Franklin BOOKMAN DBD-2015 User manual

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Electronic Publishers

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

MAN

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BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG

USER’S GUIDE

DBD-2015

Deutsch/Englisch

Professor

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Contents

WelcometotheworldofBOOKMAN!

With this German/English Dictionary

you can translate more than 200,000

words, view their inflections with ex-

amples, correct misspellings, save

words to your User list, and play fun,

educational word games that will help

you learn German. Use your BOOK-

MANto read this bookcard. See “In-

stalling Book Cards” to learn how.

Key Guide ..................................................................... 19

Installing Book Cards .................................................... 20

Selecting a Book ........................................................... 20

Using the Color Keys..................................................... 21

Changing Settings ......................................................... 21

Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 22

Changing the Language ................................................. 22

Beginner Tips ................................................................ 23

Finding Words ............................................................... 23

Finding Phrases ............................................................ 24

Finding Inflections ......................................................... 24

Advanced Tips............................................................... 25

Highlighting Words ........................................................ 25

Finding Spellings........................................................... 26

Using the User List ........................................................ 26

Playing the Games......................................................... 27

Looking up Words in Other Books ................................. 29

Book Card Care ............................................................ 30

Resetting Your BOOKMAN ............................................ 30

Optional Features .......................................................... 31

Limited Warranty (U.S. only).......................................... 32

Function Keys

Clears to an entry screen.

Shows the main menus.

(red) Shows inflections.

(green) Switches languages.

(yellow)Showsthegamesmenu.

(blue) Shows the User list menu.

Exits the selected book.

Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Key Guide

➤ 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 BOOKMAN books have their

own color key functions, which are

labelled on their book cards or on the

keyboard. For more information, read

“Using the Color Keys.”

Hold

✩

while pressing the other key

CLEAR

LISTE

SPIEL

CARD

FLEKT

E/D

ON/OFF

✽

HELP

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.

Page up or down.

Star Key Combinations*

✩+

CARD

Sendsawordbetweenbooks.

✩+

Shows the next match.

✩+

Shows the previous match.

BACK

CAP

ENTER

SPACE

Installing Book Cards

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card when BOOKMAN is on. If

you do, information that you entered

in its built-in book and in an installed

book card will be erased.

1. Turn BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book

card with the notches in the

slot.

4. Press the book card until it

snaps into place.

Selecting a Book

Once you have installed a book

card in your BOOKMAN, you can

select which book you want to use.

1. Turn BOOKMAN on.

2. Press KARTE (or CARD ).

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to select it.

The first time you use this

dictionary, 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.

➤ Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another,

information that you entered in the

removed book card will be erased.

Using the Color Keys

Thered,green,yellow,andbluekeyson

your BOOKMAN change functions ac-

cording to which book is selected.

Whenthebuilt-inbookisselected,the

color keys function as labelled on the

BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book

card is selected, the color keys func-

tion as labelled on that book card.

Remember, the color keys for BOOK-

MANbookcardsfunctionaslabelledon

theirbookcards,notasonthekeyboard.

You can adjust the font size, shutoff

time, and screen contrast. The font

size changes the number of lines of

textthat appear onscreen. The shut-

off time is how long BOOKMAN

stays on if you forget to turn it off.

1. Press MENÜ (or MENU ).

2. Press the arrow keys to

highlight the Other menu.

3. Highlight Select Font or Set

Shutoff.

4. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).

5. Highlight a setting.

Or press and if you selected

Set Contrast

6. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to select it.

Changing Settings

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Beforeyoustartusingthisbook,youcan

view a demonstration of what it can do.

Once you have installed and selected

the book card, press MENÜ (or MENU )

and then the arrow keys to highlight

View Demo

on the Other menu. Then

press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view the

demonstration.If you want to stop the

demonstration, press

CLEAR

Viewing a Demonstration

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

(or MENU ).

2. Highlight Message Language

from the Other menu.

3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).

Entry Language

The entry language is the lan-

guage in which you enter words

at entry screens. This determines

which dictionary you will use,

German or English.

If not at an entry screen, press

CLEAR

Press

E/D

(green) to switch

dictionaries.

Changing the Language

➤ Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HILFE (or HELP ). Press the direction

keys to read it. To exit help, press

ZURÜCK (or BACK ).

If you want to read a tutorial of what

this product, select

Tutorial

from the

Other 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 to view more text.

▼▼

Beginner Tips

➤A Faster Way to Change

Languages

At the main menus press E/D

(green). Pressing E/D (green)

changes the message language

at the menus and help, or

changes the entry language at

the entry screen.

➤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 ([ ]).

➤ If You Misspell a Word

Don’t worry. A list of corrections

automatically appears. Highlight a

correction and then press EINGABE

(or ENTER ) to view its definition(s).

Finding Words

The simplest way to translate or de-

fine a word is to enter it at an entry

screen. You do not need to type ac-

cents or capital letters.

1. At the German entry screen,

type a German word

(e.g., geld).

To erase a letter, press ZURÜCK

(or BACK ).

2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).

3. Press or SPACE to move

down.

4. Hold

✩

and press

to view

the next or dictionary entry.

Or hold

✩

and press

to view

the previous one.

5. Press

CLEAR

Finding Phrases

This dictionary includes extensive in-

flections of nouns, verbs, modifiers,

and other words.

1. At the German entry screen,

type a German word

(e.g., schwimmen).

2. Press

FLEKT

(red).

These are the principal parts of

the verb

schwimmen

3. Press or SPACE to read.

4. Press

FLEKT

(red) repeatedly to

view more inflections.

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

➤Getting Grammar Guidance

When viewing inflections, you can

press HILFE (or HELP ) to view

detailed descriptions of how to

use inflections, with usage

examples.

Finding Inflections

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 (or ENTER ).

4. Hold

✩

and press

repeatedly to view the next

matches.

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Advanced Tips Highlighting Words

To learn moreabouta wordappearing

in a definition, you can highlight the

word and find its definition(s) and in-

flections.

1. At the German entry screen,

type a German word

(e.g., frei).

2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).

3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) again to

start the highlight.

To turn off the highlight, press

ZURÜCK (or BACK ).

4. Press the arrow keys to

highlight Mitarbeiter.

5. Press one of these keys.

to . . . press . . .

view its definition(s) EINGABE /ENTER

view its inflections

FLEKT

(red)

add it to a word list LISTE (blue)

6. Press ZURÜCK (or BACK ) to back up.

➤

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.

➤Umlauting and 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.

➤Another Way to Find Words

Instead of entering words only at

entry screens, try searching the

dictionary menus. First, press

MENÜ (or MENU ). Then start typing

a word. When the word you want

is highlighted, press EINGABE (or

ENTER ) to view its definition(s).

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