Franklin IC-133 User manual

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Contents
Installing the Digital Book .......................... 4
Viewing a Demonstration ........................... 5
Finding Definitions...................................... 6
Using the Entries Menu .............................. 8
Finding Letters in Words............................ 9
Viewing Inflections...................................... 10
Viewing Phrases.......................................... 11
Highlighting Words in Definitions ............. 12
Looking Up Words in Other Books ........... 13
Playing the Games ...................................... 14
Digital Book System®.................................. 16
Abbreviations Used .................................... 18
Specifications.............................................. 19
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ...................... 20
Index............................................................. 21
✓About the Illustrations
Some screen shots in this User’s Manual may
vary slightly from what you see on screen. These
variations do not mean that this digital book or
your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.

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Key Guide
BACK
CARD
CLEAR
ENTER
Backs up; erase a letter; stops highlight.
Exits the digital book.
Clears a search.
Enters a word, selects a menu item,
or turns on the highlight in entries.
Shows a help message.
Shows games menu.
Shows inflections.
Shows menus.
Shows phrases.
Turns the Digital Book System on or off.
Shifts keys to type capital letters, etc.
Types a space or pages down.
No effect.
Sends a word to another digital book.
Scroll through menus or entries. (At the
Entry screen, accents a letter.)
Page up or down.
Zoom up or down.
Shows the next or previous listed item.
Shows a headword. (At the Entry screen,
types a ? to stand for a letter in word).
At the Entry screen, types a ✽ to stand
for a series of letters in a word.
HELP
GAMES
MENU
MORE
ON/OFF
SPACE
SHIFT
SPEC
CARD
LIST
DN
UP
UP
DN
?*
SHIFT ?*

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Installing the Digital Book
You must install this digital book before you can use
it.
Warning: Never install a digital book when the
Digital Book System is on. If you do, information en-
tered in any other installed digital book(s) may be
permanently erased.
✓Resuming Where You Left Off
While using this digital book, you can turn off the
Digital Book System at any time. When you turn
the Digital Book System on again, you return to
the screen that you last viewed.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System.
2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back.
3. Press
ON/OFF
.
4. Turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book
System to adjust its screen contrast.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
5. Press
CARD
.
6. Press or to highlight the appropriate
digital book symbol.
7. Press
ENTER
.

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Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using this digital book, you may
want to view a brief demonstration of what it can do.
✓Setting the Shutoff Time
The Shutoff Time is how long the Digital Book
System stays on if you forget to turn it off.To
change the time, highlight Set Shutoff under the
Other menu and press
ENTER
. Then select a new
time or press
BACK
to keep the current time.
✓Help is at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any
screen by pressing
HELP
. Press or the DN
key to read the message. Press
BACK
to exit it.
To read a summary of how to use this digital book,
select Overview under the Other menu.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
to view the main menus.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight
Demo under the Other menu.
4. Press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
5. Press
CLEAR
to stop the demonstration.

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Finding Definitions
The simplest way to find definitions is to enter a word
at the Entry screen.At the Entry screen you do not
need to type capital letters or accents.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., double ).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
. To type a space,
press
SPACE
.
3. Press
ENTER
to view its definition(s).
4. Press , the DN key, or
SPACE
to read.
5. Press
BACK
to go back to the Entry screen.
6. Press
CLEAR
to clear the Entry screen.
✓If You Misspell a Word
Do not worry if you enter a misspelled word at the
Entry screen.Alist of spelling corrections auto-
matically appears. Highlight a correction and then
press
ENTER
to view its definition.

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Finding Definitions
✓Viewing Headwords
Headwords are the main words in dictionary en-
tries. When you are reading an entry, you can
view its headword(s) by pressing
? *
. Note: You
can view a complete menu item by pressing
? *
at
a menu.
✓Viewing Next and Previous Items
Some words function as more than one part of
speech. When you enter such a word, a message
shows how many items (i.e., headwords) the word
has in the dictionary. To view the next item, hold
and press the DN key. To view a previous item, hold
and press the UP key. Note: At other entries,
the next and previous items are the next and previ-
ous entries, listed alphabetically.
✓Understanding Dictionary Entries
Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of informa-
tion. The headword is in bold type, with a super-
script number if it has more than one entry in the
dictionary. The phonetic spelling of the headword
is given in slashes. Then its part of speech is listed,
followed by a list of definitions with usage ex-
amples in italics and phrases in bold italics.
Note: For a guide to phonetic spellings, select
Pron info under the Other menu. For explanations
of the abbreviations used in this dictionary, refer to
“Abbreviations Used”in this User’s Manual.

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Using the Entries Menu
The Entries menu lists the headwords in this dictio-
nary. You can view the definition(s) of a headword
simply by typing it at the Entries menu.At the Entries
menu you do not need to type capital letters, spaces,
or punctuation marks.
✓Using the Direction Keys
Use the direction keys to quickly scan menus and
dictionary entries. To scroll down or up, press
or . To page down or up, press the DN or UP
key. To zoom to the top or bottom of a menu or
entry, hold and press or .
1. If not at the main menus, press
MENU
.
2. Highlight the Entries menu.
3. Type a word (e.g., double ).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
4. Press
ENTER
to view its definition(s).
5. Press
BACK
to return to the Entries menu.

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Finding Letters in Words
If you are not sure how to spell a word, type a
question mark for every unknown letter or an asterisk
for a series of unknown letters.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word with ?’s for each unknown letter
and ✻’s for a series of letters (e.g.,
rec??v ✻ ).
To type an asterisk, hold
SHIFT
and press
? *
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a word.
5. Press
ENTER
to view its definition(s).
6. Press
BACK
to return to the list.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓Tips for Finding Letters
•Use ?’s to find lists of words (e.g., to view four-
letter words beginning with a
z , enter z??? ).
•Use ?’s to help solve crossword puzzles and
other word games (e.g., if the second letter of a
five-letter word is
l and its next to last letter is r ,
enter
?l?r? and then scroll down to view possible
answers.

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Viewing Inflections
This dictionary provides most inflections of nouns,
verbs, modifiers, and articles.
✓Getting Help With Inflections
To read detailed descriptions of when to use an in-
flection, as well as many usage examples, press
HELP
while viewing the inflection.
1. At the Entry screen, type a word (e.g., swim ).
2. Press
LIST
.
3. Highlight a part of speech.
4. Press
ENTER
.
These are the principal parts of the verb swim .
5. Press
LIST
repeatedly to view more
conjugations.
Or hold and press the DN key. To view a
previous conjugation, hold and press the UP
key.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.