual may be different from those of the

actual product. Also note that some keys and icons

are not shown in examples of this manual for the

sake of simplicity.

Example: → , →

Loading Batteries for the First Time

Load the two AA-size batteries that come with the

electronic dictionary before trying to use it.

Remove the battery cover.

Pressing at the two points

shown in the illustration,

slide the cover in the

direction indicated by the

arrows.

Load two batteries.

Push against the spring

with the (–) end of a

battery.

With the battery on top of

the ribbon, press the (+)

end down.

Make sure the (+) and (–)

ends are facing correctly

and that the springs are

pressed straight down.

Replace the battery cover.

Remove the stylus from

the side of the electronic

dictionary and then press

the RESET button on the

bottom.

Do not use a toothpick,

lead pencil, or other

breakable object.

Unfold the electronic

dictionary.

On the 手書きパネルコント

ラスト設定

(Handwriting

Panel Contrast

Adjustment) screen,

use and to adjust

handwriting panel

contrast. Then press .

If the message 表示（メインまたは手書き）保護フィ

ルムが…

(Display (the main panel or handwriting

panel) protective ﬁ lm may be...) appears,

remove the protective ﬁ lm from the main panel

and/or handwriting panel.

After conﬁ rming that

アルカリ電池 (Alkaline

batteries) is selected for

the battery setting on the

電池設定 (Battery Settings)

screen, press

If you have commercially available eneloop

batteries or rechargeable EVOLTA batteries

loaded, use

and to select the battery

type and then press

If you have commercially available EVOLTA

alkaline batteries loaded, select

●アルカリ電池

(Alkaline batteries).

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StylusRESET

button

StylusRESET

button

Handwriting panelHandwriting panel

Use the time setting

screen to conﬁ gure

time settings.

Use the , , , and

or the stylus to select

the setting you want to

change, and then use the

on-screen number keys to change the setting.

Touch 【12/24】 to toggle between 12-hour and

24-hour format timekeeping.

When you are using 12-hour format

timekeeping, you need to touch

【AM】 (a.m.) or

【PM】 (p.m.) before setting the time.

After all the

settings are the

way you want,

touch 【保存】(Save)

or press to

apply them and

display the メニュー

(Menu) screen.

To display the menu screen without changing

time settings, touch 【中止】 (Cancel).

Turning Power On and Off

Power turns on and off

automatically whenever

you open or close the

electronic dictionary’s

panels.

You also can use the following

key operation to turn power on

or off.

Press the key to turn on power.

Power also turns on when you press a

dictionary/mode key.

Press again to turn off power.

General Guide

Handwriting panel

Use this panel to hand-write

characters for input. Also,

touching buttons that appear

here performs certain

operations.

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Number keysNumber keys

Dictionary/

mode keys

Dictionary/

mode keys

⑰ ⑱

⑲

⑳

󰚜

󰚧⑰ ⑱

⑲

⑳

󰚜

󰚧

󰚨

󰚩

󰚪

󰚫

󰚬

󰚭

You can use the stylus for

instant access to a variety of

different operations. (Quick

Palette icons that appear

along the left side of the

screen depend on what is

currently displayed.)

Quick Palette

buttons

Main Panel

Quick Palette

icons

󰚨

󰚩

󰚪

󰚫

󰚬

󰚭

You can use the stylus for

instant access to a variety of

different operations. (Quick

Palette icons that appear

along the left side of the

screen depend on what is

currently displayed.)

Quick Palette

buttons

Main Panel

Quick Palette

icons

① Dictionary/mode keys

Toggle between the initial screens of the two

dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.

② Key

Toggles power on and off.

③ (Shift) Key

Shifts the keyboard. To use , press and

release it and then press the next key.

④ (History) (Additional Search) Key

Accesses history data.

Press after

to perform additional search ( さ

らに検索 ).

⑤ (Text Size) (Layout) Key

Cycles through available screen text sizes.

Press after

to change the screen layout.

⑥

(Scroll) Keys

Scroll screen contents up and down.

Press after

to jump back or forward between

terms.

⑦ (Jump) (Guide) Key

Enables look up of a term on the currently

displayed deﬁ nition or explanation screen.

Press after

to view guide information.

⑧ 【戻る / リスト】 (Back/List)

Performs the same functions as the ⑫

(Back/List) key.

⑨ 【訳 / 決定】 (Translate/Select)

Performs the same functions as the

⑬

(Translate/Select) key.

⑩ 【認識】 (Conﬁ rm)

Touch after inputting a character when inputting

individual characters on the handwriting panel.

⑪

音声

読み上げ

(Audio) (Read) Key

Press when you want to hear something

pronounced by a native speaker.

Press after

to hear a reading by a

synthesized voice.

⑫ (Back/List) Key

Back-steps through previous operations.

Press while a dictionary’s initial screen is

displayed to return to the

メニュー screen.

Press while a deﬁ nition screen is on the display

to switch to the list of terms, which includes the

term whose deﬁ nition you were viewing.

⑬ (Translate/Select) Key

Executes a function or selects an on-screen item.

⑭ Arrow Keys

Move the selection highlighting or cursor up,

down, left, or right.

Used during volume adjustment to raise and

lower the volume level.

⑮ (Setup/Delete) Key

Deletes the character at the current cursor

location.

Press after

to display a screen for changing

the setup of the electronic dictionary.

⑯ Letter Keys

Enter letters and numbers.

⑰ 【前見出し】・【次見出し】 (Previous Headword/

Next Headword)

Jump from the current term to the previous or next

term.

The same result can be achieved by pressing

and then or .

⑱ 【熟語】 (Compound Terms)

Displays compound terms that use the kanji you

are currently viewing in the

新漢語林 (Japanese

kanji) dictionary.

⑲ 【ズーム】 (Zoom)

Enlarges the characters of a deﬁ nition or

explanation screen.

⑳

【成句複合語】 (Phrases and Compound

Expressions)

Displays phrases and compound expressions that

use the term you are currently viewing.

󰚜 【暗記カード作成】 (Create Flash Card)

Creates a ﬂ ash card.

󰚧 【用例解説】 (Examples and Explanations)

Displays examples and explanations in dictionaries

that include such information.

󰚨 【メニュー】 (Menu)

Displays the menu screen.

󰚩 【ジャンプ】 (Jump)

Performs the same functions as the ⑦ (Jump/

Guide) key.

󰚪 【音声】 (Audio)

Performs the same functions as the ⑪

音声

読み上げ

(Audio/Read) key.

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󰚫 【戻る／リスト】 (Back/List)

Performs the same functions as the ⑫

(Back/List) key.

󰚬 【訳／決定】 (Translate/Select)

Performs the same functions as the ⑬

(Translate/Select) key.

󰚭

(Scroll)

Perform the same functions as the ⑥

keys.

Display Indicators

The following explains the meanings of display

indicators.

This indicator: Means this:

(Explanation)

There is an explanation for the word

where the indicator is located.

(Compound Term)

The

新漢語林 (Japanese kanji)

dictionary contains a compound

term that includes the kanji

character you are looking up.

(

Phrases/Compound

Expression

)

(Phrase)

There is a phrase or compound

term that uses the term you are

looking up.

With some electronic dictionary

models,

will appear if optional

software is installed.

(Example)

There is an example that uses the

term you are looking up.

Native speaker pronunciation is

available for the contents to the

right or below this indicator.

(True Voice)

Native speaker pronunciation is

available.

(Reading)

Synthetic voice reading is available.

(Pronunciation

Search)

Pronunciations are available for the

English term on the screen.

(English)

The language whose pronunciation

is applied for pronunciations and

readings

There is a term that contains the

term you are viewing or there is

related information about the term

in the dictionary you are currently

accessing.

(Jump)

Jump function in use

(History)

History function in use

(Zoom)

Display zoom in use

(Guide)

Guide function in use

(Display All)

(Word Order)

(Continuous)

Indicates the display method when

using

例文検索 (Example Search) or

成句検索 (Phrase Search).

Precautions when Using the Stylus

When using the stylus to perform operations on the

main panel, avoid applying excess pressure. Excess

pressure can crack the main panel.

When using the stylus to perform an operation on

the main panel, support the main panel from behind

with your hand.

Keyboard Input

Japanese

Use alphabetic characters to input Japanese.

To input this: Type this:

いんかん

さんぽ or

きょう

らっこ or

とぅーるーず

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Main panel

Handwriting panel

Main panel

Handwriting panel

Alphabetic Characters

Use English input for unaccented alphabetic

characters.

To input this: Type this:

internet

Accented Characters

All alphabetic characters are input in lower-case,

regardless of their normal capitalization.

For the German “ß”, input “ss”.

For other characters that normally include a

diacritic, input the character without the diacritic.

Example: “à” --> “a”, “ê” --> “e”, etc.

For the French “ç” input “c”, and for “œ”, input “oe”.

Input hyphenated terms as single words, without a

hyphen. To look up “peut-être”, for example, input

“peutetre”.

When inputting a term that consists of multiple

words, input the words without any spaces. To

look up “magna cum laude”, for example, input

“magnacumlaude

”.

When entering a noun that is normally accompanied

by an article, enter the noun only without the article.

To look up “die Elbe” for example, input “elbe”.

Hangul

To input this: Type this:

Chinese (Pinyin)

1234

To input this: Perform this operation:

Type (Keyboard):

Touch (Handwriting Panel): 【一声

】

Type (Keyboard):

(Displayed as

1.)

Touch (Handwriting Panel): 【二声

】

Type (Keyboard):

(Displayed as

2.)

Touch (Handwriting Panel): 【三声

】

Type (Keyboard):

(Displayed as

3.)

Touch (Handwriting Panel): 【四声

】

Type (Keyboard):

(Displayed as

4.)

Touch (Handwriting Panel): 【軽声

】

Type (Keyboard):

(Displayed as

0.)

ming2tian1

( 明天 )

【二声

】

TIAN

【一声

】

WT I AN

Russian

To input this: Type this:

сласибо

To input a character marked in the upper right

corner of a key, press (and immediately release)

and then press the key.

All of the above characters are input in lower-case.

Handwriting Input

Use the stylus to write characters on the

handwriting panel and then touch 【認識】.

With some search methods, like 単漢字／熟語を手書き

入力から探す（新漢語林）

, you can enter search terms

using handwriting input only.

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Character Input Mode

The indicators

described below

appear on the main

panel to show the

current input mode.

Also note that the handwriting panel changes to

two characters per screen or ﬁ ve characters per

screen in accordance with the input mode.

Two Characters Per screen

Indicator

Supported

Input

Characters

Hiragana

Katakana

Kanji

Simpliﬁ ed

Chinese

Hangul

Five Characters Per screen

Indicator

Supported

Input

Characters

Alphabetic

Accented

alphabetic

Russian

Numbers

Correcting Character Input

Example: After mistakenly inputting 喜怒衰楽 instead of

喜怒哀楽

On the

handwriting panel

or in the input

ﬁ eld on the main

panel, touch a

character ( 衰 ).

This displays up to 10 possible candidates for

the character.

If you ﬁ nd the

correct character

among the

candidates, touch

it.

If you do not ﬁ nd the correct character,

touch【書き直し】, rewrite the character on the

handwriting panel and then touch 【認識】.

Touching【書き直し】while the character cells of

the handwriting panel are blank (nothing input)

will delete the character currently in the input

ﬁ eld of the main panel.

Stylus Basics

To select a dictionary

Touch the Quick

Palette【メニュー】

(Menu) button to

display the menu

screen.

Touch a category

① and then a

dictionary name ②.

The category and

mode you touch will

be highlighted on

the screen.

Touch the highlighted dictionary name again.

This displays the initial screen of the dictionary.

You also could touch the

【訳 / 決定】 (Translate/

Select) Quick Palette or handwriting panel

button instead of the dictionary name.

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IndicatorIndicator

Two-character Handwriting

Panel

Rewrite button

Scroll buttons

Character

cells

Two-character Handwriting

Panel

Rewrite button

Scroll buttons

Character

cells

Scroll buttons

Character cells

Rewrite

button

Five-character Handwriting

Panel

Scroll buttons

Character cells

Rewrite

button

Five-character Handwriting

Panel

Input ﬁ eld

Main panel

Scroll buttons

(When there are too many

characters to ﬁ t in the display

area above, touch these buttons

to scroll the screen contents.)

Handwriting panel

Character cells

Input ﬁ eld

Main panel

Scroll buttons

(When there are too many

characters to ﬁ t in the display

area above, touch these buttons

to scroll the screen contents.)

Handwriting panel

Character cells

①

②

①

②

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Summary of content (2 pages)

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RJA522744-001V01 MO1005-A 8 CASIO Electronic Dictionary Quick Guide (XD-A Series (B)) The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the CASIO XD-A Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most illustrations and screen shots show the XD-A8600. • Hangul, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and accented characters cannot be input on a model that does not include a dictionary that requires such characters. Input of the applicable characters becomes possible when optional software is installed.
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■ To select a headword or screen item 1 Enter the characters you want to find. On the list that appears, touch the term or screen item you want. • This highlights the term or item. 2 Touch the highlighted term or item again. • This displays the definition or explanation in the case of a term, or the next screen in the case of a screen item. • You also could touch the【訳 / 決定】(Translate/ Select) Quick Palette or handwriting panel button instead of the term or item.