Franklin DBD-440 User Manual

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Deutsch/Englisch
Professor
User’s Guide
DBD-440
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 German/English Dictionary you can translate more than 200,000
Installing Batteries .................................................................. 21
Installing Book Cards .............................................................. 21
Selecting Books ....................................................................... 22
Using the Color Keys ............................................................... 22
Changing Settings ................................................................... 23
Viewing a Demonstration ........................................................ 23
Changing the Language ...........................................................24
Beginner Tips........................................................................... 24
Finding Words ......................................................................... 25
Finding Phrases ....................................................................... 25
Finding Inflections ...................................................................26
Advanced Tips .........................................................................26
Highlighting Words ..................................................................27
Finding Spellings ..................................................................... 27
Using the User List ..................................................................28
Playing the Games ................................................................... 29
Sending Words Between Books ............................................... 31
Copyrights & Patents ............................................................... 33
Notes ....................................................................................... 33
words, view their inflections with ex­amples, correct misspellings, save words to your User list, and play fun, educational word games that will help you learn German. To learn how to use other books, read their User’s Guides.
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to an entry screen.
MENÜ
Shows the main menus.
FLEKT
(red) Shows inflections.
E/D
(green) Switches languages.
SPIEL
(yellow) Shows the games menu.
LISTE
(blue) Shows the User list menu.
KARTE
Exits the selected book.
AN/AUS
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.”
*Hold ✩ while pressing the other key
Other Keys
ZURÜCK
Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight.
Shifts keys to type capitals.
EINGABE
Enters a search, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight.
HILFE
Shows help messages.
Types a space or pages down.
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.
Accents a German letter.
AUF/AB Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
KARTE
+
+ AB Shows the next match.
+ AUF Shows the previous match.
.
Sends a word between books.
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to stand

Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries

BOOKMAN model 440 uses two CR2032 lithium 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 built-in 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 plus signs facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears.
About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide may differ from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning.
Warning: Never install or remove a book card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn 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: When you remove a book card to install another, information that you entered into the removed 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. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
KARTE
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use.
4. Press
EINGABE
The first time you use this
to select it.
dictionary, you will need to choose the language you want the messages to appear in.
5. Press B if you speak English or press A if you speak German.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions ac­cording to which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that book card.
Remember, the color keys for BOOK­MAN books in book cards function as labelled on their book cards, not as on the keyboard.
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Changing Settings

Viewing a Demonstration

You can adjust the font size, shutoff time, and screen contrast. The font size changes the number of lines of text that appear on screen. The shut­off time is how long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.
1. Press
MEN Ü
.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight Select Font or Set Shutoff.
4. Press
EINGABE
.
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press and if you selected
Set Contrast
6. Press
EINGABE
to select it.
.
Setting Other Book Cards
When you install a BOOKMAN book card, you will not need to change the settings. It will copy the settings you have selected for this product.
Before you start using this book, you can view a demonstration of what it can do.
The demonstration automatically ap­pears the first time that you select it. If you want to stop the demonstration,
CLEAR
press
. To disable it, press highlight the Other menu, and then se­lect
Disable Demo
.
Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
Press the direction keys to read it. To exit help, press
ZURÜCK
or
HILFE
If you want to read a tutorial of what this product can do and what the keys do, select
Tutorial
the Other 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.
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MEN Ü
.
from
,
HILFE

Changing the Language

Message Language
The message language is the language of prompts, help and other messages. NOTE: For examples in the English half of this manual, the message language is English.
1. If not at menus, press
2. Highlight Message Language from the Other menu.
3. Press
Entry Language
EINGABE
.
The entry language is the language in which you enter words at entry screens. This determines which dictio­nary you will use, German or English.
1.
If not at an entry screen, press
CLEAR
.
Press
E/D
to switch dictionaries.
2.
MEN Ü
.

Beginner Tips

A Faster Way to Change
Languages
At the main menus press Pressing
E/D
changes the message language at the menus and help, or changes the entry language at the entry screen.
Understanding Definitions
Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of information. Headwords (i.e., main-words) are in bold type followed by a part-of-speech label. Grammatical information is in angle brackets (< >). Special usages are noted in regular brackets ([ ]).
If You Misspell a Word
Don’t worry. A list of corrections automatically appears. Highlight a correction and then press view its definition(s).
E/D
EINGABE
.
to
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Finding Words

Finding Phrases

The simplest way to translate or de­fine a word is to enter it at an entry screen. You do not need to type ac­cents or capital letters.
1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., geld).
To erase a letter, press
2. Press
EINGABE
.
ZURÜCK
.
3. Press or the space key to move down.
4. Hold ✩ and press AB to view the next or dictionary entry.
Or hold ✩ and press AUF to view the previous one.
5. Press
CLEAR
.
This product also contains many phrases. You can find phrases simply by entering a single word from a phrase.
1. Select
German Phrases
from
the Topics menu.
2. Type a word in a German
noch
phrase (e.g.,
3. Press
EINGABE
).
.
4. Hold ✩ and press AB repeatedly to view the next matches.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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Finding Inflections

Advanced Tips

This dictionary includes extensive in-
flections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words.
1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., schwimmen).
2. Press
FLEKT
.
These are the principal parts of the verb
schwimmen
.
3. Press or the space key to read.
4. Press
FLEKT
repeatedly to view
more inflections.
5. Press
when done.
CLEAR
Getting Grammar Guidance
When viewing inflections, you can press
HILFE
to view detailed descriptions of how to use inflections, with usage examples.
Viewing Complete Menu
Items
The words and phrases followed by ellipses are too long to fit onto one line. At any highlighted menu item, press
to view the whole item.
?
Umlauting & Capitalizing
German Letters
You don’t need to type umlauts at entry screens. However, if you want to umlaut a letter, first type
the letter and then press repeatedly until the correct umlaut, or accent, appears. To capitalize a letter do the same until the letter is capitalized.
Another Way to Find Words
Instead of entering words only at entry screens, try searching the dictionary menus. First, press
MEN Ü
. Then start typing a word.
When the word you want is highlighted, press
EINGABE
to view
its definition(s).
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Highlighting Words

Finding Spellings

To learn more about a word appearing in a definition, you can highlight the word and find its definition(s) and in­flections.
1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., frei).
2. Press
3. Press
EINGABE
.
EINGABE
again to start the
highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press
ZURÜCK
.
4. Press the arrow keys to highlight Mitarbeiter.
5. Press one of these keys.
To . . . Press . . .
view its definition(s) view its inflections add it to a word list
6. Press
ZURÜCK
to back up.
EINGABE
FLEKT
LISTE
If you’re not sure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters.
1. At the German entry screen
type a word with ?’s and a
(e.g., sch?ss
).
To type an , hold and press
.
?
2. Press
EINGABE
.
3. Highlight a matching word.
4. Press
EINGABE
to view its
definition(s) or
FLEKT
to view
its inflections.
➤ Tips for Finding Spellings
Use ?’s to help solve crossword puzzles and other word games (e.g., if the second letter of a five­letter word is
r
, enter
p
and its last letter is
?p??r
).
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Using the User List

Using the User List
Adding Words
For study or fun, you can add words to the personal word lists. Your words are saved as long as the batteries have power or you reset your BOOKMAN. NOTE: Only words from the dictionar­ies in this product can be added to the personal word lists.
1. At an entry screen or dictio­nary menu, type a German word (e.g., bild).
LISTE
2. Press
3. Press
.
EINGABE
to add bild.
Note that this word was added to your German word list.
4. Press
CLEAR
.
Adding Highlighted Words
You can also add words to your personal word lists from defini­tions, correction lists, and MatchMaker lists. Highlight a word
LISTE
and then press
.
Viewing Your List
1. Press
2. Press
LISTE
.
EINGABE
to view the list.
3. Highlight a word on the list.
4. Press
EINGABE
to view its
definition(s) or
FLEKT
to view
its inflections.
Deleting a Word
1. Press
LISTE
.
2. Highlight Delete a word.
3. Press
EINGABE
.
4. Highlight a word.
5. Press
6. Press
Erasing Your List
1. Press
EINGABE
to delete it.
CLEAR
when done.
LISTE
.
2. Highlight Erase the list.
3. Press
EINGABE
.
4. Press the Y key for yes.
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Playing the Games

Playing the Games
To set the difficulty of the games, first press
Settings
SPIEL
, and then select
Game
from the games menu. Next select a word list, skill level, inflections or no inflections, and a language.
Under Words, words in this dictionary,
All If Them
means all the
TOEFL
means Test of English as a Foreign Language, and
Type Them In
means that you will
enter a word before you play.
To start playing a game, press
SPIEL
and then select a game.
Help in Games
HILFE
Press
while you're in a game whenever you need help. It will explain the game you are playing.
To exit
HILFE
, press
ZURÜCK
.
Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mys­tery word, indicated by time. As you type letters, your correct guesses appear in place of the question marks and your wrong guesses appear
#
below (
). You must guess the word be-
fore you run out of tries and your man hangs.
Word Auction
In Word Auction, you try to bid for all the letters of a mystery word, indicated by before your cash runs out. Your starting pot is set by the skill level. The amount of each bid depends on the frequency of the letter. All bids will cost you whether cor­rect or incorrect. You can buy a letter, at a fee, by holding you guess the word, your remaining cash is added to the next round.
Word Blaster
In Word Blaster you try to guess the mys­tery word, represented by ?’s, before all its letters appear. As soon as you know the word, press type your guess and press speed at which the letters appear is set by
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the skill level.
EINGABE
?
’s, one letter at a
and pressing
to stop the clock. Then
EINGABE
?
. The
$
’s ,
. If
Playing the Games
Playing the Games
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study. To view the definitions of the word,
EINGABE
press
. Then press
ZURÜCK
to return
to Flashcards and try another word.
Word Train
All aboard the Word Train spelling game! You and the train take turns typing letters to form a word. Whoever types the last letter wins. To view the letters you can type at your turn, hold
and press
.
?
Keys to the Games
To . . . Press . . .
change the language view help
get a hint + reveal answer(s)
E/D
HILFE
?
?
and end a round view definition(s) go back to the game
EINGABE
ZURÜCK
after viewing the defn. play a new round
the space key
NOTE: These two games test your knowledge of German words only.
Gender Tutor
Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of German nouns. Type m for
f
masculine,
for feminine, or n for neu­ter. But hurry! There is a time limit set by the skill level. To view inflections after a
FLEKT
round, press der Tutor, press
Conjumania!
. To go back to Gen-
ZURÜCK
.
Conjumania! teaches verb conjugations. It shows you an infinitive German verb and asks you to enter a conjugation. Your conjugation must include accents where
needed. To accent a letter, press peatedly until the accent you want ap­pears. To try a new conjugation, press
for the answer and then press the
?
space key for a new conjugation.
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re-

Sending Words Between Books

Resetting BOOKMAN
This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words to and receive words from cer­tain other BOOKMAN books.
To send a word, you must first install a book card in your BOOKMAN, and that book card must be able to send or receive words. To learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this book.
See “Highlighting Words” in this User’s Guide.
2. Hold ✩ and press
KARTE
.
3. Highlight the other book.
4. Press
EINGABE
.
The other book may automatically enter your word. However, if your word stops at the initial screen of the receiving book, simply press
EINGABE
to look it up.
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re­spond, or if its screen performs errati­cally, first press
AN/AUS
twice. If nothing happens, follow
CLEAR
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 book card.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
AN/AUS
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paperclip to gently press
BOOKMAN’s reset 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 book card slot.
Troubleshooting BOOKMAN
• Make sure your book card, if any, is installed correctly.
• Check that the book card’s metal contacts are dirt-and dust­free.
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.
Book Card Care
Limited Warranty (US only)
• Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards.
Caution: Touching these electrical contacts with statically charged ob­jects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a book card or built-in book.
• Do not put excessive pressure on the book cards.
L
B
S
.
• Do not expose the book cards to heat, cold, or liquids.
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Copyrights & Patents

Model: DBD-440
• batteries: 2 CR2032, 3-volt lithium
• size: 12 x 1.4 x 8.3 cm
• weight: 3.5 oz. (without batteries)
© 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. © 1988 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. BOOKMAN is a trademark of Sherwin M. Borsuk. Used under license.
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.
U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 4,891,775; 5,113,340; 5,203,705; 5,218,536; 5,295,070; European Patent 0 136 379. Pat. Pend.
ISBN 1-56712-158-6
This unit may change operating modes due to Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing the reset
ON/OFF
key,
FPB-28012-00 B P/N 7201425
, or by removing/replacing batteries.
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