Sharp PW-E500 User Manual

MODEL

Oxford Dictionary of English New Oxford Thesaurus of English Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

PW-E500

ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY

OPERATION MANUAL

Page

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

• Using the

• Using the Super Jump function ............................ 23

• Using the History function .................................... 25

• Using the Calculator function ............................... 26

• Using the Converter function ................................ 27

• Appendices ........................................................... 29

• Introductions to the Dictionaries ........................... 32

Oxford Dictionary of English ................

New Oxford Thesaurus of English .......

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations ..........

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the SHARP Electronic Dictionary, model PW-E500.

The PW-E500 contains data based on the following dictionaries (see page 4):

• Oxford Dictionary of English

•New Oxford Thesaurus of English

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

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-E500 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-E500 or apply excessive force to it. Bending the unit unduly can damage it.

• Do not subject the PW-E500 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.

CONTENTS

Getting Started

Using the PW-E500 for the first time ............................................................ 2

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

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

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

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

Using the

Oxford Dictionary of English

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Oxford Thesaurus of English

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

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

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

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Searching by an author name (Filter search) ............................................ 20

Keyword search .......................................................................................... 21

Theme search .............................................................................................22

Random quote ............................................................................................22

Further information .....................................................................................22

Using the History function

How to use the History function ................................................................. 25

Using the Calculator function

Prior to initiating calculations ..................................................................... 26

Calculation examples ................................................................................. 26

Using the Converter function

Currency converter .....................................................................................27

Metric converter ..........................................................................................28

Appendices

Replacing the battery ................................................................................. 29

Reset procedure if trouble occurs ..............................................................30

Specifications ............................................................................................. 30

Troubleshooting .......................................................................................... 31

Product support .......................................................................................... 31

Introductions to the Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionary of English ....................................................................... 32

New Oxford Thesaurus of English ..............................................................45

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations ................................................................. 50

Using the Super Jump function

How to use the Super Jump function .........................................................23

Getting Started

Using the PW-E500 for the first time

Be sure to perform the following operations before using the PW-E500 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 one 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

30.

• 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 u s a

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

The main menu screen appears. The main display of each dictionary and/or function appears (Direct-

on function)

Display status upon start-up

Auto power off function

To save the battery, the PW-E500 will automatically turn its power off if no key operations are detected for a set period of time. The activation interval initial setting is 5 minutes, but it can be adjusted by following the directions on page 12.

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-E500

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

• Oxford Dictionary of English 2e © Oxford University Press 2003

•New Oxford Thesaurus of English © Oxford University Press 2000

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 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 full information on the contents of the dictionaries, see Introductions on pages 32–54.

• This product does not contain the Appendix data found in the book version of the Oxford Dictionary of English 2e.

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

: Opens the input screen for the spell checker

: Opens the calculator 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 detail view of each Dictionary

: Selects a Note icon in the detail view

: 2nd function key

Activates the second function (printed in green) assigned to the next key pressed.

Oxford Dictionary of English

New Oxford Thesaurus of English

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

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 ‘sharpen’ in the

1. Press

to display the input

screen for the

English

starting with ‘sharp’ is listed.

2. Enter ‘en’ to complete the spelling. The list is narrowed down further.

Oxford Dictionary of

, then input ‘sharp’. The entries

Oxford Dictionary of English

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

Note:

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

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

to go back to the previous view.

^ l

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

List view: selecting an item; scrolling

Press d to display the initial screen

Oxford Dictionary of English

of the

press

Dictionary of English

. The list view of the

appears.

, then

Oxford

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 detail 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’.

Detail view: scrolling

Press d, then type A, and The detail 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

: Restores 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, detail view or filter search view of each Dictionary

• The Super Jump window

• The contents of the Note

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 25.)

Listing a summary of detail view items (q)

The Quick View function suppresses some examples and additional information, and lists out the main sections and senses (or quotations) from each detail view entry. Use this function to browse quickly through the summary of an entry.

1. In the detail 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 detail view of the selected sense/section appears.

• Press

in the Quick View to display the detail view.

Searching a word on the screen (v)

A word or jump icon ( ) in the detail view can be selected for searching. (For more information, see page 23.)

Browsing Notes (r)

A Note icon ( ) may appear in the detail 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 detail view of ‘earth’.

2. Use the 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,

key or } key to scroll down the view so that a Note icon will be

. The Note icon will be

. The contents of the

keys to select the desired icon if

Oxford Dictionary of English

Note:

Using the

• Oxford Dictionary of English

• Usage notes

• Additional (boxed) information

•New Oxford Thesaurus of English

•Tables (lists of items relevant to particular headwords)

•Awkward synonyms and confusable terms

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

• The full set of quotations for the given author (see page 21.)

key will display the following:

Set-up Menu

Press

to display the main menu,

then press

Select a desired item to change the setting.

•To delete the history list, see page 25.

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, 5

, 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 turn-off time is set to five minutes by default.

m, 5

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, 5

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, 5

, 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:

• 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

Oxford Dictionary of English

• 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. Likewise, place ‘a’ for ‘@’ instead.

• When searching for a word with accented characters (such as ‘ü’, ‘á’, etc.), enter their unaccented equivalents via the keypad (such as ‘u’, ‘a’, etc.).

Modifying entry

Deleting unnecessary characters

1. Press

to open the input screen 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

[

three times to move the

(

once to delete a character 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’.

Oxford Dictionary of English

(

three times to delete ‘nal’.

Note:

• Press

to delete all characters entered.

Using the

Oxford Dictionary of

English

In this Dictionary, definitions of a word can be found by entering its spelling. Features such as Phrase search, Crossword solver, and Anagram solver are also available.

Looking up a word (Filter search)

A definition of a word can be looked up by inputting its spelling.

Find the definition of ‘advance’.

1. Press

Dictionary of English

The input screen appears.

2. Input the spelling of ‘advance’. As you type, candidates for matching narrow. If the desired word is found, then

there is no need to type any more letters.

3. While ‘ word appears.

•To browse contents on the next/previous page, press may also find the Quick View function useful.

• If a word selected is a close derivative of a headword, it may not have its own definitions. In these cases, it is helpful to scroll up within the detail view to find the definitions of the headword itself.

•To search for a word in the detail view, use the Super Jump function.

• Press

to open the

’ appears on the left of ‘advance’, press

to return to the previous screen.

Oxford

. The detail view of the

} {

> <

. You

• Press

^ l

•To search a different word, simply input a new spelling for the word, or press

or d to go to the dictionary's input screen.

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

If there is no match found

As you input the spelling of the desired word, the dictionary will narrow down the matching candidates. If the match is narrowed down to none (i.e. no word starting with the spelling is found in the Dictionary), the message ‘similar words’ appears.

In this case, press dictionary entries alphabetically after the entered spelling.

to list the

Note about entering characters

While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 12 for details.

Note:

• The wildcard character ‘?’ must not be entered in the input field of the Dictionary. The wildcard character ‘?’ can be used in the Crossword solver (see page 15) and Random quote function (see page 22).

• Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field of the Dictionary. When searching words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to select the words from the list manually.

Browsing Notes

When the icons appear in the detail view, a note can be selected and browsed. For details, refer to page 10–11.

Note:

In many cases, the icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but

• contains important information about usage of the headword as a whole. If unsure about usage, scroll down to the bottom of the entry to access any relevant notes.

Phrase search

To search for idioms or phrasal verbs, enter no more than three words in the input field. The phrases containing ALL the entered words can be searched for.

Search for a phrase containing ‘take’ and ‘care’.

1. Press Press The input screen of the Phrase search appears.

2. Input ‘take’, press ‘care’.

To input more than one word, input each word in the separate input field. Use the cursor. Each input field can accommodate up to 24 characters.

3. Press A list of phrases containing the words appears. If no matching phrase is found, then a message ‘Not Found!’ will momentarily be

displayed.

4. Select the desired index of the phrase using the number key(s). The definition of the selected phrase is displayed.

• Press

•To search for a new phrase, simply begin inputting new words, or press to go back to the input screen to start a new search.

to open the

}

once to place the cursor at the ‘Phrase search’, then press

} {

to return to the previous view.

^ l

Oxford Dictionary of English

}

, followed by

keys to move the

to list the index of phrases containing the words.

Crossword solver

Use a wildcard character ‘?’ to search for words with ambiguous spellings. Place the appropriate number of ‘?’ characters in the places of characters yet to be determined.

Find a matching word for a query ‘ma???n’.

1. Press Press the

The Crossword solver's input screen appears.

2. Type ‘ma???n’ into the input field. Press the

3. Press A list of the wildcard matches appear.

Up to 100 words may be displayed in the list.

4. In the list, select a desired word using the number keys. The detail view with definitions of the selected word appears.

• Press

•To initiate another search, simply type in the new spelling or press return to the input screen of the Crossword solver.

to open the

}

key twice to place the cursor at the ‘Crossword solver’, then press

to start the search.

to return to the previous view.

^ l

Oxford Dictionary of English

key three times to enter ‘???’.

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

Anagram solver

A word or series of letters can be entered to find any matching anagrams found in

Oxford Dictionary of English

the

Find anagrams for ‘dear’.

1. Press Press the

2. Place ‘dear’ in the input field, then press Up to 100 words may be displayed in the list.

3. In the list of matches, use the number keys to select a word. The detail view with definitions of the selected word appears.

• Press

•To initiate another search, simply type in the new spelling or press return to the input screen of the Anagram solver.

to open the

}

three times to place the cursor at the ‘Anagram solver’, then press

. The input screen of the Anagram solver appears.

to initiate the search.

to return to the previous view.

^ l

Oxford Dictionary of English

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

Spellcheck function

The spellcheck function can be helpful when the exact spelling of a query word is not known.

You are not sure whether ‘liason’ or ‘liaison’ is correct.

1. Press of the spellcheck function.

2. Enter ‘liason’.

3. Press function.

Words with similar spellings will be listed.

• While ‘Searching... Press [ENTER] to break’ is visible, press stop the search. Note that if the search is interrupted, the list of possible results may not include all the closest matches.

• If the word is typed with the correct spelling, it will appear at the top of the displayed list.

• If two or more words with an identical spelling are found in the list, then the relevant headword will also be displayed, after an arrow symbol.

to open the input screen

to initiate the spellcheck

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