Franklin BDK-1460 User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE

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Table of Contents

Key Guide ..................................................................... 25

Installing Batteries and Installing Book Cards ............. 27

Selecting a Book and Using the Colour Keys ............... 28

Changing the Language ................................................ 29

Changing the Settings and

Viewing a Demonstration .......................................... 30

Finding English Words .................................................. 31

Highlighting Words and Finding Phrases ..................... 33

Finding Inflections ........................................................ 34

Using the Personal Wordlist ......................................... 35

Playing the Games ........................................................ 36

Using The Databank ..................................................... 38

Using the Calculator ..................................................... 40

Using the Converter ..................................................... 41

Transferring Words Between Books and

Resetting Your BOOKMAN ....................................... 42

Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents and

FCC Notice................................................................ 43

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ........................................ 44

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Key Guide

WÖRTER

E/D

DATEN

RECHNE

CLEAR

ZURÜCK

KARTE

EINGABE

HILFE

Colour Keys
(red) Goes to the Dictionary

menu.
(green) Changes the entry
language.
(yellow) Goes to the
Databank menu.

(blue) Goes to the calculator.

Function Keys

Goes to the Word Entry
screen in the dictionary, clears
the calculator, and goes to the
main menus in the Databank
and Converter.
Backs up, erases a letter, or
turns off the highlight at an
entry.
Shifts to type capital letters
and punctuation marks.
Exits the book you were
reading.
Enters a word, selects an item,
or begins a highlight in an
entry.
Displays a help message.

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MENÜ

AN/AUS

*

?

Displays the main menus in
the Dictionary, Databank
and Converter.
Turns the BOOKMAN on
or off.
At the Word Entry screen,
types a ? to stand for a
letter in a word. At a
menu, displays a menu
item. At a dictionary entry,
displays the headword.

Direction Keys

Move in the indicated
direction.

V

AUF

AB

Pages up and down.

At menus and dictionary
entries, pages down. At
the Word Entry screen,
types a space.

Key Guide

1

+ P

+ O

+ I

+ U

+ ß

+

Key Combinations

2

In the dictionary, shows
inflections.

2

In the dictionary, shows the
Phrases menu.

2

In the dictionary, shows the
User list menu.

2

In the dictionary, shows the
Games menu.

2

Goes to the Conversions
menu.

*

At the Word Entry screen,

?

types an asterisk to stand
for a series of letters in a
word.

+

or

At the menu, goes to the
first or last item. At a
dictionary entry, goes to
the start or end of the

+

+

Transfers a word between
books.

V

AUF

At a dictionary entry,

AB

displays the previous or

entry.

KARTE

next entry.

ZURÜCK

+

1

Hold the first key while pressing the second.

2

These key combinations apply only when using

At a databank entry, exits
without saving your entry.

the dictionary.

Calculator Keys

Q-P

Types numbers in the
calculator.

3

Calculates a reciprocal (1/x).

+ A

3

+ S

Calculates a square root (

3

Squares a number (X

+ D

3

Calculates a percentage (%).

+ F

3

Changes the number on the

+ Y

2

).

screen to a negative or positive
number (+/-).

3

Adds the number to the

+ X

number stored in the memory
(M+).

3

Subtracts the number from the

+ C

number stored in the memory
(M-).

3

Recalls the number stored in

+ V

the memory (MR).

3

+ B

Clears the memory (MC).

CLEAR

3

These key combinations apply only when using

Clears the calculation(s).

the calculator.

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x).

Installing Batteries Installing Book Cards

Your BOOKMAN 1460 is powered by
two AAA, 1.5-volt batteries. Follow these
easy instructions to install or replace
them.

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1. Turn your BOOKMAN

2. Lift the battery cover on the

back of your BOOKMAN by
pushing it in the direction of
the arrow.

3. Install the batteries as shown

on the diagram in the battery
compartment.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Warning: If the batteries wear-out
completely, or if you take more than
approximately a minute while changing
the batteries, any information that was
entered in the built-in book or book card
will be erased.

➤

Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN at
any screen. When you turn it on
again, the last screen you viewed
appears.

over.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book card
with the notches in the slot.

4. Press the book card down until
it snaps into place.

➤

Removing Book Cards

Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is on.
Any information that was entered in the
built-in book or book card will be erased.

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Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys

Once a book card is installed in the
BOOKMAN, you can select which book
you want to use.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.

KARTE

2. Press

.

These are sample books.

3. Press

or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

EINGABE

to select it.

➤ 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 BOOKMAN is
malfunctioning.

The red, green, yellow, and blue colour
keys on your BOOKMAN change functions
according to the book card you select.

If you are using the built-in book, the
colour keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. If you select a
book card, the colour keys function as
labelled on that book card.

BOOKMAN

Remember, when you select a book
card, the colour keys function as labelled
on that book card, not the keyboard.

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Changing the Language

You can change the message and entry
language of this dictionary to German or
English.

The message language is the language of
the menus, prompts, and help messages.
The entry language is the language in which
you enter words.

The examples in the English part of this
User’s Guide use English as the message
language.

➤ Changing the Message Language

1. Press

MENÜ

until the main menus

appear.

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Mes-
sage Language on the Sonstiges
menu.

3. Press

EINGABE

[

ENTER

].

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➤ Changing the Entry Language

1. Press

2. Press

WÖRTER

(red).

(green) to toggle be-

E/D

tween the English and German en­try screens.

This is the English entry screen.

This is the German entry screen.

3. Press

MENÜ

to see the

Dictionary menus.

4. Press

E/D

(green) to toggle be-

tween the two dictionaries.