RJA529753-001V01 MO1311-A
CASIO Electronic Dictionary
Quick Guide (XD-U Series)
The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the
CASIO XD-U Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most
illustrations and screen shots show the XD-U8500.
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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.
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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 indicators 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.
Load each battery with
the minus (–) pole facing
as shown in the nearby
illustration.
With the battery on top of
the ribbon, press down
on the plus (+) end of the
battery.
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.
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
Recording microphone
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).
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Stylus
RESET button
Stylus
RESET button
7
Use the time setting
screen to confi gure
time settings.
Use
,
,
, and
or the stylus to highlight
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.
8
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.
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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.
⑲
⑰
⑭
⑮
⑯
⑱
⑩
⑪
⑫
⑬
⑨
⑧
⑦
⑥
④
⑤
③
②
①
⑳
㉑
㉒
㉓
㉔
㉕
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
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Number keys
Number keys
Dictionary/
mode keys
Dictionary/
mode keys
①
Dictionary/mode keys
Toggle between the initial screens of the two
dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.
②
(Power) Key
Toggles power on and off.
③
(Shift) Key
Shifts the keyboard. To use
, press and
release it, and then press the next key.
④
(History) Key
Accesses history data.
⑤
(Text Size) Key
Cycles through available screen text sizes.
⑥
(Scroll) (Volume Level) Keys
These keys scroll screen contents up and down.
Used during volume adjustment to raise and
lower the volume level.
⑦
(Audio) Key
Press to play native speaker or synthesized
pronunciation or to compare your pronunciation
with native speaker pronunciation.
⑧
(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
(Menu)
screen.
⑨
(Translate/Execute) Key
Applies input characters or the item selected on
the screen.
⑩
Arrow Keys
These keys move the selection highlighting or
cursor up, down, left, or right.
⑪
（
Jump/Guide
）
Key
Enables look up of a term on the currently
displayed defi nition or explanation screen.
Press after
to view guide information.
⑫
(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.
⑬
Letter Keys
Enter letters and numbers.
⑭
【前見出し】・【次見出し】
(Previous Headword/
Next
Headword)
Jump from the current term to the previous or next
term.
⑮
【熟語】
(Compound Terms)
Displays compound terms that use kanji you are
currently viewing.
⑯
【教科書体ズーム】
(Textbook Typeface Zoom)
Touching this icon on a defi nition or explanation
screen displays single Japanese characters
enlarged using the textbook typeface.
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⑰
【成句複合語】
(Phrases and Compound
Expressions)
Displays phrases and compound expressions that
use the term you are currently viewing.
⑱
【暗記カード作成】
(Create Flash Card)
Creates a fl ash card.
⑲
【用例解説】
(Examples and Explanations)
Displays examples and explanations in dictionaries
that include such information.
⑳
【メニュー】
(Menu)
Toggles between the
メニュー
(Menu) screen and
the
学習帳
(Workbook) screen.
㉑
【ジャンプ】
(Jump)
Performs the same functions as the
⑪
(Jump/Guide) key.
㉒
【音声
】
(Audio)
Performs the same functions as the
⑦
(Audio) key.
㉓
【戻る／リスト】
(Back/List)
Performs the same functions as the
⑧
(Back/List) key.
㉔
【訳／決定】
(Translate/Execute)
Performs the same functions as the
⑨
(Translate/Execute) key.
㉕
(Scroll)
Perform the same functions as the
⑥
(Scroll) (Volume Level) keys.
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textbook typeface - Typeface that shows the full
and proper form of a character.
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Display Items
The following explains the meanings of the different items
(indicators, icons, buttons) that appear on the display.
This:
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
expression 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)
Textbook typeface 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
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When performing a main
panel touch operation, be
sure to support the back of
the panel with your hand.
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Strong pressure is not
required when performing
main panel and sub panel
touch operations.
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Avoid applying excessive
pressure during touch
operations and input. Strong pressure can cause
cracking or breaking of the panels.
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For stylus character input, be sure to use only the
stylus that comes with your electronic dictionary.
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When using your fi nger for input, do not tap with
your fi ngernail.
Keyboard Input
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Alphabetic and Russian characters are input using
lower case.
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Except for certain models, Hangul, Chinese pinyin,
and Russian characters are not printed on the keys.
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To input numbers, touch the numbers on the sub
panel. Though numbers can be input using keys,
numbers are not printed on the key tops.
Inputting Japanese Characters
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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
えーる
Main panel
Sub panel
Main panel
Sub panel
Inputting Alphabetic Characters
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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.
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For the German “ß”, input “ss”.
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For other characters that normally include a
diacritic, input the character without the diacritic.
Example: “à”
→
“a”, “ê”
→
“e”, etc.
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For the French “ç” input “c”, and for “œ”, input “oe”.
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Input hyphenated terms as single words, without a
hyphen. To look up “heaven-sent”, for example, input
“heavensent”.
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When inputting a term that consists of multiple
words, input the words without any spaces. To
look up “in orario”, for example, input “inorario”.
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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
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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.
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You can also specify the four Chinese tones and the
“toneless” tone by touching one of the buttons on
the sub panel.
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To input “ü”, press
V
.
Inputting Russian Characters
To input this:
Type this:
хобби
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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.
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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.
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Touching
will display a Japanese syllabary
keyboard, touching
will display an alphabetic
keyboard, and touching
will switch to
handwritten input.
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Input screen
Input screen
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While the soft keyboard is displayed, touch the
character keys to input characters.
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To delete a character, use
and
to move the
cursor to the character, and then touch
【削除】
(Delete).
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To input a small character while the Japanese
syllabary screen is displayed, input the desired
character and then touch
【小文字】
(Small).
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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).
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To handwrite characters on the main panel, touch
【入力】
(Input) and then
. This displays input cells
on the main panel.
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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
Main panel
Sub panel
【書き直し】
Scroll buttons
Character cells
【認識】
【認識】【削除】
【書き直し】
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The number of cells that appear on the panel
depends on the type of characters that can be input.
Correcting Character Input
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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 (
衰
).
This displays up to 10 possible candidates for
the character.
2
If you fi nd the
correct character
among the
candidates, touch
it.
3
If you do not fi nd the correct character,
touch
【書き直し】
(Rewrite), rewrite the
character on the sub panel and then touch
【認識】
(Recognize).
Touching
【書き直し】
(Rewrite)
while the character
cells of the sub panel are blank (nothing input)
will delete the character currently in the input
fi eld of the main panel. (In the case of the main
panel, touch
【削除】
(Delete).)
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Indicator
(Continued on other side.)
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