Franklin IC-135 User manual

User’s Manual
IC-135 F™
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Electronic Publishers
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System®
DIGITAL BOOK
OXFORD
STUDENT’S
DICTIONARY
A Learner’s Dictionar y
HEBREW

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Contents
Key Guide ..................................................... 4
Installing the Digital Book.............................. 6
Changing the Language................................ 7
Viewing a Demonstration .............................. 8
Looking up English Words ............................ 9
Translating Hebrew Words............................ 11
Finding Phrases ............................................ 12
Finding English Inflections ............................ 13
Highlighting Words in Definitions .................. 14
Finding English Spellings .............................. 15
Playing the Games........................................ 16
Sending Words Between Books.................... 18
Digital Book System®.................................... 19
Specifications ................................................ 21
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ......................... 22
✓About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations 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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Introduction
The Oxford English/Hebrew Student’s Dictionary digi-
tal book is a portable and powerful way for speakers
of Hebrew to learn English.
Using this digital book, you can look up English defi-
nitions by entering either Hebrew or English words.
And you can view the menus and messages in either
Hebrew or English.
Dictionary entries for English words include pronunci-
ation and grammatical information, multiple defini-
tions, and phrases showing how English words are
actually used.
You can also find the inflections of English words,
check and find English spellings, and play entertain-
ing games that build your knowledge of English.
✓About Keyboards and Keys
• This digital book can be used in any Digital Book
System. Digital Book Systems with an HB after
their model numbers have Hebrew/English key-
boards. When using other Digital Book System
models, refer to the keyboard diagrams in the
Key Guide of this manual to type Hebrew char-
acters.
• Keys not documented in the User’s Manual have
no effect in Digital Book System when you are
using this digital book.

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Key Guide
BACK
CARD
ENTER
HELP
Backs up, erases a letter, or stops highlight.
Exits the digital book.
Clears a search.
Enters a word or phrase, selects a menu
item, or starts the highlight in entries.
Shows a help message.
Shows games to select.
Shows inflected forms.
Shows the main menus or Entry screen.
Shows phrases containing a word.
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.
Move in the indicated direction.
(At Entry screen, accents a letter).
Page down or up.
Zoom down or up.
Show the next or previous entry, phrase,
or inflections.
At Entry screen, types a ? to stand for a
letter in word.At dictionary entries,
shows the headword.
At Entry screen, types an ✽ to stand
for a series of letters in a word.
CLEAR
GAMES
LIST
MENU
MORE
ON/OFF
SHIFT
SPACE
SPEC
CARD
DN or UP
DN/UP
SHIFT
? .*
? .*
or
SAY

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Key Guide
DBS-2D-HB
DBS-1-HB, DBS-2-HB

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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 that
you have entered in any other installed digital
book(s) may be permanently erased.
1. Turn off the Digital Book System.
2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back.
3. Press
ON/OFF
.
4. Adjust the screen contrast of Digital Book Sys-
tem, if needed.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
5. Press
CARD
.
6. Press or to highlight the appropriate digi-
tal book symbol.
7. Press
ENTER
.
✓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.

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Changing the Language
You can use this digital book in the Hebrew/English
mode or in the English only mode. When you select
English only , its dictionary entries, menus, help mes-
sages and other messages are in English only.
NOTE: The examples in the English half of this Us-
er’s Manual use the
English only mode.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
to view the main menus.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight the Other menu.
4. Highlight
English only .
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the bottom of the screen show
which arrow keys you can press to view more.
✓Learning English Pronunciation
To view phonetic spellings and pronunciation ex-
amples of English letters, select Pron info from the
Other menu. Explanations of stress marks are
also provided. Press
BACK
to return to the main
menus.

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Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using this digital book, you may
want to view a demonstration of what it can do.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Highlight
Demo on the Other menu.
4. Press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
5. Press
CLEAR
to stop the demonstration.
✓Setting the Shutoff Time
The shutoff time is how long the Digital Book Sys-
tem stays on if you forget to turn it off. To change
the shutoff time, highlight
Set Shutoff on the Other
menu and press
ENTER
. Then select a new time or
press
BACK
.
✓Help is at Hand
You can view a help message at most screens by
pressing
HELP
. Press or the DN key to read
the text. Press
BACK
to exit it. To view what the
main keys do in this digital book, select
Overview
from the Other menu.

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Looking up English Words
The simplest way to find definition(s) of English words
and phrases is to enter them at the Entry screen.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type an English word or phrase.
To erase a letter, press
BACK
. You don’t need to
type capitals or accents.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press , the DN key, or
SPACE
to move down.
5. Hold and press the DN key to view the next
entry.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓If You Misspell an English Word
A list of corrections automatically appears. High-
light a correction and then press
ENTER
. Correc-
tions also appear when you enter a correctly
spelled word not found in this digital book.

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Looking Up English Words
✓Typing Accents
You don’t need to accent letters when you enter
English words such as résumé . However, if you
want to type an accent, first type the letter to be
accented and then press or
ACNT
repeatedly
until the correct accent appears.
✓Scanning the Entries Menu
You can also scan the Entries menu to find En-
glish words. First, press
MENU
. Then start typing a
word. When the word you want is highlighted,
press
ENTER
to view its entry.
✓Understanding Dictionary Entries
Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of infor-
mation. The headword, or main word of the entry,
is in boldface, followed by a phonetic pronuncia-
tion. If a headword has more than one dictionary
entry, it is numbered in superscript. Grammatical
information is presented in angle brackets (< >).
Phrases using the headword are boldfaced, and
usage examples are italicized.
✓What Entry Am I Viewing?
At any line in a dictionary entry, you can press
? .*
to see the headword of that entry. You can also
press
? .*
to see a highlighted headword on the
Entries menu.

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Translating Hebrew Words
Keywords are translations of English words appearing
in this digital book. By entering a keyword in Hebrew,
you can find its English equivalent(s).
1. If not at the main menus, press
MENU
.
2. Highlight the Keywords menu.
3. Type a Hebrew word.
Usually you need to type only a few letters to
highlight the word you want.
4. When the word is highlighted, press
ENTER
.
5. Hold and press the DN key repeatedly
to view the next entries matching your keyword.
To view a previous entry, hold and press the
UP key.
6. Press
BACK
to go back to the menu.

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Finding Phrases
This digital book includes phrases to help you learn
the idiomatic uses of English words. It’s easy to find
phrases containing a certain word.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type an English word (e.g.,
run ).
3. Press
MORE
.
Or press
ENTER
and then press
MORE
.
4. Highlight a phrase.
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Hold and press the DN key repeatedly
to view the next phrases containing the word.
7. Press
BACK
to go back to the phrases.
✓Understanding sb and sth
In many phrases, you will see the abbreviations sb
and sth. Sb stands for the variable somebody and
sth stands for something . You can replace these
variables with any appropriate noun.

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Finding English Inflections
This digital book includes inflections of English
nouns, verbs, modifiers, and articles.
NOTE: For some English words, you must select a
part of speech before viewing inflections.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g.,
be ).
3. Press
LIST
.
4. Press , the DN key, or
SPACE
to move down.
5. Press
LIST
repeatedly to view more inflections,
if any. Or hold and press the DN key.
6. Hold and press the UP key to view
a previous inflection.
✓Getting Help With Inflections
To view detailed help messages about how and
when to use inflections, with examples, press
HELP
while viewing inflections.

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Highlighting Words in Definitions
To learn more about an English word in a definition,
you can highlight the word and then find its
definition(s), inflections, and phrases, if any.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Enter an English word (e.g.,
security ).
3. Press
ENTER
again to start the highlight.
You can turn off the highlight by pressing
BACK
.
4. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word.
5. Press one of these keys:
To. . . Press. . .
view its definition(s)
ENTER
view its inflections
LIST
view its phrases
MORE
6. Press
BACK
to go back to the highlighted word.

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Finding English Spellings
If you don’t know how to spell a word, type a ques-
tion mark in place of each unknown letter or an
asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type an English word with ?’s and ✻’s.
To type an asterisk, hold
SHIFT
and press
? *
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a matching word.
5. Press
ENTER
to view its definition(s)
or
MORE
to view its phrases, if any.
✓Spelling Finding Tips
• Use ?’s to find lists of words. For example, to find
four-letter words beginning with a z , enter z??? .
• Use ?’s to help solve crossword puzzles and
other word games. For example, if the second
letter of a five-letter word is
l and its fourth letter is
r , enter ?l?r? .

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Playing the Games
Selecting Word Sizes and Games
To set the difficulty of the games, select Game settings
from the Other menu and then select a word size.
To start playing, press
GAMES
and then select a game.
Hangman
In Hangman, you have a certain number of tries ( # )
to guess the mystery word (
? ). Type letters you think
might be in the mystery word. If you are correct, let-
ters appear in place of the corresponding
? .
To reveal a letter of the mystery word, hold
SHIFT
and press
? .*
. To reveal the word and end the round,
press
? .*
.
The score appears after each round. Press
SPACE
to
continue, or press
ENTER
to define the mystery word.
Then press
BACK
to select a new game or return
from a definition.

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Playing the Games
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words on the screen for you to
define or study. If you want to view the definitions of
a word, press
ENTER
. Press
BACK
to return to
Flashcards. If you do not want to find the definition,
press
SPACE
to view another word.
Word Train™
All aboard the Word Train! You and the train take
turns typing letters to form a word. Whoever types
the last letter of the word wins.
To view the set of letters that you can type at a turn,
hold
SHIFT
and press
? .*
. To reveal the word and
end the round, press
? .*
.
Press
SPACE
to continue or
ENTER
for the definition.
Then press
BACK
to return to Word Train.
✓Getting Help With the Games
You can read help messages about a game by
pressing
HELP
while playing it. To return to the
game, press
BACK
.

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Sending Words Between Books
This digital book can send and receive words to and
from certain other digital books. To learn if another
digital book can send and receive words, read its
User’s Manual.
NOTE: You must have more than one digital book in-
stalled in your Digital Book System before following
these steps.
1. Highlight a word in the sending digital book.
2. Press plus
CARD
.
3. Highlight another digital book symbol.
4. Press
ENTER
.
The word that you highlighted appears in the
initial screen of the receiving digital book.
5. Press
ENTER
again.
The receiving digital book searches for the word.
If it is found, you can view text.
6. To return to the sending digital book,
press plus
CARD
and then select its
symbol.

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Digital Book System®
Resetting the Digital Book System
To reset the Digital Book System, hold
CLEAR
while
pressing
ON/OFF
. Or press the recessed reset button
on the back of the Digital Book System. (Read its Ba-
sic Operating Guide for details.)
WARNING: Resetting the Digital Book System may
permanently erase information, such as notes, that
you have entered in the installed digital books.
NOTE: If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen
performs erratically, you can press
CLEAR
and then
press
ON/OFF
rather than resetting the Digital Book
System. If nothing happens, then reset.
Protecting and Cleaning
• Do not touch the metal contacts on the back of digi-
tal books or the rubber contacts on the Digital Book
System with statically charged objects. Statically
charged objects may erase information that you en-
tered in the digital books.
• Do not put excessive weight on digital books or the
Digital Book System or expose them to extreme or
prolonged heat, cold, or other adverse conditions.
• To clean digital books, apply isopropyl alcohol with
a cotton swab. To clean the Digital Book System,
apply a mild household cleaner with a soft cloth.
CAUTION: Spraying liquids on digital books or the
Digital Book System may damage them.