Ectaco EHu780T User Manual
Universal Electronic Talking Dictionary & Business OrganizerUser’s Manual
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 2
POWER SUPPLY 3
MAIN MENU 5
DICTIONARY 7
Dictionary 8
American Idioms 10
Irregular Verbs 10
User's Dictionary 11
Dialogs 12
SUPPLEMENTAL MENU 13
Memo 14
Password 15
Metric Conversion 16
Main Setup Menu 17
Account Manager 20
Anniversary List 22
Currency Conversion 23
Game Center 24
CALENDAR 25
CALCULATOR 26
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY 26
SCHEDULE 28
HOME TIME 30
WORLD TIME 30
PC-LINK 31
EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS 31
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the exciting world of electronic
dictionaries. The new Universal Electronic Talking
Touch-Screen Dictionary and Organizer Language
Teacher E780T is your best companion in modern
language studies.
Your hand-held powerful Language Teacher E780T
comes with the following features:
♦ Over 450,000 words, including popular idioms,
medical, technical, business, and legal terms, as well
as slang and general expressions
♦ Touch-screen technology for quick data entry
♦ Clear pronunciation of English words and phrases
♦ Instant reverse translation
♦ 128K bilingual organizer with an advanced search
function in Telephone Directory, Schedule, and Memo
♦ New words recording function
♦ Stealth spell-checking system
♦ Popular American idioms with translations
♦ Early word recognition
♦ English irregular verbs
♦ Phrase book
♦ PC-Link for data exchange with PC
♦ Games: Master Mind, Black Jack, and Minesweeper
♦ Account manager
♦ Anniversary list
♦ Calculator
♦ Currency & metric conversion
♦ World time
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♦ Calendar
♦ Clock
♦ Alarm
♦ External power jack for non-battery operation
The Language Teacher E780T features a superior TT-S speech quality in English, which makes it an ideal
language tutor for you. Thanks to the unique touchscreen technology, using the Language Teacher
E780T is simple and a lot of fun.
A valued advantage of the Language Teacher E780T
product line is a replaceable content card, which
makes any single unit potentially multilingual. You can
purchase and install content cards for languages of
your choice at any time, subject to availability.
For best results and to ensure that you are able to
employ all of the sophisticated features of your
Language Teacher E780T to their fullest, read this
User Guide carefully and keep it on hand for future
reference.
♦ Note: As continuous efforts are made by the
manufacturer to improve quality and performance of
the Language Teacher products, and due to
language specific variations of content cards, some
characteristics or the interface design of the actual
device you are using may slightly differ from their
description in this manual.
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POWER SUPPLY
The Language Teacher E780T is powered by two (2)
main AAA batteries and a CR1220 memory backup
battery. The battery compartment is located on the
back of the case near the screen lid joints.
When the batteries become weak, a warning message
will be displayed. In order to prevent a complete
discharge of batteries and possible loss of data in
RAM, replace the whole set of main batteries promptly.
Do not mix old and new batteries.
1. Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it
away from the unit.
2. Take out the old batteries and put in new ones.
♦
Note: Make sure to place both batteries according to
the polarity markings inside the compartment.
3. Put back the battery compartment cover by sliding it
toward the unit. Make sure the cover sits in place
properly.
You have 2 minutes to replace the batteries without
risk of losing data stored in RAM. Do not exceed the 2
min. limit! Neither manufacturer nor dealer may be
held responsible for the loss of user’s data.
♦
Note: It is recommended to replace the CR1220
memory backup battery once a year.
♦
Note: Never try to remove batteries from the translator
with the power on. This can seriously damage the
device. If you experience difficulty turning the unit off,
press the RESET button located on the back of the unit
under the battery compartment cover to reinstall the
system.
During a system reset, press N at the prompt <CLEAR
DATA? Y/N> to attempt preserving user’s data and the
customized system configuration. However, if RAM has
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been corrupted, or if you turn the dictionary on for the
first time, you will have to press Y to reinitialize the
system.
♦
Note: The Language Teacher E780T is equipped
with a jack for external power supply. Contact your
dealer to order a compatible AC/DC adapter.
MAIN MENU
When you turn your Language Teacher E780T on for
the first time, the Main Menu is displayed:
*
Icons of the Main Menu provide access to the following
sections, from left to right, top to bottom: Dictionary
menu, Supplemental menu, Calendar, Calculator,
Telephone Directory, Schedule, Home/World Time,
PC-Link.
*
Afterward, the Main Menu as the root directory can be accessed
from any section by touching ESC repeatedly.
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♦
Note: The Language Teacher E780T is equipped
with a touch-sensitive LCD. You make a screen item
active by touching it with the supplied pointing device
named stylus. An active item appears highlighted. By
touching a pre-highlighted item you select it, that is
enter or change an option, or open a record*.
A permanent Shortcut Menu, located on top of the
screen, includes the following functions:
ON/OFF Turns the unit on and off
NEW Opens a new record in Memo, User's
Dictionary, Telephone
Directory, Anniversary List,
Schedule, and Account Manager
Time
Calendar
Telephone Directory
Schedule
Calculator
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Supplemental Functions' Menu
Dictionary
A permanent Edit Menu is located at the screen's
bottom. Usage of its elements is referred to as needed
throughout the manual.
♦
Note: Touching the arrow buttons §¨©ª
Menu presents an alternative method for moving the
on the Edit
*
A basic function opens as soon as its icon is touched.
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highlight bar between displayed items. Touching the
ENTER button on this menu will select a highlighted
item.
The Dictionary shortcut key
corner of the front panel is enabled at all times,
regardless of whether the unit is turned on or which
function is being used.
in the lower left-hand
DICTIONARY
Touch the Dictionary icon on the Main Menu
screen or on the Shortcut Menu.
The Dictionary submenu includes:
English-Second Dictionary
Second-English Dictionary
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American Idioms
Irregular Verbs
User's Dictionary
Dialogs
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Dictionary
1. A. To select the English-Second Dictionary, touch icon
on the Dictionary menu or press once the
key in the lower left-hand corner of the unit’s front
panel.
1. B. To select the Second-English Dictionary, touch icon
on the Dictionary menu or press twice the
key in the lower left-hand corner of the unit’s front
panel.
♦
Note: The
all times, regardless of whether the unit is turned on or
which function is being used.
2. By touching letter buttons on the displayed virtual
keyboard (touchpad) start typing a word you want to
have translated.
Dictionary shortcut key is enabled at
♦
Note: Input of hyphen and apostrophe is enabled from
English and numeric touch pads. To switch between
the source language alphabet and a numeric/special
symbols layout, touch a corresponding letter button on
the right-hand side of the touchpad.
♦
While you enter, the early word recognition finds and
displays matches on the second line. As soon as you
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see the desired word appear, touch ENTER to display
its translation.
♦
Note: If the word you entered cannot be found in the
Dictionary, translation of the word that appeared on the
second line will be shown.
3. If you are unsure of a word's spelling, you can resort to
one of the following methods:
a) Use wildcard search: touch the button N at right
to switch to the numeric/special symbols touchpad
and enter a ? for each unknown letter or an * for a
group of letters. Touch ENTER to display the first
matching word.
b) Use spell-checker: enter a word with unknown
spelling and touch the ∨ button to access the spellchecking system. A list of suggestions will appear
on the screen. Select a word and it will be
translated immediately.
4. On an open entry, use the © and ª buttons of the Edit
Menu to scroll screen contents, if necessary.
5. Use the ∨ and ∧ buttons on the Edit Menu to page
through entries.
6. Touch SAY to listen to the pronunciation of English
word(s).
♦
Note: The T-T-S generates pronunciation of any
English word whether it is included in the dictionary or
not. Just type a word or a phrase on the input screen
and touch SAY to listen to its pronunciation.
8. Access the cross search feature, also known as
instant reverse translation, by selecting one of the
translations of a displayed headword. A consecutive
cross search can be done up to 5 times. Touch ESC to
move one step back in the sequence of reverse
translations.
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9. To return to the input screen, touch (or ESC if you
didn’t use cross search).
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American Idioms
1. Select the Idioms icon on the Dictionary
submenu.
2. Start typing. Matching idioms will appear on the second
line.
3. Touch ENTER. The chosen idiom with its translation
will be displayed.
4. Touch ∨ or ∧ to browse through the idioms' list.
5. Touch SAY to listen to the pronunciation of a displayed
American idiom.
♦
Note: A cross search can be done directly from the
Idioms screen. Select any word displayed on the
screen to see its main Dictionary entry. Touch ESC to
return to the Idioms’ input screen.
Irregular Verbs
1. Select the Irregular Verbs icon on the Dictionary
submenu.
2. Start typing. Verbs from this section will appear on the
second line.
3. Touch ENTER. The selected English verb along with
its 2 basic forms and translations will be displayed on
the screen.
4. Touch ∨ or ∧ to browse through the verbs' list.
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