Ectaco Partner E500T User manual

ECTACO®Partner®E500T
Talking Electronic Dictionary & Phrasebook
USER MANUAL

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parties, which may arise through the use of this product.
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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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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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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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™ Spellchecker............................................. 16
Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations................. 16
Reverse Translation ........................................................... 17
Pronunciation of Words and Phrases ................................. 18
PHRASEBOOK .................................................................... 19
POPULAR IDIOMS............................................................... 20
IRREGULAR VERBS ........................................................... 21
GRAMMAR GUIDE .............................................................. 21
HANGMAN WORD GAME ................................................... 22
SAT 200................................................................................ 23

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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........................................................................ 27
Speech settings.................................................................. 27
Slang lock........................................................................... 28
Date format......................................................................... 28
Time format ........................................................................ 28
Clock................................................................................... 29
Key tone ............................................................................. 29
Set contrast ........................................................................ 29
Set sleep time..................................................................... 30