B
OO
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
MovieViews
K
USER’S GUIDE
FLX-2074
MAN
®
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Contents
Key Guide ....................................................................... 1
Introduction .................................................................... 3
Installing a Book Card ..................................................... 3
Selecting a Book ............................................................. 4
Using the Color Keys ....................................................... 4
Viewing the Demonstration ............................................. 5
Finding Movies by Title .................................................... 5
Using the Movies Menu ................................................... 6
Finding Movies by Cast ................................................... 7
Finding Movies by Director.............................................. 8
Finding Movies by Theme ................................................ 8
Finding Movies by Year ................................................... 9
Searching by a Range of Years ........................................ 9
Searching by Other Categories ...................................... 10
Searching by Multiple Categories .................................. 11
Using Bookmarks .......................................................... 12
Playing the Games ......................................................... 13
Hangman ....................................................................... 13
Movie Quiz .................................................................... 14
Changing the Settings ................................................... 15
Book Card Care ............................................................ 16
Copyrights and Patents ................................................. 16
1
Key Guide
DN
UP
DN
UP
Color Keys
CAST
(red) Shows the Cast
Member’s
(green) Prompts you to search
SEARCH
menu.
for words in movie titles.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the Games
menu.
THEME
(blue) Shows the Theme menu
Function Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
ends a highlight.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears an entry.
ENTER
Selects a highlighted word in
text.
HELP
Shows help messages.
MENU
Goes to the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns the BOOKMAN on
or off.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Pages up or down.
In a movie review goes
CAP
to the beginning or end.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
review.
.
✩
+
✩
+ Q-PTypes numbers (1 to 0).
*Note: Hold down ✩ while pressing the other key.
Moves down within a movie
Moves up in a movie review.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book card
described in this User’s Guide.
Other book cards have their own
color key functions, which are labelled on the book cards. For more
information, read “Using the Color
Keys.”
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Installing a Book CardIntroduction
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
The BOOKMAN is an electronic unit
with a built-in book inside. A slot in the
back lets you snap in book cards from
Franklin’s electronic library. The product is portable; it can go with you
anywhere.
Movie Views
The
a guide to 9,500 movies. It
signed to help you search quickly for
movie titles, director’s, cast, themes,
critics, or ratings. Using different categories, the searches show who won
Academy Awards, what year, or details
on cast members.
word searches help you choose movies to see.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
The screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide may differ from what is actually seen on the screen. This does
not mean that your BOOKMAN is
malfunctioning.
™
book card provides
Movie Views
is de-
title
1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn 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 a Book Card
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while the BOOKMAN is
turned on. All the data you entered
into the built-in book, and in your
Movie Views
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book card, will be lost.
Selecting a Book
Using the Color Keys
Once this book card has been installed in
the BOOKMAN you can select which
book to use.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press
or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ 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.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on
your BOOKMAN change their functions
according to which book you are using.
When you are using the built-in book,
the color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When you are
using a book card, the color keys function as labelled on that book card.
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN at
any time. When you turn on your
BOOKMAN, the screen that you
last viewed appears.
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Viewing the Demonstration
CLEAR
ENTER
CLEAR
Finding Movies by Title
Before you use this book, you may want
to see a brief demonstration.
First be certain that this book card is installed in your BOOKMAN and that you
have selected it. To learn how, read “Installing a Book Card” and “Selecting a
Book.” Then follow these steps.
1. Press
.
2. Use the arrow keys to
highlight View Demo on the
Setup menu.
3. Press
to start the
demo.
4. To stop the demo, press
.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
Use the direction keys to read it. To
BACK
exit help, press
.
To see a tutorial and key guide describing the functions of this book
Tutorial
card, select
from the Setup
menu.
HELP
The fastest way to find movies is to do a
Title Word Search.
CLEAR
1. Press
2. Press
.
(green) to go to
SEARCH
the Title Word Search screen.
3. Type one or more words from
a movie title.
You do not have to type capital letters.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Use and to highlight a
title, and then press
.
6. Use the and to scroll
through the movie review, or
5
ENTER
.
Finding Movies by Title
DN
Using the Movies Menu
CAP and to go to
beginning or end, or use
spacebar. (see Key Guide)
✩
7. Hold
and press or
key go to the next or previous title found by your
search.
8. To return to the list of your
MENU
matches, press
9. Press
BACK
repeatedly to
.
return to the Title Word
Search screen. Or press
to clear your search.
CLEAR
You can also search for movie titles on
the Movies menu.
CLEAR
1. Press
.
2. Type a movie title (e.g., Big)
until it is highlighted.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to read the movie
review.
5. To go to the next movie
review alphabetically listed
on the Movies menu, hold
and press .
Or hold ✩ and press to go to
the previous review.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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✩
Finding Movies by Cast
The Cast Members menu lets you find
movies by the stars that played in them.
Finding Movies by Cast
Or select
CAST
(red).
Cast Members
from the
1. Press
Search menu.
2. Begin typing a cast member’s
name (e.g., Marvin, Lee).
Cast members’ names should be
typed as they appear, with the last
name first.
3. Press
ENTER
when the name is
highlighted.
If you check more than one cast
member, the
search includes movies featuring all of the cast members. To deselect a cast member,
ENTER
press
again.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to
select more cast members.
5. Press
to view the films
featuring that cast member
you selected.
6. Press
ENTER
to select a movie.
7. To return to the Cast Members menu, press
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
CAST
➤ Selecting More than One
Cast Member
MovieViews can search for movies
that feature several cast members.
From the Search menu, select a
cast member and then press
Scroll down or type in name and
then press
Press
to view matches.
ENTER
again to view other
cast members. Scroll down and
ENTER
press
again to view other
movies of that cast member.
ENTER
Press
again and then scroll to
the cast member you want.
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.
ENTER
.
Finding Movies by Director
Finding Movies by Theme
You can also search for movies that
have a specific director. Also, by selecting more than one director,
MovieViews
searches for films di-
rected by all of the selected directors.
1. Select Directors from the
Search menu.
2. Begin typing a director’s
name (e.g., Stone, Oliver).
3. Press
ENTER
when the director
is highlighted.
4. Press or
MENU
to view
movies.
5. Press
ENTER
to select a movie.
6. To return to the Directors
menu, press
7. Press
CLEAR
BACK
.
when done.
You can search through 550 movie
themes, and some movies have more
than 10 themes. A theme is the central
idea of the film (e.g.,
tion (1975)
. You can search for films
Drama, Abduc-
that share more than one theme.
THEME
1. Press
(blue), or select
from the Search menu, and
then press
ENTER
.
2. Begin typing the desired
theme (e.g., desert).
3. When the theme is high-
ENTER
lighted, press
4. Press
or
MENU
.
to view
movies.
5. Press
ENTER
to select a movie.
6. To return to the Theme menu,
BACK
press
7. Press
.
CLEAR
when done.
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Finding Movies by Year
Searching by a
Range of Years
You can search for movies by a year or
a range of years. In the following example, we can find movies that were
released in 1983.
1. From the Search menu,
select Year.
2. Type 83 to highlight 1983.
Or hold
until 1983 is
highlighted.
3. Press
4. Press
ENTER
to select the year.
MENU
or
to view the
movies for that year or years.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
You can also find a movie that was released over a range of years. In the
following example we will search for movies that were released between 1981
and 1987.
1. Select Year from the Search
menu, and then press .
ENTER
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight 1987.
ENTER
3. Press
to select 1987.
4. Highlight 1981.
5. Press
ENTER
.
All the years in between will then be
selected.
6. Press
or
MENU
.
You cannot select more than one
range of years at a time without deselecting your range. (i.e., movies
between 1981-1987 and movies
between 1991-1993).
CLEAR
7. Press
when done.
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Searching
Other Categories
Searchng Other Categories
You can also search for movies by
Academy Awards, MPAA Rating, and
Critic Rating.
1. Select the Search menu.
2. Select a category (e.g.,
Awards).
3. Highlight the subcategory
you wish to view (e.g., Best
Adapted Screenplay).
4. Press
5. Press
ENTER
or
.
MENU
to view the
matches.
6. Press
7. Press
ENTER
to select a movie.
CLEAR
when done.
▲▲
Awards
The Awards category lists 29 major
awards to search for movies that have
won one or more major Academy
Awards. You can also search the lists for
films that received awards in more than
one category (e.g., movies that won for
Best Leading Actress and Best Director). All of the Award titles begin with
“Best”, so it has been omitted. (e.g.,
look for
Leading Actor
instead of Best
Leading Actor).
MPAA Rating
The Motion Picture Academy of America
(MPAA) rates movies for various audiences using the familiar code of G, PG,
R, etc. If you select more than one
MPAA rating,
for films that match either rating.
▲
Critic Rating
MovieViews
You can search for movies by selecting a
critic rating. Movies are rated by one to five
stars, five being the best. If you choose
more than one critic rating,
will search for films that match either rating.
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will search
MovieViews
Searching by
Multiple Categories
Searching by
Multiple Categories
MovieViews
lets you search by multiple
categories in a single search. We will
look for PG-13 movies that feature Kevin
Costner and were released in 1994.
CLEAR
CAST
.
(red).
1. Press
2. Press
3. Select Costner, Kevin.
4. Press
MENU
and then choose
the Search menu to select the
MPAA Rating.
5. Select PG-13.
6. Press
BACK
twice.
7. Select Year from the Search
menu, and then 1994 .
8. Press or
MENU
to view the
matches.
9. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ If No Matches Are Found
Some combinations of search items
have no match for a movie in
MovieViews
. To deselect an entered
search item, highlight it and press
ENTER
. To deselect all your search
items, press
CLEAR
.
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Using Bookmarks
Using Bookmarks
You can place bookmarks in movie reviews for personalized quick reference
(for example, to quickly find your favorite movies or movies you have seen
recently or want to rent).
▲
Adding a Bookmark
1. Within any movie review,
hold
2. Press
and press L.
✩
ENTER
to select Add
Bookmark.
The BKM symbol at the beginning
of a movie review indicates that a
bookmark has been added.
▲
Finding a Bookmark
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Highlight Bookmark List from
the Setup menu.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use or to highlight a
bookmark.
5. Press
ENTER
to go to its movie
review.
6. Press
▲
Removing a Bookmark
1.
CLEAR
when done.
Find a bookmarked movie review.
To learn how, read “Finding a Bookmark above.”
2. At the movie review, hold
and press L.
Press
ENTER
to select Remove Note.
3.
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✩
Playing the Games
Hangman
MovieViews
has two games that will
test your movie knowledge, Hangman
and Movie Quiz.
GAMES
1. Press
2. Press
(yellow).
or to highlight
Hangman or Movie Quiz.
3. Press
4. Press
ENTER
to start playing.
BACK
at any time during
the games to return to the
Games list.
CLEAR
5. Press
when done, at any
time.
➤ Setting the Year Range in
Games
You can limit the number of years in
which you play the games by select-
Set Year Range
ing
from the Games
list. Only titles within the selected
year range can be used. Read “Selecting a Range of Years” for more
detail.
Hangman challenges you to guess a
mystery cast member, indicated by ?’s,
one letter at a time. As you type letters,
your correct guesses appear in place of
the question marks, and your wrong
guesses appear below.
GAMES
1. Press
.
2. Select Hangman.
3. Type letters.
4. Press to reveal a letter.
Note: If you reveal a letter, you will
automatically lose the game.
5. Press
to show your current
score.
6. Press
SPACE
to start new round
when the round is over.
7. Press
ENTER
to view the
movies a cast member was
in.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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Movie Quiz
Movie Quiz
The object of playing the game is to
guess a movie from 10 hints. The
sooner you determine the answer, the
more points you gain. Note: Movies that
begin with articles (a, an, the) will appear
only once in the movie list, and they will
begin with the article (e.g.,
The Abyss
1. Select Movie Quiz from the
Games list.
ENTER
2. Press
.
3. Press to see another hint.
4. Press
ENTER
and then type in
your guess.
5. Press
ENTER
to select the
movie.
When you run out of guesses,
Movie Quiz displays your current
score and reveals the movie’s title.
and year.
6. Press
to show current
score.
7. To see the movie’s review,
ENTER
.
BACK
to start a new
CLEAR
when done.
).
press
8. Press
round.
9. Press
➤ Saving and Clearing Scores
Your scores for both Hangman and
Movie Quiz will be saved, even if
CLEAR
you press
MovieViews
your scores is to select
from the Games list.
Scores
or turn off
. The only way to clear
Clear
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Resetting BOOKMAN
Changing the Settings
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs
CLEAR
erratically, first press
ON/OFF
press
twice. If nothing happens,
and then
follow 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 your BOOKMAN
unit erases settings and information
entered into its built-in book, and in any
installed books.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
If nothing happens, try Step 2.
2. Use a paper clip to gently press
BOOKMAN’s reset button.
The reset button is recessed in a pinsized hole on the back of your
BOOKMAN. Look for it on the battery
cover or near the book card slot.
This unit may change operating modes
due to electro-static discharge. Normal
operation of this unit can be reestablished
ON/OFF
by pressing the reset key,
, or by re-
moving or replacing batteries.
The type size, screen contrast, and
time of shutoff can be adjusted to suit
your needs using the Setup menu.
Set Type
changes the number of lines
of text that appear on the screen.
Contrast
or darker shades.
adjusts the screen to lighter
The Set Shutoff
changes the time your BOOKMAN
stays turned on if you forget to turn it
off.
1. Press
CLEAR
or
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup.
3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
to select.
Or press or if you selected
Set Contrast
.
To exit without changing settings,
BACK
press
5. Press
.
ENTER
to select a setting.
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Set
Book Card Care
Copyrights and Patents
• 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.
LBS.
Do not expose the book cards
•
to heat, cold, or liquids.
Model: FLX-2074
MovieViews
• batteries: 2 CR2032, 3 volt lithium
• size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm
• weight: 0.4 oz.
©
1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.,
Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA.
rights reserved.
© 1992 Electronic Movie Guide, Inc. All
rights reserved.
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
4,891,775; 5,295,070; 5,113,340;
5,218,536; 5,321,609; 5,396,606
German Patents M9409743.7 and
M9409744.5
4,490,811; 4,830,618;
European Patent 0 136 379.
Patents Pending
ISBN 1-56712-389-9
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