
ECTACO® Partner® P900
Hand-held Electronic Language Teacher®,
Full Text Translation System, Talking Dictionary, Translator, and
Audio PhraseBook™
QUICK START GUIDE
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ECTACO® Partner® P900 Quick Start Guide
GENERAL VIEW
The general view and essential features of ECTACO® Partner® P900 are shown below.
The function and control keys are described below.
Key Function(s)
Reset1 Re-initialize system
or
+
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The Reset button is located on the back of the device.
Turn the device on or off
Use speech recognition (where available)
Show or hide the pop-up toolbar
Listen to the pronunciation of the translation or source item
(where available)
Close active window / Cancel
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ECTACO® Partner® P900 Quick Start Guide
+key
+ ,
+
+key
+ +key
+numeric key
+ +numeric
, , , Move cursor or highlight / Scroll lines
,
Delete character to the left of cursor
Press and hold this key down to type in uppercase / Enter
additional letters or symbols
Launch spell-checker
Switch keyboard layouts
Enter additional letters: for example, press
press O to enter ô in the English-French model
Enter additional letters in uppercase, if applicable
Switch language or translation direction
Switch to the Main Menu
Enter digits
Enter additional symbols
key
Execute
Page Up / Page Down / Switch Main Menu sections
Enter space
+^ and then
HOW TO TURN THE DEVICE ON/OFF
To turn the device on or off, use the ON/OFF button. If the screen remains blank,
connect the AC/DC adapter to your device via the mini-USB port (see General View),
or connect your device to your PC using the special USB cable. The red LED signal
shows that the battery is recharging.
Note: Only a special rechargeable battery, special charger, and special USB cable may
be used with your ECTACO
supply may cause failure of the device and will void the warranty.
Tapping screen items is preferably done with the supplied pointing device known as a
stylus, which, when not in use, is kept in a special slot at the side of the device's back
panel (see General View).
Before you start using your ECTACO
(included in the standard package) is installed into the SD slot of the device. If the
card is not installed, slide it into the slot located on the right-hand edge of the device –
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Partner® P900. Use of an inappropriate external power
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Partner® P900, please make sure the SD card
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