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- Page 1 ® ® ECTACO Partner ER850 ® Hand-held Electronic Language Teacher , Text Translator, Talking Dictionary, and Audio PhraseBook™ USER MANUAL...
- Page 2 ® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this manual. ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties, which may arise through the use of this product. ECTACO, Inc.
- Page 3 ® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual CONTENTS GENERAL DESCRIPTION ....................6 Introduction ........................6 General View ........................8 Power Supply........................8 How to Recharge the Battery..................8 SD Card .......................... 9 PC Communication ......................9 Initialization ........................9 Keyboard ........................10 Display and Main Menu .................... - Page 5 ® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual ® LANGUAGE TEACHER ....................26 ® Language Teacher ...................... 26 Alphabet ........................27 Words ......................... 27 Phrases ........................27 Dialogs........................27 FlashCards........................27 Creating New Sets and Adding Entries to FlashCards ..........28 FlashCards ......................... 29 Pockets........................
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Page 6: General Description
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual GENERAL DESCRIPTION Introduction ® Congratulations on your purchase of the high-end class ECTACO Partner ER850 Hand- ® held Electronic Language Teacher , Text Translator, Talking Dictionary, and Audio PhraseBook™! The product you have purchased is the result of the combined efforts of the ECTACO team of linguists, engineers, and programmers. - Page 7 ® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Audio Player with mp3 support • Calendar • Tasks • Size Equivalents • Metric Conversion • World Time • Voice Recorder • Calculator • Bilingual interface • Russian Standard and Phonetic keyboard layouts •...
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Page 8: General View
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual General View ® The general view and essential features of ECTACO Partner ER850 are shown below. Power Supply ® ECTACO Partner ER850 is powered by a special Li-Polymer rechargeable battery. When the battery becomes weak, the red LED signal starts blinking. In that case, the voice function will be disabled in order to prevent excessive discharge of the battery and a resulting loss of data in RAM. -
Page 9: Sd Card
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual LED status: blinking blue – recording is in progress or data being transferred; blinking red – SD card is being scanned, or the battery is critically low. Note: Charge the battery overnight prior to the first use of the device. SD Card ®... -
Page 10: Keyboard
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Press the Reset button. On completion of the reboot, you will see the calibration screen with five targets, appearing one after another as you tap them with the stylus. Press to accept the new calibration settings. Keyboard The American standard QWERTY keyboard (combined with the Russian layout) allows you to enter any word just in seconds. -
Page 11: Display And Main Menu
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Switch between English, Russian, and Russian Phonetic keyboard layouts. Russian Phonetic keyboard layout: a-а, b-б, c-ц/ч, d-д, e- е/э, f-ф, g-г/ж, h-х, i-и, j-й, k-к, l-л, m-м, n-н, o-о, p-п, q-я, r-р, s-с, t-т, u-у/ю, v-в, w-ш/щ, x-ь/ъ, y-ы, z-з. Press to enter letters shown after the slash (/). -
Page 12: Sidebar
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • ® Use the Language Teacher section to access Language Teacher , FlashCards, Hangman, and USA Interview. • Use the Entertainment section to access Audio Books, Audio Player, Voice Recorder, Calendar, and Tasks. • Use the Extras section to access Calculator, World Time, Size Equivalents, Metric Conversion, and Settings. -
Page 13: On-Screen Keyboard
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Calculator Volume Settings On-screen keyboard Back Forward On-screen Keyboard The on-screen keyboard is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen. This set of keys simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of it. •... -
Page 14: Windows
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • ® Place the tip of ECTACO C-Pen before the first character of your text. The leg with the touch trigger should be below the text line and the other leg above the text line. •... -
Page 15: Pop-Up Toolbar
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Pop-up Toolbar A toolbar is a set of horizontally arranged buttons shown at the bottom of the relevant window. • To activate the pop-up toolbar, press • To perform an action, just tap the corresponding icon. Alternatively, select it by using and then press Toolbar buttons have the following functions: Activate spell-checker... -
Page 16: Pop-Up Menus
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Delete/Clear Reset statistics Start new game Rescan the card Hide Edit Clear date Clear to date Switch to Agenda View Switch to Day View Switch to Calendar View Add new item Sort Filter Turn the sound off Turn the sound on The contents of the toolbar depend on the current application. -
Page 17: Parts Of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Note: Pop-up menus may vary from application to application. • To activate the pop-up menu, highlight the desired item and hold the stylus down on it for a second. • When the pop-up menu appears, lift the stylus and then select the desired action. You can close the pop-up menu by tapping anywhere on the screen, outside of the menu. -
Page 18: Pronunciation Of Words And Sentences
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual anat. – anatomy вчт. – computers поэт. – poetic bact. – bacteriology геол. – geology психол. – psychology biochem. – biochemistry геом. – geometry радио – radio biol. – biology горн. – mining разг. – colloquial bot. -
Page 19: Online Manual
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • To hear the displayed or highlighted headword pronounced, press the key. Note: Certain words have several pronunciation variations. So the pronunciation of the TTS engine and the given phonetic transcription may be different. In this case, consider the version given in the dictionary as the basic one. -
Page 20: Spell-Checker Vector Ultima
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Note: The MorphoFinder™ function helps you find the source words (headwords) for past participles, gerunds, plural and adjective forms. For example, if you enter "distributes" you will get "distribute" as there is no translation or definition for "distributes" because it is a form of "distribute". -
Page 21: Adding Entries To Flashcards
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Tap Add to save your entry. The entry will be highlighted in red for easy identification. You might want to delete a user entry. • Hold the stylus down on your entry in the list and then select User words / Delete in the pop-up menu. -
Page 22: Audio Phrasebook
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual The available pop-up menu items are described below. • Hold the stylus down on an underlined entry for a second. The pop-up menu will appear. • Tap Say to hear the entry pronounced. • Tap Explain to look it up in the WordNet Dictionary. -
Page 23: Categories: Subtopics, Useful Words, You May Hear
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • To adjust the volume, tap on the pop-up toolbar. Some of the phrases have changeable parts. These are underlined. For example, when viewing the phrase How frequent are the flights? you can tap the flights and change it to the trains. -
Page 24: Text Translation
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Open the desired subtopic. You will see the list of its phrases. • Press and hold the key. • Say your phrase and then release the key. If the phrase is on the list, the highlight will move to it. -
Page 25: Irregular Verbs
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • To look up an idiom in the Dictionary, simply double-tap it. Alternatively, tap the pop-up toolbar, or select Translate in Dictionary from the pop-up menu. Irregular Verbs All commonly used English irregular verbs are stored in the Irregular Verbs application. •... -
Page 26: Language Teacher
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Position your mouth near the built-in microphone at a distance of 3 – 6 inches (8 – 15 cm). • Press and hold . You will see a dialog with two buttons: Correct and Wrong. •... -
Page 27: Alphabet
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Otherwise, tap Continue to resume learning from where you left off. • Follow the instructions announced. • Tap Continue to go to the next item, stage, or step. You may quickly jump to the desired step by tapping the percentage indicator next to it. -
Page 28: Creating New Sets And Adding Entries To Flashcards
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Tap the application name. Alternatively, highlight it and then press . The application will open. There are pre-defined card sets in this application. Additionally, you can create your own sets. • To select the desired set, double-tap the respective folder name, or tap on the to the left of the folder name, and then tap the desired set name. -
Page 29: Flashcards
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Tap Add. FlashCards The face of a card shows the source word translation/definition, and the reverse side shows the source word. The player browses the cards and, whenever necessary, uses a hint. The goal is to learn all cards in the set. You will be prompted to proceed to the next set once you have finished the current one. -
Page 30: Translation Test
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Translation Test In this game you should choose a source word which best corresponds to the given description. You will be offered four choices, and you should select the correct one. If your choice is incorrect, you will be prompted to answer the given question later. The word description and four answer choices will be displayed. -
Page 31: Usa Interview
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Tap the application name. Alternatively, highlight it and then press . The game will begin. • You can change the target language for the game by pressing . Alternatively, tap on the pop-up toolbar. •... -
Page 32: Entertainment
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual ENTERTAINMENT Audio Books Make sure your trip abroad is culturally enlightening! The Audio Books will personally lead you through Paris' top sights. • In the Main Menu, tap or press 3 to activate the Entertainment section. •... -
Page 33: Voice Recorder
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • To play the desired recording, simply double-tap it or highlight it and then tap • To adjust the volume, tap on the pop-up toolbar. • To play an item at a specific point, tap on the playback progress bar on the upper section of the screen. -
Page 34: Calendar
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • To start recording, tap • To stop recording and save the record, tap • To play the highlighted record, tap • To adjust the volume, tap on the pop-up toolbar. • To rename the highlighted record, tap on the pop-up toolbar. -
Page 35: Viewing, Editing, And Deleting Appointments
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual to go to the previous or next week (month – in the Calendar mode), respectively. Alternatively, use the corresponding keys on the keyboard. Use to return to the current date (month – in the Calendar mode). Note: You must be in the Agenda View or Day View to add appointments. -
Page 36: Managing Tasks
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual For more options, please leave the input line blank, or use the new task template as described below. • Press and then tap on the pop-up toolbar. • Enter information in the fields you want. Use to open the drop-down lists. -
Page 37: World Time
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Tap the application name. Alternatively, highlight it and then press . The application will open. • To disable or enable announcements for the operations you perform, press then tap on the pop-up toolbar, respectively. •... -
Page 38: Settings
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual • Tap the application name. Alternatively, highlight it and then press . The application will open. • To open the list of categories or units, just tap next to the corresponding item. • Select the desired category and unit. Use the scroll bar, if necessary. •... -
Page 39: Local Date And Local Time
® ECTACO Partner ER850 User Manual Adjust the backlight and power auto-off time. This feature saves battery life by shutting the device down or switching the backlight off after the specified period of inactivity. • Under Backlight Off Time and Power Off Time, tap to see the list of available options and then select the desired one.
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