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Talking Electronic Dictionary & Phrasebook

USER MANUAL

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E500T User Manual

ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss

resulting from the use of this manual.

ECTACO, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third

parties, which may arise through the use of this product.

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 are subject to change without notice.

No part of this manual shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,

photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without permission from

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is a registered trademark of ECTACO, Inc., NY, USA.

FCC Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause

harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference

received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly

approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's

authority to operate the equipment.

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection

against harmful interference in a residential installation. This

equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy

and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may

cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful

interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined

by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to

correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 6

General View........................................................................ 8

Power Supply ....................................................................... 8

Reprogramming to Other Language Pairs.......................... 10

Initialization......................................................................... 10

Keyboard ............................................................................ 11

Display................................................................................ 13

Main Menu.......................................................................... 14

DICTIONARY........................................................................ 14

Viewing entries ................................................................... 15

Vector Ultima™ Spellchecker............................................. 16

Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations................. 16

Reverse Translation ........................................................... 17

Pronunciation of Words and Phrases ................................. 18

PHRASEBOOK .................................................................... 19

POPULAR IDIOMS............................................................... 20

IRREGULAR VERBS ........................................................... 21

GRAMMAR GUIDE .............................................................. 21

HANGMAN WORD GAME ................................................... 22

SAT 200................................................................................ 23

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SAT 5000.............................................................................. 23

USA INTERVIEW ................................................................. 24

CALCULATOR ..................................................................... 24

CURRENCY CONVERSION................................................. 25

Setting and Checking Rates ............................................... 25

Conversion ......................................................................... 25

METRIC CONVERSION ....................................................... 26

WORLD TIME....................................................................... 26

SETUP .................................................................................. 27

Set language ...................................................................... 27

Set font size........................................................................ 27

Speech settings.................................................................. 27

Slang lock........................................................................... 28

Date format......................................................................... 28

Time format ........................................................................ 28

Clock................................................................................... 29

Key tone ............................................................................. 29

Set contrast ........................................................................ 29

Set sleep time..................................................................... 30

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INTRODUCTION

Congratulations on purchasing ECTACO

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E500T! This

product is the result of the combined efforts of Ectaco's linguists,

engineers, and programmers, and represents the last generation of

the highest-performance integrated linguistic systems available.

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E500T features:

 Bidirectional dictionary of over 500,000 words (depends on

language pair), including idioms, medical, technical, legal, and

business terms, as well as slang and general expressions

 14,000 phrases per language pair in Phrasebook

 Voice function based on the TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology

 Instant reverse translation

 Look-up function

 Vector Ultima™ spell-checking system

 Phonetic transcription

 Irregular verbs

 Over 200 popular idioms

 SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies

 Hangman word game

 Metric and currency converters

 World time

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 Grammar guide

 USA Interview

 Calculator

 Slang lock

 Three font sizes

 Mini-USB port for external power supply

 Headphone jack

 As continuous efforts are being made by the manufacturer to

ensure the best quality and performance of the ECTACO

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products, some characteristics of the device you have

purchased may slightly differ from their description in this manual.

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.com.

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General View

The general view and external features of ECTACO

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are shown below.

Power Supply

The device is powered by two AAA (LR03) batteries.

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How to Replace the Batteries

• Ensure the power is off. Press ON/OFF to turn the device off.

 Never try to remove batteries from the device when the power is

on. This can seriously damage the device. If you experience

difficulty turning the device off, press the Reset button on the left-

hand side of the keyboard (under the A key) and reset the system.

• Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away from the

device.

• Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones. Do

not mix old and new batteries.

 When replacing the batteries, you have one minute to place new

ones in the device without risk of losing any data stored in RAM.

Do not exceed the one-minute limit! Neither the manufacturer

nor the dealer may be held responsible for loss of user data.

• Make sure to place the batteries according to the polarity marks

(+ -) inside the compartment.

• Replace the battery compartment cover by sliding it toward the

device. Make sure the cover sits in place properly.

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E500T is equipped with a mini-USB port for

external power supply via the shielded cable.

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 Use of an inappropriate external power supply may cause failure

of the device and may void the warranty. Always use the original

accessories manufactured by ECTACO, Inc.

Reprogramming to Other Language Pairs

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E500C can be reprogrammed to other language

pairs. To reprogram the device, perform the following steps:

1. Order an SD card with firmware corresponding to the desired

language pair(s) from www.ectaco.com. If you already have the

firmware package, copy it to a blank SD card of up to 2GB capacity.

Make sure the file system on the card is FAT.

2. Slide the card into the SD slot located on the right-hand edge of the

device – 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.

3. Turn the device on.

4. While holding down the ON/OFF button, press and release the

Reset button. The device screen will turn off. Keep the ON/OFF button

pressed until the device screen turns on.

5. Press ENTER and then follow the instructions on the screen.

6. Press the Reset button.

Initialization

The initialization routine is started:

 when ECTACO

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time;

 after the system has been reset with the Reset button.

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 The Reset button is located on the left-hand side of the keyboard

(under the A key). It can be accessed with any thin object like a

paper clip. Never use a needle or pin for this purpose since it can

damage the device.

Electrostatic discharge may cause failure of the device. Please use the

Reset button to restore full functionality of the device.

• If you see the Initialize system? (y/n) message, press the N key to

abort initialization and customization.

 The System initialized! message indicates that system initialization

has been completed and the factory defined default settings have

been restored.

Keyboard

The standard keyboard allows you to enter any word just in seconds.

• Enter the desired symbol from the keyboard by pressing the

corresponding key.

 Unlike PC keyboards, there is no need to keep a key (such as

SHIFT) down while pressing another one. It is enough to press it

only once and release.

The available set of national characters is dependent on the selected

keyboard layout.

Control and edit keys

ON/OFF Turn the device on or off

Reset Re-initialize system

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SPELLER

(SHIFT+ P-UP

or P-DN)

Launch spell-checker

Pronounce a headword or a highlighted portion of

translation

SHIFT+ Access additional symbols

SHIFT+ Switch between the Insert and Overtype modes

,  Move cursor / highlight / switch Main Menu

,  Highlight / scroll lines / switch Main Menu / change

values

P-UP / P-DN Page Up / Page Down

ENTER Execute

ESC Cancel / return to the previous page / switch to Main

ALT Enter diacritic letters (for example: ä, ö, ü, ß) –

press the corresponding key + ALT. To enter such

letters in caps, press SHIFT + the corresponding

key + ALT.

SHIFT Type in uppercase

BS Delete character to the left of the cursor

Use , , ,  to select the desired symbol and then press

ENTER. Press ESC to return to the input line.

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

Switch translation direction

SHIFT+ Switch language pair (where available)

Other shortcut keys open sections corresponding to the marks on the

keys (press SHIFT+ shortcut key; for example, SHIFT+DICT).

Display

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E500T features a high-resolution screen (255x160

pixels).

The indicator line is at the bottom of the display and shows the

following indicators:

SHIFT SHIFT key pressed

INS Insert mode selected

OVR Overtype mode selected

Battery life indicator

Slang lock is on

The number of reverse translations performed

EN, DE

Language input mode

EN-DE, DE-EN

Translation direction

, Horizontal scrolling enabled

, Vertical scrolling enabled

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Main Menu

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E500T Main Menu consists of 15 icons, which

visually organize access to the dictionary's sections.

To display the Main Menu, turn the device on and/or close the current

section.

• Move between icons by using ,  or , .

• To open a section, which icon is highlighted, press ENTER.

The icons shown in the Main Menu represent the following sections:

Dictionary

PhraseBook

Popular

Idioms

Irregular

Verbs

Grammar

Hangman

SAT 200

SAT 5000

USA Interview

Calculator

Currency

Conversion

Metric

Conversion

World Time

Setup

About

DICTIONARY

The Dictionary section includes a bidirectional dictionary with a total of

over 500,000 words (depends on language pair). Pronunciation of

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English words in the Dictionary is illustrated by means of the

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

• Press SHIFT+DICT to enter the Dictionary section.

• Use  to switch the translation direction.

Viewing entries

• To translate a word, enter it from the keyboard.

• When the desired word is highlighted, press ENTER to see its

translation(s).

 You can listen to the pronunciation of words and phrases in the

Dictionary – just highlight the desired item by using , , , 

and then press

Use:

 ,  to scroll through the translations;

 P-UP, P-DN to switch between adjacent entries.

• Press ESC or any letter key to return to the input line and translate

another word in the same dictionary.

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You can change the translation direction by pressing .

Vector Ultima™ Spellchecker

When you are unsure of the spelling of a word, the multilingual spell-

checker Vector Ultima™ will help you.

• Type the word as you hear it. For example, "foll" for "fall".

• Press SHIFT+SPELLER (SHIFT and either of the P-UP / P-DN

keys).

• Select the desired word and then press ENTER.

 If the spell-checker is unable to suggest alternative words, the No

variants message will appear.

Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations

Translations of a headword are marked with part-of-speech labels:

adj. – adjective

id. – idiom

phr. – phrase

abbr. – abbreviation

art. – article

npr – proper noun

pron. – pronoun

aux. – auxiliary

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interj. – interjection

pref. – prefix

adv. – adverb

noun – noun

prep. – preposition

num. – numeral

suff. – suffix

conj. – conjunction

part. – particle

verb – verb

Nouns can be marked with gender and number labels:

F – feminine

M – masculine

MF – common gender

FPL – feminine plural

MPL – masculine plural

MFPL – common gender plural

Certain words and expressions in the dictionary are marked with

abbreviations to indicate the use of such entries. For example:

Brit. – British

colloq. – colloquial

comp. – computers

dial. – dialect

Fr. – French

hist. – history

med. – medicine

mil. sl. – military slang

obs. – obsolete

poet. – poetic

Scot. – Scottish

sl.– slang

Reverse Translation

For your convenience, ECTACO

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E500T provides Instant

Reverse Translation for words and expressions in the Dictionary

section.

• Press ,  to select a word or expression for the reverse

translation.

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• Press ENTER to obtain its reverse translation.

You can make up to 10 reverse translations in succession (without

closing windows). The current number of the reverse translations

performed is shown at the bottom of the display.

Use:

• ESC to close the reverse translation windows

;

• SHIFT+DICT or any letter key to return to the input line.

Pronunciation of Words and Phrases

The Text-To-Speech technology provides pronunciation of words and

phrases for English and other languages (if available).

• Make the selection by using , , , .

• Press

The windows will be closed in reverse order.

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PHRASEBOOK

The phrasebook contains over 14,000 phrases per language pair. The

phrases are divided into 15 conversational topics. Translation direction

can be changed by pressing .

Basics Bank Repairs / Laundry

Traveling Communication means Sport / Leisure

Hotel In the restaurant Health / Drugstore

Local transport Food / Drinks Beauty Care

Sightseeing Shopping Calling for police

All topics contain a number of subtopics.

• Press SHIFT+PHRASES to enter the Phrasebook section.

• Select a topic. Press ENTER to see its subtopics.

 You can listen to the pronunciation of any topic or subtopic title –

just highlight it and then press

• Select a subtopic. Press ENTER to see the phrases.

When viewing phrases:

 use the P-UP / P-DN keys to scroll through the phrases;

 to listen to the pronunciation of the phrase or its translation,

highlight the desired item by using ,  and then press

;

• When in the topics list, press SHIFT+ or SHIFT+, to set

the desired viewing mode: Words or Phrases.

In the Words mode, the application shows useful words and speech

patterns pertaining to the topic, if available.

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In the Phrases mode, the application shows full sentences, some of

which have changeable parts. These are underlined.

• Highlight the desired changeable part by using ,  and then

press ENTER.

For example, when viewing the phrase How frequent are the flights?

you can highlight the flights

and change it to the trains.

• Press ENTER to confirm your choice.

POPULAR IDIOMS

Over 200 widely used American idioms and their equivalents or

translations are included in the Popular Idioms section. Additionally,

German idioms are available in the English-German model.

• Press SHIFT+IDIOMS to enter the Popular Idioms section.

• To switch between English and other language, press the  key

(if applicable).

• Type the first letters of the desired idiom and scroll through the list

to find it.

• Press ENTER.

• To listen to the pronunciation of the idiom or its translation(s),

highlight the desired item by using ,  and then press

• Use the P-UP / P-DN keys to scroll through the entries.

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IRREGULAR VERBS

All commonly used English irregular verbs with their Past Simple and

Past Participle forms are stored in alphabetical order in the Irregular

Verbs section. Additionally, German irregular verbs with their

Präteritum and Partizip Präteritum forms are available in the English-

German model.

• Press SHIFT+VERBS to enter the Irregular Verbs section.

• To switch between English and other language, press the  key

(if applicable).

• Type the first letters of the desired verb and scroll through the list

to find it.

• Press ENTER.

• To listen to the pronunciation of the verb forms or translation(s),

highlight the desired item by using ,  and then press

• Use the P-UP / P-DN keys to scroll through the entries.

GRAMMAR GUIDE

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E500T contains the English Grammar guide in

English and in the second language (if available). Additionally, the

German grammar guide is available in the English-German model.

The content of the Grammar section depends on the selected interface

language.

• Open the Grammar section.

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• To switch between grammar guides, press the  key (if

applicable).

The Grammar section contains three-level hierarchical menus. You

can reach a menu's third level by consecutively selecting topics from

the menu.

HANGMAN WORD GAME

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E500T features the learning game Hangman,

which can improve your spelling skills and enhance your personal

vocabulary.

• Press SHIFT+GAME to enter the Hangman section.

• Select a language for the game by pressing . To change

the language pair, press SHIFT+ (if applicable).

• Enter letters from the keyboard, trying to guess the word before

the picture is complete.

 To enter additional letters, press SHIFT+ the corresponding key (if

applicable).

• When playing, press ENTER to display the translation of the

hidden word (which will count as one try). To hide the translation,

press ESC.

• Press

to listen to the pronunciation of the hidden word, if

available (counts as one try).

After the game ends, the hidden word and its translation(s) will be

shown.

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SAT 200

This section includes two hundred English keywords with

transcriptions and definitions from the SAT vocabulary. The English-

German model also includes over two hundred and seventy German

words with their definitions. German nouns are listed with their gender

in the form of the definite article (der, die or das); Genitive singular and

Nominative plural endings are also listed.

• Enter the SAT 200 section.

• To switch between the English and German vocabularies, press

the  key (if applicable).

• To view word's transcription and definition, just start entering the

word in the input line and then select the requested entry when it

appears in the list.

• Press ENTER.

• To listen to the pronunciation of any headword or definition,

highlight it by using ,  and then press

SAT 5000

This section includes five thousand English words with transcriptions

and definitions from the SAT vocabulary.

• Enter the SAT 5000 section.

All functions and keys in the SAT 5000 section work in the same way

as they do in SAT 200.

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USA INTERVIEW

This is the ultimate talking preparation guide to the U.S. citizenship

exam.

• Enter the USA Interview section.

• To listen to the pronunciation of the chapter title, highlight it and

then press

• Select the desired chapter by using  or . Press ENTER.

• Use the P-UP / P-DN keys to switch between questions in the

current chapter.

• To display or hide the answer, press ENTER.

The most important questions are marked with an asterisk (*).

 No answers are available for some questions; for example, the

names of current government officials.

• To listen to the pronunciation of a question or answer text,

highlight it by using ,  and then press

CALCULATOR

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E500T includes a standard calculator with

memory features. The screen has 14-digit display capacity.

• Press SHIFT+CALC to enter the Calculator section.

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When entering numbers and operations from the keyboard, there is no

need to press the SHIFT key while in the Calculator mode. Use this

application as an ordinary pocket calculator.

CURRENCY CONVERSION

The Currency Conversion function allows you to instantly calculate

conversion values between twelve pre-installed currencies and three

user-defined currencies.

• Press SHIFT+MONEY to enter the Currency Conversion section.

Setting and Checking Rates

• Select the Set rate subsection to specify currency names and

rates.

• Use  and  to switch between names and rates.

• Specify an exchange rate relative to the basic currency (which

rate should equal 1).

• To remove characters before the insertion point, press BS.

• To set a currency rate to 1.0, select it and then press C/CE.

Conversion

• Enter the Calculation subsection.

• Select a currency name and enter an amount.

While you are typing a new amount, the conversion is being performed.

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METRIC CONVERSION

With ECTACO

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E500T you may easily convert units of

measure from the British-American system into the metric system

commonly used in Europe and vice versa, as well as convert within

each system.

• Press SHIFT+METRIC to enter the Metric Conversion section.

• Choose a subsection by pressing , . Press ENTER.

• Input the value.

WORLD TIME

Using the World Time section, you may view the current time in cities

around the globe.

• Press SHIFT+TIME to enter the World Time section.

The World Time screen shows the names of the selected city and

country, the date, day of the week, and the current time for that city.

• You can quickly find the desired city by pressing the first letter of

its name and scrolling through the list by using , .

• To select another city of the same country or switch to another

country, scroll through the alphabetic list by pressing SHIFT+

or SHIFT+.

• When you find the desired city, press ENTER to save changes.

The next time you enter this section, the city you have chosen will

be displayed first.

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SETUP

Personalize your ECTACO

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the Setup section.

• Press SHIFT+SETUP to enter the Setup section.

Most of the Setup section options are very easy to adjust. Unless

stated otherwise, enter a subsection and select the desired option with

,  and ,  (if applicable). Then press ENTER to confirm your

choice.

• Press ESC to return to the list of subsections.

Set language

Use this subsection to switch the interface language, if available. The

default interface language of ECTACO

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Set font size

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E500T offers you three font sizes: Small, Medium

or Large.

Speech settings

Use the Speech settings to adjust the Volume, Speech frequency and

Speech speed, shaping your own pronunciation style.

Available in selected models.

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• Use ENTER to move between the Volume, Speech frequency,

and Speech speed controls.

• Use ,  to adjust the levels of each option.

• Press ENTER to save changes.

Slang lock

In this subsection you can hide slang words or phrases contained in

the Dictionary. For example, you may forbid your children to access

slang. Slang lock is on by default. To disable the Slang lock function,

please use this password: showslan.

When Slang lock is on, the

indicator is shown at the bottom of the

display in the Dictionary and Hangman sections.

 In Hangman, the

indicator is always displayed because slang

words are not used in the game.

Date format

The Month-Day-Year date format can be changed to Day-Month-Year

or Year-Month-Day.

 When you switch the Interface language, the Date format may

change.

Time format

The American 12-hour time format can be changed to the 24-hour

format.

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 When you switch the Interface language, the Time format may

change.

Clock

In this subsection you can choose the desired city and adjust the

current time.

Use:

 ,  or ENTER to move the highlight;

 ,  or the numeric keys to change values.

• Specify the current date and time.

• Use the "A" and "P" keys to specify AM and PM, respectively.

• Select the desired city.

 You can quickly find the desired city by pressing the first letter of

its name and scrolling through the list by using , .

• Press ENTER to save changes.

Key tone

This feature is designed to produce a short beep every time you press

a key on the device's keyboard. The Key tone is turned on by default.

Set contrast

The default contrast setting can be changed in the Set contrast

subsection.

• Change the Contrast level by using , .

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• Press ENTER.

Set sleep time

This feature saves battery life by shutting down the device after a

specified period of inactivity: 1, 3 or 5 minutes.

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