Lingo TR-800A User manual

1.
OPERATIONAL NOTES
Thank you for your purchase of our Translator. To insure trouble free operation of your
Translator, we recommend the following:
1. The Translator should be kept in area free from extreme temperature changes,
moisture and dust.
2. This equipment is precision-built. Do not subject the translator to strong shock by
striking or dropping it
3. A soft, dry cloth should be used to clean the translator. Do not use solvents or a
wet cloth.
4. Never disassemble or attempt to repair the translator and its accessories. Keep
this manual for further reference.
FEATURES
1. The TRANSLATOR translate 8 languages containing 64,000 words and 4,000
sentences, average each language contains 8,000 words and 500 sentences.
2. The built-in DATABANK stores and retrieves names, telephone numbers and
memos.
3. 10 digits CALCULATOR can do memory and percent calculations as well as
standard arithmetic operations.

4. LOCAL TIME CLOCK specifies your local date and time. Alternative American
or English date format, 12-hour or 24-hour format and Summer daylight saving time.
5. WORLD TIME shows the date and time of any one of 200 major cities in the world.
6. CURRENCY CONVERSION functions as a currency converter for 8 denominations
of your choice.
7. METRIC CONVERSION converts automatically 6 different types of measurements.
8. LIGHT/DARK DISPLAY allows you a choice of 15 levels either light display of dark
display.
9. PERSONAL PASSWORD allows you to lock your databank memory.
10. Read by 3 LINES x 13 CHARACTERS DOT MATRIX DISPLAY.
11. AUTOMATIC POWER OFF conserves battery power by turning off the translator
after 3 minutes.
2.

4.
1. ON/OFF : Switch on & off. The translator will automatically switch off if
you do not press any keys for approximately 3 minutes.
2. TRANS : Press this key to enter into the translator mode.
3. DATABANK : Press this key to enter into the Databank mode.
4. TIME : a) Press once to enter the Local Time mode.
b) Press twice to enter the World Time mode.
5. CAL : Press this key to enter into the calculator mode.
6. EDIT : Press this key to change data or information already input.
7. LOCK : In Local Time mode, press this key to setup or delete your
personal password.
8. CLEAR : a) To clear the input in translator mode.
b) To erase data in databank mode.
9. ACNT : Accent Key - in translator mode, press this key to get the
alphabet with accent not shown on keyboard.
10. DATE : In local time mode, press this key to see the date.
11. UP : To move the cursor upward.
12. DOWN : To move the cursor downward.
13. LEFT : To move the cursor leftward.
14. RIGHT : To move the cursor rightward.
15. Page Up : To scroll the previous page.
16. Page Down : To scroll the next page.
17. CONTRAST : In Local Time mode, press this key to darken or lighten
the display.

5.
18. 8 Languages keys : a) Press these keys to enter the desired language.
b) Press these keys to get translation.
c) In Calculator mode are functions as numeric.
19. ENTER : a) Press this key to have translation in translator mode
b) Press this key to store data into memory in databank mode.
c) Press this key to confirm the time setting in local time and
world time mode.
20. INV : Inverse key reverts the calculation of one kind of
currency/metric conversion to another.
21. TONE : In local time mode, press S key to switch ON or OFF tone
for keyboard.
22. DST : Day Summer Time. In local time mode, press this key to
increase or decrease one hour for Summer time.
23. 6 Conversion keys : In Calculator mode, press these keys to enter into
the Metric conversion mode.
24. 8 Currency : In Calculator mode, press these keys to enter into
the Currency conversion mode.
25. DM : In local time mode, press this key to display the English format.
26. MD : In local time mode, press this key to display the American format.
27. 12/24 : In local time mode, press this key to change your display
format to 12 or 24 hours.
28. ALARM : In local time mode, press ALARM key to switch On or OFF for
ALARM function.

6.
BATTERY FITTING
1. Your translator is powered by one CR2032 lithium battery. When the power level
of the battery is low, display is dim. If it happens, replace the battery immediately as
the following steps.
a) Turn off the machine.
b) Pull off the battery compartment.
c) Remove the old batteries and replace them with new ones, ensure that the
positive (+) poles are on top, same as the symbol indicated inside the battery
compartment.
d) Make sure that the batteries make a good contact with the metal plates in the
battery compartment.
e) Pull the battery compartment inside the cabinet.
Note: --
There is NO backup battery for address book. Please replace the battery within few
seconds time in order to save the Databank memory when you replace the battery. The
information inside your databank memory might be lost, please record your information
and input again afterwards before replacing battery.

7.
OPERATION
Before starting, please read this instruction manual carefully and be sure follow the
correct operating procedures. Keep this instruction manual for future reference.
A. SWITCH ON YOUR TRANSLATOR -
Pulling out the battery isolating tape from the battery compartment, your
translator will start to Power ON. Display shows the LOCAL TIME.
** The device always starts in the mode that was active when it was last switch off.
For example, if you were in calculator mode during the last use, you will be in
calculator mode again when you switch the device back on.
B. LOCAL TIME
1. Display shows:
'L' is flashing, means LOCAL.
2. Press 'DATE', screen displays the date,
day and time.
3. Press 'DM',screen displays the British format.
And Press MD to change American format.
4. Press '12/24', screen changes to 24-hour format.
LONDON
L AM 12:00:00
01-01-2003 WED
L AM 12:05:00
01-01-2003 WED
L AM 12:07:00
< DD-MM-YYYY >
01-01-2003 WED
L 00:08:00

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5. Press '12/24' again to change back to 12-hour format.
6. Press 'DST' in case you are in Summer daylight saving
time. Screen displays 'Z' next to the current time.
The current time will automatically advance by one hour.
Press 'DST' again, the screen returns to original time.
7. Press 'DATE', the screen returns to the home
place and time.
8. Press 'EDIT', to enter into set up mode. The
place name is flashing. Press up or down keys ()
to search the place you like to take.
Or you can type in the first alphabet of the place
name and then to Search, e.g. press (N) for find the
New York, display shows all the cities name which
first alphabet is N.
Press the down key () until New York appears.
01-01-2003 WED
L AM 12:08:50
01-01-2003 WED
L AM 01:10:00
Z
LONDON
L AM 12:11:00
LONDON
L AM 12:19:00
NABLUS
L AM 12:19:50
NEW YORK
L AM 12:20:10

9.
9. Press Right or Left () keys to set up the data and
time your require. E.g. change the time to 5:30:00
appears and then press the right () key to next step,
the minute is flashing, press the Up () key until
30:00 appear.
Press the Right () key again and go to change the
date. Same as above procedures to change your
required time. Press ENTER to store the information
already entered.
B. SETTING THE DAILY ALARM
An alarm sounds daily whenever a preset alarm time is reached. The daily alarm can only
be set when it is in local time mode.
1. Press <TIME> to enter into local time mode.
2. Press <ALARM> to enter into alarm mode,
display shows:
NEW YORK
L AM 05:21:00
NEW YORK
L AM 05:30:00
NEW YORK
L AM 05:30:00
ALARM OFF
00 : 00
NEW YORK
L AM 05:30:00

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ALARM ON
00 : 00
3. To set an alarm:
a) OFF is flashing, press the <UP> and <DOWN> key
() to select ON/OFF, e.g. press <DOWN> key
() to turn on the alarm, display shows:
b) Press <LEFT> or <RIGHT> key () set up the time
you require. E.g. set the time to 14:30. Press <DOWN>
key () until 14:00 appears. Press the <RIGHT> key
() to the next step, the minutes is flashing, press the
<DOWN> key () until 30 appears. Press <EDIT> or
<ENTER> to confirm the time.
4. Once the time reach 14:30, the translator will alarms.
5. Press any keys to stop the alarm. Otherwise the alarm will last for 60 seconds and
stop automatically.
6. To clear the daily alarm, go back to Alarm mode to select Alarm off.
C. LCD contrast adjustment
1. The LCD Contrast can only be adjusted when you are in Local time mode.
2. Press Page up ( ) to make the screen darker or Down ( ) to make the screen lighter.
3. There are 32 contrast levels. Press the Page Up and down key ( ) once by once
can get each level. I.e. Press 32 times up can get the darkest screen, and press
32 times Down can get the lightest screen.
ALARM ON
14 : 00
ALARM ON
14 : 30
>
>
>
>

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D. Using the World Time
1. Press time/world to enter to world time mode
(200 cities bane are displayed with English only).
Display shows the place name which you edit at
last time, and the flashing 'W' means world.
2. Search your required city by pressing the Up and down key () or type the first
alphabet of the city name to get in the place.
E. USING THE TRANSLATOR
a. LANGUAGE SELECTION - You can select any 2 languages for your home
language and language of translation.
b. WORD TRANSLATION - The translator contains about 8,000 words. It help
you to translate 8 language instantly.
1. Press <TRANS> translator, display shows:
NEW YORK
W PM 12:17:33
1. WORD
2. PHRASE

2. Press 1 to choose the words translation,display shows:
If you like to input German, just press '2', displays shows
INPUT GER. Press "1" return to INPUT ENG.
3. Type in any word(s) you wish to translate,
e.g. <book>, display shows:
4. Press <ENTER> to confirm translation to German,
Display shows:
5. If you want to find out the translation of other 6 languages of the same word,
press the language keys then you can get immediate translation for the other 6
languages.
The sample is showing from the last mode ENGLISH to GERMAN: -
i) English to German mode ii)Press French key (i.e.3) iii)Press Spanish key (i.e.4)
12.
INPUT ENG :
BOOK_
BOOK
BUCH
BOOK
BUCH
BOOK
LIVRE
BOOK
LIBRO

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6. To enter a new word, just type or press<CLEAR> key and then type it in.
REMEMBER ! : You language of translation changes to the last language which you
selected, e.g. your last translation is Spanish 'LIBRO'. A new word is at
Spanish translation until you select the others.
c. WORD FINDING - If the word(s) you entered is not in the database, the
display will show the nearest word(s) instantly.
d. DATABASE SEARCH - Type in a word, press ENTER for translation. Press the
PAGE UP / DOWN key and you can search all keywords
in the database.
e. FOR THE LANGUAGES HAVE THEIR OWN ALPHABET WITH ACCENT -
Simply press the original key and then Accent key ACNT, the display will
show different alphabet and let you to select.
** Note : THE ACCENT ALPHABET can be formed just in their own language mode,
If you press the 'ACNT' when it is not the one of alphabet in the home language,
the display has no response.

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e.g. In the home language of French : Type in A,
display shows:
Press <ACNT>, display shows:
Press <ACNT> again, display shows:
Press <ACNT> again, display shows:
Press <ACNT>, display return to shows:
e.g. In the home language of German:
Type in <S>, display shows:
Press <ACNT>, display shows:
Press <ACNT> again, display will return to show:
A_
A_
A_
A_
>
A_
S_
ß _
S_

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f. NOTE :
1. To get an interval, such as THANK YOU, press SPACE key.
2. ERROR CORRECTIONS
- To erase all the words on the display quickly, press <CLEAR>.
- To erase the last input character, press the LEFT key (
 ).
3. The -> sign indicates the word is longer than the display, press the right key to scroll
the full word and press the LEFT key (
 ) to get front again.
4. Chinese, Japanese and Korean are display only with English phonetic.
g. PHRASE TRANSLATION :
The translator contains about 500 useful sentences at each. It helps you to translates
8 languages instantly. The 50 Categories:
ACCIDENT BAR BUSINESS CAR
CHEMIST CHILDREN COMPLAINTS CUSTOMS
DENTIST DIRECTIONS DOCTOR ENTERTAINMENT
ESSENTIALS FOOD FRIENDSHIP GAMES
GARAGE GREETINGS HAIRDRESSER HOTEL
LUGGAGE MAP MECHANIC MONEY
NECESSITIES NURSE OPERATOR OPTICIAN
PAYING PHOTOGRAPHY PHRASES POST
PRESENTATION PROBLEMS RECEPTION REQUIREMENTS
RESERVATION RESTAURANT ROOM SERVICE SHOPPING
SIGHTSEEING SIZES SWIMMING TAXI
TELEPHONE TIME TIMETABLE TRAIN
TRAVELLING WEATHER

1. WORD
2. PHRASE
ACCIDENT
HOTEL
ADOUBLE
ROOM WITH
BATHROOM
>
>
1. Once you press <TRANS> key, display shows:
2. Press 2 to choose the phrase translation, the display
shows instantly the first category name, e.g. in English
3. Press the <DOWN> key to search your required category,
or direct type in the first alphabetic of category name, then
<DOWN> () to search, e.g. H to Hotel.
4. Press <ENTER> to confirm the category of HOTEL,
display show the first sentence of the HOTEL,
it shows:
5. Press 2 to get the German translation,
display shows:
6. If this is not the sentence you required, press PAGE <UP> or <DOWN >keys ( )
until you find the right one, then translate it.
7. To search for other categories, simply press <CLEAR> and use the <UP> or
<DOWN> keys.
16.
EIN
DOPPELZIMMER
MIT BAD

17.
*PHONE/MEMO*
1 01 234 5678
NEW YORK CITY
*ENTERNAME*
10. The sign indicates the sentence is longer than the display, press <DOWN> key
() to scroll the full sentence and press <UP> key () to get front.
F. USING THE DATABANK
a. INPUT YOUR DATABANK
1) Press <DATABANK>, display shows:
2) Type in the name, e.g. BILL GOTE, display shows:
3) Press <ENTER>, display shows:
4) Type in the number or address or memo, e.g.
5) Press <ENTER> to store the information.
* ENTER NAME *
* ENTER NAME *
BILL GOTE_
* PHONE/MEMO *

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b. RETRIEVE YOUR DATA
1) Press <DATABANK>, to enter to the DATABANK mode.
2) Press the <PAGE DOWN> key ( ) to scroll data
according to the alphabetical order of the names stored.
3) Press <ENTER> to see details.
4. For quick search, type in the first letter of the name you want to retrieve now, and
then press <ENTER> to retrieve its phone number or address or memo.
c. EDIT YOUR DATA
1) Press <DATABANK> to enter into the DATABANK mode.
2) Press <PAGE DOWN> key ( ) to search the name,
display shows:
3) Press <EDIT>, the display shows a cursor on the
first letter flashing:
* ENTER NAME *
BILL GOTE
BILL GOTE
BILL GOTE
>
* ENTER NAME *
>
1 01 234 5678
NEW YORK CITY

19.
BILL GATE
BILL GATE
* ENTER NAME *
>
DELETE Y/N ?
* ENTER NAME *
ALL DELETE
Y/N ?
4) Move the cursor by using the <RIGHT> key (  )or
< LEFT> key (
 ) , type in a new letter, e.g. move the
cursor to <O> and type in <A>, press <CLEAR> to
delete the <O>. Then press <ENTER> to store the edited information.
d. DELETE THE DATA
1) Press <DATABANK> to enter into the DATABANK mode.
2) For delete one data, press <PAGE DOWN> key ( ) to
search the require name, e.g. display shows:
3) Press <CLEAR>, display shows:
4) Answer by pressing either <Y> for YES or<N> for NO, after which the Translator will
return to the databank mode.
5) To delete all the data inside the databank, when the
display show:
6) Press <CLEAR>, display shows:
7) Press <Y> for YES to delete all data inside, or press <N> for NO, after which the
Translator will return to the databank mode.

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G. USING THE CALCULATOR
You can use the Translator to do standard arithmetic calculations, memory
calculation and percent calculations. It calculates up to 10 digits.
1. Press <CALCULATOR> to go into the calculator mode,
display shows:
2. Standard calculation,+,-,x,
- .
3. Memory calculation:
(M+) to total a calculation and add the total to memory.
(M-) to total a calculation and subtract the total from the value in memory.
(MR) to recall or display the value in memory.
(MC) to clear the memory.
4. <CLEAR>:
(CE) To clear display.
(AC) To clear all calculation memory.
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CALCULATOR
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