Franklin EBC-530 User manual

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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the
EBC-530. You can now use this exhaustive
concordance of the Bible as a bookmark!
Clip the unit onto the cover of your Bible
and use the ribbon to mark a page. With this
concordance you can find words in verses
and search for similar words in other scrip-
tures. You can also set local and world
times using the clocks or store names and
numbers using the databank. A calculator is
also available.

Key Guide
Main Keys
Turns the product on or off.
Goes to the Word search screen.
Expands a search.
Toggles between the home and
world clocks.
Goes to the calculator.
Goes to the Databank menu.
Function Keys
Goes to the Word search screen.
In the calculator, clears all
entries. In the databank, goes to
its main menu.
Shifts to type capital letters and
punctuation marks.

At a menu, displays a menu item.
At a Bible verse, displays the
book, chapter and verse.
Places a bookmark.
From the concordance, goes to
the Setup menu. During a
search, displays the search result
menu with matches. From the
clock, calculator or databank,
goes to the last location visited in
the concordance.
Displays a help message.
Backs up, erases a letter, or
turns off the highlight at a verse.
Enters a word, selects an item, or
begins a highlight in a verse.
Direction Keys
Moves in the indicated direction.

Goes to the previous match.
Goes to the next match.
At menus and verses, pages
down. At the Word search
screen, types a space.
Key Combinations*
+ At the Word search screen, types
an asterisk to stand for a series
of letters in a word.
*Hold down the first key while pressing the second.
Calculator Keys
Q–P Types numbers.
A(1/x) Calculates a reciprocal.
S(√x) Calculates a square root.
D(x2)Squares a number.
F(%) Calculates a percentage.
G(.) Inserts a decimal point.
H(+),J(-) Adds, subtracts, multiplies or
divides numbers.
K(x),L(÷)

Z(+/-) Changes the number on the
screen to a negative or positive
number.
X(M+) Adds the number on the screen to
the number stored in the memory.
C(M-) Subtracts the number on the
screen from the number stored in
the memory.
V(MR)Recalls the number stored in the
memory.
B(MC)Clears the memory.
➤About 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 product is malfunctioning.
➤Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
screen by pressing HELP. Use the direc-
tion keys to read the message. To exit
help, press BACK. To read a tutorial
describing how to use the product, select
Tutorial from the Setup menu.

➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn your electronic Bible con-
cordance off at any verse. When you
turn it on again, the last verse that you
viewed appears.
➤Where in the Bible Am I?
At any Bible verse, you can view its
book, chapter, and verse number by
pressing ?.
Replacing the Battery
Your Bible concordance uses 1 CR-2032
lithium, 3-volt battery. Important!! Before
you follow these steps please have the new
battery at hand. You will also need a small
Phillips screwdriver (one that fits into screws
with an “x” notch).
1.Turn the unit off and turn it over.
2.Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the
screw on the battery cover and then
remove the cover.

3.Remove the old battery and insert the
new one with the positive (+) side facing
up.
4.Replace the battery cover.
Warning! If the battery wears out complete-
ly, or if you take more than a few seconds
while changing the battery, any user-entered
information will be erased. You should
always keep written copies of your important
information.
➤Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move around menus or view
more text.

Changing the Settings
When using this concordance, you can
adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff time,
and the type size. The shutoff time is how
long your product stays on if you forget to
turn it off. You can also enable and disable
the keytone.
1.Press MENU until you see the Setup
menu.
2.Press to highlight SET CONTRAST,
SET SHUTOFF, or SET TYPE SIZE.
3.Press ENTER.
4.Press or to change the setting.
5.Press ENTER to save the change.
When you press ENTER, the Word
search screen is displayed.
Press BACK to leave the setting
unchanged and return to the Setup
menu.

Turning the Keytone on or off
1.Press MENU until you see the Setup
menu.
2.Press to highlight DISABLE KEY-
TONE.
When the keytone sound is off, the menu
item is ENABLE KEYTONE.
3.Press ENTER.
The menu item toggles between DIS-
ABLE KEYTONE and ENABLE KEY-
TONE.
4.Press CLEAR to go to the Word search
screen.

Viewing a Demonstration
or Tutorial
You can view a tutorial or a demonstration
of this concordance at any time.
1.Press MENU until you see the Setup
menu.
2.Press ENTER to select TUTORIAL or
press to move the highlight to VIEW
DEMO and then press ENTER.
3.Press to scroll through the Tutorial or
simply watch the demonstration.
4.Press CLEAR to exit the Tutorial or stop
the demonstration.
When you press CLEAR, the Word
search screen is displayed.

Searching for Words
You can search for almost any word or
phrase in this concordance. Simply enter
the word or words to find occurrences or
matches.
1.Press .
2.Type your search word or words.
For example, type kingdom of God.
You can type up to 35 characters.
To type a space, press SPACE. To type
capital letters, hold CAP and press the
letter.
Note: You cannot search for common
words such as and, the, for, etc.
The message “Can’t search for
that word” appears.
3.Press ENTER.
The number of matches flashes on the
screen.

After a word search, only those books
with matches are listed in the menu.
4.Use or to highlight the menu
item you want, and press ENTER to see
the book or books with matches.
For example, select New Testament.
5.Use or to highlight the book you
want, and press ENTER to see chapters
that contain search matches.
For example, highlight Luke.

6.Use to highlight the chapter you
want, and press ENTER to see verse
that contains the search match.
For example, select Chapter 6.
Press or SPACE to scroll through
the verse.
Note that the main search words are
boxed.
7.Press or to see the next or
previous verses that contain search
matches (if any).
8.Press CLEAR when done.
➤Correcting Misspellings
If you enter a misspelled word or a word
not in this concordance, a list of correc-
tions appears. Highlight the word you
want and then press ENTER, or press
BACK to change your request.

Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain about how to spell a
word or if you wish to find prefixes, suffixes,
and other parts of words, type an asterisk
(✽) in a word. Each asterisk stands for a
series of letters. Note: If you type an aster-
isk at the beginning of a word, it may take a
little while to find the matching words.
1.Press .
2.Type a word with ✽s.
To type an asterisk, hold down CAP and
press ?.
3.Press ENTER.
4.Press to move the highlight to the
word you want, and press ENTER to
search for it.
5.Press CLEAR when done.

Expanding Your Search
You can expand your search to find inflec-
tions, synonyms and similar words.
1.Press .
2.Type your search word or words and
press ENTER.
For example, enter benefit.
The books of the Bible that contain
search matches are listed in the menu.
There are eight matches for the word
benefit.
3.Press to expand the search.

The search results now include words
similar to the search word (benefit), such
as good, profit, sake, and serve. There
are over one thousand matches for the
expanded search.
To learn how to view the matches,
please see “Searching for Words.
Note: When expanding a search for a
phrase, the unit includes words
similar to each of the words in
the phrase. As a result, the
matches may be more limited.

Highlighting Words
You can also search for a word by highlight-
ing it in a verse. Try this example.
1.Press .
2.Type a word or words, and press ENTER
until you get to a verse.
For example, type Selah and press
ENTER until you get to II Kings 14:7.
3.Press ENTER to start the highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press BACK.
4.Use the arrow keys to move the highlight
to the word salt.
5.Press ENTER to search for the highlight-
ed word.
To learn how to view the matches,
please see “Searching for Words.”
6.Press CLEAR when done.

Using Bookmarks
Adding and Viewing Bookmarks
You can add up to 50 bookmarks to the text
of this book for quick reference.
1.Press .
2.Type a word or words, and press ENTER
until you get to a verse.
For example, type Jehovah and press
ENTER until you get to Exodus 6:3.
3.Press MARK.
You see the BOOKMARKS list with Add
bookmark highlighted.
4.Press ENTER to add the bookmark.
The message “Bookmark added” flashes
on the screen, and the verse where the
bookmark was placed is displayed.