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Contents
Congratulations on your purchase of the Language Master!
With this dictionary you can find
over 110,000 entries, hear dictionary words and entire definitions spoken with or without
the use of headphones, view
thesaurus entries, study the
Grammar Guide, correct misspellings, save words to the
User List, and play fun, educational word games.
menu. In definitions and
games, adds words to the
User List.
Goes to the Setup menu.
Turns Language Master
on or off.
Pronounces and displays
individual sounds of a
word.
Reads definitions.
Speaks a word.
Finds definitions contain-
ing search words.
Other Keys
Backs up, erases a typed
letter, or turns off a highlight.
Begins a search, selects
a menu item, or starts a
highlight.
Shows help messages.
Shifts keys to type punc-
tuation or capital letters.
✽
?
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter in a word;
shows Confusables in
text; shifted, types an * to
stand for a series of unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
PREV
NEXT
/
Shows the previous or
next definition.
UP
/
Pages up or down.
DN
Types a space or pages
SPACE
down.
➤ Adjusting the Contrast
You can adjust the screen
contrast by using the contrast
wheel ( ) located on the right
side of the unit.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message
at virtually any screen by
pressing
rection keys to read it. To exit
help, press
At the Entry screen and
menus, brief instructions are
displayed right on the screen.
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HELP
. Press the di-
BACK
.
Changing SettingsInstalling Batteries
Your Language Master uses 4
AA batteries. When the batteries
require changing, a low battery
warning will be displayed on the
screen. Here is how to install or
replace them.
Warning: When the batteries
lose power or are removed from
your Language Master, any custom settings that you entered will
be erased; however, your User
List will be kept intact.
1. Turn Language Master
over.
2. Slide off the battery
cover.
3. Install the batteries fol-
lowing the diagram outside the battery case.
4. Replace the battery
cover.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may vary slightly from
what you see on screen. This does
not mean that your Language Master is malfunctioning.
You can adjust the font size, toggle the
display of all capital letters, or adjust
the shutoff time.
Set Type Size
large text appears on your screen.
on all caps
ters in every screen.
changes how small or
Turn
displays text in all capital let-
Set Shutoff Time
determines how long your Language
Master stays on if you forget to turn it
off.
1. Press
2. Press
CLEAR
MENU
.
.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight Set Type Size, Tu r n onall caps, or Set Shutoff Time.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
5. Highlight a setting, if
needed.
The active settings are marked with
a ✔. To exit without changing set-
tings, press
6. Press
BACK
ENTER
to select it.
.
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Viewing a
Demonstration
Finding Definitions
You can view a demonstration
of what your Language Master
can do.
CLEAR
MENU
.
.
1. Press
2. Press
3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight View Demo.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
To stop the demo at any
time, press
➤
Follow the Arrows
CLEAR
.
The flashing arrows on the
top right of the screen show
in which direction you can
scroll.
The arrows next to the icons
tell you which arrow key you
can press to navigate
through the entries.
For a description of the
icons, see About Icons on
page 6.
To look up a word in the dictionary, simply type it at the Entry
screen and press
ENTER
. Try this
example.
CLEAR
1. Press
.
2. Type a word (e.g., run).
To move the cursor, press
or . To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
ENTER
3. Press
.
Notice that the Dict icon is
highlighted, indicating that you
are viewing a dictionary entry.
Read “About Icons” on page
6 to learn more.
If more than one entry is
found, the number of matches
is displayed on the top of the
1/2
screen (e.g.,
indicates the
first of two entries).
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Finding Definitions
Finding Definitions
4. Press or
5. Press
NEXT
to browse the
SPACE
to read.
next dictionary entry.
6. Press
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.
➤ About definitions
Some definitions contain the
etymology, or history, of the
word.
In others, examples of usage
are shown in brackets (e.g., in
the first entry for run, <lets his
children
run
>).
➤ About Icons
Icons on the top of the screen
allow you to easily view dictionary (Dict), thesaurus (Thes),
Classmates
fusables
word.
A highlighted icon indicates
which category you are currently viewing.
A bolded icon means there are
entries in that category for the
current word.
An icon shown in italics indicates there are no entries in
that category for the current
word.
For example, when you view
the dictionary entry for run,
the Dict icon is highlighted
(
icons are bolded (
thesaurus and Classmates entries for this word, and the
Conf icon is italic (
meaning there are no Confusables for this word.
™
(Class), or Con-
®
(Conf) entries for a
), the Thes and Class
) indicating there are
,
)
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Finding Words in
Definitions
You can find all the definitions in
which a specific word or phrase
appears.
1. Press
2. Press
3. Type a word or phrase
(e.g., US state).
4. Press
If more than one entry with
the search word(s) is found,
the number of matches
played on the top of the screen.
5. Press or
read.
CLEAR
SEARCH
ENTER
.
.
.
is dis-
SPACE
to
Finding Words in
Definitions
6. Press
7. Press
NEXT
to view the
next definition with
your word(s) in it.
To see the previous one,
PREV
press
.
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.
➤ Two Ways to Back Up
Pressing
to the previous screen you
viewed. You can continue to
back up until you get to the
Entry screen.
Pressing
previous screen of similar information. For example, if
you were viewing a dictionary definition, you would go
to the previous definition.
BACK
takes you back
PREV
takes you to the
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Correcting
Misspellings
Finding Synonyms
If you misspell a word, your
Language Master will automatically correct it. Even if you
don’t know how to spell something, you can type it in phonetically.
CLEAR
1. Press
.
2. Type a misspelled word
(e.g. nolij).
BACK
To erase a letter, press
3. Press
ENTER
.
.
4. Press or to highlight a correction.
ENTER
5. Press
to view its
dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction
list, press
6. Press
BACK
.
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.
When the Thes icon appears in
bold type, it means that there is
at least one thesaurus entry for
that word.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., splen-did).
ENTER
3. Press
.
4. Press or to highlight the Thes icon.
The first thesaurus entry will
be displayed.
If more than one entry with the
search word(s) is found, the
number of matches is displayed on the top of the
screen.
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