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To select a headword or screen item
1
step-by-step through a series of titles
Enter the characters you want to fi nd. On
With some dictionaries, you simply select
the list that appears, touch the term or
successive screen items and settings until you
screen item you want.
arrive at the information you need.
•
This highlights the term or item.
Example: To look up an English conversation
2
Touch the highlighted term or item again.
expression (
•
This displays the defi nition or explanation in the
After displaying the
case of a term, or the next screen in the case of
initial
a screen item.
•
You also could touch the
(Translate/
/
the following: A
Select) Quick Palette button instead of the term
or item.
circumstance)
Search Functions
(Daily life expressions)
There are fi ve basic patterns for term searches.
A
(Pattern 1): Entering the fi rst few
This will bring you to a screen that displays the
1
English expression for the Japanese
characters of the term you want to fi nd
(Pattern 2): Entering the term you want
morning).
2
to fi nd and then pressing
.
3
(Pattern 3): Searching step-by-step
multiple conditions
through a series of titles
(Pattern 4): Specifying multiple
4
With this type of search, you can input multiple
conditions
keywords, terms, or other conditions.
(Pattern 5): Touching a screen item
5
Example: To look up
Dictionary)
•
For details about the search patterns of each
•
The kanji
dictionary, see the
(Dictionary List)
strokes. This information can be used to look up the kanji.
chapter in the
(User's Guide).
1
Select
(Pattern 1): Entering the
1
fi rst few characters of the term you
(Single Kanji
want to fi nd
Reading/Number
The displayed list of search results changes as you
of Stroke Search)
enter characters of the term you want to fi nd.
and then press
Example: To look up the meaning of fi ne (
)
•
If a selection item has a letter at the beginning,
you can press the corresponding letter key to
execute the selection directly. In case of the
1
Use
and
to select
above, for example, you could simply press
(Headword Search).
2
Use
2
Enter the term you
highlighting to the
want.
Reading) column, enter
•
As you enter each
then press
character, the list of
•
This displays a list of applicable radicals.
terms on the main
3
Use
panel is updated
then press
accordingly.
•
When entering a
4
Use
headword, you can
highlighting to
use the following wildcard characters.
then enter 7.
•
Use the top row of keyboard keys to enter
Character
Represents
numbers.
?
A single unknown character
5
Press
~
A series of multiple unknown characters of
•
This displays a list of kanji characters that
unknown length
satisfy the conditions.
3
6
Use
and
to move the highlighting to
Use
a term and then press
.
then press
•
This displays the defi nition screen.
•
This displays an explanation of the term.
2
(Pattern 2): Entering a
term and then pressing
screen item
Enter the entire term you want to fi nd and then
You can perform a search simply by touching some
press
.
screen items on the main panel screen with the stylus.
Example: To fi nd the phrases that use the words
Example: To look up
"get" and "to" (
)
•
After displaying the
1
initial screen, touch
Use
and
to select
(Phrase
the following items on
Search).
the screen:
•
Select
(Example Search) to search for
(Map Search) (twice)
an example.
2
(Search for Mountains
Enter the term.
in Japan Maps) (twice)
•
When inputting multiple words, separate them
using the ampersand character (&), not spaces.
Example: get to
get&to
•
This will cause an
3
Press
.
explanation of
•
This displays a list
(Tokachidake) to
of all phrases that
appear
contain the terms.
panel. (Depending on
the dictionary or search
method, the explanation
screen may not appear
4
on the sub panel.)
Use
and
to move the highlighting to
•
Next, pressing
a phrase and then press
.
of
•
This displays the detailed information screen.
(Pattern 3): Searching
Other Searches
3
Jump Search
You can use jump search to jump to another
location in the same dictionary or to another
dictionary.
To jump within the same dictionary
)
1
When search
results show items
with a large arrow
screen, select
(
) or small
arrow (
(Search by
symbol, press
A
.
•
The
A
(At home)
character on the screen becomes highlighted.
(Morning).
2
Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting
(Good
to an item to the right of a jump symbol
(
or
•
Instead of the above procedure, you also can
(Pattern 4): Specifying
4
perform the jump by touching the term to the
right of the arrow symbol.
To jump to another dictionary
1
While the results of a search are displayed,
(
/Japanese Kanji
press
has the radical
(heart), and a total of 7
2
After using the
arrow keys to move
the highlighting to
the term you want
/
to look up, touch
the sub panel
(Select) button or
the Quick Palette
icon.
.
•
This displays a dictionary menu.
3
Use
and
then press
.
•
This displays a list of candidates.
,
,
and
to move the
4
Use
and
(Radical
the item you want and then press
(heart), and
to jump.
.
•
After pressing
character or term or dragging the stylus across
multiple characters or terms will search for the
,
,
and
to select
and
headwords that match the select character(s)
.
or word(s). If you select multiple words for an
,
,
and
to move the
example/idiom search jump, only the fi rst words
(Total Strokes) and
you select will be searched for.
To use the Mini Dictionary to look up a term
1
While a search result screen is displayed,
press
.
2
After using the arrow keys to move the
highlighting to the term you want to look
up, touch the sub panel
,
,
and
to select
and
Dictionary) button or Quick Palette
.
(Mini Dictionary) icon.
•
The Mini Dictionary appears in the sub panel (or
main panel).
5
(Pattern 5): Touching a
•
While the Mini Dictionary is displayed, tapping
a single character or term or dragging the stylus
across multiple characters or terms on the main
panel will search for the headwords that match
the select character(s) or word(s).
(
)
•
To close the Mini Dictionary, press
(Back/List).
Multi-dictionary Search
Use the following procedure to search for a term
across multiple dictionaries.
1
On the
screen, select the
(Useful
Functions) tab and
(Hokkaido)
then select
(Tokachidake)
(Alphabetic Multi-
dictionary Search).
•
You also could select
in the sub
(Japanese Multi-dictionary Search).
2
Use
and
(Search using alphabetic characters).
•
If you are performing the Japanese Multi-
dictionary Search, select
using hiragana).
will cause an explanation
(Tokachidake) to appear in the main panel.
3
On the search screen that appears, enter a
term.
•
Terms starting with the characters you have
entered appear in a list on the display.
•
Each term also includes an indicator showing
its dictionary.
4
Use
and
to move the highlighting to
a dictionary and term combination and then
press
.
Useful Functions
) jump
Powerful features and functions help make
dictionary look ups quicker and easier.
indicator appears and the fi rst
Viewing Phrases and Compound
Expressions
(
or
indicates there
) and then press
to jump.
is phrase and/or
compound expression
information available.
On the sub panel,
touch
to
display it.
.
On the main panel, touch the phrase or compound
expression you want to view and then touch the
Quick Palette button. This will display the
meaning of the phrase or compound expression
that you selected.
Viewing Compound Terms
indicates there
is compound term
information available.
On the sub panel,
touch
to display
to select a dictionary and
it.
.
On the main panel,
touch the compound term you want to view and
to move the highlighting to
then touch the
will display the meaning of the compound term
that you selected.
in step 1, tapping a single
Viewing Examples or Explanations
or
indicates there is
example information
or an explanation
available. On the sub
panel, touch
to display it. Use the
.
arrow keys to move the
highlighting to the icon you want to view and then
touch the
Quick Palette button. This will
display the example or explanation.
(Mini
Pronunciation
Your electronic dictionary can produce native
speaker pronunciations and simulated voice
readings of terms and examples.
To use the built-in speaker
On the side of the
electronic dictionary,
slide the pronunciation
output switch to
SPEAKER.
To use earphones
1
Connect the supplied
earphones to the
terminal on the left
side of the electronic
dictionary.
•
Use only the supplied
earphones.
2
On the side of the
electronic dictionary,
slide the pronunciation
to select
output switch to
PHONES.
(Search
To adjust the volume
1
While any screen is
displayed, press
.
2
Use the
(increase volume) and
(decrease volume) arrow keys
to adjust the volume level.
3
Press
.
•
While a term is selected for reading, you can
touch the + and − buttons on the sub panel
to adjust volume.
•
While a
icon is highlighted or audio output
is in progress, you can adjust its volume by
pressing
or
.
Using TRUE VOICE
®
for Native
Speaker Pronunciation
TRUE VOICE
®
capabilities let you hear native
speaker pronunciations of terms and examples.
Playing TRUE VOICE
®
Pronunciation
while a Defi nition Screen is Displayed
Use the following steps to listen to a TRUE VOICE
pronunciation of an item that has a
to it.
1
Press
.
•
The
icon
becomes
highlighted and
appears
on the display.
2
Press
.
•
This plays the pronunciation of the item next to
or below the highlighted
•
If there are multiple
icons, use
to select one.
Quick Palette button. This
•
Instead of the above procedure, you also can
play the pronunciation by touching the
icon.
3
After you are fi nished using TRUE VOICE
press
so
disappears from
the display.
®
Playing TRUE VOICE
Pronunciation
while an English Term is Displayed
Use the following steps to listen to a TRUE VOICE
pronunciation of an English term.
1
Press
.
•
and
appear on the
display.
2
Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting
to an English term.
•
You also can highlight the English term by
touching it with the stylus.
3
Press
.
•
If there is only one pronunciation, it plays
immediately.
•
If there are multiple pronunciations, a list of
candidates appears. If this happens, move the
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
output switch
output switch
highlighting to the term whose pronunciation
you want to hear and then press
•
If native speaker pronunciation is not available,
a message appears asking if you want to hear a
simulated voice reading.
4
After you are fi nished, press
•
Note that pronunciation may not be correct if a
non-English term is selected.
•
Pronunciation may not be correct in cases that
two terms have the same spelling but different
pronunciations.
Synthesized Voice Readings
A synthesized voice can be used to check the
readings of terms in seven languages: English,
Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, and
Korean.
•
Some dictionaries/modes do not support synthetic
voice readings.
•
Chinese reading can be selected for a Chinese
model electronic dictionary and Korean for a
Korean model electronic dictionary only. For other
models, these languages can be selected after the
applicable optional content is installed.
•
For Chinese, pinyin and alphabetic terms, and some
kanji terms cannot be read by the synthetic voice.
•
For Korean, only hangul terms can be read.
To play readings on a defi nition and
explanation screen
1
Press
and
then
.
•
appears
and the fi rst term
or example that
can be read by
the synthesized
®
voice becomes
icon next
highlighted on the
display.
2
Use
and
to move the highlighting to
the term, phrase, or example you want to
have read.
•
Instead of using the arrow keys, you also can
highlight the term, phrase, or example by
touching it with the stylus.
3
Press
to produce the reading of the
term or example.
4
After you are fi nished, press
icon.
and
Confi guring Audio Settings
Use the procedures below to confi gure audio
settings.
To display the
(Audio Settings)
®
,
Screen
1
Press
and then
.
2
Use the arrow keys
to select
and
®
then press
.
•
This displays the
settings screen. Use
and
to select the
setting you want to change and then press
. This will display the applicable
setting screen.
To adjust the reading speed
Use
and
to select a speed and then press
.
•
You can select one of the fi ve following settings.
Percents indicate the approximate difference from
standard (100%).
(130%),
(120%),
(100%) ,
(85%),
(75%).
To specify the pronunciation language
Use the arrow keys to select a language setting
and then press
.
.
•
This will change the pronunciation setting of
only the dictionary that was selected when you
performed the procedure under To display the
(Audio Settings) Screen .
.
To adjust the reading volume level
Use
and
to select a volume level and then
press
.
•
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®
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•
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