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EB400T User's Manual

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................3

General View........................................................................................4

Power Supply.......................................................................................4

Initialization ..........................................................................................5

Keyboard..............................................................................................6

Display .................................................................................................7

Main Menu ...........................................................................................7

DICTIONARY ............................................................................................8

USER'S DICTIONARY ............................................................................10

GRAMMAR..............................................................................................12

PHRASEBOOK .......................................................................................12

IRREGULAR VERBS ..............................................................................12

POPULAR IDIOMS .................................................................................13

PHONES .................................................................................................13

SCHEDULE.............................................................................................14

CALCULATOR ........................................................................................15

METRIC CONVERSION .........................................................................15

CURRENCY CONVERSION...................................................................16

HANGMAN WORD GAME......................................................................16

WORLD TIME .........................................................................................17

LOCAL TIME...........................................................................................17

PC COMMUNICATION ...........................................................................17

SETUP ....................................................................................................19

Interface language .............................................................................19

Advanced search ...............................................................................19

Slang lock...........................................................................................19

Key tone.............................................................................................19

Clock ..................................................................................................19

Date format ........................................................................................20

Time format........................................................................................20

Schedule alarm ..................................................................................20

Daily alarm .........................................................................................20

Memory check....................................................................................21

Data deletion......................................................................................21

Summary of content (22 pages)

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Partner® EB400T User's Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................3 General View........................................................................................4 Power Supply.......................................................................................4 Initialization ..........................................................................................5 Keyboard....................................................
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual Set password .....................................................................................21 Security mode ....................................................................................22 Set contrast........................................................................................22 Speech options ..................................................................................22 Set sleep time ............................................................
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing the Partner® EB400T! This product is the result of the combined efforts of Ectaco’s linguists, engineers, and programmers, and represents the last generation of the highest-performance integrated linguistic systems available. The Partner® EB400T features: Main dictionary (EnglishÙBulgarian bidirectional dictionary) of approx.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual General View The general view and external features of the Partner® EB400T are shown below. Power Supply The EB400T is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries. When the batteries become weak, a warning message will be displayed. In order to prevent an excessive discharge of the batteries and resulting loss of data in RAM, the Say function will be disabled if battery power is low.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual To restore full functionality of the device and to avoid risk of losing user data, replace the complete set of batteries as soon as possible. Do not mix old and new batteries. 9 If you plug in the AC adapter, full functionality of the device will be restored during 1 minute. 9 It is recommended to use an external power supply while using speech and PC communication functions. How to replace the batteries y Ensure the power is off. Press ON/OFF to turn the device off.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual y If you see Initialize system?(y/n), press the N key to abort initialization and customization. y Then you will see the Delete user's data? message. Press the N key to save your data. The System initialized! message indicates that system initialization has been completed and the factory defined default settings have been restored. Keyboard The standard American QWERTY keyboard is combined with the standard Bulgarian layout.
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Partner® EB400T SHIFT ÍBS Ù SHIFT+Ï SHIFT+Ð SHIFT+ ÍBS SHIFT+ A, P User's Manual Type in uppercase Delete character to the left of the cursor Switch translation direction Open additional symbols2 Open record to edit Delete record Pronounce English headword Pronounce English translation(s) Specify AM or PM (when the 12-hour format is set) Display Partner® EB400T features a high-resolution screen (160x64 pixels).
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual Dictionary Calculator User’s Dictionary Metric Conversion Grammar Currency Conversion Phrasebook Hangman Word Game Irregular Verbs World Time Popular Idioms Local Time Phones PC communication Schedule Setup DICTIONARY The Dictionary section includes English-Bulgarian and Bulgarian-English dictionaries containing over 450,000 words in total.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual Use: • Ð,Ï to scroll through the translations • t, u to switch between adjacent entries. y Press ESC or any letter key to return to the input line and translate another word in the same dictionary. You can change the translation direction by pressing Ù. Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations Translations of a headword are listed in alphabetical order by part of speech.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual • ESC to close the Reverse Translation • SHIFT+DICT or any letter key to return to the input line. windows3 Spell-checker Vector Ultima When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, the multilingual spell-checker Vector Ultima will help you. y Type the word as you hear it. For example, “foll” for “fall”. y Press SHIFT+SPELLER (SHIFT and either of the t, u keys). A list of suggested variants appears on the screen. y Select the desired word and press ENTER.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual Record The record consists of a word or expression, its translation, and its part of speech. It also has information about the index number of the current record and the total number of records. Creating a Record When in a record list, press ENTER to open a new record template. 9 If the dictionary is empty, a new record template will be opened automatically. y Type in a word or expression. Press ENTER. y y Type in a translation(s). y y Press ENTER again.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual II. The records are sorted alphabetically by headword. You can scroll the record list by using u or t. III. Open the main dictionary, set the corresponding translation direction, type in a word saved in the User's Dictionary and press ENTER. 9 When Security Mode is ON, words from the User's Dictionary are not shown in the Main Dictionary. GRAMMAR The EB400T contains the English Grammar section. The Grammar is shown in Bulgarian, regardless of the selected Interface language.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual POPULAR IDIOMS Over 200 widely used American idioms and their equivalents or translations are included in the Popular Idioms section. y Press SHIFT+IDIOMS to enter the Popular Idioms section. y Type the first letter of the desired idiom. Press ENTER. Scroll through the list to find it. PHONES In this section you can store names, telephone and fax numbers, as well as postal and e-mail addresses in English and Bulgarian. y Press SHIFT+PHONES to enter the Phones section.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual 9 It is necessary to complete the Name page to continue to the subsequent pages. Finding a Record There are two ways to find a record: I. When in the record list, you may start typing a name included in a stored record. Use: • ÍBS to delete the inputted word • Ù to switch between English and Bulgarian input modes. II. The records are sorted alphabetically by name. You can scroll the record list by using u or t.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual y y Press ENTER. Select English or Bulgarian input mode by using Ù and start filling out the Content page. y Press ENTER to save a record. 9 The Schedule memory is limited to 50 records. The Not enough memory message is displayed when the record list is full. Finding a Record The records are sorted by date and time. Use u, t to scroll the record list.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual CURRENCY CONVERSION The Currency Conversion function allows you to instantly calculate conversion values between nine pre-installed currencies and three user-defined currencies. y Enter the Currency Conversion section. Setting and Checking Rates y Select the Set rate subsection to specify currency names and rates. y Select a currency. Press ENTER. 9 You can specify or change the names of any of the currencies listed. New currencies may be added in place of ???.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual WORLD TIME Using the World Time section, you may view the current time in cities around the globe. y Enter the World Time section. The World Time screen shows the names of the selected city and country (default: Sofia, Bulgaria), the date, day of the week, and the current time for that city. • To see information for another city, scroll through the alphabetic list by using Ð,Ï.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual Software Insert the supplied CD into the CD-ROM drive of a PC. If the installation program does not start automatically, run the INSTALL.exe file from the CD root catalog. y Choose EB400T PC-Link from the menu displayed on the PC. y After the program is installed, start it from Start/Programs/Ectaco. The icon will appear in the System Tray. 9 The latest version of the PC-Link software and additional dictionaries can be downloaded from Ectaco's web site at www.ectaco.com.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual 9 Always back up your important data! Neither the manufacturer nor the dealers assume any responsibility for lost or corrupted data. 9 It is recommended to use an external power supply while using the PC communication function. SETUP Personalize your EB400T and ensure good maintenance of your personal records by selecting options in the Setup section. y Press SHIFT+SETUP to enter the Setup section. Most of the Setup section options are very easy to adjust.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual y y Specify the current date and time. Press ENTER to save changes. The next section displayed will allow you to select the local city. This display shows the city and country names and the city's GMT offset. Refer to page 17 to learn how to find the desired country or city in the list. y When you find the desired city, press ENTER to save changes. Date format The default Year-Month-Day date format can be changed to Day-Month-Year or Month-Day-Year.
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Partner® EB400T y User's Manual Press any key to interrupt the Daily alarm beep (otherwise, the beep will continue for 30 seconds). Memory check Instantly check the free memory status with this Setup option. y Enter the Memory check subsection to check the remaining free memory. Data deletion The Data deletion subsection gives you the ability to free up memory resources by deleting records much faster than removing them one by one.
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Partner® EB400T User's Manual Security mode With the help of the Security mode subsection you can protect your personal records and lock up the PC communication function. y Enter the Security mode subsection. y Select On. Data access will be locked and will appear on the indicator line. y To gain access to a protected section, a valid password must be provided. All sections will be unlocked until the device is turned off.