Franklin Language Master LM-6000B User manual

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LM-6000b
Language
Master
USER’S GUIDE
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Electronic Publishers

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Contents
Congratulations on your pur-
chase of the Language Master!
With this dictionary you can find
over 110,000 entries, hear dic-
tionary words and entire defini-
tions spoken with or without
the use of headphones, view
thesaurus entries, study the
Grammar Guide, correct mis-
spellings, save words to the
User List, and play fun, educa-
tional word games.
Installing Batteries ....................................................... 4
Changing Settings ........................................................ 4
Viewing a Demonstration ............................................ 5
Finding Definitions ...................................................... 5
Finding Words in Definitions ....................................... 7
Correcting Misspellings ............................................... 8
Finding Synonyms ........................................................ 8
Finding Classmates™.................................................... 9
Finding Confusables®................................................. 10
Finding a Letter in a Word ......................................... 10
Finding a Series of Letters ......................................... 11
Highlighting Words .................................................... 11
Viewing the Grammar Guide ..................................... 12
Using the Phonics Key ................................................ 14
Using the User List ..................................................... 15
Splitting the User List ................................................ 17
Combining Lists .......................................................... 18
Playing the Games ..................................................... 19
Troubleshooting Guide .............................................. 24

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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
Goes to the Entry screen.
GAMES
Goes to the Games
menu.
GRAMMAR
Goes to the Grammar
Guide.
LIST
Goes to the User List
menu. In definitions and
games, adds words to the
User List.
MENU
Goes to the Setup menu.
ON/OFF
Turns Language Master
on or off.
PHONICS
Pronounces and displays
individual sounds of a
word.
READ
Reads definitions.
SAY
Speaks a word.
SEARCH
Finds definitions contain-
ing search words.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases a typed
letter, or turns off a high-
light.
ENTER
Begins a search, selects
a menu item, or starts a
highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
SHIFT
Shifts keys to type punc-
tuation or capital letters.
?
✽
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter in a word;
shows Confusables in
text; shifted, types an * to
stand for a series of un-
known letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direc-
tion.
PREV /
NEXT
Shows the previous or
next definition.
UP
/
DN
Pages up or down.
SPACE
Types a space or pages
down.
➤Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message
at virtually any screen by
pressing
HELP
. Press the di-
rection keys to read it. To exit
help, press
BACK
.
At the Entry screen and
menus, brief instructions are
displayed right on the screen.
➤ Adjusting the Contrast
You can adjust the screen
contrast by using the contrast
wheel ( ) located on the right
side of the unit.

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Changing SettingsInstalling Batteries
Your Language Master uses 4
AA batteries. When the batteries
require changing, a low battery
warning will be displayed on the
screen. Here is how to install or
replace them.
Warning: When the batteries
lose power or are removed from
your Language Master, any cus-
tom settings that you entered will
be erased; however, your User
List will be kept intact.
1. Turn Language Master
over.
2. Slide off the battery
cover.
3. Install the batteries fol-
lowing the diagram out-
side the battery case.
4. Replace the battery
cover.
You can adjust the font size, toggle the
display of all capital letters, or adjust
the shutoff time.
Set Type Size changes how small or
large text appears on your screen.
Turn
on all caps
displays text in all capital let-
ters in every screen.
Set Shutoff Time
determines how long your Language
Master stays on if you forget to turn it
off.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Press the arrow keys to high-
light Set Type Size, Turn on
all caps, or Set Shutoff Time.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
5. Highlight a setting, if
needed.
The active settings are marked with
a ✔. To exit without changing set-
tings, press
BACK
.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may vary slightly from
what you see on screen. This does
not mean that your Language Mas-
ter is malfunctioning.

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Viewing a
Demonstration
You can view a demonstration
of what your Language Master
can do.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight View Demo.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
To stop the demo at any
time, press
CLEAR
.
Finding Definitions
To look up a word in the dictio-
nary, simply type it at the Entry
screen and press
ENTER
. Try this
example.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., run).
To move the cursor, press
or . To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
Notice that the Dict icon is
highlighted, indicating that you
are viewing a dictionary entry.
Read “About Icons” on page
6 to learn more.
If more than one entry is
found, the number of matches
is displayed on the top of the
screen (e.g.,
1/2 indicates the
first of two entries).
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the
top right of the screen show
in which direction you can
scroll.
The arrows next to the icons
tell you which arrow key you
can press to navigate
through the entries.
For a description of the
icons, see About Icons on
page 6.

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Finding Definitions Finding Definitions
4. Press or
SPACE
to read.
5. Press
NEXT
to browse the
next dictionary entry.
6. Press
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.
➤ About Icons
Icons on the top of the screen
allow you to easily view dictio-
nary (Dict), thesaurus (Thes),
Classmates™(Class), or Con-
fusables®(Conf) entries for a
word.
A highlighted icon indicates
which category you are cur-
rently viewing.
A bolded icon means there are
entries in that category for the
current word.
An icon shown in italics indi-
cates there are no entries in
that category for the current
word.
For example, when you view
the dictionary entry for run,
the Dict icon is highlighted
(), the Thes and Class
icons are bolded ( ,
) indicating there are
thesaurus and Classmates en-
tries for this word, and the
Conf icon is italic ( )
meaning there are no Confus-
ables for this word.
➤ About definitions
Some definitions contain the
etymology, or history, of the
word.
In others, examples of usage
are shown in brackets (e.g., in
the first entry for run, <lets his
children
run >).

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Finding Words in
Definitions Finding Words in
Definitions
You can find all the definitions in
which a specific word or phrase
appears.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
SEARCH
.
3. Type a word or phrase
(e.g., US state).
4. Press
ENTER
.
If more than one entry with
the search word(s) is found,
the number of matches
is dis-
played on the top of the screen.
5. Press or
SPACE
to
read.
6. Press
NEXT
to view the
next definition with
your word(s) in it.
To see the previous one,
press PREV .
7. Press
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.
➤ Two Ways to Back Up
Pressing
BACK
takes you back
to the previous screen you
viewed. You can continue to
back up until you get to the
Entry screen.
Pressing PREV takes you to the
previous screen of similar in-
formation. For example, if
you were viewing a dictio-
nary definition, you would go
to the previous definition.

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Correcting
Misspellings
Finding Synonyms
When the Thes icon appears in
bold type, it means that there is
at least one thesaurus entry for
that word.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g., splen-
did).
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press or to high-
light the Thes icon.
The first thesaurus entry will
be displayed.
If more than one entry with the
search word(s) is found, the
number of matches is dis-
played on the top of the
screen.
If you misspell a word, your
Language Master will automati-
cally correct it. Even if you
don’t know how to spell some-
thing, you can type it in phoneti-
cally.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a misspelled word
(e.g. nolij).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press or to high-
light a correction.
5. Press
ENTER
to view its
dictionary entry.
To go back to the correction
list, press
BACK
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.

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Finding Synonyms Finding
Classmates™
Classmates are words that are
in the same category as the
one you looked up. If a word
has Classmates, the Class icon
appears in bold type.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word (e.g.,
student).
3. Press
ENTER
.
Note that the Class icon is
in bold type.
4. Press or to high-
light the Class icon.
Press
NEXT
or PREV to see all
Classmates entries.
5. Press
CLEAR
when
finished.
➤ Understanding The-
saurus Entries
A thesaurus entry consists
of a thesaurus meaning and
a synonym list. Antonyms
and comparing words are
also listed where appli-
cable. A thesaurus meaning
is a definition shared by a
list of synonyms.
5. Press ,
SPACE
, or
DN
to
view synonyms.
6. Press
NEXT
to view more
thesaurus entries.
To return to the previous the-
saurus entry, press PREV .
7. Press
CLEAR
when fin-
ished.