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Page 1: ...wing Entries 21 Spell checker Vector Ultima 23 Instant Reverse Translation and Instant Explanation 24 Pronunciation of Words and Sentences 26 SUPPLEMENTAL DICTIONARIES 27 German Polish Dictionary 27 U...

Page 2: ...TELEPHONE CODES 79 GAME CENTER 80 ENGLISH NAMES 84 PHONE WIZARD 85 CROSSWORD SOLVER 85 U S A INTERVIEW 86 SETUP 87 INTERFACE LANGUAGE 87 SYSTEM SETUP 88 Key Tone 88 First Screen 88 Auto Shutoff Perio...

Page 3: ...uation English Grammar electronic textbook with topic search US citizenship exam preparation guide Most popular American idioms English irregular verbs Advanced English speech reproduction Fully autom...

Page 4: ...r life like pronunciation of English words and phrases Unlike other portable electronic dictionaries this model features a break through combination of two parallel input devices a well designed 72 bu...

Page 5: ...ed by four AAA LR03 batteries or by a special rechargeable pack When the batteries or accumulators become weak a warning message will be displayed In order to prevent an excessive discharge of the bat...

Page 6: ...y The AC DC adapter should provide 9V and min 300mA DC current 2 The red LED shows that the accumulators are recharging and the green one shows that the accumulators are charged The recharge LED will...

Page 7: ...nitialization routine is started when the Partner X5 is turned on for the first time when you remove the batteries e g when replacing them for longer than 2 minutes after the system has been reset wit...

Page 8: ...h and German layouts allows you to enter any word in just seconds Each set of national characters is linked to its language input mode Language modes can be toggled by pressing the key In the English...

Page 9: ...w Cancel Enter symbols from the two letter keys 5 Type in uppercase Enter additional symbols 6 Clear input Caps Lock On or Off Copy selection or the entire text to clipboard Insert clipboard contents...

Page 10: ...of touching the highlighted item is moving the highlight bar to it with the arrow keys and pressing Both the touch screen and the keyboard procedures of activating an option or a command are referred...

Page 11: ...s as a row of tabs on the top of the screen when the device is turned on unless the Resume Screen setup option has been selected see page 88 or an application is closed or the key is pressed The MAIN...

Page 12: ...ey corresponding to the section number Sidebar Sidebar Nine sections of the Partner X5 have permanent touch sensitive shortcut buttons on the Sidebar to the right of the screen Main Dictionary Voice M...

Page 13: ...e keyboard hides the touchpad thus enlarging the input visible area To re display the touchpad touch or press F8 again Windows Every application pop up menu or dialog box used in the Partner X5 appear...

Page 14: ...Box to browse touch the Scroll Bar below or above the Scroll Box to jump to that portion of text Pop Up and Pull Down Menus A pop up menu is an overlapping window that requests the user s selection of...

Page 15: ...menu area Dialog Box A simple example of a dialog box is a prompt which contains a Yes No question pending the user s confirmation or cancellation Ways you can respond to a prompt Touch Meaning Keybo...

Page 16: ...apply the changes and close the window Setting Values To change a value in the highlighted box touch the buttons or press the keys To change the active box touch it or use the keys Touch or press to s...

Page 17: ...frequently used Toolbar buttons are Page Up Save Page Down Edit Scroll Up Delete Scroll Down Search OK Apply Settings New Say Explain Spell Checker Translate Font size As an on board help to the user...

Page 18: ...ish Polish Dictionary or simply the Main Dictionary General Dictionary Function Select English Polish Dictionary from the DICTIONARY section or touch on the Sidebar or press the key on the keyboard Du...

Page 19: ...ionary from the DICTIONARY section Note Please refer to the How to use Dictionaries section see page 19 HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARIES Advanced Word Recognition To translate or explain a word start enter...

Page 20: ...plain an English word touch and spell the desired word The word will be recorded automatically recognized and the list of headwords and first translations if in the English Polish Dictionary closest i...

Page 21: ...sitive so you can type in any case you want Note It is possible to retrieve a translation or explanation for word forms entered in the input line The source word entry for the desired word will be dis...

Page 22: ...the word CASE as a verb Touch to reduce the screen font size and see more translations or explanations of the given headword on the screen without scrolling Note There are three font sizes in the Dic...

Page 23: ...chosen by default after the system initialization To record a displayed entry in your personal Learner s Cards select the button and specify the set name Spell checker Vector Ultima The multilingual s...

Page 24: ...e INSTANT To highlight a word among the explanations or translations touch it with the stylus or move the highlight bar to it with the key For example Note You can also highlight an expression Express...

Page 25: ...slation or explanation of the entry The source word entry for the highlighted word will be displayed For example if you highlight distributed you will get distribute as there is no translation or expl...

Page 26: ...English Dictionary select all or any of the words and touch or press the key To listen to the pronunciation of all translations in Polish English dictionary touch or press the key You also can listen...

Page 27: ...ry from the Supplemental Dictionaries Note All functions and keys in the German Polish dictionary work the same way as they do in the Main Dictionary Please refer to the How to use Dictionaries sectio...

Page 28: ...uch or press u or to go to the translation page Enter a Polish translation Touch or press to save your record If you want also specify a part of speech by selecting and choose an appropriate abbreviat...

Page 29: ...them you will automatically delete the other Finding a Record There are three ways to find a record Select From the List Open a User s Dictionary A list of existing headwords will be displayed for exa...

Page 30: ...er s Dictionary contains the more time it takes to initialize the Main Dictionary since both dictionaries are interlinked During the initialization process you will see the icon Select the translation...

Page 31: ...this procedure is carried out via the Main Dictionary you will lose it in the Learner s Cards too Downloading Additional Dictionaries You can download additional dictionaries from a personal computer...

Page 32: ...can use up to twenty Learner s Sets including the initial ones When in the menu use to move the highlight bar to open the highlighted set to create a new set to change the name of the highlighted set...

Page 33: ...translations or explanations of the selected word to delete the displayed record or u tto move to the next or previous record respectively or to listen to the English part of the displayed record TEX...

Page 34: ...copy all text from the active box To listen to a pronunciation of an English text on the screen touch or press the key Touch or close the translation window to return to the input screen You may edit...

Page 35: ...ing For example Press to set Source language To open a topic highlight it with and press or touch or press the REC key Say the name of the topic The highlighting will be moved to the one selected for...

Page 36: ...on smacking of lips loudly inhaling or exhaling mumbling interruptions repetitions etc 5 Try to adjust the microphone level according to loudness of your voice Touch the button Highlight the Mic volum...

Page 37: ...improving your pronunciation thus making it closer to the sample pronunciation of an American speaking person Sample phrases are recorded by the American speaker processed and stored in the memory of...

Page 38: ...extraneous noises Note The quality of voice recognition strongly depends on the level of external noise Try to ensure silence in the room where you practice pronunciation If you want to listen to a mo...

Page 39: ...tly and plainly yet not in clipped syllables 5 Avoid carelessness in pronunciation smacking of lips loudly inhaling or exhaling mumbling interruptions repetitions etc REFERENCE The Reference is a conv...

Page 40: ...ted English word to save an entry into a Learner s Card or to listen to the pronunciation of an English verb and its basic forms Popular Idioms Over 200 widely used American idioms and their Polish eq...

Page 41: ...ND GRAMMAR The Partner X5 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 admission procedure...

Page 42: ...ect Tutorial To read the Tutorial use or for scrolling by line u t for paging After you become acquainted with the TOEFL basics set forth in the Tutorial you might feel prepared to practice answering...

Page 43: ...s comprised of questions of the same type For example the topics of Structure and Grammar are Sentence Completion and Error Identification By selecting the auxiliary TOEFL Help option you can obtain d...

Page 44: ...up menu Note The Say hidden text and Show hidden text options only work with questions from the Listening Comprehension part and are disabled elsewhere Select Say hidden text to hear a Listening Comp...

Page 45: ...f questions in the test or the section of Sample Exercises Answers indicate how many questions were correctly answered during the concluded session The third line shows your score which is based on th...

Page 46: ...hing to display a list of all third level options To display a text select a third level option Use to scroll the text to highlight words or u tto display the beginning of the next or previous topic o...

Page 47: ...the ORGANIZER section PHONE DIRECTORY In this section you can store names telephone and fax numbers postal and e mail addresses in the English and Polish languages as well as search change and delete...

Page 48: ...s Web address Company Telephone Number Address Home Telephone Number Note Use or t u to open the next or previous page to choose a specific page from the pop up menu to save a record Note Do not forge...

Page 49: ...oll the pages of the displayed record by two or u t to go to the next or previous alphabetical record respectively Contents Search Touch to display the record search screen Specify any adjacent alphab...

Page 50: ...e lookup box press the key Note Quick Lookup is only used for searching within alphabetical lists of records sorted by Names or by Companies To open the selection press or touch the highlighted area w...

Page 51: ...e for your memo which will appear in the Memo list To return to the main page touch or press t To save a record touch or press Note The record text cannot exceed 32 KB Finding a Record There are two w...

Page 52: ...current record title is shown in the screen header Search Text When in the Memo list or in the viewing mode touch to display a record search screen Specify any adjacent string that might be found in a...

Page 53: ...via setup dialog boxes Event To choose between Task Call Meeting or Anniversary Date touch the caption or the icon on the left Note The Task heading defaults to a new record Date The current date is...

Page 54: ...display the Reminder setup box touch the Reminder value the none setting defaults for a new record or the Reminder icon Choose one of the available options Recurrence If you need your Reminder to oper...

Page 55: ...d the Reminder will sound at the set time and the initial record of Dec 01 2002 will be displayed Note If one time and recurrent events coincide with each other on the same date and at the same time t...

Page 56: ...ist Select an entry to open the associated record in the viewing mode Search through Calendar Select Calendar from the ORGANIZER section To open the Scheduler list referring to the desired date highli...

Page 57: ...ows you to make new records or select existing Scheduler records Select Calendar from the ORGANIZER section to open it on the current month with the current date highlighted To page by month use or at...

Page 58: ...settings are Thin line Free draw To draw using a Thick line touch The button changes to Touch this new icon to restore the Thin line To draw a Straight line touch Touch to return to using Free draw To...

Page 59: ...d and ready to save touch and specify a record name Touch or press to save the record Finding a Drawing There are two ways to search for saved drawings Select From List Open the list of existing recor...

Page 60: ...ding button and the microphone Select Voice Memo from the ORGANIZER section A list of existing records arranged in chronological order appears Creating and Playing Back a Record There are two ways to...

Page 61: ...oice Memo section Finding and Playing Back a Record Open a list of existing records arranged in chronological order There are three ways to search for records Scroll the list vertically to view more r...

Page 62: ...PC COMMUNICATION Using the Partner s PC Link cable available separately as part of Communication Pack and the PC Link software included in the package on a CD ROM you may exchange data between your Pa...

Page 63: ...n the right hand edge of the device Select PC Communication from the ORGANIZER section or press on the keyboard Choose a data transfer mode PC Synchronization Upload or Download To Upload also specify...

Page 64: ...e latest updated version of records Only changes are transferred Note Note that in Download mode your newly transferred data will replace all the information you had saved in the corresponding section...

Page 65: ...ncipal and interest paid or payable to date on your loans and mortgages Select Loan Calculator from the CALCULATIONS section A list of saved loan calculations will be displayed Creating a Record Touch...

Page 66: ...nthly payment and total payable interest When in the info screen use to scroll the text to start a new calculation to change the current calculation to inquire for a specific date to delete the curren...

Page 67: ...t appears on the screen Use to change the current loan data to display the loan information for another date if enabled to see the details of other loans on the same date Note This function enables yo...

Page 68: ...d entry in the viewing mode touch the entry or select it with and press An account record in the viewing mode includes information on aggregate deposits and withdrawals and on the adjusted new balance...

Page 69: ...time touch the corresponding line to display a setup dialog box and change the values Type in an amount and touch or press Enter a transaction description Touch or press to save the transaction as pa...

Page 70: ...encies and 3 user defined currencies Select Currency Conversion from the CALCULATIONS section The Calculation window will be opened Checking and Setting Rates When in the Calculation window touch to o...

Page 71: ...or press to save the rate Touch or press to clear an incorrect input To move to the next or previous currency in the list and to set exchange rates for other currencies use or t u Close the window to...

Page 72: ...asily convert measurements from the British American system into the metric system commonly used in Europe and vice versa as well as within each system Select Metric Conversion from the CALCULATIONS s...

Page 73: ...e Toolbar Scroll right to see more sizes REFERENCE The REFERENCE section is your information and entertainment center Select the tab from the MAIN MENU to open the REFERENCE section LOCAL AND WORLD TI...

Page 74: ...nent the current date and day of the week and the current time Touch or press to listen to the time announcement if the Talking Clock is enabled Local City Default New York USA You may specify a city...

Page 75: ...betically for this country will be used for the setting Define City and Country From the available list see Set City above select any city located in your time zone Touch to display a user defined cit...

Page 76: ...o turn DST on Uncheck the box to turn it off Touch or press to apply the change Turning DST on or off sets the time one hour forward or back respectively Note DST ON or OFF sets for each city separate...

Page 77: ...he same moment of time the latter will have the priority of operation Talking Clock Default On Touch to display the Time setup dialog box Uncheck the Speech box to turn the Talking Clock off Check the...

Page 78: ...fer to the Local City part of the Local Time chapter see page 74 for instructions The DST and Talking Clock settings can be changed in the World Time as well as on the Local Time screen and affect bot...

Page 79: ...the line is highlighted press if necessary and press or Use or the scroll bar if needed to see more text to return to the country search screen or t u to display info for other countries in alphabetic...

Page 80: ...ding line in the list or make sure the line is highlighted press if necessary and press or touch Use or the scroll bar if you need to see more text to return to the city search screen or t u to displa...

Page 81: ...ot in its proper position A sign indicates that one of the correctly guessed digits is in its proper position Try to find the right answer using a minimum number of tries If you succeed or use up all...

Page 82: ...chips of his color simultaneously preventing his opponent from doing the same To make your move touch an intersection point or move the cursor to it with the keys and press Use to start a new game to...

Page 83: ...with the t u keys or by moving the scroll box at lower left with the stylus After you make 16 rows disappear the game advances to the next level When the game ends you will be prompted to enter your...

Page 84: ...fficulty level to display the answer to listen to the pronunciation of the hidden English word counts as one try ENGLISH NAMES This indispensable guide to the spelling and pronunciation of English nam...

Page 85: ...e possible word matches CROSSWORD SOLVER The Crossword Solver is intended not only to help you quickly solve an English or Polish language crossword but it is also another of the useful self tuition a...

Page 86: ...f any English word thus helping a student grasp the broader meaning of the critical words contained in questions and answers Select U S A Interview from the Reference section to display the first ques...

Page 87: ...your Partner X5 and ensure good upkeep of your personal records with the options of the SETUP section Select the tab from the MAIN MENU to open the SETUP section INTERFACE LANGUAGE The default interf...

Page 88: ...n the Partner s keyboard The key tone is enabled by system default Select Key Tone from the System Setup menu to display a setup prompt To highlight the box next to the desired option touch it or pres...

Page 89: ...inute increments or touch the chart bar to change it instantly Touch or press to save the setting and return to the System Setup menu Touch Screen Calibration To restore proper touch screen functional...

Page 90: ...tup prompt To highlight the box next to the desired option touch it or press an arrow key If the OFF option was chosen enter the showslan password and press Speech Level Shape your own pronunciation b...

Page 91: ...e program To adjust the microphone level to account for the loudness of your voice change the value using the number buttons Touch or press to save the settings and return to the System Setup menu Sch...

Page 92: ...our Military format Select Time Format from the System Setup menu to display a setup prompt To highlight the box next to the desired option touch it or press an arrow key Touch or press to save the se...

Page 93: ...he Partner X5 are freely accessible After a password has been set the following sections may be locked manually or automatically against unauthorized access Supplemental Dictionaries Phone Directory M...

Page 94: ...atically when the device is turned off if this is the setting selected in Options in the Security menu Manually select Lock device in the Security menu If Lock device is selected while no password has...

Page 95: ...e device is turned off either manually or automatically Don t lock to keep the current setting unchanged on turn off Note If you are concerned with data security it is recommended to keep the default...

Page 96: ...ta Deletion from the SETUP section All sections can be emptied separately or all together the last option All Organizer s Records Select a section from the Data Deletion menu and confirm a pop up prom...

Page 97: ...r X5 User s Manual 97 ABOUT Here you can look up your Partner X5 serial number which you may need to have on hand when seeking technical assistance from the manufacturer Select About from the SETUP se...

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