Ectaco Partner EEL400T User Manual

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EEL400T
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 2
General View .................................................................................................... 2
Power Supply.................................................................................................... 3
Initialization ....................................................................................................... 4
Keyboard........................................................................................................... 5
Display .............................................................................................................. 6
Main Menu ........................................................................................................ 6
ENGLISH DICTIONARY........................................................................................ 6
ENGLISH-LATIN DICTIONARY ............................................................................ 8
USER'S DICTIONARY......................................................................................... 10
LATIN PROVERBS.............................................................................................. 11
GRAMMAR .......................................................................................................... 12
LATIN PRONUNCIATION RULES ...................................................................... 12
PHONES.............................................................................................................. 12
SCHEDULE ......................................................................................................... 13
CALCULATOR..................................................................................................... 14
METRIC CONVERSION...................................................................................... 14
CURRENCY CONVERSION ............................................................................... 14
HANGMAN WORD GAME................................................................................... 15
WORLD TIME ...................................................................................................... 15
LOCAL TIME........................................................................................................ 16
PC-LINK............................................................................................................... 16
SETUP ................................................................................................................. 17
Advanced search ............................................................................................ 18
Slang lock........................................................................................................ 18
Key tone.......................................................................................................... 18
Clock ............................................................................................................... 18
Date format ..................................................................................................... 19
Time format..................................................................................................... 19
Schedule alarm ............................................................................................... 19
Daily alarm ...................................................................................................... 19
Memory check................................................................................................. 19
Data deletion................................................................................................... 19
Set password .................................................................................................. 19
Security mode ................................................................................................. 20
Set contrast..................................................................................................... 21
Speech options ............................................................................................... 21
Set sleep time ................................................................................................. 21
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................2 General View ....................2 Power Supply....................3 Initialization ....................... 4 Keyboard......................5 Display ......................6 Main Menu ......................6 ENGLISH DICTIONARY..................6 ENGLISH-LATIN DICTIONARY ................8 USER'S DICTIONARY..................10 LATIN PROVERBS....................11 GRAMMAR ......................
  • Page 2: Introduction

    User’s Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing the Partner EEL400T! 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 educational tools available. The Partner EEL400T features: ®...
  • Page 3: Power Supply

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Power Supply The EEL400T is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries. When the batteries become weak, a warning message will be displayed. In order to prevent excessively discharging the batteries and undergoing a resulting loss of data in RAM, the Say function and communication channels will be disabled if battery power is low.
  • Page 4: Initialization

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual If you plug in the AC adapter, the indicator will disappear during 1 minute and full functionality of the device will be restored. H o w t o r e p l a c e t h e b a t t e r i e s Ensure the power is off.
  • Page 5: Keyboard

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Then you will see the Delete user's data? message. Press the N button to save your data. Keyboard The EEL400T features the standard American QWERTY keyboard. Unlike PC keyboards, there is no need to keep a key (such as SHIFT) down while pressing another one.
  • Page 6: Display

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Display Partner ® EEL400T features a high-resolution screen (160x64 pixels). The indicator line is at the top of the display and shows the following indicators: Current Record opened in the edit mode SHIFT key pressed The Insert mode is selected Batteries low Device locked...
  • Page 7 Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual V i e w i n g e n t r i e s To see explanation(s) of a word, enter it from the keyboard. If the Advanced Search mode is turned ON, the headword closest in spelling to the portion you have entered so far will be displayed under the input line.
  • Page 8: English-Latin Dictionary

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual If the spell-checker is unable to suggest alternative words, the No variants message is shown. P r o n u n c i a t i o n o f w o r d s a n d s e n t e n c e s The Text-To-Speech technology provides pronunciation of any English words and phrases.
  • Page 9 Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Press ESC or just start typing to return to the input line and translate another word. You can change the translation direction by pressing Translations of a headword are listed in the alphabetical order by part of speech (see Page 7).
  • Page 10: User's Dictionary

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Use: • (SAY) to listen to the pronunciation of the English headword • SHIFT+ (SAY) to listen to the pronunciation of all displayed English translations You also can listen to any selected English words or phrases listed in the entry.
  • Page 11: Latin Proverbs

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Press ENTER again. Choose an appropriate abbreviation of the part of speech by scrolling by using . Press ENTER. The record will be saved and you will be returned to the records list. F i n d i n g a R e c o r d There are three ways to find a record: I.
  • Page 12: Grammar

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual GRAMMAR The EEL400T contains the English Grammar section. Press SHIFT+GRAM to enter the Grammar section. The Grammar section contains three-level hierarchical menus. You can reach a menu’s third level by consecutively selecting topics from the menu. LATIN PRONUNCIATION RULES The EEL400T contains the Latin pronunciation rules section having the following subsections: 1.
  • Page 13: Schedule

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual F i n d i n g a R e c o r d 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.
  • Page 14: Calculator

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual F i n d i n g a R e c o r d The records are sorted by date and time. Use u, t to scroll the record list. R e m i n d e r a n d S c h e d u l e a l a r m If enabled, the Reminder sounds at the determined time until a Schedule alarm will be issued, producing an audible beep.
  • Page 15: Hangman Word Game

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual S e t t i n g a n d C h e c k i n g R a t e s Select the Set rate subsection to specify currency names and rates. Select a currency. Press ENTER. You can specify or change the names of any of the currencies listed.
  • Page 16: Local Time

    INSTALL.exe file from the CD root catalog. Choose EEL400T PC-Link from the menu displayed on the PC. After the program is installed, start it from Start/Programs/Ectaco. The icon will appear in the System Tray.
  • Page 17: Setup

    User’s Manual The latest version of the PC-Link software and additional dictionaries can be downloaded from Ectaco's web site at www.ectaco.com S e n d i n g a n d R e c e i v i n g Connect the PC-Link cable to the PC-Link jack located on the right-hand edge of the device.
  • Page 18: Advanced Search

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Most of the Setup section options are very easy to adjust. Unless stated otherwise, enter a subsection and select the desired option with , . Then press ENTER to confirm your choice. Advanced search If the Advanced search is ON, the headword closest in spelling to the portion you have entered so far will be displayed under the input line.
  • Page 19: Date Format

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Refer to Page 16 to learn how to find the desired country or city in the list. When you find the desired city, press ENTER to save the changes. Date format The default Year-Month-Day date format can be changed to Day-Month-Year, or Month-Day-Year.
  • Page 20: Security Mode

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Telephones User’s dictionaries Security mode Schedule Data deletion Set password PC Communication To gain access to any of these sections in the locked mode, a valid password must be provided. Enter the Set password subsection. Specify a password up to 8 characters in length.
  • Page 21: Set Contrast

    Partner ® EEL400T User’s Manual Set contrast The default contrast setting can be changed in the Set contrast subsection. Change the contrast level by using Speech options Suit your own pronunciation by adjusting the speed and frequency of the built-in speech synthesizer.

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