Franklin IC-111 User Manual

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Electronic Publishers

For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

IC-111

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DIGITAL BOOK

J F M A M J J A S O N D

The Tradeline

Pocket Stock Guide

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User’s Manual

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BOOK.

1

Contents

Getting Started .............................................. 4

Install the Digital Book ............................. 5

Select the Stock Guide ............................. 6

Adjust the Contrast .................................. 7

Select a Search Method ........................... 8

Select Setup Options ................................ 9

Learn the Keys ......................................... 10

Finding Stock Data ...................................... 11

Stock Snapshots...................................... 12

52 Week Price Charts .............................. 15

Market Comparison Charts ..................... 16

EZ Screening™ ........................................ 17

Reference...................................................... 21

Glossary ................................................... 22

Digital Book System ................................ 25

Specifications .......................................... 29

Limited Warranty ..................................... 30

Index ......................................................... 31

2

Introduction

The

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

financial reference covering almost 6,000 NYSE,
American, and NASDAQ stocks. It also covers
more than 120 leading market indices.

For each stock or market index, you can see:

• a “Stock Snapshot” of earnings per share,
price/earnings ratio, and other fundamental
data;

• a second Stock Snapshot of 52 Week high
and low prices, 1 and 5 percent price
changes, and other pricing-related data;

• a 52 Week Price Chart of closing prices, and;

• a Market Comparison Chart versus the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

In addition, by using EZ Screening™ you can
screen stocks by up to 15 investment criteria and
see a customized stock list.

This User’s Manual shows you how. Follow its
numbered instructions using the examples shown
or using stocks and investment criteria that
interest you.

is a powerful

3

Getting Started

If you’re using

the

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

for the first time,

read this section.

4

Install the Digital Book

You must install the

before you can use it.

Guide

1. Turn the Digital Book System off.

2. Insert the digital book in a slot on the back.

Line up its tabs with the notches in the slot.
Then snap it in place.

3. Press .

ON/OFF

Tradeline® Pocket Stock

Protect Your Digital Books

Never install a digital book while the Digital
Book System is on. If you do, you may erase
information that you entered in the other
installed digital book.

5

Select the Stock Guide

Once the

Tradeline® Pocket Stock Guide

is

installed, here’s how to start using it.

1. Press .

CARD

2. Press or to highlight Stock Guide .

3. Press .

This is the entry line. In the
can always return to it by pressing .

ENTER

Stock Guide

CLEAR

, you

Resuming Where You Left Off

If the Digital Book System is turned off while
you’re using the

, simply press to return to the

Guide

previous screen.

Tradeline® Pocket Stock

ON/OFF

6

Adjust the Contrast

If the screen contrast is not to your liking, here’s
how to adjust it.

1. Turn the contrast wheel.

contrast wheel

2. If the screen is still blank, check the
batteries.

See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference.

Help is Always at Hand

To see a help message at any time, press
. To move down the help message,

HELP

press or . To exit it, press .

DN

BACK

7

Select a Search Method

At the Search menu, you can customize the entry
line to search for company names, ticker symbols,
or both. These are called Name Searches.

1. Press .

MENU

2. Press to highlight a search method.

3. Press to select it.

ENTER

Which Search Method to Select

Name lets you search by full or partial

company names. If you enter a partial name,
you see a list of stocks.

Symbol lets you search by ticker symbols

only. If you enter an incorrect ticker symbol,
you see

Both , the default search method, lets you

search by company names or ticker symbols.
If you enter a partial name or an incorrect
ticker symbol, you see a list of stocks.

8

Not Found .

Select Setup Options

At the Setup menu, you can turn off the title
display or change the automatic shutoff timing.
The shutoff timing is how long the Digital Book
System stays on when you forget to turn it off.

1. Press .

MENU

2. Press to highlight Setup.

To. . . Press. . .

Turn off the title

ENTER

Change the Press to highlight
shutoff timing

Set Shutoff and

press .

ENTER

Then highlight a time
and press .

Reset default options +

CLEAR

ENTER

ON/OFF

About Default Options

The default Setup options are Title is

on and 1 minute shutoff.

9

Learn the Keys

Function Keys

CLEAR

MENU

MORE

LIST
SPEC

CARD

BACK

ENTER
SPACE

HELP

Direction Keys

DN

UP

+

UP

*

Hold while pressing the other key.

Clear to the entry line.
See menus.
See more data about a stock.
See a list of stocks.
Use EZ Screening
Exit the

Stock Guide

Back up, or erase.
Enter a stock, or see more data.
In EZ Screening
See a help message.

Move the cursor.
Scroll up or down.
Page up or down. At stock data,

go to the next or previous screen.

DN

*

At stock lists, go to the top or
bottom. At stock data, go to the
next or previous listed stock,
if any.

™

or Name Search.

.

™

, select criteria.

10

Finding Stock Data

Finding Stock Data

This section shows

how to find fundamental, pricing-

related, and other information

about stocks.

11

Stock Snapshots

By doing a Name Search, you can see Stock
Snapshots of fundamental and pricing-related data
for NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ common or
preferred stocks, as well as for market indices. In
this example, we’ll look at Disney common stock.

1. Press .

CLEAR

2. Type a company name or ticker symbol.

To erase letters, press . To edit letters,

BACK

press and then type. To type numbers,

press plus the numbered keys.

3. Press or .

ENTER

MORE

The first Stock Snapshot shows fundamental

data.

4. Press or .

ENTER

MORE

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Stock Snapshots

The second Snapshot shows pricing-related data.

To. . . Press. . .

Return to the

BACK

first Snapshot
See the 52 Week , ,or

ENTER

MORE

Price Chart read the next chapter

If You Misspell a Name

Or if you don’t know a company name,
type as many letters as you know and press

ENTER

. You see company names begin­ning with those letters.

Press or to highlight a company.
Then press .

DN

ENTER

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Stock Snapshots

A Quick Way to Search

Just start typing a company name or ticker

symbol at any Stock Snapshot or Chart.

As you type, the entry line appears.

Scanning the Entire Stock List

To see a list of all stocks, press

and then . To page up and down

the list, press or . To go to the bottom

or top, press plus or . To view a

highlighted stock, press .

LIST

DN

UP

UP

ENTER

CLEAR

DN

Viewing the Next or Previous Stock

At any Stock Snapshot or Chart, you can see

the next listed stock by pressing plus

DN

. To see the previous stock, press

plus .

UP

Understanding Investment Terms

To see definitions of the terms and abbrevia-

tions in Stock Snapshots, press at

the appropriate screen. Or read the Glossary

in this manual.

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HELP

52 Week Price Charts

You can see a 52 Week Price Chart for a stock or
market index by pressing at its second
Stock Snapshot. This example is for Disney stock.

ENTER

1. At a second Stock Snapshot, press .

ENTER

To. . . Press. . .

Return to the or

UP

BACK

second Snapshot
See a Market , ,or

ENTER

MORE

Comparison Chart read the next chapter

Seeing MORE Information

Remember, when you’re at a Stock Snap­shot or Chart, you can press rather

ENTER

than to see the next screen. At a
stock list, you can press to see the
highlighted stock.

MORE

MORE

15

Market Comparison Charts

Market Comparison Charts compare the perfor­mance of a stock or market index against the
Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Stock performance
is measured in percent change in price over 12
months. This example is for Disney.

1. At a 52 Week Price Chart, press .

ENTER

The dark line represents the stock. The light

line represents the S&P 500 Index. The

vertical axis is percent change in price.

To. . . Press. . .

Go to next/previous + or

DN

UP

listed stock, if any

Go to the entry line or

ENTER

CLEAR

Backing Up

Remember, when you’re viewing a Stock

Snapshot or Chart, you can press or

to see previous screens.

UP

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BACK

EZ Screening

™

Using EZ Screening™, you can screen stocks by
up to 15 investment criteria and see a customized
stock list. In this example, we’ll find NYSE stocks
with price/earning ratios greater than 200.

1. At the entry line, press .

2. Press . Then press to select

NEW YORKNEW YORK

NEW YORK.

NEW YORKNEW YORK

SPEC

SPACE

You can select more than one exchange.
To deselect exchanges, press or to
highlight them and then press .

SPACE

3. Press .

P/E RATIOP/E RATIO

4. Press to highlight

P/E RATIO.

P/E RATIOP/E RATIO

5. Press .

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EZ Screening

™

6. Type

200200

200 as the low number.

200200

Simply press the numbered keys.

To erase numbers, press .

BACK

7. Press . Then press .

You can select more criteria and type ranges

just as you did the P/E Ratio. To deselect

criteria, highlight them and press .

8. Press to see a customized stock list.

9. Press or to highlight a stock.

10. Press to see its first Snapshot.

LIST

DN

ENTER

To see the next stock, press plus .

To return to your stock list, press .

™

11. To exit EZ Screening

CLEAR

or .

, press

SPACE

DN

LIST

SPEC

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EZ Screening

™

Moving in EZ Screening

™

The arrows in EZ Screening™ show which
direction keys you can press to move around
the screen.

Finding Leading Market Indices

In addition to individual stocks, you can find
more than 120 market indices such as the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

To see a list of all market indices, select

INDEX as the stock exchange in EZ Screen-

™

. Press . Then press .

ing

LIST

To see a single index, enter its name or
symbol at the entry line. For example, to see
the S&P 500 Index, enter

SPAL .

S AND P 500 or

Understanding Investment Criteria

To see definitions of the investment criteria,
press when you’re using EZ Screen­ing

HELP

™

. Or read the Glossary in this manual.

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EZ Screening

Starting Searches from Menus

™

Rather than pressing or ,

CLEAR

SPEC

you can start searches using the menus.

☛ When you’re doing a Name Search,

press . Then press to highlight

Run EZ Screening“ .

Then press .

☛When you’re using EZ Screening

Then press to start a Name Search.

Then enter a company name or ticker

symbol at the entry line.

MENU

.

MENU

ENTER

ENTER

™

, press

20

Reference

Reference

This section contains

the Glossary

and information about using

the Digital Book System.

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Glossary

Average Daily Price (AvePrc) • The average

closing price of a stock within a 52 Week

period.

Average Daily Volume (AveVol) • The average

total daily volume traded within a 52 Week

period.

Beta Factor (Beta) • A statistical coefficient

providing a rough measure of a stock’s price

volatility compared to the market, represented

by the S&P 500 Index. Beta is calculated from

the most recent three years of stock pricing

data. For example, a stock with a of 2.0 beta is

twice as volatile as the market (i.e., it has gone

up or down twice as much as the market).

Conversely, a stock with a 0.5 beta bears half

the risk of the S&P 500 Index.

Date of 52 Week High (DataHi) • The date of the

52 Week high price.

Date of 52 Week Low (DataLo) • The date of the

52 Week low price.

Dividend Payout Ratio (Payout) • The

percentage of earnings per share returned to

shareholders in the form of dividends per

share. Payout is calculated by dividing the total

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Glossary

dividends paid by the latest reported 12-month
earnings per share.

Earnings Per Share (EPS) • The latest reported

portion of a company’s profit allocated to each
outstanding share of common stock within a
12-month period.

52 Week High Price (52WkHi) • The highest

daily closing price of a stock within a 52 Week
period.

52 Week Low Price (52WkLo) • The lowest daily

closing price of a stock within a 52 Week
period.

52 Week Return (Return) • The price

performance during a 52 Week period added
to the total dividends paid during that period
and divided by the beginning price. Return is
displayed as a percentage.

5 Year Percent Price Change (5Yr%) • The

percent change between a stock’s latest
available price and its price five years ago.

Market Capitalization (MkCap) • A

representation of a company’s value,
calculated by multiplying its latest reported
shares outstanding by its latest available

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Glossary

closing price per share.

1 Year Percent Price Change (1Yr%) • The

percent change between a stock’s latest

available price and its price one year ago.

P/E Ratio (P/E) • The latest available closing

price of a stock divided by its latest available

earnings per share. P/E indicates the growth in

earnings expected by investors.

Total Dividend (TotDiv) • A representation of the

total cash distributions paid to stockholders

within a 12-month period.

Yield Ratio (Yield) • The dividend amount paid

by a company represented as a percentage of

the price. Yield is calculated by dividing the

total dividend paid within a 12-month period by

the latest available price.

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Digital Book System

Installing & Removing Digital Books

To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital
Book System. Then align the digital book’s tabs with
the notches in either book slot on the back and snap
the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it
doesn’t matter which slot you use. But make sure
that the book’s metal contacts are facing down.

To remove a book, first turn off the Digital Book
System. Then compress the book’s tab and lift the
book from the slot.

Restarting the Digital Book System

If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen
performs erratically, first press and then
press . If nothing happens, hold
and press . If nothing happens still, press
the recessed reset button on the back of your Digital
Book System using a paper clip.

ON/OFF

ON/OFF

If you install or remove digital books
when the Digital Book System is on, or

when you reset the Digital Book System,
you may delete information that you entered in
the installed digital books.

CLEAR

CLEAR

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Digital Book System

Switching Between Digital Books

1. With two digital books installed, press

CARD

.

2. Highlight a symbol by pressing or .
Then press

ENTER .

To return to the first book, repeat these steps.

Sending Words Between Books

Some digital books can send and receive words
from other digital books.

1. Highlight a word in a digital book.

Read its User's Manual to learn how.

2. Hold and press .

CARD

3. Highlight the other digital book’s symbol.
Then press .

ENTER

You see its main display. You may have to press

again to look up the word.

ENTER

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Digital Book System

Replacing the Batteries

The Digital Book System uses CR2032 lithium
batteries. Have new batteries ready before following
these steps.

1. Turn the Digital Book System off.

2. Press and slide the battery cover off the back
of the unit. Then remove all the batteries.

3. Place a battery, with its plus (+) sign up, at the
bottom of each battery cavity.

4. Place a battery, plus sign up, at the top of
each cavity. The metal clip must contact
the top battery.

5. Replace the battery cover

To avoid deleting information from
installed digital books:

• Replace the batteries before they die out.

• Once the batteries have been removed,

install new ones within two minutes.

• Don’t mix old and new batteries.

• Never remove batteries with the unit on.

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Digital Book System

Protecting the Digital Book System

• Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your
digital books or the rubber contacts in the book
slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION:
Touching the contacts with statically charged
objects, including your fingers, could erase informa­ tion that you entered in your installed digital books.

• Don't put excessive pressure or weight on your
digital books or Digital Book System.

• Don't expose your digital books to extreme or
prolonged heat, cold, or other adverse conditions.

When you're not using your Digital Book System,
keep digital books or dummy books in its slots to
prevent dust build-up.

Cleaning the Digital Book System

To clean the digital books, apply isopropyl alcohol
with cotton swab.

To clean the Digital Book System, apply a mild
household cleaner onto a soft cloth. CAUTION:
Spraying liquids directly on your Digital Book System
could damage its circuitry.

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Specifications

Model IC-111

• data: covering nearly 6,000 publicly traded stocks
and more than 120 leading market indices

• statistics: average daily price and volume, beta
factor, data of 52-week high and low, dividend
payout ratio, earnings per share, 52-week high and
low price return, 5-year price change, market
capitalization, 1-year percent price change, price/
earnings ratio, total dividend, and yield ratio

• search methods: (1) Name Search (2) EZ
Screening

• scrolling through listed stocks

• context-sensitive help messages

• screen save auto-resume

• adjustable shutoff timing

• size: 58 x 31 x 7 mm (2-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/4”)

• weight: 0.3 oz.

• ROM size: 1 megabyte

Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents

© 1993 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. All rights
reserved. This manual is copyrighted 1993 by
Franklin.
© 1993 IDD Enterprises, LP. All rights reserved.
Tradeline is a registered trademark of IDD.
Patents Pending.
ISBN 1-56712-018-0

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Index

52 Week Price Charts 15
Abbreviations, 14, 22
Adjusting contrast 7
Arrow keys 19

[Index to come][

Auto-resume 6
BACK key 7, 12, 13, 15
Backing up 13, 15, 16
Batteries

replacing 27

Charts

52 Week Price 15
Market Comparison 16

Digital Book System

cleaning 28
restarting 25

Digital books

installing 25
switching between 26

Direction keys 10
DN key 14
Dow Jones Ind. Avg. 19
Entry line 6
Erasing

letters 12
numbers 18

EZ Screening™ 17

exiting 18
moving in 19
investment criteria 18
stock exchanges 17

viewing stock list 18

Features, overview of 3
Function keys 10
Fundamental data 12
Glossary 22
GOLD key 14, 16
HELP key 7, 19
Help messages 7
Installation 5
Investment criteria

defined 19, 22
selecting 17

Key Guide 10
LIST key 14, 18
Market Comparison

Charts 16

Market Indices

finding a single index 19
seeing all indices 19

MENU key 8, 9, 20
Menus

Name Search 20
Screening 20
Search 8
Setup 9
viewing 8

Misspellings 13
MORE key 15
Name Search

default setting 8

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Index

quick entry 14
selecting types of 8

ON/OFF key 5
Pocket Stock Guide

installation 5
selecting and starting 6

Pricing-related data 13
Protecting Data 5
Screen contrast 7
Screening stocks 17
Search Methods

Name Search

selecting types of 8
selecting by menus 20
selecting EZ Screen-

ing™ 17

Selecting

EZ Screening™ 17
investment criteria 18
Name Search 8, 12
search methods by

menu 20
setup options 9
stock exchanges 17
stocks from lists 13, 14

Set Shutoff 9
Setup menu 9
Setup options

changing 9
default 9

SPACE key 17, 18

SPEC key 17, 20
Standard & Poor's 500

Index 16
Starting up 6
Stock exchanges 17
Stock lists

all stocks 14
customized 18

Stock Snapshots

defined 3
finding 12
fundamental data 12
pricing-related data 13

Stocks

52 Week Price Charts 15
fundamental data 12
investment criteria 17
Market Comparison

Charts 16

pricing-related data 13
scanning list of all 14
screening 17
selecting from lists 13
viewing next/previous 14

Terms, defined 14, 22
Ticker symbols 8, 12, 13
Title, turning off 9
Typing

letters 12
numbers 18

UP key 14, 15
Warranty 30

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