Franklin BOOKMAN DBD-2015 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
B OO K MAN
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BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG
USER’S GUIDE
DBD-2015
Deutsch/Englisch
Professor

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Contents
WelcometotheworldofBOOKMAN!
With this German/English Dictionary
you can translate more than 200,000
words, view their inflections with ex-
amples, correct misspellings, save
words to your User list, and play fun,
educational word games that will help
you learn German. Use your BOOK-
MANto read this bookcard. See “In-
stalling Book Cards” to learn how.
Key Guide ..................................................................... 19
Installing Book Cards .................................................... 20
Selecting a Book ........................................................... 20
Using the Color Keys..................................................... 21
Changing Settings ......................................................... 21
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 22
Changing the Language ................................................. 22
Beginner Tips ................................................................ 23
Finding Words ............................................................... 23
Finding Phrases ............................................................ 24
Finding Inflections ......................................................... 24
Advanced Tips............................................................... 25
Highlighting Words ........................................................ 25
Finding Spellings........................................................... 26
Using the User List ........................................................ 26
Playing the Games......................................................... 27
Looking up Words in Other Books ................................. 29
Book Card Care ............................................................ 30
Resetting Your BOOKMAN ............................................ 30
Optional Features .......................................................... 31
Limited Warranty (U.S. only).......................................... 32

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Function Keys
Clears to an entry screen.
Shows the main menus.
(red) Shows inflections.
(green) Switches languages.
(yellow)Showsthegamesmenu.
(blue) Shows the User list menu.
Exits the selected book.
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the BOOKMAN book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own color key functions, which are
labelled on their book cards or on the
keyboard. For more information, read
“Using the Color Keys.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key .
CLEAR
MENU
LISTE
SPIEL
CARD
FLEKT
E/D
ON/OFF
✽
?
HELP
Other Keys
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
Shifts keys to type capitals.
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
Shows help messages.
Types a space or pages down.
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter in a word;
shifted, types an
✽ to stand
for a series of unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Accents a German letter.
UP
DN
Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩+
CARD
Sendsawordbetweenbooks.
✩+
DN
Shows the next match.
✩+
UP
Shows the previous match.
BACK
CAP
ENTER
SPACE

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Installing Book Cards
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when BOOKMAN is on. If
you do, information that you entered
in its built-in book and in an installed
book card will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card until it
snaps into place.
Selecting a Book
Once you have installed a book
card in your BOOKMAN, you can
select which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press KARTE (or CARD ).
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to select it.
The first time you use this
dictionary, you will need to
choose the language you want
the messages to appear in.
5. Press B if you speak English or
press A if you speak German.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.

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Using the Color Keys
Thered,green,yellow,andbluekeyson
your BOOKMAN change functions ac-
cording to which book is selected.
Whenthebuilt-inbookisselected,the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book
card is selected, the color keys func-
tion as labelled on that book card.
Remember, the color keys for BOOK-
MANbookcardsfunctionaslabelledon
theirbookcards,notasonthekeyboard.
You can adjust the font size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast. The font
size changes the number of lines of
textthat appear onscreen. The shut-
off time is how long BOOKMAN
stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press MENÜ (or MENU ).
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight Select Font or Set
Shutoff.
4. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press and if you selected
Set Contrast .
6. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to select it.
Changing Settings
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Beforeyoustartusingthisbook,youcan
view a demonstration of what it can do.
Once you have installed and selected
the book card, press MENÜ (or MENU )
and then the arrow keys to highlight
View Demo on the Other menu. Then
press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view the
demonstration.If you want to stop the
demonstration, press
CLEAR
.
Viewing a Demonstration
Message Language
The message language is the
language of prompts, help and other
messages.
Note: For examples in the English
half of this manual, the message
language is English.
1. If not at menus, press MENÜ
(or MENU ).
2. Highlight Message Language
from the Other menu.
3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).
Entry Language
The entry language is the lan-
guage in which you enter words
at entry screens. This determines
which dictionary you will use,
German or English.
1. If not at an entry screen, press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
E/D
(green) to switch
dictionaries.
Changing the Language
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HILFE (or HELP ). Press the direction
keys to read it. To exit help, press
ZURÜCK (or BACK ).
If you want to read a tutorial of what
this product, select
Tutorial from the
Other menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around
menus or to view more text.
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Beginner Tips
➤A Faster Way to Change
Languages
At the main menus press E/D
(green). Pressing E/D (green)
changes the message language
at the menus and help, or
changes the entry language at
the entry screen.
➤Understanding Definitions
Each dictionary entry contains a
wealth of information. Headwords
(i.e., main-words) are in bold type
followed by a part-of-speech label.
Grammatical information is in angle
brackets (< >). Special usages are
noted in regular brackets ([ ]).
➤ If You Misspell a Word
Don’t worry. A list of corrections
automatically appears. Highlight a
correction and then press EINGABE
(or ENTER ) to view its definition(s).
Finding Words
The simplest way to translate or de-
fine a word is to enter it at an entry
screen. You do not need to type ac-
cents or capital letters.
1. At the German entry screen,
type a German word
(e.g., geld).
To erase a letter, press ZURÜCK
(or BACK ).
2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).
3. Press or SPACE to move
down.
4. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to view
the next or dictionary entry.
Or hold
✩
and press
UP
to view
the previous one.
5. Press
CLEAR
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Finding Phrases
This dictionary includes extensive in-
flections of nouns, verbs, modifiers,
and other words.
1. At the German entry screen,
type a German word
(e.g., schwimmen).
2. Press
FLEKT
(red).
These are the principal parts of
the verb
schwimmen .
3. Press or SPACE to read.
4. Press
FLEKT
(red) repeatedly to
view more inflections.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can
press HILFE (or HELP ) to view
detailed descriptions of how to
use inflections, with usage
examples.
Finding Inflections
This product also contains many
phrases. You can find phrases simply
by entering a single word from a
phrase.
1. Select German Phrases from
the Topics menu.
2. Type a word in a German
phrase (e.g.,
noch ).
3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).
4. Hold
✩
and press
DN
repeatedly to view the next
matches.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Advanced Tips Highlighting Words
To learn moreabouta wordappearing
in a definition, you can highlight the
word and find its definition(s) and in-
flections.
1. At the German entry screen,
type a German word
(e.g., frei).
2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).
3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) again to
start the highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press
ZURÜCK (or BACK ).
4. Press the arrow keys to
highlight Mitarbeiter.
5. Press one of these keys.
to . . . press . . .
view its definition(s) EINGABE /ENTER
view its inflections
FLEKT
(red)
add it to a word list LISTE (blue)
6. Press ZURÜCK (or BACK ) to back up.
➤ Viewing Complete Menu Items
The words and phrases followed by
ellipses are too long to fit onto one
line. At any highlighted menu item,
press
? ✻
to view the whole item.
➤Umlauting and Capitalizing
German Letters
You don’t need to type umlauts
at entry screens. However, if you
want to umlaut a letter, first type
the letter and then press
repeatedly until the correct
umlaut, or accent, appears. To
capitalize a letter do the same
until the letter is capitalized.
➤Another Way to Find Words
Instead of entering words only at
entry screens, try searching the
dictionary menus. First, press
MENÜ (or MENU ). Then start typing
a word. When the word you want
is highlighted, press EINGABE (or
ENTER ) to view its definition(s).