CASIO E-XA300 (01) PDF MANUAL

Your electronic dictionary has a built-in lithium-ion battery that is not charged upon purchase. Charge the battery before first use.

Before Charging

For charging, use only the USB-AC adaptor that comes with the electronic dictionary. Using a non-specified charger may cause charging problems, malfunction, and breakdown.

Connection and Charging Steps

1. With the electronic dictionary turned off, connect the USB cable to the USB cable connector on the device.

2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB-AC adaptor.

3. Plug the USB-AC adaptor into a power source.

The charge lamp will light up red to indicate charging is in progress. The lamp will turn off when charging is complete. The electronic dictionary will turn on automatically when charging starts, and you can perform operations while it is in progress.

After Charging is Complete

The first time you use the electronic dictionary after charging the battery, remove the stylus from the side, and then use it to press the RESET button. To avoid misplacing the stylus, always be sure to return it to its storage slot when not in use.

Time and Date Reset

Leaving the battery uncharged for a number of days will cause the electronic dictionary’s time and date settings to be reset. The next time you turn on power after this, the electronic dictionary will display a message telling you to set the date and time. Configure settings as required.

Flashing Red Charge Lamp

In some cases, turning on power may cause the charge lamp to flash red, followed by power turning off. This may mean that an internal error has occurred. Try turning power on and off again, and charging the battery.

1. Unfold the electronic dictionary. This will cause the language selection screen to appear.

2. Touch “English”. This causes the time setting screen to appear.

3. Configure date and time settings. Use the up and down arrow buttons for each setting to scroll through values. Touch the arrows to scroll a value forward or back. To toggle between 12-hour and 24-hour timekeeping, touch [12/24] in the upper right corner of the screen.

4. Touch [Set Date/Time as Above]. This displays the HOME screen. To display the HOME screen without changing the date and time settings, touch [Cancel (Set later)].

Power turns on and off automatically whenever you open or close the electronic dictionary’s panels.

You can also use the following key operations:

1. Press the power key to turn on power. Power also turns on when you press a dictionary/mode key.

2. Press the power key again to turn off power.

Key	Function
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	To input (?) or (*) or to use a function marked with the same type of frame as this key, first press SHIFT. Release SHIFT and then press the desired key.
(Scroll) Keys	Scroll screen contents up and down. While a definition or explanation screen is displayed, pressing SHIFT and then a scroll key scrolls to the previous or next screen.
(Volume +/-) Keys	Adjusts the volume.
(History) Key	Re-looks up something you looked up previously.
(Audio) Key	Press to play native speaker or to compare your pronunciation with native speaker pronunciation.
(Back) Key	Back-steps to the previous screen.
(Select) Key	Executes an operation after you input a term, select an item, etc.
(Arrow) Keys	Use these keys to move between selected items, or to move the cursor.
(Delete) Key	Deletes a character after an input mistake, etc.
Character Keys	Use these keys to input characters.

This:	Means this:
Arrow Indicators	A definition or explanation continues off the top, bottom, left, or right of the screen. Use the on-screen arrow buttons to scroll the screen.
COM (Comment)	There is an explanation for the word where the indicator is located.
PHR (Phrase)	There is a phrase that uses the term you are looking up.
EX (Example)	There is an example that uses the term you are looking up.
IMG (Show Image)	Touching jumps to a screen showing an image (illustration, photograph, graph, or other figure).
NATIVE	Native speaker pronunciation is available for the content where this icon is located.
(Native Voice)	Native speaker pronunciation is available.
SEARCH (Pronunciation Search)	Pronunciations are available for the English term on the screen.
English (Language)	The language whose pronunciation is applied for pronunciations and readings.
GUIDE (Guide)	There is related information for the term you are looking up in the current dictionary. Guide function is in use.

When performing a display screen touch operation, be sure to support the back of the display with your hand.

Strong pressure is not required when performing display screen touch operations.

Avoid applying excessive pressure during touch operations and input. Strong pressure can cause cracking or breaking of the LCD panel.

For stylus character input, be sure to use only the stylus that comes with your electronic dictionary.

For 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”.

For the German “ß”, input “ss”.

When entering a noun that is normally accompanied by an article, enter the noun only without the article. To look up “The Beatles” for example, input “beatles”.

To input this:	Perform this operation:
ü	Type (keyboard): v
– (1st tone)	Type (keyboard): SHIFT Q (Displayed as 1.)
´ (2nd tone)	Type (keyboard): SHIFT W (Displayed as 2.)
ˇ (3rd tone)	Type (keyboard): SHIFT E (Displayed as 3.)
` (4th tone)	Type (keyboard): SHIFT R (Displayed as 4.)
. (neutral tone)	Type (keyboard): SHIFT T (Displayed as 5.)

To input one of the four tone symbols or the neutral tone symbol, press the select key, use the left and right arrow keys to select the desired symbol, and then press the select key again.

Use alphabetic characters to input Japanese.

To input this:	Type this:
いんかん	INNKANN
さんぽ	SANNPO or SAMPO
きょう	KYOU
らっこ	RAKKO or RAXTUKO
えーる	E-RU

When the [Kana Key] icon is displayed during text input, touching it displays a Japanese syllabary keyboard, which makes text input easier.

To delete a character, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the left of the character to be deleted, and then touch [Delete].

To input a small character while the Japanese syllabary screen is displayed, input the desired character and then touch [Small] (Small Letter).

Touching the close icon closes the Japanese syllabary screen.

Handwriting Input

1. Touch the [Hand] (Handwriting) icon to display character input cells.

2. Write a character into a cell and then touch [Recog.] (Recognize).

Correcting a Character

1. Touch the incorrect character in the input field. This displays up to 10 possible candidates for the character.

2. If you find the correct character among the candidates, touch it.

3. If you do not find the correct character, touch [Delete], handwrite the desired character again, and then touch [Recog.] (Recognize).

4. Touching [Delete] while the character cells are blank (nothing input) will delete the character currently in the input field.

To select contents:

1. On the Quick Palette, touch [HOME] to display the HOME screen.

2. Touch [Contents List].

3. Touch a category. This displays a list of contents.

4. Touch the content you want. If a dark blue down arrow appears on the right of the display, you can touch the down or up arrow to scroll to the next or previous page.

To select a headword or screen item:

1. Enter characters. On the list that appears, touch the term or screen item you want.

To scroll the screen:

If there are pages following the currently displayed page, you can scroll to them by swiping the panel.

Assigning Content to the HOME Screen

You can assign often-used dictionaries and other content to the HOME screen for quick access.

1. On the HOME screen, touch [Contents List].

2. Touch and hold the content you want to assign to the HOME screen for about one second.

Rearranging Content on the HOME Screen

1. Touch and hold the content you want to reposition for about one second. Continue holding as you drag the content to the desired location, and then release it.

“YES” will appear at the top of the display if the movement is allowed, while “NO” will appear if it is not.

To swap two icons with each other, drag one of the icons and drop it on top of the other icon.

The relocate operation will not be allowed if the icon of the content you are moving is larger than the space available at the destination.

Removing Content from the HOME Screen

1. Touch and hold for about one second the content you want to remove, drag it to the “Remove from HOME” icon, and then release it.

Searching from the HOME Screen

1. On the Quick Palette, touch [HOME]. This displays the HOME screen.

2. Touch the search method you want to use (e.g., ENGLISH, EXAMPLE, etc.). This causes the cursor to appear in the search term input box.

3. Enter the term you want. Terms starting with the characters you have entered appear in a list. For Example and Phrase searches, enter characters and then press the select key.

4. Touch the term whose explanation you want to view.

Searching within a Dictionary (Incremental Search)

Terms starting with the characters you have entered appear in a list on the display as you type.

1. Input the term you want to find into the search term input box.

2. Touch the candidate you want to view from the list.

Searching within a Dictionary (Search After Input)

With this method, you input a term, touch [Search], and then select from the list of candidates.

1. Input the term you want to find into the search term input box and then touch [Search].

2. Touch the candidate you want to view.

Searching within a Dictionary (Navigation Search)

With this method, you sequentially select categorized items (headwords, images) to navigate to the information you want.

Inputting a New Term in the Same Dictionary

After looking up a term, you can look up another term in the same dictionary by simply inputting it while the current term’s definition screen is displayed.

Looking Up a Linked Term

When there is green text on a definition screen, it means there is another term that includes the current term, related items, or other information. Touch the green text to jump to its definition screen.

Looking Up a Displayed Term

1. On a definition screen, drag across the term from left to right. The mini dictionary will appear with the Touch Menu.

2. On the Touch Menu, touch [Word Jump].

3. Touch the term whose explanation you want to view.

Viewing Phrases

If the PHR icon is on the screen, it indicates that there is phrase information available for the term you are viewing.

1. Touch the PHR icon on the display.

2. Touch the candidate you want to view.

Viewing Examples and Explanations

If the EX, COM, or IMG icon is on the display, it means that an example, illustration, explanation, or other information is available.

1. Touch the icon on the display.

Hearing Native Speaker Pronunciation

1. While a detailed explanation screen is displayed, touch the [Audio] icon on the Quick Palette. This causes the Touch Menu to enter the Audio Mode and plays the pronunciation.

To change the volume level, touch the volume icons on the Touch Menu.

To change the playback speed, touch the speed icons on the Touch Menu.

To change the number of repeats to three or five, touch [Play Once] on the Touch Menu.

2. To exit the Audio Mode, touch the close icon in the upper right corner of the Touch Menu.

Note: The pronunciation produced by the electronic dictionary may not be correct if there is more than one pronunciation for a term.

Recording and Comparing Your Reading

1. On the Quick Palette, touch the [Audio] icon. This displays the Audio Mode Touch Menu and plays back the pronunciation.

2. On the Touch Menu, touch [Record].

3. After the “Recording…” screen appears, pronounce the same term into the recording microphone. After you finish recording, touch the stop icon.

4. On the Touch Menu, touch [Compare]. The native speaker reading and the recorded reading will play back in succession. If you want to compare the readings more, keep touching [Compare]. To re-record your reading, repeat the procedure from step 2.

5. To exit the compare operation, touch the close icon. Exiting a comparison operation will automatically delete the reading you recorded.