Franklin BOOKMAN SCD-770 Manuale utente

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

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USER’S GUIDE

SCD-770

Collegiate Dictionary,

Speaking Edition

®®

License Agreement

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC BOOK.

YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU AC-

CEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE

TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO

THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC

BOOKAND YOUR PURCHASEPRICE WILL BEREFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found

in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANK-

LIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive

licensetousetheBOOKMANELECTRONIC BOOK onasingleFRANKLINBOOK-

MAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC

BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print

format.Suchcopyingwouldbeinviolationofapplicablecopyrightlaws.Further,you

may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works

of, or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may

not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK

without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN

ELECTRONICBOOKcontainsFranklin’sconfidentialand proprietyinformationwhich

you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use.

This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately with-

out notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

Contents

Key Guide .......................................................................... 4

Installing Batteries ............................................................ 5

Using the Special Features ................................................ 6

Installing Book Cards and Selecting a Book...................... 7

Using the Color Keys and Changing the Settings .............. 8

Viewing a Demonstration .................................................. 9

Finding Dictionary Entries ................................................. 9

Using the Word List ......................................................... 11

Using the Subject Menu .................................................. 12

Highlighting Words .......................................................... 13

Hearing Words ................................................................. 13

Using the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide ......................... 14

Using the Thesaurus ........................................................ 15

Finding Inflections ........................................................... 16

Finding Confusables®....................................................... 16

Reading the Tables .......................................................... 17

Reading Signs and Symbols ............................................ 17

Getting Grammar Guidance ............................................. 18

Finding Parts of Words .................................................... 19

Saving Words for Study................................................... 19

Changing Games Settings ............................................... 20

Playing the Games ........................................................... 21

Sending a Word Between Books...................................... 22

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! This BOOKMAN 770 model is a powerful,

portable electronic reference with a built-in book, plus two slots in the back for

more book cards. With

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Speaking Edi-

tion

, you can:

• find over 500,000 in-depth definitions, many containing parts of speech and usage

examples,

• use the built-in thesaurus to find a word’s synonyms, antonyms, and other related

words,

• use the Dictionary word list to quickly browse all the words in this dictionary,

• use the Subject menu to view specialized dictionaries for over 130 subjects,

• hear the pronunciations of most headwords, and many others,

• use the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide, which can pronounce each sound in a word

and is ideal for those learning English as a second language,

• see a word’s inflected forms, which include plurals of nouns, comparatives and

superlatives of adjectives, tenses of verbs, etc.

• see many tables of useful information, including tables of chemical elements,

ship’s bells, and signs of the Zodiac,

•usethe Grammar Guide,acomprehensive outline ofEnglishgrammarthat includes

fun quizzes and lessons on such topics as parts of speech, spelling, style and

usage, etc.

• create a User List of study words, and

•playfivefunandeducationalwordsgames,includingHangman,Anagrams,Jumble,

Word Builder, and Flashcards.

To learn more, read this User’s Guide.

Introduction

Key Guide

Color Keys

THES

(red) Displays the thesaurus

entries for a word, or words.

SAY

(green) Pronounces a word, or

words.

GRAM

(yellow) Displays the English

Grammar Guide.

SUBJ

(blue) Displays a list of

specialized dictionaries

organized by subjects.

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Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow,

and blue) perform the functions

listed above only for the book

described 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.”

Direction Keys

Movesthroughtextormenus,or

moves the cursor or highlight.

Pages down or up.

Other Keys

BACK

Erases a letter, backs up, or

turns off a highlight.

CAP

Shifts a key to type capitals or

punctuation.

CARD

Exits the book you are reading.

CLEAR

Clears all entries.

ENTER

Enters a word, selects a menu

item, or starts a highlight.

HELP

Displays help messages.

Displays the Topic and Setup

menus.

ON/OFF

Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.

?✽

Displays Confusables, types a ?

to stand for an unknown letter in

a word. At menus, displays a full

menu title. In games, displays

correct answers.

With

CAP

, types an ✽to stand

for a series of letters in a word,

and in games, gives a hint.

SPACE

Types a space or pages down.

Key Guide

Key Combinations*

✩

+ BDisplaystheTablesmenu.

✩

Displays Confusables®.

✩

Displays the Dictionary

word list.

✩

+ FDisplays a word’s

inflected forms.

✩

+ LDisplays your User List.

✩

Displays the games list.

✩

+ Q-PTypes numbers.

✩

Displays a list of Signs

and Symbols.

✩

ENTER

In the Grammar Guide,

highlights a quiz icon.

✩

+ Types a hyphen.

✩

Goes to the next or

previous dictionary

entry or match.

CAP

+ Goes to the bottom or

top of a list, menu, or

dictionary entry.

* Hold the first key while pressing

the other key.

Installing Batteries

YourBOOKMAN770ispoweredbytwo

AAA, 1.5-volt batteries. Here is how to

install or replace them.

Warning: When the batteries lose

powerorareremovedfrom yourBOOK-

MAN,informationthatyouenteredinits

built-in book as well as in any installed

book card will be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

2. Remove the battery cover,

located above the speaker, by

compressing its tab with your

finger and then lifting the

cover.

3. Install the batteries as shown

in the diagram in the battery

compartment.

4. Replace the battery cover.

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About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ from what

you see on screen. This does not

mean that your BOOKMAN is

malfunctioning.

Using the Special Features

Serial Port

Headphone Jack

Volume Control

Your BOOKMAN 770 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 im-

pedancestereoheadphones. Caution:

Monophonic headphones will not work

with this BOOKMAN model.

Volume Control: The dial located

under the headphone jack controls the

volume of the speaker or headphones.

Serial Port: Theserialportallowscer-

tainBOOKMANbooks, when Franklin’s

3.5mmserialcableisconnectedtoyour

BOOKMAN, to transfer data to a per-

sonalcomputer(PC). Warning:Using

aserialcableotherthantheone obtained

from Franklin may damage your BOOK-

MAN and/or PC. Franklin’s serial cable

is specifically designed for the transfer

of data between BOOKMAN and a PC.

Speaker: The speaker is located on

the back of your BOOKMAN near the

serialport.Forbestresults, donotcover

the speaker with your hand.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card when your BOOKMAN is

turnedon.Ifyoudo,informationthatyou

entered in its built-in book as well as in

any installed book card will 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 Cards Selecting a Book

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.

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Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN

at any screen. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again, the last

screen that you viewed appears.

➤

Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove most

book cards, information that you

entered is not saved in the book

cards. If you change the batteries or

reset your BOOKMAN, that

information will be erased.

Using the Color Keys

Thered,green,yellow,andbluekeyson

the top row of your BOOKMAN change

their functions according to which book

you have selected.

If you have selected the built-in book,

thecolorkeysfunctionaslabeledonthe

BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have se-

lected a book card, the color keys func-

tion as labeled on that card.

Remember, when you’ve selected a

book card, the color keys function as

labeled on that card, not as on the

keyboard.

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You can adjust the type size, shutoff

time,andscreencontrastofyourBOOK-

MAN by using the Setup menu.

TheshutofftimeishowlongyourBOOK-

MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.

Contrast refers to how light or dark the

screen is.

1. Press

2. Press to highlight the

Setup menu.

3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set

Shutoff, or Set Contrast.

4. Press

ENTER

To leave the settings unchanged,

press

BACK

5. Use the arrow keys to highlight

a new setting and press

ENTER

If you select

Set Contrast

, press or

repeatedly to make the screen

darker or lighter and press

ENTER

Changing the Settings

Before you start using your new

BOOKMAN, you may want to see a

brief demonstration of what it can do.

When no book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au-

tomaticallyappearafteryouturntheunit

on. To stop the demonstration, press

CLEAR

. To disable it, press

, and use

the arrow keys to highlight the Setup

menu.Highlight

DisableDemo

andpress

ENTER

. To re-enable it, select

Enable

Demo

from the Setup menu.

When a book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, press

. Then use the

arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu.

Then select

View Demo

Viewing a Demonstration

➤

Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at vir-

tually any screen by pressing

HELP

Press or DN to read the help.

Press

BACK

to exit the message.

To read about how to use the product

and what the keys do, select

Tutorial

from the Setup menu.

Finding Dictionary Entries

Finding the dictionary entry of a word in

thisdictionaryiseasy.Simplytypetheword

atthe WordEntry screen andpress

ENTER

Somewordsmayhavemorethanonedic-

tionary entry.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a word or words. For

example, type keen.

You don’t need to type capitals.

To erase a letter, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

This is a dictionary entry.

4. Press , DN , or

SPACE

to read.

Hold

✩

and press

to see the

next dictionary entry, if any.

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