Franklin BOOKMAN BFS-840, User Manual

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 ...