ECTACO Partner® B–3 Travel Phrasebook USER MANUAL
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ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION-----------------------------------------------------6 GETTING STARTED -----------------------------------------------7 General View ---------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Power Supply ---------------------------------------------------------------- 7 MultiMedia Card ------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Control Pad ------------------------------------------------------------------ 9
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Voice Memo---------------------------------------------------------------Currency Conversion ---------------------------------------------------Local Time-----------------------------------------------------------------Metric Conversion -------------------------------------------------------World Time ----------------------------------------------------------------- 18 19 19 19 19 PC COMMUNICATION------------------------------------------- 20 INTERNATION
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing ECTACO Partner® B-3! You are now the owner of the versatile, handheld electronic device which will serve you as a comprehensive phrasebook, personal organizer, and a music player.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual GETTING STARTED General View The general view and external appliances of ECTACO Partner® B-3 are shown below: • Press the On/Off button to turn the device on. When the device is on, press and hold the On/Off button for approximately two seconds to turn on the backlight. Press and hold the On/Off button once again to turn the backlight off. • Use the connecting cable provided in the standard package to connect ECTACO Partner® B-3 to the LS-101 loudspeaker.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual ♦ Note: Make sure the battery is inserted in the battery compartment before connecting your device to a PC. How to replace the batteries • Press the On/Off button to turn the device off. • Make sure the device is not on a hard surface – if the On/Off button is pressed accidentally, user data may be lost. ♦ Note: To avoid data loss, never try to remove the batteries from the device when the power is on.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual The operating system installation will take about 2 minutes. • To perform screen calibration, tap the center of the target with the stylus. Repeat the process with three more targets, which will appear one after another. Removing MMC • To remove the MMC, first turn the device off. Push the card in slightly. You will hear a click and the card will pop out. Soft Reset • Tap to go to the Main Menu and then tap to open the Launcher Menu.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Main Menu ECTACO Partner® B-3 Main Menu contains a row of three tabs at the bottom of the screen and the universal indicator. The tabs are named as follows: Phrasebook, Organizer, and Extras. • Use the Phrasebook tab to access Phrasebook and Self-Learning Mode (Flash Cards). • Use the Organizer tab to access the following applications: Address Book, Calculator, Date Book, Memo Book, Music Player, ToDo Book, and Voice Memo.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual ♦ Note: The control wheel turns up and down; it does not spin. Please do not put excessive force on the control wheel. • Turn the control wheel to control the volume when listening to music. Opening and Closing Programs • To open a program, tap its corresponding icon. • To return to the Main Menu without closing the program, tap return to the program, tap • To exit a program, tap . To immediately once again.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Changing or Clearing the Password • Tap to open the Enter password screen. • Input the current password. Tap OK. • Specify a new one. When clearing the password, leave the filed blank. Tap OK. • Retype the new password for confirmation. Tap OK. ♦ Note: Always remember your password. If you forget it, you will have to reset the system, which may cause irrevocable loss of user data.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual APPLICATIONS Touch buttons Button(s) Function(s) Pronounce translation (in Phrasebook) Change the operating mode (in Phrasebook) Phrasebook setup Change the direction of translation Add the highlighted entry to a set of flash cards Invoke the on-screen keyboard Change the font size (three font sizes available) , Go to the previous or next entry respectively Open a new record template Delete a record Create a new set (in Self-Learning Mode) Rename the sele
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Phrases Mode, Useful Words Mode, Search Mode • Tap and then select Phrases mode (default setting), Useful words mode, or Search mode. In the Phrases mode the application shows full sentences, some of which have changeable parts. These are shown in bold and underlined. For example, when viewing the phrase How frequent are the flights? you can tap the flights and change it to the trains. The phrase translation will change accordingly.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual to create a new set. • Tap By default, the first set is named my set 1. Once you have created your set(s), tap to close the Set setup screen and return the Edit set screen. • Choose the desired set by tapping ▼ in the upper part of the screen, next to Current set. • To fill the current set with the Phrasebook entries, select the desired entry and then tap . • Use to create a set of 50 randomly chosen entries.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Editing Entries • • • • • 1) Tap the desired entry and then tap in the data field you want to change. Enter or edit information in any view and field. Tap Done or to save your changes and return to the Contacts List. 2) Or, hold your stylus down on the entry. Select Edit on the appeared menu. Custom Fields • From the Contacts List, tap and then select File / Custom Fields.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook • In the Edit window, use User Manual to set the time when the alarm will sound. Views The Daily View displays the schedule for the selected day. It is the first screen you see when you enter Date Book. To return to this view from another screen, tap • Use . to return to the current date. The Weekly View displays the schedule for a single week. Tap Weekly View. to go to the • Tap at the bottom of the screen to see the week’s schedule as a list.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual ♦ Note: If the source MP3 file is in a wrong encoding, Music Player may not be able to recognize it or even may stop responding. Use the Active Programs menu to stop the program in this case. Buttons – Play, Rewind. – Pause playing, – Stop playing, – Fast forward, – Menus • When the program is running, tap to display the available menus. ToDo Book ToDo Book is a standard organizer program for managing your tasks.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Currency Conversion Allows you to instantly calculate cross rates for combinations of over 20 currencies. Setting and Checking Rates • Tap on the currency name to open the Currency setup window. • Change/specify the Currency name and/or Currency rate. Tap Save. . The Currency setup window • To add user-defined currencies to the list, tap will open. Enter the desired data into the Currency name and Currency rate fields.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook • Use User Manual to turn Daylight Saving Time (DST) on or off. PC COMMUNICATION Using the USB cable and ECTACO Desktop Manager software you may exchange data between your ECTACO Partner® B-3 and a personal computer. This will allow you to keep a backup copy of user data. When prompted to specify a path to the device driver, go to the folder into which you have installed ECTACO Desktop Manager, then open the USB_Driver folder and select ebookman.sys.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook Unpack Delete Properties Open Change to Contents Folder Change to Library Folder Change Folder Change Sync Folder Exit User Manual Expand a zipped seb file. Remove a highlighted file or folder. Display the properties of the highlighted file: name, type, size, publisher, and security. Open a highlighted folder. Change the directory in the Contents pane to the Contents folder. Change the directory in the Contents pane to the Library folder.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY ECTACO, Inc. (Ectaco) guarantees to the end user that this product will be free of defects in material and craftsmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original retail purchase, as evidenced by the sales receipt. This warranty does not apply if any other party has damaged the product by accident, abuse, and misuse, or as a result of service.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Europe, Asia, Australia Germany, Berlin Ectaco Germany, GmbH. Tel.: +49-30-8950-3535 E-mail: germany@ectaco.com United Kingdom, London Ectaco (UK) Ltd. Tel.: +44-207-936-9063 E-mail: uk@ectaco.com Poland, Warsaw Ectaco-Poland, Sp. z o.o. Tel.: +48-22-844-1664 E-mail: poland@ectaco.com Belarus, Minsk Ukraine, Kiev Russia Ectaco BEL Ectaco-Ukraine, HPKP Ectaco-Russia, Ltd. Tel.: +375-17-232-9701 Tel.: +380-44-516-5724 St.
ECTACO Partner® B-3 Travel Phrasebook User Manual Warranty Registration In case of malfunction, please fill out this registration slip and send it with your device to the nearest Ectaco service center. Make sure to include your telephone number.
