Franklin Bookman BDK-1460 User manual

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

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License Agreement

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Key Guide ..................................................................... 25
Installing Batteries and Installing Book Cards ............. 27
Selecting a Book and Using the Colour Keys ............... 28
Changing the Language ................................................ 29
Changing the Settings and
Viewing a Demonstration .......................................... 30
Finding English Words .................................................. 31
Highlighting Words and Finding Phrases ..................... 33
Finding Inflections ........................................................ 34
Using the Personal Wordlist ......................................... 35
Playing the Games ........................................................ 36
Using The Databank ..................................................... 38
Using the Calculator ..................................................... 40
Using the Converter ..................................................... 41
Transferring Words Between Books and
Resetting Your BOOKMAN ....................................... 42
Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents and
FCC Notice................................................................ 43
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ........................................ 44
Table of Contents

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Displays the main menus in
the Dictionary, Databank
and Converter.
Turns the BOOKMAN on
or off.
At the Word Entry screen,
types a ? to stand for a
letter in a word. At a
menu, displays a menu
item. At a dictionary entry,
displays the headword.
Function Keys
Goes to the Word Entry
screen in the dictionary, clears
the calculator, and goes to the
main menus in the Databank
and Converter.
Backs up, erases a letter, or
turns off the highlight at an
entry.
Shifts to type capital letters
and punctuation marks.
Exits the book you were
reading.
Enters a word, selects an item,
or begins a highlight in an
entry.
Displays a help message.
CLEAR
ZURÜCK
KARTE
EINGABE
HILFE
Direction Keys
Move in the indicated
direction.
Pages up and down.
At menus and dictionary
entries, pages down. At
the Word Entry screen,
types a space.
Colour Keys
(red) Goes to the Dictionary
menu.
(green) Changes the entry
language.
(yellow) Goes to the
Databank menu.
(blue) Goes to the calculator.
WÖRTER
E/D
DATEN
RECHNE
MENÜ
AN/AUS
*
?
AUF
AB
V
Key Guide

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Key Combinations1
In the dictionary, shows
inflections.
In the dictionary, shows the
Phrases menu.
In the dictionary, shows the
User list menu.
In the dictionary, shows the
Games menu.
Goes to the Conversions
menu.
At the Word Entry screen,
types an asterisk to stand
for a series of letters in a
word.
At the menu, goes to the
first or last item. At a
dictionary entry, goes to
the start or end of the
entry.
Transfers a word between
books.
At a dictionary entry,
displays the previous or
next entry.
At a databank entry, exits
without saving your entry.
Calculator Keys
Types numbers in the
calculator.
Calculates a reciprocal (1/x).
Calculates a square root (
√ x).
Squares a number (X2).
Calculates a percentage (%).
Changes the number on the
screen to a negative or positive
number (+/-).
Adds the number to the
number stored in the memory
(M+).
Subtracts the number from the
number stored in the memory
(M-).
Recalls the number stored in
the memory (MR).
Clears the memory (MC).
Clears the calculation(s).
3
These key combinations apply only when using
the calculator.
2
These key combinations apply only when using
the dictionary.
1
Hold the first key while pressing the second.
+ P2
+ O2
+ I2
+ U2
+ ß2
+
*
?
+
or
+
KARTE
+
AUF
AB
V
+
ZURÜCK
Q-P
+ A3
+S3
+D3
+ F3
+ Y3
+ X3
+ C3
+ V3
+ B3
CLEAR
Key Guide

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Your BOOKMAN 1460 is powered by
two AAA, 1.5-volt batteries. Follow these
easy instructions to install or replace
them.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN®over.
2. Lift the battery cover on the
back of your BOOKMAN by
pushing it in the direction of
the arrow.
3. Install the batteries as shown
on the diagram in the battery
compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN 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.
Warning: If the batteries wear-out
completely, or if you take more than
approximately a minute while changing
the batteries, any information that was
entered in the built-in book or book card
will be erased.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is on.
Any information that was entered in the
built-in book or book card will be erased.
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN at
any screen. When you turn it on
again, the last screen you viewed
appears.
Installing Batteries Installing Book Cards

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Once a book card is installed in the
BOOKMAN, you can select which book
you want to use.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
KARTE
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
EINGABE
to select it.
➤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 BOOKMAN is
malfunctioning.
The red, green, yellow, and blue colour
keys on your BOOKMAN change functions
according to the book card you select.
If you are using the built-in book, the
colour keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. If you select a
book card, the colour keys function as
labelled on that book card.
®
BOOKMAN
Remember, when you select a book
card, the colour keys function as labelled
on that book card, not the keyboard.
Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys

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You can change the message and entry
language of this dictionary to German or
English.
The message language is the language of
the menus, prompts, and help messages.
The entry language is the language in which
you enter words.
The examples in the English part of this
User’s Guide use English as the message
language.
➤Changing the Message Language
1. Press
MENÜ
until the main menus
appear.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Mes-
sage Language on the Sonstiges
menu.
3. Press
EINGABE
[ ENTER ].
➤Changing the Entry Language
1. Press
WÖRTER
(red).
2. Press
E/D
(green) to toggle be-
tween the English and German en-
try screens.
This is the English entry screen.
This is the German entry screen.
3. Press
MENÜ
to see the
Dictionary menus.
4. Press
E/D
(green) to toggle be-
tween the two dictionaries.
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When using this dictionary, you can adjust the
type size, the shutoff time, and the screen
contrast. The shutoff time is how long your
BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.
Note: The screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide use the normal type size.
1. Press
MENÜ
[MENU] in the Diction-
ary, Databank or calculator.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light Set Type Size, Set Shutoff,
or Set Contrast on the Setup
menu.
3. Press
EINGABE
[ ENTER ].
4. Use or to highlight a new set-
ting.
5. Press
EINGABE
[ ENTER ] to select it. Press
ZURÜCK
[ BACK ] to leave the setting un-
changed.
When no book card is installed, a
demonstration of this dictionary will
appear automatically when you turn on
the BOOKMAN.
To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
.
To disable it, press
MENÜ
[MENU] and then
select Disable Demo from the Setup
menu. TOre-enable it, select
Enable
Demo.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, select
View Demo from the
Setup menu to see the demonstration.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
screen by pressing
HILFE
[HELP]. Use the
direction keys to read the message.
To exit help, press
ZURÜCK
[BACK].
To read a tutorial describing how to
use the product, select
Tutorial from
the Setup menu.
Viewing a Demonstration Changing the Settings

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7. Hold and press
AB
or
AUF V
to see
the next or previous dictionary
entry.
8. Press
CLEAR
when finished.
➤ Finding English Words
1. Press
WÖRTER
(red).
2. Press
E/D
(green) until the
English entry screen appears.
To find a German word, use the
German entry screen.
3. Type one or more English words.
To erase a letter, press
ZURÜCK
[ BACK ].
To type a capital, hold [
CAP ] and press a
letter key.
To type a hyphen, hold and press
4. Press
EINGABE
[ ENTER ].
5. Use ,
AB
or [SPACE] to
scroll down.
6. To see the entry word, press
*
?
.
➤ Misspelling Words
If you enter a misspelled word a list of
corrections appears. If you enter a
word that is not in this dictionary you
will see a list of possible component
words. Highlight the word you want,
and then press
EINGABE
[ ENTER ] to see its
dictionary entry.
➤ Finding Letters in Words
At the Word Entry screen, you can
type a question mark to stand for any
letter, or an asterisk to stand for a
series of letters. To type an asterisk,
hold [CAP] and press
*
?
. For
example, enter
conc??v *at the English
entry screen. You will see a list of
matching words. Choose the one you
want and press
EINGABE
[ENTER].
Finding English Words