Franklin NIV-450 User manual

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NIV-450
User’s Guide
HOLY BIBLE
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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Key Guide
Function Keys
Turns the product on or off.
Displays a help message.
Goes to the Verse Reference
screen. Clears the Calculator. In
the Converter and Databank,
goes to its main menu.
Backs up, erases a letter, or turns
off the highlight in text.
Enters a search request, selects
an item, or begins a highlight in
text.
Expands a search. In the
Organizer, goes to the Clock
() .
Places a bookmark. In the
Organizer, goes to the Databank
() .
Goes to the Word search
screen. In the Organizer, goes
to the Calculator
() .
Displays a footnote. In the
Organizer, goes to the
Converter
() .
Goes to the Organizer: Clock,
Databank, Calculator, and
Converter.
Displays the main menus. In
the Organizer, returns to the
Bible.
At a menu, displays a menu
item. In text, displays the
book, chapter and verse.
Shifts to type capital letters
and punctuation marks.
Shifts to allow pg up, pg dn
and to type numbers and spe-
cial symbols.
or Displays the next or previous
verse.

Combination Keys*
+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.
+JTypes a hyphen.
+MTypes an @.
+?Types a comma.
+_’ Types a slash.
+At the Word search screen, types an
asterisk to stand for a series of let-
ters in a word.
Key Guide
Direction Keys
Move in the indicated direction.
At menus and dictionary
entries, pages down. At the
Word search screen, types a
space.
*Hold the first key while pressing the second.
or
or

Getting Started
Gently pull the battery installation tab to remove it. Use a thin pointed object to press the reset
button on the back of the device. See “Resetting Your Product” for details.
Replacing Batteries
Your product is powered by two CR-2032 lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow these easy
instructions to replace them.
Warning: When changing the batteries, please remove and replace one battery at a
time. If you remove both batteries at once, you may lose any information you
entered.
Warning: If the batteries wear out completely any user-entered information will be
erased. You should always keep written copies of your important information.
1. Turn your product off and turn it over.
2. Gently push down on the tab under the battery cover and flip the product to allow the
cover to drop out.
Do not force the cover. Use a paper clip, if necessary, to remove the old batteries.
3. Install the batteries with the positive side facing up.
4. Replace the battery cover.

For Your Information
✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to
move around menus or view more text.
✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP. Use the direction keys
to read the message. To exit help, press BACK.
✓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 malfunctioning.
✓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 see a verse for you to memorize. To return
to your last viewed passage, press BACK.
✓Where in the Bible Am I?
At any Bible verse, you can view its book, chapter, and verse number by pressing ?.

Viewing a demonstration or tutorial
You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this Bible any time you want.
1. Press .
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 and go to the Verse Reference
screen, press CLEAR.
To go to the main menu, press .
✓Learn-a-Verse
Your Bible comes with a Learn-a-Verse feature. Each time you turn your Bible on, you
can see a verse from either the Old or New Testament for you to read or memorize. If
you wish to turn this feature on, press . 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.

Changing the Settings
When using this Bible, you can activate 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 forget to turn it off.
1. Press .
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup.
3. Use
or to move the highlight to Set Contrast, Set Shutoff or Set Type Size.
4. Press ENTER.
5. Use or to change the setting.
6. Press ENTER to store your changes.
Press BACK to exit without making a change.

Reading the Bible
Old Testament and New Testament contain the Books of the Bible.
1. Press .
2. Use or to highlight Old Testament or New Testament, and press ENTER to
select it.
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.
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
or to go to the next or previous Chapter.
7. Press CLEAR when done.

Using the Index
Index contains a list of popular chapters with their titles, arranged in the order that they
appear in the Bible.
1. Press .
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, and press ENTER to select it.
For example, to highlight Isaiah 25:1, type isaiah251.
To type numbers, hold FN and press Q-P.
4. Press CLEAR when done.

Viewing Devotional Verses
Devotional contains a list of inspirational verses.
1. Press .
2. Use to highlight Devotional 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 view, and press ENTER to select it.
For example, to see the Devotional verse for Oct. 7, you must type oct7. There is
no need to type the period and space.
4. Press CLEAR when done.

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, le 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, type IIco.
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.
Searching for Words
Just as if you were using a concordance, you can search for almost any word or phrase in
this Bible. Simply enter search words to find their occurrences, or matches.
1. Press FIND.
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.
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 or to see the next or previous match (if any).
8. Press CLEAR when done.

✓Correcting Misspellings
If you enter a misspelled word, or a word not in this Bible, a list of corrections appears.
Highlight the word you want and then press ENTER, or press BACK to change your
request.
Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain about how to spell a word or if you wish to find prefixes, suffixes, and
other parts of words, type an asterisk (✽) in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of
letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a little while
to find the matching words.
1. Press FIND.
2. Type a word with ✽s.
To type an asterisk, hold down CAP and press ?.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press to move the highlight to the word you want and press ENTER to search for
it.
5. Press CLEAR when done.

Expanding Your Search
You can expand your search to find inflections, synonyms and similar words.
1. Press FIND.
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.

Highlighting Words
You can also search for a word by highlighting it in a verse. Try this example.
1. Go to Isaiah 12:2.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
2. Press ENTER to start the highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press BACK.
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight 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.

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.”
2. Use , FN+ or SPACE to scroll down.
Notice the footnote marker.
2. Press NOTE.
3. Press BACK to return to the verse.

✓Understanding Footnotes
The footnotes in this Bible have been added by Franklin Electronic Publishers to clarify
the meaning of archaic English words. These footnotes are not part of the original New
International Version.
✓When More Than One Footnote Marker Appears
Sometimes more than one appears 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.

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 see the bookmarks list with Add bookmark highlighted.
2. Press ENTER to add the bookmark.
The marks its placement.
3. Press MARK to view your bookmark list.
4. Press to highlight a verse.
This is a sample list.
5. Press ENTER to view its verse.