Franklin CPS-100 User Manual

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By Franklin Electronic Publishers

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User’s Guide

CPS-100

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Introduction

Now there’s a fun way to make crossword
puzzles less puzzling. With your new

Crosswords Solver

• find possible crossword answers when
you know only a few letters,

• find more possible answers by
changing letters,

• find phrases by typing a key word,

• find possible answers by topics (such

Animals

as

• play the Quiz game to practice your
puzzle solving skills.

Crosswords Solver

crossword puzzles, but by combining your
knowledge with its 130,000 word cross­word answer list from Chambers
find more answers than you find now.

This User’s Guide shows you how. You
can follow its numbered steps by using the
examples shown or by using words that
interest you.

you can . . .

and

Theatre

can’t solve all your

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), and

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, you can

Key Guide

Function Keys

BACK

CLEAR

ENTER

MORE

ON/OFF

PHRASE

QUIZ

TOPICS

Goes back a step or space.
Clears to the

Ready

screen.
Enters a word or scrolls text to the left.
Shows help information.

HELP

Finds more word choices.

Crosswords Solver

Turns
Searches for phrases including key word.
Starts the Quiz game.
Shows the Topics Menu.
Types a ? to stand for a letter.

?

Types a dash.

Direction Keys

Erases a letter or moves left.
Types a space or moves right.
Scrolls up a list or darkens the screen

Ready

Ready

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screen.

screen.

contrast at the
Scrolls down a list or lightens the screen

contrast at the

on or off.

Getting Started

The first time that you use this product, fol­low these steps.

1. Press ON/OFF.

A brief demonstration appears. To stop
the demonstration, press CLEAR.

2. Press
the screen contrast.

NOTE: You can adjust the screen
contrast only at the

✓ Disabling the Demonstration

You probably do not want to view the
demonstration each time that you turn on

Crosswords Solver

stration, type
then press ENTER.

✓ Resuming Where You Left Off

To extend the battery life,

Solver

two minutes, if you forget to turn it off your­self. When you turn it on again, you return
to the last screen that you viewed.

or repeatedly to adjust

Ready

Screen.

. To disable the demon-

--D

at the

will automatically shuts off within

3

Ready

Crosswords

screen and

Finding Words

Crosswords Solver

to crossword puzzles by finding missing let­ters. Type a
do not know and let
all possible matches from its word list.

1. Type a word with ?’s (e.g.,

To erase a letter, press BACK or .
To type a space, press

capitals only.

2. Press ENTER to search.

A MatchMaker list appears.

3. Press
matching words.

A ? can stand for a space as well as a
letter, as shown here.

4. Press CLEAR when finished.

?

to scroll down the list of

helps you find answers

in place of each letter that you

Crosswords Solver

find

?ALL??Y

. You can type

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).

Finding Words

✓ Viewing Help Information

Y ou can view help information at most screens
by pressing HELP . To scroll the help automati­cally , press ENTER. T o exit help, press BACK.

✓ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows show which arrow keys
you can press to view more.

✓ What is the Flashing ?

Some words belong to one or more topic.
When you see the flashing
the screen, press TOPICS to view the top­ics with which that word is associated. To
learn more about topics, read “Finding
Words by Topic.”

T

at the right of

✓ Scanning the Word List

You can view all of the words that are listed
alphabetically in your
Select a word, either by typing it at the

Ready

screen and pressing ENTER, or by
pressing ENTER when it appears in a list on
screen (e.g., a MatchMaker list). Once the
word is selected, you can use the arrow keys
to scroll up or down the entire list of words
that is found in

Crosswords Solver

Crosswords Solver

.

.

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Finding More Words

If the word you are looking for is not on a
Matchmaker list, press MORE to find more

DOT

Cross-

.

possibilities. When you press MORE,

words Solver

you have typed. Try this example.

1. Enter a word (e.g.,

Correct word

word was spelled correctly.

2. Press MORE.

The lowercase letter is the new letter.

3. Press
matches.

These are all variations, with one letter
changed, of the original word

4. Press CLEAR when finished.

substitutes a letter for one that

DOT

).

appears. This means the

repeatedly to view more

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Finding Phrases

Crosswords Solver

can also find phrases

that include a key word.

1. Type a word in a phrase (e.g.,

CAT

2. Press PHRASE.

3. Press repeatedly to view the
phrases.

4. Press CLEAR when finished.

✓ Correcting Misspellings

Crosswords Solver

checker. However , it can correct only those
words that are in this crossword list from
Chambers
commonly used English words.

®

. It may not recognize some

can be used as spell

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).

Finding Words by Topic

You can even narrow your search by topic.
There are 196 topics from which to choose.
They include anything from

Zoology

1. Press TOPICS.

2. Type the first letter of the topic (e.g.,

3. Press repeatedly until the topic

4. Press ENTER.

5. At the Ready screen type your cross-

6. Press ENTER.

7. Press to scroll down the

8. Press CLEAR when finished.

.

The Topics menu appears.

Note: There are no topics starting with the
letters K, Q, X, or Y.

you want appears (e.g.,

word guess with ?’s (e.g.,

MatchMaker list.

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Academics

Bible

).

M???S

B

).

to

).

Finding Words by Topic

✓ Another way to find Words by Topic

To find a list of the words associated with
a specific topic, first select a topic (e.g.,

Games & sports

mine how long the words in the list will be
(e.g.,

????

Now you can view every word that is four
letters long and listed under

sports

.

). Next enter ?’s to deter-

).

Games &

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Playing the Quiz Game

Crosswords Solver

Quiz game which you can play to practice
your crossword puzzle solving skills.

To play, you must guess the mystery word.
Its topic appears briefly before each round.
Your score appears after each round and
clears to zero when you exit the game.

1. Press QUIZ.

2. Press
you want.

3. Press ENTER to select it.

The topic of the mystery word briefly
appears.

4. Type letters in place of the ?’s.

If you type a letter that is not in the
word, you see
guessed a letter correctly, continue to
type letters until

5. Press ? to reveal a letter.

6. Press ENTER to play another round.

7. Press CLEAR when finished.

or to view the skill level

has a fun, challenging

No, try again

You win!

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. If you

appears.

Product Care

Model CPS-100

• Size: 6.9 x 10.1 x 0.8 cm • LCD: 1 x 16 characters

• Battery: one CR2032 3-volt lithium • Weight: 45.36 grams

Replacing the Battery

This product uses one CR2032, 3-volt lithium battery.
Should you need to replace the battery, unscrew the
screws on the back with a very fine screwdriver and
carefully remove the back cover. Then install a new bat­tery, plus sign facing you, and replace the cover.

Product Care and Customer Service

To clean this product, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth
and wipe its surface. Don’t spray liquids directly onto the unit.
Don’t use or store your unit in extreme or prolonged heat, cold,
humidity, or other adverse conditions.

If you have a problem with your unit, refer to the warranty. If
you purchased your unit outside the United Kingdom, contact
the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information.

Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and ISBN

© 1996 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, NJ 08016
U.S.A. All rights reserved. Complies with the limits for a Class B
computing device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. All rights re­served. 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.

© 1994 Chambers Harrap Ltd. All rights reserved.
U.S. PATENTS: 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 4,891,775; 5,249,965;

5,218,536; 5,113,340; 5,203,705; 5,396,606.
EURO. PAT. 0 136 379. Patents Pending.
ISBN 1-56712-320-1

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Limited Warranty (U.K. only)

This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by
Franklin for a period of one year from the date of pur­chase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin’s
option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty work­manship or materials.

Products returned under warranty should be sent to
the original vendor with proof of purchase and descrip­tion of fault. Charges will be made for all repairs un­less valid proof of purchase is provided.

This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to mis­use, accidental damage, or wear and tear. This guar­antee does not affect the consumer’s statutory rights.

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 undesirable operation.

This unit may change operating modes due to
Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this
unit can be re-established by pressing the reset key,
ON/OFF, or by removing/replacing batteries.

FPS-28092-00
P/N 7201539 Rev. A

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Notes

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