Franklin BOOKMAN II KJB-1840 User manual

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Electronic Publishers
USER’S GUIDE
BOOKMAN®II
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KJB-1840
HOLY BIBLE
KING JAMES VERSION
www.franklin.com

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Contents
Using the Special Features ...................................................... 4
Installing Batteries .................................................................. 5
Installing Book Cards .............................................................. 5
Selecting a Book ..................................................................... 6
Book Card Color Keys ............................................................. 6
Key Guide ............................................................................... 7
Viewing a Demonstration or Tutorial ........................................ 8
Changing the Settings ............................................................. 8
Using the Menu ....................................................................... 9
Hearing Devotional Verses .................................................... 11
Finding Bible Verses ............................................................. 12
Searching for Words ............................................................. 13
Expanding Your Search ......................................................... 15
Highlighting Search Words .................................................... 15
Viewing Footnotes ................................................................ 16
Using Bookmarks .................................................................. 17
Transferring Words Between Books ....................................... 18
Resetting Your Unit ............................................................... 18
Specifications ....................................................................... 19
Model KJB-1840 ................................................................... 19
Limited Warranty (outside U.S.) ............................................. 19
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) .................................................. 20
FCC Notice ........................................................................... 21
Index ..................................................................................... 22

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Welcome to the world of Franklin. This Franklin model is a powerful, portable
electronic Bible, with a slot in the back for a book card. With your
King James
Bible , you can:
• find any book, chapter or verse using the Reference search screen;
• type a keyword to quickly find favorite passages;
• use Franklin’s MatchMaker function to help you find completions to words;
• expand your keyword search to include inflections, synonyms and related
words;
• let state-of-the-art spell correction help you find the word you’re looking for;
• locate chapters quickly using the Index ;
• hear a daily Devotional verse spoken;
• learn a new verse each time you turn the unit on;
• find the meanings of archaic words via Franklin authored footnotes;
• mark up to 50 different passages with bookmarks.
To learn more about your electronic Bible, read this User’s Guide.
Introduction

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AC Adaptor Jack: The AC/DC
adaptor is in the 9 volt range within a
current range of 200 to 300 milliam-
peres.
+
–
This symbol indicates that the inner
core of the plug of an AC adaptor is
negative and that the outer part of
the plug is positive. If the symbol on
your AC/DC adaptor does not match
the above symbol, confirm its com-
patibility at its place of purchase.
Speaker: The speaker is located on
the back of your unit, above the book
card slot. For best results, do not
cover the speaker with your hand.
Your unit is equipped with several
special features that many, but not all
BOOKMAN book cards use. To learn
if you can use the special features
with a particular book card, read its
User’s Guide.
Headphone Jack: The head-
phone jack is designed for 3.5 mm,
35 ohm impedance stereo head-
phones. Caution: Monophonic
headphones will not work with this
unit.
Volume Control: The dial, located
under the headphone jack, controls
the volume of the speaker or head-
phones.
▲
Volume Control
▲
Headphone Jack A/C Adaptor Jack
▲
Using the Special Features

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➤About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ slightly
from what you see on screen. This
does not mean that your unit is mal-
functioning.
Your unit is powered by four AAA batteries.
Follow these easy instructions to install or
replace them.
1. Lift the battery cover on the
top right of your unit by
pushing up the tab.
Follow the illustration on the back of the
unit when installing the batteries.
2. Insert the two top batteries
with the positive terminal
facing out and the two
bottom batteries with the
negative terminal facing out.
Note: If the battery door does not shut,
please check the position of the batteries.
3. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: If the batteries wear-out com-
pletely, or if you take more than approximately
a minute while changing the batteries, any in-
formation that was entered in the built-in book
or book card will be erased. You should al-
ways keep written copies of your important
information.
Installing Batteries
AAA
+
-
AAA
+
-
AAA
+
-
AAA
+
-
AAA AAA
AAA _
+
AAA
Installing Book Cards
1. Turn your unit off.
2. Turn your unit over.
3. Align the tabs on the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
➤Removing Book Cards
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your unit is on. Any
information that was entered in the built-
in book or book card will be erased.

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➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
screen by pressing
HELP
. Use the di-
rection keys to read the message. To
exit help, press
BACK
.
Once a book card is installed in the
unit, you can select which book you
want to use.
1. Turn your unit on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
your selection.
For information on available Franklin
BOOKMAN products, select .
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Selecting a Book Book Card Color Keys
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
your unit change functions according to
the book card you select. Their func-
tions are labelled on individual cards.
RED
GREEN
YELLOW
BLUE
When in your book card:
Press
MORE
MARK
SEARCH
NOTE
For
the red key
the green key
the yellow key
the blue key
To learn how the color keys on your
book card correspond to the main keys
on your unit , press
fn
and wait a few
seconds.

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fn
+
fn
+
CAP
+
fn
+
or
Key Guide
Color Keys
Expands a search.
Places a bookmark.
Goes to the Word search
screen.
Displays a footnote.
Shifts to type capital letters
and punctuation marks.
Exits the book you were read-
ing.
Key Guide
Function Keys
Turns the unit on or off.
Speaks a Devotional verse.
Displays a help message.
Displays the main menus.
Enters a search request, se-
lects an item, or begins a high-
light in text.
Goes to the Reference search
screen.
In text, shows book, chapter
and verse.
At a Search screen, types a
✳to stand for one or more
letters in a word.
Backs up, erases a letter, or
turns off the highlight in text.
HELP
MENU
ENTER
CLEAR
*
BACK
MORE
MARK
SEARCH
NOTE
CAP
CARD
*
Hold the first key while pressing the second.
Combination Keys*
Transfers a word(s) between
books.
Pages up or down.
At a menu, goes to the first or
last item. In Bible text, goes
to the start or end of the next
or previous chapter.
Displays the next or previ-
ous verse.
or
or
Direction Keys
Move in the indicated direction.
At menus and text, pages
down. At a search screen,
types a space.
SPACE
CARD
SAY

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➤Learn-a-Verse
Your Bible comes with a Learn-a-Verse
feature. Each time you turn your Bible
on, you can hear a Devotional verse. If
you wish to turn this feature on, press
MENU
. Highlight Setup, Use to
highlight Learn-a-Verse on and press
ENTER
.
To turn the feature off, highlight Learn-
a-Verse off
and press
ENTER
.
You can view a demonstration or tutorial of
this Bible any time you want.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
Setup.
3. Press
ENTER
to select Tutorial or
use to highlight View
Demo and press
ENTER
.
To stop the demonstration or exit from
the
Tutorial press
CLEAR
.
When a book card is installed in your
Franklin platform, select
View Demo from
the Setup menu to see the demonstration
for that card.
When using this Bible, you can acti-
vate the
Learn-a-Verse feature, adjust
the type size, the shutoff time, and the
screen contrast. The shutoff time is
how long your unit stays on if you for-
get to turn it off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light Setup and press
ENTER
.
4. Use or to move the
highlight to Set Contrast, Set
Shutoff or Set Type Size.
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Use or to change the
setting.
7. Press
ENTER
to store your
changes.
Press
BACK
to exit without making a
change.
Changing the Settings
Viewing a Demonstration
or Tutorial

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4. Use or to highlight a
Chapter, or type its number
and press
ENTER
to select it.
For example, to highlight
Chapter 5 ,
type
5 .
To type numbers, hold
fn
and
press
q-p .
5. Use ,
fn
+or
SPACE
to
scroll down.
6. Use
fn
+or to go to the
next or previous verse.
7. Press
MENU
to return to menu
or press
CLEAR
to clear your
selection.
Using the Menu
Using the menu, you can select the Old
or New Testament, search the Index for
a particular chapter or read a daily Devo-
tional verse.
Reading the Bible
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use or to highlight the
Old Testament or New
Testament, and press
ENTER
to
select it. For example, select
New Testament.
3. Use or to highlight a
book and press
ENTER
to select
it. For example, select
Romans.
Note: You can also type the name
of a Book to highlight it.
Using the Menu

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➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn your electronic Bible
off at any passage. When you turn
it on again, the last passage that
you viewed appears, unless you
had previously turned on the
Learn-
A-Verse feature. If Learn-A-Verse is
on, you will to hear a Devotional
verse and go to its text.
Note : If you have Learn-A-Verse on,
and wish to return to your last
viewed passage, place a bookmark
in your text before you turn your
electronic Bible off.
➤Where in the Bible Am I?
At any Bible verse, you can view its
book, chapter, and verse number by
pressing .
Using the Menu
Using the Index
Index contains a list of popular chap-
ters with their titles, arranged in the or-
der that they appear in the Bible.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use or to highlight Index
and press
ENTER
to select it.
3. Use or to highlight a
selection, or type the name
of the book, chapter and
verse that you wish to view.
For example, to highlight
Isaiah
25:1
, type isaiah251 .
To type numbers, hold
fn
and
press
q-p .
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Using the Menu
5. Press
MENU
to return to the
menu or press
CLEAR
to clear
your selection.

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The icon means that this is a
verse that you can hear read.
Whenever you see this icon, you
can press to hear the verse.
4. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤Understanding Say
When you press in a menu or
at a search screen, your Bible will
go to the Devotional menu. To hear
a verse of your choice, follow the
steps outlined above.
When more than one verse on the
screen is marked with , each
verse so marked will be read in the
order that it appears.
Devotional contains a list of inspirational
verses.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use to highlight Devo-
tional and press
ENTER
to
select it.
3. Use or to highlight a
selection, or type the name
of the month (abbreviated)
and the day whose selection
you wish to hear, and press
or
ENTER
to hear it read.
For example, to hear the Devotional
verse for Oct. 7, type oct7 . There is
no need to type the period and
space.
Hearing Devotional Verses
Hearing Devotional Verses
SAY
SAY
SAY

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Finding Bible Verses Finding Bible Verses
To go directly to a specific Bible verse,
enter its book title, chapter number, and
verse number.
If you enter only a book title and chapter
number, you will go to the start of the
chapter. If you enter only a book title,
you will go to the start of that book.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a book title, chapter
number, and verse number.
Note: Type the initial letters of a
book and the title will be completed
for you. For example, type
la for
Lamentations , l e for Leviticus or lu
for Luke .
To find a book that has more than
one volume, you need to type the
numeral first. For example, to find
II
Corinthians 5 1
, type 2co51 .
To type numbers, hold
fn
and
press
q-p .
3. Press
ENTER
to read.
4. Use ,
fn
+or
SPACE
to
scroll down.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Searching for Words Searching for Words
Just as if you were using a concor-
dance, you can search for almost any
word or phrase in this Bible. Simply en-
ter search words to find their occur-
rences, or matches.
1. Press
SEARCH
.
2. Type your search word(s). For
example, type kingdom of
God.
You can type up to 35 letters. To type
a space, press
SPACE
.
Note: You cannot search for common
words such as
and and the on their
own.
3. Press
ENTER
to start the search.
After a word search, only those
books with matches are listed in the
Menu.
4. Use or to highlight the
menu item you want, and
press
ENTER
to see the name(s)
of the book(s) with the
matches. For example, select
New Testament.
You may also hold
fn
and press
ENTER
to go directly to the text. You
will go to the first match.
5. Use or to highlight the
book you want, and press
ENTER
to see the name(s) of
the chapters with the
matches. For example, select
Luke.

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6. Use or to highlight the
chapter you want, and press
ENTER
to see the text. For
example, select Chapter 6.
Note that the main search words
are boxed.
7. Press
fn
+or to see the
next or previous match (if
any).
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Searching for WordsSearching for Words
➤Using MatchMaker
Your Bible has a MatchMaker fea-
ture to help you find words. If you
are unsure of the spelling or
completion of a word, use ✳to
stand for one or more letters in a
word. For example, to find
Zaphnathpaaneah, type zaph✳ .
Press
ENTER
to select the high-
lighted word.
You can either continue to highlight
a menu item and press
ENTER
till you
come to text, or you can hold
fn
and press
ENTER
to go directly to the
text.
➤If You Misspell Words
If you enter a misspelled word, or
enter a word not in this Bible, spell-
ing corrections appear. Select the
correction that you want from the
list, or press
BACK
to change your re-
quest.

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You can also search for a word by
highlighting it in a verse. Try this ex-
ample.
1. Go to Isaiah 12:2.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
2. Press
ENTER
to start the high-
light.
To turn the highlight off, press
BACK
.
3. Use the arrow keys to high-
light salvation.
4. Press
ENTER
to search for the
highlighted word.
To learn how to view the matches,
please see “Searching for Words.”
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Highlighting Search Words
You can expand your search to find in-
flections, synonyms and similar words.
1. Press
SEARCH
.
2. Type your search word(s) and
press
ENTER
. For example, type
benefit.
3. Press
MORE
to expand the
search.
To learn how to view the matches,
please see “Searching for Words.”
You will find that your matched
words include
good , profit , sake ,
serve and so on.
Expanding Your Search

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➤Understanding Footnotes
The footnotes in this Bible have
been added by Franklin Electronic
Publishers to clarify the meaning of
archaic English words. These foot-
notes are not part of the original
King James Bible.
Viewing Footnotes
Viewing Footnotes
Whenever you see a after a word
in a verse, that word has a footnote.
You can easily view these footnotes.
Try this example.
1. Go to Psalms 18:2.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
Notice the footnote marker.
2. Press
NOTE
.
3. Press
BACK
to return to the
verse.
➤When More Than One
Footnote Marker Appears
Sometimes more than one ap-
pear on the screen.
Pressing
NOTE
highlights the first
. Press
NOTE
repeatedly until it
highlights the that you want.
Press
ENTER
to view its footnote.
Press
BACK
to go back to the verse.

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Deleting a Bookmark
You can delete any bookmark you
want. Note: If you reset your unit, all
your bookmarks will be lost.
1. Press
MARK
to view your list of
bookmarks.
2. Select and go to the verse
whose bookmark you wish to
remove. For example, if you
had John 1 on your book-
mark list, go to the text of
John 1.
To learn how, please see “Adding
and Viewing Bookmarks.”
3. Press
MARK
again.
Remove: …, (the last viewed book-
mark) appears as the first list item,
and is highlighted.
4. Press
ENTER
to remove the
bookmark.
Using Bookmarks
Adding and Viewing
Bookmarks
You can add up to 50 bookmarks to the
text of this book for quick reference.
1. Press
MARK
at any verse to
place a bookmark.
You will see a menu with “Add
bookmark” highlighted. Press
ENTER
to add the bookmark.
The marks its placement.
2. Press
MARK
to view your
bookmark list.
3. Press to highlight a verse.
This is a sample list.
4. Press
ENTER
to view its verse.
Using Bookmarks

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This Bible can transfer words to cer-
tain BOOKMAN book cards. To send
a word to another book, you must
first install a book card in your unit,
and that book card must be able to
send or receive words. To learn if a
book card can send or receive
words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this
Bible.
To highlight a word in Bible text,
press
ENTER
to start the highlight,
and use the arrow keys to move
the highlight to the word you
want.
2. Hold
fn
and press
CARD
.
3. Highlight the icon of the
other book.
4. Press
ENTER
.
The word you highlighted appears
in the other book.
5. Press
ENTER
again if needed
to search for that word.
Transferring Words
Between Books
If the keyboard fails to respond, or if
the screen performs erratically, follow
the steps below.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press (on/
off).
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paper clip to gently
press the reset button on
your unit.
The reset button is recessed in a
pin-sized hole to the right of the
book card slot.
Warning! Pressing the reset button
with more than light pressure may per-
manently disable your unit. In addition,
resetting your unit erases settings and
information entered in its built-in book,
and in an installed book card.
Resetting Your Unit
▲
Reset
Button

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Specifications
Model KJB-1840
• Batteries: 4 AAA
• Size: 15 x 11.8 x 3.0 cm.
• Weight: 7 oz. without batteries
© 1999 Franklin Electronic Publishers,
Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA.
All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible,
King James Version.
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This product, excluding batteries, is guaran-
teed by Franklin for a period of one year
from the date of purchase. It will be repaired
or replaced with an equivalent product (at
Franklin’s option) free of charge for any de-
fect due to faulty workmanship or materials.
Products purchased outside the United
States that are returned under warranty
should be returned to the original vendor
with proof of purchase and description of
fault. Charges will be made for all repairs
unless valid proof of purchase is pro-
vided.
This warranty explicitly excludes defects
due to misuse, accidental damage, or
wear and tear. This guarantee does not
affect the consumer’s statutory rights.
Limited Warranty
(outside U.S.)
This unit may change operating modes due to Electrostatic Discharge.
Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing the re-
set key, (on/off), or by removing/replacing batteries.