Ectaco partner ep300t Quick Start Manual

Features

 English-Polish and Polish-English

dictionaries with a total of 430,000 words

 English explanatory dictionary of 12,000

words

 TOEFL dictionary of 5,000 words
 Voice function in English
 A selection of popular American idioms
 English irregular verbs
 12-topic English-Polish phrasebook
 Examination
 Instant reverse translation
 Dictionary Look-up and Fuzzy Search

functions

 Advanced word recognition
 Calculators (Basic and Scientific)
 Metric and currency converters
 Local and World time
 Calendar
 Daily alarm
 Bilingual interface
 Four logic games
 Built-in speaker
 Headphone jack

GETTING STARTED

LCD Marks and Their Meanings

Key tone enabled

SHIFT

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SHIFT key pressed
Batteries low
Voice function available
Daily Alarm is On

▼, ▲ Vertical scrolling enabled

Í, Î

 ECTACO Partner

three AAA (LR03) batteries.

Horizontal scrolling enabled

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EP300T is powered by

Control and Editing Keys

RESET Re-initialize system
ON/OFF Turn the device on or off

◄, ► Move cursor; select
▼, ▲ Select; scroll; change values

, Scroll pages

ENTER Execute; save changes

ESC Close; cancel; quit; return
Ù
SHIFT + key Enter Polish diacritic letters
SHIFT + ◄ Backspace
SHIFT + ► Enter the "_" character
SHIFT + ▲ Enter the "?" character
SHIFT + ▼ Enter the "*" character

A, P Set AM or PM (in 12-hour format)

Enter space

Switch language

Pronounce (where available)

Shortcut Keys

EP DICT English-Polish Dictionary
EE DICT English Explanatory Dictionary
TOEFL TOEFL Dictionary
PHRASES Phrasebook
IDIOMS Popular Idioms
VERBS Irregular Verbs
GAMES Games
CALC Calculations

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TIME Time
SETUP System Setup

 When you turn the device on for the first

time, press “Y” when the Clear all data? Y/N
message is displayed.

Main Menu

The Main Menu icons represent the following
sections: Dictionaries, Useful English,

Examination, Calculations, Time, Calendar,
Games, and System Setup.

To open the selected section, press ENTER.

DICTIONARIES

Select English-Polish, Polish-English, English­English or TOEFL and then start typing the word

you want to translate.
When the desired word appears on the screen,
press ENTER to display its translation(s).
Use the ▼or ▲ keys to scroll the translation(s).

or to page through the entries list.

Use
To return to the input screen, press ESC.
Translations are marked with the following labels
representing parts of speech: A – adjective;
ABBR – abbreviation; ADV – adverb; ART –
article, AUX – auxiliary; CONJ – conjunction; ID –
idiom, INTRJ – interjection; N – noun, NPR –
proper noun, NUM – numeral; PART – particle,
PHR – phrase, PREF – prefix, PREP –
preposition, PRON – pronoun; SUFF – suffix; V –
verb. These are given in square brackets.
Polish nouns are marked with gender and
number labels: F – feminine, M – masculine,
MF – common gender, N – neuter, PL – plural.

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USEFUL ENGLISH

Irregular verbs

Type the first letter of the desired verb and scroll
through the list to find it.

Popular Idioms

Type the first letter of the desired idiom and scroll
through the list to find it.

Phrasebook

Select a topic. Press ENTER to see its subtopics
and phrases.

LEARNING

To check your knowledge of words, enter the
Examination subsection. Try to guess letters in
the word by entering them from the keyboard.
To display the hidden word, press ENTER. Then
press any key to continue.
To change the current dictionary, enter the Select
dictionary subsection and then select the desired
dictionary.

CALCULATIONS

The Calculations section includes Basic
Calculator, Scientific Calculator, Metric
Conversion, and Currency Conversion

subsections.

Basic Calculator

Use this application as an ordinary pocket
calculator.

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Scientific Calculator

Use the Scientific Calculator to perform advanced
scientific calculations.

Metric Conversion

Choose a subsection by pressing ▼, ▲. Press
ENTER.
Input the value.

Currency Conversion

Setting Rates

Select the Set rate subsection to specify currency
names and rates. New currencies may be added
in place of question marks.
Specify exchange rates relative to the basic
currency (whose rate should equal 1).
Enter the Display rates subsection to check
currency rates.

Conversion

Enter the Calculation subsection.
Select a currency name and enter an amount.
Press ENTER.

TIME

Local Time

Shows the names of the selected city and
country, the date, day of the week and the current
time for that city. You may specify these settings
in the System Setup section.

World Time

Shows the names of the selected city and
country, date, day of the week, and the current
time for that city.

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To see information for another city, scroll through
the alphabetic list by pressing ▼, ▲.
To see information for another country, scroll
through the alphabetic list by pressing
You can quickly find the desired city by entering
the first letter of its name.
When you find the desired city, press ENTER to
save changes.

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CALENDAR

The Calendar shows the current date, day of the
week, month, and year.

 Make sure the Clock (in the System Setup

section) is properly adjusted.

GAMES

Sokoban

The object of Sokoban is to move all the chips to
the places marked with "X".
Press ▼or ▲ to set the difficulty level.
Press ENTER to start the game.
Use ▼, ▲,◄, ► to control the mover.

Rendzu

Players take turns putting black and white chips
on the intersection points of the grid. Each player
tries to build up an uninterrupted vertical,
horizontal, or diagonal row of five chips of the
selected color, simultaneously preventing the
opponent from doing the same.
Press ENTER to start the game.
To make your move, use ▼, ▲, ◄, ►and then
press ENTER.

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Reversi

There are chips of two colors in this game: black
and white. When a player encircles the
opponent's chip(s), these change their color.
When you cannot encircle the opponent's chip(s),
you will skip your move and let the opponent
encircle your chip(s). When the playing field is
full, the game will end. The winner is the one who
has encircled most of the chips.
Press ENTER to start the game.
Use ▼, ▲, ◄, ► to move the chip. Press
ENTER to confirm your choice.

Minesweeper

The object of Minesweeper is to locate all the
mines without uncovering any of them. If you
uncover a mine, you lose the game.
Set the difficulty level by pressing ▼or ▲.
Press ENTER to start the game.
Use:

• ▼, ▲, ◄, ► to move the cursor;
(SPACE) to mark a square you suspect

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contains a mine;

• ENTER to uncover a square.

If a number appears on a square, it indicates how
many mines are in the eight squares that
surround the numbered one.

SYSTEM SETUP

Unless stated otherwise, enter a subsection and
select the desired option with ▼, ▲. Then press
ENTER to confirm your choice.

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Interface Language

You can switch interface language between
English and Polish.

Clock

Specify the current date and time by using ▼,
▲, ◄, ►. Press ENTER.

In the subsequent screen enter the first letter of a
city/country name and then select the appropriate
city/country from the list by using ▼, ▲.

Daily Alarm

Use:

• ◄, ► to switch between hours and minutes;

• ▼, ▲ to change a value;

• A, P to specify AM or PM.

Press ENTER to save changes.
Press ▼, ▲ to turn the alarm on/off.

Time/Date Format

Month-Day-Year date format can be changed to
Day-Month-Year. 24-hour time format can be
changed to 12-hour format.

Set Contrast

Change the Contrast level by using ◄, ►.

Key Tone

The Key tone is turned on by default. This feature
is designed to produce a short beep every time
you press a key on the device's keyboard.

Set Sleep Time

Adjustable range: 3 to 12 minutes. During a few
seconds before automatic shutdown, the device
produces an intermittent signal.

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