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CASIO Electronic Dictionary
Quick Guide (XD-C730)
The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the
CASIO XD-C730 Electronic Dictionary.
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
shown in simplifi ed form.
Example:
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Loading the Battery for the First Time
Load the AA-size battery that comes with the
electronic dictionary before trying to use it.
1
Remove the battery cover.
Pressing at the point (
)
shown in the illustration, slide
the cover in the direction
indicated by the arrow.
2
Load the battery.
Push against the spring
with the (–) end of the
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
Use a ballpoint pen or
some similar pointed
object to press the
RESET button on the
back of your electronic
dictionary.
Do not use a toothpick,
lead pencil, or other
object with a breakable tip.
5
Unfold the electronic dictionary.
LCD
Keyboard
This causes the
電池設定
(Battery Settings)
screen to appear.
6
Check to make sure that
アルカリ電池
(Alkaline
Battery) is selected on
the
電池設定
(Battery
Settings) screen.
If you have a commercially available eneloop
®
battery or a rechargeable EVOLTA battery loaded,
use
and
to select the battery type.
If you have a commercially available EVOLTA
alkaline battery loaded, select
●アルカリ電池
(Alkaline Battery).
7
Press
.
This displays the
メニュー
(Menu)
screen.
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.
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RESET button
RESET button
Dictionary/
mode keys
Dictionary/
mode keys
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.
Selecting a Dictionary
To use the
メニュー
(Menu) to a select a
dictionary
1
Press
the
key to display the
メニュー
(Menu) screen.
2
Use
①
to select a category and then
use
②
to select a dictionary.
Dictionary
List
Category
①
②
3
Press
.
To use the Dictionary/mode keys to select
a dictionary
Dictionary/mode keys have commonly used
dictionaries assigned to them.
Press a key to display the initial screen of the
dictionary assigned to it.
General Guide
①
②
⑯
⑮
⑤
④
③
⑪
⑥
⑭
⑬ ⑫
⑩ ⑨
⑦
⑧
①
(Power) Key
Toggles power on and off.
②
Dictionary/mode keys
Each key displays the initial screen of the
dictionary or mode assigned to it.
③
Letter Keys
Enter letters and numbers.
④
(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.
⑤
Arrow Keys
These keys move the selection highlighting or
cursor up, down, left, or right.
⑥
(Text Size) Key
Cycles through available screen text sizes.
⑦
(Translate/Select) Key
Executes a function or selects an on-screen item.
⑧
(Guide) Key
Displays guide information.
⑨
(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.
⑩
(Compound Term) Key
Displays compound terms that use the kanji you
are viewing with
漢字源
(Japanese Kanji Dictionary)
or
中日辞典
(Chinese-Japanese Dictionary).
⑪
(History) Key
Accesses history data.
⑫
(Jump) Key
Enables look up of a term on the currently
displayed defi nition or explanation screen.
⑬
(Examples/Explanations) Key
Displays examples and/or explanations when you
are using a dictionary that contains them.
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⑭
(Scroll) Keys
These keys scroll screen contents up and down.
Press after
to jump back or forward between
terms.
⑮
(Idioms/Compound Expressions) Key
Displays idioms and/or compound expressions
that use the term you are viewing.
⑯
(Shift) Key
Shifts the keyboard. To use
, press and
release it and then press the next key.
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)
There is a compound term that uses
the kanji you are looking up with
漢字源
(Japanese Kanji Dictionary)
or
中日辞典
(Chinese-Japanese
Dictionary).
(Idiom)
There is an idiom that uses the term
you are looking up with
中日辞典
(Chinese-Japanese Dictionary).
(Compound
Expression)
There is a compound expression
that uses the term you are looking
up.
(Example)
There is an example that uses the
term you are looking up with
中日辞
典
(Chinese-Japanese Dictionary).
There is related information for
the term you are looking up in the
current dictionary.
(Jump)
Jump function in use
(History)
History function in use
(Guide)
Guide function in use
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
Chinese (Pinyin)
1
2
3
4
0
To input this: Perform this operation:
ü
Type (Keyboard):
V
Type (Keyboard):
Q
(Displayed as 1.)
Type (Keyboard):
W
(Displayed as 2.)
Type (Keyboard):
E
(Displayed as 3.)
Type (Keyboard):
R
(Displayed as 4.)
Type (Keyboard):
P
(Displayed as 0.)
ming2tian1
(
明天
)
W T I A N
Q
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Finding Information in a Dictionary
There are four basic patterns for term searches.
【パターン
1
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(Pattern 1): Entering the fi rst few
characters of the term you want to fi nd
【パターン
2
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(Pattern 2): Entering the term you want
to fi nd and then pressing
.
【パターン
3
】
(Pattern 3): Searching step-by-step
through a series of titles
【パターン
4
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(Pattern 4): Specifying multiple
conditions
For details about the search patterns of each
dictionary, see the
収録辞典一覧
(Dictionary List)
chapter in the
取扱説明書
(User’s Guide).
【パターン
1
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(Pattern 1): Entering the
fi rst few characters of the term you
want to fi nd
The displayed list of search results changes as you
enter characters of the term you want to fi nd.
Example: To look up the meaning of fi ne (
オーレッ
クス英和辞典
)
1
Use and
to select
見出し語検索
(Headword Search).
2
Enter the term you
want.
As you enter each
character, the list
of terms on the
screen is updated
accordingly.
3
Use and
to move the highlighting to
a term and then press
.
This displays the defi nition screen.
【パターン
2
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(Pattern 2): Entering a
term and then pressing
Enter the entire term you want to fi nd and then
press
.
Example: Looking up kanji with the pronunciation
yuu (
ゆう
) in
漢字源
(Japanese Kanji Dictionary)
1
Use and
to
select
B
音訓読みか
ら探す
(Kanji
Reading Search).
If a selection item
has a letter at the
beginning, you can
press the corresponding letter key to execute
the selection directly. In case of the above, for
example, you could simply press
B
.
2
Press
.
This displays a
Japanese input
screen.
3
Enter
ゆう
.
4
Press
.
This displays
a list of kanji
characters with the
pronunciation you
entered.
5
Use ,
,
and
to select
the kanji
character you
want and then
press
.
This displays a
detailed information screen.
【パターン
3
】
(Pattern 3): Searching
step-by-step through a series of titles
With some dictionaries, you need to perform
successive select and execute (by pressing
) operations until you arrive at the
information you need.
Example: To look up an English conversation
expression (
英会話とっさのひとこと辞典
)
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After displaying the
initial
英会話とっさのひと
こと辞典
screen, select
the following:
場
面から探す
(Search by
Circumstance)
→
毎
日の生活でつかうひとこと
(Daily Life Expressions)
→
家のなかで
(At home)
→
起きてから出かけるまで
(Morning).
This will bring you to a screen that displays the English
expression for the Japanese
おはよう
(Good Morning).
【パターン
4
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(Pattern 4): Specifying
multiple conditions
With this type of search, you can input multiple
keywords, terms, or other conditions.
Example: Looking up the kanji
聖
in
漢字源
(Japanese Kanji Dictionary)
The radical
耳
of
聖
has six strokes. Also,
聖
consists of 13 strokes in total. This is enough
information to look up the kanji character.
1
Use and
to
select
部首画数
/
総画数から探す
(Radical Stroke/
Total Stroke Count
Search) and then
press
.
2
For
部首画数
(Number of radical
strokes), input 6
and then press
.
Use the top row of
keyboard keys to enter numbers.
This displays a list of applicable radicals.
3
Use ,
,
and
to select
耳
and then press
.
4
For
総画数
(Total
number of
strokes), input 13.
5
Press
.
This displays a list
of kanji characters
that satisfy the
conditions.
6
Use ,
,
and
to select
聖
and then press
.
This displays an
explanation of the
kanji character.
Other Searches
Jump Search
You can use jump search to jump to another location
in the same dictionary or to another dictionary.
To jump within the same dictionary
1
When search results
show items with a
large arrow (
) or
small arrow (
)
jump symbol, press
.
The
indicator
appears and the
fi rst character or word on the screen becomes
highlighted, indicating it is the search target.
In the case of Japanese, the jump target is a
single character. For English, it is a word.
2
Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting
to an item to the right of a jump symbol
(
or
) and then press
to jump.
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To jump to another dictionary
1
While the results of a search are displayed,
press
.
2
Use the arrow
keys to select the
term you want to
look up and then
press
.
This displays a
dictionary menu.
3
Use and
to select a dictionary and
then press
.
This displays a list of candidates.
4
Use and
to move the highlighting to
the item you want and then press
to jump.
Useful Functions
Powerful features and functions help make
dictionary look ups quicker and easier.
Viewing Idioms and Compound Expressions
The
(Idiom)
indicator on a screen
indicates that idiom
information is available,
while
(Compound
Expression) indicates
compound expression
information.
Press
to display a list of candidates.
Use
,
,
, and to select the idiom or
compound expression you want and then press
.
This displays the meaning of the selected idiom or
compound expression.
Viewing Compound Terms
indicates there is
compound term
information available.
Press
to display a
list of candidates.
Use
,
,
, and
to select the compound
term you want and then press
.
This displays the meaning of the selected
compound term.
Viewing Examples or Explanations
or
indicates
there is example
information or an
explanation available.
Press
to highlight
the fi rst indicator on the
display.
Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to the
indicator of the term whose information you want
to view and then press
.
This displays the corresponding example
information or explanation information.
Re-looking Up Something You Looked Up
Previously
Use the procedure below when you want to re-look
up something you looked up in the recent past.
1
Display the initial screen of the dictionary
that contains what you want to re-look up.
2
Press
.
This displays the
history screen of
the dictionary.
3
Use ,
,
,
and
to select
the term you want to re-look up and then
press
.
This displays a defi nition or explanation screen
for the term.
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