ECTACO 500 Al User Manual

including Oxford® Speaking American College Dictionary

AnyLanguage™ Translator

model Oxford 500AL

USER MANUAL

ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use
of this manual.

ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties, which
may arise through the use of this product.

ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of
data as a result of malfunction, repairs, or battery replacement. Be sure to back up all
important data on other media to avoid data loss.

The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

No part of this manual shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without
permission from ECTACO, Inc.

Oxford American College Dictionary

© 2007 Oxford University Press, Inc.

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AnyLanguage™, LingvoSoft
Inc., NY, USA.

© 1990–2009 ECTACO, Inc., New York, USA.

All rights reserved.

and Audio PhraseBook™ are trademarks of ECTACO,

ECTACO®/OXFORD® AnyLanguage™ 500AL User Manual

FCC Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Note: 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.

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on purchasing ECTACO®/OXFORD® AnyLanguage™ 500AL! This
product is the result of the combined efforts of Ectaco's linguists, engineers, and
programmers, and represents the last generation of the highest-performance
integrated linguistic systems available.

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ECTACO

 Oxford
 Bidirectional dictionary of over 500,000 words (depends on language pair),

/OXFORD® AnyLanguage™ 500AL features:

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American College Dictionary

including idioms, medical, technical, legal, and business terms, as well as slang
and general expressions

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ECTACO®/OXFORD® AnyLanguage™ 500AL User Manual

 14,000 phrases per language pair in Phrasebook
 Voice function based on the TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology
 Instant reverse translation
 Look-up function
 Vector Ultima™ spell-checker
 Phonetic transcription
 Irregular verbs
 Over 200 popular idioms
 SAT 5000 vocabulary
 Hangman word game
 Metric and currency converters
 World time
 Grammar guide
 USA Interview
 Calculator
 Slang lock
 Three font sizes
 Mini-USB port for external power supply
 Headphone jack
 As continuous efforts are being made by the manufacturer to ensure the best

quality and performance of the products, some characteristics of the device you
have purchased may slightly differ from their description in this manual.

The functionality of a particular model depends on the set of languages included, and it
may partially differ from the device description in this manual. For more information
about a particular model, please visit our Web site at www.ectaco.com.

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GENERAL VIEW

The general view and external features of ECTACO®/OXFORD® AnyLanguage™
500AL are shown below.

POWER SUPPLY

The device is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries.

How to Replace the Batteries

• Ensure the power is off. Press ON/OFF to turn the device off.

• Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from the device.

• Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones. Do not mix old and

new batteries.

 When replacing the batteries, you have one minute to place new ones in the

device without risk of losing any data stored in RAM. Do not exceed the one-
minute limit! Neither the manufacturer nor the dealer may be held responsible for
loss of user data.

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