Franklin BFS-840 User Manual

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Electronic Publishers
French Professor/
Speaking/parlant
User’s Guide/Mode d’emploi
BFS-840
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License Agreement

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Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec­tronic reference with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books. With this
French Professor
and define more than 250,000 words, cor-
, you can now translate
rect misspellings of both French and En­glish words, view noun, adjective, and verb inflections, and save words to a Personal word list for a more enjoyable way to learn. To lear n how to use other books, read their User’ s Guides.
Installing Batteries & Book Cards...................................4
Selecting Books & Using the Color Keys ........................5
Changing the Language ................................................. 6
Viewing a Demonstration............................................... 7
T ranslating English W ords..............................................7
T ranslating French W ords .............................................. 8
Highlighting a Word ....................................................... 9
Hearing an English Word................................................ 9
Learning Inflections ....................................................... 10
Finding a Letter ............................................................. 11
Finding a Prefix ............................................................. 11
Correcting Misspellings .................................................12
Using your Personal List................................................12
Sending a Word ............................................................. 14
Changing Game Settings ...............................................14
Playing the Games .........................................................15
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Key Guide

Function Keys
EFFAC
Clears to the Ready screen.
MENU
Shows Additional Functions menu.
CONJ
(red) Show inflections of a word.
LANG
(green) Switches between English and French entry languages.
JEUX
(yellow) Shows the games list.
PARLE
(blue) Says an English word.
CARTE
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the BOOKMAN book described in this User’ s Guide.
Other books have their own color key functions, which are labelled on their book cards and listed in their User’ s Guides. For more information, read “Using the Color Keys.”
Other Keys
ARR
Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight.
MAJ
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTRER
Enters a search, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight.
AIDE
Shows help messages.
ESPACE
Types a space or pages down in text.
?
Types a ? to stand for an unknown letter in a word; shifted, types an
for a series of unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Star Key Combinations*
CARTE
+
Sends a word between books.
+ BAS Shows the next word or
inflection group.
+ HT Shows the previous word
or inflection group.
L
3
+
*Hold
Shows the personal word list
while pressing the other key .
to stand
.
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Installing Batteries

Installing Book Cards

BOOKMAN model 840 uses four AAA batteries. Here is how to install or re­place them.
Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from BOOKMAN, information that you entered in its built­in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries with their positive sides facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover .
Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn of f BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears.
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 Books Using the Color Keys

Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you must select which book you want to use.
1. T urn BOOKMAN on.
CARTE
2. Press
.
These are sample books.
3. Press
or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTRER
to select it.
About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide may differ from what you see on the actual screen. This does not mean that your BOOK­MAN is malfunctioning.
On the top row of your BOOKMAN the red, green, yellow, and blue colour keys change functions according to the book card you select.
If you are using the built-in book, the colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you select a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that book card.
Remember, when you select a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that book card, not the keyboard.
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Changing the Message
Language

Changing theMessage Language

Message Language
When you turn on this product for the first time, you must choose the message language. The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. You can change the message language after your initial decision.
NOTE: The examples in the English half of this manual use English as the message language.
1. Press
MENU
if you are not at the
Message Language screen.
A
2. Press
to select the Message
Language screen.
3. Press
B
to select English as
the message language; press
A
to select French.
Entry Language
The entry language is the language in which you enter words at ready screens. This determines which dictionary you will use, French or English.
1. If not at the Ready screen,
EFFAC
press
2.
Press
.
LANG
to switch between
dictionaries.
Changing the Contrast
If you want to change the screen contrast, repeatedly press or at the blank ready screen.
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Viewing a Demonstration

T ranslating English Words

When no book cartridge is installed in your BOOKMAN, a demonstration au­tomatically appears after you select this book. To stop the demo, press To disable it, press lect
Disable Demo
lect
Enable Demo
MENU
and then se-
. To re-enable it, se-
.
EFFAC
When a book cartridge is installed, se­lect
View Demo
from the menu to view
the demo.
Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
AIDE
. Press the direction keys to
read it. To exit help, press
ARR
.
To r ead a tutorial of how to use the main functions and keys of this book, select
Tutorial
from the Additional
Functions menu.
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.
With the French Professor you are able to translate English words to French sim­ply by typing English words.
.
1. Press
2. Press
EFFAC
.
LANG
to change the entry language to English, if needed.
3. Type a word (e.g., cat).
To erase a letter press
4. Press
5. Press
ENTRER
.
EFFAC
when finished.
ARR
Explanation of Genders
French nouns are different than English nouns in that they must either be masculine or feminine. The <m> means that the word listed (e.g.,
chat
) is masculine. Likewise an <f> would show the word to be feminine.
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T ranslating English Words

T ranslating French W ords

Understanding Definitions
When you find a definition, you may see that there are several different meanings for your word. Here is an example.
1. Type
2. Press
man
ENTRER
.
.
This screen shows that “homme” is the most common use of the word.
The capitalized words found in brack­ets indicate there's another category that this word could be used with. For example, if you are talking about a chess man, you would use the word “pièce” instead of “homme”.
Your French Professor is fully bilingual. Try translating a French wor d.
1. Press
LANG
to change the Entry language from English to French, if needed.
2. Type a word (e.g., poisson).
If you need to type an accent: type
e
the letter (e.g.,
) and press re­peatedly until the accent you want ap­pears.
3. Press
ENTRER
.
In addition to "poisson", the French Professor translates words with simi­lar meanings such as “les Poissons”, which means the astrological sign Pisces. To view more press
4. Press
EFFAC
when done.
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Highlighting a Word

Hearing an English Word

You can look up most wor ds by highlight­ing them within dictionary definitions. You can then find their definitions, translations, and synonyms. NOTE: By searching for a highlighted word, the entry language changes to the language of the word for which you searched.
ENTRER
1. At any text, press
to
start the highlight.
You can turn the highlight off by pr ess-
ARR
ing
.
2. Use the arrow keys to high­light a word.
3. Do one of the following: To... Press...
define the word view inflections hear an English word
ENTRER
CONJ
PARLE
You can hear any English word pro­nounced at the Ready screen, in text, or in a list. NOTE: You can only hear words if you have a speaking BOOKMAN unit.
Hearing Words from the Ready
Menu
1.
T ype a wor d at the Ready scr een.
2. Press
PARLE
.
Hearing Words in Text
1. Go to a definition.
PARLE
2. Press
The headword is pronounced.
3. Press
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word.
5. Press
The highlighted word is pronounced.
Hearing Words in a List
▼▼
1. Go to your User’s or Path list.
2. Press word on the list.
3. Press
9
.
ENTRER
to start the highlight.
PARLE
.
or to highlight a
PARLE
to hear the word.
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Learning Inflections

Learning Inflections
Inflections show changes in a word’s meaning or function. This dictionary in­cludes extensive inflections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words.
LANG
1. Press
to switch to the
French ready screen.
Type a French word (e.g., écrire).
2.
3. Press
CONJ
.
4. Highlight the desired word form, and press
ENTRER
.
4. Use the direction keys to read.
5. Press either
CONJ
or hold
and press BAS repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or another modifier, then ther e won’t be any other inflections.
EFFAC
6. Press
when done.
Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can
AIDE
press
to view detailed descrip­tions of how to use inflections, with usage examples.
Viewing English Inflections
If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may be helpful to look at some inflected forms of English verbs. Switch the entry language back to English, type
be
, and press
CONJ
see the different forms of the English verb “to be”. This will give you a good idea of each inflection form.
Verb Inflection Forms
Your French Professor has the follow­ing verb forms: present indicative, im­perfect indicative, past definite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, im­perfect subjunctive, perfect indicative, pluperfect indicative, preterite anterior , future perfect, conditional perfect, perfect subjunctive, pluperfect sub­junctive, imperative, and the present participle.
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Finding a Letter

Finding a Prefix

If you are uncertain how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. You can use more than one question mark per word; however, you will get a longer list of matches.
1. Type a word with ?’s (e.g.,
port?).
2. Press
ENTRER
.
3. Highlight a match.
ENTRER
4. Press
to see the word’s
translation.
Deeper Correction
If you select
Deeper correction
from a correction list, you will get a longer list of more detailed corrections than the previous list.
To find prefixes type an asterisk in a word. Asterisks stand for a series of let­ters.
1. Type a word ending with an
?
ENTRER
).
MAJ
.
.
(e.g., armo
To type an asterisk, hold press
2. Press
3. Highlight a match.
ENTRER
4. Press
to see the word’s
translation.
EFFAC
5. Press
when done.
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Correcting Misspellings

Using Your Personal List

If you misspell a word in either language, the French Professor shows you a list of suggestions from which to choose in the selected language.
1. Type a misspelled word (e.g., chein).
To erase a letter, press
ENTRER
2. Press
.
ARR
.
3. Use the arrow keys to high­light a correction.
ENTRER
4. Press
5. Press
to select the word.
EFFAC
when done.
Adding Words
You can save up to 80 wor ds total, for both English and French, in your Personal word list for personal study or review. The Personal word list is saved between sessions unless the batteries run out of power or your BOOKMAN is reset.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Select D: Personal Word List.
3. Select N: Add new word, or
N
press
.
4. Type a word in the current entry language.
5. Press
ENTRER
to add the word.
6. Add another word if desired.
EFFAC
7. Press
when done.
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Using your Personal List
Using your Personal List
Adding Entered Words
You can also add wor ds to your Personal word list directly from the ready screen. Type the wor d you want to add to your word list. Press and select
Word List
, to go to the Personal list menu. Press the word. Then press
EFFAC
MENU
A
to add
to return
to the ready screen.
Adding Highlighted Words
Y ou can also add words to your personal word lists from definitions, and correction lists. First highlight a
MENU
word. Then press
Word List
. The word you highlighted
and select
will show up as it did when you added an entered word.
Personal Word List Shortcut
An easier way to access your Personal word list is to hold ✩ and press L. This will take you directly to the Word list menu.
Viewing Your List
1. Press
2. Press
MENU
, and then press D.
LANG
to change the
entry language, if needed.
3. Press V to view the list.
4. Highlight a word on the list.
5. Press
ENTRER
to view its
definition(s) or
CONJ
to view
its inflections.
Deleting a Word
1. Press
2. Press
MENU
, and then press D.
V
to view the list.
3. Highlight the word you want to delete.
R
4. Press
Erasing Your List
1. Press
2. Press
to remove that word.
MENU
, and then press D.
V
to view the list.
3. Press E to erase the list.
Y
4. Press
for yes.
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Sending a Word

Changing Game Settings

This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words to and receive words from cer­tain other BOOKMAN books.
To send a word, you must first install a cartridge in your BOOKMAN, and that cartridge must be able to send or receive words. To learn if a cartridge can send or receive words, read its User’ s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this book.
T o highlight a word in a list, press the arrow keys. T o highlight a word in text,
ENTRER
press
and then use the arrow
keys.
2. Hold ✩ and press
CARTE
.
3. Highlight the other book.
ENTRER
4. Press
.
The word that you highlighted appears in the other book.
5. Press
ENTRER
to look up the
word.
Y ou can change the game settings at any time. Each setting applies to all of the games.
1. Press
2. Press
JEUX
.
ENTRER
or press A to
adjust the settings.
3. Use the arrow keys to high­light an option.
4. Press to change settings.
Understanding Settings
Language:
Select the language with
which you wish to play the games.
Word list
: Select which word list to use in
the games (Main or Personal list).
Difficulty
: Select the level of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, TOEFL, and Expert. TOEFL means the difficulty equals that of the Test of En­glish as a Foreign Language.
Inflected forms:
Choose whether or not
to use inflections among your game words.
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Playing the Games

Now that you have selected the settings for the games, let’s play them.
JEUX
1. Press
2. Highlight a game using the arrow keys.
You can also select a game by typing the letter in front of its name.
3. Press
4. Press round.
Selecting Game Difficulty
When you select either Hangman or Word Auction certain options for those games. In Hang­man, you must use the direction keys to choose the number of guesses allowed. In Word Auction you must use the di­rection keys to determine how much your bankroll will be. These options make the games more or less difficult accord­ing to the setting. The default options are at an intermediate skill level.
.
ENTRER
to select it.
ESPACE
to play another
, you then must choose
Playing the Games
Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?’ s, one letter at a time. As you type letters, the correct letters appear in place of the question marks, your incorrect letters appear below, and guesses remaining appear to the right. Y ou must guess the word before you run out of tries and your man hangs.
Word Blaster
In Word Blaster you try to guess the mystery word before all its letters appear . As soon as you know the word, press guess and press
ENTRER
. Then type your
ENTRER
. If you’re wrong, Word Blaster asks you for another word. The speed at which the letters appear is set by the skill level.
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Playing the Games
Playing the Games
Word Auction
In Word Auction, you try to bid for all the letters of a mystery word, before your cash runs out. The amount of each bid depends on the frequency of the letter. All bids will cost you whether correct or incorrect. If you guess the word, your remaining cash is added to the next round.
Word Train
All aboard the Word T rain spelling game! You and the train take turns typing letters to form a word. Whoever types the last letter wins.
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study. To view the definition of the word, press Press
ARR
to return to Flashcards,
ENTRER
and then press to try another word.
NOTE: These next two games test your knowledge of French words only .
Gender Tutor
Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of French nouns. Press for masculine and F for feminine. Your score is shown in the top right corner of the screen.
Conjumania!
Conjumania! teaches verb conjuga­tions. It shows you an infinitive French verb and asks you to enter a conjugation. Y our conjugation must be spelled correctly , including accents. T o try a new conjugation
ESPACE
press
.
.
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Playing the Games

Optional Features

Help in Games
AIDE
Press
while you’re in a game if you need help. It will explain the game you are playing. T o exit
ARR
press
.
Game Options
After you finish a round, you can do the following:
To... Press...
Play another round View the word’s definition Play a different game Go to the ready screen
ESPACE
ENTRER
ARR
EFFAC
AIDE
AC adaptor
jack
,
AC adaptor jack: Your BOOKMAN may be equipped with a standard 3.5 mm jack for use with a 9-volt, 200-300 milli­amp AC/DC adaptor.
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 your AC/DC adaptor does not have this symbol, confirm its compatibil­ity at its place of purchase.
Headphone jack: Your BOOKMAN may also have a 3.5 mm stereo head­phone jack for use with a standard im­pedance 8 Ohm headset.
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Headphone
jack
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Cartridge Care

Resetting BOOKMAN

• Do not touch the metal contacts on the cartridges.
Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase in­formation entered in a cartridge or built­in book.
• Do not put excessive pressure on the cartridges.
LBS.
• Do not expose the cartridges to heat, cold, or liquids.
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re­spond, or if its screen performs errati­cally, first press
ON/OFF
twice. If nothing happens, follow
EFFAC
and then press
the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button
with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book, and in an installed cartridge.
1. Hold
EFFAC
and press
ON/OFF
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paper clip to gently press BOOKMAN’s r eset button.
The reset button is recessed in a pin­sized hole on the back of BOOKMAN. Look for it on the battery cover or near the cartridge slot.
Troubleshooting BOOKMAN
• Make sure your cartridge, if any ,
is installed correctly .
• Check that the cartridge’s metal
contacts are dirt-and dust-free.
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Limited Warranty (US only)

Copyrights & Patents

FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., One Franklin Plaza, Bulington, NJ 08016-4907, within one year of purchase. Alternatively, FRANKLIN may , at its option, refund your purchase price. Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under license to FRANKLIN. FRANKLIN makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy of data in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT. No warranty is made that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free. You assume all risk of any damage or loss from your use of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT. This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN, the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with, damaged by accident, abused, misused, or misapplication, or as a result of service or modification by any party, including any dealer, other than FRANKLIN. This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for FRANKLIN. Batteries, corrosion, or battery contacts and any damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty. NO FRANKLIN DEALER, AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS W ARRANTY. THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, WRITTEN OR ORAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN’S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY. Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, or limitations on how long a warranty lasts. This warranty gives you specific rights; you may also have additional rights which vary from State to State. This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law. FRANKLIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR DAMAGE, ARISING OUT OF YOUR PURCHASE, THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT, THIS LICENSE, OR ANY OBLIGATION RESULTING THEREFROM OR THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY , WHETHER BREACH OF CONTRACT , TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHICH DAMAGES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS, DAMAGES TO PROPERTY, OR PERSONAL INJUR Y (BUT ONL Y TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW). FRANKLIN’S ENTIRE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM OR LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE FROM ANY SUCH CAUSE SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT. THIS CLAUSE SHALL SURVIVE FAILURE OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. This license and warranty is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of New Jersey.
Model: BFS-840
• batteries: 4 AAA (not included)
• size: 14 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm
• weight: 7 oz. (without batteries)
© 1994-1998 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights re­served. © 1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
© 1993 First Byte. All rights reserved. FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a
Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference; and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
This unit may change operating modes due to Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing or by removing/replacing batteries.
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