Ectaco Partner PW800 User Manual

ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

Talking Electronic Dictionary

&

Audio Phrasebook™

USER MANUAL

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®

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–

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CONTENTS

GENERAL DESCR

IPTION

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3

Introduction

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.......3General View

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....4Power Supply

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...4MultiMedia Card (MMC)

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5

Initialization

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.......5Keyboard

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5

Display and Main Menu

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6

Opening and Closing Applications

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..6Sidebar

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7On-

screen Keyboard

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7

Windows

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8

Toolbar

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8

Pronunciation of Words and Sentences

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9

DICTIONARIES

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10

How to Use the Dictionaries

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10

Adding Entries to Flash Cards

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.......11Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations

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11

Main Dictionary

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12

WordNet Dictionary

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12

Phrasebook

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....13SAT 200

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14

SAT 5000

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........14EXERCISES

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.....15Flash Cards

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....15Pockets

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15

Spell It

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16

Translation Test

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16

Dictionary Setup

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17

EXTRAS

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Media Player

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..17Calculator

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.......18Conversion

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.....18World Time

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.....19SETUP

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Pen Calibration

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20

Settings

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User Manual

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...22About

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INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY

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......23WARRANTY SLIP

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GENERAL

DESCRIPTION

Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing

the

high-end class Talking Electronic Dictionary &

Audio PhraseBook™! The product you have purchased is the result of combined

efforts of ECTACO's staff of linguists, engineers, and programmers. You ar

e now the

owner of one of the most advanced electronic devices ever produced for translation

purposes and for language studies.

ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 features:

•

Dictionary of over 500,000 words (depends on the language pair)

• WordNet dictionary

–

70,000

words with explanations

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies

•

Voice function

• Phonetic transcription

• Instant reverse translation

• Look

-

up function

• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™

• "Add New Word" function

• Audio phrasebook with English speech recognition and more than 8,000 phrase

s

pronounced by native speakers

•

Ability to display possible

replies you may hear from your interlocutor

•

Vector Ultima™ spell

-

checker

•

Language learning modules

: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test

• Media Player with mp3 support

• Currency conversion

• Metric conversion

• World Time

• Daily Alarm

• Calculator

• Three font sizes

: small, medium,

large

• Adjustable color schemes for customizing the appearance of screen elements

• Slang Lock

• Color touch screen

• MMC/SD slot

• Headphone jack

• Microphone jack

• AC/DC adapter jack

Device is powered by AC/DC adapter and rechargeable battery (all inc

luded in the

standard package)

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General View

The general view and essential features of ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 are shown

below:

Power Supply

ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

is powered by a special Li

-

Polymer rechargeable battery.

When the battery becomes weak, a war

ning message will be displayed. In that case,

the voice function will be disabled in order to prevent an excessive discharge of the

battery and a resulting loss of data in RAM. To restore full functionality of the device,

recharge the battery as soon as po

ssible.

How to Recharge the Battery

• Make sure the battery is inserted in the battery compartment which is located on the

bottom panel of the device.

Note:

Only a special rechargeable battery and a special adapter may be used with

your ECTACO Partner

®

PW800. Use of an inappropriate external power supply may

cause failure of the device and will void the warranty.

• Connect the AC/DC adapter to your device. The AC/DC adapter jack is located on

the rear edge of the device and is labeled DC 6V.

The red LED sig

nal shows that the battery is recharging and the green one shows it is

charged.

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MultiMedia Card (MMC)

Before you start working with your ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

, please make sure the

MMC is installed into the

MMC / SD

slot of the device. If the card is not

installed, slide

it into the slot located on the right edge of the device

–

the contacts of the card face

up, label face down. Push the card gently until it clicks into place. To eject the MMC,

just push it in slightly.

Initialization

The initialization r

outine is started:

• when ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

is turned on for the first time;

• after the system has been reset with the RESET button.

Note:

The RESET button is located on the left

-

hand side of the keyboard (over the

key). It can be accessed with any

thin object like a paper clip. Never use a needle or a

sharp pin for this purpose since it can damage the device.

Keyboard

The key

board

allows you to enter any word just in seconds. Language modes

can be

toggled by pressing the

key.

The function and cont

rol keys are described below.

Note:

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

–

first

press and release Key1, then press and release Key2.

Key

Function(s)

Turn the device On or Off

Reset

Re-initialize system

Use speech r

ecognition (available in

Phrasebook

)

Show the list of

Main Menu

sections and active applications

Use speech function

Close active window / Cancel

Delete character to the left of cursor

Switch focus between displayed controls (check boxes, ra

dio

buttons etc.)

Type in uppercase / Enter additional symbols (marked on the

numeric keys)

+, Launch spell

-

checker

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+

Clear input

+

key

Use shortcut keys (shortcuts for toolbar buttons, where available,

are shown in their corresponding tool tip

s)

Switch language or translation direction

Input

accented and special characters

–

please refer to the

Keyboard

section of the

online manual (see pag

e 22)

Execute

, , ,

Move cursor or highli

ght / Scroll lines

,

Page by screen / Switch

Main Menu

sections

Enter space

Display and Main Menu

ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

features touch screen (320 x 240 pixels) with a windows

-

driven graphical interface. The

Main Menu

consists of four sections, whi

ch visually

organize access to the ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

applications.

Note:

Tapping screen items is preferably done with the supplied pointing device called

the stylus, which, when not in use, is kept in a special slot at the base of the device's

case (se

e

General View

). As an on

-

board help to the user, a short toolbar button

description (tool tip) appears when an on

-

screen button is being touched.

Main Menu

• To access the

Main Menu

,

turn the device on, then press

on the keyboard,

or tap

on the screen

and select the

Desktop

item in the appeared menu. Tapping

the

Dictionaries

,

Exercises

,

Extras

, or

Setup

items in that menu will bring you to the

corresponding section.

• Use the

Dictionaries

section to access

Main

Dictionary

,

WordNet

Dictionary

,

Phraseboo

k, SAT 200

, and

SAT 5000

.

• Use the

Exercises

section to access

Flash Cards

,

Pockets

,

Spell It

,

Translation Test

,

and

Dictionary Setup

.

• Use the

Extras

section to access

Media Player

,

Calculator

,

Conversion

, and

World

Time.• Use the

Setup

section to acce

ss

Pen Calibration

,

Settings

,

User Manual

, and

About

.

Note:

To disable the

Slang lock

function in the

Setup

section, please use this

password:

showslan

.

Opening and Closing Applications

• The easiest way to open a specific application is to tap its corresp

onding icon.

Alternatively, the applications can be chosen by pressing the arrow keys

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(,,,) or one of the paging keys

(, )

on the keyboard. When the

application name is highlighted, just press

to launch

the program.

• To close an application, tap

in the upper right corner of the screen, or press

.

Sidebar

Twelve applications of ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 have their permanent touch

-

sensitive shortcut buttons on the

Sidebar

to the right and left of the screen

.

Main Dictionary

Spell It

WordNet

Dictionary

Translation Test

SAT 200

Media Player

Phrasebook

Calculator

Flash Cards

World Time

Pockets

Settings

On-screen Keyboard

The on

-

screen keyboard is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen. This set of

keys simulates

the conventional physical keyboard or part of it. The on

-

screen

keyboard shown below is the most widely used throughout the ECTACO Partner

®

PW800

applications.

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• In applications featuring text input, tap the

button on the toolbar to invoke the on

-

scree

n keyboard. To hide it, tap anywhere on the screen outside of the on

-

screen

keyboard.

•

When using

the on-

screen keyboard, t

ap

to

access

additional

characters.

Windows

Every application, pop

-

up menu, or dialog box used in ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800

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

(

or ).Any window can be closed either by pressing

on the keyboard or by tapping the

close button in the upper

-

right corner of th

e window.

• To move an overlapping pop

-

up window, tap on its title bar and drag the window to

another part of the screen holding the stylus down.

The scroll bar is shown when the contents don't all fit on the screen. The

slider

shows

the position of the di

splayed contents relative to the rest of data.

On the scroll bar:

• tap a scroll arrow

or

to advance or go back one line;

• tap and drag the slider to browse information;

• tap the scroll bar below or above the slider to jump to the corresponding porti

on of

text.

Toolbar

A

toolbar

is a set of horizontally arranged buttons shown at the bottom of the

pertaining window.

Toolbar buttons have the following functions:

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Show the list of

Main Menu

sections and active applications

Invoke on

-

screen keyboard

Display the

List of sets

Switch translation direction

Reset statistics

Use speech function

Switch to metric conversion

Switch to currency conversion

Add entry to

User's Dictionary

or

Flash Cards

Show similar words

Go to the previous entry

Go to the next entry

Change application settings

Translate

Go back

Go forward

Clear input

Change operating mode (in

Phrasebook

)

Set date and time

Use speech recognition (in

Phrasebook

)

Change color scheme

Show sample of word usage

Delete item(s)

Battery life indicator

Daily Alarm disabled

Daily Alarm enabled

As an on

-

board help to the user, a short toolbar button description (

tool tip

) appears

when a button is being tapped.

Pronunciation of Words and Sentences

One of the most

exciting features of ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 is the TTS (Text

-to-

Speech) technology which allows you to listen to the pronunciation of words and

phrases in

English and

, if available, in the

target language

.

• To hear the displayed or highlighted headword pro

nounced, tap

or press the

key.

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Note:

Certain words have several variants of pronunciation. So the pronunciation of

the TTS engine and the given phonetic transcription may be different. In this case,

consider the variant given in the dictionary as the b

asic one.

• To hear the translation or explanation pronounced, highlight the desired portion of it

by using the stylus and then tap

or press the

key.

TTS is able to generate the pronunciation of any text, not limited to dictionary entries.

Simply type

a word or phrase in the

WordNet Dictionary

input field

and then

tap

or

press the

key

to listen to its pronunciation.

Note:

The

Volume

option (found in the

Settings

application) allows you to adjust

speech volume.

DICTIONARIES

How to Use the Dictionarie

s

• To translate or explain a word, start entering it from the keyboard.

Note:

The MorphoFinder™ function helps you find source words for En

glish past

participles, gerunds and

plural forms. For example, if you enter "distributes" you will

get "distribute" as there is no translation or explanation for "distributes" because it is a

fo

rm of "distribute".

• If the desired word

appears

before you

have

finished typing, select it (tap the

corresponding line

)

, or make sure it is highlighted and press

to see its

translation(s) or explanation(s).

Spell

-

checker Vector Ultima™

The multilingual

spell-checker Vector Ultima™ is one of the most advanced on the

market. When you are unsure of a word's spelling, Vector Ultima™ allows you to enter

the word as you hear it and choose a spelling version from the list.

• Type the word

board

as you hear it:

bord.• Tap

or press

+ either of the

,

keys. A list of suggested

Similar words

will

appear on the screen.

• Select the word

board

to see its translations.

Instant Reverse Translation and Instant Explanation

For your convenience, ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 provides

Instant Reverse

Translation

and

Instant Explanation

for all words and expressions in the dictionaries.

• To obtain explanation of the English headword, tap

on the toolbar and then select

WordNet Dictionary

in the appeared menu.

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• To obtain i

nstant reverse translation of a word or phrase within the displayed

translations, just highlight the desired item with the stylus and then tap

.

In ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800, you can make up to 5 reverse translations in succession

(without closing windows).

A

dding Entries to Flash Cards

This useful feature allows you to create your personal sets of entries copied from

the

Main Dictionary

,

Phrasebook

, or

SAT 5000

.

• Open the

Main Dictionary

,

Phrasebook

, or

SAT 5000

.

• Select the desired entry and then tap

on

the toolbar.

• If necessary, change the displayed set name by tapping next to the word

Subject

.

• To confirm changes, tap

OK

.

Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations

Translations or explanations of a headword are shown with their 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–suffixV–verb

If applicable

and available

, n

ouns are marked with gender and n

umber labels:

F–feminine

M–masculine

MF–common gender

N–neuterPL–

plural

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Certain words and expressions in the dictionary are marked with the following

abbreviations:

anat. – anatomy

bact. – bacteriology

biochem.

–

biochemistry

biol. – biology

bot. – botany

chem.

–

chemistry

comm.

–

commerce

comp.

–

computers

econ. – economics

el. – electronics

fin. – finance

jur. – law

mech.

–

mechanics

med. – medicine

opt. – optics

ph

arm. – pharmacy

physiol.

–

physiology

psychol.

–

psychology

stomat.

–

stomatology

vet. – veterinary

Main

Dictionary

ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 contains the most advanced

electronic dictionary

available

on the market. This manual usually refers to

it

as

the

Mai

n Dictionary

.

Note:

The

Main Dictionary

contains not only general vocabulary and technical terms

but also slang. You can hide it using the

Slang Lock

function in the

Setup

section. To

disable

Slang Lock

, please use this password:

showslan

.

• Select

Main Di

ctionary

from the

Dictionaries

section, or

tap

on the

Sidebar

.

• Please refer to the

How to Use the Dictionaries

section for further information.

WordNet Dictionary

ECTACO Partner

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PW

800 includes the advanced English explanatory dictionary

–

WordNet.

• T

ap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Dictionaries

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Dictionaries

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

WordNet Dictionary

icon. The application will open.

Please refer to the

How to Use the Dictionaries

section fo

r further information.

Note:

When viewing entries in the

WordNet Dictionary

, tap on the underlined items to

follow the corresponding links.

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Phrasebook

ECTACO Partner

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800 substitutes for an interpreter in standard situations, such as

registering at a

hotel, shopping, visiting

a

bank etc. You simply choose the appropriate

phrase and the device will pronounce its translation.

Basics

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Dictionaries

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Dictionaries

section of

the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Phrasebook

icon. The application will open.

For easy reference, the phrases are arranged by topics.

• To open the topics list, tap

at the upper left of the screen.

• Use the

,

keys or stylus to select the desired topic.

• To

open a topic, just tap it with the stylus or press

. You will see a list of

subtopics.

• Tap on the desired subtopic.

• To hear the phrase translation pronounced, tap

or press

.

Phrases Mode, Words Mode, Search Mode

• Tap

and then select

Words

,

Phrases,

You may hear

, or

Search

.

In the

Words

mode, the application shows useful words and speech patterns

pertaining to the topic, if available.

In the

Phrases

mode, the application shows full sentences, some of which have

changeable parts. These are underlin

ed. For example, when viewing the phrase

How

frequent are

the flights

?

you can tap

the flights

and change it to

the trains

. The phrase

translation will change accordingly.

Select

You may hear

to view a list of possible replies you may hear from your

interl

ocutor.

Use the

Search

mode to find the desired phrase. You may input a whole phrase (for

example,

Thank you

) or a single word (

thank).Note:

To reduce the search time, please open the desired topic before you start

searching. Also, select the

Search in th

e current topic only

option.

Settings

• Tap

to open the

Settings

screen.

• Under the word

Speaker

, select your gender.

• Select your interlocutor's gender.

• Select the

Auto playback

option to instantly hear the phrase translation pronounced

(when your p

hrase is recognized).

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Note:

Contents of the phrasebook may vary depending on the selected gender

options.

Speech Recognition

The

Phrasebook

application features English speech recognition function.

• Open the desired subtopic. You will see the list of its

phrases.

• Tap

or press the

button.

• Say your phrase. If it is on the list, highlight will move to the desired phrase.

• To hear the phrase translation pronounced, tap

or press

.

SAT 200

This application includes two hundred keywords with transcrip

tion, explanation,

synonyms, and samples selected from the SAT vocabulary.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Dictionaries

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Dictionaries

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

SAT 200 icon

. The application wi

ll open.

• To view word's transcription, explanation, synonyms, and samples, just start entering

the word in the input line and then tap the requested entry when it appears in the list.

Alternatively, highlight the desired entry by using

(, )

and press

.

• Use

SAT 200

as described in the

How to Use the Dictionaries

section

.

SAT 5000

This application includes five thousand words with transcriptions and explanations

from the SAT vocabulary.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Dictionaries

in th

e appeared

menu. You will see the

Dictionaries

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

SAT 5000

icon. The application will open.

• To view word's transcription and explanation, just start entering the word in the input

line and then tap the requested entry whe

n it appears in the list. Alternatively, highlight

the desired entry by using

,

and press

.

Use

SAT 5000

as described in the

How to Use the Dictionaries

section

.

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EXERCISES

Flash Cards

This fascinating game will help you quickly develop your vocabulary

and considerably

advance in learning new words. Our method is simple: learn new words while playing

Flash Cards

.

The face of a card shows the source word translation/explanation, and the reverse

side shows the source word. The player browses the cards and,

whenever necessary,

uses a hint.

There are 20 pre

-

defined card sets in this game. Besides, you can create your own

sets. The goal is to learn all cards in the set. You will be prompted to proceed to the

next set once you have finished the current one.

The

game statistics is stored in the device memory so you can resume playing from

where you left off.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Exercises

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Exercises

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Flash Cards

ic

on. The game will begin.

The

Flash Cards

screen with the first card from the first set will be shown. By default,

you can select up to 20 pre

-

defined sets. If you want to create your personal sets of

flash cards, please refer to the

Dictionary Setup

section.

The number of unlearned cards in a set is recorded for each game. This information is

displayed on the screen. For example,

Left: 10

means you have 10 cards unlearned.

• Tap the

Drop

button to set a card apart.

• To go to the next card, tap

Next.• Sele

ct the

Always show translation

option to have the program show you the source

word in each card.

• Alternatively, tap on the

Show translation

message to see the source word. To hide

the source word, just tap on it.

You may quit the game and resume playing

at any time. Just launch

Flash Cards

to

continue playing from where you left off.

Pockets

This is a traditional game targeting in

-

depth word learning. In this game, the same

cards as those used in the

Flash Cards

game are divided into 4 groups (4 pockets).

At

the beginning of the game all cards are located in the first pocket. You turn the cards

one by one and, if you know the hidden source word, put the card in the second

pocket. Keep browsing until all the cards from the first pocket are moved to the seco

nd

pocket.

At the second stage you move the cards to the third pocket and, again, if you know the

hidden source word, put the card in the next pocket. If you cannot recall the hidden

source word, move the card back to the first pocket.

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The goal is to move

all cards to the fourth pocket. You will aim most of your efforts at

learning difficult words, while simple words will shortly jump to the fourth pocket.

The game statistics is stored in the device memory so you can resume playing from

where you left off.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Exercises

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Exercises

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Pockets

icon. The game will begin.

• Tap on the first pocket.

The first card from those stored in the selected po

cket will be displayed.

• Tap

Drop

if you know the hidden word.

The card will be moved to the upper pocket.

• If you do not know the source word,

tap

in the lower pocket, if it is already there.

The bottommos

t line of the screen displays the number of cards left in the pocket. The

game continues until all cards are moved to the fourth pocket.

Spell It

In this game special attention is paid to the correct spelling of words. The program

displays the cards one by

one with the source word hidden. This game is similar to

Flash Cards

, but this time you should type the source word yourself. As in all other

games, you can view the source word at any time.

The game statistics is stored in the device memory so you can re

sume playing from

where you left off.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Exercises

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Exercises

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Spell It

icon.

The

Spell It

screen with the first card from the first set w

ill be shown. By default, you

can select up to 20 pre

-

defined sets. If you want to create your personal sets of cards,

please refer to the

Dictionary Setup

section

.

• Type the correct source word in the text input field and tap

OK.• Tap

Skip

to go to the

next card. When you reach the last card in a set, you will return

to the first unlearned card from the given set.

• Tap on the

Show translation

message to see the source word. To hide the source

word, just tap on it.

Translation Test

In this game you shoul

d choose a source word which best corresponds to the given

description. You will be offered four choices, and you should select the correct one. If

your choice is incorrect, you will be prompted to answer the given question later.

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The game statistics is s

tored in the device memory so you can resume playing from

where you left off.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Exercises

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Exercises

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Translation Test

icon.

The word des

cription and four answer choices will be displayed.

• Tap on the correct one.

If you have made an error, the word will be replaced with "

---

". If you have guessed

the word, it will be highlighted for a second, and the card will be se

t apart. If you guess

wrong or tap

the

Skip

button, the card will remain in the set and will be displayed later.

The number of unlearned cards in a set is recorded for each game. This information is

displayed on the screen. For example,

Left: 10

means you have 10 cards unlearn

ed.

When you have finished a set, the

Current set is finished

message will be shown.

• Tap

Start Over

to reset the statistics and go to the first question in the current set.

• Tap

Select another set

to display the

List of sets

.

• Tap

Exit

to quit the game

.

Dictionary Setup

In this application you can choose a vocabulary database for your studies. The options

are as follows:

SAT 200

and

My Words

. Choosing

SAT 200

means that the

SAT 200

vocabulary will be used in the following games:

Flash Cards

,

Pockets

, Spell It

, and

Translation Test

. The other option

–

My Words

–

allows you to use your personal sets

of words.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Exercises

in the appeared

menu. You will see the

Exercises

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Dictio

nary Setup

icon. The application will open.

• To select the desired set, tap on the radio button next to

SAT 200

or

My Words

.

• To manage your sets, tap

Organize

.

• Under

Reset statistics

, tap the

SAT 200

or

My Words

buttons to reset statistics in all

game

s based on the corresponding vocabularies.

EXTRAS

Media Player

ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 includes

Media Player

, a program allowing you to play

music. The program supports .mp3 files and uncompressed .wav files.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

E

xtras

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Extras

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Media Player

icon. The application will open.

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• Please use the following on

-

screen buttons to operate the program:

Play

Turn repeat on

PauseTurn repeat off

Stop

Turn shuffle on

Volume

Move up

Rescan MMC for music files

Move down

Calculator

ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 includes a standard calculator with memory features. The

screen has 11

-

digit display c

apacity.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Extras

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Extras

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Calculator

icon. The application will open.

• Use this program as a standard pocket calculator.

Conversion

Wit

h the help of ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 you can perform currency and metric

conversions.

•

Tap

on the toolbar, or press

.

Then select

Extras

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Extras

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Conversion

icon. The application w

ill open.

• Use the

and

buttons on the toolbar to switch to currency and metric

conversion respectively.

Currency Conversion

• Tap

to open the

currency rates

window (by default all values are equal to 1).

• Tap the corresponding line, or highlight it

and press

.

• Set the desired currency rates relative to the basic currency (whose rate should equal

1). To open the currencies list, tap

.

• When you have finished, tap the close button

to return to the

Conversion

screen

.

• In the

Conversion

screen

,

select a currency name and enter an amount.

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• After you have typed a new amount, press

to refresh the display.

Metric Conversion

• Tap

and select the desired items from the appeared lists.

• Set the focus to the desired field by tapping it.

• Input t

he value and then tap

Enter

. The conversion will be performed.

World Time

Using your ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800, you can view current times in cities around the

globe, along with appropriate map illustrations.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Ext

ras

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Extras

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

World Time

icon. The application will open.

• Tap

to the left of the city or country name to open the list of cities or countries

respectively.

• Select the desired c

ountry and city.

• On the toolbar, tap

or

to go to the next or previous city in alphabetical order.

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SETUP

Pen Calibration

To restore proper touch screen functionality, or as part of an initialization procedure,

the screen might have to be recalibrated

manually.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Setup

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Setup

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Pen Calibration

icon. The application will open.

• Follow the on

-

screen directions for calibration by tapping t

he + symbols within the

boxes.

When the calibration is complete, you will return to the

Main Menu

.

Settings

For best results and to ensure that you can fully employ all of the diverse features of

your ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800, it is recommended that you thoro

ughly familiarize

yourself with the options of the

Settings

application, which will allow you to adjust the

device configuration to better suit your needs.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Setup

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Setup

s

ection of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

Settings

icon. The application will open.

Note:

To confirm changes, tap the

button at the upper right of the screen.

Language

• To switch interface language, just tap on the corresponding check box.

Note:

This setting i

s optional and may be not applicable to some models.

Font Size

ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800 offers you three font sizes.

• Under

Font size

, tap

Small, Medium

, or

Large

. A check mark will indicate your

selection.

Auto

-

off Time, Speaker Volume, Microphone Sensitivi

ty

• Tap on the

Auto-off

chart to adjust the auto

-

off time, which can be set to 1 to 15

minutes. This feature saves battery life by shutting the device down after the specified

period of inactivity.

• Tap on the

Volume

chart to adjust speaker volume. Press

to check the

adjustment while listening to the phrase

This is a test

.

• Tap on the

Microphone

chart to decrease or increase microphone sensitivity.

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Memory

• Tap the

Memory

button to instantly check free memory available in your device.

Defaults

• To res

tore factory defined settings for your ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800, tap the

Defaults

button.

Key Tone

• Tap on

Key tone

to turn it on/off. A check mark indicates that the option is selected.

This feature is designed to produce a short beep every time you press a

key on the

device's keyboard.

Slang Lock

Using this feature you can hide slang words or phrases contained in the dictionaries.

Slang lock

is on by default.

• Tap on

Slang lock

to disable/enable it.

Note:

When disabling

Slang lock

, you will be prompted to

enter the password:

showslan

.

Time Zone, Date Format, Time Format

• On the toolbar, tap

. The

Time and Date

screen will open.

• Under

Time zone

, tap

and then select the desired city from the appeared list.

• Under

Date Format

and

Time Format

, tap the de

sired options.

Local Date and Local Time

To highlight an item, tap on it. Then please tap on the

arrows or press

,

to

set a value.

Color Profiles and Contrast

With the help of this option you can customize the appearance of screen elements.

• On the t

oolbar, tap

. The

Color profiles and contrast

screen will open.

• Tap the arrow

to see the list of available options and then select the desired one.

Note:

The

Custom

option allows you to specify color for each of the screen elements

separately.

• Selec

t the desired item

from

the list.

• Tap on the color sample box and then select the desired color from the appeared

color table.

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• To adjust screen contrast, tap on the

Contrast

chart.

Daily Alarm

• Tap on the

(when the alarm is disabled) or

(when th

e alarm is enabled) button

on the toolbar. You will see the

Alarm Setup

window.

• Set the desired time and specify days of the week.

• To turn the alarm on/off, tap the

Alarm

check box.

• Tap

at the upper right of the

Alarm Setup

window.

User Manual

ECTA

CO Partner

®

PW

800 user manual is compiled in an electronic format and is

stored on the MMC. The content of the manual is only available when the MMC is

installed into the device.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Setup

in the appeared menu.

Y

ou will see the

Setup

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

User Manual

icon. You will see the table of contents.

• Tap the desired item in the table of contents.

Press , on the device's

keyboard to scroll through the displayed content. Alternatively, tap

the scroll arrows in

the upper right and lower right corners of the screen.

On the toolbar, tap:

to go back to the last chapter you have viewed, if available;

to go forward to the last chapter you have viewed, if available.

About

The

About

screen show

s general information on ECTACO Partner

®

PW

800.

• Tap

on the toolbar, or press

. Then select

Setup

in the appeared menu.

You will see the

Setup

section of the

Main Menu

.

• Tap the

About

icon.

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INTERNATIONAL WARRANTY

ECTACO, Inc. (Ectaco) guarantees to th

e end user that this product will be free of

defects in material and craftsmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of

original retail purchase, as evidenced by the sales receipt.

This warranty does not apply if any other party has damaged the produc

t by accident,

abuse, and misuse, or as a result of service.

Except for the limited warranties above, this product is provided on an "as is" basis,

without any other warranties or conditions, expressed or implied, including but not

limited to, warranties o

f merchantable quality, merchantability or fitness for a particular

purpose, or those arising by law, statute, usage of trade, or course of dealing. Neither

Ectaco nor its dealers or suppliers shall have any liability for any indirect, incidental,

special,

or consequential damages whatsoever, including but not limited to, loss of

revenue or profit, lost or damaged data or other commercial or economic loss, even if

we have been advised of the possibility of such damages, or they are otherwise

foreseeable. We

are also not responsible for claims by a third party. Our maximum

aggregate liability to you, and that of our dealers and suppliers, shall not exceed the

amount paid by you for the Ectaco product as evidenced by your purchase receipt. If

the laws of the r

elevant jurisdiction do not permit full waiver of implied warranties, then

the duration of implied warranties and conditions are limited to the duration of the

express warranty granted herein. This warranty applies only to the products

manufactured by Ecta

co and does not include batteries etc. Any damages caused by

batteries are not covered by this warranty.

You may obtain additional information regarding the extended warranty program or

reach a customer service representative at the following telephone nu

mbers or

addresses:

North America

USA, New York

Ectaco, Inc.

Ectaco Corporate Center,

31-21 31st Street

Long Island City, NY, 11106

Tel.: +1-

718-728-6110E-

mail: sales@ectaco.com

USA, Chicago

5700 W. Belmont Ave.,

Chicago, IL, 60634

Tel.: +1-

773-202-0729E-mail: chicago@ectaco.com

Canada

Ectaco

-

Canada, Inc.

Tel.: +1-

800-710-7920E-

mail: sales@ectaco.ca

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Europe, Asia, Australia

Russia

Ectaco

-

Russia, Ltd.

St. Petersburg

Tel.: +7

-

812-545-3838E-

mail: russia@ectaco.com

Moscow

Tel.: +7

-

495-737-8910E-

mail: moscow@ectaco.ru

United Kingdom, London

Ectaco (UK) Ltd.

Tel.: +44

-

207-936-9063E-

mail: uk@ectaco.com

Germany, Berlin

Ectaco

-

Germany, GmbH.

Tel.: +49

-30-

8950-3535E-

mail: germany@ectaco.com

Greece, Athens

Ectaco

-

Greece, Ltd.

Tel.: +30

-

210-9635271

E-mail:

greece@ectaco.com

Czech Republic, Prague

Ectaco

-

Czech, Ltd.

Tel.: +420

-2-

6126-3098E-

mail: ceska@ectaco.com

Belarus, Minsk

Ectaco BEL

Tel.: +375

-17-

232-9701E-

mail: belarus@ectaco.com

Israel, Tel

-

AvivEctaco-Israel 2000, Ltd.

E-mail: israel@ectaco.com

L

atviaE-

mail: latvia@ectaco.com

Ukraine, Kiev

Ectaco

-

Ukraine, HPKP

Tel.: +380

-44-

516-5724E-

mail: ukraine@ectaco.com

Poland, Warsaw

Ectaco

-

Poland, Sp. z o.o.

Tel.: +48

-22-

844-1664E-

mail: poland@ectaco.c

om

China, Hong Kong

Ectaco Hong Kong, Ltd.

Tel.: +852

-

2331-9876E-

mail:

hongkong@ectaco.com

Hungary, Budapest

SKK Trade Kft.

Pesti G. u. 35.

Budapest, H

-

1106 Hungary

Tel.: +36

-1-

264-3345E-

mail:

hungary@ectaco.com

Romania, Bucharest

S.C.Conrad S.R.L. (Ectaco

-

Romania)

Tel.: +40

-1-

240-7031E-

mail: romania@ectaco.com

Azerbaijan, Baku

Ectaco

-

Azerbaijan, Ltd. "REMCO"

Tel.: +994

-12-

974411

+994-12-971155

+994-12-974344

E-mai

l: azerbaijan@ectaco.com

Bulgaria

E-mail: bulgaria@ectaco.com

Australia

E-mail: sales@australia.ectaco.com

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WARRANTY SLIP

In case of malfunction, please fill out this registration slip and send it with your device

to the

Ectaco Corporate Center

. Make sur

e to include your telephone number as this is

extremely important.

Name

Age

Telephone number

(required)

Address

Date and location of

purchase

Serial number

(required)

Description

of defect(s)

Copy of sales

receipt

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