LEXIBOOK NTL1560 User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
NTL1560
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SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
GETTING STARTED
RESET
SYSTEM SETTING
CHANGING CAPITALS AND LOWER CASE
CHANGING CHARACTERS AND NUMBER INPUT
SETTING HOME TIME
SEARCHING WORLD TIME
TRANSLATOR MODE
PHRASES
TELEPHONE MODE
SCHEDULE MODE
MEMO MODE
ALARM FUNCTION
SECRET MEMORY
CALCULATOR MODE
CONVERSION MODE
GAME MODE
APPENDIX
POWER SUPPLY
PRECAUTIONS
WARRANTY
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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing this NTL1560 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, Greek, Hungarian and Turkish.
The database includes 5000 words for each language, as well as 150 conversational phrases per language,
which have been grouped into 10 different categories for easy access and use. Under normal use the NTL1560
is designed to give many years of service. Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure your product operates
correctly.
GETTING STARTED
Removing the battery tab
Before you start using the unit, carefully remove the battery tab located at the rear of the unit:
1. Unscrew and remove the battery compartment lid on the back of the unit.
2. Take note of the correct polarity (+/- signs), and remove the battery.
3. Remove the battery tab, and replace the battery according to the polarity.
SYSTEM SETTING
Press SHIFT + (MENU) to enter the system settings mode. Use and to scroll through the following settings:
1. KEY TONE: Press ENTER for key tone settings. The default key tone status is on, press or to turn it on
 andoff.PressENTERtoconrm.
2. AUTO OFF: Press ENTER for auto off time settings. The default auto off time is 5 minutes, press or to
 scrollthroughthefollowingselection:3MINUTES,5MINUTESand7MINUTES.PressENTERtoconrm.
3. PASSWORD: Press ENTER to access this function. For more details, please refer to the section SECRET
MEMORY.
4. CONTRAST: Press ENTER for contrast settings. The default contrast is 6. Press or to scroll from 1 to 8.
 PressENTERtoconrm.
Resettheunitbeforeusingitforthersttime:
- Press the reset button on the back of the unit with a small thin object i.e. the end of a paper clip. “RESET?” will be
displayed onscreen.
-PressENTERtoconrm.
Notes:
- If a function key is pressed, reset will be cancelled, and the function will be activated.
- Press any other key to exit the reset mode, and enter Home Time mode.
Opening and closing the unit
To open the unit, press the front centre button to release the catch.
To close it, gently push the lid down.
Beforeswitchingtheuniton,makesureyouremovetheclearlmlabelfromtheLCDscreenbypullingthetab.
RESET
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5. LANGUAGE: Press ENTER to select the language of the prompts. The default language is ENGLISH.
Press or to scroll as follows: ENGLISH, FRANÇAIS, DEUTSCH, ESPAÑOL, ITALIANO, PORTUGUÊS,
POLSKI, NEDERLANDS, SUOMI, NORSK, DANSK, SVENSKA, Eλληνικά, MAGYAR and TÜRKÇE. Select the
 languageandpressENTERtoconrm.
6. CHIME: Press ENTER for the hourly chime settings. The default chime status is OFF, press or to turn
 itonandoff.PressENTERtoconrm.Whenthechimeisseton,thechimeiconisdisplayed,andanalarmwill
sound every hour.
7. SCHD ALARM: Press ENTER for scheduled alarms settings. Press or to turn it on and off.
 PressENTERtoconrm.
8. HOME CITY: Press ENTER for home city name settings. You can input your city’s name to edit the city
 displayedonthehometimescreen.PressENTERtoconrm.
9. MEMORY: Press ENTER to display the available memory.
SWITCHING BETWEEN CAPITALS AND LOWER CASE
Press SHIFT + (CAPS) to switch the keyboard between capital and lower case letters.
CHANGING CHARACTERS AND NUMBER INPUT
In TELEPHONE, MEMO and SCHEDULE modes, press the NUM key once to switch to number input. Press
NUM key again to return to character input.
SETTING HOME TIME
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press SHIFT + CAL/CONV (HT) to select HOME TIME (symbol displayed), then
press EDIT.
Press or until the city of your time zone appears. Then press to move the
cursor to the 2nd line
Press or then to select the desired year, month and day.
Use same procedure as above to set the hour.
Press ENTER to save your settings.
NYC#WED
2007-01-01
00:00:08
ROM#WED
2007-01-01
00:01:02
ROM # TUE
2007-12- 12
00:01:48
ROM #TUE
2007 -12-12
16:30:00
ROM #TUE
2007 -12-12
16:30:12
Press the key B (DST) to switch the daylight saving time on and off.
Note: the Home Time format is 24-hour, and the date format is YYYY/MM/DD.
SEARCHING WORLD TIME
1.PressSHIFT+ALARM(WT)toenterworldtimemode( symbol displayed).
2. Press or to browse the time in 42 major world cities. The world time adjusts the time you set in home
time relatively to the time difference in each world city.
TIME ZONE CITY NAME ABBREVIATION TIME DIFFERENCE
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LONDON
LISBON
LON
LIS
+0
+0
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TIME ZONE CITY NAME ABBREVIATION TIME DIFFERENCE
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PARIS
BERLIN
ROME
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MADRID
HELSINKI
CAIRO
MOSCOW
RIYADH
TEHERAN
DUBAI
KABUL
KARACHI
DELHI
DHAKA
YANGON
BANGKOK
BEIJING
HONG KONG
SINGAPORE
TOKYO
ADELAIDE
SYDNEY
GUAM
NOUMEA
WELLINGTON
AUCKLAND
TONGA
MIDWAYISLANDS
HONOLULU
ANCHORAGE
LOS ANGELES
DENVER
CHICAGO
NEWYORK
TORONTO
CARACAS
RIO DE JANEIRO
MID ATLANTIC
AZORES
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BER
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AMS
MAD
HEL
CAI
MOW
RUH
THR
DXB
KBL
KHI
DEL
DAC
RGN
BKK
BEI
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TYO
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NOU
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AKL
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CCS
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TRANSLATOR MODE
The NTL1560 is a 15-Language translator with English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish,
Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Greek, Hungarian and Turkish.
Foreachlanguage,5000wordsareavailable.PresstheDICTkeytoentertranslatormode.Whenyoupress
DICT, the prompt display language will be displayed as source language. To select another source language,
press one of the 5 language function keys.
Example: to select German, press the EN FR GE key three times.
EN for English SP for Spanish PL for Polish NO for Norwegian GR for Greek
FR for French IT for Italian DU for Dutch DA for Danish HU for Hungarian
GE for German PO for Portuguese FI for Finnish SW for Swedish TU for Turkish
Once the source language is selected, input a word to translate. Index words will be displayed simultaneously.
You can continue to key in letters or use the keys to select an index word. A word is selected when it is
underlined in black. Then, press ENTER to perform the translation.
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If the word is found, its translation will be displayed in French (if the source language is not English, the translation
willrstbedisplayedinEnglish).Totranslatethewordintoanotherlanguage,pressthecorrespondinglanguage
key (GE or SP…etc). Press to view the translation of previous/next word or input another word to translate.
Note: The NTL1560 remembers the source and target languages settings and keeps them even if the unit is
powered off.
Example : Perform a translation (source language = English)
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press the DICT key to enter translator mode.
Input“beg”.Assoonasyoustarttypingletters,thesystemndsmatches.
The index words are displayed simultaneously
Continue to type the word, and then choose the desired word using the
key. For example, begin, and press ENTER.
The translation in French is displayed.
For the translation in Spanish, press SP.
Or press DEU for German.
Press to see the previous word.
English:
beg_
begin (to)
beginner
begi_
begin (to)
beginner
EN: begin (to)
FR: commencer
EN: begin (to)
SP: empezar
EN: begin (to)
GE: beginnen
EN: before
GE: vor
PHRASES
Thereare2250phrasesandexpressionsclassiedinto10categories:
1. BUSINESS
2. RESTAURANT
3. HOTEL/ACCOMMODATION
4. INTOWN
5. TRAVELLING AROUND
6. HOSPITAL/DENTIST/DOCTOR/POLICE
7. ENTERTAINMENT
8. BANK/POST OFFICE/TELEPHONE
9. AIRPORT/PASSPORT DESK
10. GENERAL PHRASES
It is possible to translate a phrase in any of the 15 languages available.
Using the Phrase mode
1. Press SHIFT + PHRA to select the PHRASE mode.
2. Thescreenbrieyshowsthe“language”previouslysetinSystemsettings,e.g.English (default) and then
 displaystherstoptionofthePHRASEmode.
3. TherstcategoryBUSINESSisdisplayed.PressENTERtoaccessthiscategory.
4. Or press toviewthenextcategory.Whenthedesiredcategoryisdisplayed,pressENTERtoconrm.
 Therstphraseofthecategorywillbeshown.
5. Press to see the next phrase in the list. Press to see the previous phrase in the list.
6. Press a language key to view the translation in the target language.
7. Press another language key to see the translation in another language.
8. If a phrase is long, you can scroll down using and .
9. To scroll through the phrases within one category, press or .
10. To return to the phrase list, press repeatedly SHIFT+EDIT (ESC).
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TELEPHONE MODE
There are two kinds of telephone directory: BUSINESS & PERSONAL.
Press SHIFT + SP IT PO (TEL) once for PERSONAL and twice for BUSINESS mode. A maximum of 11 lines can
beinputpereld.
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press SHIFT + SP IT PO (TEL) twice to select BUSINESS mode.
Enter JOHN SMITH and press ENTER.
Enter NEW YORK and press ENTER.
Press NUM to input numbers. Then key in a phone number and press ENTER.
On the FAX# line, input a number and press ENTER.
Press NUM to enter characters.
Input “FRIEND” on the NOTE line.
Then press ENTER to validate the entry.
2 seconds later, the screen returns to the view display.
<BUSINESS>
NAME:
JOHN SMITH
ADDRESS:
JOHN SMITH
TEL#:
NEWYORK
111123211
NEWYORK
111123211
345456125
NOTE:
111123211
345456125
NOTE: FRIEND
STORED!
JOHN SMITH
NEWYORK
111123211
Itispossibletoskipaeldentrybypressing or and ENTER (for example if your contact does not have a
FAX number).
Note: the following symbols can be obtained by pressing SHIFT + SPACE repeatedly:
@ ¿ ¡ ? ! . # $ £ ¥ (
) ~ ‘ , : / \ _ & < >
Ø ø
*
Totypeanaccentedletter,rstpresstheletter.Then,movethecursorunderthatletterandpressEUROrepeatedly
until the correct accent is displayed.
PRIVATE MODE AND BUSINESS MODE
A. SEARCHING DATA
1. Press SHIFT + SP IT PO (TEL) to enter the PRIVATE (PERSONAL) or BUSINESS mode.
2. Use or keytosearchalphabetically.Youcanalsoinputtherstlettersofthecontact’sname,
and press or tondthedesireddata.
B. VIEWING DATA
Once you found the data you were looking for, press and to scroll through the information of the selected data.
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C. EDITING DATA
1. Retrieve the data to be edited. Press EDIT.
2. Use key to move the cursor to the desired position.
3. Press BS (DEL) to delete one character or number, and press SHIFT + (INS) to toggle between
insert / overwrite status.
4. Input the new data.
5. Press ENTER.
6. Or press SHIFT + EDIT to quit the edit mode.
D. DELETING DATA
1. Find the data to be deleted.
2. Press SHIFT + BS (DEL). ”DELETE?” appears on the display.
3. Press ENTER, “DELETED!” is displayed and the data is deleted.
Note: if SHIFT + BS (DEL) has been pressed by mistake; simply press any other key except ENTER to avoid
deletion.
SCHEDULE MODE
1. An appointment’s date (the default date is the same as the Home Time date), time and description can be saved.
Max. of 11 lines can be inputted.
2. If you want to activate the schedule alarm, you must set SCHD ALARM on in System Setting mode (Page 4).
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press SHIFT + PL DU FI (SCHD) to select the schedule mode.
Input a description and press several times to move the cursor to the
date line.
Input the date (year, month, and day) and time (hour, minute).
Press ENTER to validate the entry.
2007/01/01
PLAN:
2007/01/01
00:00
NEWMEETING
NEWMEETING
STORED!
Note:
• You may only input the description of an appointment. Press ENTER to store it: there will be no schedule alarm.
•Whentheschedulereminderalarmisseton,theicon(((/)))isdisplayedonscreen.Thealarmwillringforone
minute. The screen will display the scheduled record. Press any key to stop the alarm. The alarm will also ring if
the unit is off.
A. DATA SEARCH
1. SEQUENTIAL SEARCH – by pressing or .
2. DIRECT SEARCH – input the initial characters of the data, then press or key to search directly.
B. EDITING/DELETING DATA
Same procedure as in the telephone mode. Refer to section D on the same page.
MEMO MODE
Example: save your passport number: HK32145
1.PressSHIFT+NODASW(MEMO)toenterthememomode.
2. Input the memo description: PASSPORT HK32145.
3. Press ENTER key to validate the entry.
A. DATA SEARCH
1. SEQUENTIAL SEARCH – by pressing or key.
2. DIRECT SEARCH – input the initial characters of the data, then press or key to search directly.
B. EDITING/DELETING DATA
Same procedure as in the telephone mode. Refer to section D on the same page.
Note: By default, in TELEPHONE, SCHEDULE and MEMO modes, the NTL1560 preserves all entries in the
display language they were originally made and stored.
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ALARM FUNCTION
Itispossibletoactivateseveraltypesofalarms:Dailyalarm,Workdayalarm(MondaytoFriday),Weekendalarm,
Sundayalarm,Mondayalarm,Tuesdayalarm,Wednesdayalarm,Thursdayalarm,FridayalarmandSaturday
alarm.5kindsofalarmmelodyareavailable.Whenanalarmhasbeenset,thealarmsymbol(((.)))willbe
displayed.
Example: setting the daily alarm at 6:25, melody type 2:
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press ALARM to select the alarm mode. Use or to select ALARM 1, 2, 3.
Press EDIT to select the desired alarm type.
Use or : 10 types of alarms can be selected.
Press then or to select the desired hour and melody.
PressENTERtoconrm.
Whenthealarmrings,pressanykeytostopit.
<ALARM 1>
OFF
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<ALARM>
OFF
--:-- -
<ALARM 1>
SMTWTFS
00:00 1
<ALARM 1>
SMTWTFS
00:00 1
SECRET MEMORY
A separate list of data can be secured by using the secret mode, which is available in telephone, schedule, and
memo modes. The password can only be 6 characters maximum (capital or lower case).
Example: Set up a password of “ABCD”
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press SHIFT + (MENU) to enter the system setting mode.
SelectPASSWORDandpressENTER.
Input “ABCD “then press ENTER.
Re-enter the password.
Press ENTER to validate the password.
2 seconds later, the icon is displayed and the screen returns to the original
display. The icon will not disappear until the password has been re-entered.
NEWPASSWD?
RE-ENTER?
RE-ENTER?
****-
STORED!
1. KEY TONE
2. AUTO OFF
3.PASSWORD
EDITING THE PASSWORD
The existing password can be changed or disabled.
Example: Change password to “CDEF”
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press SHIFT + (MENU) to enter the system setting mode.
SelectPASSWORDandpressENTER.
Input “ABCD” (password previously entered) then press ENTER. The icon
disappears.
Execute the same procedure as setting new password and enter “CDEF”. Then
ENTER to validate the password.
2 seconds later, the screen returns to the original display and the password has
changed.
PASSWORD?
_
NEWPASSWD?
_
STORED!
1. KEY TONE
2. AUTO OFF
3.PASSWORD
Note: To disable the password, do not input any characters and press ENTER in the “NEW PASSWD?” and
“RE-ENTER?” columns, now the password has been disabled. You can press SHIFT + EDIT to exit the edition
mode.
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CALCULATOR MODE
Tip/Discount calculation:
The default tip value is 10% and the default discount value is 5%.
Use for discount calculator and for tip calculator.
Example: execute a tip calculation
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press the CAL/CONV key to select CAL mode.
Input 100, for example.
Press for Tip.
Press for Total.
Press ENTER to record the result of calculation.
Press to calculate the tip to be paid.
<CALCULATOR>
0.
<CALCULATOR>
100.
<CALCULATOR>
TIP
10.
<CALCULATOR>
TOTAL
110.
<CALCULATOR>
110.
<CALCULATOR>
TIP
11.
Note: Same thing for discount but use instead.
Set Tip/Discount Value:
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press the CAL/CONV key to select CAL mode.
Press for Tip. (Press for Discount).
PressEDIT:theamountofthetipisdisplayedonthescreen.Thecursorashes.
Input “20” for example if you want to change the amount of tip.
Then press ENTER: tip is set. (Or Discount is set)
<CALCULATOR>
0.
<CALCULATOR>
TIP
0.
<CALCULATOR>
PERCENTAGE
10.
<CALCULATOR>
PERCENTAGE
20.
<CALCULATOR>
CONVERSION MODE
Press the CAL/CONV key twice, one after the other, for currency conversion, three times for EURO conversion
and four times for metric conversion.
1. How to set the new currency rate and how to convert it.
Example:1HKD=4,2NTD  ?HKD=508,2NTD
OPERATION DISPLAY
Press the CAL/CONV key twice to select the currency conversion mode. CAD USD
RATE=
1.
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