Franklin Deutsch/English Professor PRO BDS-1840, User Manual

Page 1: ... BDS 1840 Electronic Publishers www franklin com de Deutsch English Professor PRO Bedienungsanleitung User s Guide BOOKMAN II ...

Page 2: ... on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT or of the 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 dis assemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN PRODUCT You may not export or reexport di...

Page 3: ...you can find translations correct misspellings conjugate words study the Grammar Guide save names and phone numbers to the databank save words to My Word List sharpen your spelling and increase your German vocabu lary with ten School Essentials and play nine fun educational word games 42 ...

Page 4: ...g Letters in Words 53 Hearing Words 54 Highlighting Words 54 Using the School Essentials 55 Using the Grammar Guide 58 Advanced Verb Conjugations 59 Translating Traveller s Phrases 61 Using My Word List 63 Using the Databank 65 Playing the Games 66 Using the Calculator 69 Using the Converter 70 Transferring Words Between Books 72 Resetting Your Product 72 Copyrights Trademarks and Patents 73 FCC N...

Page 5: ...onary entries pages down _ Colour Keys Conjugates a word Toggles the entry language between German and English Goes to the dictionary Goes to the School Essentials menu Function Keys Turns the product on or off Displays a help message When at an inflection screen displays Grammar Guide section about the inflection you were viewing In the dictionary goes to the Word Entry screen Clears the calculat...

Page 6: ...e number stored in the memory b MC Clears the memory Combination Keys At a dictionary entry pages up or down At a dictionary entry displays the next or previous entry At a menu goes to the first or last item At a dictionary entry goes to the start or end of the entry Transfers a word between books j Types a hyphen m Types s Types ß Types an apostrophe Types a slash Goes to the traveller s phrases ...

Page 7: ... the Word Entry screen to switch between German and English Changing the Language Your unit is powered by four AAA batter ies Follow these easy instructions to install or replace them 1 Lift the battery cover on the top right of your unit by pushing up the tab Follow the instructions on the back of the unit when installing the batteries 2 Insert the two top batteries with the positive terminal fac...

Page 8: ...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 The exam ples in the English half of this manual use English as the message language Once a book card is installed in the product you can select which book you want to use 1 Turn your product on 2 Press KARTE These are sample books 3 Press or to high...

Page 9: ... the headphone jack controls the volume of the speaker or head phones AC Adaptor Jack The AC DC adap tor is in the 9 volt range within a cur rent range of 200 to 300 milliamperes This symbol indicates that the inner core of the plug of an AC adaptor is negative and that the outer part of the plug is positive If the symbol on our AC DC adaptor does not match the above symbol confirm its compatibili...

Page 10: ...Menu When you press MENÜ you will see ten icons Use these to quickly take you to different parts of your Deutsch Englisch Professor PRO Bookcard Colour Keys The function keys on your product located to the left of the screen change functions according to the book card you select Their functions are labelled on individual cards When in your book card For Press the red key BEUG the green key E D the...

Page 11: ...to change the setting Your changes are automatically saved 6 Press EINGABE when done Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen Changing the Settings 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 You can view a demonstration or tuto rial of this dictionary at any time 1 Press MENÜ 2 Use the arrow keys...

Page 12: ...s or to scroll 4 Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous definition 5 Press CLEAR when done Translating German Words Changing the Settings Learn a New Word Your dictionary comes with a Learn a Word feature to help you increase your German or English vocabulary Each time you turn your Deutsch Englisch Professor PRO on you can see a different head word taken from the dictionary If you wish...

Page 13: ...ress q p To type a hyphen hold FN and press j 3 Press EINGABE to view the German translation Press TON to hear the word pronounced Press or to scroll 4 Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous definition 5 Press CLEAR when done Translating English Words Understanding Definitions Dictionary entries consist of headwords pronunciation parts of speech and or definitions Other forms of the wor...

Page 14: ...ith s and s To type an asterisk hold down and press 3 Press EINGABE 4 Press to move the highlight to the word you want and press EINGABE to view its definition 5 Press CLEAR when done Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form e g resume résumé When the word you are looking up has multiple forms the different forms appear in a list Simply highlight the form you w...

Page 15: ...ssor PRO can pronounce English words that appear on almost any screen in defi nitions inflection screens spell cor rection lists My Word List and games When you want to hear how an English word is pronounced just highlight it and press TON To adjust the volume turn the volume control on the side of the unit You can plug headphones into the headphone jack which is just above the volume control Try ...

Page 16: ...n press LERNEN 2 Use to highlight Tips and press EINGABE You can choose to read about any of the listed English language usage tips Hearing Words pronounced 5 Press EINGABE to start the high light 6 Move the highlight to a word you want to hear 7 Press TON to hear the highlight ed word pronounced 8 Press CLEAR when done Hearing Phrases You can hear any traveller s phrase by highlighting the speake...

Page 17: ...play the word again My Speaking Spelling Bee English and TOEFL Test Speaking Spelling Bee say the word Press to hear it again Using the School Essentials Country Information 1 Press MENÜ highlight and press EINGABE Or you can press LERNEN 2 Use to highlight Country Information and press EINGABE You can choose to read about Great Britain the United States of America or Germany Shakespeare Vocabular...

Page 18: ...rds which uses words from the TOEFL Test Word List 3 Highlight the word list you want and press EINGABE A word will be displayed on the screen for you to study or define If the word is English press TON to hear it Press EINGABE to see the definition Press to return to Flashcards 4 Press to see a new word 5 Press CLEAR when done Viewing the TOEFL Test Word List 1 Press MENÜ highlight and press EING...

Page 19: ...displayed along with usage exam ples 5 Press to return to the inflec tion screen or press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen Your Deutsch Englisch Professor PRO includes a helpful grammar guide that describes parts of speech You can view it by selecting from the main menu or by pressing LERNEN From the School Essentials Menu 1 Press MENÜ highlight and then press EINGABE Or you can press LERN...

Page 20: ...tions Conjugations show inflections or changes in a word s gender tense etc This dic tionary includes extensive inflections of nouns verb modifiers and other words From the Icon Menu 1 For example press MENÜ use the arrow keys to highlight German Conjugation and then press EINGABE To choose English conjugation press You can also press BEUG and then E D to choose the language 2 Type a word e g denk...

Page 21: ... hold FN and press s to type ß Getting Grammar Guidance When viewing inflections you can press HILFE to go directly to the Grammar Guide and view detailed descriptions of how to use the inflec tions you were viewing along with usage examples 5 Press BEUG to conjugate the headword reden Highlight the translation you want e g speak and press EINGABE These are the principal forms of the German verb r...

Page 22: ...rative present participle past participle perfect indicative pluper fect indicative future perfect per fect subjunctive pluperfect subjunc tive future perfect subjunctive and past conditional Translating Traveller s Phrases There are two ways in which you can translate several helpful phrases in categories ranging from Emergencies to Business Communication to Time Dates Note that the English phras...

Page 23: ...o highlight the speaker symbol in front of the phrase and then press EINGABE to hear it Translating Traveller s Phrases 62 Searching for a Specific Phrase 1 Press CLEAR and press E D to select the lookup language if needed 2 Type a keyword for which you d like to find a phrase e g ticket 3 Hold FN and press To hear an English phrase pro nounced press TON 4 If more than one phrase is found press to...

Page 24: ... from the Word Entry screen Since many German words are compounds from Using My Word List two or more words you will have to add each component separately to your word list 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press E D to choose the language of the word you want to add e g German English words will be added to the English List German words will be added to the German List 3 Type the word you want to add to your word ...

Page 25: ... List if needed 3 Select Erase the List Press y to erase the list or press n to cancel Note When you erase one list the other list is not erased Using My Word List Viewing My Word List 1 Press MENÜ highlight and then press EINGABE Or you can press LERNEN and then press EINGABE 2 Press E D to switch to the English or German List if needed English list Empty or German list Empty will be displayed if...

Page 26: ... press EINGABE Using the Databank 3 To edit an entry highlight it and press EINGABE Type your changes Use to move the cursor use to delete 4 Hold FN and press to move to the number field 5 Press EINGABE again to save your changes or hold down FN and press to cancel your changes Deleting Entries 1 Press until you see the Databank menu 2 Highlight Delete an Entry and then press EINGABE 3 Highlight t...

Page 27: ... diffi cult a game is 4 Use or to change the set Using the Databank forget the password you will be able to use the databank again only by remov ing the batteries from your BOOKMAN which will permanently erase all the information stored in the databank 1 Press until you see the Databank menu 2 Highlight Set password and then press EINGABE 3 Type a password of up to eight characters and press EINGA...

Page 28: ...ry word are hidden by question marks The number of guesses remaining is indi cated by s Type letters that you think are in the mys tery word If you are correct the letter appears in place of the corresponding question mark s To see the translation of the game word press EINGABE Press to return to the game Conjumania Conjumania teaches verb conjuga tions It shows you an infinitive verb and asks you...

Page 29: ...y word press if needed Press or if needed to select a missing let ter and then type the letter that you think belongs there Continue typing letters until the word is complete or no more tries are left Or press to give up and reveal the word To see the translation of the game word press EINGABE Press to return to the game Press to play a new round Word Auction In Word Auction you try to bid on all ...

Page 30: ...s soon as you know the word press EINGABE Then type your guess and press EINGABE If you re wrong Word Blaster asks you for another word The speed at which the letters appear is set by the skill level To see the translation of the game word press EINGABE Press to return to the game Tic Tac Toe Tic Tac Toe challenges you to get three x s in a row before your oppo nent gets three o s in a row You can...

Page 31: ...tween the lines Press to delete a number 5 Press EINGABE to convert it Using the Calculator To Calculate Press reciprocals a 1 x squares d x2 percentages f square roots s x negative numbers y Using the Calculator Memory 1 In the Calculator make a calcula tion or type a number 2 To add the number on the screen to the number stored in memory press x M To subtract the num ber on the screen from the n...

Page 32: ...P Spanish Pesetas 6 55957 FRF French Francs 0 787564 IEP Irish Pounds 1936 27 ITL Italian Lire 40 3399 LUF Luxemburg Francs 2 20371 NLG Dutch Gilders 13 7603 ATS Austrian Shillings 200 482 PTE Portuguese Escudos 5 94573 FIM Finnish Marks 340 750 GRD Greek Drachma Using the Converter 4 Type a number after one of the units Note q p will type numbers 0 9 auto matically Press or to move between the li...

Page 33: ...rostatic Discharge Normal operation of this unit can be re estab lished by pressing the reset key or by removing replacing batteries Transferring Words Between Books This dictionary can transfer words with certain other BOOKMAN book cards To send a word to another book you must first install a book card in your product and that book card must be able to send or receive words in the selected langua...

Page 34: ... Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help NOTE This unit was tested with shielded cables on the peripheral devices Shielded cables must be used with the unit to insure compliance NOTE The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unau th...

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