ECTACO® Partner® EP900 ENGLISHÙPOLISH Hand-held Electronic Language Teacher®, Full Text Translation System, Talking Dictionary, Translator, and Audio PhraseBook™ USER MANUAL
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ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual CONTENTS GENERAL DESCRIPTION.................................................................................. 6 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 6 General View ..................................................................................................... 7 Power Supply..................................................................................................... 8 SD Card .
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Linguistic Crossword........................................................................................ 30 Pockets ............................................................................................................ 30 Translation Test ............................................................................................... 31 Spell-It-Right ....................................................................................................
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual GENERAL DESCRIPTION Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the high-end class Hand-held Electronic Language Teacher®, Full Text Translation System, Talking Dictionary, Translator, and Audio PhraseBook™! The product you have purchased is the result of the combined efforts of the ECTACO team of linguists, engineers, and programmers. You are now the owner of one of the most advanced electronic devices ever produced for translation purposes and language studies.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Voice Recorder – record conversations on-the-go and then translate them at the luxury of home or office. USA Citizenship Exam, Audio Player with mp3 support, FM Radio, World Time, Metric Conversion, Talking Calculator and more... The functionality of a particular model depends on the set of languages included, and it may partially differ from the device description in this manual. For more information about a particular model, please visit our Web site at www.ectaco.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Power Supply ® ® ECTACO Partner EP900 is powered by a special Li-Polymer rechargeable battery. When the battery becomes weak, the red LED signal starts blinking. To restore full functionality of the device, recharge the battery as soon as possible. The battery compartment is located on the back of the device and is covered with a plastic cover. To open the battery compartment, unscrew two screws, holding the battery compartment cover.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Please wait while your PC detects the device. • In the menu that appears on the device screen, select the desired connection mode: battery charging or data transfer. • 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.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 or User Manual Listen to the pronunciation of the translation or source item (where available) + Close active window / Cancel 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 between English and Polish keyboard layouts +key Enter additional letters, if applicable + +key Enter additional letters in uppercase, if applicable Switch language or translation dir
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Main Menu • To display the Main Menu, turn the device on, and/or exit the currently running on the keyboard. The Main Menu consists of the application. Alternatively, press following sections: Dictionaries & Tools, Language Studies, Extras, Help & Settings. At the top of the screen, you will see the battery life indicator. The Main Menu sections are described below. The contents of the Main Menu depend on product model.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual Say the name of the desired section or application and then release the section or application will then open. key. The Learning Words When starting an application, you will see the Memorize splash screen with a useful word or phrase, its translation and corresponding picture.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual On-screen Keyboard The on-screen keyboard is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen. This set of keys simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of it. • In applications featuring text input, tap keyboard. • To hide it, tap on the sidebar to activate the on-screen once again. ECTACO® C-Pen® 1 With ECTACO® C-Pen® you can acquire and then translate words or text portions from paper media.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual • 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.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • • User Manual To activate the pop-up toolbar, press . To perform an action, just tap the corresponding icon. Alternatively, select it by using or and then press .
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Rescan SD card / Restart Hide Edit Activate Sleep Mode Disable Sleep Mode Turn the sound off Turn the sound on Volume control Specify frequency (available in FM Radio) Save (available in FM Radio) Open file (available in jetBook® Reader) Switch to full-screen mode (available in jetBook® Reader) Exit full-screen mode (available in jetBook® Reader) Show bookmarks, textmarks, and table of contents (available in jetBook® Reader) The contents of the toolbar depend on the curr
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual When the pop-up menu appears, lift the stylus and then select the desired action. You can close the pop-up menu by tapping anywhere on the screen, outside of the menu.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual log. – logic lotn. – aviation mal. – painting mar. – nautical mat. – mathematics mech. – mechanics med. – medicine metal. – metallurgy meteor. – meteorology miner. – mineralogy mit. – mythology muz. – music mysl. – hunting ogr. – agronomy opt. – optics paleont. – paleontology parl. – parliamentary pieszcz. – nursery plast. – art poet. – poetic pog. – pejorative poligr. – printing polit. – political pot. – colloquial prawn. – law prozod. – prosody przen.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual komp. – computers kosc. – ecclesiastical kraw. – tailoring ksiegow. – accounting kulin. – cooking wet. – veterinary wojsk. – military wulg. – vulgar zool. – zoology zart. – jocular Pronunciation of Words and Sentences ECTACO® Partner® EP900 speaks dictionary entries out loud with a real human voice. These entries are marked with a special icon: .
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual When the desired word is displayed, select it (tap the corresponding line) to see its translation(s). Use the the list, if applicable. key to activate the pop-up menu for the selected entry in • Within a translation, where applicable, tap <...> to see the entire text. • To look up the highlighted English entry in the English Dictionary, select pop-up toolbar.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual Tap Add to save your entry. The entry will be highlighted in red for easy identification. You might want to delete a user entry. • Hold the stylus down on your entry in the list and then select User words / Delete in the pop-up menu. Adding Entries to FlashCards You can create your personal sets of entries copied from the Dictionary. • Press and then tap FlashCards window. • • Select the desired options. on the pop-up toolbar.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual The available pop-up menu items are described below. • • • • Hold the stylus down on an underlined entry for a second. The pop-up menu will appear. Tap Say to hear the entry pronounced. Tap Explain to look it up in the English Dictionary. Tap Translate to look it up in the Dictionary. Note: To go back or forward to the last page you viewed, select respectively.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual • Tap the flags to see the list of available languages. Select the desired source and/or target language. • To hear the translation pronounced, press • To get an explanation of the selected English word, press . . Shortcut keys: T – open the topics list, S – open the subtopics list, +L – select source language, L – select target language, E – look up in the English Dictionary, if applicable, F – search.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Basics • Open the Dictionaries & Tools section. • Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open. For easy reference, the phrases are arranged by topics. • To open a topic or subtopic, tap the corresponding item. • To change topic, tap select the desired one.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Options • To activate the Options screen, tap • • Under the phrase My gender, select your gender. on the pop-up toolbar. Select the Listener gender. The gender options provide greater translation flexibility and accuracy. They affect the way Partner® EP900 translates certain words and phrases, not the voiceover. You cannot change the voice from male to female or vice versa.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual • Highlight the desired phrase. • • • • To hear the phrase pronounced in the target language, press and release • Press and hold (Wrong). • Say the newly learned phrase into the microphone. . Repeat this several times until you learn the correct pronunciation. Change the translation direction. Position your mouth near the built-in microphone at a distance of 3 – 6 inches (8 – 15 cm). .
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual to listen to the pronunciation of the translation; + to listen to the pronunciation of an English irregular verb along with its basic forms. • To look up a verb in the Dictionary, tap on the pop-up toolbar. Idioms Over 200 widely used American idioms and their equivalents or translations are included in the Idioms application. • • Open the Dictionaries & Tools section. • Start typing the desired idiom; it will appear highlighted. Tap the application name.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual SAT 5000 This application includes five thousand words with transcriptions and explanations from the SAT vocabulary. • • Open the Dictionaries & Tools section. • To view word's transcription and explanation, just start entering the word in the input line and then tap the requested entry when it appears on the list. Alternatively, Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual recognized and compared to the model pronunciation. The smileys ( with voiceover will help you improve your articulation skills. , , ) along Alphabet • Listen to the alphabet. Tap the desired letter's icon to listen to its pronunciation again. • • Listen to the sample words by pressing the key. Play the fascinating game. Words You will see words illustrated by pictures. Each word will be announced by voice.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual To disable the Sleep Mode, tap on the pop-up toolbar. English Grammar ® ® ECTACO Partner EP900 provides a well-structured English Grammar guide. • • Open the Language Studies section. Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual At the second stage you move the cards to the third pocket and, again, if you know the hidden source word, put the card in the next pocket. The goal is to move all cards to the fourth pocket. You will direct most of your effort at learning difficult words, while simple words will shortly jump to the fourth pocket. • • Open the Language Studies section.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual If you have made an error, the word will be replaced with "- - -". If you have guessed the word, it will be highlighted for a second, and the card will be set apart. If you guess wrong or tap the Skip button, the card will remain in the set and will be displayed later. The number of unlearned cards in a set is recorded for each game. This information is displayed on the screen. For example, Words left: 10 means you have 10 cards unlearned.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual The number of unlearned cards in a set is recorded for each game. This information is displayed on the screen. For example, Words left: 10 means you have 10 cards remaining unlearned. • • Open the Language Studies section. • To select the desired set, double-tap the respective folder name, or tap on the to the left of the folder name, and then tap the desired set name. • • • • Select the desired set and then tap Tap the application name.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • Press User Manual to hear the hidden word (counts as one try). The game continues until the picture at the upper left of the screen is complete. • Each word is added to the list shown in the middle of the screen. To see the translation of a word, just tap on it. The number of won and lost games is shown on the lower section of the screen. • To reset statistics, tap • To start a new game, tap on the pop-up toolbar. .
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • • User Manual Use the respective pop-up menu items to place a bookmark or textmark. To search for a text in the current file, select Find. By default, bookmarks and textmarks are shown as red strokes on the navigation bar and in the book's text. • To see the bookmark or textmark name, tap the respective stroke in the book's text. Black strokes on the navigation bar indicate the book's chapters.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Audio Player ® ® ECTACO Partner EP900 includes Audio Player, a program allowing you to play and organize digital audio files. The program supports .mp3, .ogg, and uncompressed .wav files. • Copy your music files to the My music folder on the SD card (see PC Communication). • • Open the Extras section. • To play the desired recording, simply double-tap it or highlight it and then tap • • To adjust the volume, tap • You can organize your files.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Stop Next Shortcut keys: R – repeat, S – shuffle, Z – previous, C – pause, X – resume, V – stop, B – next, – play. Voice Recorder The Voice Recorder allows you to record memos and play them back. • • Open the Extras section.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Scan frequency range forward. Scan frequency range backward. Mute. Toggle headphones / built-in speaker. Turn off LCD to save battery life. To turn the LCD back on, just press any key or tap the screen. You can also add a frequency manually. • Press • • Tap to activate the pop-up toolbar. . Enter the frequency value in the dialog window that appears.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Universal Translator Universal Translator is an application combining over 180 languages with cross-language translation functionality. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.ectaco.com. • • Open the Extras section. Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open. How to Set the Desired Language Pair • • • Press and then tap on the pop-up toolbar.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual capable of working continuously, as long as the GPS receiver is connected to a power supply. • • Open the Extras section. Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open. Instant position is determined using a GPS signal – presence of valid GPS signal is marked by the green color of the GPS signal icon .
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual Bring up the program's Main Menu Current time. Tapping the control replaces time with GPS speed. The factory-defined path to the map files is system\App\mireo\Maps, navigating from the root directory of the SD card. Getting to the destination It is possible to search the address, center of the city, intersection of two roads or longitude and latitude of a desired location.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual battery. Tap this item to switch between guidance with map, guidance with speedometer, and the GPS signal screen. The name of the street/road/square after the next maneuver is shown at the bottom of the screen. • To change the content, just tap the control. Note: The program recalculates the route in case of a wrong maneuver. Saving your routes Routes are recorded independently of the mode (guidance or simply driving with GPS active). • Tap to start recording.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • Tap to delete a via point. • Use , User Manual to move a via point. Display Modes: Day & Night • • Tap and then select Settings / Map / Map scheme. Select Auto day/night, Day or Night. The display mode will change accordingly. GeoPix images • Tap and then select GeoPix images. It brings up the collection of geo-referenced photos, if any. Those photos have embedded GPS information. The photos must be stored in the Photos folder.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual Tap the desired icon to the left of the main window to activate the corresponding section. Standard / Headset settings • • • • • Tap Standard to restore the default settings. Tap Headset to restore the settings suitable for use with a headset. Tap on the Master Volume control to adjust the overall volume. Tap on the Speaker Volume and Headphones Volume controls to adjust the speaker and headphone volumes, respectively.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 • User Manual Under Regional Settings, tap to see the list of available options and then select the desired locale used for numbers, time, and dates. Interface Language Use this item to change the interface language. • Under Interface Language, tap the desired one.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual • Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open. • • Tap Create to activate the New Set window. Specify the dictionary name and translation direction. Tap OK to save your set. To add or edit entries, please follow the steps below. • Select the desired set within User Sets and then tap Edit. In the window that appears, tap Add or Edit to add or edit an entry, respectively.
ECTACO® Partner® EP900 User Manual World Time ® ® Using your ECTACO Partner EP900, you can view current times in cities around the world, along with corresponding map illustrations. • • Open the Help & Settings section. • • Tap the city name at the upper left of the screen to open the alphabetical list of cities. Tap the application name. Alternatively, press the numeric key corresponding to the application number. The application will then open. Tap the desired city to display its current time.
