Ectaco Partner EER430T Operation & User’s Manual

Partner® EER430T User’s Manual CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................2 General View.............................................................................................................2 Power Supply............................................................................................................3 Initialization................................................................................................................4 Keyboard.................................................................................................................. ...

of the combined efforts of Ectaco’s linguists, engineers, and programmers, and represents the last generation of the highest-performance integrated educational tools available. The Partner® EER430T features: ™ Main vocabulary (English-Estonian, English-Russian, Russian-Estonian bidirectional dictionaries) of approx. 550,000 words, including medical, technical, legal, and business terms, as well as slang, idioms, and general expressions ™ Electronic English Grammar book ™ A selection of the most popular American idioms � ...

When the batteries become weak, a warning message will be displayed. In order to prevent excessively discharging the batteries and undergoing a resulting loss of data in RAM, the Say function and communication channels will be disabled if battery power is low. To restore full functionality of the device and to avoid risk of losing user data, replace the complete set of batteries as soon as possible. Do not mix old and new batteries. ...

y Ensure the power is off. Press ON/OFF to turn the device off. 9 Never try to remove batteries from the device when the power is on. This can seriously damage the device. If you experience difficulty turning the device off, press the RESET button on the right-hand side of the keyboard (over the O button) and reset the system. y Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from the device. y Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones. 9 When replacing the batteries, you have 2 minutes to place new ones in the device without risk of losing any data stored in RAM. D ...

Russian standard layouts. To enter additional signs in Estonian or Russian (marked with blue at upper left of buttons), press ALT+ the desired button.1 To enter such signs in caps, press SHIFT+ALT+ the desired button. EER430T has standard and phonetic modes of entering Russian letters: Russian standard mode allows you to enter Russian letters corresponding to the keyboard marks. Russian phonetic mode allows you to enter Russian letters by their phonetic consonance with English letters, e.g. you can press the F button to enter the Russian let ...

, Î Move cursor / highlight / switch main menu Ð, Ï Highlight / scroll lines / switch main menu/ change values. Use Ï to switch between the Insert and Overwrite modes. u, t Scroll pages ENTER Execute SPACE Enter space ESC Close active window / cancel / return to the previous page ALT Enter symbols from the two-letter keys3 SHIFT Type in uppercase BS Delete character to the left of the cursor Ù Switch language or translation direction SHIFT+Ï Open additional symbols4 SHIFT+Ð Open record to edit SHIFT+BS Delete record SAY Pronounce the main word or phrase SHIFT+SAY Pronounce a transla ...

organize access to the dictionary's sections. y To display the MAIN MENU, turn the device on, or close a current section. y Move between icons using Ð,Ï or , Î. y To open a section, whose icon is highlighted, press ENTER. The icons shown in the Main Menu represent the following sections: Dictionary Calculator User’s Dictionary Metric Conversion Grammar Currency Conversion Phrasebook Hangman Word Game Irregular Verbs World Time Popular Idioms Local Time Phones PC-Link Schedule Setup DICTIONARY The Dictionary section includes Englis ...

mode OFF (see Page 18). Use: • Ð,Ï to scroll through the translations • t, u to switch between adjacent entries y Press ESC or any letter button to return to the input line and translate another word in the same dictionary. You can change the translation direction by pressing Ù. y Press SHIFT+DICT hotkey to switch between English, Estonian, and Russian dictionaries. Parts of Speech and Gender Labels Translations of a headword are listed in the alphabetical order by part of speech. A – adjective ID – idiom PHR – phrase ABBR – abbrevi ...

You can make up to four reverse translations in succession (without closing windows). The message Last translation is displayed if the limit is reached. Use: • ESC to close the Reverse translation windows5 • SHIFT+DICT; or any letter button to return to the input line Spell-checker Vector Ultima When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, the multilingual spell-checker Vector Ultima will help you. y Type the word as you hear it. For example, “foll” for “fall”. y Press SHIFT+SPELLER on the keyboard (SHIFT and either of the t, u buttons). A l ...

– English, Russian or Estonian. Record The record consists of a word or expression, its translation, and its part of speech. It also has information about the index number of the current record and the total number of records. Creating a Record y When in a record list, press ENTER to open a new record template. 9 If the dictionary is empty, a new record template will be opened automatically. y Type in a word or expression. Press ENTER. y Type in a translation(s). Use Ù to set the target language. y Press ENTER again. y Choose an a ...

languages. y Enter the Grammar section. The Grammar contains three-level hierarchical menus. You can reach a menu’s third level by consecutively selecting topics from the menu. PHRASEBOOK The phrasebook contains over 1,100 English phrases and their translations, divided into 12 conversational topics: Everyday conversation Shopping Transport Traveling Sightseeing Health Hotel Communication Beauty care In the restaurant At the bank Calling for police Most of the topics contain a number of several subtopics. y Enter the Phrasebook section. y ...

included in the Popular Idioms section. y Enter the Popular Idioms section. y Type the first letter of the desired idiom and scroll through the list to find it. • Use Ù to switch between Russian and Estonian translations. PHONES In this section you can store names, telephone and fax numbers, as well as postal and e-mail addresses in English, Estonian, and Russian. y Enter the Phones section. You will see a list of existing telephone records sorted by name. Creating a Record y To open a new record template, press ENTER wh ...

by using u or t. SCHEDULE You may effectively manage your time by using the Schedule section. y Enter the Schedule section. The list of existing records will be opened. Records are sorted by date and time. Creating a Record y To open a new record template, press ENTER when you are in the record list. If there are no records stored, a new record template will be opened automatically when you enter the record list. The first page of a record includes information on Date, Time and the audible Reminder. The second page - Content - includes ...

9 If a Reminder and a Daily alarm have the same date and time, only the Reminder will be displayed since it has higher priority. y Press any key to interrupt a Schedule alarm or a Reminder beep. The corresponding Schedule record will be displayed in the view mode at this time. You can change the record and set the Reminder for a later time. Closing the Schedule reminder window will bring you back to the section (for example, Dictionary) as you were before the alarm went off. CALCULATOR y Enter the Calculator section. When entering numbers and operation ...

equal 1). 9 The default exchange rate for all currencies is 1. y Press ENTER to save changes. Conversion y Enter the Calculation subsection. y Select a currency name and enter an amount. After you have typed a new amount in one of the lines, the conversion will be performed. HANGMAN WORD GAME The EER430T features the learning game Hangman, which can improve your spelling skills and enhance your personal vocabulary. y Enter the Hangman section. Select a language for the game. Press ENTER. y Choose the target language by pressing Ù. Once the ...

(default: New York, USA), the date, day of the week, and the current time for that city. • To see information for another city, scroll through the alphabetic list by using Ð,Ï. • To see information for another city of the same country, scroll through the alphabetic list by pressing u, t. • Also, you can quickly find a desired city by pressing the first letter of its name and scrolling through the list by using Ð,Ï. y When you find a desired city, press ENTER to save changes. The next time you enter this section the city you have chosen ...

select an appropriate data transfer mode. 9 Make sure to select an appropriate COM port. 9 Make sure you have no other PC-Link program running simultaneously with EER430T PC-Link. y Select the Send data transfer mode. Press ENTER. y Choose the section(s) you wish to send. Use SPACE to check or uncheck a section. y Press ENTER to start the transfer. 9 Start the data transfer first on the receiving device, then on the sending device. y To receive data, select the Receive data transfer mode. Press ENTER and the transfer will begin. 9 The time sp ...

dictionaries. For example, you may forbid your children access to slang. To set Slang lock OFF, enter the showslan password and press ENTER. Advanced search You can speed up your Dictionary work by choosing to turn the Advanced search mode OFF. By default, Advanced search is turned ON. Russian keyboard mode In this subsection you can choose one of the available Russian keyboard modes: standard or phonetic. 9 Russian standard mode allows you to enter Russian letters in accordance with the keyboard marks. Russian phonetic mode allows yo ...

y When you find the desired city, press ENTER to save the changes. Date format The default Day-Month-Year date format can be changed to Month-Day-Year. Time format The default 24-hour (Military) time format can be changed to the American 12- hour format. Schedule alarm In this subsection you can turn the Schedule alarm ON or OFF. If turned on, which is the default setting, the Schedule alarm will go off at the date and time of the Schedule record, producing an audible beep. Daily alarm y Enter the Daily alarm subsection. 9 The default val ...

y Retype the password for confirmation. Press ENTER. 9 Always remember your password. If you forget it, you will have to reset the system, which will cause irrevocable loss of user data. Changing the password y Enter the Set password subsection. Input the current password. Press ENTER. y Specify a new password. Press ENTER. y Retype the password for confirmation. Press ENTER to save the password. Clearing the password y Enter the Set password subsection. Input current password. Press ENTER. y Don’t input any characters into next two fields, just press ...