Franklin IC-159 User manual

User’s Manual
F™
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System®
DIGITAL BOOK
OXFORD
ENGLISH/ARABIC
STUDENT’S
SPEAKING
DICTIONARY
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Electronic Publishers
IC-159
IC-159
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Electronic Publishers
F™

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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
Hearing English Words ................................. 11
TranslatingArabic Words .............................. 13
Finding Phrases ............................................ 14
Finding English Inflections ............................ 15
Finding English Spellings .............................. 16
Highlighting Words in Definitions .................. 17
Playing the Games........................................ 18
Sending Words Between Books.................... 20
Digital Book System®.................................... 21
Specifications ................................................ 23
Limited Warranty ........................................... 24
✓About the 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/Arabic Student’s Speaking Dic-
tionary digital book provides a powerful, portable
new way for speakers ofArabic to learn English.
Using this digital book, you can look up English defi-
nitions by entering eitherArabic or English words.
And you can view the menus and messages in either
Arabic 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.
In addition, you can actually hear the English words
in this dictionary pronounced aloud, as well as hear
English phrases and sentences.
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.
✓Typing Arabic Characters
• This digital book can be used in any Digital Book
System. The Digital Book System model
DBS-2-AB has anArabic/English keyboard.
When using other Digital Book System models,
refer to the keyboard diagram in the Key Guide
of this manual to typeArabic characters.
• 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
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clear a search.
MENU
Display the main menus or Entry screen.
GAMES
Display the games to select.
MORE
Display English phrases containing a word.
LIST
Display the inflection of an English word.
SPEC
Hear an English word. (On the DBS-2D
keyboard,
SAY
performs the same
function).
CARD
Exit the digital book.
ON/OFF
Turn the Digital Book System on or off.

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Key Guide
Other Keys
BACK
Back up, erase a letter, or stop the highlight.
ENTER
Enter a word or phrase, select a menu
item, or start the highlight in entries.
HELP
Display a help message.
SHIFT
Shift keys to type capital letters, etc.
SPACE
Type a space.
? *
At the Entry screen, type a question mark to
stand for a letter in word.At dictionary
entries, display the headword.
Direction Keys
Move in the indicated direction.
(At the Entry screen, accents a letter).
DN
UP Page down or up.
SPACE
Page down in text.
Key Combinations*
or Go to the top or bottom of a menu,
entry, or list.
DN
UP Display the next or previous entry,
phrase, or group of inflections.
CARD
Send a word to another digital book.
SHIFT ? *
At the Entry screen, type an asterisk to
stand for a series of letters in a word.
* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

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Installing the Digital Book
You must install this digital book in the Digital Book
System before you can use and read it.
WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Dig-
ital 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 icon.
The icon you see may vary.
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, the screen that
you last viewed appears.

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Changing the Language
You can use this digital book inArabic or in English.
When you select English only , menus, games, help
messages and other messages are in English.
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 menu
at the far right.
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 menu items or text.
✓Learning English Phonetic Spellings
To learn about the phonetic spellings of English
words in this dictionary, select Pron info from the
Other menu. Then press to view the spellings.
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 help. Press
BACK
to exit it. To learn what the
main key functions are, 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, accents, or spaces.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press , the DN key, or
SPACE
to scroll down.
5. Hold and press the DN key to view the next
dictionary entry, alphabetically listed.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
✓If You Misspell an English Word
When you enter a misspelled word at the Entry
screen, a list of corrections automatically appears.
Highlight a correction and then press
ENTER
. Cor-
rections also appear when you enter a correctly
spelled word not found in this digital book.