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English-Romanian Electronic Talking Dictionary                           User's
Manual

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CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. 2

 

Document Conventions ........................................................... 3

 

Key Panel................................................................................ 4

 

Display .................................................................................... 6

 

Power Supply .......................................................................... 8

 

SETUP MAIN MENU........................................................................ 9

 

Display's Language ............................................................... 10

 

Real Time Clock.................................................................... 11

 

Daily Alarm............................................................................ 12

 

Display's Format.................................................................... 13

 

Memory Check ...................................................................... 14

 

Data Deletion ........................................................................ 14

 

Set Contrast .......................................................................... 15

 

Speech Frequency ................................................................ 15

 

Speech Speed....................................................................... 16

 

Security ................................................................................. 16

 

Key Tone On/Off ................................................................... 19

 

Set Sleep Time...................................................................... 20

 

DICTIONARY ................................................................................. 20

 

General Dictionary Function.................................................. 20

 

Advanced Word Recognition................................................. 23

 

Instant Reverse Translation .................................................. 23

 

Spell-Checker Vector Ultima

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Pronunciation of Words and Sentences ................................ 25

 

USER’S DICTIONARY................................................................... 26

 

GRAMMAR .................................................................................... 28

 

TOEFL ........................................................................................... 29

 

DIALOGS ....................................................................................... 32

 

IRREGULAR VERBS ..................................................................... 33

 

IDIOMS .......................................................................................... 34

 

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ........................................................... 35

 

SCHEDULE.................................................................................... 37

 

CALCULATOR ............................................................................... 39

 

METRIC CONVERSION ................................................................ 40

 

CURRENCY EXCHANGE.............................................................. 41

 

WORD GAME ................................................................................ 43

 

WORLD TIME ................................................................................ 44

 

LOCAL TIME.................................................................................. 45

 

PC COMMUNICATION .................................................................. 46

 

ADDITIONAL FEATURES ............................................................. 47

 

 

Summary of Contents for Language Teacher ERm600T

Page 1: ...ncy 15 Speech Speed 16 Security 16 Key Tone On Off 19 Set Sleep Time 20 DICTIONARY 20 General Dictionary Function 20 Advanced Word Recognition 23 Instant Reverse Translation 23 Spell Checker Vector Ul...

Page 2: ...uage Learning System Language Teacher ERm600T features Main vocabulary of over 475 000 words including medical technical legal and business terms as well as slang and general expressions English Gramm...

Page 3: ...Teacher ERm600T to their fullest read this user s manual carefully and keep it on hand for future reference Note The Language Teacher ERm600T has no problems in working with dates later than the year...

Page 4: ...es indicated in the screen s upper right hand corner whenever editing is available by symbols E R or N respectively Input modes can be switched consecutively in the above sequence by pressing the key...

Page 5: ...menu Talking PREV NEXT Paging Cursor movement or highlighting Cursor movement or line scrolling ENTER Execute ESC Cancel Go to previous level SHIFT SYMB Display set of additional symbols SHIFT DEL Del...

Page 6: ...ce promptly Password protection on Unit locked Alarm on Highlight bar can be moved horizontally Vertical scrolling or paging enabled more text available Highlight bar is an inverse video display of an...

Page 7: ...PREV Move highlight bar within the current set with the keys To open a section whose icon is highlighted press ENTER The icons of the Icons Menu represent following sections of the Language Teacher E...

Page 8: ...Note After purchasing the Language Teacher ERm600T you might have to remove an insulation stripe from the battery compartment It is used to prevent the discharge of batteries during storage and trans...

Page 9: ...ttempt preserving user s data and a customized system configuration However if RAM has been corrupted or if you turn the dictionary on for the first time you will have to press Y to re initialize the...

Page 10: ...All prompts and messages appear in English by default To change the display language to Romanian start the customization from the option Display s Language Display s Language Use this option to select...

Page 11: ...sing a number key on the key panel In the 12 hour format specify A for AM P for PM Press ENTER to display the Set Local Time screen S e t L o c a l T i m e E n t e r f i r s t l e t t e r for country...

Page 12: ...listed under this letter Press ENTER to advance to the next screen S p e a k i n g c l o c k On Note You may use your Language Teacher as a talking clock default setting When you open the Local Time s...

Page 13: ...ow key Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the Setup main menu If the Daily Alarm is on a bell sign will light up on the right side of the display At the specified time you will hear the ala...

Page 14: ...p main menu D a t a D e l e t i o n T e l e p h o n e Schedule M a r k e d r e c o r d s v To delete all records in an organizer section select the Telephone Schedule or a User Dictionary option and c...

Page 15: ...e the keys to adjust the contrast level Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the Setup main menu Speech Frequency Select the option Speech Frequency on the Setup main menu S p e e c h F r e q...

Page 16: ...your records in the Telephone Directory and Schedule sections as well as enable and disable the password protection Note Always remember your password If you forget the password records marked as pro...

Page 17: ...s w o r d L O C K s u c c e s s f u l l y s e t Press ENTER to return to the Setup main menu Lock the Unit Select the option Security on the Setup main menu If a password is set but not activated the...

Page 18: ...order to turn the protection off U n l o c k t h e u n i t _ Press ENTER to disable the password protection and return to the Setup main menu A confirmation message will be shown and the key symbol w...

Page 19: ...ll be shown Note If you make a mistake typing your password the message Wrong Password will appear The password will not be cleared Key Tone On Off When the Key Tone is on default you hear a short bee...

Page 20: ...p time in the range from 3 default to 12 minutes in 3 minute increments Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the Setup main menu DICTIONARY The Digital Language Learning System Language Teach...

Page 21: ...dictionary title On the Dictionary input screen under the current dictionary s title you see a cursor where the first letter you enter will appear Using the key panel type in a word you want to have...

Page 22: ...more translations To scroll back up press 7 To go to the next or previous entry use NEXT or PREV Note Translations are listed in the alphabetical order of their respective grammatical labels which ap...

Page 23: ...n s bottom line If you saw the desired word before you finished typing press ENTER to display its translations Start typing for example the word daughter in the English Romanian dictionary When you re...

Page 24: ...the highlighted word A P U C A R E N CATCH GRIP GRAB GRASP GRIPE To return to the original entry press ESC Spell Checker Vector Ultima The spelling checker Vector Ultima is one of the most advanced pr...

Page 25: ...If the Spell checker is unable to make a suggestion the message No suggestion Press NEXT to find the nearest word is displayed Press NEXT for the closest match or ESC to return to the input screen Pro...

Page 26: ...peech shaping your own pronunciation style Note The Language Teacher ERm600T is equipped with a volume control located on the left hand edge of the unit s case USER S DICTIONARY The Language Teacher E...

Page 27: ...ess ENTER to open the next page Explanation If needed select an input mode with the key and enter your definition of the headword for example E x p l a n a t i o n E C U R V I L I N E A R 7 You may wa...

Page 28: ...record from the main Dictionary enter your record s headword in full on the input screen of a corresponding main Dictionary and press ENTER GRAMMAR The Language Teacher ERm600T offers an extensive gr...

Page 29: ...h topic TOEFL Your Language Teacher ERm600T contains a practical preparation guide for the Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL which is required of non native English speakers as part of the a...

Page 30: ...ead the Tutorial accessing its sections by pressing the indicated letter keys After you become acquainted with TOEFL basics set forth in the Tutorial you might feel prepared to practice in answering q...

Page 31: ...st separately The same questions from four available sample tests are rearranged depending on which section of the test they refer to The sections are further subdivided into two or three parts compri...

Page 32: ...isplayed T o t a l 1 0 0 S h o w n 5 7 A n s w e r e d 2 2 T O E F L s c o r e 9 0 The first line discloses total number of questions in a test or a section of Sample Exercises The second and third li...

Page 33: ...be displayed 1 C o n v e r s a t i o n L o c u i u n i d e b a z Choose a topic then an episode 7 Use to browse topic or episode titles ENTER to open a displayed title Use NEXT PREV to move between e...

Page 34: ...rompt Press the key to listen to the pronunciation of an irregular verb s forms in English IDIOMS Over 200 popular American idioms and their translations or equivalents in Romanian are listed in the a...

Page 35: ...ing a Record Select on the Icons Menu to open the first Telephone directory record in the viewing mode Press ENTER to open a new record template N A M E E M R S M I T H S _ Fill out the first page Nam...

Page 36: ...e a record without saving use ESC repeatedly Managing Records Select on the Icons Menu to open the first Telephone Directory record in the viewing mode Use NEXT or PREV to view other existing records...

Page 37: ...e Icons Menu to open the first Schedule record in the viewing mode Press ENTER to open a new record template The current date appears on the screen D a t e MM DD YY 01 01 2000 Note The date and time d...

Page 38: ...want to use additional symbols available by pressing SHIFT for more To mark or unmark a record as password protected press SHIFT A label MARK will light up or go out respectively at right To save a re...

Page 39: ...e Select on the Icons Menu to open the Calculator C a l c u l a t o r M 0 0 The numeric layout including symbols of arithmetic and memory operations is enabled automatically no need to press SHIFT The...

Page 40: ...ter inch foot yard mile Area sq centimeter sq meter sq inch sq foot sq yard Capacity liter pint gallon Weight gram kilogram ton ounce pound Temperature o Celsius centigrade o Fahrenheit Kelvin Power k...

Page 41: ...nstantly convert amounts in several pre installed currencies and 1 user defined currency With Language Teacher ERm600T rates for the currencies of the following nations may be set up and amounts calcu...

Page 42: ...o the selected base To set up a user currency scroll down to the bottom line press to highlight the in the label field and type in a currency abbreviation F R F 1 0 0 0 I T L 1 0 0 0 E U R O 1 0 0 0 1...

Page 43: ...ersonal vocabulary Select on the Icons Menu to open the Word Game menu G a m e D i r e c t i o n 1 E n g l i s h R o m a n i a n 2 R o m a n i a n E n g l i s h By pressing the corresponding number ke...

Page 44: ...e word translation is displayed Press ENTER to start a new game WORLD TIME You may view the time around the world using your Language Teacher ERm600T s World Time section Over 200 cities around the wo...

Page 45: ...to add one hour to or subtract from the time you see on the screen LOCAL TIME You can use this feature of the Language Teacher ERm600T to see the exact time of day the day of the week and the current...

Page 46: ...Link for Windows 95 98 NT you will find it on the CD coming with the package must be installed on your PC prior to using this function Upon installation consult the application s Help section for deta...

Page 47: ...lways back up your important records Manufacturer assumes no responsibility for lost or corrupted data ADDITIONAL FEATURES Volume Control The volume control switch is located on the left hand edge of...

Page 48: ...Language Teacher model ERm600T 48 Note To order a compatible AC DC adapter or a PC Link cable contact your dealer or an Ectaco service center listed at the end of this book...

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