Franklin BOOKMAN BBQ-840 User manual

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

MAN

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BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG/

USER’S GUIDE

BBQ-840

Bertelsmann

Wörterbuch

Deutsch-Englisch

BOOK

BEE

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Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!

BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec-

tronic reference with a built-in book and

a slot in the back for more books. With

this

German/English Dictionary

you can

translate more than 200,000 words,

view their inflections with examples, cor-

rect misspellings, hear English words

pronounced, save words to your User

list, and play fun, educational word

games that will help you learn German.

To learn how to use other books, read

their User’s Guides.

Installing Batteries and Installing Book Cards ......................21

Selecting Books and Using the Color Keys ..........................22

Changing Settings and Viewing a Demonstration .................23

Changing the Language .......................................................24

Beginner Tips ......................................................................24

Finding Words .....................................................................25

Finding Phrases ..................................................................25

Finding Inflections ...............................................................26

Advanced Tips .................................................................... 26

Highlighting Words ..............................................................27

Hearing a Word in English ...................................................27

Finding a Letter ...................................................................28

Finding a Series of Letters ................................................... 28

Using the User List ..............................................................29

Playing the Games ............................................................... 30

Sending Words ....................................................................32

Optional Features ................................................................34

Function Keys

Clears to an entry screen.

Shows the main menus.

(red) Shows inflections.

(green) Switches languages.

(yellow) Shows the games menu.

(blue) Says an English word.

Exits the book you are reading.

Turns your BOOKMAN on or off.

Key Guide

Other Keys

Backs up, erases letters, or

stops a highlight.

Shifts keys to type capitals.

Enters a search, selects a

menu item, or starts a highlight.

Shows help messages.

Types a space or pages down.

Types a

to stand for an

unknown letter in a word;

shifted, types an

✽

to stand

for a series of unknown letters.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

Accents a German letter.

AUF/AB Page up or down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩

KARTE

Sendsaword between books.

✩

+ AB Shows the next match.

✩

+ AUF Shows the previous match.

MENÜ

TON

SPIEL

KARTE

FLEKT

E/D

CLEAR

AN/AUS

EINGABE

HILFE

✽

*Hold

✩

while pressing the other key

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Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow, and

blue) perform the functions listed

above only for the BOOKMAN book

described in this User’s Guide.

Other books have their own color

key functions, which are labelled on

their book cards and listed in their

User’s Guides. For more informa-

tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”

ZURÜCK

Your BOOKMAN model 840 uses four

AAA batteries. Here is how to install

or replace them. Warning: When the

batteries lose power or are removed

from your BOOKMAN, information

that you entered in its built-in book,

and in an installed book card, will be

erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

2. Slide off its battery cover in

the direction of the triangle.

3. Install the batteries following

the diagram inside the case.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card while your BOOKMAN is

turned on. If you do, information that you

entered in its built-in book, as well as in

an installed book card, will be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book card

with the notches in the slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries

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Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another, informa-

tion that you entered into the

removed book card will be erased.

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About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ from what

you see on screen. This does not

mean that your BOOKMAN is

malfunctioning.

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Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN at

any screen. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again, the screen

that you last viewed appears.

Selecting a Book Using the Color Keys

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on

your BOOKMAN change functions ac-

cording to which book you have selected.

When the built-in book is selected, the

color keys function as labelled on the

BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book

card book is selected, the color keys

function as labelled on that book card.

Remember, the color keys for BOOK-

MAN books in book cards function as la-

belled on their book cards, not as on the

keyboard.

Once you have installed a book card in

your BOOKMAN, you must select

which book you want to use.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.

2. Press

KARTE

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

EINGABE

to select it.

The first time you use this dictio-

nary, you will need to choose the

language you want the messages to

appear in.

5. Press B if you speak English or

press A if you speak German.

6. To adjust the screen contrast,

press

CLEAR

and then press

or repeatedly.

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Before you start using this book, you

can view a demonstration of what it

can do.

The demonstration automatically

appears the first time that you turn this

dictionary on. If you want to stop the

demonstration, press

CLEAR

. To disable

it, press

MENÜ

, highlight the Other

menu, and then select

Disable Demo

Viewing a Demonstration

Changing Settings

You can adjust the font size and shutoff

time to your liking. The font size changes

the number of lines of text that appear

on screen. The shutoff time is how long

your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget

to turn it off.

1. Press

MENÜ

2. Press the arrow keys to

highlight the Other menu.

3. Highlight Select Font or Set

Shutoff.

4. Press

EINGABE

5. Highlight a setting.

6. Press

EINGABE

to select it.

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Setting Other Book Cards

When you install a BOOKMAN book

card, you will not need to change its

settings. It will copy the settings you

have selected for this book.

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Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HILFE

Press the direction keys to read it. To

exit help, press

ZURÜCK

HILFE

If you want to read a tutorial of what

this product can do and what the

keys do, select

Tutorial

from the

Other menu.

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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.

Changing the Language

Message Language

The message language is the language

of prompts, help and other messages.

NOTE: For examples in the English half

of this manual, the message language

is English.

1. If not at menus, press

MENÜ

2. Highlight Message Language

from the Other menu.

3. Press

EINGABE

Entry Language

The entry language is the language in

which you enter words at entry screens.

This determines which dictionary you will

use, German or English.

1. If not at an entry screen,

press

CLEAR

2. Press

E/D

to switch

dictionaries.

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Beginner Tips

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A Faster Way to Change

Languages

At the main menus press

E/D

(English/Deutsch). Pressing

E/D

changes the message language at

the menus and help, or changes the

entry language at the entry screen.

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Understanding Definitions

Each dictionary entry contains a

wealth of information. Headwords

(i.e., main-words) are in bold type

followed by a part-of-speech label.

Grammatical information is in angle

brackets (< >). Special usages are

noted in regular brackets ([ ]).

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If You Misspell a Word

Don’t worry. A list of corrections

automatically appears. Highlight a

correction and then press

EINGABE

view its definition(s).

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The simplest way to translate or define

a word is to enter it at an entry screen.

You do not need to type accents or

capital letters.

1. At the German entry screen,

type a German word (e.g.,

kaufen).

To erase a letter, press

ZURÜCK

2. Press

EINGABE

3. Press or the space key to

move down.

4. Hold

✩

and press AB to view

the next dictionary entry.

Or hold

✩

and press AUF to view

the previous one.

5. Press

CLEAR

Finding Words

This product also contains many

phrases. You can find phrases simply

by entering a single word from a

phrase.

1. Select German Phrases from

the Topics menu.

2. Type a word in a German

phrase (e.g., noch).

3. Press

EINGABE

4. Hold

✩

and press AB

repeatedly to view the next

items.

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Finding Phrases

This dictionary includes extensive

inflections of nouns, verbs, modifiers,

and other words.

1. At the German entry screen,

type a German word

(e.g., schwimmen).

2. Press

FLEKT

These are the principal parts of the

verb

schwimmen

3. Press or the space key to

move down.

4. Press

FLEKT

repeatedly to view

more inflections.

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Finding Inflections Advanced Tips

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Viewing Complete Menu

Items

The words and phrases followed by

ellipses are too long to fit onto one

line. At any highlighted menu item,

press

? ✻

to view the whole item.

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Umlauting & Capitalizing

German Letters

You don’t need to type umlauts at

entry screens. However, if you want

to umlaut a letter, first type the letter

and then press repeatedly until

the correct umlaut, or accent,

appears. To capitalize a letter, do the

same until the letter is capitalized.

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Another Way to Find Words

Instead of entering words only at

entry screens, try searching the

dictionary menus. First, press

MENÜ

. Then start typing a word.

When the word you want is

highlighted, press

EINGABE

to view its

definition(s).

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Getting Grammar Guidance

When viewing inflections, you can

press

HILFE

to view detailed

descriptions of how to use inflec-

tions, with usage examples.

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