Franklin MOVIEVIEWS FLX-110 User manual

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User’s Guide
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Electronic Publishers
FLX-110
™

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Introduction
Congratulations!You nowown a powerfulmovie
guidethatyou can take anywhere.MovieViews™
is designed to help you quickly find the movies
that you want to see, in ways that you can’t ac-
complish with a printed book. With your elec-
tronic movie guide you can:
• find more than 4,000 movies. For each
movie, MovieViews details its year of re-
lease, running time, critic rating, MPAA
rating, cast, plot summary, and more;
• search for movies by cast members, di-
rectors, or themes;
• search for Academy Award winning mov-
ies, or movies released in a specific year;
•
search for movies that fit a number of dif-
ferent categories (e.g., PG movies that star
Dustin Hoffman, released before 1980)
;
• place notes to remind you which movies
you like or which movies you want to see;
• play games that test your movie knowl-
edge; and much more.
It’s easy to do. This User’s Guide shows you
how. Have fun!

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Key Guide
OFF
ON
BACK
Returns you to the previous menu or
erases letters.
CAST
Shows the Cast menu.
CLEAR
Clears your entry.
ENTER
Selects a menu item or highlights a
cast name in movie reviews.
GAMES
Shows the Games menu.
HELP
Shows help messages for the current
screen.
MENU
Shows the main menu.
NEXT
Goes to the next movie title.
Turns the product on or off.
PREV
Goes to the previous movie title.
.
Shows the full name.
Scrolls up or starts a new game.
Scrolls down or gives a hint in
games.
Scrolls left or shows matches.
Scrolls right or ends a game.
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Getting Started
Turning MovieViews On
The first time you use MovieViews, a brief dem-
onstration appears automatically.
1. Press
ON/OFF
.
2. I
f you want to stop the demo, press
CLEAR
.
Disabling the Demonstration
Youprobablydonot want to view thedemonstra-
tion every time you turn MovieViews on. Here is
how to disable the demonstration.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press until
Disable Demo is marked.
A menu item is marked when the triangle is
displayed to the left of that menu item.
3. Press
ENTER
to disable it.
4. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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Viewing the Tutorial
MovieViews includes a tutorial that shows a list
of the keys and their functions, and gives an
overview of the product.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press to mark Tutorial .
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press to read text.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Getting Started
▲
✓ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually
any screen by pressing
HELP
. Press to
read it. To exit help, press
BACK
.
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
Should you forget to turn off MovieViews, it
will automatically shut itself off after a few
minutes. Assuming that the demo is turned
off, the screen that you last viewed will
appear when MovieViews is turned on again.

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Changing Settings
Youcanchangethetypesize,theshutofftime,and
the screen contrast of MovieViews.
The type size determines the size of the words,
when reading movie reviews and help mes-
sages. The shutoff time is how long the product
stays on if you forget to turn it off.
Set Contrast
determines how light or dark the screen is.
1. If not at the menus, press
MENU
.
2. Press repeatedly to mark Set Type
Size
, Set Shutoff , or Set Contrast .
The indicates that a menu item has
subtopics.
3. Press
ENTER
to select it.
4. Mark a setting.
If you select
Set Contrast , press or to
adjust control.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Finding a Movie Review
MovieViews contains movie reviews for over
5000 movies between 1914 and 1994. Here is
howtofind a movie byname.
Note :All of the lists
in MovieViews are alphabetized letter-by-letter,
regardless of punctuation. For example, the
movie
AceVentura:Pet Detective islistedbefore
A Change of Seasons .
1. Press
CLEAR
.
You can always return to this list by pressing
CLEAR
.
2. Begin typing a movie title until it is
marked (e.g., BIG ).
A movie is marked when the triangle is dis-
played to the left of that movie.
Movie titles that begin with an article, such
as,
a , an , or the , may be listed both with the
article (e.g.,
The Sting ) and separate from
the article (e.g. Sting, The ).

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Finding a Movie Review
3. Press
ENTER
when it is marked.
4. Press to read the movie review.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Note : From within the movie review, you
can press
NEXT
to go to the next movie re-
view or
PREV
to go to the previous one.
✓ Another Way to Search for Movie Titles
You can also search for movies by typing
the first few letters of the movie, and then
pressing to move down until the movie
title you want is marked. Then press
ENTER
to
view the movie review.
✓Movies Starring the Same Cast Member
When reading a movie review, you can view
other movies that include the same cast
member. Press
ENTER
and then press to
highlight the cast member you want. To turn
the highlight off, press
BACK
. Then press
ENTER
again to search for the movies that
include the highlighted cast member.

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Finding Movies by Cast
WithMovieViewsyou can searchfor moviesthat
feature one or more specific cast members, as
well as many other categories. In this example,
wewillsearchformovies that feature Lee Marvin.
1. Press
CAST
.
2. Begin typing the cast member’s name
(e.g.,
Marvin, Lee ).
Note : Cast members names’should be
typed as they appear, with their last name
before their first.
3. When the name is marked press
ENTER
.
A check ( ✓) marks your selection.
To deselect a cast member, press
ENTER
again.
4. Press to view the films staring that
cast member.