Franklin BOOKMAN Sidekick SDK-561 User manual

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
B OO K MAN
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USER’S GUIDE
SDK-561 • SDK-563 • SDK-565
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Contents
Key Guide .......................... 4
Special BOOKMAN Features 6
Getting Started
Installing Batteries ................... 8
Installing Book Cards............... 8
Selecting a Book...................... 9
Using the Color Keys............... 9
Viewing the Demonstration.... 10
Changing the Settings ........... 10
Selecting a Topic ................... 11
Typing Characters.................. 12
Using a Password.................. 13
Gauging the Memory ............. 14
Using the Clocks
Setting the Home Clock......... 16
Setting the World Clock......... 17
Using the Daily Alarm ............ 17
Changing the
Time/Date Format .................. 18
Swapping the Clocks ............. 19
Using the Calendar
Creating Calendar Entries...... 21
Duplicating a Calendar Entry . 22
Using the Daily View ............. 23
Using the Weekly View .......... 24
Using the Monthly View......... 25
Editing Calendar Entries ........ 26
Searching for
Calendar Entries .................... 26
Trimming the Schedule .......... 27
Using Cardfiles
Creating a Cardfile ................ 29
Adding Cards......................... 30
Duplicating a Card................. 31
Viewing Cardfiles and Cards.. 31
Editing Cards......................... 32
Searching for Cards............... 33
Using Notes
Creating a Note Folder .......... 36
Adding Notes......................... 37

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Duplicating a Note................. 38
Viewing Note Folders
and Notes.............................. 38
Editing Notes......................... 39
Searching for Notes............... 40
Using Expenses
Creating Expense Entries....... 43
Viewing Expense Entries........ 44
Editing Expense Entries ......... 44
Computing Expense Sums ..... 45
Using the Calculator
Making Calculations .............. 47
Saving and Retrieving
Calculations .......................... 48
Using the Connectivity
Software
The Equipment You Need....... 50
Connecting the Serial Cable .. 50
Installing the
Connectivity Software............ 51
Starting the
Connectivity Software............ 52
Testing Your Connection ........ 53
Linking Files .......................... 54
Merging All Linked Files ........ 57
Advanced Transfers
and Merging .......................... 60
Recovering Files .................... 62
Backing up and
Restoring Files....................... 63
Solutions to Common
Problems ............................... 64
Doing a Factory Reset ...... 67
Resetting Your BOOKMAN 67
Specifications .................. 68
Copyrights and Patents...... 68
Limited Warranty ............... 69
Index ................................ 70
Note: This User’s Guide is intended for
use with BOOKMAN Sidekick models
SDK-561, SDK-563, and SDK-565. For
information about your specific BOOK-
MAN Sidekick, read “Specifications.”
Contents

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Key Guide
Color Keys
FILES
(red) Cycles through the
cardfiles.
CALEND
(green) Cycles through the
calendar views.
NOTES
(yellow) Cycles through the
note folders.
EDIT
(blue) Displays entry, search,
edit, delete and other options.
Direction Keys
Moves through text or menus,
or moves the cursor. In the
Calculator, types basic math
symbols (i.e., +, x, -, ÷).
DN
UP
Pages down or up.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book de-
scribed in this User’s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own color key functions, which are
labeled on their keyboards or book
cards. To learn more, read “Using
the Color Keys.”
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter, or backs up.
CAP
Shifts a key to type capital
letters or punctuation marks.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears to the main screen of
the current topic.
ENTER
Selects a menu item, or enters
search words. In the Calculator,
performsa selectedmath function.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.
?✽
Types a question mark. At
menus, displays the full title of
a menu item. With
CAP
, types
an asterisk.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.

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Key Guide
Key Combinations*
✩
+
BACK
Exits a new or edited
entry without saving.
✩
+
C
Toggles between the
Home and World clock.
✩
+
EDIT
Opens an entry to edit.
✩
+
ENTER
Saves an entry. In the
Calendar Daily view,
checks or unchecks To
Do items and Calls.
✩
+
H
In the Calculator, con-
verts a number to a
percentage.
✩
+ JIn the Calculator,
squares a number.
✩
+
K
In the Calculator, calcu-
lates the square root of
a number.
✩
+ LIn the Calculator, calcu-
lates a reciprocal.
✩
+ MSelects the Calculator
(math).
✩
+ NLocks and unlocks the
numbered keys.
✩
+
Q
-
P
Types numbers.
✩
+ SDisplays the special
characters you can type.
✩
+ XSelects Expenses.
✩
+ At a field or entry
screen, types a hyphen.
✩
+ At a field or entry
screen, accents a typed
letter.
✩
+
DN
Goes to the next or pre-
vious entry or match.
CAP
+ Goes to the bottom or
top of a list, menu, or
entry.
* Hold the first key while pressing the other
key.
or
UP
or

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Special BOOKMAN Features
Your BOOKMAN model is equipped
with several special features that
many, but not all, BOOKMAN books
use. To learn if you can use the special
features with a particular BOOKMAN
book, read its User’s Guide.
Headphone Jack: The headphone
jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm
impedance stereo headphones.
Caution: Monophonic headphones
will not work with this BOOKMAN
model.
Volume Control: The dial located
near the headphone jack controls the
volume of the headphones.
Serial Port: The serial port allows cer-
tain BOOKMAN books, when Franklin’s
BOOKMAN PC-Connect serial cable is
connected to your BOOKMAN, to trans-
fer information to a personal computer
(PC). Warning: Using a serial cable
other than the one obtained from Franklin
may damage your BOOKMAN or PC.
Franklin’s serial cable is specifically de-
signed to transfer information between
BOOKMAN and a PC.
PC
Serial Port
Headphone Jack
Serial Cable
Volume Control

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Getting Started
If you are using your BOOKMAN Sidekick
for the first time, read this section.
It explains how to start using your
BOOKMAN Sidekick, as well as how
to perform basic and important operations.
Installing Batteries ......................................................... 8
Installing Book Cards ..................................................... 8
Selecting a Book ............................................................ 9
Using the Color Keys...................................................... 9
Viewing the Demonstration .......................................... 10
Changing the Settings .................................................. 10
Selecting a Topic .......................................................... 11
Typing Characters ........................................................ 12
Using a Password......................................................... 13
Gauging the Memory .................................................... 14

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Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that
you entered in any installed book cards
may be erased. However, information
saved in your BOOKMAN Sidekick will
not be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the book card tabs with
the notches in a card slot.
4. Press the book card until it
snaps into place.
Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries
Your BOOKMAN model is powered by
two AAA, 1.5-volt batteries. Here is
how to install or replace them.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Remove the battery cover on
the back of your BOOKMAN
by compressing its tab with
your finger and then lifting
the cover.
3. Install the batteries as shown
on the diagram in the battery
compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
➤ When the Batteries Are Low
An on-screen warning message will
appear when the batteries in your
BOOKMAN Sidekick are low on
power. This message does not
mean that any of the information en-
tered in your BOOKMAN Sidekick
is in danger of being lost or erased.
However, you may not be able to
create new entries until fresh
batteries are installed.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove most
book cards, information that you en-
tered is not saved in the book cards. If
you change the batteries or reset your
BOOKMAN, that information will be
erased.

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Selecting a Book Using the Color Keys
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on your BOOKMAN change their func-
tions according to which book you are
using.
When you are using the built-in book,
the color keys function as labelled on
the BOOKMAN keyboard. When you
are using a book card, the color keys
function as labelled on that book card.
➤ About the Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ slightly
from what you see on screen. This
does not mean that your BOOK-
MAN is malfunctioning.
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select
which book to use.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press CARD.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
the book you want to use.
4. Press ENTER to select it.
Remember, the color keys for book
cards function as labelled on their cards,
not as labelled on the BOOKMAN
keyboard.
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Viewing the Demonstration
Before you start using your BOOKMAN
Sidekick, you may want to see a brief
demonstration of what it can do.
When a book card is not installed in your
BOOKMAN, the demonstration auto-
matically appears after you turn on your
BOOKMAN. To stop the demonstration,
press CLEAR. To disable it, press MENU
and then select
Disable Demo from the
Setup menu. To re-enable it, select
Enable Demo.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, select View Demo from the
Setup menu to see the demonstration.
Changing the Settings
You can adjust the screen contrast,
automatic shutoff time, the help mes-
sage language, and the time/date for-
mat of the clocks and calendars of
your BOOKMAN Sidekick.
The automatic shutoff time is how long
your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget
to turn it off. The help message lan-
guage is the language of the help mes-
sages, tutorial, and demonstration.
1. Press MENU until the main
menus appear.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light Time/Date Format, Set
Language, Set Shutoff, Set
Contrast on the Setup menu.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Use or to change the
setting.
Or press BACK to leave it unchanged.
5. Press ENTER to select it.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
At virtually any screen, you can view
a help message by pressing HELP.
Use or DN to read it. To exit
help, press BACK.
To read a tutorial about this book, se-
lect
Tutorial from the Setup menu.
You change the language of the
help messages, tutorial, and demon-
stration. To learn how, read “Chang-
ing the Settings.”

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Your BOOKMAN Sidekick has seven
main functions, or topics: Cardfiles,
(Home) Clock, World Clock, Ex-
penses, Calculator, Calendar, and
Notes. Here is how to change the
selected topic.
1. Press MENU until the main
menus appear.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light the Topics menu.
3. Highlight a topic.
4. Press ENTER to select it.
Selecting a Topic
➤ If You Forget to Save Your Changes
If you try to select a topic while cre-
ating a new entry or editing an ex-
isting entry, or if you press CLEAR
while creating an entry, a message
appears asking if you want to save
your changes.
To save your changes, press S. To
exit the entry without saving, press
X. To go back to the entry, press
any other key except CLEAR,
ON/OFF, CAP, or
✩
.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can use to view more text, and
highlight menus and menu items.
Note: At some menus, you can also
highlight menu items by typing the
first few letters of their titles.
Selecting a Topic
➤ A Quick Way to Select Topics
You can also select topics using
these keys:
To go to... Press...
Cardfiles FILES (red)
Home or
✩
+ C
World Clock
Expenses
✩
+ X
Calculator
✩
+ M
Calendar CALEND (green)
Notes NOTES (yellow)

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Typing Characters
Many of the topics in your BOOKMAN
Sidekick let you type and save entries
that consist of fields, or items of infor-
mation. For example, below are fields
in a single-day appointment.
To Type Letters and Accents
At fields that normally require letters,
such as names and descriptions, the
cursor appears as a flashing triangle.
At such fields, simply press the letter
keys to type letters.
The first letter in letter fields automati-
cally types as a capital. To type a
lowercase letter as the first letter in a
letter field, hold CAP and press a letter
key. To type subsequent capitals, hold
CAP and press the letter keys.
To accent a letter, type it and then hold
✩
and press until the desired
accent appears.
Typing Characters
To Type Numbers
At fields that require numbers, such as
dates and times, simply press the num-
bered keys.
At other fields that often use numbers,
such as ZIP codes, the number lock is
turned on by default. At such fields, you
cantypeletters from thetoprow(Q, W,E,
R, T, Y, etc.) by holding
✩
and pressing
theappropriate key.To unlockor relockthe
numbered keys, hold
✩
and press N.
Fieldsthatrequireornormally usenumbers
are indicated by a flashing box cursor.
To Type Special Characters
At many fields, you can type a variety
of special characters, such as mon-
etary symbols and punctuation marks,
by first holding
✩
and pressing S.
Then type the letter to the left of the
symbol. Or use the arrow keys to high-
light a symbol and then press ENTER.

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Using a Password
To limit access to your BOOKMAN Side-
kick, you can assign a password that will
be required whenever you or anyone
else turns on your BOOKMAN Sidekick.
Caution: If you lose or forget your
password, you will need to send your
BOOKMAN Sidekick to Franklin Elec-
tronic Publishers to regain access.
To Set Your Password
1. Press MENU until the main
menus appear.
2. On the Setup menu, highlight
Set Password and then press
ENTER.
3. Type all the requested informa-
tion, including a password.
4. Record your password in a
separate location, not on your
BOOKMAN.
5. Hold
✩
and press ENTER.
Or hold
✩
and press BACK to exit
without setting the password.
6. Press C to set the password.
7. Turn off your BOOKMAN.
Using a Password
8. Turn on your BOOKMAN.
9. Type your password and then
press ENTER.
The password you type must exactly
match the password you set.
To Change or Delete Your
Password
1. On the Setup menu, highlight
Set Password and then press
ENTER.
2. To change the password, scroll
down to it and retype it.
3. To delete the password, move
the cursor to the end of the
password, and then use BACK
to erase it.
4. Hold
✩
and press ENTER to
save your changes.
If you delete the password, it will
not be requested when your
BOOKMAN Sidekick is turned on.

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Gauging the Memory
The amount of memory in your BOOK-
MAN Sidekick varies according to the
model. As you enter and transfer informa-
tion into your BOOKMAN Sidekick, you
will occasionally need to check how much
memory is available for more entries.
1. Press MENU.
2. On the Setup menu, highlight
Memory Gauge.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press MENU to return to the
main menus.
➤ If You Lose or Forget Your Password
If you misplace your password, you
can regain access to your BOOK-
MAN Sidekick by contacting Frank-
lin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
In the U.S., first call 1-800-BOOK-
MAN to obtain a return authoriza-
tion code. Then mail your
BOOKMAN Sidekick, with your re-
turn authorization code, to Franklin
Electronic Publishers, Inc., One
Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ
08016.
In the U.K., send your carefully
packaged BOOKMAN Sidekick to
Franklin Electronic Publishers Ltd.,
Unit 5, West Surrey Estate,
Spelthorne Lane, Ashford,
Middlesex, TW18 1UH. Remember
to enclose a note explaining your
need to regain access through hav-
ing lost or forgotten your password
and make sure your full name and
address is included.
Using a Password
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
Sidekick at any screen. When you
turn your BOOKMAN Sidekick on
again, the screen that you most re-
cently viewed appears.

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Your BOOKMAN Sidekick has two clocks
that keep time simultaneously:
a Home Clock and a World Clock.
You can set either clock
to any time zone around the world
and then swap the clocks as you travel.
You can also set a daily alarm
that works even when
your BOOKMAN Sidekick is turned off.
Using the Clocks
Setting the Home Clock................................................ 16
Setting the World Clock ............................................... 17
Using the Daily Alarm .................................................. 17
Changing the Time/Date Format .................................. 18
Swapping the Clocks ................................................... 19

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The first time that you use your
BOOKMAN Sidekick, you should set
the Home Clock to the date and time
in your time zone.
1. Hold
✩
and press C until the
Home Clock appears.
HOME or a home icon indicates the
Home Clock.
2. Press EDIT (blue).
3. Press ENTER to select Set
Date and Time.
Or hold
✩
and press EDIT when
the Home Clock is on screen.
4. Use or to highlight a part
of the date or time.
5. Use or to change it.
6. Use the arrow keys to high-
light and change other parts
Setting the Home Clock
of the date and time.
7. Press ENTER when finished.
Or press BACK to exit without
changing the date or time.
Setting the Home Clock
➤ Setting the Home Clock
by Location or Time Zone
You can also set the Home Clock to
the time and date of any of dozens
of locations around the world or to
any of 24 world time zones.
When the Home Clock is on
screen, press EDIT (blue) and then
select
Set Home Time Zone from
the Clock Edit menu.
Next, select Location Name or Time
Zone . If you select Location Name ,
start typing a city, country or other
location name until it is highlighted
and then press ENTER to set the
Home Clock to its time. If you se-
lect
Time Zone , highlight a time
zone and press ENTER.

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The Home Clock has an alarm that you
can set for waking up and other once-
a-day uses. This single, daily alarm
makes a series of quick beeps that
stops after about 10 seconds.
The daily alarm works even when your
BOOKMAN Sidekick is turned off.
When the daily alarm sounds, your
BOOKMAN Sidekick is automatically
turned on and the daily alarm time is
displayed.
To Set or Change the Daily
Alarm
1. Hold
✩
and press C until the
Home Clock appears.
2. Press EDIT (blue).
3. Highlight Set Alarm Time and
then press ENTER to select it.
4. Select Set Alarm Time again.
5. Type an hour, minutes, and
an a or p(for a.m. or p.m.).
Using the Daily AlarmSetting the World Clock
After you have set the Home Clock,
you can set the World Clock by select-
ing a time zone or one of dozens loca-
tions around the world.
1. Hold
✩
and press C until the
World Clock appears.
WORLD or a world icon indicates
the World Clock.
2. Press EDIT (blue).
3. Highlight Set World Time
Zone and then press ENTER
to select it.
4. Select Location Name
or Time Zone.
5. Start typing a location name
until it is highlighted or
highlight a time zone.
6. Press ENTER to set the World
Clock to that time.

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Changing the
Time/Date Format
You may want to change the format of
the time and date on the clocks and in
the Calendar. The formats you can use
are 12- or 24-hour and month/day/year
(U.S.) or day/month/year (European).
1. Press MENU to see the main menus.
2. On the Setup menu, highlight
Time/Date Format.
3. Press ENTER.
A check marks the current format.
4. Highlight another format and
then press ENTER.
Or press BACK to exit without
changing the format.
Using the Daily Alarm
➤ Selecting Daylight Savings
or Standard Time
By default, standard or daylight sav-
ings time is automatically set for
U.S. time zones. To manually set ei-
ther option for the Home or World
Clock, first press EDIT (blue) when a
clock is on screen. Then select
Day-
light Savings or World Daylight Sav-
ings
and either Standard (Winter)
Time
or Daylight (Summer) Time.
6. Press ENTER when finished.
A bell icon on the Home Clock indi-
cates the daily alarm is enabled and
set.
7. When the daily alarm sounds,
press any key except
✩
or
CAP to turn it off and clear
the daily alarm time display.
To Disable the Daily Alarm
1. Hold
✩
and press C until the
Home Clock appears.
2. Press EDIT (blue).
3. Highlight Set Alarm Time and
then press ENTER.
4. Highlight Disable Alarm and
then press ENTER.
The bell icon disappears from the
Home Clock.
5. To re-enable the daily alarm
without changing its time,
select Enable Alarm from the
Alarm Control menu.

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Swapping the Clocks
Once you have set both the Home and
World Clocks, you can swap their
times and dates. Swapping the clocks
is a useful feature if you frequently
travel between time zones.
1. Hold
✩
and press C until the
Home Clock appears.
2. Press EDIT (blue).
3. On the Clock Edit menu,
highlight Swap Home &
World Time.
4. Press ENTER.
Swapping the Clocks
➤ Understanding Clock Swapping
When you swap your Home and
World Clocks, your daily alarm set-
ting, appointment times and their
alarms, and any other time-sensitive
calendar entries do not change.
For example, if your daily alarm was
originally set for 6:30 a.m. New
York time, after swapping the clocks
it will sound at 6:30 a.m. in your
new Home Clock time zone. And if
you had an appointment scheduled
at 9:00 a.m. New York time, after
swapping it will be scheduled at
9:00 a.m. in the new time zone.
➤ Resetting the Clock
When you remove the batteries
from your BOOKMAN Sidekick, or
if they lose all power, you may need
to reset the Home and World
Clocks.
After replacing the batteries, a mes-
sage may appear asking you to
check the Home Clock time. If its
time is correct, simply press
ENTER.
If the time is incorrect, use the ar-
row keys to change it. To learn how,
read “Setting the Home Clock.” To
learn how to reset the World Clock,
read “Setting the World Clock.”