Franklin BDS-1840 User Manual

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BDS-1840

Deutsch/English

Professor PRO

Bedienungsanleitung / User’s Guide

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Introduction

Welcome to the world of Franklin! With the Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO you can:

• find translations;

• correct misspellings;

• conjugate words;

• study the Grammar Guide;

• save names and phone numbers to the databank;

• save words to My Word List;

• sharpen your spelling and increase your German vocabulary with ten School Essentials;

• and play nine fun, educational word games.

Licence Agreement ..........................................................................................................41

Introduction ........................................................................................................................42

Key Guide ..........................................................................................................................44

Installing Batteries ..............................................................................................................46

Changing the Language ..................................................................................................46

Installing Book Cards ........................................................................................................47

Selecting a Book................................................................................................................47

Using the Special Features................................................................................................48

Bookcard Colour Keys ......................................................................................................49

Using the Main Menu ........................................................................................................49

Changing the Settings ......................................................................................................50

Viewing a Demonstration or Tutorial................................................................................50

Translating German Words................................................................................................51

Translating English Words ..................................................................................................52

Finding Letters in Words ....................................................................................................53

Hearing Words....................................................................................................................54

Highlighting Words ............................................................................................................54

Using the School Essentials................................................................................................55

Using the Grammar Guide................................................................................................58

Advanced Verb Conjugations..........................................................................................59

Translating Traveller’s Phrases ..........................................................................................61

Using My Word List..............................................................................................................63

Using the Databank ..........................................................................................................65

Playing the Games ............................................................................................................66

Using the Calculator ..........................................................................................................69

Using the Converter ..........................................................................................................70

Transferring Words Between Books ..................................................................................72

Resetting Your Product ......................................................................................................72

Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents ..............................................................................73

FCC Notices........................................................................................................................73

Limited Warranty (U.S. only)..............................................................................................74

Limited Warranty (outside U.S., EU and Switzerland)......................................................75

Limited Warranty (EU and Switzerland)............................................................................75

Table of Contents

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. In games, reveals the word and forfeits the game.

Shifts to type capital letters and punctuation marks.

Shifts to allow auf, ab, vorig, nächste, find phrases and to type ß.

Goes to the databank, converter, or calculator.

Types an underscore (_). Exits the book you were reading.

Direction Keys

Moves in the indicated direction. At the Word Entry screen, types

a space. At menus and dictionary entries, pages down.

Colour Keys

Conjugates a word. Toggles the entry language between German and English. Goes to the dictionary. Goes to the School Essentials menu.

Function Keys

Turns the product on or off. Displays a help message. When at an inflection screen, displays Grammar Guide section about the inflection you were viewing. In the dictionary, goes to the Word Entry screen. Clears the calculator. In the databank and converter, goes to their main menus. Says a word.

Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off the highlight at an entry. Enters a word, selects an item, or begins a highlight in an entry. Displays the main menus for the dictionary.

Key Guide

beug

e/d

wörter lernen

hilfe

clear

eingabe

menü

ton

karte

Hold the first key while pressing the second.

Calculator Keys

a (1/x) Calculates a reciprocal. s (√x) Calculates a square root. d (x2) Squares a number. f (%) Calculates a percentage. g (.) Inserts a decimal point. h(+), j(-), Adds, subtracts, multiplies, or

divides numbers.

y (+/-) Changes the number on the

screen to a negative or positive number.

x (

M+) Adds the number to the number

stored in the memory.

c (

M-) Subtracts the number from the

number stored in the memory.

v (MR) Recalls the number stored in

the memory.

b (

MC) Clears the memory.

Combination Keys*

+ At a dictionary entry, pages up

or down.

+ At a dictionary entry, displays

the next or previous entry.

+ At a menu, goes to the first or last

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

+ Transfers a word between

books.

+j Types a hyphen. +m Types @. +s Types ß.

+ Types an apostrophe (’).

+ Types a slash (/). + Goes to the traveller’s phrases

menu. If a word is in the Word Entry screen or is highlighted, finds any phrases containing that word.

+ At the Word Entry screen,

types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word. In games, gives a hint.

Key Guide

karte

k(x), l(÷)

Message Language

When you turn on this product for the first time, you must choose the message language. Press a for German or press b for English.

The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. You can change the message language after your initial decision. See “Changing the Settings” on page 50 to learn how.

Entry Language

The entry language is the language in which you enter words at the Word Entry screen. This determines which dictionary you will use, German or English.

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Use the direction keys to highlight , and then press EINGABE to access the German-to-English dictionary.

Select at the icon menu to go to the English-to-German dictionary. Or you can press E/D at the Word Entry screen to switch between German and English.

Changing the Language

Your unit is powered by four AAA batteries. Follow these easy instructions to install or replace them.

1. Lift the battery cover on the top right of your unit by pushing up the tab.

Follow the instructions on the back of the unit when installing the batteries.

2. Insert the two top batteries with the positive terminal facing out and the two bottom batteries with the negative terminal facing out.

Note: If the battery door does not shut,

please check the position of the batteries.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Warning: If the batteries wear-out com-

pletely, or if you take more than approximately a minute while changing the batteries, any user-entered information in the built-in book or book card will be erased. You should always keep written copies of your important information.

Installing Batteries

AAA

➤Removing Book Cards

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card while your product is on. Any information that was entered in the builtin book or book card will be erased.

➤Book Card Troubleshooting

If your book card is performing erratically, follow the reset instructions on page 72. If this does not fix the problem, remove the book card and then remove the white rubber strip located between the two metal pins. Clean the rubber strip with your fingers and then replace it making sure it is completely in its notch.

➤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 product is malfunctioning. The examples in the English half of this manual use English as the message language.

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 KARTE.

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight your selection.

For information on available Franklin Bookman products, highlight the Bookman Info Icon, .

4. Press EINGABE to select it.

Selecting a BookInstalling Book Cards

1. Turn your product off.

2. Turn your product 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.

Using the Special Features

Your unit is equipped with several special features that many, but not all BOOKMAN book cards use. To learn if you can use the special features with a particular book card, read its User’s Guide.

Headphone Jack: The headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm impedance stereo headphones. Caution: Monophonic headphones will not work with this unit.

Volume Control: The dial, located under the headphone jack, controls the volume of the speaker or headphones.

AC Adaptor Jack: The AC/DC adaptor is in the 9 volt range within a current range of 200 to 300 milliamperes.

This symbol indicates that the inner core of the plug of an AC adaptor is negative and that the outer part of the plug is positive. If the symbol on our AC/DC adaptor does not match the above symbol, confirm its compatibility at its place of purchase.

Speaker: The speaker is located on the back of your unit, above the book card slot. For best results, do not cover the speaker with your hand.

Headphone Jack

Volume Control

AC Adaptor Jack

➤Understanding the Menu

Goes to the English-to-German dictionary. Goes to the German-to-English dictionary. Goes to the School Essentials menu.

Goes to the Games menu. Goes to the English conjugation prompt. Goes to the German conjugation prompt.

Goes to the English traveller’s phrases menu.

Goes to the German traveller’s phrases menu.

Goes to My Word List. Goes to the Tools menu.

1. Press MENÜ.

will be highlighted the first time

you press MENÜ.

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon you want and press EINGABE.

Using the Main Menu

When you press

MENÜ

, you will see ten icons. Use these to quickly take you to different parts of your Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO.

Bookcard Colour Keys

The function keys on your product, located to the left of the screen, change functions according to the book card you select. Their functions are labelled on individual cards.

When in your book card:

For… Press…

the red key BEUG the green key E/D the yellow key WÖRTER the blue key LERNEN You can also press and hold FN to

learn how the colour keys on your book card correspond to the main keys on your product.

RED

GREEN

YELLOW

BLUE

➤Help is Always at Hand

Y ou can view a help message at any screen by pressing HILFE. Press or to read the message. T o exit help, press .

Viewing a Demonstration

or Tutorial

When using this dictionary, you can activate the Learn a Word feature or adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff time, the type size, and the message language. The shutoff time is how long your product stays on if you forget to turn it off.

1. Press MENÜ in the dictionary,

databank, converter, or calculator.

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight

and press EINGABE.

3. Settings will be highlighted.

Press EINGABE to select it.

4. Press or to move to

Learn a Word, Contrast, Shutoff, Type Size, or Anzeigesprache

(Messages).

5. Press or to change the setting.

Your changes are automatically saved.

6. Press EINGABE when done.

Press CLEAR to return to the Word Entry screen.

Changing the Settings

➤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.

You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this dictionary at any time.

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and press EINGABE.

3. Press to highlight either T utorial

or View Demo and press EINGABE.

To stop the demonstration or exit from the Tutorial and go to the Word Entry screen, press CLEAR. To go to the main menu, press MENÜ.

When a book card is installed in your product, select View Demo from the Setup menu to see the demonstration for that card.

Y our Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO is fully bilingual. Try translating a German word.

1. Press E/D to change the entry language from English to German, if needed.

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

To erase a letter, press . Note: you do not need to type accents. To type accents if desired, type the letter (e.g., u) and press repeatedly until the accent you want appears (e.g., ü). If you want to type a ß, then hold FN and press s. To type a capital, hold

and press a letter key. To type a number, hold FN and press q-p. To type a hyphen, hold FN and press j.

3. Press EINGABE to view the English translation.

Press or to scroll.

4. Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous definition.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Translating German Words

Changing the Settings

➤Learn a New Word

Your dictionary comes with a Learn a Word feature to help you increase

your German or English vocabulary. Each time you turn your Deutsch/Englisch Professor PRO on, you can see a different headword taken from the dictionary. If you wish to turn this feature on,

press MENÜ. Highlight and press EINGABE. Press EINGABE

again to select Settings. Press or to turn the feature on and

press EINGABE when done. When German is the entry language, you will be shown a German word and when English is the entry language, you will be shown an English word. To learn how to change the entry language, read “Changing the Language on page 46.

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