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RJA523360-001V01      MO1011-A

CASIO Electronic Dictionary
Quick Guide (XD-B Series)

The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the 
CASIO XD-B Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most 
illustrations and screen shots show the XD-B8500.

Hangul, Russian, Simplifi ed Chinese, and accented 
characters cannot be input on a model that does not 
include a dictionary that requires such characters. 
Installing optional content automatically enables 
input of characters that match the installed content.

The screen shots and product illustrations shown in 
this manual may be different from those of the actual 
product. Also note that some keys and icons are not 
shown in examples of this manual for the sake of 
simplicity. 

Example:

 

Loading Batteries for the First Time

Load the two AA-size batteries that come with the 
electronic dictionary before trying to use it.

1

 

Remove the battery cover.

Pressing at the two points 
shown in the illustration, 
slide the cover in the 
direction indicated by the 
arrows.

2

 

Load two batteries.

Push against the spring 
with the (–) end of a 
battery.
With the battery on top of 
the ribbon, press the (+) 
end down.
Make sure the (+) and (–) 
ends are facing correctly 
and that the springs are 
pressed straight down.

3

 

Replace the battery cover.

4

 

Remove the stylus 
from the side of the 
electronic dictionary 
and then press the 
RESET button on the 
bottom.

Do not use a toothpick, 
lead pencil, or other 
breakable object. 

5

 

Unfold the electronic dictionary.

Main panel

Keyboard

Sub panel

Arrow keys

This causes the 

電池設定

 (battery setting) screen 

to appear.
If the message 

表示(メインまたはサブ)保護フィ

ルムが

... (Display (main panel or sub panel) 

protective fi lm may be...) appears on the 
display, remove the protective fi lm (option) from 
the main panel and/or sub panel.

6

 

After confi rming that 

アルカリ電池

 (Alkaline 

batteries) is selected for 
the battery setting 

電池

設定

 (Battery Settings), 

press 

.

If you have commercially available eneloop

®

 

batteries or rechargeable EVOLTA batteries 
loaded, use 

and

to select the battery 

type and then press

.

If you have commercially available EVOLTA 
alkaline batteries loaded, select 

●アルカリ電池

 

(Alkaline batteries).

Stylus

RESET button

Stylus

RESET button

Use the time setting 
screen to confi gure 
time settings.

Use the 

, and 

 or the stylus to select 

the setting you want to 
change, and then use the 
on-screen number keys to change the setting.
Touch 

12/24

 to toggle between 12-hour and 

24-hour format timekeeping.
When you are using 12-hour format 
timekeeping, you need to touch 

AM

 (a.m.) or 

PM

 (p.m.) before setting the time.

Press 

.

Alternatively, you 
also could touch 

【保存】

 (Save) on the 

time setting screen.
This will display 
the 

メニュー

 (menu) 

screen.
To display the menu screen without changing 
time settings, touch 

【中止】

 (Cancel).

To avoid misplacing the stylus, always be sure 
to return it to its storage slot in the side of the 
electronic dictionary whenever you are not 
using it.

Turning Power On and Off

Power turns on and off 
automatically whenever 
you open or close the 
electronic dictionary’s 
panels.

You also can use the following 
key operation to turn power on 
or off.

1

 Press 

the 

key to turn on power.

Power also turns on when you press a 
dictionary/mode key. 

2

 Press   again to turn off power.

General Guide

Sub Panel

Use this panel to hand-write 
characters for input. Also, 
touching buttons that appear 
here performs certain 
operations.







You can use the stylus for 
instant access to a variety of 
different operations. (Quick 
Palette icons that appear 
along the left side of the 
screen depend on what is 
currently displayed.)

Quick Palette 
buttons

Main Panel

Quick Palette 
icons

Number keys

Number keys

Dictionary/
mode keys

Dictionary/
mode keys

 

 Dictionary/mode keys

Toggle between the initial screens of the two 
dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.

 

 

 Key

Toggles power on and off.

 

 

 (Shift) Key

Shifts the keyboard. To use 

 , press and 

release it and then press the next key.

 

 

さらに検索

ヒストリー

 (History) (Additional Search) Key

Accesses history data. 
Press after 

 to perform additional search (

らに検索

).

 

 

(Text Size) Key

Cycles through available screen text sizes.

 

 

ガ イ ド

ジャンプ

 (Jump) (Guide) Key

Enables look up of a term on the currently 
displayed defi nition or explanation screen.
Press after 

 to view guide information. 

 

 

 (Layout) Key

Changes the screen layout.

 

 

 

 (Scroll) Keys

Scroll screen contents up and down.
Press after 

 to jump back or forward between 

terms.

 

 

読み上げ

音声

 (Audio) (Read) Key

Press when you want to hear something 
pronounced by a native speaker.
Press after 

 to hear a reading by a 

synthesized voice.

 

 

 (Back/List) Key

Back-steps through previous operations.
Press while a dictionary’s initial screen is 
displayed to return to the 

メニュー

 

screen. 

Press while a defi nition screen is on the display 
to switch to the list of terms, which includes the 
term whose defi nition you were viewing. 

 

 

 (Translate/Select) Key

Executes a function or selects an on-screen item. 

 

 Arrow Keys

Move the selection highlighting or cursor up, 
down, left, or right. 
Used during volume adjustment to raise and 
lower the volume level.

 

 

 (Setup/Delete) Key

Deletes the character at the current cursor 
location.
Press after 

 to display a screen for changing 

the setup of the electronic dictionary. 

 

 Letter Keys

Enter letters and numbers. 

 

 

【前見出し】・【次見出し】

 (Previous Headword/

 Next 

Headword)

Jump from the current term to the previous or next 
term. 
The same result can be achieved by pressing 

 and then 

 or 

 ⑯ 

【熟語】

 

(Compound Terms)

Displays compound terms that use the kanji you 
are currently viewing in the 

新漢語林

 (Japanese 

kanji) dictionary.

 

 

【ズーム】

 (Zoom)

Enlarges the characters of a defi nition or 
explanation screen. 

 ⑱ 

【成句複合語】

 (Phrases and Compound 

 Expressions)

Displays phrases and compound expressions that 
use the term you are currently viewing.

 ⑲ 

【暗記カード作成】

 (Create Flash Card)

Creates a fl ash card. 

 ⑳ 

【用例解説】

 

(Examples and Explanations)

Displays examples and explanations in dictionaries 
that include such information. 

 

㉑ 

【メニュー】

 (Menu)

Displays the menu screen.

 

㉒ 

【ジャンプ】

 (Jump)

Performs the same functions as the 

 

ガ イ ド

ジャンプ

 

(Jump/Guide) key.

 ㉓ 

【音声

 (Audio)

Performs the same functions as the 

 

読み上げ
音声

 

(Audio/Read) key.

 

㉔ 

【戻る/リスト】

 (Back/List)

Performs the same functions as the 

 

 

(Back/List) key.

 ㉕ 

【訳/決定】

 (Translate/Select)

Performs the same functions as the 

 

 

(Translate/Select) key.

 ㉖ 

 

 (Scroll)

Perform the same functions as the 

 

 

 keys.


Display Indicators

The following explains the meanings of display 
indicators.

This indicator: 

 Means this:

A defi nition or explanation 
continues off the top, bottom, left, 
or right of the screen. Use the arrow 
keys to scroll the screen.

(Explanation)

There is an explanation for the word 
where the indicator is located.

(Compound Term)

The 

新漢語林

 (Japanese kanji) 

dictionary contains a compound 
term that includes the kanji content 
you are looking up.

 

(Phrases/Compound 

Expression)

(Phrase)

There is a phrase or compound 
term that uses the term you are 
looking up.
With some electronic dictionary 
models, 

 will appear if optional 

content is installed.

(Example)

There is an example that uses the 
term you are looking up.

Native speaker pronunciation is 
available for the contents to the 
right or below this indicator.

(True Voice)

Native speaker pronunciation is 
available.

(Reading)

Synthetic voice reading is available.

(Pronunciation 

Search)

Pronunciations are available for the 
English term on the screen.

(English)

The language whose pronunciation 
is applied for pronunciations and 
readings

There is a term that contains the 
term you are viewing or there is 
related information about the term 
in the dictionary you are currently 
accessing.

(Jump)

Jump function in use

(History)

History function in use

(Zoom)

Display zoom in use

(Guide)

Guide function in use 

(Display All)

(Word Order)

(Continuous)

Indicates the display method when 
using 

例文検索

 (Example Search) or 

成句検索

 

(Phrase Search).

Precautions when Using the Stylus

Strong pressure is not required when performing 
main panel and sub panel touch operations.

Avoid applying excess pressure during touch 
operations and input. Strong pressure can cause 
cracking or breaking of the panels.

When performing a main panel touch operation, 
be sure to support the back of the panel with your 
hand.

Main panel

Sub Panel 

Keyboard Input

Japanese

Use alphabetic characters to input Japanese.

To input this:

Type this:

いんかん

さんぽ

 or 

きょう

らっこ

or 

とぅーるーず

Alphabetic Characters

Use English input for unaccented alphabetic 
characters. 

To input this:

Type this:

internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?

 

~

 

Accented Characters

All alphabetic characters are input in lower-case, 
regardless of their normal capitalization.

For the German “ß”, input “ss”.
For other characters that normally include a 
diacritic, input the character without the diacritic. 
Example: “à” --> “a”, “ê” --> “e”, etc.
For the French “ç” input “c”, and for “œ”, input “oe”.
Input hyphenated terms as single words, without a 
hyphen. To look up “peut-être”, for example, input 
“peutetre”.
When inputting a term that consists of multiple 
words, input the words without any spaces. To 
look up “magna cum laude”, for example, input 
“magnacumlaude”.
When entering a noun that is normally accompanied 
by an article, enter the noun only without the article.  
To look up “die Elbe” for example, input “elbe”.

Hangul

To input this:

Type this:

GGG

Chinese (Pinyin)

1

2

3

4

To input this:

Perform  this operation:

ü

Type (Keyboard): 

V

Touch (Sub Panel): 

【一声

 

Type (Keyboard): 

 

Q

 (Displayed as 

1.)

Touch (Sub Panel): 

【二声

 

Type (Keyboard): 

 

W

 (Displayed as 

2.)

Touch (Sub Panel):

 

【三声

 

Type (Keyboard): 

 

E

 (Displayed as 

3.)

Touch (Sub Panel): 

【四声

 

Type (Keyboard): 

 

R

 (Displayed as 

4.)

Touch (Sub Panel):

 

【軽声

 

Type (Keyboard): 

 

P

 (Displayed as 

0.)

ming2tian1 
(

明天

)

 

【二声

 

 

T I A N

 

【一声

 

 

  

W T I A N

 

 

Q

Russian

To input this:

Type this:

сласибо

 

 

To input a character marked in the upper right 
corner of a key, press (and immediately release) 

 and then press the key.

All of the above characters are input in lower-case.

Handwriting Input

Use the stylus to write characters on the sub panel 
and then touch 

【認識】

With some search methods, like 

単漢字

/

熟語を手書き

入力から探す

 

(新漢語林)

, you can enter search terms 

using handwriting input only.



Character Input Mode

The indicators 
described below 
appear on the main 
panel to show the 
current input mode. 
Also note that the sub panel changes to three 
characters per screen or fi ve characters per screen 
in accordance with the input mode.

Three Characters Per screen

Indicator

Supported 

Input 

Characters

Hiragana

Katakana

Kanji

Simplifi ed 
Chinese

Hangul

Five Characters Per screen

Indicator

Supported 

Input 

Characters

Alphabetic

Accented 
alphabetic

Russian

Numbers

Correcting Character Input

Example: After mistakenly inputting 

喜怒衰楽

 instead of

喜怒哀楽

Scroll buttons
(When there are too many characters 
to fi t in the display area between 
the buttons, touch these buttons to 
scroll the screen contents.)

Sub panel

Character cells

Input fi eld

Main panel

1

 

On the sub panel 
or in the input 
fi eld on the main 
panel, touch a 
character (

).

This displays up to 10 possible candidates for 
the character. 

2

 

If you fi nd the 
correct character 
among the 
candidates, touch 
it.

3

 

If you do not fi nd the correct character, 
touch

【書き直し】

, rewrite the character on the 

sub panel and then touch 

【認識】

.

Touching

【書き直し】

while the character cells 

of the sub panel are blank (nothing input) will 
delete the character currently in the input fi eld 
of the main panel. 

Stylus Basics

To select a dictionary

1

 

Touch the Quick 
Palette

【メニュー】

 

(Menu) button to 
display the menu 
screen.

2

 

Touch a category 

 and then a 

dictionary name 

.

The category and 
mode you touch will 
be highlighted on 
the screen.

3

 

Touch the highlighted dictionary name again.

This displays the initial screen of the dictionary.
You also could touch the 

【訳

/

決定】

 (Translate/

Select) Quick Palette button instead of the 
dictionary name. 


Indicator

Indicator

Three-character Sub Panel

Scroll buttons

【書き直し】

Character cells

【認識】

Three-character Sub Panel

Scroll buttons

【書き直し】

Character cells

【認識】

Scroll buttons

Five-character Sub Panel

【書き直し】

Character cells

【認識】

Scroll buttons

Five-character Sub Panel

【書き直し】

Character cells

【認識】

(Continued on other side.)

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