Franklin Language Master LM-6000B User manual

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LM-6000b

Language

Master

USER’S GUIDE

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Contents

Congratulations on your pur-

chase of the Language Master!

With this dictionary you can find

over 110,000 entries, hear dic-

tionary words and entire defini-

tions spoken with or without

the use of headphones, view

thesaurus entries, study the

Grammar Guide, correct mis-

spellings, save words to the

User List, and play fun, educa-

tional word games.

Installing Batteries ....................................................... 4

Changing Settings ........................................................ 4

Viewing a Demonstration ............................................ 5

Finding Definitions ...................................................... 5

Finding Words in Definitions ....................................... 7

Correcting Misspellings ............................................... 8

Finding Synonyms ........................................................ 8

Finding Classmates™.................................................... 9

Finding Confusables®................................................. 10

Finding a Letter in a Word ......................................... 10

Finding a Series of Letters ......................................... 11

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

Viewing the Grammar Guide ..................................... 12

Using the Phonics Key ................................................ 14

Using the User List ..................................................... 15

Splitting the User List ................................................ 17

Combining Lists .......................................................... 18

Playing the Games ..................................................... 19

Troubleshooting Guide .............................................. 24

Key Guide

Function Keys

CLEAR

Goes to the Entry screen.

GAMES

Goes to the Games

menu.

GRAMMAR

Goes to the Grammar

Guide.

LIST

Goes to the User List

menu. In definitions and

games, adds words to the

User List.

Goes to the Setup menu.

ON/OFF

Turns Language Master

on or off.

PHONICS

Pronounces and displays

individual sounds of a

word.

READ

Reads definitions.

SAY

Speaks a word.

Finds definitions contain-

ing search words.

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up, erases a typed

letter, or turns off a high-

light.

ENTER

Begins a search, selects

a menu item, or starts a

highlight.

HELP

Shows help messages.

SHIFT

Shifts keys to type punc-

tuation or capital letters.

✽

Types a ? to stand for an

unknown letter in a word;

shows Confusables in

text; shifted, types an * to

stand for a series of un-

known letters.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direc-

tion.

PREV /

Shows the previous or

next definition.

Pages up or down.

SPACE

Types a space or pages

down.

➤Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message

at virtually any screen by

pressing

HELP

. Press the di-

rection keys to read it. To exit

help, press

BACK

At the Entry screen and

menus, brief instructions are

displayed right on the screen.

➤ Adjusting the Contrast

You can adjust the screen

contrast by using the contrast

wheel ( ) located on the right

side of the unit.

Changing SettingsInstalling Batteries

Your Language Master uses 4

AA batteries. When the batteries

require changing, a low battery

warning will be displayed on the

screen. Here is how to install or

replace them.

Warning: When the batteries

lose power or are removed from

your Language Master, any cus-

tom settings that you entered will

be erased; however, your User

List will be kept intact.

1. Turn Language Master

over.

2. Slide off the battery

cover.

3. Install the batteries fol-

lowing the diagram out-

side the battery case.

4. Replace the battery

cover.

You can adjust the font size, toggle the

display of all capital letters, or adjust

the shutoff time.

Set Type Size

changes how small or

large text appears on your screen.

Turn

on all caps

displays text in all capital let-

ters in every screen.

Set Shutoff Time

determines how long your Language

Master stays on if you forget to turn it

off.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Press the arrow keys to high-

light Set Type Size, Turn on

all caps, or Set Shutoff Time.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

5. Highlight a setting, if

needed.

The active settings are marked with

a ✔. To exit without changing set-

tings, press

BACK

6. Press

ENTER

to select it.

➤About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may vary slightly from

what you see on screen. This does

not mean that your Language Mas-

ter is malfunctioning.

Viewing a

Demonstration

You can view a demonstration

of what your Language Master

can do.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Press the arrow keys to

highlight View Demo.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

To stop the demo at any

time, press

CLEAR

Finding Definitions

To look up a word in the dictio-

nary, simply type it at the Entry

screen and press

ENTER

. Try this

example.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a word (e.g., run).

To move the cursor, press

or . To erase a letter, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

Notice that the Dict icon is

highlighted, indicating that you

are viewing a dictionary entry.

Read “About Icons” on page

6 to learn more.

If more than one entry is

found, the number of matches

is displayed on the top of the

screen (e.g.,

1/2

indicates the

first of two entries).

➤

Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the

top right of the screen show

in which direction you can

scroll.

The arrows next to the icons

tell you which arrow key you

can press to navigate

through the entries.

For a description of the

icons, see About Icons on

page 6.

Finding Definitions Finding Definitions

4. Press or

SPACE

to read.

5. Press

to browse the

next dictionary entry.

6. Press

CLEAR

when fin-

ished.

➤ About Icons

Icons on the top of the screen

allow you to easily view dictio-

nary (Dict), thesaurus (Thes),

Classmates™(Class), or Con-

fusables®(Conf) entries for a

word.

A highlighted icon indicates

which category you are cur-

rently viewing.

A bolded icon means there are

entries in that category for the

current word.

An icon shown in italics indi-

cates there are no entries in

that category for the current

word.

For example, when you view

the dictionary entry for run,

the Dict icon is highlighted

(), the Thes and Class

icons are bolded ( ,

) indicating there are

thesaurus and Classmates en-

tries for this word, and the

Conf icon is italic ( )

meaning there are no Confus-

ables for this word.

➤ About definitions

Some definitions contain the

etymology, or history, of the

word.

In others, examples of usage

are shown in brackets (e.g., in

the first entry for run, <lets his

children

run

>).

Finding Words in

Definitions Finding Words in

Definitions

You can find all the definitions in

which a specific word or phrase

appears.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press

3. Type a word or phrase

(e.g., US state).

4. Press

ENTER

If more than one entry with

the search word(s) is found,

the number of matches

is dis-

played on the top of the screen.

5. Press or

SPACE

read.

6. Press

to view the

next definition with

your word(s) in it.

To see the previous one,

press PREV .

7. Press

CLEAR

when fin-

ished.

➤ Two Ways to Back Up

Pressing

BACK

takes you back

to the previous screen you

viewed. You can continue to

back up until you get to the

Entry screen.

Pressing PREV takes you to the

previous screen of similar in-

formation. For example, if

you were viewing a dictio-

nary definition, you would go

to the previous definition.

Correcting

Misspellings

Finding Synonyms

When the Thes icon appears in

bold type, it means that there is

at least one thesaurus entry for

that word.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a word (e.g., splen-

did).

3. Press

ENTER

4. Press or to high-

light the Thes icon.

The first thesaurus entry will

be displayed.

If more than one entry with the

search word(s) is found, the

number of matches is dis-

played on the top of the

screen.

If you misspell a word, your

Language Master will automati-

cally correct it. Even if you

don’t know how to spell some-

thing, you can type it in phoneti-

cally.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a misspelled word

(e.g. nolij).

To erase a letter, press

BACK

3. Press

ENTER

4. Press or to high-

light a correction.

5. Press

ENTER

to view its

dictionary entry.

To go back to the correction

list, press

BACK

6. Press

CLEAR

when fin-

ished.

Finding Synonyms Finding

Classmates™

Classmates are words that are

in the same category as the

one you looked up. If a word

has Classmates, the Class icon

appears in bold type.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Type a word (e.g.,

student).

3. Press

ENTER

Note that the Class icon is

in bold type.

4. Press or to high-

light the Class icon.

Press

or PREV to see all

Classmates entries.

5. Press

CLEAR

when

finished.

➤ Understanding The-

saurus Entries

A thesaurus entry consists

of a thesaurus meaning and

a synonym list. Antonyms

and comparing words are

also listed where appli-

cable. A thesaurus meaning

is a definition shared by a

list of synonyms.

5. Press ,

SPACE

, or

view synonyms.

6. Press

to view more

thesaurus entries.

To return to the previous the-

saurus entry, press PREV .

7. Press

CLEAR

when fin-

ished.

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