Sharp PW-E420 User manual
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ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY
OPERATION MANUAL
MODEL
PW-E420
Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Englisch
Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Französisch
Duden – Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
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Thank you for purchasing the SHARP Electronic Dictionary, model PW-E420.
The PW-E420 contains data based on the following dictionaries (see page 7):
•LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchEnglisch
•LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchFranzösisch
•Duden–DiedeutscheRechtschreibung
After reading this manual, store it in a convenient location for future reference.
NOTICE
•SHARPwillnotbeliablenorresponsibleforanyincidentalorconsequentialeconomicorpropertydamagecausedbymisuseand/ormalfunctionofthisproduct
and its peripherals, unless such liability is acknowledged by law.
•Thespecicationofthisproductanditsaccessories,aswellasinformationprovidedinthismanual,issubjecttochangewithoutpriornotice.
CAUTION
•DonotcarrythePW-E420inthebackpocketofslacksortrousers.
•DonotapplyexcessivephysicalpressureontheLCDpanelbecausetheglassmaterialmaybreak.
•DonotdropthePW-E420orapplyexcessiveforcetoit.Bendingtheunitundulycandamageit.
•DonotsubjectthePW-E420toextremetemperatures.Donotexposetheunittoanextremelyhumidordustyenvironment.
•Donotapplyextremeforcewhenpressingthekeys.
•Sharporhardobjectscanscratchanddamagetheunit.Makesureitisadequatelyprotectedwhencarriedwithotherobjects.
•Sincethisproductisnotwaterproof,donotuseitorstoreitwhereuids,forexamplewater,cansplashontoit.Raindrops,waterspray,juice,coffee,steam,
perspiration, etc. will also cause malfunction.
•Cleanonlywithasoft,drycloth.Donotusesolvents.
•UseonlyaSHARPapprovedservicefacility.
NOTES
•Allcompanyand/orproductnamesaretrademarksand/orregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveholders.
Introduction
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Fast and clever – Look up and explore
You made a good choice with the electronic dictionary PW-E420!
ThePW-E420wasdevelopedinclosecooperationwiththetwoleadingdictionarypublishingcompaniesintheGermanspeakingmarket,LangenscheidtKGandDuden,
whose book contents have been integrated into the electronic device.
Theintuitiveoperationofthedevicefollowstheusageoftheprinteddictionaries,but–thankstotheintelligentelectronics–lookingupwordsandexploringthecorrect
spelling and translation is much faster and cleverer.
Opentherequireddictionarydirectlybyusingoneofthevedictionarykeysandlet’sgo!
• Thewordtolookupisdirectlyinputviatheeasy-to-operateGermanQWERTZkeyboard.Witheachinsertedcharactertheselectionisreducedbyaltersearchtoquickly
highlighttherequiredword.
• Thenextmenuitem‘Wortverbindungen’exploresidiomaticphrasesandsamplesentencesinGerman,EnglishandFrenchandtranslatesthemcorrectly.
• Thefunctionkey‘Sprung’directlyaccessestranslations,cross-references,abbreviations,theFrenchconjugationandadditionalnotessuchastheGermanspellingrules.
• Thefunctionkeys‘MyWords’and‘Verlauf’openthelistsrespondingtothehistoryofthedisplayedwordstotrainspecialvocabularyorquicklyrecallcertainwords.
• ‘QuickView’showsanoverviewofthedifferentmeaningsofanentrywordtoenabledirectaccesstotherequireddenition.
• Theintelligentwordgames‘Kreuzworträtsellösen’and‘Anagrammlösen’letsyouemergenotonlyaswinnerofwordgames,butwillintroducesomemethodicalvariety
intoEnglishorFrenchlessons.
• TheLCDoffersareadableviewforvaryingvisibilityandlightconditionsbysupportingtwofontsizesandabacklight.
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CONTENTS
Getting Started
UsingthePW-E420forthersttime .....................................................................5
Layout....................................................................................................................8
BasicOperationofPW-E420 ..............................................................................10
Set-upMenu(Menü-Einstellungen).....................................................................13
InputtingCharacters............................................................................................14
UsingLangenscheidtEnglisch-Deutsch
LookingupawordbyFiltersearch .....................................................................16
Phrasesearch(FeststehendeWortverbindungensuchen) .................................17
Spellcheckfunction(Rechtschreibprüfung).........................................................17
Wordgames(Buchstabenrätsel).........................................................................18
Crosswordsolver(Kreuzworträtsellösen)....................................................18
Anagramsolver(Anagrammlösen).............................................................19
Furtherinformation..............................................................................................20
UsingLangenscheidtDeutsch-Englisch
LookingupawordbyFiltersearch .....................................................................21
Phrasesearch(FeststehendeWortverbindungensuchen) .................................21
Furtherinformation..............................................................................................21
UsingLangenscheidtFranzösisch-Deutsch
LookingupawordbyFiltersearch .....................................................................22
TheConjugationofFrenchVerbs........................................................................22
Phrasesearch(FeststehendeWortverbindungensuchen) .................................23
Spellcheckfunction(Rechtschreibprüfung).........................................................24
Wordgames(Buchstabenrätsel).........................................................................25
Crosswordsolver(Kreuzworträtsellösen)....................................................25
Anagramsolver(Anagrammlösen).............................................................25
Furtherinformation..............................................................................................26
UsingLangenscheidtDeutsch-Französisch
LookingupawordbyFiltersearch .....................................................................27
Phrasesearch(FeststehendeWortverbindungensuchen) .................................27
Furtherinformation..............................................................................................27
UsingDuden–DiedeutscheRechtschreibung
LookingupawordbyFiltersearch .....................................................................28
Spellcheckfunction(Rechtschreibprüfung).........................................................29
Wordgames(Buchstabenrätsel).........................................................................30
Crosswordsolver(Kreuzworträtsellösen)....................................................30
Anagramsolver(Anagrammlösen).............................................................30
Duden-rules.........................................................................................................31
Furtherinformation..............................................................................................31
Zusatz-Infos(Contents-Info)
In PW-E420 integrated information of the printed version of the dictionaries......32
Furtherinformationarefoundintheappendixtothisoperationmanual.............32
HowtoviewtheZusatz-Infos ..............................................................................33
UsingtheSuperjumpfunction
HowtousetheSuperjumpfunction ...................................................................34
UsingtheMyWordsListfunction
HowtoregisterawordintheMyWordsList .......................................................35
Displaying the words you have registered in each dictionary..............................35
UsingtheHistoryfunction
How to use the History function ..........................................................................37
UsingtheCalculatorfunction
Prior to initiating calculations...............................................................................39
Calculationexamples ..........................................................................................39
UsingtheConverterfunction
Currencyconverter(Währungsumrechner).........................................................40
Metricconverter(MetrischeUmrechnungen)......................................................41
Appendices
Replacing the battery ..........................................................................................43
Reset procedure if trouble occurs .......................................................................44
Specications ......................................................................................................44
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................45
Product suppor....................................................................................................45
Furtherinformationofthedictionaries
LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchEnglisch...........................................................46
LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchFranzösisch .....................................................46
Duden–DiedeutscheRechtschreibung............................................................46
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Using the PW-E420 for the first time
BesuretoperformthefollowingoperationsbeforeusingthePW-E420fortherst
time.
1. Set the battery replacement switch on the bottom
oftheunittothe‘REPLACEBATTERY’position.
2. Remove the battery cover.
3. Inserttheonebattery.Makesurethebattery
polarity is correct.
4. Replace the battery cover.
5. Set the battery replacement switch to the
‘NORMALOPERATION’position.
6. Open the unit and press oto turn the
power on.
TheLCDcontrastscreenwillappear.
• Shouldadifferentscreenappear,followthe
reset procedure on page 44.
• Ifthepowercannotbeturnedon:
• Makesurethebatteryreplacementswitchisplacedatthe
‘NORMALOPERATION’position,thenpressoagain.
• Ifthepowerstillcannotbeswitchedon,tryfollowingsteps1through6inthe
above procedure again.
7. AdjusttheLCDcontrastbyusing[ ], and
press e.
The main menu screen will appear.
• TheLCDcontrastsettingcanbeadjusted
laterintheSet-upmenu(Menü-Einstellun-
gen).
Getting Started
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Turning the power on/off
The power can be switched on by pressing the keys listed below.
To turn off the power, press o.
Key notation used in this manual
• Keysareoftenassignedwithmorethanonefunction.Theappropriatekey/
function will be shown according to the input status.
<Example 1>
willbeshownaseither‘Q’,‘1’or‘1’dependingontheinputstatus.
<Example 2>
willbeshownaseither‘G’or‘+’dependingontheinputstatus.
• Thefunctionsindicatedwithgreentypefacearesecondfunctions.Pressand
release ^, then press an appropriate key.
<Example 1>
^wdirects to press and release ^, then press w(<).
Backlight
This product has a built-in backlight, which allows you to view the display and use
the product even in low-light conditions. Pressing ,once illuminates the display
untilyouhavenotpressedanykeysforapprox.1minuteorpress,again.
Notes:
• Usethebacklightinlow-lightconditions.Itwilldrainpowerfromtheoperating
batteriesandsignicantlyreducebatterylife.
Key
o
m
t
u
r
s
d
Display status upon start-up
Restores the display as it was before the unit was switched off
(Resume function).
The main menu screen appears.
Thedisplayofeachdictionaryand/orfunctionappears(Direct-on
function).
Auto power off function
To save the battery, the PW-E420 will automatically turn its power off if no key
operations are detected for a set period of time. The activation interval initial setting
is5minutes,butitcanbeadjustedbyfollowingthedirectionsonpage13.
To attach a commercially available strap
A carrying strap can be attached, as shown in the picture below (strap not
included).
Caution:
• Donotswingtheunitbythestrap,oruseexcessive
force to pull the strap. Doing so will cause a
malfunction or hardware damage to the unit.
Backoftheunit
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Data contained in the PW-E420
The dictionary data contained in this unit is based on the following dictionaries:
• LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchEnglisch
©LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchEnglisch
LangenscheidtKG,BerlinundMünchen2012
• LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchFranzösisch
©LangenscheidtHandwörterbuchFranzösisch
LangenscheidtKG,BerlinundMünchen2012
•Duden–DiedeutscheRechtschreibung
©Duden–DiedeutscheRechtschreibung,25.Au.
2012BibliographischesInstitutGmbH,Dudenstr.6,68167Mannheim
• Allrightsreserved.UsedbySHARPCORPORATION,pursuanttoLicense
AgreementwithLangenscheidtKG,BerlinundMünchen.
• Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior
permissioninwritingof‘BibliographischesInstitutGmbH,Dudenstr.6,68167Man-
nheim’,orasexpresslypermittedbylaw,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropri-
atereprographicsrightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutside
thescopeoftheaboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,‘Bibliographisches
InstitutGmbH,Dudenstr.6,68167Mannheim’.
• Thedatacontentofeachdictionaryismostlyretainedfaithfultotheoriginal.
However, some sections of the dictionary contents have had to be altered due to
thelimitationsoftheLCDdisplayandforotherreasons;thesemodicationshave
been implemented under the provisions of the publisher(s). In some rare cases,
misspellingsand/ormistypingsmaybefound;theseare‘errors’thathavebeen
retainedunmodiedfromthesourcedictionaries.
Note:
• Forinformationonthecontentsofthedictionaries,see‘Zusatz-Infos’inthemenu
ofPW-E420andonpage46–53inthismanual.
• Someprefatorymaterialandsomeappendixdataincludedintheprintedbook
version of the dictionaries are not featured in this product.
• Inthismanual,theLangenscheidt Handwörterbuch Englisch is regarded and
referredtoastwoseparatedictionaries–the‘Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch’
and the ‘Langenscheidt Deutsch-Englisch’.
Also the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Französisch is regarded and referred to
astwoseparatedictionaries–the ‘Langenscheidt Französisch-Deutsch’ and the
‘Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch’.
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Menukey
Backlightkey
Fontsizeshiftkey
Page scroll keys
Layout
Clear/Backspacekey
Cursorkeys
Enter key
Escape key
Poweron/offkey
Display symbols
(Refertothenextpagefordetails)
Dictionary/function
selection keys
2nd function key
Utilitykeysfordictionaries
Display
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This symbol will be displayed when the battery level is low. Promptly
replace the old battery with a new one.
Indicatesthatthekeysound(beep)issettoON.
Indicates that ^has been pressed.
Thesearrowssuggestthatmorecontentscanbebrowsedbyscrollingup/
down the window.
{ }:Presstoscrollup/downpertextrow.
< >:Presstoscrollup/downpervisiblewindow.
Scrolltothenext/previousheadwordentrywith^nand ^
w.
Note:
• Inthismanual,symbolsarenotshowninthedisplayexamples.
• CertainsymbolsmayappearonthedisplayonlywhentheLCDcontrastissetto
dark. Please ignore these symbols as they are not used by this product.
Operation guidance message
A brief guidance message may appear at the bottom of the screen to help you
utilise functions more effectively.
:OpenstheinitialscreenforLangenscheidtEnglisch-Deutsch
:OpenstheinitialscreenforLangenscheidtDeutsch-Englisch
:OpenstheinitialscreenforLangenscheidtFranzösisch-Deutsch
:OpenstheinitialscreenforLangenscheidtDeutsch-Französisch
:OpenstheinitialscreenforDuden–DiedeutscheRechtschreibung
: Opens the history list of each dictionary
:Opensa‘summarized’view,whichonlycontainsthemostimportant
paragraphs and senses of a headword
:Initiatesadenitionsearchofaterminadetailviewofeachdictionary
:Opensthe‘MYWORDS’(MyWords)listofeachdictionary
: 2nd function key
Activates the second function (printed in green on the above or left side of
thekeys)assignedtothenextkeypressed.
: Illuminates the display to view in low-light conditions
Key assignments Display symbols
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Basic Operation of PW-E420
Inputting words for a dictionary search
Inthissection,thebasicsearchoperationisdescribed,theso-calledltersearch.
Fordetails,refertothemanualchapterforeachdictionary.
<Example>
Findtranslationsof‘convenience’inLangenscheidtEnglisch-Deutsch.
1. Press
tto display the initial screen for
LangenscheidtEnglisch-Deutsch,thentype
‘conven’.Theentriesstartingwith‘conven’
are listed.
2. Type‘i’tonarrowdownthelistfurther.Ifthe
desired word is found, then you do not need
to type any more letters.
3. Whilethe‘ ’indicationisvisibleontheleftof‘convenience’,presse.
• Pressfto return to the previous view.
• Press^ltolisttheheadwordsinLangenscheidtEnglisch-Deutsch.
Note:
• Refertothesection‘Inputtingcharacters’onpage14.
• Tolearndifferentsearchingmethodsfromthoseabove,refertothemanual
chapter for each dictionary.
If there is no match found
As you input the spelling of the desired word, the
dictionary will narrow down the matching
candidates. If the match is narrowed down to
none (i. e. no word starting with the spelling is
foundinthedictionary),themessage‘Ähnliche
Wörter’appears.
In this case, press eto list the dictionary entries alphabetically after the
entered spelling.
Note about entering characters
Whileenteringcharacters,excludecharacterssuchasspaces,hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, commas, periods and brackets. See pages 14 and 15 for
details.
Note:
• Upto24characterscanbeenteredintheinputeldofthedictionary.When
searching for words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search
to select the words from the list manually.
Selecting a dictionary / function in the main menu
Press m.
The main menu appears.
• Selectanitembyitsindexnumberusingthe
number keys (0to 9). The initial screen
of the selected item appears.
• Thedesireditemcanalsobeselectedbyusingthe{ } keys, followed by
pressing the ekey.
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Starting Auto Demo mode (Auto-Demo)
Activate the Auto demo for a guided tour through the key features of the product.
1. Press
m0to start the Auto demo mode.
•Pressfor eto end the Auto demo mode and return to the main
menu.
List view: selecting an item; scrolling
Press tto display the initial screen of
LangenscheidtEnglisch-Deutsch,thenpress
e. The list view of Langenscheidt
Englisch-Deutsch appears.
TheListfunctionhelpstondaheadword,in
casethattheexactspellingisunknown,
becausealldictionaryentriesbeforeandaftertheinputcharactersequenceare
displayed.
UsingtheFiltersearch,onlythoseentriesaredisplayed,whichfollowonthe
enteredcharactersequence.
Selecting an item or a word
Usethecorrespondingnumberkeytotheindexnumberontheleftofeachitem,or
use the {or }key to place the cursor on the desired item, followed by pressing
the ekey.
Scrolling the view
‘ ’and/or‘ ’mayappearontheleftsideofthescreen,indicatingthatmore
informationcanbebrowsedbyscrollingup/downtheview.
1) Press }oncetoscrolldownonetextrow.Toscrollbackonetextrow,press{
once.
2) Press >to scroll down a page. Press <to scroll the page up.
• Pressandholdthesekeystocontinuouslyscrollthelines/pages.
Filter search view: selecting an item; scrolling
Press t, then type A, and B.
‘ab’isentered,andwordsstartingfrom‘ab’
listed.
Selecting each entry
Use} {toplacethecursor(indicatedas‘ ’ontheleftofthelisteditems)at
the desired entry, then press e. The detail view of the entry appears.
Scrolling the view
Refertothesection‘Scrollingtheview’intheprevioussection,‘Listview:selecting
anitem;scrolling’.
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Detail view: scrolling
Press t, then type A, and e.
The detail view with translations appears.
Browsing contents above/below the screen
‘’ and/or ‘ ’ may appear on the left side of
the screen, indicating that more information
can be browsed by scrolling up/down the view.
Use }{or ><.
Scrolling up/down to the previous/next entry header
Press ^nto show the next entry header. To show the previous entry
header, press ^w.
Other useful keys
f : Returns to the previous view
^ b: Shows the input screen of each dictionary or the initial display of a
function
^ l : Shows the list view starting from the previously displayed header
• Thecharactersizesettingwillberetaineduntilthenexttimezis pressed.
• Thezkey is functional in the following views:
• Thelistview,detailvieworltersearchvieworQuickviewofeachdictionary
• TheSuperjumpwindow
• ThelistviewanddetailviewoftheZusatz-Infos
• TheMyWordsListwindow
• Thecharactersizesettingissavedforeachdictionaryinboththelistview
(includingltersearchviewandQuickview)andthedetailview.
Recalling the terms previously searched (h)
The history of up to 30 items in each dictionary is automatically stored, and can be
recalled easily by selecting the word in the history list. (For more information, see
page37.)
12dot-based(default) 9dot-based
Shifting the displayed character size (z)
Press the zkeytoshiftthecharactersizetobedisplayed.
12dot-based(verticalpixelresolution)or9dot-basedcharacterscanbeselected.
For instance, press zto display the 12 dot characters to 9 dot characters.
Press zagaintotogglebackthedisplayedcharactersto12dot-base.
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Listing a summary of detail view items (q)
TheQuickviewfunctionsuppressessomeexamplesandadditionalinformation,
andlistsoutthemainsectionsandsensesfromeachdetailviewentry.Usethis
functiontobrowsequicklythroughthesummaryofanentry.
<Example>
1. In the detail view shown on page 12, press
q.
TheQuickviewscreenappears.
2. While the relevant sense or section is on the screen, select the desired item by
theindexnumber.Thedetailviewoftheselectedsense/sectionappears.
• PressqintheQuickviewtodisplaythedetailview.
Translating of words from a detail screen (v)
You can select words and Super Jump symbols ( , , ) in the detail screen for
searchoperationsandexplainedortranslatedthem.(Formoreinformation,seepage
34.)
Register words you frequently use (y)
WiththefunctionMyWordsListyoucanselectwords,whichmeaningyoualways
forget or which you want to train specially for a vocabulary test. To register a new
word, press ^ xinthedetailview.(Formoreinformation,seepage
35.)
Set-up Menu (Menü-Einstellungen)
Press mto display the main menu, then
press 9. The set-up menu appears.
Select a desired item to change the setting.
Note:
• Todeletethehistorylist,seepage37.
• TodeletetheMywordslist,seepage35.
Setting the key sound on/off (Tastenton)
The key sound (a short audible beep when a key is pressed) can be set to on or off.
1. Press
m, 9, then 1, to toggle the key sound on or off.
A splash message appears to indicate the change of setting, then the main
menu will be displayed.
Setting the Auto power off activation time (Batteriesparmodus)
This product automatically turns its power off to save the battery. The turn-off time
issettoveminutesbydefault.
1. Press
m, 9, then 2.
The Auto power off setting screen appears.
2. Usethe{, }, [and ]keys to place the check mark on the desired
duration, then press e.
The time will be set, then the main menu will be displayed.
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Inputting Characters
Methodsofinputtingcharactersaredescribedinthissection.
Character entry
Asimpleexampleofinputtingcharactersisshownbelow.
<Example>
Enteraword‘Gefäß’forsearch.
1. Press
utoopentheinputscreenofLangenscheidtDeutsch-Englisch.
2. Type‘Gefäß’.
On the keyboard, press G, E, F, A,
then ;.
Note:
•
Upto24characterscanbeenteredintheinputeldofthedictionary.When
searching for words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to
select the words from the list manually.
•
To enter accented or European characters, enter their unaccented or alphabetical
equivalentsasshownintheexamplesbelow.Itshouldbenotedthatthesearch
functions do not take account of accents or case.
• ‘ä’,‘ö’and‘ü’->enter‘a’,‘o’and‘u’respectively.
• ‘é’,‘à’,‘û’and‘œ’->enter‘e’,‘a’,‘u’and‘oe’respectively.
• Usethe;keytoenter‘ß’.YoucanalsopressSStosearchfor‘ß’.
Adjusting the LCD contrast (LCD-Kontrast)
SelectthismenuitemtoadjusttheLCDcontrast.
1. Press
m, 9, then 3.
2. ToadjusttheLCDcontrast,usethe[(Lighter)keyor](Darker) key, then
press eto return to the main menu.
• Whileenteringcharacters,excludecharacterssuchasspaces,hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, commas, periods and brackets.
<Example>
*1 To enter the masculine form of a word, let the letters away in parentheses.
• Convertuppercaseletterstolowercase.Thisisalsoapplicabletothecapitalized
rstletterofanoun.
<Example>
• Spelloutthenumbersineachlanguagewhenapplicable.
<Example>
Word Entry for search
car ferry carferry
U-Bahn ubahn
o’clock oclock
c/o co
ruck,zuck ruckzuck
z.B. zb
Autor(inn)en*1 autorinnen
Word Entry for search
USA usa
DB db
Ausweg ausweg
Word Entry for search
A1 aone
France2 francedeux
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Modifying entry
Deleting unnecessary or incorrect characters
<Example>
Modifytheentry‘rangehen’toindicate‘Ring’.
1. Press
uto open the input screen of Langenscheidt Deutsch-Englisch.
2. Type‘rangehen’.
3. While the cursor is at the end of the string,
press (fourtimestodelete‘ehen’.
4. Next,press[twice to move the cursor over
theletter‘n’.
5. Press
(oncetodeleteacharacterontheleftofcursor.‘a’willbedeleted.
Adding characters
<Example>
6. Intheaboveexample,pressIto insert a
letter‘i’ontheleftofthecursor.Thesearch
willbenarrowedwiththeword‘Ring’.
Note:
• Press^ bto delete all characters entered.
• Enter‘a’insteadof‘@’.
• Enter‘tm’insteadof‘®’.
• Enter‘and’(inEnglish)of‘&’.
• Enter‘g’insteadof‘g’.
• Enter‘l’insteadof‘£’.
• Enter‘mf’or‘mikrofarad’insteadof‘µF’.
• Enter‘theta’insteadof‘è’.AboutGreekletters,enteralphabetletterssimilarly.
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Inthisdictionary,GermantranslationsorequivalentsofanEnglishwordcanbe
foundbyenteringitsspelling.FeaturessuchasPhrasesearch,Spellcheck,
CrosswordsolverandAnagramsolverarealsoavailable.
Looking up a word by Filter search
A translation of an English word can be looked up by inputting its spelling.
<Example>
Findthetranslationof‘advance’.
1. Press
tto open Langenscheidt
Englisch-Deutsch.
The input screen appears.
2. Typeinthespellingof‘advance’.
As you type, candidates for matching narrow.
If the desired word is found, then there is no
need to type any more letters.
3. Use}and {tomove‘ ’topointatthe
desired word, then press e. The detail
view of the word appears.
• Tobrowsecontentsonthenext/previous
page, press } { or > <.You may
alsondtheQuickviewfunctionuseful.
Using Langenscheidt Englisch-
Deutsch
• Tosearchforawordinthedetailview,usetheSuperjumpfunction.
• Pressfto return to the previous screen.
• Press^lto list the headwords in Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch.
• Tosearchforadifferentword,simplyinputanewspellingfortheword,orpress
^bor tto go to the dictionary's input screen.
Note about entering characters
Whileenteringcharacters,excludecharacterssuchasspaces,hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, commas, periods and brackets. See pages 14 and 15 for
details.
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Phrase search (Feststehende Wortverbindungen
suchen)
UsingthePhrasesearch,youcantranslatephrasesandidiomatic
expressionsasanativespeaker.Inputuptothreewordsofthephrase,which
shouldbetranslated,intothethreeinputeldsonebelowtheother.Thephrases
containingALLtheenteredwordscanbesearchedfor.
<Example>
Searchforaphrasecontaining‘take’and‘off’.
1. Press
^t.
The input screen of the Phrase search appears.
• Itcanalsoappearbypressingt }
e.
2. Type‘take’,press},followedby‘off’.
To input more than one word, input each word
intheseparateinputeld.Usethe} {
keystomovethecursor.Eachinputeldcan
accommodate up to 24 characters.
3. Press
e.
A list of phrases containing the words appears.
4.
Selectthedesiredindexofthephraseusingthe
number keys (press 1inthisexample).The
translation of the selected phrase is displayed.
• Pressfto return to the previous view.
• Press^ltolisttheindexofphrasescontainingthewords.
• Tosearchforanewphrase,simplybegininputtingnewwords,orpress^
bto go back to the input screen to start a new search.
Spellcheck function (Rechtschreibprüfung)
TheEnglishspellcheckfunctioncanbehelpfulwhentheexactspellingofaquery
word is not known.
<Example>
Youarenotsurewhether‘accesible’or‘accessible’iscorrect.
1. Press
t, }, }, then e, to
open the input screen of the Spellcheck func-
tion.
2. Type‘accesible’.
3. Press
eto initiate the spellcheck
function.
Words with similar spellings will be listed.
• While‘Suche...ZumBeenden[ENTER]
drücken.’isvisible,presseto stop
thesearch.Notethatifthesearchisinterrupted,thelistofpossibleresultsmay
not include all the closest matches.
• Ifthewordistypedwiththecorrectspelling,itwillappearatthetopofthe
displayed list.
4. In the list, select a desired word using the
number keys (press 1inthisexample).The
detail view of the word is displayed.
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Word games (Buchstabenrätsel)
With these functions you can train vocabulary with effortless ease, or become word
game king. PW-E420 contains two word games.
Crossword solver (Kreuzworträtsel lösen)
Useawildcardcharacter‘?’tosearchforwordswithambiguousspellings.Placethe
appropriatenumberof‘?’charactersintheplacesofcharactersyettobedetermined.
Pressthe‘?’YoucanndasecondfunctionoftheMbutton.
<Example>
Findamatchingwordforaquery‘??ok’.
1. Press
ttoopenLangenscheidt
Englisch-Deutsch.
2. Press
}three times to place the cursor at
the‘Buchstabenrätsel’,thenpresse.
The solver menu appears.
3. Press
1.TheCrosswordsolver’sinput
screen appears.
4. Type‘??ok’intotheinputeld.Press^ ?
twicetoenter‘??’.(note:press^and ?
keys successively, not at the same time!)
• Pressfto return to the previous view.
• Press^lto list the headwords in Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch.
Note:
• Upto100wordsmaybedisplayedinthelist.
If the list of words does not appear as expected:
• Searchingforwordswithparticularspellingsmaytakemoretimetocompletethan
others.
• Ifnowordisgiven,amessage‘Nichtgefunden!’willmomentarilybedisplayed,
followed by the input screen of the spellcheck function. In this case you may wish
to start the search again with a new spelling for the word.
Note:
• Ifyouarenotsurewhichisthecorrectspellingofaword,theplaceholdersearch
with‘?’inthemenu‘Kreuzworträtsellösen’willhelp.Refertopages18and19.
• Thereareonlyfoundwordsthatareincludedaskeywordsineachdictionary.
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5. Press
eto start the search.
Alistofthewildcardmatchesappear.Upto
100 words may be displayed in the list.
6. In the list, select a desired word using the
number keys (press 3inthisexample).
The detail view of the selected word appears.
• Pressfto return to the previous view.
• Press^ l to list the headwords in
Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch.
• Toinitiateanothersearch,simplytypeinthenewspellingorpress^ b
toreturntotheinputscreenoftheCrosswordsolver.
Anagram solver (Anagramm lösen)
Youcaninputawordorasequenceofcharacterstosearchforidenticalanagramsin
the dictionary Langenscheidt English-German. An anagram is a word game, which
createsmeaningful,newwordsbyre-arrangingthesequenceofcharacters.
<Example>
Findanagramsfor‘dear’.
1. Press
ttoopenLangenscheidt
Englisch-Deutsch.
2. Press the }three times to place the cursor
atthe‘Buchstabenrätsel’,thenpress
e. The solver menu appears.
3. Press
2. The input screen of the Anagram
solver appears.
4. Place‘dear’intheinputeld,thenpress
etoinitiatethesearch.Upto100
words may be displayed in the list.
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