Franklin Talking Children's Dictionary CDS-240 User manual

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CDS-240
USER’S GUIDE
Talking
Children’s
Dictionary

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Key Guide
abc
(red) Writes words in cursive script.
abc
(maroon) Writes words in manuscript
printing.
BACK
Erases a letter, backs up to the previous
screen,or turnsoff thehighlight indefinitions.
CLEAR
Clears the most recently entered word.
ENTER
(purple) Enters words, starts the high-
light in definitions, or selects items.
GAMES
(purple) Shows the Games menu.
HELP
(light blue) Shows help messages.
LIST
(blue) Lets you use your word list, change
settings, or view a demonstration.
ON/OFF
Turns the dictionary on or off.
SHIFT
Shifts the keys to type capital letters.
SPEAK
(green) Pronounces words aloud.
?Types a ?to stand for a missing in a
word, or shows confusables®.
Moves up, or makes the screen darker
at the
Enter a word screen.
Moves down, or makes the screen
lighter at the
Enter a word screen.
Moves the cursor or text to the left.
Moves right, or types a space.

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Getting Started
Before you start, you should install new batter-
ies and adjust the screen contrast. Note: Re-
place the batteries when the screen contrast is
too light even after adjustment. When you re-
move batteries, stored information is erased.
1. Remove the battery compartment cover
on the back of the unit.
2. Install four AAA batteries.
3. Press
ON/OFF
.
4. Type your name as you want it to appear
in this dictionary. Or press
ENTER
if you do
not want your name to appear.
To type a space, press . The first letter of
each word you type in your name will automati-
cally appear as a capital in this dictionary.
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Press or repeatedly to make the
screen lighter or darker.
Note: You can make the screen lighter or darker
only when
Enter a word is on the screen.
RETAIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: Use batteries only of
the same or equivalent type, inserted with the correct polar-
ity, as recommended in this manual. Exhausted batteries
should be removed. Do not mix old and new batteries or bat-
teries of different types. In addition, the supply terminals
should not be shorted.

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Getting Started
✓Seeing a Demonstration
You can see a brief demonstration by first
pressing
LIST
(blue) and then pressing
until you see See Me Work . Then press
ENTER
to see the demonstration. To stop the
demonstration, press
CLEAR
.
✓Changing the Name
As you saw in “Getting Started,” you can
enter your name or nickname so that it ap-
pears when you turn on the dictionary or
win a game.
To enter or change the name, first press
LIST
(blue) and then press until you
see
Enter Your Name . Then press
ENTER
and use
BACK
to erase the letters. Type
your name or nickname as you want it to
appear and then press
ENTER
again.
✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at almost any
screen by pressing
HELP
(light blue). To hear
the help message, press
SPEAK
(green). To
turn off the speech, press
BACK
. To go back
to where you were, press
BACK
again.