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ECTACO Universal Translator™ ML320

10-Language Dictionary

English, Czech, Finnish, French, German,

Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

User’s Manual

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resulting from the use of this manual.
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Copyright © 1990-2004 Ectaco, Inc., New York, USA.
All rights reserved.

Introduction

Features

♦ Dictionary of 55,000 words
♦ Multilingual phrasebook
♦ Instant translation into any of 10 languages
♦ Phone book
♦ Calculator
♦ Metric conversions
♦ Currency exchange
♦ Local and World time
♦ Alarm
♦ Multilingual interface

 As continuous efforts are made by the

manufacturer to ensure a better quality and
performance of the Universal Translator™
products, some characteristics or the design of the
actual device you purchased may slightly differ
from their description in this manual.

Overview

Your Universal Translator™ ML320 is a portable device
with the keyboard and 2 lines x 12 chars LCD screen.

LCD marks and their meanings

scroll left or right is available

▲ scroll up is available
▼ scroll down is available

 alarm is ON

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♫ key tone is ON

low batteries

SHIFT
INS

the Insert editing mode is set

the

SHIFT

key is pressed

Auto Shutoff

If you forget to turn the device off, it will automatically
shut off in three minutes. When you turn the device on,
operation resumes in the current section.

Key Guide

Functions keys

ON/OFF
LANG

Turn the device on or off
Change the interface/source or target
language

PHRASES
PHONES
DICT
MENU
ENTER

ESC
SHIFT

Go to Phrasebook
Go to Phone Book
Go to Main Dictionary
Go to Main Menu
Select a menu item, accept the
changes, calculate
Go one step back
Access the secondary command or
key, or accented letters
Enter space

Language keys

The Direct Language Keys (

English, Czech, Finnish

,

French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish

and

Turkish

) are marked above the first keyboard row.

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,

Accents input

First, choose a letter of the English alphabet (or
Russian letter Ъ, Э, Ю) on the keyboard and press the
corresponding key, then keep pressing SHIFT until the
desired letter appears on the screen.
These letters can be entered according to the following
sequence:

Czech:

UÚŮ; YÝ; ZŽ

Finnish:
French:
German:
Italian:
Polish:
Russian:

ХЪ; ЖЭ; БЮ

Spanish:
Turkish:

AÁ; CČ; DĎ; EÉĔ; Iĺ; NŇ; OÓ; RŘ; SŠ; TŤ;

AÅÄ; OÖ

AÀÂ; CÇ; EÈÉÊË; IÎÏ; OÔŒ; UÙÛ

AÄ; OÖ; Sß; UÜ

AÀ; EÈÉ; IÌ; OÒ; UÙ

AĄ; CĆ; EĘ; LŁ; NŃ; OÓ; SŚ; ZŹŻ

according to the keyboard marks along with

AÁ; EÉ; IÍ; NÑ; OÓ, UÚÜ

AÂ; CÇ; GĞ; Iİ; OÖ; SŞ; UÜ

Navigation and Editing Keys

◄ – move cursor or scroll left
► – move cursor or scroll right
▲ – scroll the entry up
▼ – scroll the entry down

SHIFT
SHIFT
SHIFT

numeric key (0 to 5), use ▼/▲ to scroll the list of
symbols

+◄ (
+ ►(
+▲– insert symbol – press the corresponding

) – delete the symbol or record

BS
EDIT

) – edit the selected entry

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SHIFT

+▼– switch the Insert/Overwrite mode

– page through the entries up
– page through the entries down

Numeric and Calculator Keys

Allows numbers and math operations input.

Getting Started

Press the

ON/OFF

button.

 When you turn the device on for the first time,

press Y while the INITIALIZE! prompt is displayed.

Interface Language

Select the interface (source) and the target languages:

1. Press the

LANG

English
Russian

2. Press ◄ or ►, or the desired Direct Language Key

to choose the interface language.

3. Press ▼ to select the target language field.

key.

4. Press ◄ or ►, or the desired

to choose the target language.

Direct Language Key

English

5. Press

ENTER

Spanish

.

 If the interface (source) and target languages are

the same, you will hear a warning beep.

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Main Menu

The Main Menu is displayed with the following items:

1. Dictionary.

2. Phrases.

3. Phone book.

4. Clock.

5. Calculator.

6. Setup.
Use the Navigation keys to scroll the Main Menu items
and

ENTER

to open the desired section.

 Every numbered menu item could be accessed by

pressing the corresponding numeric key. For
example, press 2 to open the 2.Phrases section.

Main Dictionary

Select

DICT

1. Select the source and the target languages by

2. Start typing the word you want to translate. The

1.Dictionary

key.

pressing the

from the

LANG

key.

Main Menu

or press the

advanced word recognition function locates and
displays matches starting with the letters you key in.
Enter the whole word if you don't see the correct
match provided by advanced word recognition.

FUTUR_
FUTURE

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3. When the desired word appeared on the screen,
press

ENTER

to display its translation.

FUTURE >
FUTURO [N]

 If the word you have entered is not found in the

dictionary, you will see the translation of the word
shown on the second line of the screen.

4. Use the ▼or ▲ buttons to scroll the translation, if
necessary.

5. Press

6. To obtain the translation of the desired word in
another language, press the corresponding

or to page through the entries list.

Direct

Language Key. For example, press

see the Russian translation of the word:

RUSSIAN

to

FUTURE >
БУДУЩЕЕ [N]

7. Press the
language.

8. Press

Translations are marked with the following grammatical
labels representing part of speech: A – adjective;

ABBR
CONJ

ESC

– abbreviation;

– conjunction;

LANG

to return to the input screen.

key to change the source or target

ADV

INTRJ

– adverb;

– interjection; N – noun;

ART

– article;

NUM
PRON

brackets.

– numeral;

– pronoun; V – verb. These are given in square

PART

– particle;

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PREP

– preposition;

French and German nouns are marked with the
following gender and number labels: F – feminine;
masculine; N – neuter;
plural,
feminine
feminine. Gender and number labels are given in
parentheses.

MPL

– masculine or plural

, MN

– masculine or neuter

– plural,

PL

FPL

, MF

, NF

– feminine or

– masculine or

– neuter or

Phrases

Select

PHRASES

1. Select a topic from the displayed list and press

2.Phrases

ENTER

from the

key.

.

Main Menu

or press the

M

–

I see. >
Je vois.

2. Press ▼or ▲ to scroll the entry, if necessary.

3. To obtain the translation of the desired phrase in
another language, press the corresponding Direct

Language Key.

4. Press the
language.

5. Press
the chosen topic.

6. Press

or to page through the entries within

ESC

LANG

to return to the topics list.

key to change the source or target

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Phone Book

Select 3.Phone book from the Main Menu or press the

PHONES

key.

Adding an Entry

1. Type a name in the Name field and press
▼.

Name:
JOHN_

2. Type an e-mail address and press

 Press

3. Type a telephone number in the Phone field and
press

press

SHIFT + 0…9

ENTER

or in any field.

to save the record. You can also

ENTER

to input a numeric value.

ENTER

or ▼.

or

4. If you press
on the screen, press Y to save your record.

ESC

and see the Save (Y/N)? message

Viewing the Phone Book

To browse the record list, press or . Use ▼or ▲
to scroll through the content of the displayed record.

 Press any key in the view mode to create a new

record.

Editing an Entry

To edit a record, press
displayed.

SHIFT

+► while the record is

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Deleting an Entry

To delete a record, press
displayed. The Delete (Y/N)? message appears on the
screen. Press Y to confirm your intention or N to cancel.

SHIFT

+◄ while the record is

Clock

Select 4.Clock from the Main Menu.

New York
03:47 PM

Press ◄ or ► to scroll through the cities list. The
selected city and the current time in the corresponding
time zone will be displayed.

Calculator

Select the 1.Calculator option from the Calculator
menu. Use it as an ordinary pocket calculator.

Metric Conversion

Select the
Calculator menu.

1. Select a unit of measure from the selection list.

2. Select one of the conversion types available in the
chosen category. Press

2.Metric Conversion

ENTER.

ft->m

0.

option from the

3. Press ◄ or ► to change the direction of
conversion.

4. Type a value for conversion and press

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ENTER

.

m->ft

12345678.

5. Press

6. Press

C/CE
ESC

to clear the input line.

to return to the units list.

Currency Conversion

Select the 3.Currency Conversion option from the
Calculator menu.

Set Rate

1. Select the 1.Set Rates option, choose a currency
name and press

2. Type in the exchange rate for the selected currency
and press

ENTER

ENTER

.

EUR 1.000

.

1.15

3. Repeat step 2 for the other currencies, if necessary.

4. Press
section.

ESC

to exit to the Currency Conversion

Calculate

1. Select the 2.Calculator option, choose a currency
name and press

2. Type in the amount and press
clear the input line.

3. Press
You can also use ▼or ▲to scroll through the list by

or to page through the currencies list.

ENTER

.

ENTER

. Use

C/CE

to

one line at a time.

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4. Press
section.

ESC

to exit to the Currency Conversion

Set Name

1. Select the 3.Set Name option, select a currency
name and type in its new name. Press

2. Repeat step 1 for other currencies, if necessary.

3. Press
section.

ESC

to exit to the Currency Conversion

ENTER

.

Settings

Select the 6.Setup item from the Main menu.

Set Time

Select the 1.Set time option from the Setup menu.

1. Set the current time by pressing the numeric buttons
on the keyboard.

2. Press A or P within the edit field, or ▲, ▼ to set
AM or PM.

3. Press

4. Press ◄ or ► to select the city nearest to your
location.

5. Press

ENTER

ENTER

.

to accept the changes.

Set Alarm

Select the

1. Set the alarm time by pressing the numeric buttons
on the keyboard.

2. Press A or P within the edit field, or ▼, ▲ to set
AM or PM.

2.Set alarm

option from the

Setup

menu.

3. Press

ENTER

.

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4. Press ▼or ▲ to set the Alarm On or Off.

5. Press

The bell sign
the Alarm is On. An audible intermittent signal will be
heard at the set time even if the device is switched off.

ENTER



.

will be displayed on the screen when

Set Key Tone

Select the 3.Key tone option from the Setup menu.

1. Press ▼or ▲ to set the key tone On or Off.

2. Press

The ♫ sign will be displayed on the screen when the
key tone is On. An audible beep will be heard every
time you touch a button.

ENTER

.

Product Care

Replacing the Batteries

This device is powered by two CR2032 lithium
batteries. A warning mark
screen when the batteries become weak.

Your
the batteries supply power.

permanently lost if the batteries are run down.



Phone Book

Always keep written copies of your important
information.

dealer may be held responsible for any loss of user

is stored in memory as long as

Neither the manufacturer nor the

will be displayed on the

The information will be

data.
To restore full functionality of the device and to avoid
risk of losing user data, replace the complete set of
batteries in due time.

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1. Press the

2. Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it

away from the device.

3. Remove one battery and replace it with a new one.

4. Remove another battery and replace it with a new

one.

5. Make sure to place the batteries with plus sign (+)

facing you.

6. Put back the battery compartment cover by sliding it

toward the device.

ON/OFF

button to turn the device off.

 Without at least one battery in the compartment

you only have about 30 seconds before the data

stored in memory will be lost.

Possible Problems

This device may change the software flow due to an
unsupported operation or electrostatic discharge.
Normal operation can be re-established by pressing the

Reset

and
or by removing/replacing the batteries.

 Never use a needle or a pin since it can damage

Press N to prevent losing your Phone Book records

button (located on the keyboard between

MENU

the device.

) with a paper clip or any other pointed tool,

DICT

when the CLEAR DATA? prompt appears.
More information is available at our Web site

www.ectaco.com

.

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