LEXIBOOK MT1500 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL - MODE D’EMPLOI
MT1500
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SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
KEY GUIDE
GETTING STARTED
START-UP GUIDE
SYSTEM SETTING
SWITCHING THE DISPLAY, HOME AND TARGET LANGUAGES
DICTIONARY MODE
PHRASES MODE
“SPOKEN ENTRIES ONLY” FEATURE
FAVOURITE LIST
CALCULATIONS MODE
GAMES
CALENDAR MODE
PHONE BOOK MODE
TO DO MODE
DEMO MODE
RESET
POWER SUPPLY
APPENDIX
PRECAUTIONS
WARRANTY
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing this MT1500 15-language translator. This product has been designed to help you translate
words in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish,
Mandarin, Hungarian and Russian.
The database includes 10,000 words for each language, as well as 500 conversational phrases per language, which
have been grouped into 8 different categories for easy access and use. Under normal use the MT1500 is designed to
give many years of service. Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure your product operates correctly.
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To switch the unit on and off.
To select the mode for translating words (“Dictionary” mode).
To select the mode for translating phrases (“Phrases” mode).
• To play the word or phrase currently selected (the icon must be displayed).
• Press and hold the TALK key to turn on the “Spoken Entries Only” mode (only the spoken words or
the spoken phrases are displayed in this mode). Press and hold the key again to turn off the mode.
KEY GUIDE
ON/OFF:
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To go back to previous screen.
• To switch between character input and number input when using the “Organiser” functions (“Calendar”,
“Phone Book” and “To Do”).
• Press and hold to access the “Calculations” menu.
• To enter special characters in “Dictionary” mode and when using the “Organiser” functions (“Calendar”,
“Phone Book” and “To Do”).
• Press the SYM key and use the arrow keys to select special characters or accented letters. Then press
ENTER.
To access the “Favourite List” menu.
To access special functions and the settings menu:
• Display Language
• Spoken Entries Only
• Calculations (Calculator, Conversions)
• Games (777 Game, Snake, Hangman)
• Organiser (Calendar, Phone Book, To Do)
• Demo (Start-up Guide, User Demo, International Demo)
• Settings (Volume, Time, Contrast, Key Tone)
BACKSPACE: To delete a typed character.
• To translate the typed word or selected phrase.
• To conrm option shown on screen.
• To calculate answer in calculator mode (acts as =).
SHIFT: Hold this key and press the desired letter to enter capital letters in “Dictionary” mode and when using
the “Organiser” functions (“Calendar”, “Phone Book” and “To Do”).
SPACE: To type a space.
To scroll display up or searches for preceding words or phrases.
To scroll display down or searches for following words or phrases.
To move cursor to the left. Scrolls long words or phrases to the left.
To move cursor to the right. Scrolls long words or phrases to the right.
HOME: To select the HOME language (the language you wish to translate from).
Use the , , and keys to select the desired HOME language. Press ENTER to conrm.
Note: Press the HOME key, and then press ENTER to switch the current home language to target language
and vice-versa.
TARGET: To select the TARGET language (the language you wish to translate to).
Use the , , and keys to select the desired TARGET language. Press ENTER to conrm.
Note: Press the TARGET key, and then press ENTER to switch the current target language to home
language and vice-versa.
To type numbers in “Calculator” and “Conversions” modes.
To add, subtract, multiply and divide in “Calculator” mode.
To type a decimal point in “Calculator” mode.
M+, M-, MRC in “Calculator” mode.
Percentage, Square root, Plus/Minus sign in “Calculator” mode.
CE / C in “Calculator” and “Conversions” modes.
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GETTING STARTED
Before switching the unit on, make sure you remove the static label from the LCD screen by pulling the tab.
Removing the battery protection tab
Before you start using the unit, carefully remove the battery tab. The translator should switch on when you remove this
tab.
Note: In the unlikely event that your unit does not switch on, you may need to reset it using the following procedure.
1. Turn the unit over and locate the small RESET hole on the back of the product.
2. Insert a small, thin, blunt instrument, such as a paperclip, into the hole, press gently and then release.
Switching the unit on/off
Press to switch the unit on. Press again to switch the unit off.
Note: the unit will automatically power off after 5 minutes of inactivity.
START-UP GUIDE
After removing the battery tab, changing the batteries or resetting the unit, a step by step guide will be launch
automatically to help you set the basic parameters of the MT1500: the display language, the home time, the visiting
city, the date, the alarm time, the HOME and TARGET languages.
Note: the default language for the start-up guide is English.
Display language
The default setting for the display language is English. You can change it for one of the 15 languages available in the
unit: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish,
Mandarin, Hungarian and Russian.
Use the and keys to select the desired display language, then press ENTER to conrm and go to the date, time,
and alarm setting.
Date, time and alarm setting
1. Press the and keys until the city of your time zone appears. Then press to move the cursor to the year.
2. Use the and keys to select the desired year, then press to move the cursor to the month. Use the same
procedure to set the month and the day.
3. Press to move the cursor to the 2nd line and adjust the time. Use the same procedure as above to set the hour
and the minutes.
4. Press to move the cursor to the 3rd line and use the and keys to adjust the visiting city.
Note: When you select a visiting city, the city’s time will be displayed under the home time in idle mode (date and
time display).
5. Press to move the cursor to the DST setting and use the and keys to switch the daylight saving time function
or .
6. Press to move the cursor to the alarm time and use the and keys to adjust the hours and the minutes. When
the alarm function is turned on, the icon is displayed on screen. When the alarm rings, press any key to stop it.
The alarm will ring again the next day at the same hour.
7. To cancel the alarm, press the BACKSPACE key when you’re adjusting the alarm hour (the icon will
disappear).
Press ENTER to save your settings and go to the HOME and TARGET languages setting.
HOME and TARGET languages setting
1. Use the , , and keys to select the desired HOME language. Press ENTER to conrm and go to the TARGET
language setting.
2. Use the , , and keys to select the desired TARGET language. Press ENTER to conrm and go to the “User
Demo” screen.
Note:
EN=English, FR=French, GE=German, ES=Spanish, IT=Italian, PT=Portuguese, PL=Polish, NL=Dutch,
FI=Finnish, NO=Norwegian, DK=Danish, SW=Swedish, CN=Mandarin, HU=Hungarian and RU=Russian.
User Demo
Use the and keys to select “Yes” and launch a short demonstration of the translator features, or “No” to skip the
demonstration and go to the idle screen (date and time display).
Note:
• Use the ESC key at anytime to exit the start-up guide.
• If there is no input during a few minutes, the unit will automatically exit the start-up guide.
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SYSTEM SETTINGS
Press MENU then use the and keys to select “Settings” and press ENTER. Use and to scroll through the
following settings:
VOLUME
Press ENTER to access the volume settings. Use the and keys to adjust the volume of the spoken words or
phrases between “LO”, “MED” and “HI”. Press ENTER to conrm.
TIME
To change the time, date and alarm settings, select the “TIME” option, then repeat steps 1 to 7 of the “Date, time and
alarm setting” paragraph (“Start-up guide” section, p.5).
Note: In idle mode (date and time display), you can also press directly the ENTER key to change the time settings (the
time zone’s city starts blinking).
CONTRAST
Press ENTER to access the contrast settings. Use the and keys to adjust the contrast and press ENTER to
conrm.
KEY TONE
Press ENTER to access the key tone settings. Use the and keys to select “ON” or “OFF” and turn on or turn off the
key tone. Press ENTER to conrm.
SWITCHING THE DISPLAY, HOME AND TARGET LANGUAGES
Display language
To change the display language set during the automatic start-up guide:
1. Press MENU, then use the and keys to select “Display Language”. Press ENTER.
2. Use the and keys to select the desired display language then press ENTER to conrm and save the changes.
Note: Press ESC at any time to exit without changing the display language.
Home and Target languages
1. In “Dictionary” mode (words translation) and “Phrases” (phrases translation) mode, press the HOME or TARGET
keys at any time to change the HOME or TARGET languages.
2. Use the , , and keys to select the desired HOME or TARGET language.
3. Press ENTER to conrm your selection and go back to “Dictionary” or “Phrases” mode.
4. The HOME and TARGET languages selected will appear on the top right corner of the screen.
Example: If the HOME language is English and the TARGET language is German, the screen will display “EN>GE”.
Note:
• When selecting the HOME language, the icon is displayed on the top right corner.
• When selecting the TARGET language, the icon is displayed on the top right corner.
• The default language pair is English (EN) and French (FR).
• Press ESC at any time to exit without changing the SOURCE or TARGET language.
DICTIONARY MODE
The MT1500 is a 15-language translator with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch,
Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Mandarin, Hungarian and Russian. For each language, 10,000 words are
available and 5,000 out of the 10,000 words can be spoken by the unit (“TALK” function).
Perform a translation
1. Press the DICT key to enter the “Dictionary” mode. The message “Enter a word:” will be displayed on screen.
2. Once the source and target languages have been selected, enter a word to translate. Index words will be displayed
simultaneously. You can continue to key in letters or use the and keys to select an index word. A word is selected
when it is displayed in a frame. Then, press ENTER to perform the translation.
3. The translation will be displayed in the selected target language. If the unit nds more than one translation for a
word, use the and keys to browse through all the possible translations.
4. When a word can be spoken by the MT1500, the icon appears on the lower right corner of the screen. Press the
TALK key to listen to its pronunciation in the target language.
5. To translate the word into another language, press the TARGET key when its translation is displayed. Then use the
, , and keys to select the desired target language and press ENTER. If the icon is displayed, you can
use the TALK key to listen to the word’s pronunciation in the new target language.
6. To go back to the list of index words, use the ESC key. To go back directly to the “Enter a word:” screen, press DICT
or press the ESC key repeatedly. You can also simply start typing a new word.
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Note:
• When the HOME language and the TARGET language are the same, the language indicator on the upper right corner
of the screen ash continuously.
• To toggle between the current home and target languages, press the HOME or the TARGET keys, then press
ENTER.
• If you enter a word that is not in the unit’s database, the MT1500 will display the closest match.
“Crossword” type searching
This feature can be used to nd crossword solutions or to nd words that match certain criteria, by typing a “?” in the
place of letters in a word. To enter a “?”, press the SYM key when typing a word, then use the and keys to select
the desired symbol and press ENTER.
Example: The home language is English and the target language is French. You are looking for an 7-letter word where
the rst letter is a “c”, the fourth letter is a “t” and the last letter is an “e”.
Press the DICT key to enter the dictionary mode.
Input “c??t??e”. The unit automatically turns off the indexed search
feature of the translator when a “?” is entered.
Press ENTER to nd any possible words matching the pattern.
The unit displays the matching words:
Use the and keys to select a word and press ENTER to view
its translation in French.
Press the TALK key to listen to the word’s pronunciation in French.
OPERATION DISPLAY
Enter a word:
c??t??e
SEARCHING…
c??t??e
captive (adj) [prisoner]
capture (n) [thief]
captive (adj) [prisoner]
captif (adjective)
captive (adj) [prisoner]
captive (adjective)
Note: You can also check the translations of the word in another language (refer to the “Perform a translation”
example, p.6).
Wildcard searching
You can type an asterisk “*” in place of a series of unknown letters, at the start, the middle or the end of a word. This
feature allows you to nd all words starting, containing or ending with a letter match. To enter a “*”, press the SYM key
when typing a word, then use the and keys to select the desired symbol and press ENTER.
Note:
• You can also check the translations of the word in another language (refer to the “Perform a translation” example,
p.6).
• If you enter a word or letter combination that is not in the translator’s database (example: “*yiy”), the unit will display
a ashing message “NOT FOUND”, then it will bring you back to the typed word or combination.
• To nd all words starting with “bre”, type “bre*” and press ENTER. To nd all words starting with “b” and ending with
“tion”, type “b*tion” and press ENTER.
• The crossword feature can also be used in a similar way. To nd all nine-letter words ending with “tion”, type
“?????tion” and press ENTER.
PHRASES MODE
There are 500 phrases and expressions classied into 8 categories. 100 out of these 500 phrases can be spoken by
the unit (“TALK” function). It is possible to translate a phrase in any of the 15 languages available. The 8 categories are
listed below:
1. Conversation
2. Travel
3. Accommodation
4. Dining and going out
5. Shopping
6. Leisure
7. Services
8. Emergencies
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Each one of the 8 categories contains sub-categories organised as follows:
“SPOKEN ENTRIES ONLY” FEATURE
1. Conversation
• Greetings
• Introductions
• Numbers
• Time
• Days
• Months
• Weather
• Seasons
• Countries and Nationalities
• Continents
• Asking for help
3. Accommodation
• Booking
• Checking-in/out
• Type of Room
• Complaints
• Room service
• Miscellaneous
Using the “Phrases” mode
1. Press the PHRA key to select the “Phrases” mode.
2. The screen displays the list of categories. Use the and keys to select a category, then press ENTER.
3. Use the and keys to select a sub-category then press ENTER.
4. The rst phrase of the sub-category will be shown. Use the and keys to select the desired phrase, then press
ENTER to display it. The HOME language on the top right corner of the screen ashes.
5. When the desired phrase is displayed, press the ENTER key to view its translation in the target language. The
TARGET language on the top right corner of the screen ashes. If the icon is displayed, you can use the TALK
key to listen to the phrase’s pronunciation in the TARGET language.
6. To translate the phrase into another language, press the TARGET key when its translation is displayed. Then use
the , , and keys to select the desired language and press ENTER. If the icon is displayed, you can use
the TALK key to listen to the phrase’s pronunciation in the new target language.
Note: When the translation is displayed, press ESC once to go back to the sub-category list or twice to go back to the
category.
When the “Spoken Entries Only” feature is turned on, only words or phrases that can be spoken by the unit will be
displayed in “Dictionary” and “Phrases” modes.
1. Press MENU, then use the and keys to select “Spoken Entries Only” and press ENTER.
2. Use the and keys to select “Dictionary” (“spoken words only” mode) or “Phrases” (“spoken phrases only” mode),
then press ENTER to conrm.
3. Use the and keys to select “ON” (“Spoken Entries Only” feature turned on) or “OFF” (“Spoken Entries Only”
feature turned off) , then press ENTER to conrm. In “Dictionary” and “Phrases” modes, the icon will be displayed
on screen to indicate that the “Spoken Entries Only” feature is turned on.
Note: To turn on or turn off the “Spoken Entries Only” mode, you can also press and hold the TALK key.
2. Travel
• Asking for directions
• Directions on a map
• Car
• Renting a car
• Tickets
• Taxi
• Bus
• Train
• Plane
• Boat
• Travelling with children
• Travelling with pets
• Passport and Customs
4. Dining and going out
• Restaurants
• Food Items
• Food Allergies
• Nightlife
• Chat up lines
6. Leisure
• Sightseeing
• Sports & activities
• Entertainment
7. Services
• Bank
• Post Ofce
• Telephone
• Internet
• Ofce
8. Emergencies
• Medical
• Help
• At the Police Station
• Lost and Found
• Warnings
5. Shopping
• Supermarket
• General shopping phrases
• Buying groceries
• Buying clothes/shoes
• Buying electronics
• Complaints
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FAVOURITE LIST
Your translator allows you to create lists of your favourite words and phrases.
To add a word or a phrase to the favourite list
1. In “Dictionary” or in “Phrases” mode, use the and keys to select the word or the phrase you want to add to the
favourite list, then press the FAV key.
2. Use the and keys to select the “Add to favourites” option, then press ENTER to conrm. The screen will display
“Word added” in “Dictionary” mode, or “Phrase added” in “Phrases” mode.
Note:
• If the word or the phrase has already been added to the list, the screen will display “Already in list”.
• If the translator’s memory is full, you won’t be able to add new words or phrases to the list and the screen will display
“Memory full”.
To view your favourite words or phrases
1. In idle mode (date and time display), “Dictionary” or “Phrases” mode, press the FAV key.
2. To view your favourite words’ list, use the and keys to select “My Dictionary”, then press ENTER.
3. To view your favourite phrases’ list, use the and keys to select “My Phrases”, then press ENTER.
4. You can browse through the words and phrases with the and keys. Press ENTER to display their translation in
the selected TARGET language or use the TALK key to listen to their pronunciation (if the is displayed on screen).
To delete favourite words or phrases
1. Select “My Dictionary” or “My Phrases” and press ENTER.
2. Use the and keys to select the word or the phrase you want to delete, and press the BACKSPACE key.
3. The screen will display “DELETE?”. Use the and keys to select “Yes” and press ENTER to conrm and delete
the selected word or phrase (or select “No” and press ENTER to cancel the deletion).
Note:
• To exit the “Favourite list” mode, press the ESC key or any other function key.
• Warning: the entire favourite lists will be deleted when you reset the unit or when you change the batteries.
CALCULATIONS MODE
Calculator
The MT1500 includes a 10-digit calculator with memory and percentage function.
1. Press MENU, then use the and keys to select “Calculations” and press ENTER. OR, press and hold the NUM
key.
2. Use the and keys to select “Calculator” then press ENTER to conrm.
3. Use the calculator keys (please refer to the “Key Guide” section p.3) to perform calculations.
Conversions
1. Press MENU, then use the and keys to select “Calculations” and press ENTER. OR, press and hold the NUM
key.
2. Use the and keys to select “Conversions”, then press ENTER to conrm.
3. Use the and keys to select “Currency”, “Length”, “Weight” or “Temperature”, then press ENTER to conrm.
Currency converter
1. Select “Currency” in the “Conversions” menu, then press ENTER to conrm.
2. Press the BACKSPACE key to enter the setting mode. The left currency is highlighted and the RATE becomes “0”.
3. Use the and keys to select the left currency (please refer to appendix 2, p.14).
4. Press and use the and keys to select the right currency (please refer to appendix 2, p.14).
5. Press and input the rate amount, then press ENTER key to store the setting.
6. To perform a conversion, input the desired amount and the unit will automatically display the result.
7. Press the and keys to change the direction of the conversion.
Length, Weight and Temperature conversion
1. Select “Length”, “Weight” or “Temperature” in the “Conversions” menu, then press ENTER to conrm.
2. Use the and keys to select the desired conversion pair (please refer to appendix 3, p.14).
3. To perform a conversion, input the desired value and the unit will automatically display the result.
4. Press the and keys to change the direction of the conversion.
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GAMES
There are three games available: 777 Game, Snake and Hangman.
1. Press MENU then use the and keys to select “Games” and press ENTER.
2. Use the and keys to select the desired game then press ENTER to conrm.
777 Game
“20” is the default BET, press the and keys to select one of the
following bets “5/10/15/20”.
Press ENTER to start the game. The 3 display boxes will spin for a
while, and then show the result.
If the user gets a combination as shown, this indicates that he has
won the bet. Money is paid according to the relevant loss ratio and
is added to the total money.
If you lose, the amount of the bet will be removed from your total
money.
If your amount of money reaches 990, the screen will display:
Otherwise, if you have lost all your money, the screen will display:
OPERATION DISPLAY
Note:
• Press ESC to exit the game.
• Combinations and their corresponding ratio:
Snake
1. “S0L0” indicates the initial speed and level:
S0= Speed 0, L0= Level 0
2. The second line indicates the chances (or lives).
3. The third line indicates the score.
Use the , , and keys to move the snake.
If the snake hits a wall or itself, one life is lost.
The snake has to collect as many apples as possible to get to the
next level.
OPERATION DISPLAY
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