Sharp PW-E500A User Manual

Oxford Dictionary of English Oxford Thesaurus of English Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Oxford Crossword Dictionary Oxford Puzzle Solver

MODEL

PW-E500A

ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY

OPERATION MANUAL

Page

• Getting Started ........................................................ 3

• Using the

• Using the Solver functions .................................... 23

• Using the Super jump function ............................. 26

• Using the History function .................................... 28

• Using the Calculator function ............................... 29

• Using the Converter function ................................ 30

• Appendices ........................................................... 32

• Introductions to the Dictionaries ........................... 35

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

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

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

15 18 20

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the SHARP Electronic Dictionary, model PW-E500A.

The PW-E500A contains data based on the following dictionaries (see page 5):

• Oxford Dictionary of English

• Oxford Thesaurus of English

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

• Oxford Crossword Dictionary

• Oxford Puzzle Solver

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-E500A 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-E500A or apply excessive force to it. Bending the unit unduly can damage it.

• Do not subject the PW-E500A 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-E500A for the first time ......................................................... 3

Layout ........................................................................................................... 6

Basic operation .............................................................................................8

Set-up menu ............................................................................................... 12

Inputting characters ....................................................................................13

Using the

Oxford Dictionary of English

Looking up a word (Filter search) .............................................................. 15

Phrase search.............................................................................................16

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

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

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

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

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

Using the Solver functions

Crossword solver ........................................................................................ 23

Puzzle solver .............................................................................................. 24

Anagram solver ...........................................................................................25

Using the Super jump function

How to use the Super jump function ..........................................................26

Using the History function

How to use the History function ................................................................. 28

Using the Calculator function

Prior to initiating calculations ..................................................................... 29

Calculation examples ................................................................................. 29

Using the Converter function

Currency converter .....................................................................................30

Metric converter .......................................................................................... 31

Appendices

Replacing the battery ................................................................................. 32

Reset procedure if trouble occurs ..............................................................33

Specifications ............................................................................................. 33

Troubleshooting .......................................................................................... 34

Product support .......................................................................................... 34

Introductions to the Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionary of English .......................................................................35

Oxford Thesaurus of English ......................................................................48

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations ................................................................. 53

Getting Started

Using the PW-E500A for the first time

Be sure to perform the following operations before using the PW-E500A 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

33.

• 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 y

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

The main menu screen appears. The input screen or menu screen of each dictionary appears (Direct-

on function)

Display status upon start-up

Auto power off function

To save the battery, the PW-E500A 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 13.

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

Backlight

This product has a built-in backlight, which allows you to view the display and use

the product even in low-light conditions. Pressing the display until you have not pressed any keys for approx. 1 minute or press again.

Note:

• Use the backlight in low-light conditions. It will drain power from the operating batteries and significantly reduce battery life.

• The backlight may remain on for less than 1 minute when

(Backlight) once illuminates

is displayed.

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-E500A

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

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

• Oxford Thesaurus of English 2e © Oxford University Press 2004

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations 6e © Oxford University Press 2004

• Oxford Crossword Dictionary © Oxford University Press 2005

• Oxford Puzzle Solver © Oxford University Press 2005

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 information on the contents of the dictionaries, see Introductions on pages 35–57.

• Some prefatory material and some appendix data included in the printed book of the dictionaries are not featured in this product.

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 keys

Font size shift key

Backlight key

Backspace/Clear key

Page scroll keys

Cursor keys

Enter key

Key assignments Display symbols

: Opens the input screen for the

: Opens the input screen for the spell checker

: Opens the Solver functions menu

: Opens the history list of each Dictionary

:Brings up a ‘digest’ view of descriptions

: Launches a search for entries in the

Oxford Thesaurus of English

: Selects a Note icon in the detail view

: 2nd function key

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

: Illuminates the display to view in low-light conditions.

Oxford Dictionary of English

Oxford Thesaurus of English

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Oxford Dictionary of English

matching a term selected in any detail view

or the

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

English

starting with ‘conven’ are 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.

Oxford Dictionary of

, then input ‘conven’. 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

using the number keys (

). The initial screen of the selected

item appears.

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

through

{ } [ ]

key.

keys,

3. While the ‘

• Press

Note:

• Refer to the section ‘Inputting characters’ on page 13.

•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

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

: Returns to the previous view

^ b

^ l

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

function

: 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, 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 28.)

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 10,

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 26.)

Browsing Notes (r)

A Note icon ( 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 the view so that a Note icon will be visible.

3. Press selected (reversed).

4. Press Note is displayed.

) may appear in the detail view. This indicates that a note can

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,

• The symbol ‘ means that the word has a Note.

’ in front of ‘earth’

key or } key to scroll down

. 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

• Oxford Thesaurus of English

• ‘Choose the Right Word’ and Confusables sections

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

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

•Word Lists (extra items relevant to specific headwords) of the

of English

key will display the following:

are indicated by the jump icon ( ). Use the Super jump function.

Oxford Thesaurus

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 28.

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, 8

, 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, 8

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, 8

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, 8

, 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 (except in Crossword solver), 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

^ b

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. You can also search specifically for phrases by entering one or more keywords in Phrase search.

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 view.

^ l

Oxford

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

. The detail view of the

} {

> <

. You

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

^ b

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

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 13 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 23) 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 browsed. For details, refer to page 11–12.

Note:

icons appear in the detail view, a note can be selected and

•A headword with a Note is marked with an asterisk (

•

In many cases, the 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.

icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but

Phrase search

To search for idioms or phrasal verbs, enter up to three words in the input field. The phrases containing ALL the entered words will be found.

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 open the

}

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

} {

to return to the previous view.

^ l

to go back to the input screen to start a new search.

Oxford Dictionary of English

}

, followed by

keys to move the

to list the index of phrases containing the words.

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

4. In the list, select a desired word using the number keys (press 1, in this example). The detail view with descriptions of the word is displayed.

• If a word selected is not in its original form, and cannot be found as a headword, then the detail view of the word's original form will be displayed. It may be necessary to scroll down within the detail view to find the desired word form.

• Press

Note:

• Up to 100 words may be displayed in the list.

to go back to the previous view.

^ l

to list the headwords in the

Oxford Dictionary of English

If the list of words does not appear as expected:

• Searching words with particular spellings may take more time to complete than others.

• If no word is given, a message ‘Not Found!’ will momentarily be displayed, followed by the input screen of the spellcheck function. In this case you may wish to start the search again with a new spelling for the word.

Further information

For further information on using this dictionary, refer to the Introduction on pages 35–48.

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