Lexibook T200 User Manual

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Collins Le Robert

Bilingual Dictionary

Dictionnaire électronique

bilingue Le Robert & Collins

English/French User Manual

Mode d'emploi Français/Anglais

1. Introduction

2. Key Guide and Display Symbols

2.1. Key Guide

2.2. Display Symbols

3. Getting Started

3.1. Removing the battery protection tab

3.2. Switching the unit on

3.3. Contrast control

3.4. Display language

3.5. On-Screen help

3.6. Function modes

3.7. Auto Power Off.

3.8. Demo

4. Translator

4.1. General search

4.1.1. Correcting the typed word

4.1.2. Typing capital letters or accented characters

4.1.3. Parts of Speech

4.1.4. Choose between multiple word forms

4.2 Other Translator Functions

4.2.1 Spell Checker

4.2.2 Highlighting a word

4.2.3 Grammar function

4.2.4 Synonym function

5. Phrases (Theme)

6. Games

6.1. Hangman

6.2. Jumble word

6.3. Missing letter

6.4 Guess what?

6.5 Letter blaster

6.6 Pairs

6.7 Number puzzle

6.8 Secret code

6.9 Snake

7. Converter

7.1 Currency conversion

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7.1.1. Selection of currencies for conversion

7.1.2. Conversion between two

4 4

Euroland currencies

7.1.3. Conversion between one

Euroland and one non Euroland

currency

7.1.4. Conversion between two

non-Euroland currencies .

8. Calculator

9. Clock

9.1. Viewing the time and date

9.2. Setting the time and date

9.3. Setting the date format

9.4. Setting the time format

9.5. Setting the user city

9.6. Setting the GMT

9.7. World time

10. Power Supply.

11. Reset

12. Maintenance

13. Warranty

Appendix 1 - Parts of Speech

Appendix 2 - Euro fixed rates 8 8 9 9 9

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T200

149mm (W) x 210mm (H)

1. Introduction

The following diagram shows the keyboard layout. The functions of the keys are described overleaf:

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Thank you for purchasing this T200 bilingual dictionary based on the Collins-Robert French English desktop Dictionary. This product has been designed to help you to translate from French to English and vice versa. The database includes 65,000 words for each language, as well as 150 conversational phrases, which have been grouped into 10 different categories for easy access and use. Under normal use the T200 is designed to give many years of service. Please follow these instructions carefully to ensure your product operates correctly.

2. Key Guide and Display symbols

In this instruction manual, keys are represented like this:

and screen illustrations are shown like this:

EN Enter a word

Opening and closing the unit: To open the unit, press the front centre button to release the catch. To close it, gently push the lid down.

2.1 Key Guide

ENTER

ON / OFF: to turn the unit on and off.

THEM

THEM Theme: to access the theme mode (Phrases).

GRAM

GRAM Grammar: to access the grammar mode.

SYN

Synonyms: to access the synonym mode.

ENG

English: to access the English to French translator function.

French: to access the French to English translator function. Games: to enter in game mode. Menu: to access the menu. Help: to display a list of help topics. Backspace: to delete the last character typed.

ENTER

Enter: to perform a translation, to confirm a selection. It also stands for the sign ‘=’ to calculate and answer in calculator mode.

SHIFT

Shift: to type a capital letter and accented characters. To access 2nd functions. Escape: to go back to the previous screen.

ESC

CTRL

Control: in game mode, press to reveal the solution.

CLR.C/CE

Clear: to clear the display and return to the screen Enter a word ; to return to the previous menu option, and the clear the data in calculator and currency converter mode.

SPACE

Space: to type a space. User Settings: to display the menu of user settings. . Arrow up: to scrolls the display up or search for preceding words.

▲

▼

Arrow down: to scroll the display down or search for following words. To move the cursor to the left and scroll long words to the left. Note: SHIFT and

▲

moves

▲

display to the beginning of a word / phrase.

▲

To move the cursor to the right and scroll long words to the right. Note: SHIFT and ▲moves the display to end of a word / phrase

149mm (W) x 210mm (H)

Letters Q to P Types numbers in Calculator and currency modes Letter G Types a decimal point Letters ASDF Add, subtract, multiply, divide Letters HJKL Memory: M+, M-, M Clear and M Recall Letters VBN Percentage, Square root, Plus/ Minus sign

2.2 Display symbols

• There are 4 arrow symbols on the right of the display. These symbols will flash to indicate when you can use the arrow keys to scroll up, down, left and right.

• There is one arrow symbol on the left side of the display. This symbol appears in the menus and enables you to see where you are in the menu. When the arrow is in front of a topic you can press

ENTER

to select it.

3. Getting Started

3.1 Removing the battery protection tab

Before you start using the unit, carefully remove the battery tab located at the rear of the unit. The unit should switch on when you remove this tab. You can also press to switch the unit on, after the tab has been removed.

Note: In the unlikely event that your unit does not switch on, you may need to reset it using the following procedure.

1. Turn the unit over and locate the small RESET hole on the back of the product.

2. Insert a small, thin, blunt instrument, such as a paperclip, into the hole, press gently and then release.

Your unit should now have reset and the display will show the prompt Select your language.

3.5 On-Screen Help

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If you require help at any time, press HELP . The unit will display a list of the following help topics:

• Default language

• Useful Keys

• FR to ENG translator

• ENG to FR translator

• Spell check

• Grammar

• Synonyms

• Clock

• Calculator

• Currency

• Unit

• Hangman

• Jumble word

• Missing letter

• Guess what? FR > ENG

• Guess what? ENG > FR

• Letter blaster

• Pairs

• Number puzzle

• Secret code

• Snake

• DEMO

3.2 Switching the unit on

Before switching the unit on, make sure you remove the clear film label from the LCD screen by pulling the tab.

Press to switch the unit on. Press again to switch the unit off.

The LEXIBOOK screen will be displayed briefly, then the ‘language combination & direction’ screen English > French is displayed followed by the word-entry screen Enter a word .

3.3 Contrast Control

The LCD contrast can be adjusted by entering the User settings key and selecting >Screen contrast

• Press ▲ to decrease contrast or ▲to increase contrast.

• Each time ▲ is pressed the contrast scale moves to the right and the contrast gets darker. Each time ▲ is pressed, the contrast scale moves back to the left, and the contrast

gets brighter.

3.4 Display language

The Display language is the language in which the screen messages are displayed. When you first use the unit, you may need to change this:

• Press User settings Key to view the Language option. Press to confirm.

ENTER

• The current display language is shown, e.g. English .

• Press ▲or ▲ to change to French. Press to confirm. The unit will then revert to the

ENTER

MENU list.

1. Press and ▼ to ▲ scroll through the list of topics until you see the desired topic.

2. Press to confirm.

ENTER

3. Press and ▼ to ▲ scroll through the information.

4. To return to the list of help topics, press ESC.

3.6 Function modes

The T200 has several modes. To reach the desired mode:

• Press TRANSLATOR keys: FR or ENG for translation of words from French English or from English French.

• Press GRAM to view inflections and other grammatical information.

• Press SYN to view the synonyms of a given word.

• Press THEM for translation of phrases.

• Press for games.

• Press for help topics.

• Press to view the user settings menu:

- Language

- Screen Contrast

- Date Time setting

- Date Format

- Time Format

- User city

- GMT setting

- Daylight Saving Time

- Home currency

- Auto power-off

- Demo

3.7 Auto Power Off

If you forget to switch off the unit, it will switch off automatically after 3 minutes to save the battery life. Press to switch the unit back on. You can change the Auto Power Off to 1, 2 or 3 minutes in the User settings menu ( Key).

key repeatedly until the desired accented character is displayed, then release the SHIFT key.

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(e.g. SHIFT + A + A types an ‘à’).

4.1.3 Parts of Speech

3.8 Demo

• Press User settings Key to view the Demo option. Press to confirm.

ENTER

• The demo starts to scroll down the screen.

• Press ▼ or ▲ to scroll back up or scroll down faster.

• At the end of the demo text, the unit will then revert to the menu list.

4. Translator

4.1 General Search

1. Press Translator keys FR or ENG

2. The ‘language combination & direction’ screen English > French or French > English is displayed.

3. Type a word you want to translate, and press .

Note: This translator has a special feature, designed to provide you with alternative translations of words which may have different meanings in the target language. For example the word “full” in English can have the corresponding translations of “plein” or “rassasié” in French. Both these translations are correct but have subtly different uses. To fully utilise this feature always use the translations of the word you have entered (if any available).

4. Press ESC to return to the word entered.

5. If the word is not contained in the database, the display will advise you. It will show the nearest alphabetical entry in the database, and then the translation.

6. If this is not the desired word, you can press ▼and ▲ to search for the previous/ next alphabetical word in the source language. Press Enter to display its translation.

7. To look up another word, you can either start typing a new word directly or you can clear the display first by pressing CLR.C/CE.

4.1.1 Correcting the word typed

1. Press ESC to return to the word which you entered.

2. You can then edit the word using the ▼ and ▲ keys to move the cursor to the desired position where you wish to insert or delete letters, (use to delete the character to the left of the cursor).

4.1.2 Typing capital letters or accented characters

1. To type a capital letter, press and hold SHIFT and press the desired letter key once. For example, SHIFT + A types an ‘A’.

2. To type an accented character, press and hold SHIFT and press the desired letter

ENTER

▲

key to look for other

The Part of Speech is shown to the right. In this example, N = noun. Please refer to appendix 1 for the complete list of Parts of Speech.

4.1.4. Choose between multiple word forms

Some words in this dictionary might have more than one form (for example “résumer” and “résumé” in French). When you are searching for a word with several forms, the dictionary will display the various forms. Use the arrow keys to highlight the required form, and press .

ENTER

If you want to check another form of this word press ESC .

4.2 Other Translator Functions

4.2.1 Spell Checker

- To look for a word with a missing a letter, replace the missing letter by a «?». Then, press and the translator will display a list of words

ENTER

corresponding to your entry (ex : maga?ine)

- To look for a word with a missing part, you can replace it with a «*». Then, press and the translator will display a list of words corresponding to

ENTER

your entry (ex : maga* )

- Note: it is possible to put «* » and« ? » anywhere in a word.

4.2.2 Highlighting a word

-To obtain the translation of any displayed word, Press to start

ENTER

the highlight. Use the arrow key to select the word you want to highlight.

-To confirm the highlighted word, and get the translation press .

ENTER

-To turn the highlight off press ESC .

Note: the target language may change when you obtain the translation of a highlighted word.

4.2.3 Grammar function

1. Select the dictionary to use by pressing FR or ENG .

2. 2. The ‘language combination & direction’ screen English > French or French >English is displayed.

3. Type a word and press the GRAM key to get the corresponding inflexion.

4. Use the arrow keys to see the different proposals. Press to confirm your

ENTER

choice and see the conjugations or inflections. The T200 database includes 9 000 verbs.

Note: the prompts/menu are displayed in the default language

5. Press the ESC key to go back to the previous screen and enter another word.

6. Press the ESC key twice to go back to the main screen (translator mode).

4.2.4 Synonym function

1. Select the dictionary to use by pressing the FR or ENG key.

2. The ‘language combination & direction’ screen English > French or French >English is displayed.

3. Type a word, and press SYN key to view the corresponding synonyms. The T200 database includes 250 000 synonyms.

4. Use the arrow keys to see the different proposals. Press to confirm your

ENTER

choice, and display the definition of the chosen word.

5. Press the ESC key to go back to the previous screen, and enter another word.

6. Press the ESC key twice to go back to the general screen and translator mode.

5. Phrases (Theme)

The T200 includes conversational phrases grouped into the following categories:

BUSINESS RESTAURANT HOTELS IN TOWN TRAVELLING AROUND HOSPITAL/DENTIST/DOCTOR/POLICE ENTERTAINMENT BANK/POST OFFICE/TELEPHONE AIRPORT GENERAL PHRASES

Using the THEM key:

1. Press the THEM key to access the PHRASE mode.

2. The first category, BUSINESS

3. Press ▼ to view the next category. When the desired category is displayed, press to confirm. The first phrase of the category will be shown.

ENTER

4. Press ▼ to see the next phrase in the list. Press ▲ to see the previous phrase in the list.

5. When the desired phrase is displayed, press to view the translation.

6. To return to the category listing, press ESC.

To exit PHRASE mode, press the FR or ENG keys to return to translator mode.

▼ , is displayed.

ENTER

6. Games

The T200 includes 10 fun and educational word games: Hangman, Jumble word, Missing letter, Guess what? FR > ENG, Guess what? ENG > FR, Letter blaster, Pairs, Number puzzle, Secret code and Snake. All word games can be played in either English or French.

Press to select game mode. Use ▼ to highlight the game of your choice and press to confirm. At the end of a game, press ”Y” to start a new game or press “N” or ESC or to view the game menu. You may also press CLR.C/CE to return to the translator mode.

6.1 Hangman

1. Select the language in which you wish to play using ▼. Press to confirm a language.

2. The display prompts you to select a word length.

3. Press ▼ repeatedly to increase the word length (max. 13) and to decrease the word length (min. 3). Press to confirm.

ENTER

4. The display shows question marks representing the letters of the word you must guess ???????? 9

5. The number at the right indicates the number of attempts allowed to guess the word.

6. For assistance, you can press to reveal a letter. However, this will use one

ENTER

of your attempts.

7. Press a letter key to make your guess. When you type in a correct letter, it will replace the question mark in the appropriate position.

8. If you type a letter that is not in the word, the screen will tell you There is no X, and it will reduce your number of attempts by one.

9. If you type a letter that you have already tried, the screen will also tell you X already used. Your number of attempts will not be reduced.

10. If you guess all the letters, you win.

11. If your number of attempts reaches zero, you have lost the game. The correct word will then be revealed.

12. If you want to give up, and reveal the word, press CTRL.

13. Press to see the translation of the word. Press ESC to go back to the

ENTER

game.

6.2 Jumble Word

1. Select the language in which you wish to play using ▼ . Press to confirm a language.

2. The display prompts you to select a word length.

3. Press ▼ repeatedly to increase the word length (max. 13) and ▼ to decrease the word length (min. 3). Press to confirm.

ENTER

4. The display shows the jumbled letters of the word you must find bedlumj 9

5. The number at the right indicates the number of attempts allowed to guess the word.

6. Type the word that you think the jumbled letters come from. Press to see if you are correct.

7. If you are wrong, your number of attempts is reduced by one. Try again.

ENTER

8. You can re-jumble by pressing (for words of 4 letters and up only).

SPACE

9. If you guess the word before losing all your attempts, you have won. If your number of attempts reaches reaches zero, you have lost the game. The correct word will be revealed.

10. If you want to give up the game and reveal the word, press CTRL.

11. At the end of the game when the correct answer is displayed, you may also press to see the translation of the word. Press ESC to go back to the game.

ENTER

6.3. Missing letter

1. Select the language in which you wish to play using

▼. Press to confirm a

ENTER

language.

2. The display prompts you to select a word length.

3. Press ▼ repeatedly to increase the word length (max. 13) and ▲ to decrease the word length (min. 3). Press to confirm.

ENTER

4. The display shows a word with a missing letter. Lan?uage 3

5. The number at the right indicates the number of attempts allowed to guess the missing letter.

6. Type the letter that you think is missing.

7. If you are wrong, your number of attempts is reduced by one. Try again.

8. If you guess the word before losing all your attempts, you have won. If your number of attempts reaches reaches zero, you have lost the game. The correct word will be revealed.

9. If you want to give-up the game and reveal the word, press CTRL.

10. At the end of the game when the correct answer is displayed, you may also press to view the translation of the word.

ENTER

6.4 Guess what? FR > ENG and Guess what? ENG > FR

1. This game is a translation quiz. You can either translate words from French to English (Guess what? FR > ENG) or from English to French (Guess what? ENG > FR)

2. The display prompts you to select a word length.

3. Press ▼ repeatedly to increase the word length (max. 13) and word length (min. 3). Press to confirm.

ENTER

▲ to decrease the

4. The display shows a word in the source language for which you need to find the translation ????????.

5. The number at the right indicates the number of attempts allowed to find the correct answer.

6. Type your answer and press to confirm.

ENTER

7. If you are wrong, your number of attempts is reduced by one. Try again.

8. If you guess the word before losing all your attempts, you have won. If your number of attempts reaches reaches zero, you have lost the game. The correct word will be revealed.

9. If you want to give up and reveal the word, press CTRL.

10. At the end of the game when the correct answer is displayed, you may also press to view the translation of the word.

ENTER

6.5 Letter blaster

1. Select the language in which you wish to play using ▼. Press to confirm a language.

2. The display prompts you to select a word length.

3. Press word length (min. 3). Press to confirm.

▼ repeatedly to increase the word length (max. 13) and ▲ to decrease the

ENTER

4. The display shows a word which contains an extra letter. Langouage 3

5. The number at the right indicates the number of attempts allowed to guess the extra letter. 6 Select the extra letter the letter using the ▼ and ▼ keys. Press to confirm.

ENTER

7. If you are wrong, your number of attempts is reduced by one. Try again.

8. If you guess the word before losing all your attempts, you have won. If your number of attempts reaches reaches zero, you have lost the game. The correct word will be revealed.

9. If you want to give up and reveal the word, press CTRL.

10. At the end of the game when the correct answer is displayed, you may also press to view the translation of the word.

ENTER

6.6 Pairs

1. Select a difficulty level: Easy: grid 4x3 = 12 cards Medium: grid 8x3 = 24 cards Difficult: grid 10x4 = 40 cards

2. Letter and number cards are displayed for a few seconds. The cards are then flipped over and you need to match all the pairs! Use the arrow keys and to display the cards two by two. To get a high score you need to uncover as

ENTER

many matching pairs as you can while turning over as few non-matching pairs as possible

3. If you uncover all the cards, you have won.

4. To give up and flip all the cards over, press CTRL.

6.7 Number puzzle

1. Select a difficulty level: Easy : grid 3x3 = 9 Medium: grid 4x3 = 12 Difficult : grid 5x3 = 15

2. The aim of the game is to rearrange the jumbled numbers to form a grid showing the numbers in order.

3. Use the arrows to move the number on the grid.

4. You win as soon as all the numbers are in the right order.

6.8 Secret code

1. Find the 4-digit code by trying out various combinations. To make a try, enter a 4-digit number and press to confirm.

ENTER

2. When you confirm, the cursor moves to the next line and up to 4 dots appear on the previous line on the right of the last code entered (the position of the dots does not correspond to the position of the last digits entered).

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