BIB-1450
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HOLY BIBLE
User’s Guide
BOOKMAN® III
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Touch Keys
MORE Expands a search. MARK Places a bookmark. FIND Goes to the Word Search
screen.
NOTE Displays a footnote. KJV/NIV Goes to that version of the
Bible.
CLOCK Goes to the Clock. DATA Goes to the Databank. CALC Goes to the Calculator. CONV Goes to the Converter.
CURR Goes to the Currency Converter.
Function Keys
Turns the product on or off.
Displays a help message.
Goes to the Verse Reference screen. Clears the Calculator. In the Converter and Databank,
goes to its main menu. Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off the highlight in text. Enters a search request, selects an item, or begins a highlight in text.
Goes to the Organizer: Clock, Databank, Calculator, and Converter.
Displays the main menus. From the Organizer, returns to the Bible.
At a menu, displays a menu item. In text, displays the book, chapter and verse. Shifts to type capital letters and punctuation marks. Shifts to allow prev, next, pg up, pg dn, and to type numbers and special symbols.
Key Guide
Combination Keys*
+ References the current verse in KJV or NIV the other version of the Bible.
+ Pages up or down.
or
+ Displays the next or previous
verse.
or
+ At a menu, goes to the first or last item. In Bible text, goes to or the start or end of the next or
previous chapter.
+J Types a hyphen.
+M Types an @.
+? Types a comma.
+_’ Types a slash.
+ At the Word Search screen, types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word.
Direction Keys
Move in the indicated direction.
At menus and dictionary entries, pages down. At the Word Search screen, types a space.
*Hold the first key while pressing the second.
Gently pull the battery insulation tab to remove it. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on the back of the unit. See “Resetting Your Product” for details.
Your product is powered by two CR-2032 lithium, 3-volt batteries. Follow these easy instructions to replace them. Please have the new batteries at hand before you remove the old ones.
1.Turn the product off and turn it over.
2.Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up on the catch.
3.Remove the old batteries.
4.Install the batteries with the positive side up.
5.Replace the battery cover.
Warning: If the batteries wear-out completely, or if you take more than a few seconds while changing the batteries, any information that was entered in a card or built-in book may be erased. You should always keep written copies of your important information.
1.Turn your product off and turn it over.
2.Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot.
3.Press the book card down until it snaps into place.
Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your product is on. Any information that was entered in the built-in book or book card will be erased.
Once a book card is installed in the product, you can select which book you want to use.
1.Turn your product on.
2.Press CARD.
Icons appear for each available book.
3.Press or to highlight your selection.
4.Press ENTER to select it.
5.Press CARD to return to the card menu.
You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this Bible any time you want.
1.Press .
2.Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup.
3.Press ENTER to select Tutorial or use to highlight View Demo and press ENTER. To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Verse Reference screen, press CLEAR.
To go to the main menu, press .
When a book card is installed in your product, select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card.
Learn-a-Verse
Your Bible comes with a Learn-a-Verse feature. Each time you turn your Bible on, you can see a verse from either the Old or New Testament for you to read or memorize. If you wish to turn this feature on, press . Highlight Setup, use to highlight
Learn-a-Verse on and press ENTER.
To turn the feature off, highlight Learn-a-Verse off and press ENTER.
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.
Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any screen by pressing HELP. Use the direction keys to read the message. To exit help, press BACK.
About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide may differ slightly from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your unit is malfunctioning.
Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn your electronic Bible off at any passage. When you turn it on again, the last passage that you viewed appears, unless you had previously turned on the Learn- A-Verse feature. If Learn-A-Verse is on, you will see a verse for you to memorize. Press BACK or CLEAR to go to the Verse Reference screen.
Where in the Bible Am I?
At any Bible verse, you can view its book, chapter, and verse number by pressing ?.
When using this Bible, you can activate the Learn-a-Verse feature, adjust the type size, the shutoff time, and the screen contrast. The shutoff time is how long your unit stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1.Press .
2.Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup.
3.Use or to move the highlight to Set Contrast, Set Shutoff or Set Type Size.
4.Press ENTER.
5.Use or to change the setting.
6.Press ENTER to store your changes.
Press BACK to exit without making a change.
When you turn on this product for the first time, choose the version of the Bible you want to read. Press A for King James Version or press B for New International Version.
You can change the version after your initial selection.
If you are reading the King James Version, touch NIV at any time to go to the New International Version. If you are reading the New International Version, touch KJV at any time to go to the King James Version.
Referencing a Verse
When you are reading a particular version of the Bible, you can directly reference that same verse in the other version. For example:
1.Go to Romans 12:1.
2.Press FN and touch NIV to reference this verse in the New International Version.
If you are already in the New International Version, press FN and touch KJV to reference this verse in the King James Version.