Seiko ER3500 User Manual

ER3500 OPERATION MANUAL

ALWAYS press the “RESET” button on the front of the unit after battery replacement or if the unit fails to operate properly.

Thank you for purchasing the ER3500. Please read this operation manual carefully before using the product.

The ultimate electronic crossword solver, including a unique and powerful knowledge search facility plus other useful features and 10 great word games.

The Oxford Crossword Dictionary 2nd Edition © Oxford University Press 1998, 2001 with additional material © Oxford University Press 2001. The Little Oxford Thesaurus 2nd Edition © Oxford University Press 2002.

“SEIKO” is a trademark of Seiko Corporation. “SII” is a trademark of Seiko Instruments Inc.

CONTENTS

Functions and Features .................. 2

The Keys and their Functions ......... 8

Preparation for using the Unit ....... 10

1. Installing Batteries.................. 10

Resetting: ............................... 11

Changing Batteries: ............... 12

2. Contrast Adjustment............... 13

3. Demo Function ....................... 14

Spellchecker.................................. 16

Thesaurus ..................................... 21

Solvers .......................................... 25

Anagram Solver ......................... 26

Crossword Solver....................... 28

Abbreviation Solver .................... 30

Knowledge Viewer...................... 32

Knowledge Finder ...................... 36

Phrase Finder............................. 42

Letter Changer ........................... 44

Games .......................................... 46

Hangman.................................... 48

User Hangman ........................... 51

Jumble........................................ 52

User Jumble ............................... 54

Beat the Clock............................ 55

Memory ...................................... 57

Hidden........................................ 59

Crossword Quiz.......................... 62

Tops and Tails............................. 64

Letter Skills................................. 66

Calculator ...................................... 68

Converters .................................... 70

SET Mode ..................................... 72

Help function ................................. 77

Proper Use / Specification ............ 78

ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ..

Functions and Features

1 Solver

Crossword Solver

This product contains over 250,000 words from The Oxford Crossword Dictionary 2nd Edition to help you solve hard to finish crosswords and other word games. Simply fill in the letters you know and put question marks (?) or asterisk (*) for the ones you don’t, to complete those hard-to-finish puzzles.

Knowledge Solver

The Knowledge Solver contains 13 categories with 256 encyclopedic lists from The Oxford Crossword Dictionary 2nd Edition. You can view the knowledge database by scrolling through the categories and lists, or you can search the knowledge database using keywords and wildcards.

Anagram Solver

The unit contains over 250,000 words from The Oxford Crossword Dictionary 2nd Edition. Simply type a word or a jumble of letters and the solver will build a list of as many anagram words as possible.

Change a Letter Solver

This solver will allow you to view possible alternative words, by changing one letter at a time. Simply type a word and the solver will build a list of as many words as possible, changing one letter at a time from your entry word.

Phrase Solver

The unit will help you to find phrases containing your keywords from the extensive 250,000 entries from The Oxford Crossword Dictionary 2nd Edition. Simply type a word and the solver will build a list of as many phrases as possible.

Abbreviation Dictionary

You can decode over 10,000 common abbreviations from The Oxford Crossword Dictionary 2nd Edition. Simply type an abbreviation and the solver will display as many meanings as possible.

2 Thesaurus -- Finding Synonyms

You can find synonyms for the word you enter. When the word you enter has more than one meaning, the unit will group the synonyms according to part of speech and meaning. The unit can provide over

2.5 Million including alternative and opposite words. Thesaurus entry words, their synonyms-, and how the synonyms are grouped, all come from The Little Oxford Thesaurus.

3 Games

10 great vocabulary-building word games to challenge your command of the English language.

Hangman, User Hangman, Jumble, User Jumble, Beat the Clock, Memory, Hidden, Crossword Quiz, Tops and Tails, Letter Skills User skill levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced Display the score of the games (Score, and number of times)

4 Spellchecker

Instant phonetic spelling correction for over 118,000 words ensures you will always have the answer at your fingertips. You can search a word with wildcards ( “?” and “*” ) if you are uncertain of the spelling.

5 Calculator

A full function calculator with memory and % is included. 12 digits, 1 Memory

6 Converters

The conversion function enables you to convert metric/imperial units of length, area, volume, weight, capacity, power, and temperature. 190 metric/imperial conversions are built into the calculator.

7 DEMO Function

A demonstration display explains the contents of the unit. The demonstration message starts automatically after you press the ON key.

8HELP Function

An explanation of how to operate the various functions is simply explained on the screen at each operational stage in each mode. Press the help key at any point to display a context sensitive help message.

The Keys and their Functions

• Unit will automatically 3 minutes.

TURN OFF

when not used for approximately

1 Turns the power ON and OFF. 2 Selects Solver mode. 3 Selects Spellchecker/Thesaurus

mode.

4 (*) Used instead of one or more

letters if you don’t know how to spell a word.

5 For scrolling back through the lists

in memory.

6 For scrolling down through the

lists in memory.

7 Clears all the input characters.

Returns the display to the initial state.

8 Selects Calculator and Unit

Converters.

9 Letter, numeral and symbol input

keys.

10 (?) Substitutes for a single letter

when you are uncertain of a spelling.

11 For scrolling back through the lists

in memory. / For selecting the menu in the Converter mode.

12 Enters a single blank space when

pressed once. / For shifting the display to the right.

13 For scrolling down through the

lists in memory. / For selecting the menu in the Converter mode.

14 For deleting the last input

character. / For shifting the display to the left.

15 Executes the functions. 16 Activates Help function. 17 Selects Game mode. 18 RESET button 19 For setting Demo Message, LCD

Contrast, Games Level, Game Scores and Word List.

Preparation for using the Unit

1. Installing Batteries

The unit is powered by two (2) “AAA” size batteries. Before using the unit, please install the batteries as follows.

1. Turn the unit over.

2. Remove the screw and the battery cover.

3. Insert two (2) new “AAA” batteries according to the polarity (+,–) mark inside the battery compartment.

4. Replace the battery cover and the screw.

Press the “RESET” button on the

front of the unit. ( See page 11. )

The contrast adjustment display will appear. ( See page 13. )

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Resetting:

If the unit does not operate properly after the battery has been replaced, or if at any time the unit fails to operate properly, gently press the “RESET” button on the front of the unit.

Changing Batteries:

The batteries need to be changed as soon as display becomes dim.

Press the “RESET” button on the front of the unit after battery replacement. ( See page 11. )

*Make sure that the power is switched off before replacing batteries. * Do not use a previously used battery together with a new battery.

CAUTION

• The batteries may pose a choking hazard to small children.

• Keep the batteries and product away from small children.

• Do not expose the batteries to open flame or intense heat.

*Never use batteries other than those specified. * Rechargeable batteries * Remove the batteries from the unit if you do not intend to use it for

a long duration.

MUST NOT

be used.

2. Contrast Adjustment

1. After resetting, the contrast adjustment display will appear.

2. You can use either or to adjust the contrast of the display Level 1 to Level 11. (Initial setting = 6)

3 Press to finish.

The display will enter the Spellchecker mode.

* If you want to adjust the contrast of the display again, press .

Select “

LCD Contrast

” by using or and then press .

SET

( See page 73. )

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3. Demo Function

When you turn on the power, a demonstration display will begin to explain the contents of the unit.

* You can stop the demonstration by

pressing any of the keys.

The unit will show the initial display of the mode used before the power was last turned off.

Welcome to the OXFORD Crossword Solver The ultimate

reference for

...

* The next time you turn on the power, the demonstration display will

not appear if you set as follows:

1 Press .

SET

“

Demo Message

” will appear.

Demo Message

▲ ▼

2 Press . 3 Select “

Disable Demo

” by using

or .

* If you want to see the demonstration

display again, select “

Enable Demo

4 Press to finish.

( See page 72. )

Enable Demo Disable Demo

▲ ▼

”.

Demo Message

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Spellchecker

If the spelling of a word you enter is correct:

1 Press once or twice to activate

the Spellchecker.

•You can switch between the Spellchecker mode and the Thesaurus mode by pressing .

2 Type a word to be checked.

Example: psychology

3 Press .

After the display “Correctly Spelt”, the entered word will be displayed in boldface.

Spellchecker

psychology_

Correctly Spelt psychology

▼

4 Phonetically similar words may also

be displayed by pressing or .

psychologies

▲ ▼

•To scroll alphabetically up or down through the unit’s word list, starting from the displayed word, press or .

•To clear the display and spell check another word, simply enter your new word.

Entering and Correcting Letters

* Up to 25 letters can be entered. * Use to enter a space. * Corrections can be made by using . *The entire display can be cleared by pressing .

If the spelling of a word you enter is incorrect:

1 Type a word to be checked.

Example: sycology

2 Press .

When the spelling of a word entered is incorrect, a list of correctly spelled words that are phonetically similar to the entered spelling is prepared.

After the display “Correction List ”, the first proposed word will be displayed.

3 Press to see other proposed

words.

sycology_

Checking . . . Correction List psychology

cytology

▼

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Using the Wildcard function

If you are unsure of part of the spelling of a word, enter the word using “?” or “ * ” for the letter(s) of which you are unsure.

Use to enter “ ? ”.

This is used in place of a single character. Use to enter “*”. (Up to two “*” can be used.)

This is used in place of one or more characters.

1 Type a word.

Example: p*n??t

2 Press .

After the display “Checking ...”, the

first corresponding word will be displayed.

p*n??t_

Checking . . . pennant

▼

3 You may continue to scroll through

the corresponding word list by using and .

penult

...

•To clear the display and spell check another word, simply enter your new word.

* If the corresponding word list has a great number of words, the unit

will check the word list again. In this case you can not return to the first corresponding word.

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Thesaurus

You can investigate the synonyms (and antonyms) for a word you enter . When a word you enter has more than one meaning, the unit will group

the synonyms according to part of speech and meaning. 1 Press once or twice to activate

the Thesaurus.

2 Enter letters.

Example: rate

3 Press .

The entered word will be displayed as a headword in boldface.

•You may scroll through the headword list by using or .

Thesaurus rate_

rate

▲ ▼

4 Press or .

First group of synonyms will be displayed.

5 Press to see the meaning of the

group and synonyms. Press to return.

6 If there are two or more groups of

synonyms, press to see each successive group.

Press to return.

rate noun: 1/2

PERCENTAGE

ratio

...

rate noun: 2/2

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Words not in headword

If the entered word is not contained in the headword of the thesaurus but contained in the synonyms or antonyms data, the unit will find and display the group(s) of the synonyms or antonyms.

workaday_

Matches In

Synonyms!

Example: workaday

businesslike ad

common adjectiv

...

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