Ectaco Partner E500T User manual

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

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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. Be sure to back up all important data on other
media to avoid data loss.
The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.
No part of this manual shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
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ECTACO, Inc.
Partner®is a registered trademark of ECTACO, Inc., NY, USA.
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All rights reserved.
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

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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:
Bidirectional dictionary of over 500,000 words (depends on
language pair), including idioms, medical, technical, legal, and
business terms, as well as slang and general expressions
14,000 phrases per language pair in Phrasebook
Voice function based on the TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology
Instant reverse translation
Look-up function
Vector Ultima™ spell-checking system
Phonetic transcription
Irregular verbs
Over 200 popular idioms
SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies
Hangman word game
Metric and currency converters
World time

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Grammar guide
USA Interview
Calculator
Slang lock
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
purchased may slightly differ from their description in this manual.
The functionality of a particular model depends on the set of
languages included, and it may partially differ from the device
description in this manual. For more information about a particular
model, please visit our Web site at www.ectaco.com.

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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.

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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 Akey) and reset the system.
•Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from the
device.
•Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones. Do
not mix old and new batteries.
When replacing the batteries, you have one minute to place new
ones in the device without risk of losing any data stored in RAM.
Do not exceed the one-minute limit! Neither the manufacturer
nor the dealer may be held responsible for loss of user data.
•Make sure to place the batteries according to the polarity marks
(+ -) inside the compartment.
•Replace the battery compartment cover by sliding it toward the
device. Make sure the cover sits in place properly.
ECTACO®Partner®E500T is equipped with a mini-USB port for
external power supply via the shielded cable.

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Use of an inappropriate external power supply may cause failure
of the device and may void the warranty. Always use the original
accessories manufactured by ECTACO, Inc.
Reprogramming to Other Language Pairs
ECTACO®Partner®E500C can be reprogrammed 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.
Make sure the file system on the card is FAT.
2. Slide the card into the SD slot located on the right-hand edge of the
device – the label of the card face up, contacts face down. Push the
card gently until it clicks into place. To eject the card, just push it in
slightly.
3. Turn the device on.
4. While holding down the ON/OFF button, press and release the
Reset button. The device screen will turn off. Keep the ON/OFF button
pressed until the device screen turns on.
5. Press ENTER and then follow the instructions on the screen.
6. Press the Reset button.
Initialization
The initialization routine is started:
when ECTACO®Partner®E500T is turned on for the first
time;
after the system has been reset with the Reset button.