Franklin Bookman ESL-580 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
B OO K MAN
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USER’S GUIDE
ESL-580
Speak English!

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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN
®
!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable
electronic reference with a built-in book
and two slots in the back for more
books. With Speak English! , you can
improve your pronunciation of English
by listening to correct prerecorded pro-
nunciations of about 2,000 words and
phrases, recording your own pronun-
ciations and then comparing both.
Speak English! also provides lessons,
exercises, and games that can help you
improve your pronunciation skills. To
learn how, read this User’s Guide.
About the Special Features ..................................................... 4
Installing the Batteries and Book Cards .................................. 5
Selecting a Book ..................................................................... 6
Using the Color Keys ............................................................... 6
Changing the Settings ............................................................. 7
Viewing a Demonstration ........................................................ 7
Using the Introduction ............................................................. 8
Hearing Correct Pronunciations .............................................. 8
Recording and Hearing Your Voice .......................................... 9
Comparing Pronunciations ...................................................... 10
Showing Pronunciations .......................................................... 10
Hearing Spellings .................................................................... 12
Using the Lessons ................................................................... 13
Playing the Games ................................................................... 14
Sending Words Between Books ............................................... 15
Resetting BOOKMAN .............................................................. 15
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ................................................... 16
Specifications .......................................................................... 16

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Key Guide
Color Keys
HEAR
(red)Plays the prerecorded
word(s).
SELF
(green)Plays your recorded
word(s).
BOTH
( yellow ) Plays your recorded
word(s) first and then plays the
prerecorded word(s).
SHOW
( blue ) Shows how to pro-
nounce a word.
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter or backs up.
CAP
Shifts the keys to type capitals.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears the screen and goes to
the Outline menu.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu
item, or starts an exercise.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
?
✽
Displays the Outline location or
the full title (from the menu).
SPACE
Starts and stops a recording.
Direction Keys
Scrolls through text or menus, or
moves the cursor or highlight.
DN
UP
Pages down or up.
Key Combinations*
CAP
+ Goes to the next or previ-
ous paragraph or section.
✩
+
BACK
Goes to the top level of a
menu.
✩
+
S
Lets you enter a word to
hear its spelling.
✩
+ Q-PTypes numbers.
✩
+
DN
Goes to the next or previ-
ous exercise or lesson.
* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the book described in
this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own color key functions, which are la-
beled on their keyboards or book
cards. To learn more, read “Using the
Color Keys.”
or
or
UP

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About the Special Features
Your BOOKMAN 580 model is equipped
with several special features that many, but
not all, BOOKMAN books use. To learn if
you can use the special features with a par-
ticular book, read its User’s Guide.
Serial Port: The serial port allows
your BOOKMAN, when connected by
Franklin’s 3.5 mm serial cable, to trans-
fer information to and from a personal
computer.
Warning: Using a serial cable
other than the one obtained from
Franklin may damage your BOOK-
MAN and/or PC. Franklin’s serial
cable is specifically designed for the
transfer of data between your
BOOKMAN and a PC.
Note:
Speak English! does not use
the serial port.
Volume Control: The dial located
under the headphone jack controls the
volume of the headphones.
Headphone Jack: Your BOOK-
MAN also has a 3.5 mm stereo head-
phone jack for use with a standard
impedance 8 Ohm headphones.
PC
Serial Por
t
Headphone Jack
Volume Control

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Installing the Batteries
Your BOOKMAN model ESL-580 re-
quires two AAA batteries. Here is how
to install or replace them.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Remove the battery cover by
pinching its tab and then lift-
ing up.
The battery cover is located near
the etched product information.
3. Install the batteries as shown
in the diagram inside the
case.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: When the batteries lose all
power or are removed from your
BOOKMAN, information that you en-
tered in its built-in book and in any in-
stalled book cards will be erased.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when your BOOKMAN is on.
If you do, information that you’ve en-
tered in the built-in book, and in any in-
stalled book card, will be erased
.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs of the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
Installing Book Cards
➤If the Batteries Are Low
When the batteries are low on
power, the screen display starts to
dim and the voice becomes slurred.
If this happens, replace the old bat-
teries with new ones.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another, infor-
mation that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.

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Selecting a Book
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book you want to use. Note:
The built-in book will be automatically
selected when no book cards are in-
stalled.
1. Press
ON/OFF
to turn your BOOK-
MAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide may differ from what you see on
the screen. This does not mean that
your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning.
Using the Color Keys
T he red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
the top row of your BOOKMAN change
functions according to which book you
have selected and are using.
If you have selected the built-in book,
the color keys function as labeled on
the keyboard. If you have selected a
book in a book card, the color keys
function as labeled on that book card.
Remember, when you have selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that book card, not as on
the keyboard.
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You can adjust the shutoff time and
screen contrast of this book. The shutoff
time is how long your BOOKMAN stays
on if you forget to turn it off. Contrast re-
fers to how light or dark the screen is.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Use or to highlight the
Setup menu.
3. Press to highlight Set
Shutoff or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Use or to highlight a
setting.
If you select Set Contrast , press
or repeatedly to make the
screen darker or lighter.
To leave the settings unchanged,
press
BACK
.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Changing the Settings
Before you start using your new
BOOKMAN, you may want to see a
brief demonstration of what it can do.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, simply select
View Demo
from the Setup menu to view the demo.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au-
tomatically appear after you turn the
unit on. To stop the demonstration,
press
CLEAR
. To disable it, press
MENU
and then select Disable Demo from
the Setup menu. To re-enable it, select
Enable Demo from the Setup menu.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at vir-
tually any time by pressing
HELP
.
Press or
DN
to read the help.
Press
BACK
to exit the message.
To read about how to use the keys,
select Tutorial from the Setup menu.

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To get started, you can learn about the
main features of
Speak English! by
reading its Introduction. Here’s how.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
Introduction is already highlighted.
2. Press
ENTER
.
To stop the moving picture, press
any key.
3. After watching the moving pic-
ture, use to read the text.
Follow the directions to learn how to
hear the prerecorded voice, record
your own voice, hear both voices, and
see the phonetic analysis of words.
4. At the end of the introduc-
tion, hold
✩
and press
DN
to
begin the lessons.
To learn more about the lessons,
read “Using the Lessons.”
Using the Introduction
To hear the correct pronunciation of high-
lighted words on the Word List and in the
lessons and games, all you have to do is
press the
HEAR
key. Try the following
example.
Note: In order to hear the word, you
must be wearing headphones. You can
control the volume with the dial located
near the headphone jack.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press to highlight the
Word List.
3. Start typing a word until it is
highlighted. For example,
type wrought.
Or press or repeatedly to
highlight a word.
4. Press
HEAR
(red) or
ENTER
to
hear the correct pronuncia-
tion of the highlighted word.
To hear the word again, press
HEAR
or
ENTER
again.
Hearing Correct
Pronunciations

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➤ About the Word List
The words on the Word List are
representative of the different
vowel and consonant sounds used
in English.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right
side of the screen tell you which
keys to press to see more.
Recording and Hearing
Your Voice
Perfecting your pronunciation of En-
glish words takes practice. With your
Speak English! , you can record your
own voice and then play it back to hear
your progress. You can record for up to
16 seconds. Here’s how.
1. Press
SPACE
to begin recording.
The electronic tone tells you that
Speak English! is recording.
2. Speak clearly into the micro-
phone.
The microphone is located to the
left of the glass screen display.
3. Press
SPACE
again to stop re-
cording
.
The electronic tone tells you that
Speak English! has stopped recording.
Note: After 16 seconds of recording, the
electronic tone sounds to tell you that
Speak English! has stopped recording.
4. Press
SELF
(green) to hear
your voice.
5. Press
CLEAR
when you are fin-
ished.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
at any time. When you turn your
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed appears.
Hearing Correct
Pronunciations