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Partner

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EB400T User's 

Manual 

INTRODUCTION 

Congratulations on purchasing the Partner

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 EB400T! This product is the result of 

the combined efforts of Ectaco’s linguists, engineers, and programmers, and 
represents the last generation of the highest-performance integrated linguistic 
systems available. 
The Partner

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 EB400T features: 

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Main dictionary (English

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Bulgarian bidirectional dictionary) of approx. 

450,000 words, including medical, technical, legal, business terms, as well as 
slang, idioms, and general expressions 

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Phonetic transcription 

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Electronic English Grammar book 

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Selection of the most popular American idioms 

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English irregular verbs 

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12-topic English/Bulgarian phrasebook 

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Advanced English speech synthesis 

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Recording function for new words 

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Instant reverse translation 

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Award-winning Vector Ultima

 bilingual spell-checking system 

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128K English/Bulgarian personal organizer for scheduling and telephone 
numbers, equipped with search function 

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Calculator 

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Metric and currency converters 

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Local and World time 

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Daily & Schedule alarms 

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High-speed data exchange with PC 

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Bilingual interface 

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Data protection system 

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Slang lock 

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External power jack for AC operation 

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As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer to ensure the best 
quality and performance of the Partner

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 products, some characteristics of the 

device you have purchased may slightly differ from their description in this 
manual. 

Summary of Contents for Partner EB400T

Page 1: ...PHRASEBOOK 12 IRREGULAR VERBS 12 POPULAR IDIOMS 13 PHONES 13 SCHEDULE 14 CALCULATOR 15 METRIC CONVERSION 15 CURRENCY CONVERSION 16 HANGMAN WORD GAME 16 WORLD TIME 17 LOCAL TIME 17 PC COMMUNICATION 17...

Page 2: ...Partner EB400T User s Manual 2 Set password 21 Security mode 22 Set contrast 22 Speech options 22 Set sleep time 22...

Page 3: ...r American idioms English irregular verbs 12 topic English Bulgarian phrasebook Advanced English speech synthesis Recording function for new words Instant reverse translation Award winning Vector Ulti...

Page 4: ...400T are shown below Power Supply The EB400T is powered by two AAA LR03 batteries When the batteries become weak a warning message will be displayed In order to prevent an excessive discharge of the b...

Page 5: ...he device without risk of losing any data stored in RAM Do not exceed the 2 minute limit Neither the manufacturer nor the dealer may be held responsible for loss of user data y Make sure to place the...

Page 6: ...e and release The available set of national characters is dependent on which language input mode is selected Language modes can be toggled by pressing the key ENG or BG is displayed in the upper right...

Page 7: ...ndicators Current record opened in the edit mode SHIFT key pressed Insert mode selected Batteries low Device locked Daily Alarm on Vertical scrolling or paging enabled more text available Horizontal s...

Page 8: ...sh Bulgarian dictionary is illustrated by means of the International Phonetic Alphabet IPA y Press SHIFT DICT to enter the Dictionary section 9 Following system initialization the English Bulgarian di...

Page 9: ...er noun PRON pronoun AUX auxiliary NUM numeral SUFF suffix CONJ conjunction PART particle V verb Certain words and expressions in the dictionary are marked with abbreviations to indicate the use of su...

Page 10: ...try Use to listen to the pronunciation of the headword SHIFT to listen to the pronunciation of all displayed translations y You also can listen to any selected words or phrases listed in the entry Sim...

Page 11: ...late 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 y Press ENTER again y Choose an appropriate ab...

Page 12: ...y consecutively selecting topics from the menu PHRASEBOOK The phrasebook contains over 1 100 phrases in the English and Bulgarian languages The phrases are divided into 12 conversational topics Everyd...

Page 13: ...ames telephone and fax numbers as well as postal and e mail addresses in English and Bulgarian y Press SHIFT PHONES to enter the Phones section The first of existing records will be shown Creating a R...

Page 14: ...hedule section The first of existing records will be shown Records are sorted by date and time 9 The check in the upper right corner indicates the past events Creating a Record y To open a new record...

Page 15: ...isplayed since it has higher priority The corresponding Schedule record will be displayed in the view mode at this time y Press any key to interrupt a Schedule alarm or a Reminder beep You can change...

Page 16: ...the Calculation subsection y Select a currency name and enter an amount While you are typing a new amount the conversion is being performed HANGMAN WORD GAME The EB400T features the learning game Hang...

Page 17: ...through the list by using y When you find the desired city press ENTER to save changes The next time you enter this section the city you have chosen will be displayed first LOCAL TIME y Press SHIFT T...

Page 18: ...e System Tray In the PC Link program 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 EB...

Page 19: ...English and Bulgarian Advanced search If the Advanced search mode is turned ON the headword closest in spelling to the portion you have entered so far will be displayed under the input line You can s...

Page 20: ...changed to Day Month Year or Month Day Year Time format The default 24 hour time format can be changed to the American 12 hour format Schedule alarm In this subsection you can turn the Schedule alarm...

Page 21: ...edule User s dictionaries PC communication Data deletion Security mode Set password To gain access to any of these sections in the locked mode a valid password must be provided y Enter the Set passwor...

Page 22: ...recommended to close a password protected section before you turn the device off Set contrast The default contrast setting can be changed in the Set contrast subsection y Change the contrast level by...

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