Franklin IC-159, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual F For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System DIGITAL BOOK OXFORD ENGLISH ARABIC STUDENT S SPEAKING DICTIONARY Electronic Publishers IC 159 IC 159 Electronic Publishers F ...

Page 2: ... Digital Book System at a time You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK 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 disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the DIGITAL BOOK You may not export or reexport directly or indire...

Page 3: ...h Inflections 15 Finding English Spellings 16 Highlighting Words in Definitions 17 Playing the Games 18 Sending Words Between Books 20 Digital Book System 21 Specifications 23 Limited Warranty 24 About the Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen These variations do not mean that this digital book or your Digital Book System...

Page 4: ...lly used In addition you can actually hear the English words in this dictionary pronounced aloud as well as hear English phrases and sentences You can also find the inflections of English words check and find English spellings and play entertain ing games that build your knowledge of English Typing Arabic Characters This digital book can be used in any Digital Book System The Digital Book System m...

Page 5: ...creen GAMES Display the games to select MORE Display English phrases containing a word LIST Display the inflection of an English word SPEC Hear an English word On the DBS 2D keyboard SAY performs the same function CARD Exit the digital book ON OFF Turn the Digital Book System on or off ...

Page 6: ... a letter in word At dictionary entries display the headword Direction Keys Move in the indicated direction At the Entry screen accents a letter DN UP Page down or up SPACE Page down in text Key Combinations or Go to the top or bottom of a menu entry or list DN UP Display the next or previous entry phrase or group of inflections CARD Send a word to another digital book SHIFT At the Entry screen ty...

Page 7: ...tal Book System 2 Install the digital book into a slot on the back 3 Press ON OFF 4 Turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book System to adjust its screen contrast If the screen is still blank check the batteries 5 Press CARD 6 Press or to highlight the appropriate digital book icon The icon you see may vary 7 Press ENTER Resuming Where You Left Off While using this digital book you can turn o...

Page 8: ...view the main menus 3 Press the arrow keys to highlight the menu at the far right 4 Highlight English only 5 Press ENTER to select it Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows at the bottom of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more menu items or text Learning English Phonetic Spellings To learn about the phonetic spellings of English words in this dictionary select Pron info from ...

Page 9: ...stration Setting the Shutoff Time The shutoff time is how long the Digital Book Sys tem stays on if you forget to turn it off To change the shutoff time highlight Set Shutoff on the Other menu and press ENTER Then select a new time or press BACK Help is at Hand You can view a help message at most screens by pressing HELP Press or the DN key to read the help Press BACK to exit it To learn what the ...

Page 10: ...ts or spaces 3 Press ENTER 4 Press the DN key or SPACE to scroll down 5 Hold and press the DN key to view the next dictionary entry alphabetically listed 6 Press CLEAR when done If You Misspell an English Word When you enter a misspelled word at the Entry screen a list of corrections automatically appears Highlight a correction and then press ENTER Cor rections also appear when you enter a correct...

Page 11: ... to view its entry Understanding Dictionary Entries Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of infor mation The headword or main word is in bold face followed by its phonetic spelling in slashes When a headword has more than one dictio nary entry its entry number is in superscript Grammatical information is presented in angle brackets Phrases using the headword are boldfaced Usage examples are ita...

Page 12: ...d Try this example 1 Press CLEAR 2 Type a word e g international 3 Press SPEC to hear it 4 Press ENTER to view its dictionary entry 5 Press SPEC to hear the main word 6 Press ENTER and then the arrow keys to highlight a word e g nations 7 Press SPEC to hear the highlighted word 8 Press CLEAR when done Hearing Phrases and Sentences You can hear many English phrases and sen tences by typing them at ...

Page 13: ... words However you can type and hear hyphen ated words e g age old Hearing Multiple Pronunciations When you type or enter a word that has more than one pronunciation and then press SPEC a screen like the one below appears Highlight a word and then press ENTER or SPEC to hear its pronunciation More About Hearing Words You can hear English words in spelling correction lists Simply highlight a correc...

Page 14: ...alent s 1 If you re not at the main menus press MENU 2 Highlight the Keywords menu 3 Type an Arabic word Usually you need to type only a few letters to highlight the word you want 4 Press ENTER 5 Hold and press the DN key repeatedly to view the next entries matching your keyword To view a previous entry hold and press the UP key 6 Press BACK to go back to the menu ...

Page 15: ...ress MORE Or press ENTER and then press MORE 4 Highlight a phrase 5 Press ENTER 6 Hold and press the DN key repeatedly to view the next phrases containing the word 7 Press BACK to go back to the phrases Understanding sb and sth Many English phrases in this digital book contain the abbreviations sb and sth Sb stands for some body and sth stands for something You can sub stitute appropriate nouns an...

Page 16: ...iew more inflections Or hold and press the DN key 6 Hold and press the UP key to view a previous group of inflections Viewing Multiple Parts of Speech For some English words e g run when you press LIST you must select a part of speech be fore you can view inflections To select a part of speech highlight one and then press ENTER Getting Help With Inflections To learn how and when to use inflections...

Page 17: ...n asterisk hold SHIFT and press 3 Press ENTER 4 Highlight a matching word 5 Press ENTER to view its definition s or MORE to view its phrases if any Spelling Finding Tips Use question marks to find lists of words For example to find four letter words beginning with a z enter z Use question marks to help solve crossword puzzles and other word games For example if the second letter of a five letter w...

Page 18: ...gain to start the highlight You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK 5 Press the arrow keys to highlight a word 6 Press ENTER to view its dictionary entry LIST to view inflections and MORE to view phrases 7 Press BACK to go back to the highlighted word Viewing Cross References In dictionary entries words in all capital letters are cross references to specific definitions in other entries To...

Page 19: ...in number of tries to guess the mystery word Type letters you think might be in the mystery word If you are correct let ters appear in place of the corresponding question mark To reveal a letter of the mystery word hold SHIFT and press To reveal the word and end the round press The score appears after each round Press SPACE to continue or press ENTER to define the mystery word Then press BACK to s...

Page 20: ...ain All aboard the Word Train You and the train take turns typing letters to form a word Whoever types the last letter of the word wins To view the set of letters that you can type at a turn hold SHIFT and press To reveal the word and end the round press Press SPACE to continue or ENTER for the definition Then press BACK to return to Word Train Getting Help With the Games You can read help message...

Page 21: ...led in your Digital Book System before following these steps 1 Highlight a word in the sending digital book 2 Press plus CARD 3 Highlight another digital book symbol 4 Press ENTER The word that you highlighted appears in the initial screen of the receiving digital book 5 Press ENTER again The receiving digital book searches for the word If it is found you can view text 6 To return to the sending d...

Page 22: ... than resetting the Digital Book System If nothing happens then reset Protecting and Cleaning Do not touch the metal contacts on the back of digi tal books or the rubber contacts on the Digital Book System with statically charged objects Statically charged objects may erase information that you en tered in the digital books Do not put excessive weight on digital books or the Digital Book System or...

Page 23: ...ce new batteries in the cavities with their pluses oriented correctly In the DBS 1 and DBS 2 the pluses should face you 6 Replace the battery cover Battery Precautions When you replace batteries follow these precau tions to avoid erasing information in any installed digital books Replace the batteries before they lose all power Once batteries have been removed install new ones within two minutes D...

Page 24: ...with this digital book refer to the lim ited warranty information If you purchased this digital book outside the United States contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information Copyrights Trademarks Patents ISBN 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Burlington N J 08016 4907 U S A All rights reserved Oxford Student s Dictionary of Current English Arabic Oxford University Pre...

Page 25: ...ODIFICATION 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 LIMITEDTO WARRANTIESOFMERCHANTABILITYORFITNESSFORAPARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATIONTOREPLACEORREFUNDASSETFORTHABOVEINTHISWARRANTY Some States do not allow the exclusion of imp...

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