Franklin HW-216 User Manual

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Speller, Dictionary

& Calculator

USER’S GUIDE

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HW-216

®

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To clean this spelling corrector, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and
wipe its surface. Don't spray liquids directly on the spelling corrector. Don't
use or store this dictionary in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or
other adverse conditions.
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➤

➤

➤

Key Guide

abc

(red) Writes the selected word or words on
the screen in cursive.

CALC

(green) Goes to the calculator and Math Tu­tor.

BACK

Erases a letter, takes you back one step, or
stops the highlight.

CLEAR

Clears your entry.

ENTER

(dark purple) Enters words, starts a high­light, or selects items.

GAMES

(orange) Shows the games menu which in­cludes the Language Tutor.

HELP

(purple) Shows help messages.

LIST

(light blue) Shows the List menu. Lets you
enter your name or see a demonstration.

ON/OFF

(blue) Turns your dictionary on or of f.

SHIFT

Shifts the keys to type capital letters.
Types a ? to stand for an unknown letter in

?*

a word, or shows Confusables®. With

SHIFT

, types a ✽ to stand for one or more

unknown letters in a word.
Moves up, or makes the screen darker at

the

Enter a word

Moves down, or makes the screen lighter at
the

Enter a word

Moves the cursor or text to the left.
Moves right, or types a space.

➤

screen.

screen.

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Getting Started

➤

This product uses four AAA batteries. You should
change the batteries when the screen contrast is
too light even after adjustment.

Note: When you remove the batteries, stored
information is erased.

1. Remove the battery compartment cover
on the back of the unit.

2. Install four AAA batteries.

ON/OFF

3. Press

The first time you turn your dictionary on, you
will be asked to enter your name.

4. T ype your name or nickname as you want
it to appear in this dictionary.

Or press
to appear in this dictionary.

T o type a space, press ➤.
The first letter of each word you type in your

name will automatically appear as a capital
in this dictionary.

5. Press

6. Press
screen lighter or darker.

Note: Y ou can make the screen lighter or darker
only when

.

ENTER

if you do not want your name

ENTER

.

or ➤ repeatedly to make the

Enter a word

is on the screen.

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Getting Started

➤

✓ To See Y our Dictionary W ork

You can see a brief demonstration about
your dictionary. Press
use

until

See Me Work

ENTER

Press

to see the demonstration. To

stop the demonstration, press

LIST

(light blue) and

is on the screen.

CLEAR

✓ To See Y our Name in This Dictionary

You can personalize your dictionary with
your name or nickname. Then when you
turn your dictionary on or win a game, it
will greet you by name.

To enter or change a name, press
(light blue) and use ➤ until

Name

is on the screen. Press

BACK

use

to erase letters. Type your name

Enter Your

or nickname as you want it to appear, and
then press

ENTER

again.

✓ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show you which arrow keys you
can use to see more.

✓ About Automatic Shutoff

If you forget to turn off your dictionary , it will
automatically turn off in about two minutes.

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ENTER

.

LIST

, and

Looking Up a Word

It is easy to find the definitions of words with your
Homework Wiz

1. Press

2. Type a word. For example, type

®

. Let’s learn how.

CLEAR

.

apple

.

To make a correction, press ➤ and type your
changes. To erase letters, use
type a space, press

. You do not need to

➤

BACK

. To

type capitals to find definitions, but if you
want to, hold

3. Press

SHIFT

and type a letter.

ENTER

to find its definition.

4. Press ➤ repeatedly to see more of the
word’s definition, if needed.

5. Press

CLEAR

when you are finished.

✓ Help is Always at Hand

Y ou can view a help message at almost any
screen by pressing
back to the previous screen, press

HELP

(purple). To go

5

BACK

.

Correcting Misspellings

If you misspell a word, this dictionary automati­cally gives you a list of corrections.

1. Press

2. Type a misspelled word. For example,
type

CLEAR

pepel

.

.

3. Press

ENTER

.

Use ➤ to highlight a correction, if needed.

4. Press

ENTER

to see its definition.

5. To go back to the spelling corrections,

BACK

press

6. Press

.

CLEAR

when you are finished.

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Jumping to a Word

If you do not know the meaning of a word that
you see in a definition, simply highlight the word
and then jump to its definition.

1. Press

2. T ype a word. For example, type

3. Press

4. Press

5. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word.

CLEAR

.

ENTER

.

ENTER

again to start a highlight.

To turn off the highlight, press

For example, highlight

vehicle

BACK

.

truck

.

.

6. Press

ENTER

to jump to the definition of

the highlighted word.

7. T o go back, press

8. Press

CLEAR

when you are finished.

BACK

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.

Finding Letters in Words

If you are unsure about how to spell a word, type a
question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter .
Y ou can type more than one question mark in a
word. Y ou can also use ?’s to help you solve
crossword puzzles and other word games.

T o find prefixes, suf fixes, 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. Try this ex­ample.

1. Press

2. T ype a word with ?’s and ✽’s. For example,
type

CLEAR

p?rt

.

✽

.

3. Press

ENTER

.

4. Use ➤ to highlight a word, if needed.

5. Press

ENTER

to see the definition of the high-

lighted word.

BACK

6. To go back, press

7. Press

CLEAR

when you are finished.

.

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Writing Letters and Words

Y our dictionary has a handwriting guide which can help you
learn how to write letters and words in both cursive and
manuscript printing. Note: While reading the definition of a
word, you can see that word written in cursive or manuscript
printing on the screen by pressing a key.

1. Press

2. Type one or more words. For example, type

3. Press

CLEAR

.

To type a space, press ➤.

abc

(red) to see your word(s) written on the

screen in cursive.

hot dog

.

To see the word(s) written in cursive again, press
If the word is too long to fit on the screen, use ➤ or ➤ to
see it.

4. Press

abc

(red) again to see your word(s) written

on the screen in manuscript printing.

To see the word(s) written in manuscript printing again,
press

ENTER

.

✓ Changing the W riting Speed

Y ou can change the speed of the handwriting by
pressing

Handwriting Speed

LIST

(light blue), pressing ➤ until you see

, and then pressing ➤ or ➤.

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ENTER

.

➤

Viewing Confusables

®

Confusables are words that are spelled alike or
words that people often confuse. When you see
a question mark flash to the right of a word, that
word has Confusables. Try this example.

1. Press

2. Type

CLEAR

.

read

and then press

ENTER

.

Notice the flashing question mark.

3. Press

?*

.

Each Confusable is followed by a word that
explains its meaning.

4. Use

to view more Confusables, if any.

5. To jump to the definition of a word, high­light it and press

ENTER

.

To learn how to highlight a word, read “Jump­ing to a Word.”

To go back, press

6. Press

CLEAR

BACK

.

when you are finished.

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Saving Words for Study

➤

➤

Y ou can create a personal list of up to 80 words for
study and review. You can add words not in this dic­tionary , but they take up more space in your List.

To Add a Word

1. Press

2. Press

3. Use

4. Type a word and press

CLEAR

.

LIST

(light blue).

or

press

until you see

ENTER

.

Add a Word

ENTER

to add it to your List.

If the word is not in this dictionary, you will be
asked if you want to add it anyway. Use
to see your options and press

ENTER

to select one.

✓ Other W ays to Add Words

You can add a word to your List when you
are reading its definition. You can also add
a word by typing it at the
screen or highlighting it in text.
T o add a word while you are reading its defi­nition, press
press

LIST

ENTER

to add the word.

T o add a word at the
first type a word and then press
blue). Press

ENTER

T o add a word in text, press
highlight and use the arrow keys to highlight

Enter a word

(light blue) and then

Enter a word

screen,

LIST

to add the word.

ENTER

to start the

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(light

and

or

Saving Words for Study

a word. Then press

ENTER

press

to add the word.

LIST

(light blue) and

To See Your Words

1. Press

2. Use ➤ or ➤ until you see
and press

3. Use ➤ or

4. Press
highlighted word, or press
Confusables, if any .

LIST

(light blue).

See Your Words

ENTER

.

to highlight a word.

ENTER

to see the definition of the

?

to see its

To Erase a Word

1. Press LIST (light blue).

2. Use ➤ or ➤ until you see
and press

3. Use ➤ or

4. Press

Or press

ENTER

.

to highlight a word.

ENTER

to erase the highlighted word.

BACK

to cancel.

Erase a Word

To Erase Your List

Note: When you erase your List, all words in
your List are erased.

1. Press

2. Use ➤ or
press

3.

Press Y to erase your List, or press N to cancel.

LIST (light blue).

until you see

ENTER

.

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Erase List

and

Having Fun with Spanish

➤

➤

and French

Have fun learning Spanish and French by read­ing the list of helpful phrases.

GAMES

1. Press

2. Press

Spanish

press

3. Press
phrases and press
you want is highlighted.

The English phrase will be shown followed
by either the Spanish and French translation,
depending on which list you picked.

4. Press

.

or ➤ until you see

or

Fun with French

ENTER

.

or

to scroll through the list of

ENTER

when the one

CLEAR

when finished.

Fun with

and then

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Changing Games Settings

➤

➤

➤

Y ou can play six fun word games using your dictionary.
Y ou can choose which Skill Level (Easy or Hard) to
play and which Game Words (All or Your List) to use.

1. Press

2. To change the skill level, use

3. To change the game words, use

GAMES

(orange).

see

Skill Level

switch between settings.

The check marks your current setting.

to see

Game Words

to switch between settings.

and then use ➤ or ➤ to

and then use ➤ or

or ➤ to

✓ Understanding the Skill Levels

The skill levels change the number of guesses
in Hangman, the difficulty of the computer oppo­nent in Tic-Tac-Toe, and the number of letters in
Jumble, Flashcards, and Guess That Word. Tic­Tac-Toe 2-Player is unaffected by the skill level.

✓ Understanding the Game Words

If you choose to play with
will be chosen at random from the dictionary.
If you choose
be chosen from the words in your List.
Note: Words in your List that have capital let­ters, punctuation or spaces will not appear as
game words.

Your List

All

, the game words

, the game words will

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or

➤

Playing the Games

➤

To Play Hangman

Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery
word, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time.

1. Press

2. Use

3. T ype letters you think are in the word.

press

GAMES

, if needed.

or ➤ to see

ENTER

.

Hangman

and then

4. T o reveal a letter, press

Or you can hold down

ENTER

.

SHIFT

and press ?*.

5. T o give up and reveal the word, press

6. T o find the definition of the word, press

To go back to the game, press

7. Press

to play a new round.

➤

BACK

To Play Jumble

Jumble scrambles the letters of a mystery word and
you must unscramble all the letters to form a word.

Note: When you are playing Jumble using

List

, only words that are in this dictionary's word

list will appear as game words.

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.

?*

ENTER

.

.

Your

➤

➤

Playing the Games

1. Press

2. Use

3. To shuffle the letters, press

4. Type your guess and press

GAMES

, if needed.

ENTER

.

or ➤ to see

Jumble

Or you can hold down

and then press

ENTER

SHIFT

and press ?*.

ENTER

5. To give up and reveal the word, press

6. To find the definition of the word, press

To go back to the game, press

7. Press

to play a new round.

➤

BACK

T o Play Flashcards

Flashcards flashes words for you to spell or say.

GAMES

or

ENTER

, if needed.
to see

Flashcards

.

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and then

1. Press

2. Use
press

3. To see the word’s definition, press

.

.

?*

.

ENTER

.

.

ENTER

.

➤

➤

Playing the Games

To go back to the game, press

4. Press

to play a new round.

➤

BACK

To Play Guess That Word

In Guess That Word, you must type the missing
letters in the mystery word.

1. Press

2. Use

GAMES

or ➤ to see

then press

, if needed.

Guess that Word

ENTER

.

To read the definition of the mystery word,
press

3. Use

, if needed.

or ➤ to select a missing letter and

➤

type the letter that you think goes there.

4. Continue typing letters until the word is
complete, or press

to give up and re-

?*

veal the word.

✓ To See Your Score

Your score appears after each round of
most games until you change games or
until you exit the game.

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.

and

➤

Playing the Games

5. Press ➤ to play a new round.

T o Play T ic-Tac-T oe

In Tic-Tac-Toe, your challenge is to get three
X’s in a row before your computer opponent
can get three O’s in a row .

1. Press

2. Use
press

GAMES

or

ENTER

, if needed.
to see

Tic-Tac-T oe

.

and then

3. Use the arrow keys to move your X to the
spot that you want and press

ENTER

The computer will place its O.

4. Continue playing until one side wins or
the round ends in a tie.

5. Press

to play a new round.

➤

✓ To Play Tic-T ac-Toe 2-Player

Tic-Tac-Toe 2-Player is the same as regu­lar Tic-Tac-Toe except that you play with a
friend instead of against the computer.
One player plays X and the other plays O.

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Using the Calculator

You can use the Homework Wiz calculator to
check your arithmetic homework.

1. Press

2. T ype a number.

3. Press +, -, x or

4. T ype another number.

CALC

.

The keys Q-P will automatically type the
number 1-10.

÷ to add, subtract, multiply

or divide.

5. Press

ENTER

to make your calculation.

To make another calculation, press

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CLEAR

.

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NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This 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 no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
NOTE: This unit was tested with shielded cables on the peripheral devices.
Shielded cables must be used with the unit to insure compliance.
NOTE: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference
caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications
could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Model: HW-216 • Dimensions: 14 x 9.5 x 2 cm • Weight: 4 oz.
© 2000 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907

USA. All rights reserved.
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Patents Pending. ISBN 1-56712-559-x

This unit may change operating modes due to electrostatic
discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be reestablished
by pressing

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ON/OFF

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