Sharp PW-E350 User Manual

MODEL

The New Oxford American Dictionary Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English

PW-E350

ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY

OPERATION MANUAL

Page

• Getting Started ............................................................................2

• Using the

• Using the Super jump function ................................................ 20

• Using the History function ....................................................... 22

• Using the Calculator function .................................................. 23

• Using the Converter function ................................................... 24

• Appendices .............................................................................. 26

• Introductions to the Dictionaries .............................................. 29

• Product Support ....................................................................... 44

New Oxford American Dictionary ............................

Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English ....

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the SHARP Electronic Dictionary, model PW-E350.

The PW-E350 contains data based on the following dictionaries (see page 4):

• The New Oxford American Dictionary

• Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English

After reading this manual, store it in a convenient location for future reference.

NOTICE

• SHARP will not be liable nor responsible for any incidental or consequential economic or property damage caused by misuse and/or malfunction of this product and its peripherals, unless such liability is acknowledged by law.

• The specification of this product and its accessories, as well as information provided in this manual, is subject to change without prior notice.

CAUTION

• Do not carry the PW-E350 in the back pocket of slacks or trousers.

• Do not apply excessive physical pressure on the LCD panel because the glass material may break.

• Do not drop the PW-E350 or apply excessive force to it. Bending the unit unduly can damage it.

• Do not subject the PW-E350 to extreme temperatures. Do not expose the unit to an extremely humid or dusty environment.

• Do not apply extreme force when pressing the keys.

• Sharp or hard objects can scratch and damage the unit. Make sure it is adequately protected when carried with other objects.

• Since the unit is not waterproof, do not use it or store it where fluids can splash onto it. Raindrops, water spray, juice, coffee, steam, perspiration, etc. will also cause malfunction.

• Clean only with a soft, dry cloth. Do not use solvents.

• Use only a SHARP approved service facility.

NOTES

• Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries.

• All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

FOR YOUR RECORDS...

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Model Number

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Date of Purchase

Place of Purchase

CONTENTS

Getting Started

Using the PW-E350 for the first time ............................................................ 2

Layout ........................................................................................................... 5

Basic Operation ............................................................................................7

Set-up Menu ............................................................................................... 11

Inputting Characters ...................................................................................12

Using the

New Oxford American Dictionary

Looking up a word (Filter search) ..............................................................14

Phrase search .............................................................................................15

Crossword solver ........................................................................................ 15

Anagram solver ........................................................................................... 16

Spellcheck function.....................................................................................16

Further information .....................................................................................17

Using the Converter function

Currency converter .....................................................................................24

Metric converter .......................................................................................... 25

Appendices

Replacing the battery .................................................................................26

Reset procedure if trouble occurs ..............................................................27

Specifications .............................................................................................27

Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................28

Introductions to the Dictionaries

The New Oxford American Dictionary ........................................................ 29

Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English ........................................ 41

Using the

Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English

Looking up a word (Filter search) ..............................................................18

Phrase search .............................................................................................19

Further information .....................................................................................19

Using the Super jump function

How to use the Super jump function ..........................................................20

Using the History function

How to use the History function ................................................................. 22

Using the Calculator function

Prior to initiating calculations .....................................................................23

Calculation examples ................................................................................. 23

Product Support

........................................................................................ 44

Getting Started

Using the PW-E350 for the first time

Be sure to perform the following operations before using the PW-E350 for the first time.

1. Set the battery replacement switch on the bottom of the unit to the ‘REPLACE BATTERY’ position.

2. Remove the battery cover.

3. Insert the battery. Make sure the battery polarity is correct.

4. Replace the battery cover.

5. Set the battery replacement switch to the ‘NORMAL OPERATION’ position.

6. Open the unit and press turn the power on.

The LCD contrast screen will appear.

• Should a different screen appear, follow the reset procedure on page

27.

• If the power cannot be turned on:

• Make sure the battery replacement switch is placed at the ‘NORMAL

OPERATION’ position, then press

• If the power still cannot be switched on, try following steps 1 through 6 in the

above procedure again.

7. Adjust the LCD contrast by using , and press

]

The key sound on/off screen will appear.

8. Select

on/off.

The main menu screen will appear.

• The LCD contrast and the key sound settings can be adjusted later in the Set-up menu.

or N to turn the key sound

[

again.

Turning the power on/off

The power can be switched on by pressing the keys listed below. To turn off the power, press

Key

m d

t s a k

Restores the display as it was before the unit was switched off (Resume function).

The main menu screen appears.

The input screen of each dictionary and/or function appears (Directon function)

Display status upon start-up

Auto power off function

To save the battery, the PW-E350 will automatically turn its power off if no key operations are detected for a set period of time. The initial activation interval setting is 5 minutes, but it can be adjusted by following the directions on page 12.

To attach a commercially available strap

A carrying strap can be attached, as shown in the picture below (strap not included).

Caution:

• Do not swing the unit by the strap, or use excessive force to pull the strap. Doing so will cause a malfunction or hardware damage to the unit.

Back of the unit

Key notation used in this manual

• All keys are framed (A, for instance); exceptions are found in the Calculator section, where the numeral entries are shown with real numbers.

•Keys are often assigned with more than one function. The appropriate key/ function will be shown according to the input status.

will be shown as either ‘Q’, ‘1’ or ‘1’ depending on the input status.

will be shown as either ‘G’ or ‘+’ depending on the input status.

• The functions indicated with green typeface are second functions. Press and release

, then press an appropriate key.

^ l ^ w

directs to press and release ^, then press l (f).

directs to press and release ^, then press

w (<

Data contained in the PW-E350

The dictionary data contained in this unit are based on the following dictionaries:

•New Oxford American Dictionary © Oxford University Press 2001

• The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English © Oxford University Press 1999

retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press.

* The data includes some words that are, or are asserted to be, proprietary names

or trademarks. Their inclusion does not imply that they have acquired for legal purposes a nonproprietary or general significance, nor is any other judgment implied concerning their legal status. In cases where the editor has some evidence that a word is used as a proprietary name or trademark, this is indicated by the designation ‘trademark’, but no judgment concerning the legal status of such words is made or implied thereby.

• The data content of each Dictionary is mostly retained faithful to the original. However, some sections of the dictionary contents have had to be altered due to the limitations of the LCD display and for other reasons; these modifications have been implemented under the provisions of the publisher(s). In some rare cases, misspellings and/or mistypings may be found; these are ‘errors’ that have been retained unmodified from the source Dictionaries.

Note:

•For information on the contents of the dictionaries, see Introductions on pages 29–42.

• This product does not contain most of the appendix data (including the preface, etc.) found in the book version.

• The product does not contain illustrations and photographs found in the book version.

Layout

Display symbols

(Refer to the next page for details)

Menu key

Power on/off key

2nd function key

Utility keys for Dictionaries

Escape key

Display

Dictionary/function selection key

Font size shift key

Clear key

Back space key

Page scroll key

Cursor keys

Enter key

Key assignments Display symbols

: Opens the input screen for the

English

: Opens the input screen for the spell checker

: Opens the calculator function screen

: Opens the converter function screen

: Opens the history list of each Dictionary

:Brings up a ‘digest’ view of descriptions

: Initiates a definition search of a term in a detailed view of each Dictionary

: Selects a Note icon in the detailed view

: 2nd function key

Activates the second function (printed in green on the above or left side of keys) assigned to the next key pressed.

New Oxford American Dictionary

Oxford American Thesaurus of Current

This symbol will be displayed when the battery level is low. Promptly replace the old battery with a new one.

Indicates that the key sound (beep) is set to ON.

Indicates that

These arrows suggest that more contents can be browsed by scrolling up/ down the window.

{ } < >

Note:

• In this manual, symbols are not shown in the display examples.

• Certain symbols may appear on the display only when the LCD contrast is set to dark. Please ignore these symbols as they are not used by this product.

has been pressed.

: Press to scroll up/down per text row. : Press to scroll up/down per visible window.

Operation guidance message

A brief guidance message may appear at the bottom of the screen to help you utilise functions more effectively.

Basic Operation

Inputting words for a dictionary search

In this section, the basic search operation is described. For details, refer to the manual chapter for each dictionary.

Find definitions of ‘convenience’ in the

1. Press

to display the input

screen for the

Dictionary

entries starting with ‘conven’ is listed.

2. Enter ‘i’ to narrow down the list further. If the desired word is found, then you do not need to type any more letters.

New Oxford American

, then input ‘conven’. The

New Oxford American Dictionary

Selecting a dictionary / function in the main menu

Press

The main menu appears.

• Select an item by its index number

key.

through

{ }

keys, followed by

using the number keys (

). The initial screen of the selected

item appears.

• The desired item can also be selected by using the pressing the

3. While the ‘

• Press

Dictionary

Note:

• Refer to the section ‘Inputting Characters’ on page 12.

•To learn different searching methods from those above, refer to the manual chapter for each dictionary.

’ indication is visible on the left of ‘convenience’, press

to return to the previous view.

^ l

to list the headwords in the

New Oxford American

List view: selecting an item; scrolling

Press d to display the initial screen

New Oxford American Dictionary

of the

then press

New Oxford American Dictionary

. The list view of the

appears.

Filter search view: selecting an item; scrolling

Press d, then type A, and B.

‘ab’ is entered, and words starting from ‘ab’ listed.

Selecting an item or a word

Use the corresponding number key to the index number on the left of each item, or

{

use the the

or } key to place the cursor on the desired item, followed by pressing

key.

Scrolling the view

‘ ’ and/or ‘ ’ may appear on the left side of the screen, indicating that more information can be browsed by scrolling up/down the view.

}

1) Press once.

2) Press

• Press and hold these keys to continuously scroll the lines/pages.

once to scroll down one text row. To scroll back one text row, press

to scroll down a page. Press < to scroll the page up.

{

Selecting each entry

Use

} {

to place the cursor (indicated as ‘ ’ on the left of the listed items) at

the desired entry, then press

. The detailed view of the entry appears.

Scrolling the view

Refer to the section ‘Scrolling the view’ in the previous section, ‘List view: selecting an item; scrolling’.

Detailed view: scrolling

Press d, then type A, and The detailed view with definitions appears.

Browsing contents above/below the screen

‘ ’ and/or ‘ ’ may appear on the left side of the screen, indicating that more information can be browsed by scrolling up/down the view. Use or > <.

Scrolling up/down to the previous/next entry header

Press ^ header, press

to show the next entry header. To show the previous entry

^ w

Other useful keys

: Returns to the previous view

: Shows the input screen of each Dictionary or the initial display of a

function

^ l

: Shows the list view starting from the previously displayed header

} {

Shifting the displayed character size (z)

Press the

12 dot-based (vertical pixel resolution) or 9 dot-based characters can be selected. For instance, press Press

key to shift the character size to be displayed.

to display the 12 dot characters to 9 dot characters.

again to toggle back the displayed characters to 12 dot-base.

12 dot-based (default)

• The character size setting will be retained until the next time

• The

key is functional in the following views:

• The list view, detailed view, filter search view or Quick view of each Dictionary

• The Super jump window

• The contents of the Note

• The character size setting is saved for each dictionary in both the list view (including filter search view and Quick view) and the detail view.

9 dot-based

is pressed.

Recalling the terms previously searched (h)

The history of up to 30 items in each dictionary is automatically stored, and can be recalled easily by selecting the word in the history list. (For more information, see page 22.)

Listing a summary of detailed view items (q)

The Quick view function suppresses some examples and additional information, and lists the main sections and senses from each detailed view entry. Use this function to browse quickly through the summary of an entry.

1. In the detailed view shown on page 9,

press

The Quick view screen appears.

2. While the relevant sense or section is on the screen, select the desired item by the index number. The detailed view of the selected sense/section appears.

• Press

in the Quick view to display the detailed view.

Searching a word on the screen (v)

A word in the detailed view can be selected for searching. (For more information, see page 20.)

Browsing Notes (r)

A Note icon ( ) may appear in the detailed view. This indicates that a note can be selected to view extra information (additional information, usage note, etc.) of the entry.

Press icon will be selected, and use the necessary, then press

To exit, press then the second deselects the icon.

Browse the Note contents of ‘earth’ in the

1. Open the detailed view of ‘earth’.

• The symbol ‘

2. Use the down the view so that a Note icon will be visible.

3. Press selected (reversed).

4. Press Note is displayed.

to select the icon. If more than one icon is visible, then the topmost

} { ] [

to view the contents.

twice. The first push of the f key closes the contents view,

keys to select the desired icon if

New Oxford American Dictionary

’ in front of ‘earth’

means that the word has a Note.

key or } key to scroll

. The Note icon will be

. The contents of the

Note:

Using the

• The New Oxford American Dictionary

• Usage notes

• Additional (boxed) information

• Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English

• Additional information

key will display the following:

Set-up Menu

Press

to display the main menu,

then press

Select a desired item to change the setting.

Note:

•To delete the history list, see page 22.

Setting the key sound on/off

The key sound (a short audible beep when a key is pressed) can be set to on or off.

1. Press

A splash message appears to indicate the change of setting, then the main menu will be displayed.

. The set-up menu appears.

m, 3

, then 1, to toggle the key sound on or off.

Setting the Auto power off activation time

This product automatically turns its power off to save the battery. The auto power off time is set to five minutes by default.

m, 3

1. Press

The Auto power off setting screen appears.

2. Use the

{, }, [

duration, then press

The time will be set, then the main menu will be displayed.

, then 2.

and ] keys to place the check mark on the desired

Adjusting the LCD contrast

Select this menu item to adjust the LCD contrast.

1. Press

m, 3

2. To adjust the LCD contrast, use the

press

, then 3.

[

(Lighter) key or ] (Darker) key, then

to return to the main menu.

Starting Auto Demo mode

Activate the Auto demo for a guided tour through the key features of the product.

1. Press

• Press menu.

m, 3

, then 5, to start the Auto demo mode.

to end the Auto demo mode and return to the main

Inputting Characters

Methods of inputting characters are described in this section.

Character entry

A simple example of inputting characters is shown below.

Enter a word ‘clear’ for search.

1. Press

2. Type ‘clear’.

On the keyboard, press

Note:

•To enter accented characters, enter their unaccented equivalent. For characters such as ‘ü’ and ‘à’, enter ‘u’ and ‘a’.

• While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, slashes, and periods.

to open the input screen of the

C, L, E

, then R.

Word Entry for search

fast food fastfood

weak-kneed weakkneed

let's lets

either/or eitheror

a.m. am

New Oxford American Dictionary

• Convert uppercase letters to lowercase.

Word Entry for search

AC ac UK uk

• Spell out the numbers when applicable.

Word Entry for search 4WD fourwd

A5 afive

• Enter ‘and’ instead of ‘&’.

•To enter ‘£’, place ‘l’ instead.

Modifying entry

Deleting unnecessary characters

Modify an entry ‘external’ to input ‘enter’.

1. Press

of the

2. Type ‘external’.

3. While the cursor is at the end of the string, press

4. Next, press

cursor under the letter ‘t’.

5. Press

on the left of cursor. ‘x’ will be deleted.

Adding characters

6. In the above example, press

insert a letter ‘n’ on the left of the cursor. The search will be narrowed with the word ‘enter’.

to open the input screen

New Oxford American Dictionary

[

three times to move the

(

once to delete a character

(

three times to delete ‘nal’.

Note:

• Press entered.

to delete all characters

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