Ectaco ER586HT User Manual

English-Russian Electronic Dictionary User's Guide

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------- 4

Power Supply ------------------------------------------------ 6 General View------------------------------------------------- 7 Initialization --------------------------------------------------- 9 Keyboard------------------------------------------------------ 9 Display------------------------------------------------------- 12

DICTIONARY

MENU ------------------------------------------- 22

MAIN DICTIONARY ----------------------------------------- 22

General Dictionary Function --------------------------- 23 Pronunciation of Words and Sentences------------- 29

USER'S DICTIONARY-------------------------------------- 31

Learner’s List----------------------------------------------- 37 GRAMMAR NOTES ----------------------------------------- 39 TOEFL - TEST ------------------------------------------------ 42

Tutorial------------------------------------------------------- 42

Sample Tests and Sample Exercises---------------- 43 SENTENCE STRUCTURE -------------------------------- 47 PHONETIC PRACTICE ------------------------------------ 48 DIALOGS------------------------------------------------------- 49 REFERENCE DICTIONARY ------------------------------ 51

Vocabulary-------------------------------------------------- 52

Irregular Verbs--------------------------------------------- 53

Popular Idioms--------------------------------------------- 54 TEXT TRANSLATION -------------------------------------- 55

ORGANIZER

MENU-------------------------------------------- 58

BUSINESS TELEPHONE DIRECTORY --------------- 58 PERSONAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY -------------- 62 MEMO----------------------------------------------------------- 63 SCHEDULE---------------------------------------------------- 66 ANNIVERSARY DATE-------------------------------------- 72 CALENDAR---------------------------------------------------- 76

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SHORTHAND ------------------------------------------------- 77 DRAWING BOARD ------------------------------------------ 80 LOCAL AND WORLD TIME ------------------------------- 84

Local Time -------------------------------------------------- 85

World Time ------------------------------------------------ 90 VOICE MEMO ------------------------------------------------ 91

CALCULATION

MENU ---------------------------------------- 94

CALCULATOR------------------------------------------------ 95 SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR ------------------------------ 95 GRAPHIC CALCULATOR --------------------------------- 96 LOAN CALCULATOR--------------------------------------101 ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT------------------------------104 MATH FORMULAS -----------------------------------------108 CURRENCY CONVERSION-----------------------------108 METRIC CONVERSION ----------------------------------111

REFERENCE

MENU ------------------------------------------113

TRAVEL GUIDE ---------------------------------------------113

Countries---------------------------------------------------114

Cities --------------------------------------------------------114 SIZE EQUIVALENTS --------------------------------------116 ELECTRONIC BOOK --------------------------------------117 GAME CENTER ---------------------------------------------119

Master Mind -----------------------------------------------119

Tile5 ---------------------------------------------------------120

Brick Game ------------------------------------------------121

Hangman---------------------------------------------------123 ENGLISH NAMES ------------------------------------------124 U.S.A. INTERVIEW-----------------------------------------125

COMMUNICATION

MENU ----------------------------------126

PC COMMUNICATION ------------------------------------126

Software----------------------------------------------------127

Data Transfer ---------------------------------------------127 FAX -------------------------------------------------------------129

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E-MAIL ---------------------------------------------------------132

Composing a Message ---------------------------------132

Sending and Receiving Mail --------------------------134

Inbox --------------------------------------------------------135

Outbox ------------------------------------------------------136 ISP INFORMATION ----------------------------------------137 PERSONAL INFORMATION-----------------------------140

SETUP

MENU---------------------------------------------------141

DISPLAY LANGUAGE-------------------------------------142 SYSTEM SETUP--------------------------------------------143

Key Tone---------------------------------------------------143

First Screen -----------------------------------------------144

Auto Off Period -------------------------------------------144

Speech Level ---------------------------------------------145

Touch Screen Calibration------------------------------145

Dictionary Input Method--------------------------------146

Schedule Alarm ------------------------------------------146

Anniversary Date Alarm --------------------------------147

Telephone Line Type -----------------------------------147

Russian Keyboard Mode-------------------------------148

Date Format -----------------------------------------------148 SECURITY----------------------------------------------------149

Set Password ---------------------------------------------150

Security On ------------------------------------------------151

Security Off ------------------------------------------------152

Change or Remove Password------------------------152

Options -----------------------------------------------------153 MEMORY CHECK ------------------------------------------153 DATA DELETION -------------------------------------------154 BRIEF OF FUNCTION-------------------------------------155 ABOUT---------------------------------------------------------155

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on purchasing the English-Russian Integrated Digital Language System Language Teacher

ER586HT “Partner”. This product is the result of combined efforts of Ectaco’s staff of linguists, engineers, and programmers, representing the sixth generation of the highest performance integrated educational tools. You are now the owner of the most advanced electronic device ever produced for foreign language studies.

The integrated Digital Language System Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” features:

 Main vocabulary of over 1,000,000 words, including

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

 Advanced English speech reproduction  2Mb English/Russian organizer, equipped with search

function: two Telephone Directories, Appointment Schedule, Memo, Anniversary List, Shorthand, and Drawing Board

 Fully automated sentence translation  Interactive phonetic practice with speech correction  New words recording function for dictionary expansion  Reference dictionary of common terms  Personal word lists for easy learning  Comprehensive TOEFL guide with sample tests and

instant evaluation

 English Grammar electronic textbook with topic search  Instant reverse translation  English sentence structure



 Award winning Vector Ultima

system

bilingual spell-checking

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 Most popular American idioms  Advanced word recognition system  English irregular verbs  Over 1,000 topical dialogs  High-speed data exchange and synchronization with PC  Built-in Fax and E-mail  Game center featuring 4 fascinating games  Graphic, engineering, and financial calculator  Account manager  Digital voice recorder  Mathematical formulas  Electronic book with PC update  US citizenship exam  Comprehensive reference section featuring Travel

Guide, Size Equivalents, and English Names List

 Currency exchange  Metric conversion  Local and World time with map illustration  Calendar  Alarm  External power jack for non-battery operation

The latest speech technology employed by Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” allows you to listen to a

clear, life-like pronunciation of English words and phrases.

Unlike other portable electronic dictionaries, the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” features a break-through combination of two parallel input devices: a well-designed 63-button keyboard and a high-resolution touch-sensitive display, which makes it functionally analogous to a mouseequipped computer.

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♦ Note: As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer

to ensure a better quality and performance of the Language Teacher products, some characteristics or the

design of the actual device you purchased may slightly differ from their description in this manual.

The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” Integrated Digital Language System gives you freedom of speech and

peace of mind. Enjoy your Language Teacher and make it your personal companion.

♦ Note: The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” has

been tested for Y2K compliance. The range of correctly calculated dates is January 1, 1900 through December 31,

2099.

Power Supply

The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is powered by two (2) AAA batteries. When the batteries become weak, a warning message will be displayed.

In order to prevent an excessive discharge of batteries and resulting loss of data in RAM, the voice recording, the talking function, and communication channels will be disabled. To restore full functionality of the device and to avoid risk of user’s data loss, replace the complete set of batteries as soon as possible. Do not mix old and new batteries.

•

Press the ON/OFF key to turn the unit off.

• Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away

from the unit.

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

• Make sure to place the batteries according to the polarity

markings (+ -) inside the compartment.

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• Put back the battery compartment cover by sliding it toward

the translator. Make sure the cover sits in place properly.

♦ Note: You have 2 minutes to replace the batteries without

risk of losing data stored in RAM. Do not exceed the 2 min. limit! Neither the manufacturer nor the dealer may be held responsible for loss of user’s data. Refer to page 9 for instructions if an initialization message appears on the screen after replacing the batteries.

♦ Note: After purchasing the Language Teacher ER586HT

“Partner” remove the insulation stripe from the battery compartment. It was installed to prevent discharge of batteries during storage and transportation.

♦ Note: Never try to remove batteries from the translator

when the power is on. This can seriously damage the device. If you experience difficulty turning the unit off, press the RESET button on the left-hand side of the keyboard (next to the Q key) and reinstall the system. See page 9 for additional information.

♦ Note: The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is

equipped with a jack for external power supply. Contact your dealer to order the compatible AC/DC adapter or call +1 (800) 710-7920 within the continental US or +7 (812) 545-3838 in Russia. Use of an inappropriate external

power supply may cause failure of the unit and void the warranty.

♦ Note: Electronic communication consumes considerable

amount of energy. Try to always use an external power supply while sending electronic messages.

General View

General view and external appliances of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” are shown on the next page.

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Initialization

When you turn the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” on for the first time or after the system has been reset by pressing the RESET button or removing the batteries for longer than 2 minutes, the initialization routine is started. Depending on the state of the system recovery resources either the prompt Initialize System? or the message System Initialized. may appear. In the former

case, press ESC or touch the initialization and preserve user’s data and customization.

button to abort

The latter message signals that a system initialization has been accomplished, resulting in freeing memory and restoring the factory defined settings. Also, user may be prompted to conduct the touch-screen calibration, which accounts for a proper spacing and alignment of touchsensitive screen elements. Please refer to page 145 for the procedure description.

Another consideration upon the first use or a completed system initialization is that the interface language will be reset to Russian. Users that prefer to see menus and messages in English are referred to page 142 for instructions.

Keyboard

The American standard QWERTY keyboard combined with the Russian standard ЙЦУКЕН layout allows you to enter

†

any word just in seconds

If you confirm the prompt, you can still prevent initialization by

canceling the ensuing prompt All data will be deleted?

†

A phonetic Russian layout is also available (see page 148).

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Each national set of characters is linked to its language input mode. Language modes can be toggled by pressing the mode selection is handled automatically to comply with the current source language, and the changing the translation direction.

The function and control keys are described below.

key. In the Main Dictionary, however, the input

Function shortcut keys

ON/OFF Turn Unit On or Off

DICT Open Main Dictionary

E-MAIL Send or Receive E-mail

FAX Send Fax

key is used for

PC-LINK Start PC Communication

Show Calculator

Open Personal Telephone Directory

REC Record Voice Memo

PLAY Play Back Voice Memo

SHIFT+HELP Open Brief of Functions

SPELLER Launch Spelling Checker in (u or t) Main Dictionary

Use Speech Function

5 Back-Light Screen

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Control and editing keys

ÍÎ Move Cursor or Highlight Ð Ï Move Cursor or Highlight / Scroll Lines

v Page by Screen / Switch Main Menu Tab

MENU Show Main Menu / Switch Tab

ENTER Execute / Start a New Line while Editing

SPACE Enter Space

ESC Close Active Window / Cancel

SHIFT+C-CE Clear Input

SHIFT Type in Uppercase

SHIFT+CAPS Enable SHIFT Lock

SHIFT+COPY Copy Selection to Clipboard

SHIFT+PASTE Insert Clipboard Contents

BS Delete Character to the Left from Cursor SHIFT+Í Move Cursor Left

SHIFT+INS Toggle Insert / Overwrite

SHIFT+ F1-F8 Use Toolbar Button (top to bottom)

Switch Language or Translation Direction

Computational symbols and operations are available with the options of the CALCULATION menu.

Except with double-letter keys: use SHIFT to enter the lowercase

Russian letters Э, Ю, Ъ. To obtain the uppercase images of the letters on double-letter keys, Caps-Lock the keyboard first (SHIFT + CAPS).

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Display

The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” features a large-size back-lightable touch screen that provides a responsive and efficient windows-driven graphical interface for the dictionary’s numerous functions and applications.

Touch-screen elements

By touching a screen item of a certain type – a push button or highlightable (or pre-highlighted) text – you perform an action associated with it. An active (or unavailable) button appears indented.

The keyboard equivalent of touching a highlightable item is moving the highlight bar to it with the arrow keys and pressing ENTER.

Both the touch screen and the keyboard procedures of activating an option or a command are referred to as selecting in this manual.

Stylus

The touching is preferably done with the supplied pointing device called stylus, which, when not in use, can be conveniently kept in a special slot at base of the dictionary’s case lid.

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The stylus is especially useful for operations that cannot be performed from the keyboard: highlighting an arbitrary text fragment in Organizer sections (to delete or to copy) or highlighting a multi-word translation in a Dictionary entry (to make a reverse translation).

Main Menu

The Main Menu appears as a row of tabs on top of the screen when the dictionary is turned on (unless the Resume Screen Setup option has been selected, see page 144), an application is closed, or the MENU key is pressed. The Main Menu is divided into six submenus, each of which includes a number of related options. These options represent sections of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner”.

The six parts of the Main Menu are:

DICTIONARY

ORGANIZER

CALCULATION

REFERENCE

COMMUNICATION

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SETUP

Opening a Submenu

The easiest way to open a specific submenu when the Main Menu is displayed is by touching its tab on top of the screen.

Alternatively, the submenus can be switched by pressing the MENU key or one of the paging

keyboard.

Opening a Section

To open a section of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner”, display the appropriate part of the Main Menu and do one of the following:

•

• move the highlight bar to the option name and press ENTER

• press the numeric key corresponding to the option number

touch the option name

Sidebar

vkeys on the

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Six sections of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” have permanent touch-sensitive shortcut buttons on the Sidebar to the right of the screen:

Last Used Main Dictionary

Dialogs

Game Center

Calculator

Personal Telephone Directory

Local Time Pop-Up Window

Touchpad

Touchpad is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen that simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of it. The most widely used throughout the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner’s” applications is the combination touchpad shown below.

The basic touchpad layout contains letters of the respective alphabet and a set of symbols. The images of control keys have the following meaning:

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Touch key Meaning Keyboard equivalent

Backspace BS

Enter / Line Break ENTER

Touching the keyboard button

Shift SHIFT

Caps Lock SHIFT + CAPS

Change Language

in the lower-right corner of the screen or pressing SHIFT + F8 on the keyboard hides the touchpad, thus enlarging the visible input area.

To re-display the touchpad, touch the

button or press

SHIFT + F8 again.

♦ Note: The Russian touchpad layout can be set to either

standard (which is the default) or phonetic mode in the System Setup section (page 148).

Windows

Every application, pop-up menu, or dialog box of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” appears in its own window.

A window is displayed as a framed screen area with two main elements: the Title Bar and the Close Button.

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The Title Bar may show the name of the currently active section or a message title. Any window can be closed either by pressing ESC on the physical keyboard or by

touching the Close Button

in the window’s upper-right

corner.

Also present in a window might be the Vertical Scroll Bar. The Scroll Box on it shows the position of the displayed portion relative to the rest of relevant information. On a Scroll Bar:

•

touch a Scroll Arrow or to advance or return one line

• touch and drag the Scroll Box to browse

• touch the Scroll Bar below or above the Scroll Box to

jump to that portion of text.

Pop-Up and Pull-Down Menus

A pop-up menu is an overlapping window that requests the user’s selection of one of the displayed options.

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Touch a line with the stylus or move the highlight bar to a line with the arrow keys and press ENTER.

Aside from pop-up menus, non-window pull-down menus may be used. The presence of a hidden pull-down menu is

indicated by the button

on the screen.

Touch the arrow button to pull down a menu, for example:

To select an option, touch its name or highlight it and press ENTER. To hide a menu without making selection, press ESC or touch the screen outside the menu area.

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Dialog Box

A simple example of a dialog box is a prompt, which contains a Yes/No question pending user’s confirmation or cancellation.

How you can respond to a prompt:

Touch Meaning Keyboard equivalent

Yes ENTER

No N

Cancel ESC

A Setup prompt expects the user to specify data items directly in the dialog box. This can imply either checking boxes or setting values.

Checking boxes

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Check an empty box by touching it or by moving the dotted frame

to the desired item with the arrow keys

and pressing SPACE on the keyboard. A checked

box appears solid:

. Touch or press ENTER to

apply changes and close the window.

Setting values

To change a value in a highlighted box, touch the buttons or press the ÏÐ keys. To change the active box,

touch it or use the ÍÎ keys. Touch

or press ENTER

to save settings and close the window.

Message Box

A message just requests acknowledgement of information, therefore, touching (some message boxes do not display the

all).

is the same as closing the window

button at

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The Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” does not allow moving or switching active windows. Thus, you will have to close an overlapping window in order to proceed.

Toolbar

A Toolbar is a set of vertically arranged push buttons appearing to the right of a pertaining window.

The most frequently used Toolbar buttons are:

Page Up Save

Page Down Edit

Scroll Up Delete

Scroll Down Search

OK Setup

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New Say

Translate Check Spelling

As an on-hand help to the user, a short Toolbar button description (Tooltip) appears when the button is being touched.

Commands and options associated with currently displayed Toolbar buttons are also accessible from the keyboard by pressing SHIFT + F1, F2, etc., counting buttons from top to bottom.

DICTIONARY MENU

The most important part of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” – the DICTIONARY menu encompasses nine language related sections, each of which is discussed in detail below.

• Select the tab on the Main Menu to open the

DICTIONARY Menu.

MAIN DICTIONARY

The integrated Digital Language System Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” contains the most advanced

English-Russian and Russian-English electronic dictionaries available on the market. In order to utilize the tremendous potential of this dictionary to its fullest, carefully read this chapter of the User’s Guide.

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General Dictionary Function

• Select the option Main Dictionary on the DICTIONARY

Menu, or touch the DICT key on the keyboard.

button on the Sidebar, or press the

• If needed, change the direction of translation by touching

or on the touchpad or pressing on the

keyboard.

♦ Note: The English-Russian dictionary defaults after the

system initialization.

Advanced Word Recognition

•

Using the touchpad or the keyboard, start entering the word you want to translate.

While you are typing, two headwords closest in spelling to the portion you entered so far are displayed in the Advanced Search Area under the input line.

• If the desired word had appeared before you finished

typing, select it (touch the corresponding line or make sure it is highlighted and press ENTER) to see the translations.

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At any time during the search procedure you can scroll or page through the Advanced Search Area to manually find the word in question. To enlarge the visible Search Area, you may want to hide the touchpad.

♦ Note: The Advanced Word Recognition as described

above is available with the Wisdom Dictionary Input Method, which is the default. See page 146 for information on changing the input method.

Viewing Entries

Suppose you want to translate the English verb CATCH into Russian.

• Start entering CATCH on the input line and/or use the

Advanced Search Area to find the headword CATCH.

♦ Note: The Dictionary search is not case-sensitive, so you

can type in any case you want.

• To select CATCH and see its translations, touch the

corresponding line in the Search Area, or make sure the

line is highlighted (press Ð if necessary) and touch on the screen or press ENTER on the keyboard. You will see translations of the noun CATCH.

• Use the Scroll Bar or the Ð key to scroll the screen down

to see more translations of the word CATCH as a noun.

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• Touch or press the u key to page down to the next

entry. You will see translations of the word CATCH as a verb.

♦ Note: Headwords with the same spelling are listed in the

alphabetical order of the abbreviations of their respective parts of speech.

Parts of Speech and Related Labels

a – adjective n – noun abbr – abbreviation num – numeral adv – adverb phr – phrase art – article pl – plural aux – auxiliary pref – prefix conj – conjunction prep – preposition id – idiom pron – pronoun intrj – interjection v – verb

• To translate another word in the same dictionary,

•

• press ESC to return to the selection screen and begin a new

start typing the word on the keyboard, and the selection screen appears automatically, or

search.

• To change the direction of translation,

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• use ESC to return to the selection screen, then touch or

press

• make a reverse translation (page 27).

, or

• To record a displayed entry on your personal Learner’s List

(see details on page 36), select the the name of a List's chapter.

button and specify

Spelling Checker Vector Ultima

The bilingual English/Russian spelling checker Vector Ultima is one of the most advanced on the market. When you are unsure of a word’s spelling, the Vector Ultima

allows you to enter the word as you hear it and choose a spelling version from a list of suggestions.

• Type the word DAUGHTER as you hear it: DOTA.

• Touch the button or press SHIFT+SPELLER on the

keyboard (SHIFT and either of the v keys). A list of suggested Variants appears on the screen.

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• Select the word DAUGHTER to see its translations.

♦ Note: If the spelling checker is unable to suggest

alternative words, the No Variants message is shown.

Instant Reverse Translation

For your convenience, the Language Teacher provides an Instant Reverse Translation for all words in the main Dictionary.

• Display the entry for the adjective INSTANT.

Translating a word

• Highlight a word among the translations by

•

• moving the highlight bar to it with the Î key.

touching it with the stylus or

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For example:

• Touch or press ENTER to obtain an instant reverse

translation of the highlighted word.

♦ Note: Note that the word selected for the Reverse

Translation must be in its basic (dictionary) form. Otherwise

no translation can be made:

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Translating an expression

Expressions constituting a complete translation variant (delimited by commas) can be highlighted and translated as a whole.

• To highlight a whole expression between commas, touch

its first word with the stylus and drag it along the expression until the last word is highlighted.

♦ Note: Don’t highlight across translation boundaries.

• Touch or press ENTER to obtain an instant reverse

translation of the highlighted expression.

You can make up to 5 reverse translations in a row, each of which uses its own window. The message Last Window is displayed if the limit is reached.

• To close the Reverse Translation windows in the backward

order, touch

or press ESC.

• To take a shortcut to the selection screen, press SHIFT +

ESC.

Pronunciation of Words and Sentences

One of the most exciting features of the Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is the T-T-S (text to

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speech)-based pronunciation of English words and phrases.

• Display an English entry, for example:

• Touch or press SHIFT + F5 or the key to listen to

the pronunciation of the English headword.

• Change to the Russian-English dictionary, for example by

making a reverse translation.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F5 or the key to listen to

the pronunciation of all English translations.

T-T-S is able to generate pronunciation of any English text, not limited to dictionary entries. Simply type a word or phrase on the selection screen of the corresponding

Dictionary and choose pronunciation.

♦ Note: In the Speech Level option of the System Setup

menu (page 145) you may adjust volume, frequency, and

or press to listen to its

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speed of the speech shaping your own pronunciation style. In addition, volume can be conveniently changed “on the fly” using the external switch (see General View, page 9).

USER'S DICTIONARY

The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” allows you to create your own vocabulary, which automatically links to the main Dictionary.

• Select the option User’s Dictionary on the DICTIONARY

Menu. The User’s Dictionary selection menu is shown.

• Select one of the first two options, for example, the

Russian-English User's Dictionary. A list of existing records will be displayed.

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Creating a Record

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To open a new record template, touch the button on the Toolbar or press SHIFT+1.

• Type in a Russian word or expression. For example:

• Touch or press u to go to the translation page. Enter

an English translation.

♦ Note: The User’s Dictionary entries are fully reversible.

The translation of the Russian-English dictionary entry automatically becomes a headword in the English-Russian User’s Dictionary, and vice versa.

• Select from the Toolbar at left. A part of speech

selection window pops up. Choose an appropriate abbreviation from the list. The record will be saved automatically.

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♦ Note: A record cannot be saved with no part of speech

specified.

After you close the Record Saved! message box, a new record template will be displayed.

• Set up another record if you wish. Otherwise, close the

window to return to the records' list.

Finding a Record

There are three ways to find a record:

Select From List

• Open a User’s Dictionary of your choice. A list of existing

records' headwords will be displayed, for example:

• On the records' list, use

•

• to open a new record template

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

• to do a contents search

• to open the highlighted record for editing

• to delete the highlighted record

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• Select an entry by touching or moving the highlight bar to it

and pressing ENTER.

The selected record opens in the viewing mode.

• In the viewing mode, use

•

• to save the record on a Learner's List (see p.36)

• to do a contents search

• to open the displayed record for editing

• to delete the displayed record

• /uand /tto go to the alphabetically next or

• to listen to record's English contents.

Contents Search

to open a new record template

previous record, respectively

• Open a User’s Dictionary to display either records' list or

any record in the viewing mode.

• Select the button on the Toolbar.

• Type in any Russian or English word (or a word's part) that

is contained in the record(s) you look for.

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• Touch or , or press ENTER to display the search

results, if any.

• Select the desired entry to open it in the viewing mode.

Access Through the Main Dictionary

• Open the main Dictionary and select the translation

direction compatible with the headword language you want to use for search.

• Enter a headword in full. The advanced word recognition

is disabled in this mode.

♦ Note: This search mode is subject to 25-characters

maximum headword length.

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• Touch or press ENTER to display the entry in the

main Dictionary format but marked with an asterisk.

♦ Note: If you switch to an adjacent main Dictionary entry,

you cannot return to the User’s entry.

Editing a Record

•

Open a User's Dictionary on the records' list.

• Highlight a corresponding line in the list, or open a record

in the viewing mode.

• Select on the Toolbar to open the record in the editing

mode, and make desired modifications.

• Touch to save the changes.

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Deleting a Record

•

Open a User's Dictionary on the records' list.

• Highlight a corresponding line in the list, or open a record

in the viewing mode.

• Select on the Toolbar.

• Confirm your intention to delete the record.

Listening to a Record's Contents

•

Open a record in the viewing mode or through the Main Dictionary.

• Touch the button or press the key to listen to the

English part of the record's contents.

Learner’s List

The Learner’s List section of the User’s Dictionary provides you with a convenient personalized storage for selected Main, User's, and Reference Dictionaries entries that can help you memorize foreign words and their meanings more effectively.

An entry is saved in the appropriate (English or Russian) Learner’s List when you select

available chapters.

and specify one of three

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• Select the option Learner’s List from the User’s Dictionary

menu.

• Choose English or Russian Learner’s List. A menu

featuring three chapters of the selected List will be shown.

On the chapter menu use:

•

• ENTER to open a highlighted chapter

• to change the name of a highlighted chapter

• to clear contents of a highlighted chapter

• to do a headword search in a highlighted chapter.

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

• Open a chapter on its alphabetically first record by touching

the corresponding line or by moving the highlight bar to it and pressing ENTER.

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Use buttons/keys:

•

• to make a reverse translation of a highlighted word (see

• to do a headword search in the current chapter

• to delete the displayed record

• /uи /tto move to the next or previous record,

• to listen to English contents of a displayed record.

ÍÎ to highlight translation words

details on p.27)

respectively

GRAMMAR NOTES

One of the useful functions of the Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is the English Grammar for Russian Speakers. This is a short electronic version of the Grammar Study Guide written by Professor Maxim Sukhanov and supplied with the package. Consistent with its target audience, only Russian text is available.

• Select the option Grammar Notes on the DICTIONARY

Menu.

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The English Grammar is structured by way of hierarchically numbered three-level menus that include options referring to traditional grammatical topics. A topic's text is displayed when a third level menu option is selected.

• You can reach a third level menu in either of the following

ways:

•

navigating the levels consecutively by selecting one of the

options (touch

or press ESC to return to a previous level)

highlighting one of the first menu options and touching to display a list of all third level options, any of which can be selected directly:

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• To display the text, select a third level option.

Use buttons/keys:

•

Ð Ï to scroll the text

• ÍÎ to highlight words

• to make a reverse translation of a highlighted word (see

details on p.27)

• to return to the menu

• /uи /tto display the beginning of the next /

previous topic of the current menu

• to listen to the pronunciation of English words on the

screen.

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TOEFL - TEST

The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” contains a practical preparation guide for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), which is required of nonnative English speakers as part of the admission procedure to an American college. This section offers you a unique opportunity to practice the computerized test version as it is likely to be presented to you at a real examination.

• Select the option TOEFL Test on the DICTIONARY Menu

to access the TOEFL submenu.

Tutorial

The Tutorial provides you with general information about the requirements, structure, and duration of a TOEFL test. The Tutorial text is available in English and Russian. These options can be selected from the Tutorial submenu.

• Select the option Tutorial on the TOEFL menu and choose

the language you want to read the Tutorial in.

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• Read the Tutorial, using or ÐÏ for scrolling by

line,

or v for paging.

After you become acquainted with the TOEFL basics set forth in the Tutorial, you might feel prepared to practice in answering questions. For your convenience, sample questions are arranged in two sequences, represented by the options Sample Tests and Sample Exercises.

Sample Tests and Sample Exercises

• Select the option Sample Tests on the TOEFL menu to open

its submenu, which includes four tests options.

Each test contains Multiple Choice questions pertaining to all three sections of the TOEFL test in this order: Listening

Comprehension, Structure and Written Expression (option Structure and Grammar), Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension (option Reading Comprehension).

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Select the option Sample Exercises on the TOEFL menu to open its submenu, which includes three options corresponding to the sections of TOEFL.

The Sample Exercises option allows you to practice each of the three sections of the TOEFL test separately. The questions from the four available Sample Tests are rearranged depending on which section of the test they belong to. The sections are further subdivided into two or

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three parts comprising questions of the same type. For example, parts of Structure and Grammar (Structure and Written Expression) are Sentence Completion and Error Identification:

• By selecting the auxiliary Toefl Help option you can obtain

detailed directions for the types of exercises included in the current menu.

Regardless of which practice form you have chosen, each sample question is structured as follows:

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• Four answer versions lettered A, B, C, D, immediately

• Answer selection bar at the bottom of the screen

Question text (not displayed in the Listening Comprehension section

following the question text

)

The questions of the Listening Comprehension section, instead, are

spoken out for you while only answers are displayed.

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Use buttons/keys:

•

/Ð и /Ï to scroll the text

• ÍÎ to highlight words

• to make a reverse translation of a highlighted word (see

details on p.27)

• to return to the menu

• to pop up an auxiliary menu

• /uи /tto go to the next/previous question

• to listen to the pronunciation of English text on the

screen.

Pop-Up Menu

•

Touch to display the pop-up menu.

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♦ Note: The options Say hidden text and Show hidden text

only work with questions from the Listening Comprehension section, and are disabled elsewhere.

•

• Select Show hidden text to display a Listening

• Select Show right answer to see the correct answer

♦ Note: Use these options only for self-checking: Say hidden

text, Show hidden text and Show right answer must be resorted to as sparingly as possible since this kind of help will not be available during a real test.

•

Select Say hidden text to hear a Listening Comprehension question text again

Comprehension question text

To jump to a specific question, select Go to and specify a question number

Selecting an Answer and Viewing the Score

•

Select an answer by highlighting the corresponding letter on the bottom bar. You can do it either by direct touching or by moving the blinking highlight to the desired letter with the ÍÎ keys.

• To go to the next question, use or u. In the Sample

Exercises section, an instant message appears

momentarily telling you whether your answer was right or wrong.

• When you leave a “Three Sections of TOEFL” menu, a

message box is shown:

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Total shows the total number of questions in the test or a

section of Sample Exercises. Answers indicates how many questions were correctly answered during the concluded session. The third line shows your score, which is based on a formula used for real TOEFL tests.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE

This section of the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” helps a Russian speaking English student master the real-life language by providing usage examples and translation for a wide variety of words.

• Select the option Sentence Structure on the DICTIONARY

Menu.

• Type in an English word, for example:

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♦ Note: If the word or the spelling version you specified is not

contained in the database, you will be given an option to use the closest available word.

• Touch or press ENTER to display the first matching

sentence.

• Use or v to see other sentences that illustrate use

of the specified word.

• To obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of any English or

Russian word (if it is in its basic form), highlight it and touch

or press SHIFT + F1 to search for a matching main

Dictionary entry. See page 27 for more information on Reverse Translation. Close the main Dictionary window to return to the Sentence Structure.

• Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation

of an English sentence.

PHONETIC PRACTICE

The Phonetic Practice is an excellent self-teaching tool for improvement of English articulation skills.

• Select the option Phonetic Practice on the DICTIONARY

Menu.

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• Type in an English text you want to practice.

• Touch or press the REC key in the upper-right corner

of the keyboard.

• Say aloud the text you typed and press any key or touch

the screen to stop recording. Any new recording replaces the previous.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to compare the dictionary

benchmark pronunciation of the entered text with your own, which will be repeated three times.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F3 to listen to the

pronunciation of the entered text only.

• To hear just your recording, press the PLAY key on the

keyboard.

DIALOGS

There are over 1,000 example dialogs in seven languages stored in the Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner's”

memory. For ease of reference, they are divided into 12 conversational topics:

Basic conversation Communication

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Immigration At the Bank Hotel Transport In the restaurant Health Shopping Cosmetology Sightseeing Calling for Police

Each topic contains a number of episodes.

• Select the option Dialogs on the DICTIONARY Menu or

touch the

button on the Sidebar.

• If you want to display a selection of dialogs that contain a

certain word or expression, touch search for.

and specify text to

• Chose a topic and an episode, for example:

• Use or v to move between phrases within an

episode.

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• Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation

of an English sentence.

• To obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of any English or

Russian word (if it is in its basic form), highlight it and touch

or press SHIFT + F2 to search for a matching main

Dictionary entry. See page 27 for more information on Reverse Translation. Close the main Dictionary window to return to the Dialogs.

♦ Note: To highlight a word using the keyboard, first choose

an active box (indicated by a dotted frame) with the

• To change the translation language in the bottom box,

touch

or press SHIFT + F1.

• Select a language from the menu. Your selection will

remain valid until another language is chosen.

key.

REFERENCE DICTIONARY

The Reference Dictionary is a convenient on-hand translation aid in dealing with lexical, grammatical, and idiomatic aspects of the English language.

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• Select the option Reference Dictionary on the

DICTIONARY Menu. The Reference Dictionary menu is shown.

Vocabulary

The section Vocabulary features a thematically arranged bilingual dictionary of common terms.

• Select the option Vocabulary from the Reference Dictionary

menu.

• Choose a category and a subcategory, for example:

• If you want to display a selection of entries that contain a

certain word or expression, touch search for.

and specify text to

• Use or v to page by two entries.

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• To obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of any English or

Russian word, highlight it and touch F1 to search for a matching main Dictionary entry. See page 27 for more information on Reverse Translation. Close the main Dictionary window to return to the Vocabulary.

or press SHIFT +

• Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation

of English words on the screen.

Irregular Verbs

All commonly used English irregular verbs are stored in the alphabetical order in the Language Teacher ER586HT

“Partner's” Irregular Verbs directory.

• Select the option Irregular Verbs from the Reference

Dictionary menu to open the verb selection screen.

• Find the verb you need by typing and/or scrolling the list.

• To see the verb's basic forms and its Russian translation,

touch the corresponding line in the list, or make sure the line is highlighted (press Ð if necessary) and touch

on the screen or press ENTER on the keyboard.

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• Use or v to move between verbs.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F2 to save an entry on the

Learner's List (see p.37).

• Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation

of an English verb and its basic forms.

Popular Idioms

Over 200 widely used American idioms and their Russian equivalents or translations are included in the Language

Teacher ER586HT “Partner's” Popular Idioms directory. The idioms are listed in the alphabetical order.

• Select the option Popular Idioms from the Reference

Dictionary menu.

• Search idioms by typing and/or scrolling the list.

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• To display an idiom, touch the corresponding line in the list,

or make sure the line is highlighted (press Ð if necessary)

and touch the keyboard.

or on the screen or press ENTER on

• Use or v to move between idioms.

• To obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of any English or

Russian word (if it is in its basic form), highlight it and touch

or press SHIFT + F1 to search for a matching main

Dictionary entry. See page 27 for more information on Reverse Translation. Close the main Dictionary window to return to the Popular Idioms.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F2 to save an entry on the

Learner's List (see p.37).

• Touch or press the key to listen to the pronunciation

of an English idiom.

TEXT TRANSLATION

Your Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” features a highly efficient text translating program Socrates™.

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• Select the option Text Translation on the DICTIONARY

Menu.

• To input an English or Russian text for translation,

•

paste (SHIFT + PASTE) a text previously copied (SHIFT + COPY) from another section, for example, an e-mail message,

• type in text directly using the keyboard or the touchpad, for

example:

♦ Note: If you are connected to a personal computer

, you can also use the Socrates™ Text Translation function of your Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” to translate a

text on the PC screen. Touch

or press SHIFT + F2 to start the procedure. The text will be downloaded to the Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner’s” memory, automatically translated and immediately uploaded back to the PC. Refer to the Help section of the PC-Link computer program for additional information.

• To listen to an English text on the screen, touch or

press

• Touch to automatically translate the text.

Requires a PC-Link cable, available separately as part of

Communication Pack, and special PC-Link communication software, which you can install from the CD-ROM included into the package.

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♦ Note: The button and the ENTER key are used to

insert a manual line break.

• Select an active box (indicated by a dotted frame) by direct

touching or by pressing the Ð Ï keys.

• To obtain an Instant Reverse Translation of any English or

Russian word (if it is in its basic form) in an active box, highlight it and touch

a matching main Dictionary entry. See page 27 for more information on Reverse Translation. Close the main Dictionary window to return to the Text Translation.

or press SHIFT + F1 to search for

• Touch or press to listen to English text in an active

box.

• Press SHIFT + COPY to copy all text in an active box.

• Touch or close the translation window to return to the

input screen. You may edit the old text or press SHIFT + ESC to clear the screen and enter a new text.

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ORGANIZER MENU

The ORGANIZER Menu contains a number of versatile applications to help you classify, record, and manage various personal and business information.

All sections on this Menu except Calendar and Time are designed to hold multiple records, each of which includes one or more pages.

A page can contain three types of data: text, date/time, or graphics. Text can be copied and pasted (highlight -> SHIFT + COPY -> SHIFT + PASTE) freely among compatible pages of the ORGANIZER applications, as well as other editable sections like User’s Dictionary, Text Translation, or E-mail.

All ORGANIZER records can be protected with a password (see p.).

You can have any English text on the screen pronounced by pressing the

♦ Note: In all editable sections the

ENTER key are used to insert a manual line break.

key on the keyboard.

button and the

• Select the tab on the Main Menu to open the

ORGANIZER Menu.

BUSINESS TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

In this section you can store business names, names of contact persons, telephone and fax numbers, postal and email addresses in the English and Russian languages,

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search, change, delete the records, and listen to the English pronunciation of their contents.

• Select the option Business Tel on the ORGANIZER Menu.

A Business Telephones Directory list is displayed.

Creating a Record

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Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new record template. Start filling out the first page Company.

Every page of a Business Telephone record is distinguished by its own Page Icon in the upper left-hand corner. A ToolTip with the page name appears when a page is opened or the Page Icon is touched.

A Business Telephone record includes the following pages:

Company Name

Name and Title of a Contact Person

Company Telephone Number

Company Fax Number

Company E-mail Address

Company Address

Note

• To open a page:

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• next – touch or press u

• previous – touch or press t

• specific – touch or press SHIFT + F3 and choose a

page name from the pop-up menu.

• To save a record, touch or press SHIFT + F1.

Finding a Record

There are two ways to search for records:

Select From List

• Open the Business Telephone Directory to display an

alphabetical list of records represented by Company Names and Telephone Numbers, for example:

• View the list and select an entry you need to open it in the

viewing mode.

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• In the viewing mode, use

•

• to do a contents search

• to open the displayed record for editing

• to delete the displayed record

• /Ð and /Ï to scroll the pages of the displayed

• /uand /tto go to the alphabetically next or

to open a new record template

record by two

previous record, respectively.

Contents Search

• On any screen in the Business Telephone Directory, select

to display a record search screen.

• Specify any contiguous alphabetic or numeric string that

might be found in a record or records. For example, to find all Ectaco records, type Ect and touch

ENTER.

or press

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• Select an entry to open the associated record in the

viewing mode.

♦ Note: You may want to include a business description in

the Note field to allow for effective classified search results in the future.

PERSONAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY

In this section you can store names, telephone/pager and fax numbers, postal and e-mail addresses of your friends and relatives in the English and Russian languages, search, change, delete the records, and listen to the English pronunciation of their contents.

• Select the option Personal Tel on the ORGANIZER Menu,

press the

key on the keyboard, or touch the button

on the Sidebar.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new record

template. Start filling out the first page Name.

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A Personal Telephone record includes the following pages:

Name

Telephone Number

Fax Number

E-mail Address

Pager/Mobile Number

Address

Note

Please refer to the chapter Business Telephone Directory for instructions on creating and handling records.

MEMO

The Memo section of your Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” provides you with a handy storage for all kinds of memoranda, notes, and messages, which you can record in the English and Russian languages, edit, search, delete, and listen to the pronunciation of their English contents.

• Select the option Memo on the ORGANIZER Menu. A

Memo records list is displayed.

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Creating a Record

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Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new record template. Enter text of your memo.

• Use or u to open the Input Title page. Type a title for

your memo, which will appear on the Memo list.

• To return to the main page, touch or press t.

• To save a record, touch or press SHIFT + F1.

Finding a Record

There are two ways to search for records:

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Select From List

• Open the Memo section to display an alphabetical list of

records represented by Memo titles.

• On the records' list, use

•

• to open a new record template

• to do a contents search

• to open the highlighted record for editing

• to delete the highlighted record.

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

• Select an entry by touching or moving the highlight bar to it

and pressing ENTER.

The selected record opens in the viewing mode.

• In the viewing mode, use

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• to open a new record template

• to reduce/enlarge the font size in the view window

• to do a contents search

• to open the displayed record for editing

• to delete the displayed record

• /uand /tto go to the alphabetically next or

previous record, respectively.

Search Text

• On the Memo list or in the viewing mode, select to

display a record search screen.

• Specify any contiguous string that might be found in the

title or contents of a record or records, and touch press ENTER to see results on a Search List.

• Select an entry to open the associated record in the

viewing mode.

SCHEDULE

You may effectively manage your time by using the Schedule section of your Language Teacher ER586HT

“Partner”. You may enter records in the English and Russian languages, edit, search, delete, and listen to the pronunciation of their English contents.

• Select the option Schedule on the ORGANIZER Menu to

display a list of existing Schedule entries for the current date.

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Creating a Record

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♦ Note: A new Schedule record can also be opened from

Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new record template.

Calendar (page 75).

The first page of a Schedule record includes information on Date, Start and End Time, and audible Reminder settings, which can be changed via setup dialog boxes.

Date

The current date (set in Local Time, page 87). in the format selected in System Setup (page 148) defaults for a new record.

• To display the Date setup dialog box:

•

• touch or press SHIFT + F4 and select Input Date from a

Start and End Time

touch the date value

pop-up menu.

The current time (set in Local Time, along with 24/12 hour format selection) defaults for both Start and End settings in a new record.

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• To display the Start Time or End Time setup dialog box:

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• touch or press SHIFT + F4 and select Input Start Time

♦ Note: If Start Time is set later than End Time, or End Time

is set earlier than Start Time, the latter value is automatically adjusted.

touch one of the time values

or Input End Time from a pop-up menu.

Reminder

The 10 minutes Reminder setting defaults for a new record.

Reminder specifies a time period until the Start Time when

a reminder alarm will be issued (page 71). Reminder can also be turned off.

• To display the Reminder setup dialog box:

•

• touch or press SHIFT + F5.

♦ Note: If Reminder time is set greater than actual time

remaining, a warning message will be shown.

touch the Reminder value

* * *

• Set up the Date, Start Time, End Time, and/or Reminder

values.

♦ Note: To change all four settings consecutively, touch

and select Input Date & Time.

• Touch or press uto open the next page.

• Type in Schedule contents. To return to the previous page,

touch

•

To save a record, touch or press SHIFT + F1.

or press t.

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Finding a Record

There are three ways to search for records:

Select From List

• Open the Schedule section to display a Schedule records

list for the current date ordered by the Start Time.

• On the records' list, use

•

• to open a new record template

• to do a contents search

• to open the highlighted record for editing

• to delete the highlighted record

• to display the list for a specific date via a dialog box

• to consult the Calendar

• /uand /tto go to the next or previous date’s list.

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

• Select an entry by touching or moving the highlight bar to it

and pressing ENTER.

The selected record opens in the viewing mode.

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In the viewing mode, use

•

• to do a contents search

• to open the displayed record for editing

• to delete the displayed record

• to display the list for a specific date via a dialog box

• to open the Calendar section.

• /uand /tto go to the chronologically next or

to open a new record template

previous record, respectively.

Search Text

• On any screen in the Schedule section, select to

display a record search screen.

• Specify any contiguous string that might be found on the

contents page of a Schedule record or records, and touch

or press ENTER to see results on a Search List.

• Select an entry to open the associated record in the

viewing mode.

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Use Calendar

• Select Calendar on the ORGANIZER menu. Find and

highlight a date for which Anniversary Date records exist (these dates will appear framed).

• Press ENTER or select from the Toolbar to open the

first matching record in the viewing mode.

Consulting Calendar

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On the list or in the viewing mode in the Anniversary Date section, select

the next chapter for instructions.

to open the Calendar section. Refer to

• Close the Calendar window to return to Anniversary Date.

Schedule Alarm and Reminder

The Schedule Alarm can be turned on or off in the System Setup section (page 146). This setting affects the entire Schedule: if turned on, which is the default, the Schedule Alarm goes off on the Date and at the Start Time of any Schedule record, producing an audible beep.

The Reminder time is adjusted separately for every individual record (page 68). If turned on, the Reminder alarm goes off at the set interval before the Start Time of an appropriate Schedule record.

• Press any key or touch the screen to interrupt a Schedule

Alarm or a Reminder beep. The corresponding Schedule

record will be displayed in the viewing mode.

You may want to change the record, for example, to set the Reminder for a later time. Closing Schedule will bring you back to where you were before the alarm went off.

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ANNIVERSARY DATE

In the Anniversary Date section of your Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” you can save information on

birthdays, wedding days, commemorative dates, and other recurrent events.

• Select the option Anniversary Date on the ORGANIZER

Menu to display a chronological list of existing records.

Creating a Record

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♦ Note: A new Anniversary Date record can also be opened

Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new record template with day and month of the current date (set in Local Time, page 87).

from Calendar (page 75).

The first page of an Anniversary record includes Date, Title, and Reminder. The Date appears in the format selected in System Setup (page 148).

To display the Date setup dialog box and change the date:

•

• touch or press SHIFT + F4.

touch the date value

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• Set up a Date for your Anniversary record.

• Fill out the Title field, which can contain any identifying

label.

• Set a Reminder for your Anniversary Date:

•

• touch or press SHIFT + F5.

touch the time value

• Touch or press u to open the next page.

• Type in Anniversary Date contents. To return to the

previous page, touch

or press t.

• To save a record touch or press SHIFT + F1.

Finding a Record

There are three ways to search for records:

Select From List

• Open the Anniversary Date section to display a

chronologically ordered list of records.

• On the records' list, use

•

• to open a new record template

• to do a contents search

• to open the highlighted record for editing

• to delete the highlighted record

• to display the list for a specific date via a dialog box

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

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• to consult the Calendar.

• Select an entry by touching or moving the highlight bar to it

and pressing ENTER.

The selected record opens in the viewing mode.

• In the viewing mode, use

•

• to do a contents search

• to open the displayed record for editing

• to delete the displayed record

• to display the list for a specific date via a dialog box

• to consult the Calendar

• /uand /tto go to the chronologically next or

to open a new record template

previous record, respectively.

Search Text

• On any screen in the Schedule section, select to

display a record search screen.

• Specify any contiguous string that might be found in the

description field or on the contents page of a record or records, and touch

Search List.

or press ENTER to see results on a

• Select an entry to open the associated record in the

viewing mode.

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Use Calendar

• Select Calendar on the ORGANIZER menu. Find and

highlight a date for which Anniversary Date records exist (these dates will appear framed).

• Press ENTER or select from the Toolbar to open the

first matching record in the viewing mode.

Consulting Calendar

•

On the list or in the viewing mode in the Anniversary Date section, select

the next chapter for instructions.

to open the Calendar section. Refer to

• Close the Calendar window to return to Anniversary Date.

Anniversary Date Alarm and Reminder

The Anniversary Date Alarm can be turned on or off in the System Setup section (page 147). This setting affects the

entire section: if turned on, which is the default, the Alarm goes off at midnight on the date of any Anniversary record, producing an audible beep.

The Reminder time is adjusted separately for every individual record (see above). If turned on, the Reminder alarm goes off selected number of days before the date of an appropriate Anniversary record.

• Press any key or touch the screen to interrupt an Alarm or

a Reminder beep. The corresponding record will be displayed in the viewing mode.

You may want to change the record, for example, to set the Reminder for a later time. Closing the section will bring you back to where you were before the alarm went off.

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CALENDAR

Calendar allows for a quick and clear date reference, also providing a way to open new and select existing Schedule and Anniversary Date records.

• Select Calendar on the ORGANIZER Menu to open the

Calendar on the current month with the current date

highlighted.

♦ Note: Calendar can also be accessed from the Schedule

or Anniversary Date section (see above). However, shortcuts to Schedule and other Anniversary Date records are not available in this mode.

• Page by month using /tand /u or touching arrow

buttons

◄ / ► at the month name on the screen.

• Move by year touching arrow buttons ◄ / ► at the year

indicator on the screen.

• Highlight a date by direct touching or by moving the

highlight bar with the Í Ï Î Ð keys.

• Touch to jump to a specific date via a dialog box.

♦ Note: Dates of existing Schedule and Anniversary Date

records appear framed.

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The highlighted date and number of this date's Schedule and Anniversary events are displayed on the right.

• To open a Schedule record on a highlighted date:

•

date framed – press ENTER (and select Schedule from a pop-up menu if both ’+’ and ‘-‘ apply to the date), or select

from the Toolbar to open the first matching record in the

viewing mode

• date not framed – select from the Toolbar to open a new

record editing template.

• To open an Anniversary Date record:

•

• date not framed – select from the Toolbar to open a new

date framed – press ENTER (and select Anniversary Date from a pop-up menu if both ’+’ and ‘-‘ apply to the date), or

select in the viewing mode

record editing template.

from the Toolbar to open the first matching record

SHORTHAND

The Shorthand section of your Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is especially helpful when you need to quickly jot down a few phrases or a telephone number. What makes this section stand out is that it lets you write in the traditional way, transforming your stylus into a pen.

• Select the option Shorthand on the ORGANIZER Menu. A

list of existing records appears.

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Creating a Record

•

Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new record template.

• Start writing with the stylus in the lower box, trying to use

large-size letters to assure readability. The optimal input block is 1-5 symbols in length. For example:

• To save the input, touch or press ENTER. The

symbols will be adjusted in size and placed as one block at the cursor position (gray vertical line) in the upper box.

• Continue writing, breaking up long words in manageable

pieces. Touch space at the end of a block.

or press SPACE to insert a delimiting

• To edit input in the upper box:

•

Move the cursor by touching a block (use /uи /tto scroll lines) or with the Ï Î Ð, SHIFT+Íkeys

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• Delete a block to the left of the cursor by touching or

pressing Í.

• When finished and ready to save, touch or press

SHIFT + F1 and specify a filename.

• Touch or press ENTER to save the record.

Finding a Record

There are two ways to search for records:

Select From List

• Open the Shorthand section to display a list of existing

filenames.

• Use

•

• to open a new record template

• to do a filename search

• to open the highlighted record for editing

• to delete the highlighted record.

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

• Select an entry by touching or moving the highlight bar to it

and pressing ENTER.

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• In the viewing mode, use

•

• to do a filename search

• to open the displayed record for editing

• to delete the displayed record

• or Ð Ï to scroll the record

• /uand /tto go to the alphabetically next or

to open a new record template

previous record, respectively.

Find Filename

• On the filename list or in the viewing mode, select to

display a search screen.

• Specify any contiguous string that might be part of a

filename, and touch a Search List.

or press ENTER to see results on

• Select an entry to open the associated record in the

viewing mode.

DRAWING BOARD

You can create uncomplicated drawings and outline images on the Drawing Board of your Language Teacher

ER586HT “Partner”.

• Select the option Drawing Board on the ORGANIZER

Menu. A list of existing drawing filenames appears.

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Creating a Drawing

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Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to open a new drawing template.

• Start creating a free-hand drawing using the stylus.

The default settings are: Thin line, Free draw.

• To draw using a Thick line, touch . The button changes

. Touch it to restore the Thin line.

• To be able to draw a Straight line, touch . Touch to

return to the Free draw.

• To use the stylus as an Eraser, touch . Touch or

to resume drawing.

• To copy or cut a rectangular drawing fragment:

•

• touch the drawing board next to the fragment you want to

touch or , respectively

copy and drag the stylus so that the fragment is included within a frame

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take the stylus off the screen.

A framed drawing fragment is copied to the clipboard. The frame (and its content, if the cut option was used) disappears.

• To paste the clipboard content into the drawing:

•

• touch the drawing board to display a frame of the size used

touch

for copy and position it properly by dragging it at the upperleft corner

•

take the stylus off the screen.

A drawing fragment previously copied to the clipboard is pasted into the drawing. The frame disappears.

• When finished and ready to save, touch or press

SHIFT + F1 and specify a filename.

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• Touch or press ENTER to save the record.

Finding a Drawing

There are two ways to search for saved drawings:

Select From List

• Open the Drawing Board section to display a list of existing

filenames.

• Use

•

• to open a new record template

• to do a filename search

• to open the highlighted record for editing

• to delete the highlighted record.

Ð Ï to move the highlight bar

• Select an entry by touching or moving the highlight bar to it

and pressing ENTER.

• In the viewing mode, use

•

to open a new drawing template.

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• to do a filename search

• to open the displayed drawing for editing

• to delete the displayed drawing

• /uand /tto go to the alphabetically next or

previous drawing filename, respectively.

Find Filename

• On the filename list or in the viewing mode, select to

display a search screen.

• Specify any contiguous string that might be part of a

filename, and touch a Search List.

or press ENTER to see results on

• Select an entry to open the associated drawing in the

viewing mode.

LOCAL AND WORLD TIME

The Time section of your Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner”, besides serving as a local and worldwide time and date reference, is also used to adjust system settings for the current date, time, local time zone, daily alarm, DST, time format, and time announcement.

♦ Note: To check the current date and time on the fly, touch

the window and listen to the announcement of time (if Talking Clock is enabled: page 89).

button on the Sidebar to display a Time pop-up

• Select the option Local & World Time on the ORGANIZER

Menu to display the Time menu.

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Local Time

• Select the option Local time from the Time menu.

The Local Time screen shows: a name of the city representing the local time zone and a map of the corresponding continent, the current date and day of the week, and the current time.

• Touch or press to listen to the announcement of

time (if Talking Clock is enabled).

Local City

Default: New York, USA

You may specify a city name for your local time zone in one of three ways:

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• directly from a city list

• through a country name – the alphabetically first city listed

for this country will appear

• typing a new city name – its time zone settings will be based

on the currently displayed city.

Set City

• Display a city selection screen:

•

• touch and select Set City from a pop-up menu.

touch the city name on the screen and select Set City from a pop-up menu, or

• Find the city name you need by typing in and/or scrolling

the list, and select it.

Set Country

• Display a country selection screen:

•

• touch and select Set Country from a pop-up menu.

touch the city name on the screen and select Set Country from a pop-up menu, or

• Find the country name you need by typing in and/or

scrolling the list, and select it. The alphabetically first city listed for this country will be used for setting.

Define City and Country

• From the available list (see Set City above) select any city

located in your time zone.

• Display a user-defined city setup screen by touching .

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• Change the default setting User City, User Country (press

SHIFT + ESC to clear) to your own. Use a comma to delimit city and country names.

• Touch or press ENTER.

The settings for the user-defined city will be based on the time zone of the city selected in step 1.

Date

Default: 01-01-1999 in the dd-mm-yy format (may be changed to mm-dd-yy in System Setup, page 148).

• Display the Date setup dialog box:

•

• touch and select Set Date from a pop-up menu.

touch the date value, or

• Set the day, month, and year.

• Touch or press ENTER.

Time

Default: noon 12:00.

• Display the Time setup dialog box:

•

touch the time value, or

• touch and select Set Time from a pop-up menu.

• Set the hours and minutes, and touch or press

ENTER.

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Time Display Format

Default: 24 hours.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to display the Function

setup dialog box.

• Uncheck the 24 hours box to change the format to 12

hours. Check the box to return to the 24 hours format.

• Touch or press ENTER to apply the change.

Daylight Saving Time

Default: Off.

• Touch to turn the DST on. The button will appear

indented. Touch it again to turn the DST off. Or

• Use the Function setup dialog box:

•

• Check the DST ON box to turn the DST on. Uncheck the box

• Touch or press ENTER to apply the change.

Turning the DST on or off sets the time one hour forward or back, respectively.

Touch or press SHIFT + F1

to turn it off.

Daily Alarm

Set Alarm Time

Default: noon 12:00.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F2 to display the Set Alarm

dialog box.

• Set hours and minutes of the alarm time.

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• Touch or press ENTER to apply the setting.

Turn Alarm On / Off

Default: Off.

• Touch to turn the Daily Alarm on. The button will appear

indented. Touch it again to turn the Daily Alarm off. Or,

• Use the Function setup dialog box:

•

• Check the Alarm ON box to turn the Daily Alarm on.

• Touch or press ENTER to apply the change.

If turned on, the Daily Alarm produces an audible intermittent signal at the set time. Press any key or touch the screen to interrupt the Daily Alarm beep. A Time popup window will appear, and the current time will be announced (if Talking Clock is turned on).

Touch or press SHIFT + F1

Uncheck the box to turn it off.

Talking Clock

Default: On.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to display the Function

setup dialog box.

• Uncheck the Speak ON box to turn the Talking Clock off.

Check the box to turn it back on.

• Touch or press ENTER to apply the change.

With the Talking Clock turned on, you will be listening to the announcement of the displayed time, when you

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touch or press on the Local Time or the World Time screen

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• touch on the Sidebar or interrupt a Daily Alarm beep to

display a Time pop-up window.

World Time

Using your Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner's” World Time section, you may view the international zone times in cities around the globe, along with appropriate map illustrations.

• Select the option World time from the Time menu.

The World Time screen shows: a city name (default: Moscow, Russia) and a map of the respective continent, the date and day of the week, and the time in the time zone of the displayed city.

• Touch or press to listen to the announcement of

time in the displayed city (if Talking Clock is enabled).

• To see information for another city:

•

• previous in alphabetic list – touch or press t

• specific or user-defined – refer to the Local City part of the

next in alphabetic list – touch or press u

Local Time chapter (page 85) for instructions.

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The Time Format, DST for a given city, and the Talking Clock settings can be changed on the World Time as well

as on the Local Time screen, and affect both sections. Refer to the according parts of the Local Time chapter for directions.

♦ Note: The zone times for over 4000 cities can also be

looked up in the Traveler Guide.

VOICE MEMO

Your Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” can be readily used as an effective and easy-to-handle voice recording device. See General View, page 9 for location of the recording button and slide, the playback button, and the microphone.

• Select the option Voice Memo on the ORGANIZER Menu.

A list of existing records appears in chronological order

Creating and Storing a Record

There are two ways to create and store a voice record.

From Voice Memo Section

• Touch the button or press the REC key in the upper-

right corner of the keyboard to start recording.

However, if you plan to use the REC slide on the case spine for

recording, make sure the unit is turned off.

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• Record sound. Press any key or touch the screen to stop

recording.

• Enter a filename for your Voice Memo up to 8 characters in

length.

• Touch or press ENTER to return to the Memo list. If no

filename was specified, the record will be given the default noname.

• To change a filename, highlight it and touch or press

SHIFT+F4.

Using Record Slide

• When the dictionary is turned off and folded, pull and hold

the REC slide on the case’s spine.

• Record sound and release the slide to stop recording. The

record will be given the default name noname, which you can change in the Voice Memo section.

Finding and Playing Back Stored Records

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Open the Voice Memo section to display a list of existing records.

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• Scroll the list vertically to view more records.

• Scroll the list horizontally to check on the time of recording

and duration of Memos.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F1 to start listening to all

Memos in the list from top to bottom. You may interrupt the playback of a particular record or of all records at any time.

• To play back a highlighted record only:

•

• touch

• press PLAY.

touch its name

Deleting Stored Records

•

Open the Voice Memo section to display a list of existing records.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F2 to delete a highlighted

record.

• Touch or press SHIFT + F3 to delete all records on the

list.

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Quick Recording and Playback

Approximately 20 seconds play time is conveniently reserved for a quick recording and playback without having to formally store or delete the record. A record made in this way stays in memory until it is replaced by another.

• In any section except Voice Memo and Phonetic Practice,

press the REC key on the keyboard. The message Recording appears in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

• Record sound. Press any key or touch the screen to stop

recording.

• To play the record back, press the PLAY key. During

playback the message Playing is showing in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Press any key to interrupt.

CALCULATION MENU

The sections listed on the CALCULATION Menu will satisfy a broad range of your everyday computing and money management needs.

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• Select the tab on the Main Menu to open the

CALCULATION Menu.

CALCULATOR

• Select the option Calculator on the CALCULATION Menu

or touch the

Entering numbers and operations from the displayed touchpad or from the keyboard (no need to press SHIFT), use this application as an ordinary pocket calculator.

button on the Sidebar.

SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR

• Select the option Scientific Calculator on the

CALCULATION Menu.

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The Scientific Calculator is ideal for more complex mathematical and trigonometric computations, as well as for basic arithmetical problems. You may use the touchpad and the keyboard alike.

The percentage operations, which may differ between calculators, are implemented as follows:

Problem Press Equiv. expression Result

26% of 15 15,x,26,% 15 x 26 /100 3.9

36.2 + 15% 36.2,x,15,%,+ 36.2 + 36.2 x 0.15 41.63

47.5 – 4% 47.5,x,4,%,– 47.5 – 47.5 x 0.04 45.6

75 of 250 (%) 75,/,250,% 75 / 250 x 100 30. (%)

141–120 (%) 141,–,120,% (141 – 120) / 120 x

100

17.5 (%)

GRAPHIC CALCULATOR

• Select the option Graphic Calculator on the

CALCULATION Menu. A menu is displayed.

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Functions Input

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Select the option Y = F(X) on the Graphic Calculator menu.

• Specify one or two functions, each up to 14 characters in

length. Use SHIFT to input from the keyboard symbols other than numbers.

♦ Note: If (T) is selected as a Variable value on the Mode

Setup menu (see below), the Function Input will offer you

to enter four (T)-functions. The first group of functions is X1 Y1, and the second group is X2 Y2.

• To close the window and return to the Graphic Calculator

menu, touch cursor on the last line.

or press ESC, or press ENTER with the

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Scope Input

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Select the option Scope on the Graphic Calculator menu.

• Change the default values if needed.

Xmin, Xmax, Ymin, Ymax indicate the drawing limit. The extension of the X-coordinate is from Xmin to Xmax. The extension of the Y-coordinate is from Ymin to Ymax. Xinc and Yinc represent the scale of the X-axis and the Y-axis, respectively. Xstep is the drawing precision. It represents the Y-value per an Xstep.

♦ Note: If (T) is selected as a Variable value on the Mode

Setup menu (see below), then Tmin, Tmax define the

variation limit. Tstep is the drawing precision. It represents the X-value and the Y-value per a Tstep.

• To close the window and return to the Graphic Calculator

menu, touch cursor on the last line.

or press ESC, or press ENTER with the

Mode Setup

•

Select the option Mode on the Graphic Calculator menu.

•

• To display setup prompts for all four options in succession,

To change the default value in one of the four options, select it to pop-up a setup prompt and check the alternative box.

select All.

• Customize you graph using the drawing Modes:

Angle: with Coordinates set to ARC_AXLE, choose an

angle measurement unit.

Variable: select a way in which a function is defined.

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Graph: specify whether the graph dots are connected to

form a solid line.

Coordinates: decide how coordinates are presented on the Drawing Graph screen.

• To close the window and return to the Graphic Calculator

menu, touch

or press ESC.

Drawing Graph

•

Select the option Drawing Graph on the Graphic Calculator menu.

Trace

• Select the Trace option. A flashing cross will appear on the

first function’s graph indicating the tracing point. The coordinates of this point are shown on the left-hand side. FUN1 represents the first function.

• Touch or press ÐÏ to toggle between FUN1and

FUN2.

• Touch or press ÍÎ to move the tracing point. The

coordinates will change accordingly.

• Touch or press ENTER to return to the Drawing Graph

screen.

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Zoom

• Select the Zoom option.

• Select Set Scale. The current zooming rates of the X-axis

and the Y-axis are shown on the left.

•

• Touch or press ENTER to return to the Zoom menu.

To clear an active box, press SHIFT + ESC. To enter values, use numeric keys on the keyboard.

The set values will be used for Zoom in and Zoom out.

• Select Zoom in or Zoom out and adjust the zoom focus.

The default focus is the point of coordinates intersection.

• Shift the zoom focus along the X-axis by touching or

pressing ÍÎ.

• Shift the zoom focus along the Y-axis by touching or

pressing ÐÏ.

• Touch or press ENTER to return to the Zoom menu.

The graph image will be refocused and magnified or minimized according to the setting in Set Scale.

• Select Square to display the graph with both axes based

on the same scale.

• Touch Standard to draw the graph on the standard scale.

• Select Restore to return to the original graph settings.

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