Franklin FLX-440 User Manual
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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
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K
MAN
™
MovieViews
USER’S GUIDE
FLX-440
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
MovieViews
ful movie guide that you can take anywhere.
MovieViews
find the movies that you want to see, in ways
™
, you now own a power-
is designed to help you quickly
that you cannot with a printed book. With
this electronic movie guide you can find over
5,000 movie reviews and search for movies that won Academy Awards, were released in a specific year, or feature a specific cast member, and much more.
To learn how to use other book cards, read
their User’s Guides.
Installing Batteriesand Installing a Book Card.................. 3
Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ..................... 4
Changing Settings and Viewing the Demonstration.......... 5
Finding a Movie Review ................................................... 6
Finding Movies by Cast ................................................... 7
Finding Movies by Director.............................................. 8
Finding Movies by Theme ................................................ 9
Using the Locate Menu .................................................... 9
Locating Movies by Year................................................ 10
Selecting a Range of Years ............................................ 11
Putting It All Together ................................................... 11
Placing Notes ................................................................ 12
Viewing and Removing Notes ........................................ 13
Playing the Games......................................................... 13
Playing Hangman .......................................................... 14
Playing Movie Quiz ........................................................ 14
1
Key Guide
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Color Keys
CAST
(red) Shows the Cast list.
DIR
(green) Shows the Director list.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
THEME
(blue) Shows the Theme list.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears an entry.
ENTER
Selects a menu item, or starts
a highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
MENU
Goes to the main menus.
ON/OFF
Turns your BOOKMAN on
or off.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
? ✽
Shows full menu name or
outline location.
✩
+
✩
+
✩
+ Q-PTypes numbers (1 to 0).
*Hold
➤ 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
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Pages up or down.
Star Key Combinations
From within a movie review,
goes to the next review
alphabetically.
From within a movie review,
goes to the previous review
alphabetically.
✩
while pressing the other key.
✽
“Using the Color Keys.”
2
Installing Batteries
Installing a Book Card
The BOOKMAN 440 model uses two
CR-2032 lithium 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 with
their plus signs facing you.
4. Replace the battery cover
➤ 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.
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 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: When you remove a
book card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.
3
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. Follow these steps.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.
CARD
2. Press
.
These are sample books.
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 the 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.
4
Changing Settings
Viewing the Demonstration
From the Other menu, you can adjust the
type size, the shutoff time and the screen
contrast.
Set Type Size
changes the
number of lines of text that appear on the
screen.
Set Shutoff
changes how long
your BOOKMAN stays turned on if you
forget to turn it off.
Set Contrast
allows
you to make the screen lighter or darker.
1. Press
CLEAR
or
MENU
.
2. Use the arrow keys to high-
light the Other menu.
3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
5. Highlight a setting.
Or press or if you selected
Set Contrast
.
To exit without changing settings,
press
BACK
.
6. Press
ENTER
to select a setting.
Before you start using your BOOKMAN,
you can view a brief demonstration of
what it can do.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, a demonstration automatically appears once you turn it on. To stop
CLEAR
the demonstration, press
MENU
able it, press
able Demo
enable it, select
and then select
from the Other menu. To re-
Enable Demo
. To dis-
.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, select
View Demo
the Other menu to view the demo.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Use the direction keys to
read it. To exit help, press
BACK
To see a tutorial and key guide
describing the functions of this book,
Tutorial
select
from 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.
5
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from
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