Franklin BOOKMAN EMQ-640 User manual

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Electronic Publishers

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

MAN

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USER’S GUIDE

EMQ-640

Hutchinson

Popular

Encyclopedia

License Agreement

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC BOOK.

YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU AC-

CEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE

TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO

THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOK-

MAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and

documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic

Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANK-

LIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive

license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOK-

MAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC

BOOK or of the preprogrammed 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 BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may

not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK

without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN

ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which

you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use.

This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately with-

out notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

Contents

Installing Batteries ........................................................ 5

Installing a Book Card ................................................... 5

Selecting a Book ........................................................... 6

Using the Colour Keys ................................................... 6

Changing the Settings ................................................... 7

Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 7

Finding Encyclopedia Articles ....................................... 8

Searching for Words ...................................................... 9

Expanding Your Searches ............................................ 10

Highlighting Search Words .......................................... 11

Using Cross-References .............................................. 12

Using Bookmarks ........................................................ 13

Sending a Word Between Books .................................. 14

Resetting Your BOOKMAN .......................................... 14

Specifications .............................................................. 15

Limited Warranty ......................................................... 15

Index ............................................................................ 16

Introduction Key Guide

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®!

With your new EMQ-640 you can carry

and read the

Hutchinson Popular Ency-

clopedia

anywhere. Your new elec-

tronic encyclopedia has over 17,000

articles, many of which include chro-

nologies that highlight historical events

top of an article.

* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card while your BOOKMAN is

turned on. If you do, information that

you have entered in the built-in book,

as well as in any other installed book

cards, may be erased.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs of the book

card with the notches in the

slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

Installing a Book CardInstalling Batteries

Your BOOKMAN 640 model is pow-

ered by four LR03 batteries (AAA bat-

teries). Here is how to install or

replace them.

Warning: When the batteries lose

power or are removed from your

BOOKMAN, information that you en-

tered in its built-in book as well as in

any 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 as shown

in the diagram in the battery

compartment.

4. Replace the battery cover.

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Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another, informa-

tion that you entered in the removed

book card may be erased.

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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 the

screen.

Selecting a Book

Once you have installed a book card in

your BOOKMAN, you can select

which book you want to use.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.

2. Press

CARD

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

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Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN at

any time. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again, the screen

that you last viewed reappears.

Using the Colour Keys

The red, green, yellow, and blue keys

on the top row of your BOOKMAN

change their functions according to

which book you have selected.

If you have selected the built-in book,

the colour keys function as labeled on

the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have

selected a book card, the colour keys

function as labeled on that card.

Remember, when you have selected a

book card, the colour keys function as

labeled on that card, not as on the

keyboard.

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Changing the Settings

You can adjust the type size, shutoff

time, and screen contrast of this book.

The shutoff time is how long your BOOK-

MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.

The screen contrast is how light or

dark the screen display appears.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Use or to highlight the

Setup menu.

Press to highlight Set Type

Size, Set Shutoff, or Set

Contrast.

A slanted arrow indicates a submenu.

4. Press

ENTER

5. Press or to change the

setting.

To leave the settings unchanged,

press

BACK

6. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using your new

BOOKMAN, you may want to see a

brief demonstration of what it can do.

When no book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au-

tomatically appear after you turn the

unit on. To stop the demonstration,

press

CLEAR

. To disable it, press

and use the arrow keys to highlight the

Setup menu. Highlight

Disable Demo

and press

ENTER

. To re-enable it, select

Enable Demo

from the Setup menu.

When a book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, press

. Then use the

arrow keys to highlight the Setup

menu. Then select

View Demo

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Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at vir-

tually any screen by pressing

HELP

Press or

to read the help.

Press

BACK

to exit the message.

To read about how to use this ency-

clopedia and what the keys do,

select

Tutorial

from the Setup menu.

Finding Encyclopedia Articles

Or select a submenu item, if needed.

4. Press ,

, or

SPACE

to scroll

down to read the text.

5. Hold

✩

and press

to view

the next article in this

encyclopedia.

To view the previous article in this en-

cyclopedia, hold

✩

and press

6. To go back to the Articles

menu, press

BACK

7. Press

CLEAR

to clear your request.

The Articles menu lists all the articles

in this encyclopedia alphabetically by

title. Finding an article is as easy as

typing the name of its title.

1. Press

CLEAR

The Articles menu is highlighted.

2. Start typing an article title.

For example, type zebra.

You do not need to type capitals.

To erase a letter, press

BACK

To display a full menu title, press

?✽

You can also find article titles by us-

ing the Direction keys at the

Articles menu.

3. When the title is highlighted,

press

ENTER

to see its article.

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What Article Are You Reading?

When you are reading an encyclope-

dia article, you can view its title or

Article location by pressing

?✽

Press

BACK

to go back to the article.

Searching for Words

You can search for words occurring in

articles and their titles. Each occur-

rence that you find is called a match.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

(the yellow key).

3. Type up to four words. For

example, type roman empire.

You don’t need to type capitals, but

if you want to, hold

✩

and press a

letter key.

To erase a letter, press

BACK

To type a space, press

SPACE

4. Press

ENTER

to search.

5. Use the Direction keys to

highlight a title and then

press

ENTER

to view its article.

Searching for Words

The matching words are boxed.

6. Hold

✩

and press

repeat-

edly to view the next matches.

To view a previous match, hold

✩

and press

7. Press

BACK

to go back to the

list of matches.

8. Press

(yellow) to clear your

search and begin a new one.

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If You Misspell a Word

If you enter a misspelled search

word, a list of corrections appears.

Highlight a correction and press

ENTER

to search for it.

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Finding Incomplete Words

If you are not sure which form of a word

to search for, type an asterisk in place of

letters in the word (e.g.,

psych✻

) and

then press

ENTER

. To type an asterisk,

hold

CAP

and press

?✽

Next, highlight a complete word and

press

ENTER

to search for it.

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