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- Page 1 ECTACO Partner E500T ® ® Talking Electronic Dictionary & Phrasebook USER MANUAL...
- Page 2 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. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, repairs, or battery replacement.
- Page 3 ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit 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 Rules.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..............6 General View ................ 8 Power Supply ............... 8 Reprogramming to Other Language Pairs......10 Initialization................. 10 Keyboard ................11 Display................13 Main Menu................14 DICTIONARY................ 14 Viewing entries ..............15 Vector Ultima™... - Page 5 ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® SAT 5000................23 USA INTERVIEW ..............24 CALCULATOR ..............24 CURRENCY CONVERSION..........25 Setting and Checking Rates ..........25 Conversion ................. 25 METRIC CONVERSION ............26 WORLD TIME............... 26 SETUP .................. 27 Set language ..............27 Set font size................
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Page 6: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing ECTACO Partner E500T! 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 linguistic systems available. ECTACO Partner E500T features: ®... - Page 7 Three font sizes Mini-USB port for external power supply Headphone jack As continuous efforts are being made by the manufacturer to ensure the best quality and performance of the ECTACO ® Partner products, some characteristics of the device you have ®...
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Page 8: General View
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® General View The general view and external features of ECTACO Partner E500T ® ® are shown below. Power Supply The device is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries. -
Page 9: How To Replace The Batteries
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® How to Replace the Batteries • 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. This can seriously damage the device. If you experience difficulty turning the device off, press the Reset button on the left- hand side of the keyboard (under the A key) and reset the system. -
Page 10: Reprogramming To Other Language Pairs
To reprogram the device, perform the following steps: 1. Order an SD card with firmware corresponding to the desired language pair(s) from www.ectaco.com. If you already have the firmware package, copy it to a blank SD card of up to 2GB capacity. -
Page 11: Keyboard
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® The Reset button is located on the left-hand side of the keyboard (under the A key). It can be accessed with any thin object like a paper clip. Never use a needle or pin for this purpose since it can damage the device. - Page 12 ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® SPELLER Launch spell-checker (SHIFT+ P-UP or P-DN) Pronounce a headword or a highlighted portion of translation SHIFT+ Access additional symbols SHIFT+ Switch between the Insert and Overtype modes Move cursor / highlight / switch Main Menu ,...
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Page 13: Display
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® Switch translation direction SHIFT+ Switch language pair (where available) Other shortcut keys open sections corresponding to the marks on the keys (press SHIFT+ shortcut key; for example, SHIFT+DICT). Display ECTACO Partner E500T features a high-resolution screen (255x160 ®... -
Page 14: Main Menu
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® Main Menu ECTACO Partner E500T Main Menu consists of 15 icons, which ® ® visually organize access to the dictionary's sections. To display the Main Menu, turn the device on and/or close the current section. -
Page 15: Viewing Entries
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® English words in the Dictionary is illustrated by means of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). • Press SHIFT+DICT to enter the Dictionary section. • to switch the translation direction. Viewing entries • To translate a word, enter it from the keyboard. -
Page 16: Vector Ultima™ Spellchecker
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® You can change the translation direction by pressing Vector Ultima™ Spellchecker When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, the multilingual spell- checker Vector Ultima™ will help you. • Type the word as you hear it. For example, "foll" for "fall". -
Page 17: Reverse Translation
– dialect poet. – poetic Fr. – French Scot. – Scottish hist. – history sl.– slang Reverse Translation For your convenience, ECTACO Partner E500T provides Instant ® ® Reverse Translation for words and expressions in the Dictionary section. •... -
Page 18: Pronunciation Of Words And Phrases
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® • Press ENTER to obtain its reverse translation. You can make up to 10 reverse translations in succession (without closing windows). The current number of the reverse translations performed is shown at the bottom of the display. -
Page 19: Phrasebook
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® PHRASEBOOK The phrasebook contains over 14,000 phrases per language pair. The phrases are divided into 15 conversational topics. Translation direction can be changed by pressing Basics Bank Repairs / Laundry Traveling Communication means... -
Page 20: Popular Idioms
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® In the Phrases mode, the application shows full sentences, some of which have changeable parts. These are underlined. • Highlight the desired changeable part by using , and then press ENTER. For example, when viewing the phrase How frequent are the flights? you can highlight the flights and change it to the trains. -
Page 21: Irregular Verbs
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® IRREGULAR VERBS All commonly used English irregular verbs with their Past Simple and Past Participle forms are stored in alphabetical order in the Irregular Verbs section. Additionally, German irregular verbs with their Präteritum and Partizip Präteritum forms are available in the English- German model. -
Page 22: Hangman Word Game
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® • To switch between grammar guides, press the key (if applicable). The Grammar section contains three-level hierarchical menus. You can reach a menu's third level by consecutively selecting topics from the menu. HANGMAN WORD GAME... -
Page 23: Sat 200
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® SAT 200 This section includes two hundred English keywords with transcriptions and definitions from the SAT vocabulary. The English- German model also includes over two hundred and seventy German words with their definitions. German nouns are listed with their gender in the form of the definite article (der, die or das);... -
Page 24: Usa Interview
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® USA INTERVIEW This is the ultimate talking preparation guide to the U.S. citizenship exam. • Enter the USA Interview section. • To listen to the pronunciation of the chapter title, highlight it and then press •... -
Page 25: Currency Conversion
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® When entering numbers and operations from the keyboard, there is no need to press the SHIFT key while in the Calculator mode. Use this application as an ordinary pocket calculator. CURRENCY CONVERSION The Currency Conversion function allows you to instantly calculate conversion values between twelve pre-installed currencies and three user-defined currencies. -
Page 26: Metric Conversion
Partner E500T User Manual ® ® METRIC CONVERSION With ECTACO Partner E500T you may easily convert units of ® ® measure from the British-American system into the metric system commonly used in Europe and vice versa, as well as convert within each system. -
Page 27: Setup
(if applicable). Then press ENTER to confirm your choice. • Press ESC to return to the list of subsections. Set language Use this subsection to switch the interface language, if available. The default interface language of ECTACO Partner E500T is English. ® ® Set font size... -
Page 28: Slang Lock
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® • Use ENTER to move between the Volume, Speech frequency, and Speech speed controls. • Use , to adjust the levels of each option. • Press ENTER to save changes. Slang lock In this subsection you can hide slang words or phrases contained in the Dictionary. -
Page 29: Clock
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® When you switch the Interface language, the Time format may change. Clock In this subsection you can choose the desired city and adjust the current time. Use: or ENTER to move the highlight;... -
Page 30: Set Sleep Time
ECTACO Partner E500T User Manual ® ® • Press ENTER. Set sleep time This feature saves battery life by shutting down the device after a specified period of inactivity: 1, 3 or 5 minutes. Revision 1.
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