Seiko ER8100, Operation Manual

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Page 2: ...f the laws of the member states relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004 108 EC SEIKO UK Limited SC House Vanwall Road Maidenhead Berks SL6 4UW U K Thank you for purchasing the ER8100 Please read this operation manual carefully before using the product This unit contains the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and Oxford dictionaries Concise Oxford English Dictionary Concise Oxford The...

Page 3: ...used in this manual are shown in the Medium format Since this unit contains the most recent publishers updates there will be some minor differences between the data displayed here and that in the print books The unit does not contain book edition photographs diagrams and tables boxed items and some appendices ...

Page 4: ...rch 55 Abbreviations 56 Abbreviation Search 57 Knowledge Lists 58 Knowledge Find 60 Phrase Idiom Find 62 Games 64 Selecting a game 64 Hangman 64 User Hangman 66 Jumble 67 User Jumble 68 Crossword Quiz 69 General Knowledge 70 Definitions 71 Word Building 72 User Word Building 73 Word Challenge 74 Britannica Quizmaster 75 Britannica Quick Facts 76 EASY LEARN 78 Building your word list 78 Viewing the...

Page 5: ...he contrast of the display and then press The LCD Contrast can also be adjusted using the Setting function See page 88 3 Set the key sound You can turn the key touch sound on and off by using or and then press The Key sound can also be set using the Setting function See page 88 4 Demo function When you turn on the power a demonstration display will begin to explain the contents of the unit You can...

Page 6: ...r is switched off before replacing the battery Press the RESET button on the bottom of the unit after battery replacement Changing the battery and Resetting erase the EASY LEARN List the Game Score the calculator memory and the initialize settings CAUTION The battery may pose a choking hazard to small children Keep the battery and product away from small children Do not expose the battery to open ...

Page 7: ...gs that make English the rich and intriguing language that it is This major new edition contains entries for over 6 000 idioms including 700 entirely new entries based on Oxford s language monitoring and the ongoing third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary Dictionary entries all come from the Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms 2 Spellchecker Instant phonetic spelling correction for over 130...

Page 8: ...s Jump function This function enables you to look up a word displayed on the explanation screen in any dictionary of your choosing and to register it in the EASY LEARN word list Help function A simple explanation of how to operate the various functions can be displayed on the screen at each operational stage in each mode Character size function The size of the character display can be expanded or ...

Page 9: ...ode Selects Calculator mode Currency Metric Imperial and Clothing Size Converters 19 Selects Setting mode 20 Activates Help function 21 For deleting the last input character With SHIFT key Clears all input character Returns to the previous screen or mode 22 Shift Key 23 Letter and numeral input keys Input is changed to numerals using When the power is turned back on using the unit will show the di...

Page 10: ... power is turned back on using the unit will show the today s topics in history 2 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page Press to advance to the next screen The unit will show the display used before the power was last turned off by pressing any of the letter keys View the monthly calendar 1 Press Today s date is marked by rectangle symbol 2 Use t...

Page 11: ...ng and then Use or to move the cursor The entire display can be cleared by pressing the mode key once or twice When switching the dictionary mode in the character entry state the previously entered sequence of letters will be taken over unchanged into the Switched Dictionary Mode Pressing or in the character entry state results in the previously entered sequence of letters being taken over unchang...

Page 12: ...o select the headword as necessary Example martial art Scrolling the list by line by page 4 Press The explanation screen of the selected headword will be displayed Press to return to the headword selection screen The mark will appear if there is insufficient space to display the whole entry 5 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page Press to advance...

Page 13: ... select the headword as necessary Example Bach Johann Sebastian Scrolling the list by line by page 6 Press The explanation screen of the selected headword will be displayed Press to return to the headword selection screen The mark will appear if there is insufficient space to display the whole entry 7 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page Press t...

Page 14: ...or 4 Select another word using the cursor keys Example species 5 Press 6 Select Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus or EASY LEARN List by using or ENCYC Britannica Concise Encyclopedia DICT Concise Oxford Dictionary THES Concise Oxford Thesaurus QUOTE Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations IDIOM Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms Add To EASY LEARN List Add the selected word to the EASY LEARN List ...

Page 15: ... related formula 1 Press and type a word Example integral equation 2 Press 3 Press to select the first word you can look up Selected word will begin to flash on and off Press to return to the previous screen or to disable the cursor 4 Select FORMULA using the cursor keys 5 Press ...

Page 16: ...n the explanation screen in any dictionary of your choosing and to register it in the EZ LEARN List See page 22 Dictionary Dictionary entry words definitions and grammatical information all come from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary Preface Introduction and other explanations of this Dictionary can be accessed from Explanatory notes See page 28 Headword Search You can search for a headword di...

Page 17: ... to Good English have multiple subsections accessed via a submenu Scrolling the list by line by page 4 Press The explanation screen of the selected title will be displayed Press to return to the title selection screen The mark will appear if there is insufficient space to display the whole entry 5 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page by title Pr...

Page 18: ...page 22 Thesaurus The thesaurus entries including examples sense groupings and all alternative and opposite words are taken from the Concise Oxford Thesaurus Introduction and Guide to the Thesaurus can be found by pressing from the Thesaurus entry screen Headword Search You can search for a headword directly 1 Press 2 Type a word Example head Every time you enter a letter the corresponding headwor...

Page 19: ...layed 5 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page Press to advance to the next screen Press to return to the previous screen 6 Press to select the first word you can look up Press to select the last word Selected word will begin to flash on and off Press to return to the previous screen or to disable the cursor 7 Select another word using the cursor ...

Page 20: ...in the author s last name Example churchill Every time you enter a letter the closest match es will be displayed Use or to select the author name required Scrolling the list by line by page 3 Press The quotations from the selected author will be displayed Press to return to the author name selection screen 4 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page ...

Page 21: ...return to the keyword selection screen 4 Use or to select the quotation required Example Bacon Silence is the virtue Scrolling the list by line or by page 5 Press The requested quotation will be displayed in full Return to the list by pressing 6 To scroll up or down through the author names in the list press or 7 To clear the display and search for another keyword simply enter new keyword Example ...

Page 22: ...ted headword will be displayed Press to return to the headword selection screen 4 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page Press to advance to the next screen 5 Press to select the first word you can look up Press to select the last word Selected word will begin to flash on and off Press to return to the previous screen or to disable the cursor 6 Se...

Page 23: ... unit shows the list of idioms which is related to the selected theme 5 Select the idiom Example chop and change Scrolling the list by line or by page Press to return to the previous screen 6 Press The explanation screen of the selected idiom will be displayed Press to return to the idiom selection screen 7 Press to see the rest of an entry Press to scroll up Scrolling the screen by line by page P...

Page 24: ... setting of the Variant Spelling any close match labelled as a variant spelling will also be listed in the word list See page 89 To clear the display and spellcheck another word simply enter your new word 3 Select a word by using or Example precise Scrolling the list by line or by page 4 Press to activate the jump function 5 Select Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus or EASY LEARN List by using or E...

Page 25: ...unsure Use to enter This is used in place of a single character Use to enter This is used in place of one or more characters including spaces or symbols Use and then to enter This is used in place of one or more characters without spaces or symbols 1 Press 2 Type a word Example home er 3 Press The corresponding word list will be displayed MEMO ...

Page 26: ...breviations Abbreviation Search Knowledge Lists Knowledge Find Phrase Idiom Find Crossword To solve a crossword type the known letters and insert or for any unknown letters Use to enter This is used in place of a single character Use to enter This is used in place of one or more characters including spaces or symbols Use and then to enter This is used in place of one or more characters without spa...

Page 27: ...s included in the Encyclopedia Dictionary or Thesaurus Letter Changer The unit will allow you to view possible alternative words by changing one letter at a time 1 Select Letter Changer and then press 2 Type a word Example tread 3 Press The corresponding headword list will be displayed Use the jump function as described on Page 43 Please note that not every word returned by the Solvers is included...

Page 28: ...us If the letters entered do not have any corresponding words the message No matches found will be displayed Word Origins Search for the origins of the entered word in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary 1 Select Word Origins and then press 2 Type a word Example yacht Every time you enter a letter the closest match es will be displayed Scrolling the list by line by page 3 Press The origin of the...

Page 29: ...ry entries whose definitions contain the word s you enter 1 Select Definition Search and then press 2 Type word s Example alcoholic drink p e Search the headword whose definition contains the words alcoholic and drink Also the spell of the headword fits into p e You can enter up to seven words This method will find the entries which contain all the entered words in their definitions A space can be...

Page 30: ... article list will be displayed 4 Select an article using or Example Brown James Gordon Scrolling the list by line or by page 5 Press The explanation screen which has the selected article will be displayed Idiom Search The unit will find idioms in the Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms whose definitions contain the word s you enter 1 Select Idiom Search and then press 2 Type word s Example your b...

Page 31: ...keyword as an era For narrowing the corresponding abbreviations down a single word containing a wildcard or can be input See page 47 3 Press The corresponding abbreviation list will be displayed 4 Select an abbreviation using or Example BBC Scrolling the list by line or by page 5 Press The explanation screen which starts from the selected abbreviation will be displayed Abbreviations The Abbreviati...

Page 32: ...he explanation screen which has the selected article will be displayed with its knowledge Topics and Categories 7 Press to activate the jump function 8 Press and select Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus or EASY LEARN List by using or ENCYC Britannica Concise Encyclopedia DICT Concise Oxford Dictionary THES Concise Oxford Thesaurus QUOTE Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations IDIOM Oxford Dictiona...

Page 33: ...ump function as described on Page 59 Here are some further examples of how you can use Knowledge Finder Entry Result fish s A list of fish with 5 letter words in their names starting with s harry webb Finds Sir Cliff Richard jet engine Finds Sir Frank Whittle inventor phobias spiders a arachnophobia NOTE Because you can search across all categories at the same time you may get results from differe...

Page 34: ... words This method will find the phrases or idioms which contain all the entered words A space can be entered by using 3 Press The corresponding phrase list will be displayed Press to change to the idiom list Press to return 4 Select a phrase using or Example take someone on Scrolling the list by line by page 5 Press The selected phrase and its definition will be displayed Note that the selected p...

Page 35: ... you fail to find the word before you have used up all the tries you are allowed or if you press halfway through a game Sorry you lost will be displayed and counted in the Lost column The answer will then be displayed Games There are 12 great word games that will help you to improve your spelling and vocabulary Selecting a game 1 Press The unit selects the last game used each time you select the g...

Page 36: ... will be displayed and counted in the Won column Press any alphabet key to display the next question You can use jump function by pressing See page 43 Please note that not every word returned by the Games is included in the Encyclopedia Dictionary or Thesaurus User Hangman This is the Hangman game for 2 players using words that you can select 1 Select User Hangman and then press 2 Select the playe...

Page 37: ...yed Press any alphabet key to display the next question You can use jump function by pressing See page 43 If your answer is incorrect or if you press halfway through a game Sorry you lost will be displayed and counted in the Lost column Please note that not every word returned by the Games is included in the Encyclopedia Dictionary or Thesaurus User Jumble This is a Jumble game using words that yo...

Page 38: ... your answer is incorrect or if you press Sorry you lost will be displayed and counted in the Lost column Definitions Guess the headword in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary based on its definitions with some of the letters already supplied 1 Select Definitions and then press The question will be displayed Example _O_M Press or to see the rest of the definitions 2 Enter letters to replace the ...

Page 39: ...n If you enter all the answers and press a congratulatory message will be displayed and counted in the Won column Press any alphabet key to display the next question You can use jump function by pressing See page 43 Please note that not every word returned by the Games is included in the Encyclopedia Dictionary or Thesaurus User Word Building This is a Word Building game using words that you can s...

Page 40: ...splayed and counted in the appropriate column by the number of the answers Poor column P Under 60 of all the answers Good column G 60 to 90 of all the answers Brilliant column B Over 90 of all the answers Press any alphabet key to display the next question You can use jump function by pressing See page 43 Please note that not every word returned by the Games is included in the Encyclopedia Diction...

Page 41: ...ick Facts 1 Select Britannica Quick Facts and then press The question will be displayed 2 Enter year by using the number keys 3 Press If your answer is incorrect Sorry that s not right will be displayed and counted in the Lost column Press to display the next question MEMO ...

Page 42: ...SET menu The words will then appear in the games EASY LEARN The EASY LEARN function allows you to create your own word list from the Encyclopedia Dictionaries Thesaurus Spellchecker Solvers and Games which can then be used in the games Building your word list Using the Jump Function 1 Select the word you wish to add to your word list using the cursor keys See page 22 2 Press and then select Add To...

Page 43: ...then re enter the correct number If you press an incorrect mathematical function key simply press the correct function key afterwards If E appears in display The answer to a calculation is more than 12 digits The memory is full 0 has been used as a divisor Press to remove the E and continue Deleting a word 1 Select the word you wish to delete from your word list 2 Press and then select Delete this...

Page 44: ...t2 Yard2 Metre2 Acre Kilometre2 Mile2 Volume Centimetre3 Inch3 Feet3 Yard3 Metre3 Weight Gram Ounce Pound Kilogram Capacity Millilitre Ounce AM Ounce BR Litre Quart AM Quart BR Gallon AM Gallon BR Power Kilowatt Horsepower Converters Entering or changing a conversion rate 1 Press once or twice 2 Press or to display the conversion menu 3 Press to select Money 4 Select Exchange Rate by using cursor ...

Page 45: ... characters on the screen 1 Select Text Size and then press 2 Select Small Medium or Large by using or 3 Press to accept changes See page 16 Clothing Size chart You can easily check foreign clothing sizes shirts shoes hats etc for men women and children 1 Press once or twice 2 Press or to display the conversion menu 3 Press to select Clothing Size and then 4 Press to select Women 5 Press or 6 Sele...

Page 46: ...ered order or Alphabetical by using or 3 Press to set it Setting the Game Level The unit provides three skill levels for playing games Beginner Intermediate and Advanced The level can be changed as required 1 Select Game Level and then press 2 Select one of the levels by using or 3 Press to set it Game Scores The unit can display the score of the games 1 Select Game Scores and then press 2 Select ...

Page 47: ...press 2 Move to the sector to be set by using or Set the number by using or 3 Press to accept changes See page 6 Setting the Auto Power Off Timer The unit automatically turns off after a period of time This amount of time can be customized Default 3 min 1 Select Auto Power Off Timer and then press 2 Select one of the preset durations by using or 3 Press to set it Setting the Key Sound 1 Select Key...

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Page 49: ...e summer months and by the side of heating devices especially on the seat or dashboard of a car with all the windows closed during the summer Places liable to accumulation of dust bathrooms and other humid places where drops of water may come into contact with the unit places where the influence of magnetism may be felt such as in the vicinity of magnets speakers and TVs Do not place anything heav...

Page 50: ...nsequential or incidental damages arising out of use of this product Seiko Instruments Inc shall not be responsible for damages to this unit as a result of a natural or unnatural disaster except to the extent prohibited by applicable law Any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose on this product is limited in duration to the duration of the warranty FAQ s Generic Q...

Page 51: ... Nakase 1 chome Mihama ku Chiba shi Chiba 261 8507 Japan SC House Vanwall Road Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 4UW U K WARRANTY RECORD ER8100 Warranty Period One year from the date of purchase Purchase Date Customer Name Address Phone No Retailer Name Address ...