ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------3 GETTING STARTED ----------------------------------------------------------------5 General View ------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Display --------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Power Supply------------------------------------------------------------------------7 MultiMedia Card ---------------------
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Currency Conversion ------------------------------------------------------------ 30 Date Book -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Memo Book ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 34 Metric Conversion ---------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Music Player ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 ToDo Book ---------------------------------
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing ECTACO Partner® ES B-3! This product is the result of combined efforts of Ectaco staff of linguists, engineers, and programmers. You are now the owner of the versatile, handheld electronic device which will serve you as a comprehensive EnglishÙSpanish dictionary, personal organizer, and a music player.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Calculator Voice Memo High-speed data exchange and synchronization with PC Password protection Slang Lock High resolution touch screen MMC slot USB port Headphone jack The latest speech technology employed by ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 allows you to listen to clearly pronounced English and Spanish words and phrases.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual GETTING STARTED General View The general view and external appliances of ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 are shown below. Display ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 features a large-size touch screen with efficient windows-driven graphic interface. Touch-screen elements By tapping certain types of screen items – a push-button or pre-highlighted text – you perform an action associated with this item.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Stylus Tap the screen with the supplied pointing device called the stylus which, when not in use, is conveniently kept in a special slot at the side of the device’s back panel. The stylus is especially useful for operations which cannot be performed by the control wheel, for example, highlighting an arbitrary text fragment or a multi-word translation in a dictionary entry.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual out of the holes. We recommend that you keep the cover attached when you are not using your ECTACO Partner® ES B-3. Power Supply ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries. Please insert the batteries before connecting your device to a PC. Use the universal indicator to check the current condition of the batteries (see page 11). Replace the batteries when the indicator runs low.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • Please insert ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 MultiMedia Card into the MMC slot before you turn the device on. ♦ Note: Always make sure the device is turned off before installing or removing the MMC. Never insert or remove the card when the device is on. Use the On/Off button to turn the device off. Installing MMC • Put your thumb on the MMC slot cover and slide it off. • Slide the MMC into the compartment with the contacts facing up and the label facing down.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • • Remove the MMC slot cover. • Slide it out and snap the cover back on. Push the MMC in slightly. You will hear a click and the card will pop out. Initialization The initialization routine is started: • when ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 is turned on for the first time; • when you remove the batteries (e.g. when replacing them) for longer than five minutes; • after the system has been reset with the RESET button – see Soft Reset and Hard Reset below.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual reset. After a hard reset all user data will be lost. Synchronize your data often so that you always have a copy on your PC. • To perform the hard reset, keep the On/Off button pressed while pressing the RESET button. After a completed system initialization, or when using the device for the first time, the interface language is set to English. Users who prefer to see menus and messages in Spanish please see page 44 for instructions.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Dictionary • Use the Dictionary tab to access the following applications: Dictionary, English Idioms, Flash Cards, Hangman, Irregular Verbs, Phrasebook, and Spanish Verbs. Organizer • Use the Organizer tab to access the following applications: Address Book, Calculator, Currency Conversion, Date Book, Memo Book, Metric Conversion, Music Player, ToDo Book, and Voice Memo.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Pen Calibration Displays the Calibration screen and allows you to re-calibrate your ECTACO Partner® ES B-3. • To perform the calibration, tap the center of the target with the stylus. Repeat the process with three more targets, which will appear one after another. Set Contrast Allows you to adjust the screen contrast level. Disable Password Allows you to turn your password off or on. When no password is set, the menu item is grayed and inactive.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual the appropriate section of the Handwriting area, located at the center of the Control Pad. The Handwriting area is divided into the Letter input area, Number input area and Punctuation input area. Write letters in the Letter input area "abc", punctuation in the Punctuation input area ":-)", and numbers in the Number input area "123". Handwriting Guide To open the Handwriting Guide, please follow the steps below. • • From the Main Menu, tap . Tap Handwriting Guide.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Opening and Closing Programs • To open a program or file, tap its corresponding icon. • When a program is running, you can return to the Main Menu without closing . the program – just tap • Tap once again to return to the program immediately. ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 features multitasking. Each time you close a program, you return to the Main Menu. You can close a program using one of the following options: • • • In most programs, appears in the top right corner.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Natural handwriting also recognizes simple strokes for Backspace, Return and Space, as well as Shift and Cap Lock. ♦ Note: Always write in lowercase, as shown in the Handwriting Guide. If you want to enter letters in uppercase, first write the stroke for Shift or Caps Lock. • To enter a space, place the pointed end of the stylus in the center or left side of the Letter input area and draw a horizontal straight line to the right.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • To delete one character, place the cursor to the right of the character you want to delete and write the Backspace function in the Letter input area. To delete several characters at once, do the following: • • Drag the stylus over the characters to highlight them. Write the Backspace function in the Letter input area. Writing Accented Characters Natural handwriting supports accented character recognition for Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, and Dutch.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual On-screen Keyboard The on-screen keyboard offers an alternative way of entering data in your ECTACO Partner® ES B-3. It supports all English and Spanish letters, numerals, and punctuation marks. The keyboard is available in most programs in every screen allowing data entry. • To invoke the on-screen keyboard, draw a line straight up outside the , where available. Handwriting area or tap The on-screen keyboard will appear.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual headwords in the English-Spanish dictionary is illustrated by means of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). • Tap the Dictionary icon from the Dictionary tab to launch the application. The English-Spanish dictionary is selected by default. • To view a word translation, enter it either from the Handwriting area or from the on-screen keyboard. The headword closest in spelling to the entered letter combination will be displayed under the input line.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 • • Tap User Manual to open the Variants list. Tap the desired variant to look up its translation(s). Pronunciation of Words and Phrases One of the most exciting features of ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 is the TTS (Text-toSpeech) technology allowing you to listen to the pronunciation of English and Spanish words and phrases. • • • Open an entry in the Dictionary. Tap to listen to the pronunciation of the headword.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Change the direction of translation Hide / unhide slang words and phrases. The default password is showslan.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • Type in an English and Spanish word(s) or expression(s). You can also specify a part of speech by tapping ▼ in the Part of speech field and choosing an appropriate abbreviation from the list. • • • Tap to save your record. Use , Tap to delete the displayed record. to go the previous or next entry respectively. English Idioms Here you can find over 200 widely used idioms with their equivalents or translations. The idioms are listed in alphabetical order.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Flash Cards This fascinating program will help you enlarge your vocabulary quickly and advance considerably in learning a foreign language. Our method is simple: you learn foreign words while playing Flash Cards. • Tap the Flash Cards icon from the Dictionary tab to launch the application. If there are no sets of flash cards have been created, the Edit Set screen will be shown. • • Select the desired language by tapping . Tap to go to the Set setup screen.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • Tap . ♦ Note: You can store up to 50 flash cards in a set. When you have filled the desired set, you are ready to start learning. • Tap to close the Edit set screen. The Flash Cards screen will be shown. From the Flash Cards screen use: • to reset statistics for the currently viewed set. • to listen to the pronunciation of the source word. • to go to the Edit set screen. • to display the List of sets. Finished sets will be marked out in this list.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Your goal is to learn all the cards in your set. You may quit the game and resume playing at any time. Just launch Flash Cards to start playing beginning from where you left off. Hangman ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 features the learning game Hangman, which improves your spelling skills and enhances your personal vocabulary. • • Tap the Hangman icon from the Dictionary tab to launch the application.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • Tap on the word to highlight it. • Tap • Tap to obtain the translation. to close the Dictionary window and return to the Irregular Verbs window. To listen to the pronunciation of a verb: • Open the desired entry. • Tap . • Tap on the translation and then tap • to listen to its pronunciation. Use to hide / unhide slang words and phrases. The default password is showslan. Phrasebook The phrasebook contains over 1,100 phrases in the English and Spanish languages.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual can easily conjugate a desired verb in the following grammatical categories: Presente, Pretérito Imperfecto, Pretérito Perfecto, Subjuntivo Presente, Imperativo, Gerundio, and Participio. • • • • Tap the Spanish Verbs icon from the Dictionary tab to launch the application. • Select a grammatical category by tapping ▼ in the upper left corner of the screen. • • Use Search the verbs by typing in or by scrolling down the list. Use to change font size (see page 19).
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Creating a Record • Tap New. You will see the Edit Address screen. It includes four buttons for the available views: Personal, Address, Misc and Note. You will see Personal selected, as the Personal view is the first one to appear when you tap New. Each view contains data fields for specific information. There are two columns – Label and Data entry. The Data entry column has a data field for each item in the Label column. A blinking cursor appears in the active field.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Misc View At this screen, you can enter additional personal information. The labels include Spouse, Children, and Birthday. You can also add custom labels. By default, the custom fields are named Custom1, Custom2, Custom3, and Custom4. Note View At this screen, you can enter additional comments or reminders regarding the current contact. When a note is attached to a contact, Contacts List.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 • • • From the Contacts List, tap User Manual and then select File / Preferences. Tap ▼ to see the Sort drop-down list. Select the desired option and tap OK. Searching for an Entry In the Contacts List, do the following to find an entry. • • Tap on the line next to Search in the Contacts List. Use the Handwriting area or the on-screen keyboard to enter the first letter or letters of the entry you want to find. The first entry matching the input letters is highlighted.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Edit Menu Item Function Cut Remove any selected text. A copy is retained on the clipboard. Copy Place a copy of any selected text on the clipboard. Paste Place text from the clipboard into the selected location. Keyboard Invoke the on-screen keyboard. Handwriting Guide Display the input character libraries. Calculator ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 includes a standard calculator with memory features. The screen has 10-digit display capacity.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 • , User Manual to scroll the currencies list. Conversion • • Set the cursor position to the desired field in the right column of the table. Enter specified amount. The conversion is performed while you are typing. Date Book ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 includes Date Book, a standard organizer program for scheduling. Once you enter appointments, you can view them by day, by week, or by month. • Tap the Date Book icon from the Organizer tab to launch the application.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • • • • Tap New. • • Tap the down arrows and then tap the times you want. Enter your data. Tap in the empty time column. Tap the check box to deselect an all day event. Set a start and end time for this appointment. Tap OK to save your changes. Editing Appointments • Tap to place the cursor in the appointment you want to edit, and add or delete text. • Use the Handwriting area or the on-screen keyboard to make your changes.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • Tap ▼ to see the time drop-down list and tap the item you want to select: minutes, hours, days, or weeks. • • Enter the interval number for when you want to be alerted. Tap OK to accept your changes and return to the Edit dialog box. At the Daily View, indicates that an alarm has been set for an appointment. Views Daily View The Daily View displays the schedule for the selected day. It is the first screen you see when you enter Date Book.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 • Tap • To return to the current month, tap or User Manual to go to the previous or next calendar month. . Menus There are two menus in Date Book: File and Edit. The File menu is available in the Weekly and Monthly Views and both menus are available in Daily View. • When the program is running, tap below. to display the available menus described File Menu Item Function About Display the application version number. Preferences Select the alarm signal.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 • • User Manual Enter your memo. Tap Done to save your memo or Delete to exit without saving. Viewing Memos Memos are numbered in the order they are entered. You can change the order to view your memos in alphabetical order. • • • • Tap ▼ to see the Sort drop-down list. Tap Alphabetically to view your memos in alphabetical order. Tap by Entry to return to the default view. To view the whole memo, tap the number of the desired memo.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Edit Menu Item Function Cut Remove any selected text. A copy is retained on the clipboard. Copy Place a copy of any selected text on the clipboard. Paste Place text from the clipboard into the selected location. Keyboard Invoke the on-screen keyboard. Handwriting Guide Display the input character libraries.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Buttons Button Function Play. Pause playing. Stop playing. Fast forward. Rewind. Menus • When the program is running, tap below. to display the available menus described File Menu Item Function Help Display Help. About Display the copyright information for the program. Program Info Display general information about the current title: name, author, and file size. Exit Exit the application.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 Repeat All User Manual Play all music titles in the order listed and repeat the entire list. ToDo Book ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 includes ToDo Book, a standard organizer program for entering your tasks and keeping track of them. • Tap the ToDo Book icon from the Organizer tab to launch the application. When you open the program for the first time, you see a screen with three buttons at the bottom: New, Edit, and Show. When entries exist, the ToDo List displays all the entries.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Entering Settings • To enter or edit settings for a todo, tap in the line of the todo to select it, then tap Edit. • • • • Tap ▼ to display the Priority drop-down list and select the desired option. • Tap Done to save the note. delete the note, tap Delete. • • Tap in the empty completion check box to mark your todo as complete. Tap the Due Date box to set a due date. Tap the Active date box to select an activation date.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Menus There are two menus in ToDo Book: File and Edit. The File menu is available when no todo is selected in the ToDo List. When a todo is selected, both menus are available. • When the program is running, tap below. to display the available menus described File Menu Item Function About Display the application version number. Purge Delete all completed todo's from the list. Help Display Help. Exit Exit the application.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Buttons Button Function Record a memo. This button changes to Stop when you are recording or listening. Stop the memo recording or playing. Play the memo. Pause playing. Fast forward. Rewind. Menus • When the program is running, tap below. to display the available menus described File Menu Item Function Help Display Help. About Display the application version number. Memo info Display information about the memo. Delete Delete the selected memo.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 Play All User Manual Play all memos in the order listed. Repeat Single Play the selected memo repeatedly. Repeat All Play all memos in the order listed and repeat the entire list of memos. English Grammar ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 provides a well-structured English Grammar guide. The Grammar is shown in English, regardless of the selected interface language. • • Tap the English Grammar icon from the Extras tab to launch the application.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual • Choose the appropriate Continent and Time zone. Tap OK. Use: • , • to hear the announcement of the displayed time. to go to the previous or next city respectively in alphabetical order. • to turn Daylight Saving Time (DST) on or off. ♦ Note: Turning DST on or off sets the time one hour forward or back, respectively. Spanish Grammar This application is intended to be your quick reference on various aspects of Spanish grammar.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Use: • to change font size (see page 19). • to listen to the pronunciation of a question. • , to move between questions in the current chapter. World Time Using ECTACO Partner® ES B-3, you may view current times in cities around the globe, along with appropriate map illustrations. • • Tap the World Time icon from the Extras tab to launch the application. Tap to the left of the city or country name to open the list of cities or counties respectively.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Select Date Shows the date and lets you edit it. • Tap anywhere on the date field to change the date or view another date. Select Time Shows the time and lets you edit it. • • Tap the up and down arrows to change the hour and minute. When 12-hour format is set, tap AM or PM to toggle between AM and PM. Volume Allows you to set the volume for the device. • To increase or decrease the volume, drag the slider to the right or left, or tap the slider arrows.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Clearing the Password • • • Tap to open the Enter password screen. Input the current password. Tap OK. Don’t input any characters into the next two fields, just tap OK twice. Disabling the Password • • Tap . Tap Disable Password. The password becomes disabled. You can re-enable the password by tapping and then choosing Enable Password. Sounds Allows you to turn the device sounds off. • Select the Quiet Mode check box to turn the device sounds off.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Date Format Allows you to set the date format. By default, the date format is MM/DD/YY, where MM is the month, DD is the date, and YY is the year. To change the date format, tap ▼ and select the desired format: DD/MM/YY, DD.MM.YY, or YY/MM/DD. Numbers Allows you to set the number format. By default, the number format is 1,000.00. To change the number format, tap ▼ and select the desired format: 1.000,00, 1 000.00, or 1 000,00.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 User Manual Go to the upper folder Display files in the Contents folder. Display files from the Library folder in the Contents pane. Switch from the Connection view to the Contents view. Switch from the Contents view to the Connection view. Views Connection View If ECTACO Desktop Manager detects ECTACO Partner® ES B-3, the image on the screen will show the connection.
ECTACO Partner® ES B-3 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.
