Franklin eBook Reader User Manual
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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book, plus
a slot in the back for more book cards.
With this
Speaking Spelling Ace
, you can
check spellings, hear pronunciations of
letters and words, learn how to write letters, and play 11 fun word games. It’s
fun and easy to use. T o learn how, read
this User’s Guide.
Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card..............4
Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ..................5
Changing the Settings ...................................................6
Viewing a Demonstration ..............................................6
Hearing Letters and Words ............................................7
Checking Spellings ........................................................7
Finding a Letter in a Word .............................................8
Finding a Series of Letters ............................................9
Learning to Write Letters and Words .............................9
Saving Words for Study...............................................10
It’s Time to Rhyme .......................................................11
Learning Confusable Words.........................................12
Changing Game Settings .............................................12
Playing the Games .......................................................13
Sending a Word Between Books..................................16
Special Features and Specifications............................17
Limited Warranty .........................................................18
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Key Guide
DN
Color Keys
SPELL
(red) Pronounces a letter,
number, or punctuation mark.
SAY
(green) Pronounces a word.
GAMES
RHYME
(yellow)
(blue)
Shows the games list.
Shows a list of rhyming
words.
Direction Keys
Moves through text or menus, or
moves the cursor or highlight.
DN
UPPages down or up.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions listed
above only for the book described in
this User’ s Guide.
Other BOOKMAN books have their
own color key functions, which are
labeled on their keyboards or book
cards. T o learn more, read “Using the
Color Keys.”
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter or backs up.
CAP
Shifts the keys to type capitals or
punctuation.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears your entry.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu
item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menu.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
✽
?
Shows Confusables, types a ?
to stand for an unknown letter
in a word; with
CAP
, types an
✽ to stand for a series of
letters in a word.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Key Combinations*
✩
+ Q-PTypes numbers.
✩
or
+
UP
Goes to the next or previous handwritten letter or
number.
CAP
+ Goes to the top or bottom
or
* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
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of a word list or menu.
Installing Batteries Installing a Book Card
Your BOOKMAN model 840 is powered
by four AAA batteries. Here is how to
install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from your BOOKMAN, information that you have entered
in its built-in book, as well as in any installed book card, will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries as shown
on the diagram in the battery compartment.
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.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that you
entered in its built-in book, as well as in
any other installed book cards, will be
erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN of f.
2. T urn your 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 a Book
Using the Color Keys
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select which
book you want to use. Here’s an example.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
CARD
2. Press
.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ 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.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
the top row of your BOOKMAN change
their functions according to which book
you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
the color keys function as labeled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the color keys function as labeled on that card.
Remember , when you’ve selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
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Changing the Settings
Viewing a Demonstration
You can adjust the keyboard echo, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this
book. You can also change all the letters to capitals.
Turning the keyboard echo off stops the
pronunciation after each symbol is typed
and lets you type letters faster.
The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.
Contrast refers to how light or dark the
screen is.
MENU
1. Press
2. Use
3. Press
4. Use
5. Press
If you select
.
to highlight Setup.
ENTER
.
to highlight a setting.
ENTER
to select it.
Set Contrast
, press
or repeatedly to make the
screen darker or lighter.
To leave the settings unchanged,
BACK
press
6. Press
.
CLEAR
when finished.
Before you start using your new
BOOKMAN, you may want to see a
brief demonstration of what it can do.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, the demonstration will automatically appear after you turn the unit
on. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
. T o disable it, press
to highlight
light
Setup
and press
Disable Demo
re-enable it, select
MENU
, use
ENTER
and press
ENTER
Enable Demo
. High-
the Setup menu.
When a book card is installed in your
MENU
BOOKMAN, press
to highlight Setup and press
select it. Then select
. Then use
View Demo
ENTER
.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any time by pressing
Press
Press
or DN to read the help.
BACK
to exit the message.
To read about how to use the keys,
Tutorial
select
from the Setup menu.
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. T o
from
to
HELP
.
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