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ECTACO Partner

®

 ER400 Professional 

User Manual 

19

 

 

 

To see information for another city, scroll through the alphabetic list by using 

,  . 

 

To see information for another city of the same country or switch to another 
country, scroll through the alphabetic list by pressing 

u

t

 

Also, you can quickly find a desired city by entering the first letter of its name 

and scrolling through the list by using  ,  . 

 

When you find the desired city, press ENTER to save changes. The next 

time you enter this section, the city you have chosen will be displayed first. 

SETUP 

Personalize your ECTACO Partner

®

 ER400 Professional by selecting options in 

the 

Setup

 section. 

 

Enter the 

Setup

 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 choice. 

Interface language 

Use this subsection to switch the interface language between English and 
Russian. The default interface language of the ECTACO Partner

®

 ER400 

Professional is English. 

Slang lock 

In this subsection you can hide slang words or phrases contained in the 

dictionaries

. For example, you may forbid your children to access slang. 

Slang 

lock

 is on by default. To set 

Slang

 

lock

 off, enter the 

showslan

 password and 

press ENTER. 

 

When 

Slang lock

 is on, the 

 indicator is displayed at the top of the 

screen in the 

Dictionary

 and 

Hangman

 sections. 

 

In the 

Hangman

 section, the 

 indicator is always displayed because 

slang words are not used in the game. 

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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