Ectaco Partner P900 Manuale utente

ECTACO®Partner®P900

Hand-held Electronic Language Teacher®,

Full Text Translation System, Talking Dictionary, Translator, and

Audio PhraseBook™

QUICK START GUIDE

Partner®, iTRAVL®, jetBook®, LingvoSoft®, Language Teacher®, Lingvobit®,

LingvoCompass®, Audio PhraseBook™, Vector Ultima™, U-Learn™, and

MorphoFinder™ are trademarks of ECTACO, Inc.

ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss 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 as well as software functionality are subject to change

without prior notice.

More manuals are available at www.ectaco.com/support/manuals

ECTACO®Partner®P900 Quick Start Guide

GENERAL VIEW

The general view and essential features of ECTACO®Partner®P900 are shown below.

The function and control keys are described below.

Key Function(s)

Turn the device on or off

Reset1Re-initialize system

Use speech recognition (where available)

Show or hide the pop-up toolbar

Listen to the pronunciation of the translation or source item

(where available)

Close active window / Cancel

1The Reset button is located on the back of the device.

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Delete character to the left of cursor

+key Press and hold this key down to type in uppercase / Enter

additional letters or symbols

+ , Launch spell-checker

+ Switch keyboard layouts

+key Enter additional letters: for example, press +^and then

press Oto enter ô in the English-French model

+ +key Enter additional letters in uppercase, if applicable

Switch language or translation direction

Switch to the Main Menu

+numeric key Enter digits

+ +numeric

key Enter additional symbols

Execute

, , , Move cursor or highlight / Scroll lines

, Page Up / Page Down / Switch Main Menu sections

Enter space

HOW TO TURN THE DEVICE ON/OFF

To turn the device on or off, use the ON/OFF button. If the screen remains blank,

connect the AC/DC adapter to your device via the mini-USB port (see General View),

or connect your device to your PC using the special USB cable. The red LED signal

shows that the battery is recharging.

Note: Only a special rechargeable battery, special charger, and special USB cable may

be used with your ECTACO®Partner®P900. Use of an inappropriate external power

supply may cause failure of the device and will void the warranty.

Tapping screen items is preferably done with the supplied pointing device known as a

stylus, which, when not in use, is kept in a special slot at the side of the device's back

panel (see General View).

Before you start using your ECTACO®Partner®P900, please make sure the SD card

(included in the standard package) is installed into the SD slot of the device. If the

card is not installed, slide it into the slot located on the right-hand edge of the device –

ECTACO®Partner®P900 Quick Start Guide

the label of the card face up, contacts face down. Push the card gently until it clicks

into place. To eject the card, just push it in slightly.

HOW TO ACCESS USER MANUAL

ECTACO®Partner®P900 user manual is compiled in an electronic format and is stored

on the SD card. The content of the manual is only available when the card is installed into

the device. A printed version of the manual is provided in the standard package.

Open the Help & Settings section.

Tap Help.

To see the table of contents, tap Contents.

DISPLAY AND MAIN MENU

ECTACO®Partner®P900 features a touch screen (320 x 240 pixels) with a windows-

driven graphical interface. The Main Menu consists of four sections, which visually

organize access to the ECTACO®Partner®P900 applications.

Note: Tapping screen items is preferably done with the supplied pointing device known

as a stylus, which, when not in use, is kept in a special slot at the side of the device's

back panel (see General View).

Main Menu

To display the Main Menu, turn the device on, and/or exit the currently running

application. Alternatively, press on the keyboard. The Main Menu consists of the

following sections: Dictionaries & Tools, Language Studies,Extras,Help &

Settings.

The Main Menu sections are described below. The contents of the Main Menu depend on

product model.

Use the Dictionaries & Tools section to access Dictionary, English Dictionary,

Pictured Dictionary, Text Translation2, Audio PhraseBook™, Irregular Verbs, Idioms,

SAT 200, and SAT 5000.

Use the Language Studies section to access Language Teacher®, U-Learn™,

English Grammar, Linguistic Crossword, Pockets, Translation Test, Spell-It-Right,

FlashCards, and Hangman.

Use the Extras section to access jetBook®Reader, Video Player, Audio Player, Voice

Recorder, USA Interview, Metric Conversion, Calculator, and World Time.

2Available in selected models.

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Use the Help & Settings section to access Settings, Help, About, Learning Settings,

and Size Equivalents.

To switch between sections, press the / keys, or tap / on the sidebar.

When in a section, tap the desired application name. Alternatively, highlight it and

then press . Or, press the numeric key that corresponds to the application

number.

The application will then open.

To close an application, tap at the upper right of the screen, or just press .

Using the Voice Commands

Voice commands are always available when the Interface language is set to English.

They might be unavailable for certain languages.

When in the Main Menu, press and hold the key. You will see a dialog with two

buttons: (Correct) and (Wrong).

Say the name of the desired section or application and then release the key. The

section or application will then open.

PC COMMUNICATION

The PC Communication function allows you to manage files and folders stored on the SD

card. For example, you may wish to add books and music files.

Ensure the SD card is installed into the device.

Turn the device on.

Connect the device to your PC using the special USB cable and the mini-USB port

located on the device (see General View).

Please wait while your PC detects the device.

Navigate to the newly detected removable disk on your PC to browse through the files

stored on the SD card.

Note: Do not modify the content of the system folder. Do not delete system files.

Copy your files to the respective folders. For example, copy your books to the My

books folder.

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Note: Always back up your important data! Neither the manufacturer nor the dealers

assume any responsibility for lost or corrupted data.

ECTACO®C-Pen® 3

With ECTACO®C-Pen®you can acquire and then translate words or text portions from

paper media. It is capable of recognizing texts in languages based on Latin, Cyrillic or

Greek character set.

Connect ECTACO®C-Pen®to your device. Make sure the device is turned on.

Press the Function key on ECTACO®C-Pen®. You will see the C-Pen ready dialog.

Select the desired language and application.

Place the tip of ECTACO®C-Pen®before the first character of your text. The leg with

the touch trigger should be below the text line and the other leg above the text line.

Keep the touch trigger pressed onto the surface and move ECTACO®C-Pen®over

the line of text. You can move ECTACO®C-Pen®either left-to-right or right-to-left over

the text.

Lift your ECTACO®C-Pen®.

In the C-Pen ready dialog, tap OK.

The text will be transferred to the selected application.

PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS AND SENTENCES

ECTACO®Partner®P900 speaks dictionary entries out loud with a real human voice in

English and other languages. These entries are marked with a special icon: .

In the Text Translation application, the device employs the TTS (Text-to-Speech)

technology which allows you to listen to the pronunciation of text.

To hear the displayed or highlighted headword pronounced, press the key.

3Optional accessory. Included in the ECTACO®Partner®P900 Deluxe package.

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To hear the translation or definition pronounced, highlight the desired portion of it by

using the stylus, and then press the key.

Note: To disable Slang Lock, please use this password: showslan.4

4Revision 2.

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