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ECTACO Partner

®

 ER400 Professional 

User Manual 

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INTRODUCTION

 

Congratulations on purchasing the ECTACO Partner

®

 ER400 Professional! 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 ECTACO Partner

®

 ER400 Professional features: 

 

1,100,000-word English Russian dictionary database including specialized 

vocabulary: business – 25,000 words, finance – 57,000 words, law – 69,000 
words, medicine – 34,000 words, oil and gas – 43,000 words, information 

technologies and telecommunications – 24,000 words 

 

14-topic English  Russian phrasebook with a total of 2,900 phrases for 

daily communication 

 

Unlimited voice function in English and Russian 

 

Instant reverse translation 

 

Russian Standard and Phonetic keyboard layouts 

 

Look-up function 

 

Award-winning Vector Ultima™ spell-checking system 

 

Phonetic transcription 

 

English irregular verbs 

 

Over 200 popular American idioms 

 

Word game 

 

Metric and currency converters 

 

Local and World time 

 

Calculator 

 

Slang lock 

 

Bilingual interface 

 

AC adapter jack 

 

Headphone jack 

 

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

®

 products, some 

characteristics of the device you have purchased may slightly differ from their 

description in this manual. 

Summary of Contents for Partner ER400 Professional

Page 1: ...ECTACO Partner ER400 Professional English Russian Professional Talking Electronic Dictionary Phrasebook USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...oss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction repairs or battery replacement Be sure to back up all important data on other media to avoid data loss The contents of this manual are subject...

Page 3: ...f Speech and Gender Labels 12 Reverse Translation 14 Vector Ultima Spell checker 14 Pronunciation of words and sentences 15 PHRASEBOOK 15 IRREGULAR VERBS 16 POPULAR IDIOMS 16 HANGMAN WORD GAME 16 CALC...

Page 4: ...ECTACO Partner ER400 Professional User Manual 4 Advanced search 20 Russian keyboard mode 20 Key tone 20 Clock 20 Date format 21 Time format 21 Set contrast 21 Speech options 21 Set sleep time 21...

Page 5: ...hnologies and telecommunications 24 000 words 14 topic English Russian phrasebook with a total of 2 900 phrases for daily communication Unlimited voice function in English and Russian Instant reverse...

Page 6: ...rofessional User Manual 6 General View The general view and external features of the ECTACO Partner ER400 Professional are shown below Power Supply The ECTACO Partner ER400 Professional is powered by...

Page 7: ...keyboard over the O key and reset the system Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from the device Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones When replacing the batteri...

Page 8: ...om the keyboard by pressing the corresponding key To enter the Russian letters press the corresponding key and then press the ALT key To enter such letters in caps press SHIFT key ALT1 The ECTACO Part...

Page 9: ...lize system SPELLER SHIFT uor t Launch spell checker Pronounce headword or a highlighted item SHIFT Pronounce translation Other shortcut keys open sections corresponding to the marks over the buttons...

Page 10: ...text available Horizontal scrolling enabled Main Menu The ECTACO Partner ER400 Professional Main Menu consists of 10 functional icons which visually organize access to the corresponding sections To di...

Page 11: ...0 words information technologies and telecommunications 24 000 words Enter the Dictionary section Use to switch the translation direction Viewing entries Enter your word from the keyboard If the Advan...

Page 12: ...verb Russian nouns are marked with gender and number labels F feminine FN feminine or neuter FPL feminine plural M masculine MF common gender MFPL masculine or feminine plural MN masculine or neuter M...

Page 13: ...literary tanning commerce computers cosmonautics cooking Latin linguistics literature skiing mathematics metallurgy meteorology mechanics mineralogy mythology nautical music obscene optics hunting fig...

Page 14: ...nslation windows 4 ESC or any letter button to return to the input line Vector Ultima Spell checker When you are unsure of the spelling of a word the multilingual spell checker Vector Ultima will help...

Page 15: ...s the key For both English and Russian the device is able to generate pronunciation of any text not limited to Dictionary entries Simply type a word or phrase in the input line of the corresponding di...

Page 16: ...sired verb To see the forms and translation of the verb press ENTER Use t u to scroll through the verbs POPULAR IDIOMS Over 200 widely used American idioms and their equivalents or translations are in...

Page 17: ...pplication as an ordinary pocket calculator METRIC CONVERSION With the ECTACO Partner ER400 Professional you may easily convert measurements from the British American system into the metric system com...

Page 18: ...enter an amount While you are typing a new amount the conversion is being performed LOCAL AND WORLD TIME Using the Local and world time section you may view the current time in cities around the globe...

Page 19: ...section Most of the Setup section options are very easy to adjust Unless stated otherwise enter a subsection and select the desired option with and if applicable Then press ENTER to confirm your choic...

Page 20: ...keyboard marks Russian Phonetic mode allows you to enter Russian letters by their phonetic consonance with English letters e g you can press the F key to enter the Russian letter Key tone This featur...

Page 21: ...d to the 24 hour format Set contrast To change the default contrast setting select the Set contrast item Change the contrast level by using Speech options Suit your own pronunciation by adjusting the...

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