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Pronto! 18 V4
Pronto! 40 V4
Short Guide
Item number 106385H34
Software-Version 4.1
Handbuchversion 1.3ce
English 07/2017

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  • Page 1 Pronto! 18 V4 Pronto! 40 V4 Short Guide Item number 106385H34 Software-Version 4.1 Handbuchversion 1.3ce English 07/2017...
  • Page 3: About Baum

    1 About BAUM BAUM Retec AG has been a leading provider of products and services for blind and visually impaired people for more than 35 years. The high quality and innovative braille products, desktop magnifiers, reading machines, and software solutions are developed and manufactured in Germany, and are ideal for educational, professional and private use.
  • Page 4: About Pronto

    All efforts have been made to ensure that information contained in this document is correct at the time of issue. Neither BAUM Retec AG nor its representatives assume any responsability for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of information contained herein.
  • Page 5: About This Manual

    Pronto! 40: Use braille key board module or switch QWERT key board to braille mode (FN+B) You get QWERT mode: Pronto! 18 V4: Connect an external USB key board. Pronto! 40: Use QWERT key board module. You find basic commands and shortcuts for both modes in the Chapter “General usage”.
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    4 Table of Contents About BAUM ........................3 About Pronto! ........................4 About this manual ....................... 5 Table of Contents ........................ 6 General Information, Safety and Warranty ................8 What is in the box ......................8 Compliances ........................8 CE Conformity ......................8 FCC Conformity ......................
  • Page 7 10.1 Pronto! 18 V4 ......................29 10.2 Pronto! 40 V4 ......................29 11 Defects and Repair ......................30...
  • Page 8: General Information, Safety And Warranty

    5 General Information, Safety and Warranty Before you use your device for the first time, please check content of the box. If anything is damaged or missing, please do not hesitate to contact your supplier. What is in the box •...
  • Page 9: Environmentally Friendly Disposal According To Eu-Directive 2012/19/Eu

    2. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Roles. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 12: For Your Safety

    If the battery capacity is getting too small after some time, batteries have to be replaced. Do not try to replace battery yourself, have BAUM or an authorised service partner do this. Do not try to open PRONTO!
  • Page 13: Warranty

    Damages caused by improper use are excluded from warranty. BAUM Retec AG warrants the device, effective from the date of delivery, to be free of any defects in material and workmanship. Warranty is not transferable and does not apply to groups, multi users or agencies.
  • Page 14: Part I - Introduction - First Steps On Pronto! 18

    8 Part I - Introduction - First Steps on Pronto! 18 Congratulations! You finally have Pronto! in your hands and are no doubt keen to learn how it works. The following text is not a complicated handbook, and is aimed at introducing you to the main functions through practical examples.
  • Page 15: Writing Text

    You will hear an ascending two-tone signal. (If after this signal you hear another one with a high and a low tone, Pronto! will automatically shut down completely because of a low battery. You have to charge the battery first. Connect the small round plug of the charger cable into the small round hole at the left rear side of Pronto!, and the other end of the cable to a wall socket.
  • Page 16: Call Up Values, Stand By And Wake Up Pronto

    8.5 Call up Values, Stand by and wake up Pronto! Time has now passed and you may want to know what time it is. Press the outermost right system button (S4) briefly and you will be told the time. Press this button briefly twice and you will be told the date.
  • Page 17: Open

    is mistakenly selected press the general cancel command B7 and B8 together with both thumb keys, and start again). 5. In the “Name” edit box type “Test”. Finally, press the left thumb key to save the file. 8.8 Open Now you can open another text file or a new document. Press the shortcut Braille keys B3B5 with the left thumb key again, or press "S3 once briefly".
  • Page 18: Close Document

    5. Go up or down with the Navistick to “Storage Card” and move the Navistick right to open the folder. This accesses the “Edit” folder which contains your text files. (To select another folder, move the Navistick up or down to the “Edit” folder) 6.
  • Page 19: Mp3 Player

    and delete files, and you know how to find out the time and other useful information. 8.13 MP3 Player Finally, let’s listen to a bit of music and learn how to use Pronto’s MP3 player at the same time. 1. Open the main menu by pressing the system button S3 for a few seconds - this is the round button alongside the right thumb key.
  • Page 20 If you forget to switch Pronto! off, there is no need to worry about a flat battery. The automatic shut- down function is set so that Pronto! will switch itself off if it has not been used for 10 minutes, or no mp3 files have been played.
  • Page 21: Part I - Introduction - First Steps On Pronto! 40

    9 Part I - Introduction - First Steps on Pronto! 40 Congratulations on acquiring your organizer Pronto!– no doubt you are keen to discover all that Pronto! can do. The following pages do not constitute a complete handbook but are designed to introduce you to the most important functions through practical examples, and to help you find your way around the keyboard.
  • Page 22 with the voice recorder. The build in microphone is placed on the right side of the keyboard and marked by a small hole. In front of the keyboard you find the Braille display with cursor routing keys (Positioning keys) at each cell and 3 Display keys each right and left beside the Braille Display.
  • Page 23: Switch On The Device

    Let’s look more closely at the sloped front side. We already know the 2 square thumb keys left (B9) and right (B0) of the Navistick. Further to the left and the right we find each 2 small round buttons. These system keys are used to switch Pronto! to stand-by mode, to switch it back on, and to switch between various applications.
  • Page 24: Reading Text

    which is perhaps known to you from Windows. When using the Braille keyboard the command to jump to the end of the file is executed by pressing the Braille keys B4B5B6 together with the left thumb key B9. Practice by writing a few more sentences. 9.4 Reading Text To read through your practice text, jump to the beginning of the file by pressing the left FN key together with the Control key and the left arrow key or Braille keys B1B2B3 together with the left...
  • Page 25: Saving

    the element and its functions, Long Help can be called up by pressing the F1 key: press the FN key (i.e. the third key from the left on the bottom row) together with the number “1” key, and Help will be read out and displayed in Braille.
  • Page 26: File Manager

    3. move the Navistick to the right to open the File menu; more entries will appear. 4. either stay on the first entry or move the Navistick up or down to “New” and then either press Return, the left thumb key B9 or the Navistick (N-center) to confirm the selection. If another entry is selected by mistake, press the Escape key or the Braille keys B7B8B9 –...
  • Page 27: Opening The Manual

    main menu. Then proceed as follows: 1. press Alt, or S3 once briefly to open the Command menu which will open at the first entry “File”. 2. move to the right and then down with the Navistick to “Close”, and press Return or the left thumb key B9.
  • Page 28: Switch Off Pronto

    open it by moving the Navistick once more to the right. 8. the “Music” folder contains individual mp3 files. To open one of them select it simply by browsing through the list with the Navistick and pressing Return or the left thumb key B9. 9.
  • Page 29: Technical Data

    10 Technical Data 10.1 Pronto! 18 V4 Dimensions in mm (width x depth x height): 174 x 92 x 32 Weight: approx. 450 g / 1 pound Battery charge: 5V / max. 2,5A Battery capacity: 7,2 V / 2250 mAh...
  • Page 30 BAUM Retec or your authorized BAUM Retec dealer. To contact BAUM Retec please refer to the contact information below. BAUM Retec, Inc. is your contact for any Pronto purchased/sold in the USA. For all other customers, please contact BAUM Retec AG in Germany.
  • Page 32 BAUM (USA) Inc. Phone: +1 855 620-7985 13 Branch Street, Suite 205 Email: info@baumusa.com Methuen, MA 01844 Web: www.baumusa.com BAUM Retec (UK) Ltd Phone: +44 800 043 3199 Hamilton House Email: info@baumuk.com Mabledon Place Web: www.baumuk.com London, WC1H 9BB...

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