Franklin BIB-1450 User Manual

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HOLY BIBLE

User’s Guide

BOOKMAN

BIB-1450

®

III

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Key Guide

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.

*Hold the first key while pressing the second.

+_’ 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.

Getting Started

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.

Replacing Batteries

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 sec-

onds 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.

Installing Book Cards

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 infor-

mation that was entered in the built-in book or book card will be erased.

Selecting a Book

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

4. Press ENTER to select it.

5. Press CARD to return to the card menu.

or

to highlight your selection.

Viewing a demonstration or tutorial

You can view a demonstration or tutorial of this Bible any time you want.

1. Press .

Setup

2. Use the arrow keys to highlight

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.

.

For Your Information

✓ 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 ?.

Changing the Settings

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

4. Press ENTER.

5. Use

6. Press ENTER to store your changes.
Press BACK to exit without making a change.

or

to move the highlight to Set Contrast, Set Shutoff or Set Type Size.

or

to change the setting.

Changing the Version

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.