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Changing the Settings
At any time, you may adjust basic settings for
your device using the steps below:
1. Press MENÚ and then press TOOLS.
Or, press or until you reach the Tools menu.
2. Settings is already selected. Press .
3. Press or to move to one of the
following settings:
Shuto determines how long your product stays
on if no key is pressed.
Contrast determines how dark or light the
screen is.
Type Size determines the size of screen type.
Learn a Word determines whether or not you see
a word every time you turn on your device.
Message language (Idioma de los mensajes)
determines if your device displays English or
Spanish prompts, help, and messages.
4. Press or to change the setting.
Your changes are automatically saved. Press or
to move to adjust other settings.
5. Press when nished.
Learn a New Word ✓
The Learn a Word setting helps increase your
Spanish or English vocabulary. Each time the
device starts, you will be greeted with an entry
and its translation. Press LIST to save the word
to My Word List for further study.
Audio Settings
Your device has a built-in speaker. If you
prefer, headphones can be plugged into the
headphone jack (see “Understanding Your
Device”).
To adjust the volume, press , then press
or to adjust it softer (–) or louder (+).
Translating Words
The English-Spanish and Spanish-English
dictionaries are fully bilingual. Use them to
translate words between the two languages.
Try translating a Spanish word:
1. Press MENÚ.
The Books menu appears.
2. Press or to select MW Spanish–English
Dictionary, then press .
To translate English words into Spanish select
MW English–Spanish Dictionary.
Or, press LANG at the word entry screen to
toggle the entry language between Spanish and
English.
3. Type a word (e.g., ir).
With each letter you type, the resulting list
of potential matching entries is refreshed.
Note: The following options apply to this and
all other word entry screens:
To erase a letter, press .
To type accents, type a letter (e.g., e) and then
press repeatedly until the accent you want
appears (e.g., é).
To type a capital, hold and press a letter key.
To type a number, press a number key.
To enter a special character (if permitted), hold
FN and press a number key.
For example, to enter “3-D”, type 3, press FN
+
6
(to enter a hyphen), and then press + D.
Note: You are not required to type accents or
special characters. The dictionary will retrieve
similar matches for you.
Press to hear the word you typed and
other entries in the list pronounced.
4. If the letters you type match a word in the
list, it is automatically highlighted.
Or, press or to select another word you see
in the list.
5. Press to view the translation.
Press or to scroll extended content.
Press to hear the headword pronounced.
6. Hold FN and press or to view the next or
previous entry.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Viewing Multiple Entries ✓
If a search nds more than one matching entry
you can easily move back and forth between the
matches. Hold FN and press or to go to the
previous or next matching entry.
Understanding Translations ✓
Entries may consist of headwords, parts of
speech, denitions, idioms, other forms, and
translations. After the translation or denition,
you may see a list of usage examples or
conversational phrases, marked with a speaker
symbol
.
To hear a phrase within a dictionary entry, press
to start a selection highlight, and then use
the arrow keys to position the highlight over the
speaker symbol of the phrase you want to hear,
and then press or to hear it.
To hear a single word within an entry
pronounced, press to start a selection
highlight, and then use the arrow keys to
position the highlight over any word, and
then press to hear it. Press to
view the new word’s denition/translation.
Explanation of Genders ✓
Spanish nouns are dierent from English nouns
in that they must either be masculine or feminine.
Each denition of a noun indicates which gender
it is with m or f.
Misspelling Words ✓
If you enter a misspelled word, a list of corrections
appears. Press or to select the word you want
and then press to see its entry. To go back
to the corrections list, press .
Hearing Words
This dictionary will pronounce the words that
appear on almost any screen—in denitions,
thesaurus entries, spell correction lists,
English/Spanish word lists, and games. When
you want to hear how a word is pronounced,
select it and press . Try the example
below.
Note: Words cannot be pronounced in Usage
Examples, Grammar Guides, Confusables lists,
and certain other locations.
1. Press MENÚ.
The Books menu appears.
2. Press or to select MW Spanish–English
Dictionary, then press .
3. Type a word (e.g., teléfono).
4. Press to hear it pronounced.
5. Press to see its translation entry.
6. Press to hear the headword
pronounced.
7. Press to enter word selection mode.
8. Press the direction keys to position the
highlight cursor on a word or phrase (marked
by ) you want to hear.
9. Press to hear the pronunciation.
10.
Press CLEAR when done.
Selecting Words in Other Entries
Another way to look up and learn new words
is to select them from within other entries or
word lists. You can then nd their translations
or add them to word lists. Note: This feature
may not be available on all screens.
1. At a text screen supporting word selection,
press to enter selection mode.
If the rst word on the screen is now
highlighted, this feature is supported.
2. Press , , , or to select an available
word you want to learn.
To exit select mode, press .
To... Press...
hear the word pronounced
dene the word
add the word to My Word List LIST
3. Press CLEAR when done.
Matchmaker List
If you are uncertain about how to spell a
word, type the portion of the word you do
know, and type a question mark (?) in place
of each unknown letter. Type an asterisk (
*
)
to stand for any missing portion of a word,
including prexes, suxes, spaces, symbols,
or any number of letters. Note: If you type
an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may
take additional time to nd matching words.
1. At any word entry screen, type known letters,
a ? in place of each unknown letter, and a * in
place of any string of unknown characters.
For example, in the MW English Dictionary,
type “m?cro
*
”.
To type an asterisk, hold down and press
.
2. Press .
3. Press to select a word from the list and
press to view its entry.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
Inections/Conjugations
Inections and conjugations show changes in
a word’s gender, tense, number, person, and
other subtle variations. This device includes
extensive inections of Spanish and English
nouns, adjectives, and other words. It also
includes advanced verb conjugations, which
include translations of verb tenses.
Follow these steps using the example word(s)
suggested or with your own word(s) on any
screen that shows the CONJ soft key. This
includes any dictionary word entry screen,
denition/translation screen, grammar guide,
etc.
1. Press MENÚ.
The Books menu appears.
2. Press or to select English Conjugations or
Spanish Conjugations. Press .
Press LANG at the word entry screen to toggle
the entry language between Spanish and
English.
3. Type a word and press CONJ.
For English, try “cold” to view its noun
and adjective inections; try “go” to view
its conjugated verb forms. “Go” will show
multiple parts of speech and multiple
translations. Choose whichever one you
like.
For Spanish, try “mejor” to view its adjective
inections; “amor” to view its masculine
noun inections; and “creer” to view its
conjugated verb forms. If prompted, choose
one of the two translations for “creer”.
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