Casio XD-K Series Quick Start Manual

RJA532512-001V01 MO1412-A
CASIO Electronic Dictionary Quick Guide (XD-K Series)
The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the CASIO XD-K Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most illustrations and screen shots show the XD-K8500.
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: ,
Quick Palette【メニュー】button
Loading Batteries for the First Time
Load the two AA-size batteries that come with the electronic dictionary before trying to use it.
1
Remove the battery cover.
While pressing down on the two locations shown in the illustration, slide the battery cover in the direction indicated by the arrows.
2
Load two batteries.
Load each battery with the minus (–) pole facing as shown in the nearby illustration. With the battery on top of the ribbon, press down on the plus (+) end of the battery. Make sure the (+) and (–) ends are facing correctly and that the spring is pressed straight down.
3
Replace the battery cover.
4
Remove the stylus 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 breakable tip.
5
Unfold the electronic dictionary.
Display
Recording microphone
Keyboard
Arrow keys
This causes the 電池設定 (Battery Setting) screen to appear.
If the message 液晶保護フィルムが正しく貼ら
れていない...
(Display screen protective film
may not be affixed properly...)appears on the display, remove the protective film (option) from the display screen. If there is no protective film on the display screen, refold the electronic dictionary panels and then repeat steps 4 and 5 again.
6
After confirming that
アルカリ電池 (Alkaline
Batteries) is selected for
電池設定 (Battery Setting),
press
.
Stylus
RESET button
Stylus
RESET button
If you have commercially available eneloop batteries or rechargeable EVOLTA batteries loaded, use
and to select the battery
type, and then press
. If you have commercially available EVOLTA alkaline batteries loaded, select
●アルカリ電池
(Alkaline Batteries).
7
Use the time setting screen to configure time settings.
Use , , , and or the stylus to highlight the setting you want to change, and then use the on-screen number keys to change the setting. Touch 【12/24】 to toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour format timekeeping. When you are using 12-hour format timekeeping, you need to touch
AM (a.m.) or
PM (p.m.) before setting the time.
8
Press .
Alternatively, you also could touch
【保存】 (Save) on the
time setting screen. This displays the
メニュー (Menu)
screen. To display the menu screen without changing time settings, touch
【中止】 (Cancel).
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.
Turning Power On and Off
Power turns on and off automatically whenever you open or close the electronic dictionary’s panels.
You also can use the following
key operation to turn power on or off.
1
Press the key to turn on power.
Power also turns on when you press a dictionary/mode key.
2
Press again to turn off power.
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.
④⑤
Quick Palette buttons
You can quickly perform various operations by touching buttons with the stylus.
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.
Number keysNumber keys
Dictionary/ mode keys
Dictionary/ mode keys
Dictionary/mode keys
Toggle between the initial screens of the two dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.
(Power) Key
Toggles power on and off.
(Shift) Key
Shifts the keyboard. To use , press and release it, and then press the next key.
(Scroll) Keys
Scroll screen contents up and down. Pressing
and then a scroll key scrolls to next
definition or explanation screen.
(History) (Volume Level (-)) Key
Accesses history data. When adjusting the pronunciation volume level, press to lower the level. If there is no voice output, press
and then this key.
(Jump) (Volume Level (+)) Key
From a definition or explanation screen, jumps to a related item in the same dictionary or looks up a term that used on the screen in a different dictionary. When adjusting the pronunciation volume level, press to raise the level. If there is no voice output, press
and then this key.
(Back/List) Key
Back-steps through previous operations. Press while a dictionary’s initial screen is displayed to return to the
メニュー (Menu) screen.
(Audio/Guide) Key
Press to play native speaker or synthesized pronunciation or to compare your pronunciation with native speaker pronunciation. Press after
to view guide information.
(Translate/Execute) Key
Applies input characters or the item selected on the screen.
Arrow Keys
These keys move the selection highlighting or cursor up, down, left, or right.
(Setup/Delete) Key
Deletes the character at the current cursor location. Press after
to display a screen for changing
the setup of the electronic dictionary.
Letter Keys
Enter letters and numbers.
【戻る/リスト】(Back/List)
Performs the same functions as the (Back/List) key.
【ノート】(Note)
Touch to use the ノート (Note) function.*1
【さらに検索】(Search Again)
Touch this button when performing split screen search
*
2, refine/specific word order search *3, or
spelling/original form search.
*
4
【文字サイズ】(Text Size)
Cycles through available screen text sizes.
音声】(Audio)
Performs the same functions as the (Audio/Guide) key.
⑱【ジャンプ】(Jump)
Performs the same functions as the (Jump) (Volume Level ( )) key.
⑲【メニュー】(Menu)
Toggles between the メニュー (Menu) screen and the
学習帳 (Workbook) screen.
*
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 You can display another dictionary at the
bottom of a definition or explanation screen, and look up a term in two dictionaries simultaneously.
*
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.
*
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】
will display a term whose spellings resemble your input or a term that is thought to be the spelling original form of your input.
Display Items
The following explains the meanings of the different items (indicators, icons, buttons) that appear on the display.
This: Means this:
A defi nition or explanation continues off the top, bottom, left, or right of the screen. Use the arrow keys to scroll the screen.
(Explanation)
There is an explanation for the word where the indicator is located.
(Compound Term)
There is a compound term that uses kanji you are looking up.
(
Phrases/Compound
Expression
)
(Phrase)
There is a phrase or compound expression that uses the term you are looking up. With some electronic dictionary models,
will appear if optional
content is installed.
(Example)
There is an example that uses the term you are looking up.
Native speaker pronunciation is available for the contents to the right or below this indicator.
(True Voice)
Native speaker pronunciation is available.
(Reading)
Synthetic voice reading is available.
(Pronunciation
Search)
Pronunciations are available for the English term on the screen.
(English)
The language whose pronunciation is applied for pronunciations and readings
There is related information for the term you are looking up in the current dictionary.
(Jump)
Jump function in use
(History)
History function in use
(Zoom)
Textbook typeface zoom in use
(Guide)
Guide function in use
(Display All)
(Word Order)
(Continuous)
Indicates the display method when using
例文検索 (Example Search) or
成句検索 (Phrase Search).
Screen Touch Operation Tips
When performing a display
screen touch operation, be sure to support the back of the display with your hand.
Strong pressure is not
required when performing display screen touch operations.
Avoid applying excessive
pressure during touch operations and input. Strong pressure can cause cracking or breaking of LCD panel.
For stylus character input, be sure to use only the
stylus that comes with your electronic dictionary.
When using your finger for input, do not tap with
your fingernail.
Keyboard Input
Alphabetic and Russian characters are input using
lower case.
Except for certain models, Hangul, Chinese pinyin,
and Russian characters are not printed on the keys.
To input numbers, touch the on-screen number
keys or handwrite numerals into the input cells. See “Handwritten input” for more information. Note that you can also use the electronic dictionary’s keys to input numbers, but numbers are not printed on the keys.
Inputting Japanese Characters
Use alphabetic characters to input Japanese.
To input this: Type this:
いんかん さんぽ
or
きょう らっこ or
えーる
DisplayDisplay
Inputting Alphabetic Characters
Use English input for unaccented alphabetic characters.
To input this: Type this: internet ?
~
Accented Characters
All alphabetic characters are input in lower-case, regardless of their normal capitalization.
For the German “ß”, input “ss”.
For other characters that normally include a
diacritic, input the character without the diacritic. Example: “à” → “a”, “ê” → “e”, etc.
For the French “ç” input “c”, and for “œ”, input “oe”.
Input hyphenated terms as single words, without a
hyphen. To look up “heaven-sent”, for example, input “heavensent”.
When inputting a term that consists of multiple
words, input the words without any spaces. To look up “in orario”, for example, input “inorario”.
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”.
Inputting Hangul Characters
To input this: Type this:
GGG
Inputting Chinese Characters (Pinyin)
1234 0
To input this: Type this: ming2tian1
(míng tiān・明天 )
W
TIAN
Q
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 indicated by numbers on the display.
To input “ü”, press
V
.
Inputting Russian Characters
To input this: Type this:
хобби
To input a character marked in the upper right
corner of a key, press (and immediately 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.
The soft keyboard that appears depends on the
dictionary and search method being used.
Example: 明鏡国語辞典 (Japanese Dictionary) Touching
50 音】
(Japanese syllabary keyboard),【QWERTY
キーボード】
(alphabet keyboard) or other soft keyboard Quick Palette icon causes the input screen to appear.
Soft keyboardSoft keyboard
While the soft keyboard is displayed, touch the
character keys to input characters.
To delete a character, use and to move the cursor to the character, and then touch
【削除】 (Delete).
To input a small character while the Japanese
syllabary screen is displayed, input the desired character and then touch
【小文字】 (Small character).
Touching
closes the input screen. If the input
screen was displayed by touching 【50 音大】 (large Japanese syllabary keyboard), close the input screen by pressing
.
Handwritten Input
Use the stylus to write the character on the screen.
Touch the Quick Palette
【手書き】 (Handwriting) icon
to display character input cells.
Write 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
(Kanji/Compound Term Handwritten Input
Search) (
新漢語林 (Japanese Kanji Dictionary)), you
can enter search terms using handwriting input only.
Character Input Mode
The indicators described below appear on the screen to show the current input mode.
Indicator
Supported
Input
Characters Hiragana Katakana Kanji Simplifi ed
Chinese Hangul
Indicator
Supported
Input
Characters Alphabetic Alphabetic
and accented alphabetic
Russian
【認識】(Recognize)
【削除】(Delete)
【書き直し】
(Rewrite)
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 displayed after
【手書き】(Handwriting)
is touched.
Example: After mistakenly inputting 喜怒衰楽 instead of
喜怒哀楽
Input fi eld
1
Touch the
character ( ) in the input field.
This displays up to 10 possible candidates for the character.
2
If you find the
correct character among the candidates, touch it.
3
If you do not find the correct character,
touch【書き直し】(Rewrite), rewrite the character and then touch 【認識】 (Recognize).
Touching 【書き直し】 (Rewrite) while the character cells are blank (nothing input) will delete the character currently in the input field.
IndicatorIndicator
(Continued on other side.)
Other Searches
Jump Search
You can use jump search to jump to another location in the same dictionary or to another dictionary.
To jump within the same dictionary
1
When search results show items with a large arrow (
) or small arrow ( ) jump indicator, press
.
appears and the first character that is the jump target is highlighted. The highlighted jump target is one character for Japanese and a word for English.
2
Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to an item to the right of a jump indicator ( or ) and then press to jump.
Instead of the above procedure, you also can perform the jump by touching the term to the right of the arrow indicator. For some dictionaries only red text is displayed without
or .
To jump to another dictionary
Example: To look up “ ” 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)
1
While the results of a search are displayed,
press .
2
After using the arrow keys to move the highlighting to the term you want to look up, touch the Quick Palette
【選択】(Selecticon.
This displays the dictionary menu screen.
3
Use and
to highlight a dictionary, and then press
.
This displays a list of candidates.
4
Use and to move the highlighting to
the item you want, and then press .
After pressing in step 1, tapping a 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
or an English term is shown on the jump destination screen, you can play native speaker pronunciation. For details, see “Native Speaker Pronunciation”.
Mini Dictionary
You can use the Mini Dictionary to display a sub­window and look up an English or Japanese term on a definition screen without leaving the definition screen.
The Mini Dictionary uses partial extractions of
明鏡国
語辞典
(Japanese Dictionary) or ジーニアス英和辞典
(English-Japanese Dictionary) content.
1
While a search result screen is displayed,
press .
2
After using the arrow keys to move the
highlighting to the term you want to look up, touch the Quick Palette
【ミニ辞書】
(Mini
Dictionary) icon.
The Mini Dictionary sub-window appears on the screen. While the Mini Dictionary is displayed, tapping a single character or term or dragging the stylus across multiple characters or terms on the screen will search the Mini Dictionary for the headwords that match the highlighted character(s) or word(s).
5
Use and to highlight 収録音声と聞き比
(Compare with built-in reading), and then
press .
The native speaker reading and the reading you recorded will play back in succession.
To stop playback, press . If you want to play them back again, repeat 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.
6
Use and to highlight 聞き比べを終了
(Exit comparison), and then press .
Exiting a comparison operation will automatically delete the reading you recorded. Pressing
returns to the definition
screen.
Synthesized Voice Readings
Synthesized voice readings of terms and examples are available in seven languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, and Korean.
Some dictionaries/modes do not support synthetic voice readings.
Chinese 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.
To play readings on a definition and explanation screen
1
Press .
2
On the Quick
Palette, touch the【読み上げ】 (Read) icon.
The first term or example on the screen for which a pronunciation is available will be highlighted.
3
Use and to highlight the term or
example whose pronunciation you want to hear.
You can also highlight a term or example by touching it.
4
Press .
This will play the pronunciation of the term or example.
5
To exit pronunciation, press .
Configuring Audio Settings
Use the procedures below to configure audio settings.
1
Press and then
.
2
Use the arrow keys to select 音声設定 (Audio
Settings)
and then press
.
Use and to select the setting you want to change, and then press . This displays the applicable setting screen. The table below explains each setting.
Setting Description
音声速度設定
(Reading Speed)
Select the speed you want and then press
. You can select one of the fi ve speeds shown below. The percent values indicate the speed relative to normal speed (100%).
最高速モード (130%), 高速モード (120%), 標準モード (100%), 低速モード (85%), 最低速モード (75%)
音声言語設定
(Reading Language)
Select the language to be used for readings with the displayed dictionary and then press
.
音量設定
(Volume)
Use and to adjust the volume to the desired level, and then press
.
Touch Screen Operations
To select a dictionary
1
Touch the Quick Palette 【メニュー】 (Menu)
button to display the menu screen.
2
Touch a category.
Touching a category selects it.
3
Touch a
dictionary (icon).
This displays the initial screen of the dictionary. Touching a dictionary that has a
indicator next to it displays a sub-list of dictionaries. Touch the dictionary you want to select. If the menu screen has a 【次ページへ】 (Next page) or
【前ページへ】 (Previous page) icon, you can
touch these icons to scroll between menu pages.
To select a headword or screen item
1
Enter characters. On the list that appears,
touch the term or screen item you want.
This highlights the term or item.
2
Touch the highlighted term or item again.
This displays the definition or explanation in the case of a term, or the next screen in the case of a screen item.
Scrolling the Screen
If there are pages following the currently displayed
page, you can scroll to them by swiping the screen.
Swiping quickly will scroll at high speed. Touch the
screen to stop the scrolling.
Finding Information in a Dictionary
You can use any one of the five patterns shown below to search for terms and sentences.
For details about the search patterns of each
dictionary, see the
収録辞典 (Dictionary) chapter in
the
取扱説明書 (User’s Guide).
【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
)
1
Use and to highlight 見出し語検索
(Headword Search).
2
Enter the term you
want.
As you enter each character, the list of terms is updated accordingly. When entering a headword, you can use the following wildcard characters.
Character Represents ? A single unknown character ~
A series of multiple unknown characters of unknown length
3
Use and to move the highlighting to
a term, and then press .
This displays the definition screen.
【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 )
1
Use and to highlight 成句検索 (Phrase
Search).
Highlight 例文検索 (Example Search) to search for an example.
2
Enter the term.
When inputting multiple words, separate them using the ampersand character (&), not spaces. Example: get to get&to
3
Press .
This displays a list of all phrases that contain the terms.
4
Use and to move the highlighting to
a phrase, and then press
.
This displays the detailed information screen.
【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
) operations until you arrive at the
information you need. ExampleTo look up information about a country
ブリタニカ国際大百科事典
After displaying the ブリタ
ニカ国際百科大事典
initial
screen, touch the following items on the screen: 分類か
ら探す
Category Search
→[C世界遺産World Heritage Sites)→[Bアフリ
カ地域
Africa)→ [C] エジプト (Egypt). This will display
a screen of detailed information about Egypt.
【パターン 4 (Pattern 4): Narrowing down
the search using multiple conditions
With this type of search, you can input multiple keywords, terms, or other conditions. Example: To look up the kanji in 新漢語林 (Japanese Kanji Dictionary)
The kanji has the radical 心 ( こころ ), and a total of 7 strokes. This information can be used to look up the kanji.
1
Highlight 単漢
字を読み / 画数から 探す
(Single Kanji Reading/Number of Stroke Search) and then press
.
If a selection item has a letter at the beginning, you can press the corresponding letter key to execute the selection directly. In case of the above, for example, you could simply press
.
2
Use , , , and to highlight the
首読み
(Radical Reading), input こころ (heart),
and then press .
This displays a list of applicable radicals.
3
Use , , , and to highlight , and
then press .
4
Use , , , and to highlight 総画数
(Total Strokes), and then enter 7.
Use the number keys that appear on the screen to input a number.
5
Press .
This displays a list of kanji characters that satisfy the conditions.
6
Use , , , and to highlight , and
then press .
This displays an explanation of the term.
【パターン 5 (Pattern 5): Touching a screen
item
You can perform a search simply by touching some screen items with the stylus Example:
To look up 白川郷 (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
initial screen, touch the following items on the screen: 地図から検索 (Map Search) (twice)
おもな世界遺産 (Main World Heritage Sites)
(twice)
日本 (Japan) 白川郷 (Shirakawagoh)
• This will display an explanation sub-window.
• Press
or touch
the Quick Palette
【解説へ】
(Show Explanation) icon for a full screen view of the explanation.
• The number of times an item needs to be touched before a window appears depends on the headword.
Sub-windowSub-window
To close the Mini Dictionary sub-window, press
or touch the sub-window’s
button.
Simple Search
Simple Search lets you input hiragana or alphabetic text to search multiple dictionaries for terms.
In the case of models that use special characters,
tabs for those characters appear on the search screen in addition to
日本語 (Hiragana) and アルファ
ベット
(Alphabet).
1
Press twice.
On some electronic dictionary models, you need to press
only once.
2
Use and to highlight 日本語 (Japanese)
to search using hiragana or アルファベッ
(alphabet) to search using alphabetic
characters.
3
On the search screen that appears, enter a
term.
Terms starting with the characters you have entered appear in a list on the display. Each term also includes an indicator showing its dictionary.
4
Use and to move the highlighting to a
dictionary and term combination, and then press .
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.
1
Touch the on-screen icon.
This displays a list of applicable candidates. You can also display a list of candidates by touching the Quick Palette
【成句複合語】
(Phrases/Compound Expressions) icon or 【熟語】 (Compound Terms) icon.
2
Touch the item you want to view to highlight
it and then press .
This displays the applicable details.
Viewing Examples and Explanations
or is on the display, it means that example, illustration, explanation, or other information is available.
1
Touch an on-screen icon.
This displays the applicable details.
Pronunciation
You can use your electronic dictionary to listen to readings (using native speaker pronunciations or synthesized voices) of terms and sentences you look up, and to record your own reading and compare it with built-in readings by a native speaker.
To use the built-in speaker
On the side of the electronic dictionary, slide the pronunciation output switch to SPEAKER.
To use earphones
1
On the side of the electronic dictionary, slide the pronunciation output switch to PHONES.
Pronunciation output switchPronunciation output switch
2
Connect the supplied
earphones to the terminal on the left side of the electronic dictionary.
Use only the supplied earphones.
To adjust the volume
1
While any screen is
displayed, press and then .
This causes the 音量設定 (Volume Setting) screen to appear.
2
Use the (Volume Level (+)) and
(Volume Level (-)) keys to adjust the volume level.
3
Press .
While audio output is in progress, you can adjust its volume by pressing or .
Native Speaker Pronunciation
When or an English term is on the display, it means that native speaker pronunciation (TRUE VOICE®) is available.
1
Press .
2
On the Quick
Palette, touch the
【聞く】 (Listen) icon.
If was on the display when you performed the above step, it will become highlighted (
). If was not displayed, an English term for which native speaker pronunciation is available will become highlighted. You can specify the number of repeats by pressing the
【回数】 (Repeat) icon on the Quick
Palette and then selecting the number of repeats you want:
1 (1), 3 (3), 5 (5).
3
Press .
This will play the pronunciation of the term or example sentence next to or under
, or of 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 press
.
4
To exit pronunciation, press .
You also can play a pronunciation by touching .
Note the following precautions concerning English terms.
Proper pronunciation will not be produced for language other than English. The pronunciation produced by the electronic dictionary may not be correct if there is more than one pronunciation for a term.
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.
1
Press .
2
On the Quick Palette, touch the【聞き比べ】
(Compare) icon.
This causes or an English term to become highlighted. If there 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 pronunciation comparison.
3
Press
to play the native speaker reading of the term.
4
After playback is complete and 録音
(Recording) appears on the screen, read the same term or sentence into the microphone.
After you finish recording, press . Recording time is one minute. Recording stops automatically after one minute.
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