Casio XD-G Series Quick Manual

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© 2017 CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

MO1612-A

CASIO Electronic Dictionary
Quick

The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the
CASIO XD-G Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most
illustrations and screen shots show the

Hangul, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and accented

•

characters cannot be input on a model that does not
include a dictionary that requires such characters.
Installing optional content automatically enables
input of characters that match the installed content.

The screen shots and product illustrations shown

•

in this manual may be different from those of the
actual product. Also note that some keys and screen
indicators are shown in simplified form.

Example: → ,

Loading Batteries for the First Time

Load the two AA-size batteries that come with the
electronic dictionary before trying to use it.

Remove the battery cover.

1

Load two batteries.

2

Replace the battery cover.

3

Remove the stylus

4

Unfold the electronic dictionary.

5

Recording microphone

6

Guide (XD-G Series)

XD-G20000

→ Quick Palette【ホーム】 button

While pre

•
down on the two
locations shown in the
illustration, slide the
battery cover in the
dire
the arro

Load each battery

•
with the minus (–) pole
facing as shown in the
nearby illustration.
With the battery on top

•
of the ribbon, pre
down on the plus (+)
end of the battery.
Make sure

•
(–) ends are
corre
the spring is pre
straight down.

from the side of the
electronic dictionary
and then press the
RESET button.

Do not use a

•
toothpick, lead
pencil, or other object
with a bre

This causes the 電池設定 (Battery Setting) screen
to appear.

If the message

•

れていない．．．

may not be aff
the display,
fro
film on the display scre
dictionary panels and then re
again.

After confirming that

アルカリ電池 (Alkaline

Batteries) is selected for

電池設定 (Battery Setting),

press

ssing

ction indicated by

ws.

the (+) and

ctly and that

akable tip.

facing

ssed

ss

Display

Stylus

RESET button

Keyboard

Arrow keys

液晶保護フィルムが正しく貼ら

(Display screen protective film

ixed properly．．．）appears on

remove the protective film (option)

m the display screen. If there is no protective

en, refold the electronic

peat steps 4 and 5

.

If you have commerc

•
batteries or re
loaded, use
type, and then press .

If you have commerc

•
alkaline batteries loaded, select
(Alkaline Batteries).

Use the time setting

7

scre
time settings.

.

Use

•
or the stylus to highlight
the setting you want to
change, and then use the
on-scre
To

•
24-hour format timekeeping.
When you are

•
timekeeping, you need to touch

【PM】 (p.m.) before setting the time.

To

•
time settings, touch

Press .

8

Altern

•
also could touch

【保存】 (Save) on the

time setting scre
This displays the

•
ホーム（Home）
screen.
To avoid misplacing the stylus, always be sure

•
to return it to its storage slot in the side of the
electronic dictionary whenever you are not using it.
Yo

•
Home scre
For more
used Dictionaries to the Home Scre

en to configure

, , , and

en number keys to change the setting.

uch 【12/24】 to toggle between 12-hour and

display the Home screen without changing

atively, you

u can assign dictionaries you want to the

en so they are available for selection.

information, see “Assigning Often-

ially available eneloop

chargeable EVOLTA batteries

and to select the battery

ially available EVOLTA

using 12-hour format

【中止】 (Cancel).

en.

●アルカリ電池

【AM】 (a.m.) or

Turning Power On and Off

Power turns on and off
automatically whenever
you open or close the
electro

nic dictionary’s

panels.

You also can use the following

•

key operation to turn power on

.

or off

Press the key to turn on power.

1

Power also turn

•
dictionary/mode key.

Press again to turn off power.

2

Dictionary/
mode keys

s on when you press a

General Guide

Display

You can touch the screen to select an on-screen item,
swipe it to scroll to another screen, or input characters
by handwriting them on the screen.

Quick Palette icons

You can quickly perform
various operations by
touching icons with the
stylus. The Quick Palette
icons along the left side
of the display depend on
the function being used.

①

②

③

Quick Palette buttons

You can quickly perform
various operations by
touching buttons with
the stylus.

⑩⑨⑧⑦⑥④ ⑤ ⑪

Number keys

en”.

① Dictionary/mode keys

Toggle between the initial screens of the two
dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.

② (Power) Key

Toggles power on and off.

③ (Shift) Key

To input “?” or “~” or to use a function marked
with the same type of frame or color as this key,
first pre

ss . Release and then press

the desired key.

④ (Scroll) Keys

Scro

ll screen contents up and down.

•
While a definition or explanation scre

•
displayed, pre
scrolls to the previous or next screen.

ssing and then a scroll key

⑤ (Text Size) (Volume Level (+)) Key

Changes the size of the displayed text.

•
Also pre

•

ss to raise the pronunciation volume

level. If no pro

nunciation is being output, press

first.

⑥ (History) (Volume Level (-)) Key

Accesses history data.

•
Also press to lower

•
no pronunciation is being output, press

pronunciation volume level. If

⑦ (Jump) Key

Jumps from a definition or explanation to a related
item in the same dictionary,
the displayed scre

en in a different dictionary.

or looks up a term on

⑧ (Audio/Guide) Key

Pre

ss to play native speaker or synthesized

•
pro

nunciation or to compare your pronunciation
with native speaker pro
Pre

ss after to view guide information.

•

nunciation.

⑨ (Back/List) Key

Back-steps through previous operations.

•
Pre

ss while a dictionary’s initial screen is

•
displayed to re

turn to the メニュー (Menu) screen.

⑩ (Translate/Execute) Key

Applies input characters or the item selected on
the scre

en.

⑪ Arrow Keys

These keys move the selection highlighting or
cursor up, down, left, or right.

⑫ (Setup/Delete) Key

Deletes the character at the current cursor location.

•
Press after

•
the setup of the electronic dictionary.

to display a screen for changing

⑬ Letter Keys

Use these keys to input characters.

⑭ (Home) Key

Displays the Home screen.

⑮ 【戻る／リスト】(Back/List)

Performs the same functions as the ⑨
(Back/List) key.

⑯ 【訳 / 決定】(Translate/Execute)

Performs the same functions as the ⑩
(Translate/Execute) key.

⑰ 【ノート】(Note)

Touch to use the ノート (Note) function.*1

⑱ 【さらに検索】(Search Again)

Touch this button when performing split screen
searc

h*2, refine/specific word order search *3, or

spelling/original form searc

h.*4

⑲ 【 音声】(Audio)

Performs the same functions as the ⑧
(Audio/Guide) key.

⑳ 【ジャンプ】(Jump)

㉒
㉑
⑳
⑲
⑱
⑰
⑯
⑮

⑭

Performs the same functions as the ⑦
(Jump) key.

󰼼 【トレジム】(English Training Gym)

Displays the initial English Training Gym*5 screen.

󰽇 【ホーム】(Home)

Performs the same functions as the ⑭
(Home) key.

1 The Note function lets you add handwritten

*

memos to electronic dictionary note screens,
and to write on displayed dictionary screens.
Text you write and figures you draw can be
saved for later recall.

2 While a definition or explanation screen is

*

⑬

displayed, you can display a definition or
explanation screen from another dictionary in

⑫

the lower half of the display.

3 On a 成句検索 (Phrase Search) or 例文検索

*

(Example Search) list screen, you can add terms
and specify the word order to refine a search.

en is

4 Inputting characters for 見出し語検索 (Headword

*

Search) with a dictionary that has スペルチェッ

(Spell Check) and then touching 【さらに検索】

ク

will display a term whose spellings resemble
your input or a term that is thought to be the
spelling original form of your input.

5 Content to help improve your English ability.

*

You can select a learning plan, which is a
combination of recommended content. Or you
can select from among ボキャブラリー
(Vocabulary), リスニング (listening), and more to
work on a specific area.

Display Items

The following explains the meanings of the different items
(indicators, icons, buttons) that appear on the display.

first.

This: Means this:

(Explanation)

(Compound Term)

(

Phrases/Compound

Expre

ssion

(Phrase)

(Example)

(True Voice)

(Reading)

(Pronunciation

Searc

(English)

(Language)

(Jump)

(History)

(Zoom)

(Guide)

(Display All)

(Word Order)

(Continuous)

A definition or explanation
continues off the top, bottom, left,
or right of the screen. Use the arrow
keys to scro

There is an explanation for the word
where

There is a compound term that
uses kanji you are

There is a phrase or compound
expre
are

)

With some electro
models,
content is installed.

There is an example that uses the
term you are

Native speaker pronunciation is
available for the contents to the
right or below this indicator.

Native speaker pronunciation is
available.

Synthetic voice re

Pronunciations are available for the
English term on the scre

h)

The language whose pronunciation
is applied for pro

adings

re
There is related information for

the term you are
curre

Jump function is in use.

History function is in use.

xtbook typeface zoom is in use.

Te

Guide function is in use.

Indicates the display method when
using

成句検索 (Phrase Search).

ll the screen.

the indicator is located.

ssion that uses the term you

looking up.

will appear if optional

looking up.

nt dictionary.

例文検索 (Example Search) or

nunciations and

looking up in the

Panel Touch and Text Input Tips

When performing a display

•

scre

en touch operation, be

sure

to support the back of

the display with your hand.

S

trong pressure is not

•

re

quired when performing
display scre
operations.

Av

oid applying excessive

•

pre
operations and input. Stro
cracking or bre

F

or stylus character input, be sure to use only the

•

stylus that comes with your electro

W

hen using your finger for input, do not tap with

•

your fingern

en touch

ssure during touch

ng pressure can cause

aking of LCD panel.

ail.

Keyboard Input

A

lphabetic and Russian characters are input using

•

lower case.

E

xcept for certain models, Hangul, Chinese pinyin,

•

and Russian characters are

To

input numbers, touch the on-screen number

•

keys or handwrite numerals into the input cells. See
“Handwriting Input” for more

not printed on the keys.

information.

looking up.

nic dictionary

ading is available.

en.

Display

nic dictionary.

Inputting Japanese Characters

U

se alphabetic characters to input Japanese.

•

To input this: Type this:

いんかん
さんぽ
きょう
らっこ
えーる

Inputting Alphabetic Characters

To input this: Type this:
internet
?

~

When searching for an expression or a compound

•

term, do not include hyphens (-) or spaces. Also,
use the word
Example: h

I

nput of a question mark (?) and tilde (~) is not

•

supported for a Home scre

Accented Characters

■

F

or other characters that normally include a

•

diacritic, input the character without the diacritic.
Example: “à” → “a”, “ê” → “e”, etc.

F

or the German “ß”, input “ss”.

•

For the French “ç” input “c”, and for “œ”, input “oe”.

•

When entering a noun that is normally accompanied

•

by an article, enter the noun only without the article.
To

look up “die Elbe” for example, input “elbe”.

“and” in place of an ampersand (&).

eaven-sent → heavensent,

M&A → manda

en search.

Inputting Hangul Characters

To input this: Type this:

To input a character marked on the right side of

•

some keys, press and release
the key.

GGG

, and then press

Inputting Chinese Characters (Pinyin)

1 2 3 4 0

To input this: Type this:
ming2tian1

(míng tiān・明天 )

To specify one of the four Chinese tones ( , , ,

•

) or the “toneless” tone ( ), press and release

, and then press the key that corresponds
to the tone you want to specify. The four Chinese
tones and the “toneless” tone are
numbers on the display.

To

input “ü”, press V.

•

indicated by

Inputting Russian Characters

To input this: Type this:

хобби

To input a character marked in the upper right

•

corn

er of a key, press and release , and then

press the key.

Inputting with the Soft Keyboard

The soft keyboard that appears on the screen can
be used to input text.

T

he soft keyboard that appears depends on the

•

dictionary and searc

h method being used.

Example: 明鏡国語辞典 (Japanese Dictionary)
To

uching 【50 音】

(Japanese syllabary
keyboard),【QWERTY

キーボード】

(alphabet
keyboard) or other
Quick Palette icon
displays a soft
keyboard.

To delete a character, use and to move the

•

cursor to the character, and then touch

To

input a small character while the Japanese

•

syllabary scre
character and then touch

To

uching closes the soft keyboard. If the soft

•

keyboard
Japanese syllabary keyboard

en is displayed, input the desired

was displayed by touching 【50 音大】 (large

.

Soft keyboard

【小文字】 (Small character).

), close it by pressing

Handwriting Input

Use the stylus to write the character on the screen.

To

uch the Quick Palette 【手書き】 (Handwriting) icon

•

to display character input cells.

Wr

ite a character into a cell and then touch 【認識】

•

(Recognize).
With some search methods, like 単漢字 / 熟語を手書き入

•

力から探す

Searc
can enter searc

Character Input Mode

The indicators
described below
appear on the
screen to show the
current input mode.

Indicator

The number of cells that appear on the screen

•

depends on the type of characters that can be input.

Correcting Character Input

The example here uses the screen (character input

•

cells) that are
is touched.

Example: After mistakenly inputting 喜怒衰楽 instead of

喜怒哀楽

Touch the

1

2

(Kanji/Compound Term Handwriting Input

h) ( 新漢語林 (Japanese Kanji Dictionary)), you

h terms using handwriting input only.

Supported

Input

Characters
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Simplified

Chinese
Hangul

displayed after 【手書き】 (Handwriting)

Indicator

【認識】(Recognize)
【書き直し】

(Rewrite)

【削除】(Delete)

Input field

character ( 衰 ) in
the input field.

This displays up

•
to 10 possible
candidates for the
character.

If you find the
correct character
among the
candidates, touch it.

I

f you do not find

•
the corre

ct

character,

き直し】

touch
To

•
cells are
character curre

touch 【書

(Rewrite), rewrite the character and then

【認識】 (Recognize).

uching 【書き直し】 (Rewrite) while the character

blank (nothing input) will delete the

ntly in the input field.

(Continued on other side.)

【削除】 (Delete).

Indicator

Supported

Input

Characters
Alphabetic
Alphabetic

and accented
alphabetic

Russian

Touch Screen Operations

select a dictionary

To

■

Touch the Quick Palette 【ホーム】（Home）

1

button to display the Home screen.

Touch (Menu).

2

Touch a category.

3

To

uching a

•
category selects it.
The curre

•
selected category
or dictionary will be indicated by a gre
( ■ or

Touch a

4

dictionary (icon).

This displays the

•
initial scre
dictionary.
To

•
dictionary that has
a
to it displays a
sub-list of dictionaries. To
want to select.
If the menu screen has a

•
or
touch these icons to scroll between menu pages.

select a headword or screen item

To

■

Enter characters. On the list that appears,

1

touch the term or screen item you want.

This highlights the term or item.

•

Touch the highlighted term or item again.

2

This displays the definition or explanation in the

•
case of a term, or the next scre
a scre

Scro

■

Flicking the screen at high speed will scroll one
screen, while touching and then swiping will scroll
one line.

ntly

).

en of the

uching a

indicator next

uch the dictionary you

【次ページへ】 (Next page)

【前ページへ】 (Previous page) icon, you can

en item.

en cursor

en in the case of

lling the Screen

Assigning Often-used
Dictionaries

You can assign up to five often-used dictionaries
to the Home screen for quick and easy recall
whenever you need them.

To assign a dictionary to the Home
screen

Press to display the Home screen.

1

Touch (Menu).

2

Touch and hold the dictionary you want to

3

assign for about one second.

Dictionaries are

•
ord

er they were assigned, from left to right. To
change the arrangement of dictionaries, delete
the ones curre
again.

To select a dictionary

While the Home screen is displayed, touch

1

the dictionary you assigned to the Home
screen.

To remove a dictionary

While the Home screen is displayed, touch

1

and hold the dictionary you want to remove
for about one second.

Use and to select a dictionary

2

removal option, and then press .

To remove a single dictionary, select 選択中の登

•

録を解除 (1 件 )
To

remove all dictionaries you assigned, select

•

全ての登録を解除 (Remove all).

to the Home Screen

displayed on the screen in the

ntly registered and register them

(Remove selected (1)).

Launching a Search from the

e Screen

Hom

You can input hiragana, kanji or alpha characters to
perform a Multi-Dictionary Search from the Home
Screen.

Press .

1

This displays the

•
Home scre

Touch the search

2

method you want
to use: 日本語
(Japanese), アル
ファベット (alpha
character), 例文検
索 (Example Search), 成句検索 (Phrase
Search).

This causes the cursor (_) to appear in the

•
searc
contained in the searc
touch and select a diff
you want.
To

•
handwriting input cells. For information about
handwriting input, see “Handwriting Input”.
To

•
keyboard
input, see “Inputting with the Soft Keyboard”.
Depending on your electro

•
you may be able to look up other language
terms besides English.

Enter the term you want.

3

Te

•
entere
case of
(Phrase Searc
and then pre
Each term also includes an indicator showing

•
its dictionary.

Use and to move the highlighting to a

4

dictionary and term combination, and then
press .

en.

Search method

h term input box. As long as nothing is

h term input box, you can
erent search method, if

uching (Handwriting) displays the

uching (Soft Keyboard) displays the soft

. For information about soft keyboard

nic dictionary model,

rms starting with the characters you have

d appear in a list on the display. In the

例文検索 (Example Search) and 成句検索

h), enter the characters you want

ss .

Handwriting/

Soft Keyboard

Launching a Search from a Dictionary

You can use any one of the five patterns shown
below to search for terms and sentences.

F

or details about the search patterns of each

•

dictionary,
chapter in the
electro

【パターン 1】 (Pattern 1): Entering the

initial characters of the term you want to
find

The displayed list of search results changes as you
enter characters of the term you want to find.
Example: To look up the meaning of “tale” ( ジーニ

アス英和辞典

Use and to highlight 見出し語検索

1

Enter the term you

2

Character Represents
? A single unknown character
~

Use and to move the highlighting to

3

【パターン 2】 (Pattern 2): Entering all of the

terms you want to find

Enter the entire term you want to find and then
press .
Example: To find the phrases that use the words
“get” and “to” ( ジーニアス英和辞典 )

Use and to highlight 成句検索 (Phrase

1

Enter the term.

2

see the 収録辞典 (Included Dictionaries)

取扱説明書 (User's Guide) for your

nic dictionary.

)

(Headword Search).

want.

As you enter each

•
character,
of terms is updated
accord
When entering a

•
headword
use the following wildcard

a term, and then press

This displays the definition scre

•

Searc

Highlight

•
for an example.

When inputting multiple word

•
using the ampersand character (&), not spaces.
Example: get to ➡ get&to

the list

ingly.

, you can

A series of multiple unknown characters of
unknown length

h).

例文検索 (Example Search) to search

characters.

.

en.

s, separate them

Press .

3

This displays a list

•
of all phrases that
contain the terms.

Use and to move the highlighting to

4

a phrase, and then press .

This displays the detailed information scre

•

en.

【パターン 3】(Pattern 3): Searching

step-by-step through a series of titles

With some dictionaries, you need to perform
successive select and execute (by pressing

information you need.
Example：To look up information about a world
heritage site （ブリタニカ国際大百科事典）

After displaying the ブリタ

ニカ国際大百科事典

scre
items on the scre

ら探す

→［C］

カ地域

a scre

【パターン 4】 (Pattern 4): Narrowing down

the searc

With this type of search, you can input multiple
keywords, terms, or other conditions.
Example: To look up the kanji 志 in 新漢語林
(Japanese Kanji Dictionary)

•

1

2

3

4

5

6

【パターン 5】 (Pattern 5): Touching a screen

item

You can perform a search simply by touching some
scre
Example:

After displaying the ブリ

タニカ国際大百科事典

initial scre
following items on the
scre
(Map Searc

おもな世界遺産 (Main World
Heritage Sites)

「南アメリカ」（South

America）

（Nazca）

• This will display an

• P

) operations until you arrive at the

en, touch the following

（Category Search）

世界遺産（World Heritage Sites）→［B］アフリ

（Africa）→ [C] エジプト (Egypt). This will display
en of detailed information about Egypt.

initial

en: 分類か

h using multiple conditions

The kanji 志 has the radical 心 ( こころ ), and a total

kes. This information can be used to look

of 7 stro
up the kanji.

Highlight

字を読み / 画
探す

(Single Kanji
Reading/Number
of Stro
and then pre

If a selection item has a letter at the beginning,

•

you can pre
execute the selection dire
above, for example, you could simply pre

Use , , , and to highlight the 部

首読み

and then press .

This displays a list of applicable radicals.

•

Use , , , and to highlight 心 , and

then press .

Use , , , and to highlight 総画数

(Total Strokes), and then enter 7.

Use the number keys that appear on the scre

•

to input a number.

Press .

This displays a list of kanji characters that

•

satisfy the conditions.

Use , , , and to highlight 志 , and

then press .

This displays an explanation of the term.

•

en items with the stylus.

en: 地図から検索

→ ナスカ

explanation mini
window.

ress or touch the Quick Palette【解説へ】

(Show Explanation) icon for a full screen view of the
explanation.

単漢

数から

ke Search)

ss

.

ss the corresponding letter key to

(Radical Reading), input こころ (heart),

To look up ナスカ (ブリタニカ国際大百科事典)

en, touch the

h) (twice) →

(twice) →

ctly. In case of the

ss .

en

Mini window

• The number of times an item needs to be touched
before a mini window appears depends on the
headword

.

Other Searches

Jump Search

You can use jump search to jump to another
location in the same dictionary or to another
dictionary.

jump within the same dictionary

To

■

When search

1

results show items
with a large arrow
( ) or small
arrow ( ) jump
indicator, press

.

appears and the first character that is the

•
jump targ
The highlighted jump targ

•
Japanese and a word

Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to

2

an item to the right of a jump indicator
( or ) and then press to jump.

Instead of the above pro

•
perform the jump by touching the term to the
right of the arrow indicator.
For some dictionaries only re

•
without

jump to another dictionary

To

■

Example: To look up “ 話 ” from the “tale” definition
screen by jumping from ジーニアス英和辞典 (English­Japanese Dictionary) to 明鏡国語辞典 (Japanese
Dictionary)

While the results of a search are displayed,

1

pre

Use the arrow

2

keys to move the
highlighting to the
term you want to
look up, and then
touch the Quick
Palette 【選択】

（Select）icon.

This displays the dictionary menu scre

•

Use and

3

to highlight a
dictionary, and
then press

This displays a list

•
of candidates.

Use and to move the highlighting to

4

the item you want, and then press .

After pre

•
single character or term or dragging the stylus
across multiple characters or terms will search
for the headwords that match the highlighted
character(s) or word(s). If you highlight multiple
English words for an Example Search or Phrase
Search jump, only the first words you highlight
will be searched for.
If

•
destination screen, you can play native speaker
pronunciation. For details, see “Native Speaker
Pronunciation”.

et is highlighted.

et is one character for

for English.

cedure, you also can

d text is displayed

or .

ss .

en.

.

ssing in step 1, tapping a

or an English term is shown on the jump

Mini Dictionary

You can use the Mini Dictionary to display a mini
window and look up an English or Japanese term
on a definition screen without leaving the definition
screen.

The Mini Dictionary uses partial extractions of

•

語辞典

(Japanese Dictionary) or ジーニアス英和辞典

(English-Japanese Dictionary) content.

While a search result screen is displayed,

1

pre

ss .

Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting

2

to the term you want to look up, and then
touch the Quick Palette
Dictionary) icon.

The Mini Dictionary mini window appears on

•
the scre

en.

【ミニ辞書】

明鏡国

(Mini

While the Mini Dictionary is displayed, tapping

•
a single character or term or dragging the
stylus acro
the scre
the headword
character(s) or word

To

•
pre

button.

ss multiple characters or terms on

en will search the Mini Dictionary for

s that match the highlighted

(s).

close the Mini Dictionary mini window,

ss or touch the mini window’s

Displaying Detailed Information

Use the operations described here to view detailed
explanations and other information about looked
up words and terms.

Viewing Phrases, Compound
Expressions, and Compound Terms

If (or ・

) or is on
the screen, it indicates
that there is phrase,
compound expression,
or compound term
information available
for the term you are
viewing.

Touch the on-screen icon.

1

This displays a list of applicable candidates.

•
Yo

u can also display a list of candidates

•
by touching the Quick Palette
(Phrases/Compound Expressions) icon or
(Compound Te

Touch the item you want to view to highlight

2

it and then press .

This displays the applicable details.

•

rms) icon.

【成句複合語】

【熟語】

Viewing Examples and Explanations

If or is
on the display, it
means that example,
illustration, explanation,
or other information is
available.

Touch an on-screen icon.

1

This displays the applicable details.

•

Pronunciation

You can use your electronic dictionary to listen
to re

adings (using native speaker pronunciations
or synthesized voices) of terms and sentences
you look up, and to re
and compare
speaker.

T

he pronunciation sounds from a built-in speaker.

•

it with built-in readings by a native

Native Speaker Pronunciation

When or an English term is on the display, it
means that native speaker pronunciation (TRUE
VOICE®) is available.

Press .

1

On the Quick

2

Palette, touch the

【聞く】 (Listen) icon.

If

was on the

•
display when you
performed the above step, it will become
highlighted (
an English term for which native speaker
pro

nunciation is available will become
highlighted.
Yo

u can specify the number of repeats by

•
pre

ssing the 【回数】 (Repeat) icon on the Quick

Palette and then selecting the number of
re

peats you want: 1 回 (1), 3 回 (3), 5 回 (5).

Press .

3

This will play the pro

•
example sentence next to or under
the currently highlighted English term.
If there

are multiple indicators or English

•
terms, use the arrow keys to highlight the one
you want and then pre

To exit pronunciation, press .

4

You also can play a pronunciation by touching .

•

Note the following precautions concerning English terms.

•

Pro

per pronunciation will not be produced for

­language other than English.

cord your own reading

). If was not displayed,

nunciation of the term or

ss .

, or of

The pro

nunciation produced by the electronic

­dictionary may not be corre

nunciation for a term.

one pro

ct if there is more than

Recording Your Reading to Compare
with Native Speaker Reading

While or an English term is displayed, you can
compare your reading with a native speaker reading.

Press .

1

On the Quick Palette, touch the【聞き比べ】

2

(Compare) icon.

This causes

•

highlighted.
If there

•

Press

3

to play the native
speaker reading of
the term.

After playback is complete and 録音中

4

(Recording) appears on the screen,
read the same term or sentence into the
microphone.

•

•

Use and to highlight 収録音声と聞き比

5

べ

press .

•

•

•

•

Use and to highlight 聞き比べを終了

6

(Exit comparison), and then press .

•

•

are multiple indicators or available
English terms on the display, use the arrow
keys to move the highlighting to location
of the indicator or term you want to use for
pro

nunciation comparison.

After you finish re
Record

ing time is one minute. Recording stops
automatically after one minute.

(Compare with built-in reading), and then

The native speaker re
recorded will play back in succession.
To stop playback, press .
If you want to play them back again, re
step 5 of this procedure.

To

re-record pronunciation, select もう一度録音

(Record

again) and perform the procedure from

step 3.

Exiting a comparison operation will
automatically delete the reading you recorded.
Pre

ssing returns to the definition

screen.

or an English term to become

cording, press .

ading and the reading you

peat

Synthesized Voice Readings

Synthesized voice readings of terms and examples
are

available in seven languages: English, Spanish,

German, Fre

Some dictionaries/modes do not support synthesized

•

voice readings.

C

hinese reading can be selected for a Chinese

•

model electronic dictionary and Korean for a
Korean model electronic dictionary only. For other
models, these languages can be selected after the
applicable optional content is installed.

Pronunciation is not available for pinyin and

•

alphabetic notation Chinese, and for some kanji.

For Korean, only hangul terms can be read.

•

While a definition or explanation screen is

1

On the Quick

2

Use and to highlight the term or

3

Press .

4

To exit pronunciation, press .

5

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•

Group.

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•

Corporation.

nch, Italian, Chinese, and Korean.

displayed, press .

Palette, touch
the 【読み上げ】
(Read) icon.

The first term or

•
example on the scre
pro

nunciation is available will be highlighted.

example whose pronunciation you want to
hear.

Yo

u can also highlight a term or example by

•
touching it.

This will play the pro

•
example.

en for which a

nunciation of the term or