LEXIBOOK MT1500 - System and Language Settings; System Settings: Volume, Time, Contrast, Key Tone; Language Switching Options; Dictionary and Phrases Modes

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SYSTEM SETTINGS
Press MENU then use the and keys to select “Settings” and press ENTER. Use and to scroll through the
following settings:
VOLUME
Press ENTER to access the volume settings. Use the and keys to adjust the volume of the spoken words or
phrases between “LO”, “MED” and “HI”. Press ENTER to conrm.
TIME
To change the time, date and alarm settings, select the “TIME” option, then repeat steps 1 to 7 of the “Date, time and
alarm setting” paragraph (“Start-up guide” section, p.5).
Note: In idle mode (date and time display), you can also press directly the ENTER key to change the time settings (the
time zone’s city starts blinking).
CONTRAST
Press ENTER to access the contrast settings. Use the and keys to adjust the contrast and press ENTER to
conrm.
KEY TONE
Press ENTER to access the key tone settings. Use the and keys to select “ON” or “OFF” and turn on or turn off the
key tone. Press ENTER to conrm.
SWITCHING THE DISPLAY, HOME AND TARGET LANGUAGES
Display language
To change the display language set during the automatic start-up guide:
1. Press MENU, then use the and keys to select “Display Language”. Press ENTER.
2. Use the and keys to select the desired display language then press ENTER to conrm and save the changes.
Note: Press ESC at any time to exit without changing the display language.
Home and Target languages
1. In “Dictionary” mode (words translation) and “Phrases” (phrases translation) mode, press the HOME or TARGET
keys at any time to change the HOME or TARGET languages.
2. Use the , , and keys to select the desired HOME or TARGET language.
3. Press ENTER to conrm your selection and go back to “Dictionary” or “Phrases” mode.
4. The HOME and TARGET languages selected will appear on the top right corner of the screen.
Example: If the HOME language is English and the TARGET language is German, the screen will display “EN>GE”.
Note:
• When selecting the HOME language, the icon is displayed on the top right corner.
• When selecting the TARGET language, the icon is displayed on the top right corner.
• The default language pair is English (EN) and French (FR).
• Press ESC at any time to exit without changing the SOURCE or TARGET language.
DICTIONARY MODE
The MT1500 is a 15-language translator with English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch,
Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Mandarin, Hungarian and Russian. For each language, 10,000 words are
available and 5,000 out of the 10,000 words can be spoken by the unit (“TALK” function).
Perform a translation
1. Press the DICT key to enter the “Dictionary” mode. The message “Enter a word:” will be displayed on screen.
2. Once the source and target languages have been selected, enter a word to translate. Index words will be displayed
simultaneously. You can continue to key in letters or use the and keys to select an index word. A word is selected
when it is displayed in a frame. Then, press ENTER to perform the translation.
3. The translation will be displayed in the selected target language. If the unit nds more than one translation for a
word, use the and keys to browse through all the possible translations.
4. When a word can be spoken by the MT1500, the icon appears on the lower right corner of the screen. Press the
TALK key to listen to its pronunciation in the target language.
5. To translate the word into another language, press the TARGET key when its translation is displayed. Then use the
, , and keys to select the desired target language and press ENTER. If the icon is displayed, you can
use the TALK key to listen to the word’s pronunciation in the new target language.
6. To go back to the list of index words, use the ESC key. To go back directly to the “Enter a word:” screen, press DICT
or press the ESC key repeatedly. You can also simply start typing a new word.
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