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Partner

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EPg400T User’s 

Manual

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Congratulations on purchasing the Partner

®

 EPg400T! 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 educational 
tools available. 
The Partner

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 EPg400T features: 

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Main vocabulary (English-Portuguese bidirectional dictionary) of approx. 
450,000 words, including medical, technical, legal, and business terms, as 
well as slang, idioms, and general expressions 

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Electronic English Grammar book 

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A selection of the most popular American idioms 

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English irregular verbs 

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12-topic book of common English phrases 

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Advanced English speech reproduction 

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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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128Kb English/Portuguese personal organizer for scheduling and telephone 
numbers, equipped with search function 

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Local and World time 

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High-speed data exchange with a PC 

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Bilingual interface 

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Data protection system 

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Slang lock function 

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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. 

 
General View 

The general view and external features of the EPg400T are shown below. 

Summary of Contents for Partner EPg400T

Page 1: ...Partner EPg400T English Portuguese Talking Electronic Dictionary Organizer Partner EPg400T Dicion rio Eletr nico Falante Ingl s Portugu s com Agenda Eletr nica User s Manual Manual do usu rio...

Page 2: ...a as a result of malfunction repairs or battery replacement Be sure to back up all important data on other media to protect against its loss The contents of this manual are subject to change without n...

Page 3: ...IOMS 13 PHONES 13 SCHEDULE 14 CALCULATOR 15 METRIC CONVERSION 15 CURRENCY CONVERSION 15 HANGMAN WORD GAME 16 WORLD TIME 16 LOCAL TIME 17 PC LINK 17 SETUP 18 Interface language 19 Slang lock 19 Advance...

Page 4: ...irregular verbs 12 topic book of common English phrases Advanced English speech reproduction Recording function for new words Instant reverse translation Award winning Vector Ultima bilingual spell c...

Page 5: ...n 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...

Page 6: ...er sits in place properly 9 The EPg400T is equipped with a jack for external power supply 9 Use of an inappropriate external power supply may cause failure of the device and may void the warranty The...

Page 7: ...Re initialize system SPELLER SHIFT uor t Launch spell checker Other shortcut keys open sections corresponding to the marks over the buttons press SHIFT shortcut key Control and edit keys Move cursor...

Page 8: ...Vertical scrolling or paging enabled more text available Horizontal scrolling enabled Main Menu The EPg400T MAIN MENU consists of 16 functional icons which visually organize access to the dictionary...

Page 9: ...will be displayed under the input line When the desired word is displayed press ENTER to see its translation s 9 You can speed up your Dictionary work by turning the Advanced Search mode OFF see Page...

Page 10: ...y 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...

Page 11: ...te your own vocabulary y Enter the User s Dictionary section and choose one of the user s dictionaries Record The record consists of a word or expression its translation and its part of speech It also...

Page 12: ...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 res...

Page 13: ...well as postal and e mail addresses in English and Portuguese 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 templ...

Page 14: ...st 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 Reminde...

Page 15: ...ple Dictionary as you were before the alarm went off CALCULATOR y Enter the Calculator section When entering numbers and operations from the keyboard there is no need to press the SHIFT key while in C...

Page 16: ...h can improve your spelling skills and enhance your personal vocabulary y Enter the Hangman section y Choose the target language by pressing Once the language is chosen a new game will begin y Try to...

Page 17: ...e Local Time screen shows the names of the selected city and country default New York USA the date day of the week and the current time for that city You may specify these settings in the Setup sectio...

Page 18: ...check 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 ENT...

Page 19: ...d search mode OFF By default Advanced search is turned ON Key tone This feature is designed to produce a short beep every time you press a key on the device s keyboard The key tone is enabled by the s...

Page 20: ...gnal at the set time y Press any key to interrupt the Daily alarm beep otherwise the beep will continue for 30 seconds Memory check Instantly check the free memory status with this Setup option y Ente...

Page 21: ...elds just press ENTER twice Security mode With the help of the Security mode subsection you can protect your personal records and lock up the PC communication function y Enter the Security mode subsec...

Page 22: ...and Speed bars and to adjust the level of each option Set sleep time The automatic power off has a preset delay of 3 minutes This feature saves battery life by shutting down the device after a specif...

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