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® INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing the Partner ® EAF430T! 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 EAF430T features: ®...
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Power Supply The EAF430T 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.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® 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. Press ON/OFF to turn the device off. Never try to remove batteries from the device when the power is on.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Keyboard The standard American QWERTY keyboard is combined with French and Arabic standard layouts. To enter additional signs in French (marked with blue at upper left of buttons), press ALT+ the desired button. To enter such signs in caps, press SHIFT+ ALT+ the desired button. To enter additional letters in Arabic, use SHIFT+ the desired two-lettered key.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Delete character to the left of the cursor Switch language or translation direction SHIFT+ Open additional symbols SHIFT+ Open record to edit SHIFT+BS Delete record Pronounce the main word or phrase (English or French) SHIFT+SAY Pronounce the translation (English or French) A, P Specify AM or PM (when the 12-hour format is set)
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Irregular Verbs World Time Popular Idioms Local Time Phones PC-Link Schedule Setup DICTIONARY The Dictionary section includes English-Arabic, English-French, and French- Arabic bidirectional dictionaries containing over 200,000 words each. Enter the Dictionary section. Following system initialization, the English- Arabic dictionary is selected by default.
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Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Press the SHIFT+DICT hotkey to switch between English, French, and Arabic dictionaries. P a r t s o f S p e e c h a n d G e n d e r L a b e l s Translations of a headword are listed in the alphabetical order by part of speech.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® S p e l l - c h e c k e r V e c t o r U l t i m a When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, the trilingual spell-checker Vector Ultima...
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® C r e a t i n g a R e c o r d When in a record list, press ENTER to open a new record template. If the dictionary is empty, a new record template will be opened automatically.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Enter the Grammar section. The Grammar contains three-level hierarchical menus. You can reach a menu’s third level by consecutively selecting topics from the menu. PHRASEBOOK The phrasebook contains over 1,100 English phrases and their translations, divided into 12 conversational topics: Everyday conversation Shopping...
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Type the first letter of the desired idiom and scroll through the list to find it. • Use to switch between French and Arabic translations. PHONES In this section you can store names, telephone and fax numbers, as well as postal and e-mail addresses in English, French, and Arabic.
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Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Enter the Schedule section. The list of existing records will be opened. Records are sorted by date and time. C r e a t i n g a R e c o r d To open a new record template, press ENTER when you are in the record list.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® The corresponding Schedule record will be displayed in the view mode at this time. Press any key to interrupt a Schedule Alarm or a Reminder beep. You can change the record and set the Reminder for a later time. Closing the Schedule reminder window will bring you back to the section (for example, Dictionary) as you were before the alarm went off.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Press ENTER to save changes. C o n v e r s i o n Enter the Calculation subsection. Select a currency name and enter an amount. After you have typed a new amount in one of the lines, the conversion will be performed.
Choose EAF430T 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. The latest version of the PC-Link software and additional dictionaries can be downloaded from Ectaco's web site at www.ectaco.com...
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Make sure you have no other PC-Link program running simultaneously with EAF430T PC-Link. Select the Send data transfer mode. Press ENTER. Choose the section(s) you wish to send. Use SPACE to check or uncheck a section.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® lock is ON by default. To set slang lock OFF, enter the showslan password and press ENTER. 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. You can speed up your Dictionary work by choosing to turn the Advanced search mode OFF.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Time Format The default 24-hour (Military) time format can be changed to the American 12- hour format. Schedule Alarm In this subsection you can turn the Schedule Alarm ON or OFF. If turned on, which is the default setting, the Schedule Alarm will go off at the date and time of the Schedule record, producing an audible beep.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Specify a password up to 8 characters in length. Press ENTER. Retype the password for confirmation. Press ENTER. Always remember your password. If you forget it, you will have to reset the system, which will cause irrevocable loss of user data. C h a n g i n g t h e p a s s w o r d Enter the Set Password subsection.
Partner EAF430T User’s Manual ® Use ENTER to move between Speech Frequency and Speech Speed bars and to adjust the levels of each option. Set sleep time The automatic power off has a preset delay of 3 minutes. This feature saves battery life by shutting down the device after a specified period of inactivity.
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