Franklin IC-139 User manual

Electronic Publishers
COOKBOOK
DIGITAL BOOK
IC-139

Electronic Publishers

Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 User’s Manual
F


For use with the Franklin
Digital Book System®
FOLD

1
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING
THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK
DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS
LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE
TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH
PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH
YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR
PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL
BOOK means the software product and documentation
found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin
ElectronicPublishers,Inc.
LIMITED USE LICENSE
All rights in the DIGITAL BOOK remain the property of
FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you
a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL
BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a
time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK
or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print
format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable
copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt,
disassemble,decompile, translate, createderivative works
of, or in any way reverse engineer the DIGITAL BOOK.
You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the
DIGITAL BOOK without compliance with appropriate
governmental regulations. The DIGITAL BOOK contains
Franklin’s confidential and proprietary information which
you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unautho-
rized disclosure or use. This license is effective until
terminated. This license terminates immediately without
notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any
provision of this license.
LicenseAgreement

2
Contents
Getting Started.............................................. 4
Changing Settings ........................................ 5
Searching for a Recipe by Name.................. 6
Searching by Ingredients .............................. 7
Locating by Category.................................... 9
Using the Index............................................. 10
Finding Nutrition Information ........................ 11
Viewing Special Helps .................................. 13
Highlighting Search Words ........................... 14
Viewing Footnotes & References ................. 15
Using Notes .................................................. 16
Sending and Receiving Words ..................... 18
Digital Book System®.................................... 19
Specifications................................................ 21
Limited Warranty (U.S. only)......................... 22
Index ............................................................. 23
✓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.

3
Key Guide
Backs up, erases a letter, or stops highlight.
Exits the digital book.
Clears a search and clears to default state.
Enters a search, selects a menu item, or
starts highlight in text.
Shows a help message.
No effect.
Shows Notes List menu from text.
Shows the main menus.
Searches for more matches from text.
Turns the Digital Book System on or off.
Shifts keys to type capital letters, etc.
Types a space or pages down.
Shows the category.
Adds a note as a bookmark in text.
Shows nutrition information for a recipe.
Sends a word to another digital book.
Move in the indicated direction.
Page down or up.
Zoom down or up.
Showsthenextorpreviousmatchorsection.
At the Search screen, types a ? to stand
foraletter;atmenus,shows the complete
menu item; at text shows outline location.
At the Search screen, types an ✽ to find
completions.
DN or UP
BACK
CARD
CLEAR
ENTER
HELP
GAMES
LIST
MENU
MORE
ON/OFF
SHIFT
SPACE
SPEC
B
N
CARD
DN/UP
? *
SHIFT
? *

4
Getting Started
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. 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
.
✓Help is at Hand
You can view a help message at most screens
by pressing
HELP
. Press or the DN key to
read the help. Press
BACK
to exit it.

5
Changing Settings
You can change the type size, the default state,
and the shutoff time, using the Misc menu.
The default state is the screen that appears when you
press
CLEAR
. The shutoff time is how long the Digital
Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1. If not at the main menus, press
MENU
.
2. Highlight the Misc menu.
3. Highlight Set Type Size , Set Default State ,
or
Set Shutoff .
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
✓Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using this digital book, you
may want to view a demonstration of what it
can do. First, select
View Demo from the Misc
menu. Then press
ENTER
to start the demon-
stration. Press
CLEAR
to stop it.
✓Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows show which arrow keys
you can press to view more.

6
Searching for a Recipe by Name
To find a recipe, simply type its name at the Search
screen. Some recipe names are common ones
such as roast beef , but others are more specific
and you will need to remember at least part of the
name to find the recipe. You don’t need to type
capitals or punctuation.
1. Select
Recipe Search from the Search menu.
Or press
CLEAR
if Recipe Search is the default
state.
2. Enter the name of a recipe (e.g.,
chili con carne ).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
to view the recipe.
Boxes mark your search words.
4. Press or
SPACE
to read.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓Restricted Menus
After a search, press
MENU
while in text. The
menus are now restricted to only the items
that include your search word(s). Press
ENTER
to view a highlighted item.

7
Searching by Ingredients
You can use this digital book to help you tailor
recipes to the ingredients you have on hand. You
can enter up to three ingredients in a search. For
instance, if you have chicken, soy sauce and
ginger, enter them to find recipes including
these three ingredients.
1. Select
Recipe Search from the Search menu.
2. Type up to three ingredients
(e.g.,
chicken soy ginger ).
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press
ENTER
to view the recipe.
5. Press or
SPACE
to read.
6. Hold and press DN repeatedly to view the
next matches.
To view a previous match, hold and press UP.
7. Press
ENTER
to view a recipe.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.

8
✓Adding More Ingredients
If you want to add ingredients to those you have
already entered (up to three total), first press
MENU
, and then select Change Search Words
under Search . Type more ingredients, and then
press
ENTER
to search.
✓The Clock and Sheaf of Wheat
Some recipes have a clock and/or a sheaf of
wheat symbol next to their names. The clock
means the recipe can be completed in thirty
minutes or less. The sheaf of wheat identifies a
Betty Crocker heritage recipe, one that has
been consistently popular, constantly in demand
and featured in a previous edition of
Betty
Crocker’s Cookbook .
✓Remaining Matches Are in Index
When you come to the end of a list of matches,
you will often see the words
Remaining matches
are in Index
. To view these matches, press
MENU
and then highlight the Index menu. After a search,
the Index now lists only the topics that include
your search words. Press
ENTER
to select a
highlighted topic.
Searching by Ingredients

9
Locating by Category
Another way to find recipes is to use the Contents
menu. Here you’ll find categories of foods such as
Appetizers , Cookies , Meats , and Sauces , to name
a few.
1. Highlight
Recipe Categories under Contents .
The indicates a submenu.
2. Press
ENTER
to select it.
3. Select a category (e.g.,
pasta ).
Youcantypethecategoryorscroll down to highlight it.
4. Select a recipe (e.g.,
spaetzle ).
5. Press or
SPACE
to read.
6. Press
BACK
to go back.
✓What’s My Category?
To go to the category of the menu item you are
viewing, press
SPEC
. Then you can select
another menu item from the same category.

10
Using the Index
You can use the Index to quickly find recipes,
ingredients, and other topics. Simply type a topic
at the Index menu. Usually you need to type only
its first few letters to find a topic.
1. Highlight the Index menu.
2. Start typing a topic (e.g.,
beverages ).
3. Press
ENTER
to select it.
4. Select a subtopic or recipe.
5. Press
BACK
to back up.
✓Viewing Full Menu Items
Some recipe names and menu items are
followed by ellipses because they are too long
to fit on one line. At any highlighted menu
item, press
? *
to view the complete item.

11
Finding Nutrition Information
You can find valuable nutrition information about
each recipe. Nutrition information includes counts
of calories, fat, protein, cholesterol, and more.
1. Find or select a recipe (e.g.,
chef’s salad ).
2. Hold and press .
3. Press or
SPACE
to read.
4. Press
BACK
, or hold and press ,
to return to the recipe.
✓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.
N
N

12
✓If You Misspell a Word
Don’t worry. A list of corrections appears.
Highlight a correction, and then press
ENTER
.
Or press
BACK
to change your search.
✓Finding Spellings
If you don’t know how to spell a word, type the
letters you do know and then type an asterisk
at the end. (Hold
SHIFT
and press
? *
to type
an asterisk.) Then press
ENTER
. The asterisk
stands for a series of unknown letters.
✓Expanding Your Searches
After entering a search word(s), you can
expand a word search to find more matches.
When you expand a search, you will find your
search word(s) first in recipe names, then in
text. For example, if you search for
eggs you
will find 50 matches most of which have the
word
egg in the recipe name. Press
ENTER
to
go to the text of a match and then press
MORE
.
Now there are 248 matches for
egg . The
cookbook has found every place where
egg
appears in the book, not just in a recipe name.
Finding Nutrition Information

13
Viewing Special Helps
You will find the answers to many of your cooking
questions in Special Helps . It contains a wealth of
information about everything from Table Settings
and Entertaining to Substitutions for Emergencies .
1. Select
Special Helps from the Contents menu.
2. Select a topic (e.g.,
microwave cooking ).
3. Select a subtopic (e.g.,
safety ).
4. Press or
SPACE
to read.
5. Press
BACK
repeatedly to back up.
✓Where In the Book Am I?
To find out where you are in the cookbook
outline, press
? *
while in text.
When you press
? *
in text, you do not go to the
outline itself, but rather to a snapshot of your
outline location. Press
BACK
to return to text.

14
Highlighting Search Words
You can also search for a word by highlighting it in
text. You can pick and search for any word except
short, common ones such as the and and .
1. Find or select a recipe (e.g.,
london broil ).
2. Press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
You can press
BACK
to turn the highlight off.
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight
steak .
4. Press
ENTER
to view its first match.
5. Hold and press DN to view the next
matches.
6. Press
ENTER
to view a recipe.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓Choosing Search Words
You can search for almost any word in this cook-
book. It need not be an ingredient. For example,
if you want to find a recipe that is cooked in a
wok, enter
wok at the Search screen.

15
Figures, Footnotes, & References
Figures. footnotes, and references appear
throughout text. Their places are marked by these
symbols. Here is how to view them.
cross-reference
figure
footnote
NOTE: ’s take you to the cross-referenced text.
1. At text with a symbol, press
ENTER
to start
the highlight.
2. Highlight the symbol.
3. Press
ENTER
to view the information.
4. Press or
SPACE
to read.
5. Press
BACK
to return to the original text.
6. Press
BACK
again to turn off the highlight.

16
Using Notes
You can place up to 30 notes in this digital book.
Once placed, your notes serve as bookmarks to
quickly guide you to your favorite recipes or
important tips. The number of notes you can place
depends on the length of each note.
Placing Notes
1. At any text, press
LIST
.
Or press and (for bookmark) to skip
Step Two.
2. Press
ENTER
to select Add note .
3. Press
ENTER
to add the note that appears in
the Search screen.
Or type your own words then press
ENTER
.
A marks your note.
4. Press
CLEAR
.
▲
B

17
Using Notes
Viewing a Note
1. Highlight a .
You can find a by pressing
LIST
in text
and then selecting a note.
2. Press
ENTER
to view the note.
3. Press
BACK
to return to text.
Removing a Note
1. Highlight a .
2. Press
LIST
.
3. Press
ENTER
to remove the note.
4. Press
CLEAR
when done.
▲▲

18
Sending and Receiving Words
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
installed in your Digital Book System before
following these steps.
1. At text, press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word.
3. Press plus
CARD
.
4. Highlight another digital book symbol.
5. Press
ENTER
.
The word that you highlighted appears in the
initial screen of the receiving digital book.
6. Press
ENTER
again.
The receiving digital book searches for the
word. If it is found, you can view text.
7. To return to the sending digital book, hold
and press
CARD
and then select its symbol.

19
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 Basic 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
digital books or the rubber contacts on the Digital
Book System with statically charged objects.
Statically charged objects may erase information
that you entered 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
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.