Ectaco EGR430T User Manual

Partner® EGR430T

English-German-Russian

Talking Electronic Dictionary

Organizer

Partner® EGR430T User’s Manual

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 4

General View.................................................................... 5

Power Supply ................................................................... 5

Initialization....................................................................... 6

Keyboard .......................................................................... 7

Display.............................................................................. 9

Main Menu........................................................................ 9

DICTIONARY..................................................................... 10

USER'S DICTIONARY....................................................... 12

GRAMMAR ........................................................................ 14

PHRASEBOOK.................................................................. 14

IRREGULAR VERBS......................................................... 14

POPULAR IDIOMS............................................................ 15

PHONES............................................................................ 15

SCHEDULE ....................................................................... 16

CALCULATOR................................................................... 18

METRIC CONVERSION.................................................... 18

CURRENCY CONVERSION ............................................. 18

HANGMAN WORD GAME ................................................ 19

WORLD TIME .................................................................... 19

LOCAL TIME...................................................................... 20

PC-LINK............................................................................. 20

SETUP ............................................................................... 22

Interface language ......................................................... 22

Dictionary modes ........................................................... 22

Slang lock....................................................................... 22

Advanced search ........................................................... 22

Russian keyboard mode ................................................ 22

Key tone ......................................................................... 23

Real time clock ............................................................... 23

Date format..................................................................... 23

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Time format .................................................................... 23

Schedule alarm .............................................................. 24

Daily alarm ..................................................................... 24

Memory check ................................................................ 24

Data deletion .................................................................. 24

Set password.................................................................. 24

Security mode ................................................................ 25

Set contrast .................................................................... 26

Speech options............................................................... 26

Set sleep time................................................................. 26

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on purchasing the Partner 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 educational tools available. The Partner® EGR430T features:

 Main vocabulary (English-German, English-Russian, Russian-

German bidirectional dictionaries) of approx. 650,000 words, including medical, technical, legal, and business terms, as well as slang, idioms, and general expressions

 Electronic English Grammar book  A selection of the most popular American and German idioms  English and German irregular verbs  12-topic book of common English phrases  Advanced English, German and Russian speech reproduction  Recording function for new words  Instant reverse translation  Award-winning Vector Ultima  128Kb English/German/Russian personal organizer for

scheduling and telephone numbers, equipped with search function

 Local and World time  High-speed data exchange with a PC  Trilingual interface

trilingual spell-checking system

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EGR430T! This

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 Data protection system  Slang lock function  External power jack for AC operation 9 As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer to ensure

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

products,

General View

The general view and external features of the EGR430T are shown below.

Power Supply

The EGR430T is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries. When the batteries become weak, a warning message will be displayed. In order to prevent excessively discharging the batteries and undergoing a resulting loss of data in RAM, the Say function and communication channels will be disabled if battery power is low.

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To restore full functionality of the device and to avoid risk of losing user data, replace the complete set of batteries as soon as possible. Do not mix old and new batteries.

How to replace the batteries

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

9 Never try to remove batteries from the device when the power

is on. This can seriously damage the device. If you experience difficulty turning the device off, press the RESET button on the right-hand side of the keyboard (over the O button) and reset the system.

y Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from

the device.

y Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones.

9 When replacing the batteries, you have 2 minutes to place new

ones in the device without risk of losing any data stored in RAM.

Do not exceed the 2-minute limit!

manufacturer nor the dealer may be held responsible for loss of user data.

Neither the

y Make sure to place the batteries according to the polarity

marks (+ -) inside the compartment.

y Replace the battery compartment cover by sliding it toward the

device. Make sure the cover sits in place properly.

9 The EGR430T is equipped with a jack for external power

supply.

Use of an inappropriate external power supply may cause failure of the device and may void the warranty.

adapter should provide 6V and min 300mA DC current.

9 Communication with a PC consumes a considerable amount of

energy. Always try to use an external power supply during these operations.

Initialization

The initialization routine is started

▫ when EGR430T is turned on for the first time; ▫ when you remove the batteries (e.g. during replacement); ▫ after the system has been reset with the RESET button.

9 The RESET button is located on the right-hand side of the

keyboard (over the O button). It can be accessed with any thin

The AC/DC

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object like a paper clip. Never use a needle or pin for this purpose since it can damage the device.

y If you see Initialize system?(y/n), press the N button to abort

initialization and customization. The System is initialized! message indicates that system initialization has been completed and the factory defined default settings have been restored.

y Then you will see the Delete all data? message. Press the N

button to save your data.

Keyboard

The standard American QWERTY keyboard is combined with German and Russian standard layouts. To enter additional signs in German or Russian (marked with blue at upper left of buttons), press ALT+ the desired button. 1 To enter such signs in caps, press SHIFT+ ALT+ the desired button. EGR430T has standard and phonetic modes of entering Russian letters: Russian standard mode allows you to enter Russian letters corresponding to the keyboard marks. Russian phonetic mode allows you to enter Russian letters by their phonetic consonance with English letters, e.g. you can press the F button to enter the Russian letter “Ф”. The table below shows the Russian and English layouts in the Russian phonetic mode. 2

q я w

ш/щ e е/э r р t т y ы u у/ю I и o о p п

a а s С d д f

z З x

ь/ъ c ц/ч v в

ф g г/ж h х j Й k к l л

b Б n н m

Key1+Key2 here and further on signifies the combination of keys

to use - first press and release Key1, then press and release Key2.

Press ALT to enter letters shown after the slash (/) in the table.

Partner® EGR430T User’s Manual 9 Unlike PC keyboards, there is no need to keep a key (such as

SHIFT) down while pressing another one. It is enough to press

it only once and release. The available set of national characters is dependent on which language input mode is selected. Language modes can be toggled by pressing the Ù button. ENG or GER (if the 3-language mode is set, see Page 22) or RUS, or NUM (if the numerical mode is available) is displayed in the upper right corner respectively.

Function shortcut keys

ON/OFF Turn the device On or Off

RESET Re-initialize system

SPELLER

Launch spell-checker

(SHIFT+ uor t) Other shortcut keys open sections corresponding to the marks on the buttons.

Control and edit keys

Í, Î Move cursor / highlight / switch main menu

Ð, Ï Highlight / scroll lines / switch main menu/

change values

u, t

Scroll pages ENTER Execute SPACE Enter space ESC Close active window / cancel / return to the

previous page ALT Enter symbols from the two-letter keys

SHIFT Type in uppercase

ÍBS Delete character to the left of the cursor Ù

SHIFT+Ï Open additional symbols

Switch language or translation direction

SHIFT+Ð Open record to edit SHIFT+BS Delete record

Press ALT+ corresponding button to enter lowercase German or

Russian letters marked with blue at the upper left of the buttons. To obtain the uppercase of these letters, press SHIFT+ALT+ corresponding button.

Press u, t to move between the three lines of symbols. Press

the corresponding number button to enter the desired symbol.

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