® Partner X8 User's Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------4 General View ----------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Power Supply----------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Initialization-------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Keyboard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Display ---------
® Partner X8 User's Manual VOICE MEMO--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65 PC COMMUNICATION --------------------------------------------------------------- 67 CALCULATIONS------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 CALCULATOR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 LOAN CALCULATOR ----------------------------------------------------------------- 70 ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT ---------------------------
® Partner X8 User's Manual MEMORY CHECK ------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 DATA DELETION -------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 BRIEF OF FUNCTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ 102 ABOUT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 102 3
® Partner X8 User's Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing the English-Russian Translator & ® Language Learning System Partner X8! This product is the result of combined efforts of Ectaco’s staff of linguists, engineers, and programmers. You are now the owner of the most advanced electronic device ever produced for foreign language studies.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Comprehensive reference section featuring Travel Guide, English Names List, Local and World time with map illustration etc.
® Partner X8 User's Manual General View ® The general view and external appliances of the Partner X8 are shown below. Power Supply ® The Partner X8 is powered by four AAA (LR03) batteries or by a special rechargeable battery pack. When the batteries or accumulators become weak, a warning message will be displayed.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: When the Batteries Low! message is displayed, the energy consuming Text-to-Speech function is disabled. The other voice functions, e.g. Voice Memo, may still remain working. ♦ Note: The voice recording, talking, and electronic communication functions consume a considerable amount of energy. It is recommended to use an external power supply while using these functions.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: Never try to remove the batteries from the device when the power is on. This can seriously damage the device. If you experience difficulties turning the device off, press the RESET button on the right-hand side of the keyboard (above the button) and reinstall the system. • • Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from the device. Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones. ♦ Note: Do not mix old and new batteries.
® Partner X8 User's Manual canceling the ensuing prompt Delete all user’s data? Press or touch or to preserve your data. The System is initialized! message indicates that the system initialization has been accomplished, freeing memory and restoring the factory defined settings. Also, the user may be prompted to conduct the touch-screen calibration, which configures the proper spacing and alignment of the touch-sensitive screen elements. Please refer to page 94 for the procedure description.
® Partner X8 User's Manual q я a а w e r t y u i o p х/ъ ш е р т ы у и о п щ/ъ s d f g h j k l ж/э б/ю с д ф г ч й к л ж/э ь/ю z x c v b n m з х ц в б н м Each set of national characters is linked to its language input mode. Language modes can be toggled by pressing the key.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Execute Enter space / Check or uncheck boxes Close active window / Cancel Enter symbols from the two-letter keys 5 Type in uppercase / Enter additional 6 symbols + Clear input Caps Lock On or Off +Ï Copy selection or the entire text to clipboard +Ð Insert clipboard contents Delete character to the left of cursor +Í Delete character to the right of cursor +Î Toggle Insert / Overwrite … 7 Activate toolbar buttons Switch language or translation direction Computationa
® Partner X8 User's Manual Touch-screen elements By touching a screen item of a certain type – a push button or prehighlighted text – you perform an action associated with this item. The keyboard equivalent of touching the highlighted item is moving the highlight bar to it with the arrow keys (Í,Î,Ð,Ï) and pressing . Both the touch screen and the keyboard procedures of activating an option or a command are referred to as selecting in this manual.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Sections may also include subsections and various lower level options. The six parts of the MAIN MENU are: English Language Tutor Dictionary Organizer Calculations Reference Setup Opening a Submenu The easiest way to open a specific submenu when the MAIN MENU is displayed is by touching a corresponding tab at the top of the screen. Alternatively, the submenus can be chosen by pressing the key or one of the paging t,u keys on the keyboard.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Sidebar Sidebar ▼ ® Nine sections of Partner X8 have permanent touch-sensitive shortcut buttons on the Sidebar to the right of the screen: Main Dictionary Voice Memo English (Explanatory) Dictionary Game Center Scheduler Local Time (Pop-Up Window and Talking Clock) Calendar Calculator Phone Directory Touchpad Touchpad is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen. This set of keys simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of it.
® Partner X8 Touch key User's Manual Meaning Keyboard equivalent Backspace Enter Shift Caps Lock Input the German letters ü, ö, ä, ß Change language Touching the keyboard button in the lower-right corner of the screen or pressing F8 on the keyboard hides the touchpad, thus enlarging the visible input area. To re-display the touchpad, touch or press F8 again. Windows Every application, pop-up menu, or dialog box used in the Partner X8 appears in its own window.
® Partner X8 User's Manual On a Scroll Bar: • touch a Scroll Arrow or to advance or go back one line; • touch and drag the Scroll Box to browse information; • touch the Scroll Bar below or above the Scroll Box to jump to the corresponding portion of text. Pop-Up and Pull-Down Menus A pop-up menu is an overlapping window that requests the user’s selection of one of the displayed options. • Touch a line with the stylus or move the highlight bar to a line .
® Partner X8 • User's Manual To select an option, touch its name or highlight it and press . • To hide a menu without making a selection, press the screen outside the menu area. or touch Dialog Box A simple example of a dialog box is a prompt, which contains a Yes/No question pending the user’s confirmation or cancellation. Ways you can respond to a prompt: Touch Meaning Keyboard equivalent Yes ,Y No N Cancel A Setup prompt expects the user to specify data items directly in the dialog box.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual To check an empty box touch it or move the dotted frame on to the desired item with the arrow keys and press the keyboard. A checked box appears solid: • Touch or press the window. . to apply the changes and close Setting Values • To change a value in the highlighted box, touch the or press the Ï,Ð keys. • • To change the active box, touch it or use the Í,Î keys. Touch window.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Toolbar A Toolbar is a set of vertically arranged buttons appearing to the right of the pertaining window. The most frequently used Toolbar buttons are: Page Up Save Page Down Edit Scroll Up Delete Scroll Down Search OK (Apply) Settings New Say Explain Spell-Checker Translate Font size As an on-board help to the user, a short Toolbar button description (Tool tip) appears when a button is being touched.
® Partner X8 User's Manual How to Install or Remove the Card • Make sure the device is turned off and®there is no other card installed in the CF slot of your Partner X8. • • Pull the ejector switch down to set it to the Unlock position. Insert the English Language Tutor card into the CF slot thoroughly. • Set the ejector switch to the Lock position. ♦ Note: Always use the ejector when installing or removing the card. ♦ Note: Never insert or remove the card when the device is on.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Please input your name (login) and password into the corresponding fields. ♦ Note: The maximum name (login) length is 31 characters and the password length is 8 characters. This feature is designed so that you could let several users (e.g. you and your relatives) learn English with the same device. You can create an account (user) without a password. In this case, do not input any characters in the Password field on the Registration screen.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: The maximum number of users is limited in order to save memory resources. ♦ Note: Before using a new version of the English Language Tutor card, please remove all accounts from the Users List. Create a new list and add the previous accounts to it, if necessary.
® Partner X8 User's Manual exercises chosen from the course. At the beginning, you are likely to answer simple questions; the difficulty level gradually increases. ♦ Note: Total number of questions is about 200 and depends on the English Language Tutor card version. ♦ Note: Placement Test content depends on the English Language Tutor card version. You can skip the Placement Test and go directly to the Tutorial section. However, it is recommended to pass the Placement Test first.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Select the desired lesson and press • Get acquainted with the topic of the lesson and touch . or press . Before going on with the selected lesson, please get yourself acquainted with the reference material. Touch: • • • to read the grammar material • Select the first exercise of the lesson. • Depending on the task, input or select the right answer and touch to read the phonetics material to read vocabulary. Each lesson consists of various exercises. or press .
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: There may be several correct variants among the given answers. The answer will be treated as correct if you mark all correct variants. ♦ Note: When doing an exercise requiring answers input, you should use the words learned in the Vocabulary section. You can listen to the pronunciation of English words displayed on the screen, obtain their translations and explanations. Translation for Russian words is also available.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Use the button to view the detailed statistics for the selected exercise. ♦ Note: You may copy the statistics to your PC and vice versa at any time. Please refer to the PC Communication section (page 67) for instructions. Quitting the English Language Tutor ® Other sections of your Partner X8 remain available while in the English Language Tutor mode. • Press any hotkey on the keyboard or touch any button on the sidebar.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: The Main Dictionary contains not only general vocabulary and technical terms but also slang. You can hide it using the Adult Lock function (see page 95). General Dictionary Function • Select English-Russian Dictionary from the DICTIONARY section, or touch the keyboard. on the Sidebar, or press the key on During the initialization of the Main Dictionary you may see the icon. This usually means that User’s Dictionary contains a considerable number of entries.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: Please refer to the How to Use the Dictionaries section. HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARIES Advanced Word Recognition • To translate or explain a word, start entering it from the keyboard or the touchpad. While you are typing, headwords closest in spelling to the portion you entered so far are displayed in the Advanced Search Area under the input line.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual To enlarge the visible Search Area, hide the touchpad by . touching Voice Input The Voice Input is a new exclusive function which enables voice input of English words. • To translate or explain an English word, touch and spell it. Please pronounce each letter distinctly. It is recommended that the pause between letters should not exceed 1½ sec.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Certain words and expressions in the dictionary are marked with the following abbreviations: ав. – aeronautics ист. – historical сл. – slang авто – motor карт. – cards собир. – collective transport кино – cinema спец. – special амер. – American книжн. – literary спорт. – sport анат. – anatomy кож. – tanning стих. – prosody арифм. – arithmetic ком. – commerce стомат. – арх. – archaic комп. – computers stomatology археол. – косм. – стр. – building archaeology cosmonautics театр.
® Partner X8 User's Manual зоол. – zoology римск. – Roman иск. – art с.-х. – agriculture A number of Russian words similar in written form have different meaning depending on the position of stress. These words are marked in the dictionary with accent marks put before the stressed vowel. Phonetic Transcription Pronunciation of English words in the Dictionary is illustrated by means of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
® Partner X8 User's Manual Viewing Entries Suppose you want to translate the English word TOUCH into Russian. • Enter TOUCH in the input line. ♦ Note: The Dictionary search is not case-sensitive, so you can type in any case you want. ♦ Note: It is possible to retrieve a translation or explanation for word forms entered in the input line. The source word entry for the desired word will be displayed.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual Touch to reduce the screen font size and see more translations or explanations of the given headword on the screen without scrolling. ♦ Note: There are three font sizes in the Dictionaries. Touch twice to restore the initial font size. • Use the t, u keys or the , buttons to switch between adjacent entries. ♦ Note: Your User’s Dictionary headwords, if coinciding in spelling, will be displayed in the advanced search area before those of the Main Dictionary.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual To change the direction of translation, make a reverse translation or press or touch to return to the selection screen, then or press . touch ♦ Note: The English-Russian and the German-Russian dictionaries are chosen by default after the system initialization. • To record a displayed entry in your personal Learner’s Cards, button and specify the set name.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Instant Reverse Translation and Instant Explanation ® For your convenience, the Partner X8 provides Instant Reverse Translation and Instant Explanation for all words and expressions in the Dictionaries and in the English Language Tutor. • • For example, display the entry for the word PROFIT. To highlight a word among the explanations or translations • touch it with the stylus, or • move the highlight bar to it with the Î key.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: It is possible to retrieve a reverse translation or explanation for the highlighted word forms as well. The source word entry for the highlighted word will be displayed. For example, if you highlight "distributes" you will get "distribute" as there is no translation or explanation for "distributes" because it is a form of "distribute.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual To listen to the pronunciation of the headword in the English- Russian or English Dictionary, touch or press the key. ♦ Note: Certain words have several variants of pronunciation. So the pronunciation of the TTS engine and the given phonetic transcription may be different. In this case, consider the variant given in the dictionary as the basic one.
® Partner X8 User's Manual General Dictionary Function • Select German-Russian Dictionary from the Supplemental Dictionaries section. ♦ Note: All functions and keys in the German-Russian dictionary work in the same way as they do in the Main Dictionary. Please refer to the How to Use the Dictionaries section to read about Advanced Word Recognition, Viewing Entries, Spell-Checker Vector Ultima, and Instant Reverse Translation.
® Partner X8 • Touch or press u or Enter a Russian translation. • User's Manual to go to the translation page. Touch or press to save your record. You can also and choosing an specify a part of speech by selecting appropriate abbreviation from the list. The record will be saved and you will return to the record list.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Select from the List • Open a User’s Dictionary. A list of existing headwords will be displayed, for example: • To select an entry, touch it with the stylus or move the highlight bar to it and press . The selected record opens in the viewing mode. Contents Search • When in the record list or in the viewing mode, select the button. • Type in any Russian or English word (or a part of a word) that is contained in the record(s) you are looking for.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Open the desired entry. Access through the Main Dictionary The User’s Dictionary entries are also accessible from the Main Dictionary. These are marked with a special icon: • Open the Main Dictionary. ♦ Note: The more words the User’s Dictionary contains, the more time it takes to initialize the Main Dictionary, since both dictionaries are interlinked. During the initialization process you will see the icon.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: You can save your User’s Dictionary entry in a Learner’s Card from this window. Editing a Record • • When in the record list or in the viewing mode, select the record in the editing mode, and make the desired modifications. Touch to open to save changes. Deleting a Record • • When in the record list or in the viewing mode, select . Confirm your intention to delete the record.
® Partner X8 User's Manual By default three sets are available – Important Words, My Words, and Useful Phrases. You can use up to twenty Learner's Sets including the initial ones. When in the menu, use: • Ð, Ï to move the highlight bar • • • • • • to open the highlighted set to create a new set to change the name of the highlighted set to delete the highlighted set to search a headword in the highlighted set. To open a list, touch the corresponding line or move the highlight bar to it and press .
® Partner X8 User's Manual • • • to search a headword in the current set to delete the displayed record , or u,tto move to the next or previous record, respectively • or record. to listen to the English part of the displayed TEXT TRANSLATION ® Your Partner X8 features a highly efficient text-translating program Lingvobit™. • • • Select Text Translation from the DICTIONARY section. To select the direction of translation, touch . Input a text for translation.
® Partner X8 • • • want to translate from. Close the Main Dictionary window to return to Text Translation. Touch to get explanation of the highlighted English word. Close the English Dictionary window to return to Text Translation. Press +Ï to copy all text from the active box. To listen to the pronunciation of an English text in the active box, touch • User's Manual Touch or press the key. or close the translation window to return to the input screen.
® Partner X8 • • Press User's Manual to set Source language. To open a topic: • highlight it with Ð, Ï and press , or • touch or press the REC key. Say the name of the topic. The highlighting will be moved to this topic for a second and then the topic will be opened. ♦ Note: When using the Speech Recognition function, please pronounce the phrases correctly, in a clear voice, at a normal pace and without pauses. • • Touch to set the Source language.
® Partner X8 User's Manual 1. Ensure there is silence at the time of use. 2. Choose the optimum distance from the built-in microphone within a range of 3 – 6 inches (8 – 15 cm), in view of your usual loudness of pronunciation. 3. Try to say phrases distinctly and plainly yet not in clipped syllables. 4. Avoid carelessness in pronunciation (smacking of lips, loudly inhaling or exhaling, mumbling, interruptions, repetitions, etc.). 5. Try to adjust the microphone level according to loudness of your voice.
® Partner X8 User's Manual For easy reference they are divided into conversational topics: Everyday conversation Shopping Traveling Bank Local transport Health Hotel Housekeeper Restaurant Phonetic exercises make the basis for improving your pronunciation, thus making it closer to the sample pronunciation of an Americanspeaking person. Sample phrases are recorded by the American ® speaker, processed and stored in the memory of your Partner X8.
® Partner X8 User's Manual The phrase you said will be recorded, automatically recognized and compared to the model pronunciation. The results of the comparison are given as Excellent, Good, Poor, Wrong or Please try again. The Please try again result means that it is necessary to repeat the phrase louder or to lower extraneous noises. ♦ Note: The quality of voice recognition strongly depends on the level of external noise. Try to ensure silence in the room where you practice pronunciation.
® Partner X8 User's Manual 5. Avoid carelessness in pronunciation (smacking of lips, loudly inhaling or exhaling, mumbling, interruptions, repetitions, etc.). REFERENCE The Reference is a convenient on-hand translation aid when dealing with lexical, grammatical, and idiomatic aspects of the English language. • Select Reference from the DICTIONARY section. Irregular Verbs All commonly used English irregular verbs are stored in the alphabetical order in the Partner’s Irregular Verbs section.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual Use: • • or u, t to move between verbs to obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of the highlighted English or Russian word • to get an explanation of the highlighted English word • to save an entry into a Learner's Card , • Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation of an English irregular verb along with its basic forms.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual Use: • • or u, t to move between idioms to obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of the highlighted English or Russian word • to get explanation of the highlighted English word • to save an entry into a Learner's Card , • Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation of an idiom in English. ORGANIZER The ORGANIZER section contains a number of versatile applications to help you classify, record and manage various personal or business information.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Creating a Record • Touch to open a new record template. Start filling out the first page Name. ♦ Note: It is necessary to have completed the Name page to save the record. There is a Page Icon in the upper left corner. A Tool tip with the page name appears when a page is opened or the Page Icon is touched.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: Do not forget to enter a Company name for each person (if applicable), which will facilitate your future searches. Finding a Record There are three ways to search for records: Select from List • Open the alphabetical list of records represented by Names, for example: • To see your entries sorted by Companies, touch • View the list and select an entry to open it in the viewing mode.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • , or u,t to go to the next or previous alphabetical record. Contents Search • • Touch to display the record search screen. Specify any alphabetic or numeric string that might be found in a record or records. For example, to find all Ectaco records, type Ect and touch or press . • Select an entry to open it in the viewing mode.
® Partner X8 User's Manual MEMO ® The Memo section of your Partner X8 provides you with a handy storage place for all kinds of memoranda, notes, and messages which you can record in English and Russian, edit, search or delete. • Select Memo from the ORGANIZER section. A Memo record list is displayed. Creating a Record • Touch • Touch or press u to open the Title Input page. Type a title for your memo. It will appear in the Memo list.
® Partner X8 User's Manual When in the record list, use • Ð,Ï to move the highlight bar • to open the highlighted record for editing • to delete the highlighted record • To select an entry, touch it or move the highlight bar to it and press . The selected record opens in the viewing mode.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Quick Lookup • • Open an alphabetical list of records. • • To clear the lookup box, press the Press one or more alphanumeric key(s) on the keyboard to jump to an entry that starts with the corresponding character(s). To open the selection, press area with the stylus. key. or touch the highlighted SCHEDULER You may effectively manage your time by using the Scheduler ® section of your Partner X8.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Date The current date is the default setting in a new record. • To display the Date setup dialog box: • touch the date value, or • touch the date icon. • To set the desired Day, Month and Year of an event, touch , or press number buttons. Use Í, Î to move between fields. Time The current time is the default setting in a new record. • To display the Time setup dialog box: • touch the time value, or • touch the time icon.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Choose one of the available options. Recurrence If you need your Reminder to be recurrent, you should select one of the daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly recurrence intervals. None is the default setting for a new record.
® Partner X8 • • User's Manual Type in the Description contents. To return to the previous page, touch or press t. To save a record, touch . Finding a Record There are three ways to search for records. Select from List • Open the record list for the current date ordered by Time. • When in the record list, use: • Ð, Ï to move the highlight bar • to open the highlighted record for editing • to delete the highlighted record • , or u,t to go to the next or previous date list.
® Partner X8 • • User's Manual Specify any string that might be found in the contents of a Scheduler record or records, and touch see results in a Search result list. or press to Select an entry to open the associated record in the viewing mode. Search through Calendar • • Select Calendar in the ORGANIZER section. To open the Scheduler list referring to the desired date, highlight a date for which a Scheduler records exists (these dates will appear in bold) and press .
® Partner X8 User's Manual • To page by month, use the screen. • To highlight a date, touch it or move the highlight bar with the Í,Î keys. , or , at the month name on • Touch to jump to a specific date via the dialog box. Dates of existing Scheduler records are shown in bold. The current date, icons showing event types and the number of events planned for this date in the Scheduler section are displayed in the right part of the screen.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • To draw using a Thick line, touch . The button changes to . Touch this new icon to restore the Thin line. • To draw a Straight line, touch Free draw. • To use the stylus as an eraser, touch resume drawing. • To copy or cut a rectangular drawing fragment touch (Cut), respectively. or • Touch the drawing board next to the fragment you wish to copy and drag the stylus so that the fragment is included within a frame. . Touch to return to using .
® Partner X8 User's Manual Select from List • Open the list of existing record names. Use: • Ð, Ï to move the highlight bar • to open a new record template • to open the highlighted record for editing • to delete the highlighted record. • To select an entry, touch or move the highlight bar to it and press . Find a record name • When in the record name list or in the viewing mode, select to display a search screen.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual Select Voice Memo from the ORGANIZER section. A list of existing records arranged in alphabetical order appears. Creating a Record There are two ways to create and store a voice record. From Voice Memo Section • Touch • • Press any key or touch the screen to stop recording. or press the REC key to start recording. Enter a filename for your Voice Memo up to 8 characters in length. • Touch or press to return to the Memo list.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Release the key to stop recording. The record will be given the default name NoName, which you can change in the Voice Memo section. ♦ Note: The REC key works even if the device is turned off. Finding and Playing Back a Record • Open a list of existing records. There are three ways to search for records: • Scroll the list vertically to view more records. • Press one or more alphanumeric key(s) on the keyboard to jump to an entry that starts with the corresponding .
® Partner X8 User's Manual ® data between your Partner X8 and a personal computer. This feature will allow you to keep a backup copy of the Telephones, Scheduler, Memo, User’s Dictionary data, and the English Language Tutor Statistics on your PC. Software • Download the Partner X8 PC-Link program from Ectaco's Web site www.ectaco.com. • • Install PC-Link. ® When the program is installed, start it from the Start menu, Programs / Ectaco.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • press Ð, Ï to select the desired section(s) with a dotted frame, press • • to check or uncheck the section. Right-click on the PC-Link icon in the System Tray. In the PCLink program, select a corresponding data transfer mode. To Download, also choose the section(s) to send. Start data transfer first on the receiving device, then on the sending one. ® You may enter, edit, or delete data in your Partner X8 PC-Link program.
® Partner X8 User's Manual CALCULATIONS The subsections listed in the CALCULATIONS section will satisfy a broad range of your everyday computing and money management needs. • Select the tab from the MAIN MENU to open the CALCULATIONS section. CALCULATOR • Select Calculator from the CALCULATIONS section or touch the button on the Sidebar. Entering numbers and operations from the displayed touchpad or from the keyboard (there is no need to press application as an ordinary pocket calculator.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Specify the inception Year, inception Month, and the amount of the Mortgage (or loan). • To switch the active box, touch it or press box. Touch • • • or press To go to the next page, use Mortgage box. + , or for the next to clear the active box. when in the Enter the Annual Percentage Rate and the Period of loan or mortgage in years. With all values specified and the last box highlighted, press to save the calculation and display the loan information screen.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Finding a Record • Open the Loan Calculator to display a list of saved loan calculations in the alphabetical order. • Touch an entry or move the highlight bar to it and press , to display the info screen on a loan. Loan Inquiry • • On a loan's info screen or in the record list (the desired loan to display the Date record name must be highlighted), touch dialog box.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: This function enables you to compare the conditions of different loans as they are projected into the future. ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT ® The Account Management section of your Partner X8 allows you to keep track of your bank accounts and transactions. • Select Account Management from the CALCULATIONS section. Creating a Record • • Touch • • Touch • • to open a new record template. Specify an Account name (touch menu of sample names).
® Partner X8 User's Manual An account record in the viewing mode includes information on aggregate deposits and withdrawals, and on the adjusted new balance. ♦ Note: If the account details are changed, a new Balance is calculated, and the Deposit and Withdrawal values are reset.
® Partner X8 • • User's Manual Type in an amount and touch or press . Enter a transaction description. • Touch or press to save the transaction as part of an account record and display the Balance screen. Viewing Transactions • Display an account record in the viewing mode, or highlight its line in the list. • Touch to open an itemized list of deposits and withdrawals with the most recent transaction shown on top. Withdrawals appear as negative values, Deposits appear as positive ones.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Checking and Setting Rates • When in the Calculation window, touch , to open the Currency rates window (by default all values are equal to 1). Use: • Ð,Ï to highlight lines • to specify / change a user currency name (marked ??? • at the bottom of list) • to switch to the Calculation subsection. To set the desired currency rate, touch the corresponding line, or highlight it and touch will appear: • or press .
® Partner X8 User's Manual • • Touch • Close the Currency rates window to return to the Calculation subsection. or press + to clear an incorrect input. To move to the next or previous currency in the list and to set , or u,t. exchange rates for other currencies, use Conversion • Open the Calculation window.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Use: • • • Ð,Ï to change the active input box • or Î to pull out a measure name or unit selection menu. Select a measure name from the upper menu and enter an amount in either input box, in any order. After you have typed a new amount in one of the boxes, press to refresh the display. (When a measurement unit is changed, the display is refreshed automatically.) • Touch or press + to clear the wrong input.
® Partner X8 User's Manual REFERENCE The REFERENCE section is your information and entertainment center. • Select the tab from the MAIN MENU to open the REFERENCE section. LOCAL AND WORLD TIME ® The Local & World Time section of your Partner X8, besides serving as a local and worldwide time and date reference, is also used to adjust system settings for the current date, time, local time zone, daily alarm, DST, and time announcement.
® Partner X8 User's Manual The Local Time screen shows: the name of the city and country representing the local time zone and a map of the corresponding continent, the current date and day of the week, and the current time. • Touch or press to listen to the time announcement (if the Speech option is enabled).
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: Use a comma to delimit the city and country names. • Touch or press . Date Default: 08-01-2003 in the Month-Day-Year format (may be changed to Day-Month-Year in System Setup, see page 93). • • Touch the date value to display the Set Date setup dialog box. • • Use Í,Î to select active field. Touch year. , or press the number keys to set the day, month, and Touch or press . Time Default: midnight 00:00.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Daily Alarm Set Alarm Time Default: midnight 00:00. • • • • Touch to display the Set Alarm dialog box. Set the hours and minutes for the alarm time. Use Í,Î to select active field. Touch or press Turn Alarm On/Off Default: Off. to apply the setting. • Touch to turn the Daily Alarm on. The button will appear indented. Touch it again to turn the Daily Alarm off. Or, • • Touch . Check the Alarm box to turn the Daily Alarm on. Uncheck the box to turn it off.
® Partner X8 • touch User's Manual or press in the Local Time or the World Time screen, or • touch on the Sidebar • interrupt a Daily Alarm beep to display a Time pop-up window. World Time Using your Partner’s World Time subsection, you may view the international zone times in cities around the globe, along with appropriate map illustrations. • Select the World time option in the Time menu. The World Time screen shows: city and country names (default: St.
® Partner X8 User's Manual TRAVEL GUIDE ® The Partner X8 Travel Guide will help you find out a few important facts about any country you plan to visit – capital, weather 11 conditions, spoken languages, currency, etc. • Select Travel Guide from the REFERENCE section. • • To switch between English and Russian, touch • Touch the corresponding line in the list, or make sure the line is .
® Partner X8 User's Manual TELEPHONE CODES The Telephone codes section allows you to get telephone codes for 12 more than 4,000 cities all over the world. • Select Telephone codes from the REFERENCE section. • • To switch between English and Russian, touch • Touch the corresponding line in the list or make sure the line is . To display the information for a city, start entering its name and/or scroll the list. highlighted and press or touch .
® Partner X8 User's Manual Mastermind • Select Mastermind from the Game Center menu. By entering digits try to guess a 4-digit number. • Enter a number and press appear in the table at left. . The result of the try will A sign means that one of the entered digits is present in the hidden number, but it is not in its proper position. A sign indicates that one of the correctly guessed digits is in its proper position. • Try to find the correct answer using a minimum number of tries.
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Enter your name(s) and touch or press . Players take turns putting black and white chips on the intersection points of the game grid. Each player tries to build up an uninterrupted vertical, horizontal, or diagonal row of five chips of his color, simultaneously preventing his opponent from doing the same. • To make your move, touch an intersection point, or move the cursor to it with the Í,Î,Ð,Ï keys and press .
® Partner X8 User's Manual • Use Î, Í (shift), Ï (rotate), and Ð (drop) to reposition the falling blocks, trying to eliminate empty spaces below them. Once a row is filled with bricks, it will disappear from the screen, earning you points. The next two blocks to fall are shown on the left-hand side. • • Press to toggle the hint area. You can change the speed of the falling bricks with the t,u keys or by moving the scroll box at lower left with the stylus.
® Partner X8 User's Manual The used letters are highlighted on the touchpad. Correctly guessed letters appear in place of question marks in their actual positions in the word. The number shows the remaining number of tries. After the game ends, a translation of the hidden word is shown. • Close the Main Dictionary window to return to the game.
® Partner X8 User's Manual PHONE WIZARD The Phone Wizard helps you to easily learn a phone number by finding a word corresponding to this number. This way of dialing is used with phones having an alphanumeric keyboard. • Select Phone Wizard from the REFERENCE section. • Input the phone number and touch display the possible word matches.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Use: • • • to get an explanation of the selected English word to get an instant translation of the selected word and word. to listen to the pronunciation of an English USA INTERVIEW This is the ultimate talking preparation guide to the U.S. citizenship exam. Another feature of this section is the ability to translate or get an explanation of any English word, thus helping a student grasp the broader meaning of the critical words contained in questions and answers.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Use: • , or t, u to move between the questions in the current chapter • or to obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of the highlighted word • to get an explanation of the highlighted English word • or to listen to the pronunciation of an English question or answer text. SETUP ® Personalize your Partner X8 and ensure good upkeep of your personal records with the options of the SETUP section. • Select the section.
® Partner X8 User's Manual SYSTEM SETUP For best results and to ensure that you can fully employ all of the Partner’s diverse features, it is recommended that you thoroughly familiarize yourself with the options of the System Setup section, which will allow you to adjust the device configuration to better suit your needs. • Select System Setup from the SETUP section. Key Tone This feature is designed to produce a short beep every time you press a key on the Partner's keyboard.
® Partner X8 • Touch or press the System Setup menu. User's Manual to save the setting and return to Auto Shutoff Period The automatic turnoff has a preset delay of 3 minutes. This feature saves battery life and prevents accidental display damage by shutting the device down after the specified period of inactivity. The adjustable range is from 1 to 15 minutes. • Select Auto Shutoff from the System Setup menu to display a setup prompt.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual If the calibration was successful, a confirmation message will be shown and the setup window will close. If the Mismatch! message appears, you will have to repeat the procedure. Adult Lock In this subsection you can hide slang words or phrases contained in the dictionaries. For example, you may forbid your children access to slang using this feature. Adult Lock is ON by default. • Select Adult Lock from the System Setup menu to display a setup prompt.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Audio Settings This option enables you to switch the internal speakers on or off and change the microphone input level. • Select Audio Settings from the System Setup menu to display a setup window. • • Touch the box next to the desired option to highlight it. • To adjust the microphone level to account for the loudness of your voice, change the value using the number buttons. • Touch or press the System Setup menu.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Date Format The default American Month-Day-Year date format can be changed to Day-Month-Year. The Week starts on Sunday option allows you to choose the Calendar format. • • • Select Date Format from the System Setup menu to display a setup prompt. To highlight the box next to the desired option, touch it or press an arrow key. Touch or press the System Setup menu.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual Touch or press the System Setup menu. to save the setting and return to PC-Link Baud Rate You can specify the data transfer baud rate between your ® Partner X8 and a personal computer (see page 67). • • • Select PC-Link baud rate from the System Setup menu to display a setup prompt. To highlight the box next to the desired option, touch it or press an arrow key. Touch or press the System Setup menu.
® Partner X8 User's Manual Supplemental Dictionaries Phone Directory Memo Scheduler Calendar Drawing Board • • Voice Memo PC Communication Loan Calculator Account Management Data Deletion To gain access to any of these sections in the locked mode, a valid password must be provided. Select the Security option from the SETUP section. Set Password • • Select Set password from the Security menu. Specify a password up to 8 symbols in length. Touch press or . Retype the password for confirmation.
® Partner X8 User's Manual ♦ Note: Always remember your password. If you forget it, you will have to reset the system, which may cause irrevocable loss of user data. Security On If a password is set, the data access is locked: • Automatically – after a password has been set or changed. • Automatically – when the device is turned off, if this is the setting selected in Security level in the Security menu. • Manually – select Lock device in the Security menu.
® Partner X8 • User's Manual Select one of the automatic Security modes: • Auto lock – to automatically activate data security when the device is turned off (either manually or automatically). • Don't lock – to keep the current setting unchanged on turnoff. ♦ Note: If you are concerned with data security, it is recommended to keep the default setting Auto lock.
® Partner X8 User's Manual records one by one. The Data Deletion section gives you this opportunity. • Select Data Deletion from the SETUP section. All sections can be emptied separately or all together (the last option All user's data). • Select a section from the Data Deletion menu and confirm a popup prompt. BRIEF OF FUNCTIONS A short description of every Partner’s section can be quickly looked up here. • Select Brief of Functions from the SETUP section or press SHIFT+ • .
