Franklin MOVIEVIEWS FLX-110 User manual

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User’s Guide

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FLX-110

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Introduction

Congratulations!You nowown a powerfulmovie

guidethatyou can take anywhere.MovieViews™

is designed to help you quickly find the movies

that you want to see, in ways that you can’t ac-

complish with a printed book. With your elec-

tronic movie guide you can:

• find more than 4,000 movies. For each

movie, MovieViews details its 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 movies you want to see;

• play games that test your movie knowl-

edge; and much more.

It’s easy to do. This User’s Guide shows you

how. Have fun!

Key Guide

OFF

BACK

Returns you to the previous menu or

erases letters.

CAST

Shows the Cast menu.

CLEAR

Clears your entry.

ENTER

Selects a menu item or highlights a

cast name in movie reviews.

GAMES

Shows the Games menu.

HELP

Shows help messages for the current

screen.

Shows the main menu.

Goes to the next movie title.

Turns the product on or off.

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.

Getting Started

Turning MovieViews On

The first time you use MovieViews, a brief dem-

onstration appears automatically.

1. Press

ON/OFF

2. I

f you want to stop the demo, press

CLEAR

Disabling the Demonstration

Youprobablydonot want to view thedemonstra-

tion every time you turn MovieViews on. Here is

how to disable the demonstration.

1. Press

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.

▲▲

Viewing the Tutorial

MovieViews includes a tutorial that shows a list

of the keys and their functions, and gives an

overview of the product.

1. Press

2. Press to mark

Tutorial

3. Press

ENTER

4. Press to read text.

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 turned on again.

Changing Settings

Youcanchangethetypesize,theshutofftime,and

the screen contrast of MovieViews.

The type size determines the size of the words,

when reading movie reviews and help mes-

sages. The shutoff time is 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

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

CLEAR

when done.

Finding a Movie Review

MovieViews contains movie reviews for over

5000 movies between 1914 and 1994. Here is

howtofind a movie byname.

Note

:All of the lists

in MovieViews are alphabetized letter-by-letter,

regardless of punctuation. For example, the

movie

AceVentura:Pet Detective

islistedbefore

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,

, or

the

, may be listed both with the

article (e.g.,

The Sting

) and separate from

the article (e.g.

Sting, The

Finding a Movie Review

3. Press

ENTER

when it is marked.

4. Press to read the movie review.

5. Press

CLEAR

when done.

Note

: From within the movie review, you

can press

to go to the next movie re-

view or

to go to the previous one.

✓ Another Way to Search for Movie Titles

You can also search 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

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

. Then press

ENTER

again to search for the movies that

include the highlighted cast member.

Finding Movies by Cast

WithMovieViewsyou can searchfor moviesthat

feature one or more specific cast members, as

well as many other categories. In this example,

wewillsearchformovies 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.

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