Seiko TR-2250 User manual

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TR2250
OPERATION MANUAL
MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN

Thank you for purchasing the TR2250.
Please read this operation manual carefully before using the product.
The TR2250 features the following functions;Translation, Inflections,
Phrase display, EZ-Learn, Word games, Data bank, Expense manager,
Converters, Calculator, and Time and calendar.
EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
This is to certify that this equipment fully conforms to the protection requirements of the following EC Council Directives on the approximation
of the laws of the member states relating to:-
Directives Title
89/336/EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility
Applicable Standards
EN55022: 1998 Electromagnetic Compatibility - Emissions (Radiated)
EN55024: 1998 Electromagnetic Compatibility - Immunity (Radiated Susceptibility, ESD)
SEIKO UK Limited SC House, Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, Berks. SL6 4UW U.K.
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.
Removing the battery deletes all data stored in the Data Bank mode, the
Expense Manager mode and the EZ-Learn mode.
Remember to keep written copies of the important data.

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CONTENTS English
Functions and Features .........................2
The Keys and their Functions.................6
Preparation for using the Unit ................8
1.Resetting .........................................8
2.Contrast Adjustment ........................9
3.Demo Function ................................9
Translator .............................................10
Basic Procedure ...............................10
Pick Function ....................................14
Inflection Function ................................15
Phrase Display Function ......................23
Keyword Search................................23
EZ-Learn Function ...............................25
Word Games ........................................28
Hangman ..........................................29
User Hangman..................................31
Against the Clock..............................32
Memory.............................................32
Translation.........................................33
Data Bank ............................................34
Expense Manager ................................39
Converters............................................45
Currency Conversion ........................46
Metric Conversion .............................46
Clothing Size Chart ...........................47
Calculator .............................................48
Time and Calendar...............................49
Setting Function ...................................52
Help function ........................................56
Proper Use / Specification....................57
Changing Battery .................................58
Resetting ..............................................59
ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ......... 60

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4.“EZ-Learn”Teaching Function
*This function takes words from a list you build and presents them to you for translation.
*You can keep up to 100 words.
5.Word Games
*You can take on the challenge of 5 different word games set to any one of three levels of
difficulty.
6.Data Bank
*You can store any type of personal information up to 100 entries.
*You can keep multiple names, phone/fax numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses and
memos.
7.Expense Manager
*You can store your payment information up to 100 records.
* The unit can display the total amount by date, or by category.
Functions and Features
1.Translator
* The unit provides over 800,000 words.
* The unit will check whether the entered word is the English word or the Spanish word.
*You may scroll the headwords through the dictionary's word list in alphabetical order.
* The translation word can be picked and you can confirm the meaning of the translation
word in your language.
2. Inflection Function
* The personal pronoun, the verb in the corresponding inflected form and the
corresponding translation can be seen at one glance.
* The unit also provides the inflection forms of an adjective and a noun.
3. Phrase Display Function
*The unit provides over 5,500 phrases.
* Simple phrases and conversational exchanges can be found and their translations will be
displayed.
* Phrases and conversational exchanges incorporating a particular keyword can be
examined in sequence.

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12. Demo Function
A demonstration display explains the contents of the unit.
Translation data and morphology by © SYSTRAN Software Inc.
Phrases © Oxford University Press 2001
is a registered trademark of Seiko Corporation.
“EZ-Learn” Teaching System is a registered trademark of Seiko Instruments USA Inc.
is a registered trademark of Seiko Instruments Inc.
© 2002,2005 Seiko Instruments Inc.
How to set the HomeTime
When using the unit for the first time, you need to set the home time.
Please see page 49 for details.
8.Converters
* The conversion function enables you to convert foreign currencies and metric units of
length, area, volume, weight, capacity, power, and temperature.
* In foreign countries you can easily check the clothing sizes: shirts, hats and shoes etc.
for men, women and children.
9.Calculator
*You may add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers with up to 12 digits.
* Memory and percent functions are included.
10. Time and Calendar
* The "World Time Display" tells you the time in over 100 cities throughout the world.
You may set the "Home Time" for the cities or region where you live.
11. Help Function
An explanation of how to operate the various functions is simply explained on the
screen at each operational stage in each mode.
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1Turns power ON and OFF.
2Selects Translator mode.
3Selects Phrase Display mode.
4Selects Data Bank mode.
5Selects Expense Manager mode.
6Selects Word Game mode.
7Selects EZ-Learn mode.
8Selects Time and Calculator mode.
9Activates Help function.
10 RESET button
11 Activates Setting function.
12 Used for a hint in the word game
mode.
Change the form in the inflection
function.
13 Selects the item on the screen.
Backspace Erasure key
Change the tense in the inflection
function.
14 For scrolling back up or down through
the lists in the unit's memory.
Change the person in the inflection
function.
15 Selects the item on the screen.
Enters one blank space when pressed
once.
Change the tense in the inflection
function.
16 Executes the functions.
17 Clears all the input characters.
18 Letter and numeral input keys
•The unit will automatically TURN OFF when not used for over 3 minutes.
The Keys and their Functions

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2.Contrast Adjustment
1. You can use either or ( or
) to adjust the contrast of the display.
2. Press to finish.
A demonstration display will appear.
* If you want to adjust the contrast of the display again,
see “Setting function (page 52)”.
3.Demo Function
A demonstration display will begin to explain the
contents of the unit.
*You can stop the demonstration by pressing any of
the keys.
*If you want to disable the demo function, see
“Setting function (page 52)”.
Welcome to the
SEIKO English/Spanish
Translator.
...
ENTER
Preparation for using the Unit
1.Resetting
1. Before using the unit, press the RESET button on the
front of the unit.
Since some pens and pencils are too thick, a paper
clip is suggested for pressing the RESET button.
2. The message “Clear Databank Memory ?” will
appear.
Press or (Yes).
(Please see page 59 for details.)
After resetting, the contrast adjustment display will
appear.
Clear Databank Memory?
No Yes
ENTER
Y

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The mark will appear if there is insufficient space
to display all the translations.
4. Press .
* If you press after all corresponding translations
are shown, the next headword with it’s translation
will be displayed. (See page 13.)
Press if you would like to return to the original
inputted word.
●Parts of Speech
[adj] adjective, [adv] adverb, [v] verb, [n] noun, [pron] pronoun,
[prep] preposition, [conj] conjunction, [art] article, [ijec] interjection,
[pn] propernoun, [m] masculine, [f] feminine, [m/f] masculine & feminine,
[phr] phrase, [ord] ordinal, [num] number, [av] auxiliary verb
idioma [m], lengua [f],
lenguaje [m].
languid [adj]
lánguido.
↓↑
↓↑
Translator
Basic Procedure
1. Press .
2. Enter a word.
Example: language
3. Press .
The unit will check whether the entered word is the
English word or the Spanish word.
Then the entered word along with part of speech will
be displayed on the upper line.
The corresponding translation(s) with part of speech
will be displayed on the lower line.
ENTER
Translator
Enter a Word or Phrase:
Enter a Word or Phrase:
language_
Base Form
Searching ...
language [n]
idioma [m], lengua [f],
↓
ENTER
↓language

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●Searching for Word
*The word lists for both English and Spanish are in
alphabetical order.
You can scroll through the word list by or .
The moves forward through the alphabet.
The moves backward.
Example: apple
*The unit shows only the base form by scrolling search.
* Homonyms, words with the same spelling but different meanings are listed sequentially.
*Words with accents or phonetic symbols are stored in alphabetical order and come after
other words in the unit’s memory, without such symbols.
apple [n]
manzana [f].
applicable [adj]
aplicable.
application [n]
aplicación [f], solicitud
↓↑
↓↑
●Entering and Correcting letters
*Up to 30 letters can be entered.
* For entering capital letters or Spanish letters with accents, use or after
pressing the corresponding lower case letter.
* Use to enter a space.
* Corrections can be made by using .
* The entire display can be cleared by pressing .
●MisspelledWords orWords Not in
Memory
If the entered word is not contained in the dictionary,
pressing will result in display of the word
whose spelling comes closest (alphabetically) to that
of the entered word.
Example: tri
CLR
ENTER
No words found.
Enter a Word or Phrase:
trial_
Enter a Word or Phrase:
tri_
ENTER
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Inflection Function
•You can see the verbal inflections after having displayed the translation screen
using the Translation Function.
1. Press .
2. Enter a word.
Example: go
3. Press .
Results will be displayed.
4. Press .
The [pronoun + verb] for the first person singular
will then be displayed.
*The position of [A-1] on the Verbal Inflection Matrix
Chart. (See page 17.)
Enter a Word or Phrase:
go_
go [v]
andar, ir, marchar.
↓
ENTER
Base Form
Inflections
I go
Yo ando, Yo voy, Yo
↓
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
●Pick Function
The translation word can be picked and you can confirm the meaning of the translation
word in your language.
Example: friend
1. Press to select the first word you can pick.
Selected word will have a flashing cursor on it.
Select the desired word by using or .
2. Press .
The translation for “amiga” will be presented.
friend [n]
amiga [f], amigo [m].
friend [n]
amiga [f], amigo [m].
amiga [f]
friend [n], playmate [n],
↓
↓
ENTER ENTER

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Verbal Inflection
Matrix Chart
Present Indicative
Preterit
Imperfect indicative
Future
Present Progressive
Past Progressive
Conditional
Imperative
Present Perfect Ind.
Past Perfect Ind.
Past Anterior
Future Perfect
Conditional Perfect
Present Subjunctive
Past Subjunctive
Present Perfect Subj.
Past Perfect Subj.
1st Sing. Masc/Fem IA
2nd Sing. Fam. M&F you B
2nd Sing. For. M&F you C
3rd Sing. Masc. he D
3rd Sing. Fem. she E
3rd Sing. M&F it F
1st Plur. Masc./Fem. we G
2nd Plur. Fam. M&F you H
2nd Plur.For M&F you I
3rd Plur. Masc. they J
3rd Plur. Fem. they K
A-1 A-4
C-4
D-3
1234567891011121314151617
Sing.=Singular
Plur.=Plural
Masc.or M=Masculine
Fem.or F=Feminine
Fam.=Familiar
For.=Formal
Ind.=Indicative
Subj.=Subjunctive
5. To view the person and tense, press again.
The person and tense will be displayed.
Then the screen will return to the previous state.
•Tense may be changed.
If you wish to see other tenses, the tense may be
changed by pressing or .
6. If you press three times, the display will move
to the position of [A-4] on the chart. (See page 17.)
The amount of Inflections available depends on
inflections for that particular word.
•Person may be changed.
If you wish to see other personal pronouns, you can
do so by pressing or .
7. If you press four times, the display will move to
the position of [C-4] on the chart.
The amount of Inflections available depends on
inflections for that particular word.
Present Indicative
1st Singular
I go
Yo ando, Yo voy, Yo
ENTER
I will go
Yo andaré, Yo iré, Yo
You will go
Usted andará, Usted irá,

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go [v]
andar, ir, marchar.
Base Form
CLR
ENTER CLR
9. You can return to the base form you have entered by
pressing .
* If you enter a verb and search the inflections,
movement of tense, person and form by means of key
operation, they will occur from the original (A-1)
position.
Example: eat
Enter a Word or Phrase:
eat_
eat [v]
comer.
↓
ENTER
↓
ENTER
I eat
Yo como.
↓eat
* If you press from tense [17], the display will move to tense [1].
Conversely, if you press from tense [1], the display will move to tense [17].
* If you press from person [K], the display will move to person [A].
Conversely, if you press from person [A], the display will move to person [K].
*There is no person or tense for [A-8], for this particular word.
•Form may be changed.
8. If you wish to see other forms (interrogative and
negative), you can do so by pressing .
* If you press from the negative form, the display
will return to the normal form.
?
?
You will not go
Usted no andará, Usted
Will you go?
¿Andará usted?, ¿Irá
↓
↓
You will go
Usted andará, Usted irá,
↓
?
?
?

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•You can enter the base form or the inflected forms of an adjective.
1. Press .
2. Enter a word.
Example: best
3. Press .
The translated inflection appears.
* In this case, movement of inflection by means of key
operation will occur from this position.
* Press to see the base form of the entered
inflection.
Enter a Word or Phrase:
best_
↓
ENTER
Inflections
best
el más bueno.
good
bueno.
↓↑
good
buena.
↓↑
ENTER
CLR
•You can enter the inflected forms of a verb together with the personal pronoun.
1. Press .
2. Enter words.
Example: he was going
3. Press .
The translated inflection appears, which falls into the
position of [D-3] on the chart (see page 17.)
* In this case, movement of tense and person by means
of key operation will occur from this position.
* Press to see the base form of the entered
inflection.
Enter a Word or Phrase:
he was going_
↓
ENTER
ENTER
Inflections
He was going
Él andaba, Él iba, Él
He will go
Él andará, Él irá, Él
↓↑
CLR

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Phrase Display Function
Keyword Search
The keywords of phrases can be used to look up phrases containing that word.
1. Press .
2. Enter the keyword.
Example: taxi
3. Press .
The first phrase containing the entered keywords is
displayed.
Translator
Enter Phrase or a Word:
Enter Phrase or a Word:
taxi_
Phrases
Is there a taxi
stand nearby?
↓
ENTER
↓taxi
PHRS
ENTER
•You can enter the singular form or the plural form
of a noun.
1. Press .
2. Enter a word.
Example: tree
3. Press .
3. Press .
You can switch the singular form or the plural form
by using or .
* Press to see the base form of the entered
inflection.
Enter a Word or Phrase:
tree_
↓
ENTER
ENTER
tree [n]
árbol [m].
Base Form
Inflections
tree
árbol.
↓
ENTER
trees
árboles.
↓↑
ENTER
CLR

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EZ-Learn Function
●Building word list:
The EZ-Learn function creates the user's word list from the Translator.
When a headword or the translation you wish to add
is displayed, press .
The message “Word has been added to the EZ-Learn
list.” will appear.
The headword and the corresponding translations
will be added to your list.
* The unit can store the word with from 3 to 14 letters.
* The unit's memory can store up to 100 words. If you try to add more, the message
“Sorry, EZ-Learn memory is full” will appear.
* If the word to be added is already contained in memory, the message “Word is already
in the EZ-Learn list” will appear.
EZ-LN
language [n]
idioma [m], lengua [f],
Word has been added
to the EZ-Learn list.
↓
EZ-LN
4. Select the phrase using or .
If no more phrases using the keyword exist, the
message “End of Phrase List” will be displayed.
* Once a word is entered in the translator, you can
search the phrases from the translation mode. Press
once the translated results are displayed.
*Some phrases need more specific entries. For
example, typing in the word “rent” will give you up
to 14 results containing the word “rent”. Let’s say
you want to rent a tennis racket, but the translated
phrase is not included in the 14 listed entries. In this
case you would have to be more specific and type in
the words “rent tennis racket”. If you are specific
with your entry, and there are still no results, there
are no phrases available.
stand nearby?
¿Hay una parada de taxis
↓↑
¿Hay una parada de taxis
cerca?
Please order a taxi
for me.
↓↑
↓↑
taxi [n]
taxi [m].
Is there a taxi
stand nearby?
↓
PHRS
PHRS

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●Deleting a word
1. Press .
2. Press or to select “Delete” then .
3. Press or to select the word you wish to
delete.
4. Press .
5. Press or to select “Yes”.
The selected word will be deleted from the word list.
*If you decide not to delete the word, press to
select “No”.
●Deleting all words
1. Press or to select “Erase” then .
2. Press or to select “Yes”.
*If you decide not to delete all the words, press
to select “No”.
EZ-Learn
Boolmarks Delete Erase
apple [n]
language [n]
↓
ENTER
Are you sure?
Yes No
↓
ENTER
ENTER
EZ-LN
ENTER
ENTER
Y
N
Are you sure?
Yes No
↓
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
Y
N
●Finding a word
1. Press .
A blinking cursor on Bookmarks indicates that is
your selection.
2. Press to select “Bookmarks”.
3. Press or to select a word.
4. Press .
The translation display of the selected word will be
displayed.
EZ-Learn
Bookmarks Delete Erase
apple [n]
language [n]
apple [n]
language [n]
↓
↓↑
ENTER
EZ-LN
language [n]
idioma [m], lengua [f],
↓
ENTER
ENTER
EZ-LN
ENTER
EZ-Learn
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ENTER
3. Press to enter the selected game.
*You can press the first letter of any title of the game in order to select the game.
Hangman
This is a game in which you have to find a mystery word with a limited number of tries.
1. Select “Hangman”.
The language of the mystery word will be changed
alternately.
The number of letters in the mystery word is
indicated by question marks.
* The first number in the left hand corner indicates the
number of correct letters entered. ( 0/8 )
*Your limited number of tries, is indicated by the
second number in the right hand corner. ( 0/8)
Guess this English Word.
???? 0/8
Word Games
You can take on the challenge of 5 different word games set to any one of three levels of
difficulty.
●Setting the level of the game
1. Press .
2. Press or to select “Games Level ...”
then .
3. Set the level by pressing or .
You can choose from “Beginner”, “Intermediate” and
“Advanced”.
4. Press to finish.
●Selecting the game
1. Press .
2. Select the game you wish to play by pressing
or .
SET
Demo Message...
LCD Contrast...
↓↑
LCD Contrast...
Games Level...
x 2
↓
ENTER
Beginner
Intermediate
Hangman
User Hangman
ENTER
ENTER
GAME

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User Hangman
This is a Hangman Game using a word that one player can enter, while a second player
tries to guess what it is.
1. Select “User Hangman”.
2. Enter a word.
3. Press .
* The ensuing procedure is the same as that used in the Hangman Game.
[Tip for Parents]
This game is a fun way for you to help your children to learn new words from a list or
as part of their homework. Select a suitable level, secretly enter your chosen word and
then work with them to correctly spell the mystery word.
Enter a Word or Phrase:
beat_
ENTER
???? 0/8
2. When you enter one of the letters used in the mystery
word, the question mark will be replaced by the
letter.
*To skip the displayed question, press .
*To give up and see the mystery word, press . This will be counted as a loss.
*For a hint press .
This can be used up until the last letter, yet it will be
deducted from your limited number of tries.
* The number of tries you are allowed will decrease
progressively every time you enter an incorrect letter.
3. If you successfully enter all the letters in the mystery
word before you use up your limited number of tries,
a congratulatory message will be displayed and a
point will be counted in the “Won” column. The next
mystery word will be displayed.
4. If you fail to find the mystery word before you use up your limited number of tries,
“Sorry, you lost” will appear and a point will be counted in the “Lost” column.
?
ENTER
CLR
?p?? 1/8
?p?? 1/7
u
open
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2. Re-enter the word which has just disappeared from
the screen.
3. Press .
Translation
1. Select “Translation”.
The unit will provide the game word on the upper
line, and the translations on the lower line.
2. Select the correct translation by pressing
or to place the cursor on your selection.
3. Press .
ENTER
Enter your guess
azul_
todo [adv]
keen, all, hunt, taper, wit.
todo [adv]
keen, all, hunt, taper, wit.
ENTER
Against the Clock
The letters of a mystery word are displayed one at a time at regular intervals.
Enter the mystery word before they are all displayed.
1. Select “Against the Clock”.
The language of the mystery word will be changed
alternately.
2. When you enter a letter, the game will start.
The hidden letters will be displayed one by one.
* The ensuing procedure is the same as that used in the
Hangman Game.
Memory
Correctly re-enter the words that are momentarily displayed.
1. Select “Memory”. The words will be displayed for
about one second.
Guess this Spanish Word.
???? 0/8
???? 0/8
azul

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3. You can also enter the data in the fields; Tel.(2), Fax,
Address, e-mail and Memo.
* If you have no need to enter the data in the particular
field, press . The next field will appear.
*You can return to the previous field by pressing
.
*You can return to the menu of the Data Bank by
pressing .
4. Press .
The new entries will be stored.
●Entering and Correcting Characters
* Use or to move cursor.
* Use to enter a space.
* Corrections can be made by using .
* For entering capital letters or Spanish letters with accents, use or after
pressing the corresponding lower case letter.
* For entering period ( .), press twice after pressing .
* For entering hyphen ( -), press twice after pressing .
*For entering symbols ( ? ’ ! , _ @ = $ : ( ) [ ] ), use or after pressing .
ENTER
Data Bank
View New Search Edit
CLR
Saving ...
ENTER
Data Bank
You can store any type of personal information up to 100 entries.
Since your Data will be lost with a battery change, it is strongly suggested that you
keep any information entered into the TR2250 written down on a sheet of paper.
●Selecting the function
1. Press .
2. Select the function by pressing or .
3. Press to enter the selected function.
*You can press the first letter of any name of the
function in order to select the function.
●Entering a New Listing
1. Select “New”.
The first field “Name” will be displayed.
Enter a name.
2. Press .
The second field “Tel.1” will be displayed.
Enter a telephone number.
DATA
ENTER
Data Bank
View New Search Edit
View New Search Edit
Delete All-Clear
↓↑
Name: Brown _
ENTER
Tel.(1):123-4567 _
N
A
DATA