Franklin DBD-470 User Manual

DBD-470

Deutsch/Englisch Professor

Elektronisches Kompakt-Wörterbuch

Bedienungsanleitung

User’s Guide

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Contents

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License Agreement (U.S. Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Key Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Changing the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Using the Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Changing the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Viewing a Demonstration or Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Translating German Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Translating English Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Finding Letters in Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Highlighting Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Using the Learning Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Using the Grammar Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Finding Conjugations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Translating Traveller’s Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Using My Word List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Playing the Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Using the Databank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Using a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Using the Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Using the Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Resetting Your DBD-470 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Limited Warranty (EU and Switzerland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Limited Warranty (outside U.S., EU and Switzerland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Key Guide

Key Guide

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Main Keys

Conjugates a word.
Toggles the entry language

between English and German.
Goes to the Dictionary.

Goes to the Learning Exercises
menu.

Goes to the Traveller’s Phrases.
Toggles between the Databank

and the Calculator. From the
Calculator, goes to the
Converter when Mis pressed.

Toggles between Home and
World Time.

Goes to the Settings menu.

Function Keys

In the dictionary, goes to the
Entry screen. In the calculator,
clears all entries. In the converter
and databank, goes to the main
menu.

Backs up, erases a letter, or
turns off the highlight at an entry .

Shifts to type capital letters and
punctuation marks.

Enters a word, selects an item,
or begins a highlight in an entry .

Displays a help message. When
at an inflection screen, displays
Grammar Guide section about
the inflection you were viewing.

Turns the unit on or off.

Direction Keys

Move in the indicated direction.
Goes to the next entry .

Goes to the previous entry .
At menus and dictionary entries,

pages down. At data entry
screens, types a space.

Key Guide Key Guide

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Combination Keys*

+ At a dictionary entry, goes to the

start or end of the entry. At a menu,
goes to the first or last item.

+ At the Word Entry screen, types an

asterisk to stand for a series of let­ters in a word. In games, gives a
hint.

*Hold down the first key while pressing the second.

Calculator Keys

Q–P Types numbers.
A(1/x) Calculates a reciprocal.
S(√x) Calculates a square root.
D(x

2

) Squares a number.
F(%) Calculates a percentage.
G(.) Inserts a decimal point.
H(+), J(-) Adds, subtracts, multiplies
K(x), L(÷) or divides numbers.
Y(+/-) Changes the number on the

screen to a negative or positive
number.

X(

M

+) Adds the number on the screen to

the number stored in memory.

C(

M

–) Subtracts the number on the

screen from the number stored
in memory.

V(

MR

) Recalls the number stored in

memory.

B(

MC

) Clears the memory.

➤ 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
product is malfunctioning. The
examples in the English half of
this manual use English as the
message language.

➤ Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at
any screen by pressing HILFE.
Use or , to read.

To exit help, press .

or

Your DBD-470 is powered by one
CR2032, 3-volt battery. Before using
the device, gently pull the battery
insulation tab to remove it. Use a
paper clip to gently press the RESET
button on the back of the device. See
“Resetting Your DBD-470” for details.

Warning! Pressing the RESET button
with more than light pressure may
permanently disable the device. In
addition, resetting the unit erases set­tings and information you may have
entered.

Replace the battery when the display
dims.

Warning!! If the battery wears out
completely, or if you take more than a
few seconds while changing the bat­tery, any user-entered information will
be erased. You should always keep
written copies of your important infor­mation.

Follow these instructions to install or
replace the battery.

1. Turn the unit off and turn it over.

2. Lift the battery cover on the back
of the unit by pushing up on the
catch.

3. Use a paper clip, if necessary, to
remove the old battery.

4. Install the battery positive side fac­ing up in place of the old battery.

Note: Do not remove the foam

protector from the other battery
slot or attempt to install a battery
there. Your device only functions
with the battery where it was pre­installed.

5. Replace the battery cover.

Battery disposal: Do not dispose of

batteries with normal household
waste. Please obey your local regula­tions when disposing used batteries.

Note: If the keyboard fails to respond
or if the screen performs erratically,
perform a system reset.

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Installing the Battery

Installing the Battery

Changing the Language

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Changing the Language

➤ To Select a Message Language

When you turn this product on for
the first time you must choose the
Message Language.

Press A for German and B for

English.
The Message Language is the language
of the prompts, help and other mes­sages. To change the Message
Language, follow the steps below:

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Press EINGABE to select

Settings.

3. Press , highlight

Anzeigesprache (Message

Language) and press EINGABE.

4. Press or to move between
German and English.

5. When the one you want is high­lighted, press EINGABE to select
it.

➤ To Select an Entry Language

The entry language is the language in
which you enter words at the Word
Entry screen. This determines which
dictionary you will use – German or
English.

To change the Entry Language, press

E/D at the Word Entry screen.

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The clock lets you set a Home Time
and view local times around the
world. You must set the Home Time
before viewing World Times as World
Times are based on Home Time.

➤ To Set Home Time

1. Press .

You see the Home Time screen.

2. Press S to enter the setting
mode.

3. Press EINGABE to select Set

Time Format.

Using the Clocks

Using the Clocks

Press or to cycle through the
12- and 24-hour Day/ Month/Year for­mats. Press EINGABE to save your
selection.

4. Press to highlight Set DST and
press EINGABE to select it.

Press or to cycle between
DST On or DST Off. Press

EINGABE to select your choice.

5. Press to highlight Set Time
and press EINGABE to select it.

Press or until the current
hour is displayed. Press to
move to minutes, then press or

until the current minute is dis-

played.
Press EINGABE to set the time.

6. Press to highlight Set Date and
press EINGABE to select it.

Use or to move to the next or
previous field. Use or to scroll
to the current day/month/year. Press

EINGABE to set it.

Changing the Settings

When using this dictionary, you can
activate the Learn a Word feature,
adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff
time, the type size and the message
language. The shutoff time is how
long your DBD-470 stays on if you for­get to turn it off.

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Press EINGABE to select

Settings.

3. Press or to highlight

Learn a Word, Contrast, Shutoff,
Type Size or Message Language.

4. Press EINGABE to select the

one you want.

5. Press or to highlight a

new setting and press EINGABE
to select it.

Press to leave the setting
unchanged.

6. Press CLEAR to return to the

Word Entry screen.

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Using the Clocks

7. Press to highlight Set Home
City and press EINGABE to
select it.

Press or until your local city is
displayed.
Press EINGABE to select it.

8. Press to exit setting mode.

➤ To View World Time

1. Press until you see World
City.

2. Press S to enter Setting Mode.

3. Press EINGABE to select Set DST.

Press or to cycle between
DST On or DST Off. Press

EINGABE to select your choice.

4. Press to highlight Set World
City and press EINGABE to
select it.

Press or until the city you
want is displayed. Press EINGABE
to select it.

5. Press to exit Setting Mode
and see the World City time.

Viewing a Demonstration

or Tutorial

Changing the Settings

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➤ Learn a New Word

Your dictionary comes with a Learn
a Word feature to help you increase

your German or English vocabulary.
Each time you turn your
Deutsch/Englisch Professor on, you
can see a different headword taken
from the dictionary. If you wish to
turn this feature on, press MENU.
Press EINGABE to select Settings.
Press EINGABE to select Learn a
Word. Press

or to turn the

feature on and press EINGABE
when done.

When German is the entry lan­guage, you will be shown a German
word and when English is the entry
language, you will be shown an
English word. To learn how to
change the entry language, read
“Changing the Language” on page

37.

➤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.

You can view a tutorial or a demon­stration of this dictionary at any
time.

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Press to highlight Tutorial or
View Demo.

3. Press EINGABE to select it.

To stop the demonstration or exit
from the Tutorial and go to the
Word Entry

screen, press

CLEAR.

Translating German Words

4. Press or to scroll.

Press NÄCH or VORIG to view
the next or previous entry.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

➤Misspelling Words

If you enter a misspelled word, a
list of corrections appears.
Highlight the word you want and
press EINGABE to see its dic­tionary entry.

➤Finding Accented Words

You can look up accented words
without typing accents. If you
want to enter an accent, type the
letter and then press

or
repeatedly until the accent you
want appears.

Translating German Words

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Your Deutsch/Englisch Professor is
fully bilingual. Try translating a
German word.

1. Press WÖRTER.

Press E/D to switch to the
German Word Entry screen, if
needed.

2. Type a word. For example, type
lernen.

To erase a letter, press .
To type a capital, hold and

press a letter key.

3. Press EINGABE to view the
English translation.

Translating English Words

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You can also use the Deutsch/
Englisch professor to translate

English words into German.

1. Press WÖRTER.

Press E/D to change the entry
language from German to
English if needed.

2. Type a word (e.g. study).

To erase a letter, press .
To type a capital, hold and

press a letter key.

3. Press EINGABE to see the
German translation.

4. Press or to scroll.

Press NÄCH or VORIG to view
the next or previous entry.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Translating English Words

➤Choosing Multiple Forms

Some words in this dictionary
have more than one form (for
example resume and résumé).
When the word you are looking
up has multiple forms, the differ­ent forms appear in a list.

Highlight the form you want and
press EINGABE to see its dic­tionary entry.
To return to the Multiple Forms
list, press .

Highlighting Words

Another way to look up words is by
highlighting them in dictionary entries
or word lists. You can then find the
translation of the highlighted word or
add it to My Word List.

1. At any text, press EINGABE to
start the highlight.

To turn the highlight off, press .

2. Use the arrow keys to move the
highlight to the word you want.

3. Press EINGABE to see the transla­tion of the word.

To add it to My Word List, press

LERNEN.

Finding Letters in Words

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If you are uncertain of how to spell
a word, type a question mark (?) in
place of each unknown letter. To
find prefixes, suffixes, 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
find the matching words.

1. Press WÖRTER.

2. Type a word with ?s and ✽s.

To type an asterisk, hold down

and press ?.

3. Press EINGABE.

You see the list of matching
words.

4. Press or to move the
highlight to the word you want
and press EINGABE to view its
translation.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

Using the Learning Exercises

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Using the Learning Exercises, you
can read country information, test
your spelling, improve your vocabu­lary, browse the TOEFL®Test Word
List, and receive grammar guidance
(see “Using the Grammar Guide” on
page 46).

➤ Country Information

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Use to highlight Country
Information and press EINGABE.

You can choose to read about
Great Britain, the United States
of America, or Germany.

3. Highlight the country you want
and press EINGABE.

4. Press or to scroll.

➤ Spelling Bee

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Use to highlight Spelling Bee
and press EINGABE.

You can choose My Spelling Bee
(English) which uses English
words from My Word List, My
Spelling Bee (German) which
uses German words from My
Word List, or the TOEFL

®

Test

Spelling Bee which uses words

from the TOEFL®Test Word List.

Using the Learning Exercises

TOEFL and the Test of English as a Foreign
Language are registered trademarks of Educational
Testing Service (ETS). This product is not endorsed
or approved by ETS.

Using the Learning Exercises

List, or TOEFL®Test Flashcards
which uses words from the
TOEFL®Test Word List.

3. Highlight the word list you want

and press EINGABE.

A word will be displayed on the
screen for you to study or define.
Press EINGABE to see the defi-

nition. Press to return to
Flashcards.

5. Press for a new word.

6. Press CLEAR when done.

➤ To View the TOEFL®Test

Word List

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Use to highlight TOEFL

®

Test

Word List and press EINGABE.

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Using the Learning Exercises

3. Highlight the word list you want
and press EINGABE.

A word will flash on the screen
for you to spell.

4. Type the word you just saw and
press EINGABE to see if you
spelled it right.

Press EINGABE to see the defi­nition. Press to return to

Spelling Bee.

5. Press for a new word.

6. Press CLEAR when done.

➤ Flashcards

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Use to highlight Flashcards
and press EINGABE.

You can choose My Flashcards
(English) which uses English
words from My Word List, My
Flashcards (German) which uses
German words from My Word

Using the Grammar Guide

Your Deutsch/Englisch Professor
includes a helpful grammar guide that
describes parts of speech. To see this,
do the following:

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Press to highlight Grammar
Guide and press EINGABE.

3. Press

to highlight the topic
you want to study and then
press EINGABE.

If English is your Message
Language you will see the
German Grammar Guide. If
German is your Message
Language you will see the
English Grammar Guide.

4. Press or to read.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

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3. Press or to scroll.

You can also type the first few
letters of a word to find it on the
list (e.g., type col to find collabo­rate).
Press EINGABE or BEUG at any
word to view its definition or to
conjugate it.

Press to return to the list.

Using the Learning Exercises

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Finding Conjugations

➤ From a Dictionary Entry

Some words have different parts of
speech or multiple translations. You
can easily find which part of speech
or specific translation you will need
to conjugate by first looking up the
word and then pressing BEUG.
Follow this example.

1. Press WÖRTER.

Press E/D if necessary to select
German.

2. Type a word. For example type
reden.

3. Press EINGABE to look it up.

4. Press BEUG to conjugate the
headword, reden.

5. Highlight the part of speech you
want, for example verb and
press EINGABE.

If necessary, highlight the transla­tion you want and press

EINGABE.

6. Press or to scroll.

7. Press CLEAR when done.

Conjugations show inflections, or
changes in a word’s gender, tense,
etc. This dictionary includes exten­sive inflections of nouns, verbs,
modifiers, and other words. Follow
this example.

1. Press BEUG.

Press E/D, if necessary, to select
the language.

2. Type the word. For example,
type denken.

3. Press BEUG.

If needed, highlight the part of
speech or translation you want
and press EINGABE.

4. Press or to scroll.

5. Press BEUG repeatedly to view
more inflections.

6. Press CLEAR when done.

Finding Conjugations

➤Viewing English

Inflections

If you are unfamiliar with inflec­tions, it may be helpful to look at
some inflected forms of English
verbs. Switch the entry language
back to English, type beg, and
press BEUG to see the different
forms of the English verb “to
beg.”

➤Understanding Conjugations

The Deutsch/Englisch Professor
conjugates German verbs into
the following forms: present,
preterite, future, present subjunc­tive, future subjunctive, preterite
subjunctive, present conditional,

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Finding Conjugations Finding Conjugations

imperative, present participle,
past participle, perfect indicative,
pluperfect indicative, future per­fect, perfect subjunctive, pluper­fect subjunctive, future perfect
subjunctive, and past conditional.

➤Getting Grammar Guidance

When viewing inflections, you
can press HILFE to go directly to
the Grammar Guide and view
detailed descriptions of how to
use the inflections you were
viewing along with usage exam­ples.

Translating Traveller ’s

Phrases

Translating Traveller’s Phrases

There are two ways in which you
can translate several helpful phras­es in categories ranging from

Emergencies to Business
Communication to Time & Dates.

Note that the English phrase always
appears before the German phrase.

➤ To Browse Through Phrases

1. Press SATZ.

Press E/D, if needed, to change
the look up language.

2. Press or to highlight the
category you want and press
EINGABE.

Press or to highlight a sub­category, if needed, and press

EINGABE.

3. Press or to highlight the
phrase you want to translate and
then press EINGABE.

➤To Search for a Specific

Phrase

1. Press WÖRTER.

Press E/D, if needed, to change
the look up language.

2. Type a keyword for which you
would like to see a phrase (for
example, ticket.)

3. Press SATZ.

4. If more than one phrase is
found, press NÄCH to read.

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Using My Word List

Using My Word List

You can save up to 40 words total in
both German and English in My Word
List for personal study or review.

Warning: All the words in My Word
List will be erased if your battery

runs out of power, or your DBD-470
is reset.

➤To Add Words from the Main

Menu

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Press EINGABE to select My
Word List.

If you haven’t added words to
your word list, …List: Empty
appears.

3. Highlight Add a Word and press
EINGABE.

Press E/D to switch from the
German entry screen to the
English entry screen, if neces­sary.

4. Type a word and then press
EINGABE to add it.

➤To Add Words from the Word

Entry Screen

You can also add words to My Word
List directly from the Word Entry

screen. Since many German words
are compounds from two or more
words, you will have to add each
component separately to your word
list.

1. Press WÖRTER.

Press E/D to choose the lan­guage of the word you want to
add (e.g. German).
English words will be added to
the English List; German words
will be added to the German List.

2. Type the word you want to add
to your word list.

3. Press LERNEN.

Your word appears next to the
menu item Add….

4. Press EINGABE to add the word.

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Using My Word List

If needed, highlight the compo­nent you want and press

EINGABE.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

➤Adding Highlighted Words

You can also add words to My
Word List from definitions and

correction lists. First highlight a
word and then press LERNEN.
Add “your word” will be highlight­ed. Press EINGABE to add the
word.

➤Adding Words Not Found

in This Dictionary

When you add a word not in this
dictionary, you’re given two options:
Cancel or Add Anyway. Select an
option. Caution!! Adding words not
found in this dictionary to My Word
List uses considerably more memo­ry than adding words that are.
If you add only words that are not in
the dictionary, My Word Listmay
only hold as few as 10 words.

➤To View My Word List

1. Press LERNEN.

2. Press EINGABE to select My
Word List.

Press E/D to switch to the
German or English list, if needed.

3. Press to highlight … List: xx
word(s).

4. Press EINGABE to see the word
or words you added.

If you have not added any words,
the message, “The list is empty”
will be displayed.

➤To Delete One Word from My

Word List

1. Press LERNEN and select My
Word List.

Press E/D to switch to the
German or English list, if needed.

2. Select Delete a Word and then
highlight the word you want to
delete.

Using My Word List

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Playing the Games

Using My Word List

55

3. Press EINGABE to delete that
word.

➤To Erase My Word List

1. Press LERNEN and select My
Word List.

Press E/D to switch to the
German or English list, if needed.

2. Select Erase the List and press
EINGABE.

3. Press Y to erase the list or press
N to cancel.
Note: When you erase one list,

the other list is not erased.

You have seven fun games to
choose from. Note: In each game,
you can do the following: Press
EINGABE to see the translation of
the game word. Press to
return to the game.

➤To Change Game Settings

Before you play, you can choose
the source of the words, the skill
level, and the language.

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Press to highlight Game
Setup and press EINGABE.

3. Use or to highlight Word
List, Skill Level or Language and
press EINGABE.

Word List chooses the source of
the words: All, TOEFL

®

Test List,
My Word List or Enter Your Own.
Skill Level determines how easy

or difficult a game is.

Language lets you choose the
language of the games: English
or German.
Use or to highlight the one
you want and press EINGABE.

4. Press to return to the main
Menu.

➤To Select a Game

1. Press MENÜ.

2. Press to highlight Games and
press EINGABE.

3. Use or to move the high­light to the game of your choice
and press EINGABE.

➤Getting Help in Games

During any game, you can read
instructions by pressing HILFE.
You can get a hint by holding

and pressing ?, or reveal
the game word by pressing ?.
Note: If you reveal the game
word, you lose the round.

➤Hangman

Hangman selects a mystery word
and challenges you to guess it letter
by letter. The letters of the mystery
word are hidden by question marks.
The number of guesses remaining
is indicated by #s.

Type letters that you think are in the
mystery word. If you are correct, the
letter appears in place of the corre­sponding question mark(s).

➤Conjumania!

TM

Conjumania! teaches verb conjuga­tions. It shows you an infinitive verb
and asks you to enter a conjugation.

Your conjugation must be spelled
correctly, including accents. Type
your guess and then press

EINGABE.

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➤ Gender Tutor

TM

Gender Tutor asks you to guess the
gender of German nouns. Press M
for masculine and F for feminine,
and N for neutral.

➤Guess the Word

In Guess the Word, you must type
the missing letters in the mystery
word. To read the translation of the
mystery word, press if needed.
Press

or

, if needed, to select a
missing letter, and then type the letter
that you think belongs there.
Continue typing letters until the word
is complete or no more tries are left.

Press ? to give up and reveal the
word.

➤Word Auction

In Word Auction, you try to bid on all
the letters of a mystery word, before
your cash runs out. The amount of
each bid depends on the frequency of
the letter. All bids will cost you whether
correct or incorrect. If you guess the
word by revealing all of the letters,
your remaining cash is added to the
next round.

➤Word Blaster

In Word Blaster, you can try to
guess the mystery word before all
its letters appear. As soon as you
know the word, press EINGABE.
Then type your guess, and press

EINGABE. If you’re wrong, Word
Blaster asks you for another word.

The speed at which the letters
appear is set by the skill level.

Playing the Games

Playing the Games

57

This product has a databank that
can save as many as 100 names
and phone numbers. The total
amount of names and numbers that
you can save depends upon the
number of characters in each entry.

➤To Add an Entry to the Phone

List

1. Press .

2. Highlight New Entry and press

EINGABE.

3. Type a name and then press
EINGABE.

Each name can contain up to 30
characters, including spaces, with
letters appearing as capitals.
Note: Accented characters are
not supported in the phone list.
To delete a character, press

.

To Type… Press…

a space
a hyphen +
a period +
an apostrophe +

4. Use the numbered keys to type a
phone number and then press
EINGABE.
Note: You cannot type letters in a

phone number.

Using the Databank

58

Using the Databank

Warning! Your phone list infor-

mation is safely stored in memory
as long as the battery supplies
power. However, if the battery
loses all power, this information
will be permanently lost. Always
keep written copies of your
important information.

➤To View the Phone List

1. Press .

2. Press , if needed, to highlight
View… List and then press
EINGABE.

3. To view an entry, use or to
find it, or type the name you
want to see.

4. Press EINGABE to view it.

➤To Edit Phone List Entries

1. Press .

2. Press to highlight Edit Entry,
then press EINGABE to select it.

3. Use or to find the entry
you want or type the name
you’re looking for, then press
EINGABE.

4. Edit the name field, then press
EINGABE to move to the number
field.

Press to delete a character
to the left of the cursor.

5. Edit the number field and press
EINGABE to save all changes.

Press CLEAR to return to the
Databank menu without saving
your changes.

➤To Delete an Entry from the

Phone List

1. Press .

2. Press to highlight Delete
Entry and press EINGABE to
select it.

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Using the DatabankUsing the Databank

60

Using the Databank

3. Press or to find the entry
you want or type the name
you’re looking for, then press
EINGABE.

4. Press Y to delete the entry or N
to cancel the deletion.

➤To Erase All the Phone List

Entries

Warning! This procedure perma-

nently erases all the names and
numbers in your phone list.

1. Press .

2. Press to highlight Erase all
data and press EINGABE to
select it.

3. Press Y to erase all the entries
or N to cancel the deletion.

You can use a password to keep the
information in the databank private. The
password is requested when the unit is
turned on and the databank is
accessed.

Password Warnings
Warning! After you set the pass-

word, you must enter the password
to access the databank for the first
time during a session. Always
record your password and keep it in
a separate place.

If you forget the password, you
must reset the unit to access the
databank.

Warning! Resetting the unit erases
all user-entered information. Always
keep written copies of your data.

Use the end of a straightened paper
clip to gently press the reset button.

Using a Password

Using a Password

61

Using the Calculator

If the unit does not reset after
pressing the reset button, remove
the battery, wait at least two min­utes, and then re-install it.

➤ To Set a Password

1. Press .

2. Press to highlight Set

Password and press EINGABE.

3. Type a password and then press

EINGABE.

Your password can have up to 8
letters. You are prompted to
retype your password.

4. Type your password again

exactly as you did the first time.

5. Press EINGABE to confirm and

enable your password.

To disable the password, repeat
Steps 1 and 2 above, and press

EINGABE when Enter New
Password is displayed.

➤ To Make a Calculation

1. Press until you see the cal­culator screen.

2. Type a number.
Note: Q-P will type numbers 0-9

automatically.
You can type up to 10 digits.
To type a decimal, press G(.).
To change the sign of a number,

press Y(+/-).

3. Press H(+), J(-), K(X), L(÷) to add,
subtract, multiply, or divide.

4. Type another number.

5. Press EINGABE.

To repeat the calculation, press

EINGABE again.

6. Press CLEAR to clear the cur­rent calculations.

Using the Calculator

62

Using the Converter

➤ To Use Calculator Memory

1. In the Calculator, make a calcu­lation or type a number.

2. To add the number on the
screen to the number stored in
memory, press X(M+).

To subtract the number on the
screen from the number stored in
memory, press C(

M-).

M indicates the number is stored

in memory.

3. To retrieve the number from
memory, press V(

MR

).

4. To clear the memory, press
B(

MC

).

5. Press CLEAR when finished.

The converter allows you to easily
convert measurements and currency.

➤To Do a Metric Conversion

1. Press until you see the
Calculator screen and then press M.

2. Press to highlight a conver­sion category, and press
EINGABE to select it.

If there is a sub-menu, repeat
Step 2 again.

3. Type a number after one of the
units.

Press or to move between
the lines.

Press to delete a number.

4. Press EINGABE to convert it.

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➤ T o Use the Euro Converter

This product features a Euro con­verter for conversion between the
Euro and 12 national currencies.
The built-in rates are those adopted
by the Council of the European
Union for the 12 participating coun­tries, based on the set conversion
rate of 1 Euro=x in national curren­cy. These rates cannot be edited in
accordance with the rounding regu­lations set by the European com­mission. Rates are set as follows:

1. Press until you see the
Calculator screen and then press
M.

2. Press EINGABE to select Euro
Converter.

3. Press to highlight a conver­sion category, and press
EINGABE to select it.

4. Type an amount to convert and
press EINGABE.

Press N(INV) to reverse the direc­tion of the conversion.

5. Press CLEAR to make another
conversion.

6. Press WÖRTER to return to the
Word Entry screen.

Using the Converter

Using the Converter

1 EURO
= 40.3399 BEF (Belgian Francs)
= 1.95583 DEM (German Marks)
= 166.386 ESP (Spanish Pesetas)
= 6.55957 FRF (French Francs)
= 0.787564 IEP (Irish Pounds)
= 1936.27 ITL (Italian Lire)
= 40.3399 LUF (Luxemburg Francs)
= 2.20371 NLG (Dutch Gilders)
= 13.7603 ATS (Austrian Shillings)
= 200.482 PTE (Portuguese Escudos)
= 5.94573 FIM (Finnish Marks)
= 340.750 GRD (Greek Drachma)

Resetting Your DBD-470

64

If the keyboard fails to respond, or if
the screen performs erratically, per­form a system reset by following the
steps below.

1. Hold CLEAR and press .

If nothing happens, try Step 2.

2. Use a paper clip to gently press
the reset button located on the
back of the unit.

Warning! Pressing the reset but-

ton with more than light pressure
may permanently disable your
DBD-470. In addition, resetting
the DBD-470 erases settings and
user-entered information.

This unit may change operating modes,
lose information stored in memory, or fail to
respond due to Electrostatic Discharge or
Electrical fast transients. Normal operation
of this unit may be re-established by press­ing the reset key, by pressing , or by
removing and replacing the batteries.

➤To Do Currency Conversions

1. Press until you see the
Calculator screen and then
press M.

2. Press and then to high­light Currency and then press
EINGABE to select it.

3. Enter a conversion rate and
press EINGABE.

The rate should be in units of the
other currency per one unit of the
home currency (n other/1 home).

4. Type an amount for the home or
other currency.

Press or to move between
the lines.

Press to erase a number.

5. Press EINGABE to convert it.

Using the Converter

Copyrights, Trademarks,

and Patents

65

Model: DBD-470

Deutsch/Englisch Professor

• Battery: one CR-2032 lithium

• Size: 12.3 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm.

ISBN 1-59074-294-X

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.

Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks

© 2002-2004 Franklin Electronic Publishers,
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FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

© Dictionary data from PONS
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Germany, 1997.

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5,113,340; 5,203,705; 5,218,536; 5,295,070;
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This device complies with Part 15 of the 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.
Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not express­ly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to
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designed to provide reasonable protection against
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equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fre­quency energy and, if not installed and used in accor­dance with the instructions, may cause harmful inter­ference to radio communications. However, there is
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