Franklin CSB-1470U User Manual
CSB-1470U
Bradford’s
Crossword
Solver
User’s Guide
www.franklin.com
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Key Guide
Soft Keys
Soft Key functions are represented by the
labels displayed along the bottom of the
screen. To perform a Soft Key function,
press the unlabelled key at the top of the
keyboard that corresponds to the label
you want. These labels change to reect
the different fuctions available in the
various books and exercises in this device.
For example, in the main menu, the
following Soft keys are available:
BOOKS Displays the Books menu.
LEARN Displays the Learning Zone menu.
SOLVE Displays the Solvers menu.
GAMES Displays the Games menu.
TOOLS Displays the Tools menu.
Please refer to the specic topics in this
User’s Guide to learn the function of any
available Soft Keys.
Function Keys
Turns the product on or off.
Enables user to access extra
content if a BOOKMAN book card
is in the card slot.
Goes to the Advanced Crossword
Search screen, or returns to the
last advanced search screen you
used.
Goes to the top of the Books
menu.
Displays a help message.
Goes to the main menu. Goes
to the word entry screen in
any book that has one. Clears
the calculator. In the metric
converter, goes to its main
menu.
Backs up, erases a letter, or
turns off the highlight in an entry.
Enters a word, selects an item,
or begins a highlight in an entry.
At a 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.
Types an underscore.
Shifts to type capital letters and
punctuation marks.
Shifts to allow previous, next,
page up, page down, and to
type a hyphen (-).
Combination Keys*
+ At a dictionary entry, pages up
or
or down.
+ At a dictionary entry, displays
or
the previous or next entry.
+ Transfers a word between
books.
+ At a menu, goes to the rst or
or
last menu item. At an entry, goes
to the start or end of the entry.
+J Types a hyphen.
+ Types an apostrophe.
+ Types a slash.
+ At a word entry screen, types an
asterisk to stand for a series of
letters in a word. In games, gives
a hint.
*Hold the rst key while pressing the second.
Direction Keys
Move up.
Move down.
Move left.
Move right.
At menus and dictionary entries,
pages down. At a word entry
screen, types a space.
Using the Special Features
Your device 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.
On/Off
Function
Keys
On/Off: Turns the unit on and off.
Function Keys: Each of these unlabelled
keys corresponds to the function that
appears directly above it on the screen.
Serial
Port
Book Card
Slot
Battery
Compartment
Serial Port: Plug in a serial-to-USB or
serial-to-serial cable here to connect this
unit to your PC.
Book Card Slot: The card slot is located
on the back of the unit. It enables you to
read electronic books purchased from
www.franklin.com and is compatible with
all BOOKMAN and BMC cards.
Battery Compartment: The battery
compartment is located on the back of the
unit. It holds two AAA batteries.
Replacing Batteries
Your device is powered by two AAA
batteries. Follow these easy instructions
to install or replace them. Please have the
new batteries at hand before you remove
the old ones.
1. Turn your product off and turn it over.
2. Lift the battery cover on the back
of the product by pushing up on the
catch.
3. Remove the old batteries.
4. Install the batteries following
the +/- markings in the battery
compartment.
5. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: If the batteries wear out
completely or if you take more than a few
seconds while changing the batteries, any
information that was entered in the built-in
book or book card may be erased. You
should always keep written copies of your
important information.
Battery disposal: Do not dispose of the
batteries with normal household waste.
Please obey your local regulations when
disposing of used batteries.
Battery Precautions
• Non-rechargeable batteries are not to
be re-charged. Never recharge batteries
that come with the device.
• Rechargeable batteries are to be
removed from the device before being
charged.
• Rechargeable batteries are only to be
charged under adult supervision.
• Only batteries of the same or equivalent
type as recommended are to be used.
• The supply terminals are not to be
short-circuited.
• Do not expose batteries to direct heat
or try to take the batteries apart. Follow
the battery manufacturer’s instructions
for battery use.
• Always remove a weak or dead battery
from the device.
• To avoid damage caused by leakage
of the battery uid, replace the battery
or batteries once every two years
regardless of how much the device has
been used during that time.
• Should a battery leak, the device may
become damaged. Clean the battery
compartment immedicately, avoiding
contact with your skin.
• Keep batteries out of reach of small
children. If swallowed, consult a
physician immediately.
For Your Information
Follow the Arrows ✓
The ashing 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. Press or
to read. To exit help, press BACK.
Using the Main Menu
Use the main menu to quickly take you
to different books, tools and exercises in
your device. The main menu contains ve
tabs: Books, Learning Zone, Solvers,
Games and Tools. Use and to move
to another tab. Use and to highlight
the option you want and press ENTER to
select it. You can also go directly to a tab
by pressing the tab’s respective Soft Key.
Understanding the Menus
The Books tab enables you to look
up denitions, thesaurus entries and
crossword solutions. Search denitions
for words using Bradford’s Crossword
Solver’s Dictionary and Crossword Lists,
the Collins Compact Thesaurus and the
Collins Solutions English Dictionary. You
can also access the Collins Discovery
Encyclopedia.
The Learning Zone tab enables you to
access Practice Crossword Clues, Word
Games and Crossword Indicators, an
alpha-searchable list of indicator words
for anagrams and other puzzles. You can
also research language tools, including
grammar, spelling and sentence structure,
using The Good Writing Guide.
The Solvers tab allows you to access
Anagram Solver, Crossword Solver, and
Word Builder. Use these tools to help you
nd words used in crossword puzzles and
other word games.
The Games tab allows you to access
the eleven games included in your
device: Anagram Game, Antonym Game,
Hangman, Synonym Game, Word Blaster,
Word Deduction, Word Train, 1 and 2
player Link Four and 1 and 2 player
Noughts & Crosses. You can also adjust
the game settings.
The Tools tab allows you to access a
demonstration and tutorial of how this
device works. You can also utilize the
Timer, Calculator, the Metric and Currency
Converters. From the Tools menu you can
also adjust the device settings or view
copyright information for this device.
Viewing a Demonstration
or Tutorial
1. Press MENU.
2. Press TOOLS.
You can also press or until you
reach the Tools menu.
3. Press to highlight either Tutorial or
View Demo and press ENTER.
To stop the demonstration or exit from
the Tutorial and return to the Tools
menu, press CLEAR.
Changing the Settings
When using this device, you can activate
the Learn a Word feature, adjust the
screen contrast, the shutoff time and the
type size.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press TOOLS.
You can also press or until you
reach the Tools menu.
3. Settings will be highlighted. Press
ENTER to select it.
4. Press or to move to Learn a
Word, Contrast, Shutoff, or Type Size.
Learn a Word determines whether you
see a word every time you turn on your
device.
Contrast determines how dark or light
the screen is.
Shutoff determines how long your
device stays on if no key is pressed.
Type Size determines how large or small
the text is on this device.
5. Press or to change the setting.
Your changes are automatically saved.
6. Press ENTER when done.
Press CLEAR to return to the Tools
menu.
Learn a New Word ✓
Your dictionary comes with a Learn a
Word feature to help you increase your
vocabulary. Each time you turn your
dictionary on, you can see a random
headword.
Using the Crossword
Solver’s Dictionary
Use the Crossword Solver’s Dictionary to
nd solutions to crossword puzzle clues.
1. Press MENU.
2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight Crossword
Solver’s Dict, then press ENTER.
4. Type a word (e.g., friend).
To erase a letter, press BACK.
To type a capital, hold CAP and press
a letter key. To type a hyphen, hold FN
and press J.
5. Press ENTER to view the entry.
Press SPACE or to scroll.
6. Hold FN and press or to view the
next or previous entry, if available.
7. Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Note: You can look up the word you
entered in another book by pressing the
Soft Keys at the bottom of the screen.
Understanding Crossword ✓
Dictionary Entries
A crossword dictionary entry is a list
of words, synonyms and other words
similar in meaning to the headword.
Entries are organized according to the
length of the word, so if you are looking
for a 4 letter word for “friend”, you
can go immediately to that area of the
entry and select from “ally”, “chum” or
“mate”.
Misspelled Words ✓
If you enter a misspelled word, a list of
corrections appears. Highlight the word
you want and then press ENTER to see
its entry.
Choosing Multiple Forms ✓
Some words in the dictionaries have
more than one form (e.g., resume,
resumé, résumé). When the word you
are looking up has multiple forms, the
different forms appear in a list. Simply
highlight the form you want and press
ENTER to see its entry.
For example, select Crossword Solver’s
Dict from the Books menu, then type
resume at the word entry screen and
press ENTER. Highlight the form you
want and press ENTER to see its entry.
To go back to the Multiple Forms list,
press BACK.
Highlighting Words
Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in entries or word
lists. You can then nd their denitions,
thesaurus entries, encyclopedia entries or
nd them in the Crossword Lists.
1. At any text, press ENTER to start the
highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press BACK.
2. Use the arrow keys to move the
highlight to the word you want.
To... Press...
dene the word ENTER
view the thesaurus THES
entry
view the encyclopedia ENCYC
entry
view the Crossword XDICT
Dictionary entry
view the Crossword XLIST
List entry
3. Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Finding Letters in Words
If you are uncertain about how to spell a
word, type a question mark (?) in place
of each unknown letter. To nd prexes,
sufxes and other parts of words, type an
asterisk (*) in a word. Each asterisk stands
for a series of letters. Note: If you type
an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it
may take a little while to nd the matching
words.
1. Go to any word entry screen.
You can access a word entry screen
by selecting the Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary, Collins Compact Thesaurus,
Collins Solutions English Dictionary, or
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia.
2. Type a word with ?s and *s.
To type an asterisk, hold down CAP
and press ?.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press to move the highlight to the
word you want and press ENTER to
view its entry.
5. Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the
Advanced Search
The Advanced Search function enables
you to perform an Advanced Crossword
Search, Advanced Reference Search,
Advanced Anagram Search, save the
results of your searches and utilize the
Workspace.
To access the advanced searches, press
SEARCH. Available options are indicated
by the Soft Keys at the bottom of the
screen.
XWORD Goes to the Advanced
Crossword Search screen.
REF Goes to the Advanced Reference
Search screen.
ANAG Goes to the Advanced Anagram
Search screen.
WORK Opens your list of saved
searches.
SAVE Saves your current search
results.
Using the Advanced
Crossword Search
The Advanced Crossword Search searches
the entries of the Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary, the Compact Thesaurus and
the Crossword Lists for any matches to the
information you enter.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press XWORD, if necessary, to go
to the Advanced Crossword Search
screen.
3. Enter your search information in the
various elds.
Press or to move between the
fields.
The Keywords field should contain
important words from your crossword
clue that indicate the entries you want
to search.
The Known letters field should contain
a pattern of letters the word you are
looking for should match.
The Length field can contain the length
of the word you are looking for, if you
do not know any letters.
Note: You do not have to have
information in every field to complete a
search.
For example, type correct in the
Keywords field, ????d? in the Known
letters field and leave the Length field
empty. Remember, ? replaces a single
letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press BACK. To type a
capital, hold CAP and press a letter key.
To type a hyphen, hold FN and press J.
4. Press ENTER to search.
Your list of results is displayed. “XDICT”
indicates matches in the Crossword
Solver’s Dictionary. “THES” indicates
matches in the Compact Thesaurus.
“XLIST” indicates matches in the
Crossword Lists.
5. Press or to highlight the results
you want to view.
Press SAVE to save the highlighted
search results to your Workspace.
6. Press ENTER.
You see a list of matching entries in the
selected book. Press BACK to return to
the list of search results.
7. Press or to highlight the entry
you want to view and press ENTER.
The text of the selected entry that
matches your search is displayed.
Press BACK to return to the list of
matching entries.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Advanced
Reference Search
The Advanced Reference Search searches
the entries of the Solutions English
Dictionary and the Discovery Encyclopedia
for any matches to the information you
enter.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press REF, if necessary, to go to the
Advanced Reference Search screen.
3. Enter your search information in the
various elds.
Press or to move between the
fields.
The Keywords field should contain
important words from your crossword
clue that indicate the entries you want
to search.
The Known letters field should contain
a pattern of letters the word you are
looking for should match.
The Length field can contain the length
of the word you are looking for, if you
do not know any letters.
Note: You do not have to have
information in every field to complete a
search.
For example, type second smallest
planet in the Keywords field, m?????y
in the Known letters field and leave
the Length field empty. Remember, ?
replaces a single letter in a word.
To erase a letter, press BACK. To type a
capital, hold CAP and press a letter key.
To type a hyphen, hold FN and press J.
4. Press ENTER to search.
Your list of results is displayed. “DICT”
indicates matches in the Solutions
English Dictionary. “ENCYC” indicates
matches in the Discovery Encyclopedia.
5. Press or to highlight the results
you want to view.
Press SAVE to save the highlighted
search results to your Workspace.
6. Press ENTER.
You see a list of matching entries in the
selected book. Press BACK to return to
the list of search results.
7. Press or to highlight the entry
you want to view and press ENTER.
The text of the selected entry that
matches your search is displayed.
Press BACK to return to the list of
matching entries.
8. Press CLEAR when done.
Press MENU to go to the main menu.
Using the Advanced Anagram
Search
The Advanced Anagram Search searches
the entries of the Crossword Solver’s
Dictionary, the Crossword Lists, the
Compact Thesarus, the Solutions English
Dictionary and the Discovery Encyclopedia
for any matches to the information you
enter.
1. Press SEARCH.
2. Press ANAG, if necessary, to go
to the Advanced Anagram Search
screen.
3. Enter your search information in the
various elds.
Press or to move between the
fields.
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