Franklin BQD-210 User Manual

BQD-210

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Electronic Publishers

DEUTSCH-ENGLISCH

LEXIKON

Anleitung

User’s Guide

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Key Guide

MENÜ

Shows the menu.

E/D

Switches between English and German.
Shows inflections.

FLEKT

Shows the next entry.

NCHST

Shows help information.

HILFE

Turns the unit on or off.

AN/AUS

At entry screens, types a

? ✽

for a letter or an ✽ to stand for a se­ries of letters; at lists, shows a full
name.

Clears to the entry screen.

LÖSCHEN

Goes back a step or space.

ZURÜCK

Enters a word or selects an item.

EINGABE

Moves up; at entry screen,
adjusts the contrast or accents a
typed letter.
Moves down; at entry screen,
adjusts the contrast.
Moves left or right.

?

to stand

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Getting Started

To start, you must first install the 4-AAA batter­ies in the back of the unit by sliding off the bat­tery cover in the direction of the arrow. Place
the batteries in the unit following the diagram
inside the case. Then, replace the cover.
Here is how to set the message language, ad­just the contrast, and disable the demonstration.

1. Press ON/OFF.

2. Press A or B to choose a message
language.

A brief demonstration appears.

3. Press LÖSCHEN to stop the demonstra­tion at any time.

4. Repeatedly press

or to adjust the

screen contrast.

Note:

You can adjust the screen contrast

only at an empty entry screen.

✓ Disabling the Demonstration

To disable the demonstration, press
LÖSCHEN and then MENÜ. Next, press

repeatedly to highlight

Disable Demo

Press EINGABE to disable it. To enable
the demo, repeat these steps.

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Getting Started

✓ Viewing Help Information

You can view help information at most
screens by pressing HILFE. To exit help,
press ZURÜCK.

✓ Viewing the Tutorial

If you want to read about what the keys
do, select

Tutorial

from the menu. Press

to read, and then press LÖSCHEN

when you have finished.

✓ Auto-Shutoff & Resume

If no button has been pressed for more
than two minutes, this dictionary will shut
off automatically. When you turn it on
again, you return to the last screen you
viewed, as long as the automatic demo
has been disabled.

✓ Follow the Arrows

The arrows at the right of the screen
show which arrow keys you can press
to view more.

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Changing Languages

The message language is the language of
entry screens, help information, part-of-speech
labels, and other messages. The entry lan­guage is the language in which you enter words
at entry screens.

▼

T

o Change the Message Language

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Press

to highlight

Message

Language

and then press EINGABE.

Or go to the menu and press E/D.

▼

To Change the Entry Language

1. If not at an entry screen, press
LÖSCHEN.

2. Press E/D repeatedly.

The entry screen toggles between the
German and English dictionaries.

✓ If You Misspell a Word

Don’t worry, you will automatically go to
a list of corrections. Press to highlight
a correction and then press EINGABE to
see its translation.

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Finding Translations

To translate words, simply enter them at the
appropriate entry screen (German or English).

1. Press LÖSCHEN.

2. Type a word.

To erase a letter, press ZURÜCK.

3. Press EINGABE to view its translation(s).

4. Press

to view more.

5. Press NCHST to go to the next
dictionary entry.

6. Press ZURÜCK to go back.

7. Press LÖSCHEN to clear the entry screen.

✓ Accenting & Capitalising Letters

You do not need to type accents or capi­tals in words. (If you enter a word without
its accent or capital letter, you will go to a
list of the multiple forms of the word.)

If you want to type an accent or capital,
first type the letter to be accented or
capitalised and then repeatedly press
until the desired result appears.

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Selecting from Translations

Another way to find a translation is by high­lighting a word while in a translation. You can
only select words that have dictionary entries.
Try this example:

1. Type a word.

2. Press EINGABE to go to its translation.

3. Press EINGABE again.

Notice the highlight. You can turn off the
highlight by pressing ZURÜCK.

4. Press the arrow keys to highlight
a word you want to look up.

5. Press EINGABE to go to its
translation(s).

6. Press ZURÜCK to go back.

✓ Understanding Definitions

Definitions include part-of-speech labels in
rounded brackets. Words in squared
brackets signify specialised usages.

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Finding Phrases

You can find German or English phrases by
typing any keyword in a phrase. For example,

find

will show

to find favor with some-

typing

body, find out

, and more. You can press MENÜ
and search the list, or you can type a keyword
at the entry screen.

▼

Searching the Phrase List

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Highlight

German Phrases

or

.

✻

to view the full phrase.

?

English

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Phrases

3. Press EINGABE to select it.

4. Start typing a word in a phrase.

You go directly to the list of keywords
starting with the letter(s) you typed.

5. Press EINGABE when the phrase you

want is highlighted to see its transla­tion.

✓ Seeing a Whole Phrase

Many phrases are too long to fit onto one
line. If a phrase runs off the line, press

Finding Phrases

▼

Using the Phrase Entry Screen

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Highlight either

German Phrases

English Phrases

.

3. Press EINGABE to select it.

4. Press LÖSCHEN.

5. Type a keyword at the Phrase Entry

Screen.

6. Press EINGABE to search.

7. If no match is found in a phrase, you go

to the word’s dictionary entry.
If more than one match is found, press
NCHST to go to the next match.

✓ Selecting Multiple Forms

Some words have more than one spell­ing or part of speech. When you try to
view the translations or inflections of
these words, a list of the different forms
appears. Highlight the word you want to
view and then press EINGABE.

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or

Finding Inflections

You can view inflections of nouns, verbs, and
modifiers. If you need grammar guidance for
the many verb inflections, press HILFE while
in an inflection to read all about how to use that
particular inflected form.

1. Type a word.

2. Press FLEKT.

You might have to select a form.

3. Press the arrow keys to view the

inflections.

4. If the word is a verb, press FLEKT

repeatedly to view another tense.

To go back to a previous tense, press

5. Press HILFE at verb inflections to view

descriptions of the inflections as well as
usage examples.

✓ Tips for Viewing Inflections

• Press FLEKT at definitions to view the
inflections of the word you looked up.

• Highlight a word in a definition and then
press FLEKT to view its inflections.

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Finding Letters in Words

If you are not sure how to spell a word, type a
question mark in place of each unknown let-

✽

in place of any number of letters.

ter, or an

✻

To type an ✽, press

and then press .

?

1. Type a word with ?’s in place of
unknown letters (e.g., at the German
entry screen:

h?ng

✽

).

2. Press EINGABE.

A list of matching words appears.

3. Press

to highlight a word.

4. Press EINGABE to view its translation(s).

5. Press LÖSCHEN.

✓ Tips for Finding Letters

• Use ?’s to help solve crossword puzzles

and other word games. For example, if
the second letter of a five-letter word is
and its next to last letter is r, enter
and then scroll down to view possible
answers.

• You can also use both ?’s and an ✽;

however, there is no need to put a
next to an ✽.

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Product Care

Cleaning, Storage, Problems: To clean, spray a

mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface.
Do not spray liquids directly on this product. Do not
use or store this product in extreme or prolonged
heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse conditions. If
you have a problem with this product, refer to the war­ranty. If you purchased this product outside the
United States, contact the place of purchase to ob­tain warranty or repair information.
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.

Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, ISBN:

© 1995 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 USA.
All rights reserved.
© 1989 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd.
All rights reserved.
U.S. PATENTS; 4, 490,811; 4,830,618; 5,113,340;
5,218,536; 5,245,070; 5,249,965; 5,396,606.
EURO. PAT. 0 136 379. Patents Pending.
ISBN 1-56712-243-4

FDS-28015-00 B
PN 7201437

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