Franklin DEUTSCH-ENGLISCH LEXIKON BQD-210 User manual

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DEUTSCH-ENGLISCH
LEXIKON
User’s Guide
Anleitung
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Electronic Publishers
BQD-210
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Key Guide
MENÜ
E/D
FLEKT
NCHST
HILFE
? ✽
AN/AUS
Shows the menu.
SwitchesbetweenEnglishandGerman.
Shows inflections.
Shows the next entry.
Shows help information.
Turns the unit on or off.
At entry screens, types a
? to stand
for a letter or an ✽ to stand for a se-
ries of letters; at lists, shows a full
name.
Clears to the entry screen.
Goes back a step or space.
Enters a word or selects an item.
Moves up; at entry screen,
adjusts the contrast or accents a
typed letter.
Moves down; at entry screen,
adjusts the contrast.
Moves left or right.
LÖSCHEN
ZURÜCK
EINGABE
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Getting Started
To start, you must first install the 4-AAAbatter-
ies in the back of the unit by sliding off the bat-
tery cover in the direction of the arrow. Place
the batteries in the unit following the diagram
inside the case. Then, replace the cover.
Here is how to set the message language, ad-
justthecontrast,anddisablethedemonstration.
1. Press ON/OFF.
2. Press A or B to choose a message
language.
A brief demonstration appears.
3. Press LÖSCHEN to stop the demonstra-
tion at any time.
4. Repeatedly press or to adjust the
screen contrast.
Note: You can adjust the screen contrast
only at an empty entry screen.
✓Disabling the Demonstration
To disable the demonstration, press
LÖSCHEN and then MENÜ. Next, press
repeatedly to highlight Disable Demo .
Press EINGABE to disable it. To enable
the demo, repeat these steps.
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Getting Started
✓Viewing Help Information
You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HILFE. To exit help,
press ZURÜCK.
✓Viewing the Tutorial
If you want to read about what the keys
do, select Tutorial from the menu. Press
to read, and then press LÖSCHEN
when you have finished.
✓Auto-Shutoff & Resume
If no button has been pressed for more
than two minutes, this dictionary will shut
off automatically. When you turn it on
again, you return to the last screen you
viewed, as long as the automatic demo
has been disabled.
✓Follow the Arrows
The arrows at the right of the screen
show which arrow keys you can press
to view more.
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Changing Languages
The message language is the language of
entry screens, help information, part-of-speech
labels, and other messages. The entry lan-
guageis the languagein which youenter words
at entry screens.
T o Change the Message Language
1. Press MENÜ.
2. Press to highlight
Message
Language
and then press EINGABE.
Or go to the menu and press E/D.
To Change the Entry Language
1. If not at an entry screen, press
LÖSCHEN.
2. Press E/D repeatedly.
The entry screen toggles between the
German and English dictionaries.
▼
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✓If You Misspell a Word
Don’t worry, you will automatically go to
a list of corrections. Press to highlight
a correction and then press EINGABE to
see its translation.
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Finding Translations
To translate words, simply enter them at the
appropriate entry screen (German or English).
1. Press LÖSCHEN.
2. Type a word.
To erase a letter, press ZURÜCK.
3. Press EINGABE to view its translation(s).
4. Press to view more.
5. Press NCHST to go to the next
dictionary entry.
6. Press ZURÜCK to go back.
7. Press LÖSCHEN to clear the entry screen.
✓Accenting & Capitalising Letters
You do not need to type accents or capi-
tals in words. (If you enter a word without
its accent or capital letter, you will go to a
list of the multiple forms of the word.)
If you want to type an accent or capital,
first type the letter to be accented or
capitalised and then repeatedly press
until the desired result appears.
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Selecting from Translations
Another way to find a translation is by high-
lighting a word while in a translation. You can
only select words that have dictionary entries.
Try this example:
1. Type a word.
2. Press EINGABE to go to its translation.
3. Press EINGABE again.
Notice the highlight. You can turn off the
highlight by pressing ZURÜCK.
4. Press the arrow keys to highlight
a word you want to look up.
5. Press EINGABE to go to its
translation(s).
6. Press ZURÜCK to go back.
✓Understanding Definitions
Definitions include part-of-speech labels in
rounded brackets. Words in squared
brackets signify specialised usages.
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Finding Phrases
You can find German or English phrases by
typing any keyword in a phrase. For example,
typing
find will show to find favor with some-
body , find out , and more.You can press MENÜ
and search the list, or you can type a keyword
at the entry screen.
Searching the Phrase List
1. Press MENÜ.
2. Highlight
German Phrases or English
Phrases .
3. Press EINGABE to select it.
4. Start typing a word in a phrase.
You go directly to the list of keywords
starting with the letter(s) you typed.
5. Press EINGABE when the phrase you
want is highlighted to see its transla-
tion.
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✓Seeing a Whole Phrase
Many phrases are too long to fit onto one
line. If a phrase runs off the line, press
?
✻
to view the full phrase.
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Finding Phrases
Using the Phrase Entry Screen
1. Press MENÜ.
2. Highlight either
German Phrases or
English Phrases .
3. Press EINGABE to select it.
4. Press LÖSCHEN.
5. Type a keyword at the Phrase Entry
Screen.
6. Press EINGABE to search.
7. If no match is found in a phrase, you go
to the word’s dictionary entry.
If more than one match is found, press
NCHST to go to the next match.
✓Selecting Multiple Forms
Some words have more than one spell-
ing or part of speech. When you try to
view the translations or inflections of
these words, a list of the different forms
appears. Highlight the word you want to
view and then press EINGABE.
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Finding Inflections
You can view inflections of nouns, verbs, and
modifiers. If you need grammar guidance for
the many verb inflections, press HILFE while
in an inflection to read all about how to use that
particular inflected form.
1. Type a word.
2. Press FLEKT.
You might have to select a form.
3. Press the arrow keys to view the
inflections.
4. If the word is a verb, press FLEKT
repeatedly to view another tense.
To go back to a previous tense, press .
5. Press HILFE at verb inflections to view
descriptions of the inflections as well as
usage examples.
✓ Tips for Viewing Inflections
•Press FLEKT at definitions to view the
inflections of the word you looked up.
•Highlight a word in a definition and then
press FLEKT to view its inflections.
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