Franklin MOVIEVIEWS FLX-110, User Manual

Page 1: ...22 MOVIEVIEWS User s Guide Electronic Publishers FLX 110 ...

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Page 3: ...ts year of re lease running time critic rating MPAA rating cast plot summary and more search for movies by cast members di rectors or themes search for Academy Award winning mov ies or movies released in a specific year search for movies that fit a number of dif ferent categories e g PG movies that star Dustin Hoffman released before 1980 place notes to remind you which movies you like or which mo...

Page 4: ...st name in movie reviews GAMES Shows the Games menu HELP Shows help messages for the current screen MENU Shows the main menu NEXT Goes to the next movie title Turns the product on or off PREV Goes to the previous movie title Shows the full name Scrolls up or starts a new game Scrolls down or gives a hint in games Scrolls left or shows matches Scrolls right or ends a game ...

Page 5: ...he demo press CLEAR Disabling the Demonstration You probably do not want to view the demonstra tion every time you turn MovieViews on Here is how to disable the demonstration 1 Press MENU 2 Press until Disable Demo is marked A menu item is marked when the triangle is displayed to the left of that menu item 3 Press ENTER to disable it 4 Press CLEAR when done ...

Page 6: ...5 Press CLEAR when done Getting Started Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP Press to read it To exit help press BACK Resuming Where You Left Off Should you forget to turn off MovieViews it will automatically shut itself off after a few minutes Assuming that the demo is turned off the screen that you last viewed will appear when MovieViews is ...

Page 7: ... how long the product stays on if you forget to turn it off Set Contrast determines how light or dark the screen is 1 If not at the menus press MENU 2 Press repeatedly to mark Set Type Size Set Shutoff or Set Contrast The indicates that a menu item has subtopics 3 Press ENTER to select it 4 Mark a setting If you select Set Contrast press or to adjust control 5 Press ENTER to select it 6 Press CLEA...

Page 8: ...or example the movie Ace Ventura Pet Detective is listed before A Change of Seasons 1 Press CLEAR You can always return to this list by pressing CLEAR 2 Begin typing a movie title until it is marked e g BIG A movie is marked when the triangle is dis played to the left of that movie Movie titles that begin with an article such as a an or the may be listed both with the article e g The Sting and sep...

Page 9: ...rch for movies by typing the first few letters of the movie and then pressing to move down until the movie title you want is marked Then press ENTER to view the movie review Movies Starring the Same Cast Member When reading a movie review you can view other movies that include the same cast member Press ENTER and then press to highlight the cast member you want To turn the highlight off press BACK...

Page 10: ...ill search for movies that feature Lee Marvin 1 Press CAST 2 Begin typing the cast member s name e g Marvin Lee Note Cast members names should be typed as they appear with their last name before their first 3 When the name is marked press ENTER A check marks your selection To deselect a cast member press ENTER again 4 Press to view the films staring that cast member ...

Page 11: ...ing More Than One Cast Member If you check more than one cast member MovieViews will search for movies that star both cast members Another Way to Find the Cast Menu You can also go to the list of cast members by pressing MENU and selecting Locate Next mark Cast Members and press ENTER This is useful only when searching for movies with more than one category see Putting it all Together on p 17 ...

Page 12: ...n the following example we will search for movies that won Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay 1 Press MENU 2 Select Locate 3 Select a category e g Awards 4 Select the subcategory you wish to view e g Adapted Screenplay 5 Press ENTER 6 Press to view the matches 7 Select a movie 8 Press CLEAR when done ...

Page 13: ...irector Note Since all of theAcad emyAward titles begin with Best it has been omitted e g look for Leading Actor instead of Best Leading Actor Directors The Directors category searches for the per son or persons who directed the film You can search by entering the director s last and first names e g Stone Oliver You can also search for more than one director but most movies have only one By select...

Page 14: ...e Academy of America MPAA rates movies for various audiences us ing the familiar code of G PG R etc If you se lect more than one MPAA rating MovieViews will search for films that match either rating Critic Rating You can search for movies by selecting a critic rating Movies are rated by one to five stars five being the best If you choose more than one critic rating MovieViews will search for films...

Page 15: ...ndicate the decade column is selected 2 Press three times to mark 19 7 0 3 Press to select the year column Parenthesesnowindicatetheyearcolumnisselected 4 Press until 197 3 is marked 5 Press ENTER 6 Press twice to view movies Selecting a Range of Years First select your starting year exactly as described above e g 1973 Then mark your ending year e g 1976 and press ENTER All the years in between ar...

Page 16: ...d were released in 1994 1 Press CLEAR 2 Press CAST 3 Select Costner Kevin 4 Press MENU and select Locate 5 Select MPAA Rating 6 Select PG 13 7 Press BACK 8 Select Year 9 Press to select the year column 10 Select 1994 11 Press to view the matches 12 Press CLEAR when done If No Matches Were Found Some combinations of search items have no matching movies in MovieViews To deselect an entered search it...

Page 17: ...ie review with a 1 Press N within any movie review 2 Press ENTER to select Add Note The highlighted text is the movie title and year of its release 3 Enter a note To use the movie title as the note press ENTER To use your own note type it and press ENTER To type a space press To erase a letter press BACK Note The amount of notes you can add depends upon their length The smaller the note the more n...

Page 18: ...if needed 4 Press ENTER to go to the movie review 5 Press CLEAR when done Removing a Note 1 Go to the movie review with the note you want to remove To find the note you want to remove select it from your note list 2 Press N 3 Press ENTER to select Remove Note The note is now removed and you return to the text of the former note ...

Page 19: ...hallenges you to guess a mystery actor or actress indicated by s one letter at a time As you type letters your correct guesses appear in place of the question marks and your wrong guesses appear below The number of guesses remaining appears above the s During the game press to view your score For a hint press or press to end the round Note If you ask for a hint you will lose the round Once the rou...

Page 20: ...e While playing games mov ies that begin with articles a an or the will appear only once in the movie list and they will begin with the article e g The Abyss Movie Quiz will then tell you if your guess is correct or incorrect Once the round is over you can press ENTER to see its movie review Press to start a new round Playing the Games Setting The Year Range You can limit which movie titles which ...

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