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RJA527303-001V01      MO1211-A

CASIO Electronic Dictionary
Quick Guide (XD-N Series)

The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the 
CASIO XD-N Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most 
illustrations and screen shots show the XD-N8500.

  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 
shown in simplifi ed form.

Example:

 

 

【音声

 

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.

While pressing down on the 
two 

 locations shown in the 

illustration, slide the battery 
cover in the direction indicated 
by the arrows.

2

 

Load two batteries.

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 spring is 
pressed straight down.

3

 

Replace the battery cover.

4

 

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

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

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 

メインパネルの表示保護フィルムが

...

 

(Main panel protective fi lm may be...) or 

サブパ

ネルの表示保護フィルムが

...

 (Sub panel protective 

fi lm may be...) appears, remove the protective 
fi lm (option) from the indicated panel.

6

 

After confi rming that 

アルカリ電池

 (Alkaline 

Batteries) is selected for 

電池設定

 (Battery Setting), 

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 displays 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 back 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

Main Panel

You can touch the main panel to 
select an on-screen item, swipe it 
to scroll to another screen, or input 
characters by handwriting them on 
the panel.

Sub Panel

You can 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.

 

 

 (Power) 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

These 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

These 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 

 

 

【熟語】

 (Compound Terms)

Displays compound terms that use kanji you are 
currently viewing.

 

 

【ズーム】

 (Zoom)

Enlarges the characters of a defi nition or 
explanation screen. 

 

 

【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)

There is a compound term that 
uses kanji 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 related information for 
the term you are looking up in the 
current dictionary.

(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).

Panel Touch Operation Tips

  Strong pressure is not required when performing 

main panel and sub panel touch operations.

  Avoid applying excessive 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 

  For stylus character input, be sure to use only the 

stylus that comes with your electronic dictionary.

  When using your fi nger for input, do not tap with 

your fi ngernail.

Keyboard Input

  Alphabetic and Russian characters are input using 

lower case.

  Except for certain models, Hangul, Chinese pinyin, 

and Russian characters are not printed on the keys.

Inputting Japanese Characters

  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

Inputting 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 “heaven-sent”, for example, input 
“heavensent”.

  When inputting a term that consists of multiple 

words, input the words without any spaces. To 
look up “in orario”, for example, input “inorario”.

  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”.

Inputting Hangul Characters

To input this:

Type this:

GGG

Inputting Chinese Characters (Pinyin)

1

2

3

4

0

To input this:

Type this:

ming2tian1
(míng ti

ā

n

・明天

)

 

 

W

 

T I A N

 

 

Q

  To specify one of the four Chinese tones (

,  , 

) or the “toneless” tone ( ), press and release 

, and then press the key that corresponds 

to the tone you want to specify. The four Chinese 
tones and the “toneless” tone are indicated by 
numbers on the display.

  You can also specify the four Chinese tones and the 

“toneless” tone by touching one of the buttons on 
the sub panel.

  To input “ü”, press 

V

.

Inputting Russian Characters

To input this:

Type this:

хобби

 

 

 

 

 

  To input a character marked in the upper right 

corner of a key, press (and immediately release) 

 and then press the key.

Inputting with the Soft Keyboard

You can use the soft keyboard that appears on the 
main panel for character input.

  The type of keyboard that appears depends on the 

dictionary search method you are using.

Example: 

明鏡国語辞典

 (Japanese Dictionary)

When the Quick Palette 

【入力】

 (Input) 

icon is on the 
display, touch 
it to display 
the input 
screen.

 Touching 

 will display a Japanese syllabary 

keyboard, touching 

 will display an alphabetic 

keyboard, and touching 

 will switch to 

handwritten input.

  While the soft keyboard is displayed, touch the 

character keys to input characters.

  To delete a character, use 

 and 

 to move the 

cursor to the character and then touch 

【削除】

 (Delete).

  To input a small character while the Japanese 

syllabary screen is displayed, input the desired 
character and then touch 

【小文字】

 (Small).

  To exit the input screen, touch 

【入力】

 or 

.

Handwritten Input

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

【認識】

 (Recognize).

  To handwrite characters on the main panel, touch 

【入力】

 (Input) and then 

. This displays input cells 

on the main panel.

  With some search methods, like 

単漢字

/

熟語を手書き入

力から探す

 (Kanji/Compound Term Handwritten Input 

Search) (

新漢語林

 (Japanese Kanji Dictionary)), 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.

Indicator

Supported 

Input 

Characters

Hiragana

Katakana

Kanji

Simplifi ed 
Chinese

Hangul

Indicator

Supported 

Input 

Characters

Alphabetic

Alphabetic 
and accented 
alphabetic

Russian

Numbers

Main panel

Sub panel

【書き直し】

Scroll buttons

Character cells

【認識】

【認識】【削除】

【書き直し】

  The number of cells that appear on the panel 

depends on the type of characters that can be input.

Correcting Character Input

  The example here show how to use the sub panel, 

but you can also use the same procedure when 
inputting on the main panel.

Example: After mistakenly inputting 

喜怒衰楽

 instead of

喜怒哀楽

Sub panel

Main panel

Input fi eld

Character cells

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.)

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. 

Input Screen

Input Screen

Indicator

Indicator

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