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Copyrights & Patents

Model: BFS-840

• batteries: 4 AAA (not included)
• size: 14 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm
• weight: 7 oz. (without batteries)

© 1994-1998 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.,
Burlington, NJ 08016-4907  USA. All rights re-
served.
© 1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. All
rights reserved.
© 1993 First Byte. All rights reserved.

FCC Notice: 

Complies with the limits for a

Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart
B of part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject
to the following two conditions: (1) This device
may not cause harmful interference; and (2) This
device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation.

This unit may change operating modes due to
Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of
this unit can be re-established by pressing 

ON/OFF

,

or by removing/replacing batteries.

U.S. Patents 4,406,626; 4,490,811;
4,830,618; 4,891,775; 4,982,181; 5,007,019;
5,113,340; 5,153,831; 5,203,705; 5,218,536;
5,229,936; 5,249,965; 5,295,070; 5,321,609;
5,333,313; 5,396,606 European Patent 0 136
379. Pat. Pend.

ISBN 1-56712-204-3

Limited Warranty 

(US only)

FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free
from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase.
In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN
will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt,
to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic
Publishers, Inc., One Franklin Plaza, Bulington, NJ 08016-4907, within
one year of purchase. Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at its option, refund
your purchase price.
Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under
license to FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN makes no warranty with respect to
the accuracy of data in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT. No warranty is made
that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free. You
assume all risk of any damage or loss from your use of the BOOKMAN
PRODUCT.
This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN,
the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with, damaged by
accident, abused, misused, or misapplication, or as a result of service
or modification by any party, including any dealer, other than
FRANKLIN.  This warranty applies only to products manufactured by
or for FRANKLIN.  Batteries, corrosion, or battery contacts and any
damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty. NO
FRANKLIN DEALER, AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO
MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE
ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY.
THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL
OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, WRITTEN OR ORAL,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN’S
OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN
THIS WARRANTY. Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied
warranties, or limitations on how long a warranty lasts. This warranty
gives you specific rights; you may also have additional rights which
vary from State to State. This warranty shall not be applicable to the
extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by
applicable law.
FRANKLIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY
OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR
DAMAGE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR PURCHASE, THE MANUFACTURE
OR SALE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT, THIS LICENSE, OR ANY
OBLIGATION RESULTING THEREFROM OR THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT UNDER ANY LEGAL
THEORY, WHETHER BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY
OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHICH
DAMAGES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS,
DAMAGES TO PROPERTY, OR PERSONAL INJURY (BUT ONLY TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW). FRANKLIN’S ENTIRE LIABILITY FOR
ANY CLAIM OR LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE FROM ANY SUCH
CAUSE SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE
BOOKMAN PRODUCT. THIS CLAUSE SHALL SURVIVE FAILURE OF
AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. This license and warranty is governed by
the laws of the United States and the State of New Jersey.

MAN.BFS-840 revB

7/27/99, 10:17 AM

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Summary of Contents for BOOKMAN BFS-840

Page 1: ...ectronic Publishers User s Guide Mode d emploi BFS 840 Speaking parlant French Professor Professeur d Anglais Electronic Publishers G ARANTIE ETENDU E I NFOPRODUI T S 3615 Franklinfo 1 29 F minute MINITEL ...

Page 2: ...CTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOK 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 Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN ELECTRO...

Page 3: ...rsonal wordlistforamoreenjoyablewaytolearn Tolearnhowtouseotherbooks readtheir User s Guides Contents Installing Batteries Book Cards 4 Selecting Books Using the Color Keys 5 Changing the Language 6 Viewing a Demonstration 7 Translating English Words 7 Translating French Words 8 Highlighting a Word 9 Hearing an English Word 9 Learning Inflections 10 Finding a Letter 11 Finding a Prefix 11 Correcti...

Page 4: ...ersonal word list Function Keys EFFAC Clears to the Ready screen MENU Shows Additional Functions menu CONJ red Show inflections of a word LANG green Switches between English and French entry languages JEUX yellow Shows the games list PARLE blue Says an English word CARTE Exits the selected book ON OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off Key Guide Understanding the Color Keys The color keys red green yellow an...

Page 5: ... you 4 Replace the battery cover Installing Batteries Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen When you turn BOOKMAN on again the screen that you last viewed appears Installing Book Cards Warning Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is on Any information that was entered in the built in book or book card will be erased 1 Turn your BOOKMAN off 2 Turn your...

Page 6: ...iffer from what you see on the actual screen This does not mean that your BOOK MAN is malfunctioning On the top row of your BOOKMAN the red green yellow and blue colour keys change functions according to the book card you select If you are using the built in book the colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard If you select a book card the colour keys function as labeled on that book c...

Page 7: ...age of prompts help and other messages You can change the message language after your initial decision NOTE The examples in the English half of this manual use English as the message language 1 Press MENU if you are not at the Message Language screen 2 Press A to select the Message Language screen 3 Press B to select English as the message language press A to select French Changing theMessage Lang...

Page 8: ...Tutorial from the Additional Functions menu 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 Explanation of Genders French nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be masculine or feminine The m means that the word listed e g chat is masculine Likewise an f would show the word to be fe...

Page 9: ... words with simi lar meanings such as les Poissons which means the astrological sign Pisces To view more press 4 Press EFFAC when done Understanding Definitions When you find a definition you may see that there are several different meanings for your word Here is an example 1 Type man 2 Press ENTRER This screen shows that homme is the most common use of the word The capitalized words found in brac...

Page 10: ...view inflections CONJ hear an English word PARLE You can hear any English word pro nounced at the Ready screen in text or in a list NOTE You can only hear words if you have a speaking BOOKMAN unit Hearing Words from the Ready Menu 1 Type a word at the Ready screen 2 Press PARLE Hearing Words in Text 1 Go to a definition 2 Press PARLE The headword is pronounced 3 Press ENTRER to start the highlight...

Page 11: ...ctions you can press AIDE to view detailed descrip tions of how to use inflections with usage examples Viewing English Inflections If you are unfamiliar with inflections it may be helpful to look at some inflected forms of English verbs Switch the entry language back to English type be and press CONJ to see the different forms of the English verb to be This will give you a good idea of each inflec...

Page 12: ...slation Finding a Letter Finding a Prefix Deeper Correction If you select Deeper correction from a correction list you will get a longer list of more detailed corrections than the previous list To find prefixes type an asterisk in a word Asterisks stand for a series of let ters 1 Type a word ending with an e g armo To type an asterisk hold MAJ and press 2 Press ENTRER 3 Highlight a match 4 Press E...

Page 13: ...ress EFFAC when done Using Your Personal List Adding Words You can save up to 80 words total for both English and French in your Personal word list for personal study or review The Personal word list is saved between sessions unless the batteries run out of power or your BOOKMAN is reset 1 Press MENU 2 Select D Personal Word List 3 Select N Add new word or press N 4 Type a word in the current entr...

Page 14: ...ersonal List Adding Entered Words You can also add words to your Personal word list directly from the ready screen Type the word you want to add to your word list Press MENU and select Word List to go to the Personal list menu Press A to add the word Then press EFFAC to return to the ready screen Adding Highlighted Words You can also add words to your personal word lists from definitions and corre...

Page 15: ... appears in the other book 5 Press ENTRER to look up the word Changing Game Settings You can change the game settings at any time Each setting applies to all of the games 1 Press JEUX 2 Press ENTRER or press A to adjust the settings 3 Use the arrow keys to high light an option 4 Press to change settings Understanding Settings Language Select the language with which you wish to play the games Word ...

Page 16: ... the games more or less difficult accord ing to the setting The default options are at an intermediate skill level Hangman Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word indicated by s one letter at a time As you type letters the correct letters appear in place of the question marks your incorrect letters appear below and guesses remaining appear to the right You must guess the word before you run...

Page 17: ...for you to define or study To view the definition of the word press ENTRER Press ARR to return to Flashcards and then press to try another word Playing the Games Playing the Games NOTE These next two games test your knowledge of French words only Gender Tutor Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of French nouns Press M for masculine and F for feminine Your score is shown in the top right corn...

Page 18: ...ity at its place of purchase Headphone jack Your BOOKMAN may also have a 3 5 mm stereo head phone jack for use with a standard im pedance 8 Ohm headset Playing the Games Help in Games Press AIDE while you re in a game if you need help It will explain the game you are playing To exit AIDE press ARR Game Options After you finish a round you can do the following To Press Play another round ESPACE Vie...

Page 19: ...ntered into its built in book and in an installed cartridge 1 Hold EFFAC and press ON OFF If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paper clip to gently press BOOKMAN s reset button The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole on the back of BOOKMAN Look for it on the battery cover or near the cartridge slot Troubleshooting BOOKMAN Make sure your cartridge if any is installed correctly Check that ...

Page 20: ...LIN the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with damaged by accident abused misused or misapplication or as a result of service or modification by any party including any dealer other than FRANKLIN This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for FRANKLIN Batteries corrosion or battery contacts and any damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty NO FRANKLIN DEALER AGENT ...

Page 21: ...ectronic Publishers User s Guide Mode d emploi BFS 840 Speaking parlant French Professor Professeur d Anglais Electronic Publishers G ARANTIE ETENDU E I NFOPRODUI T S 3615 Franklinfo 1 29 F minute MINITEL ...

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