Franklin IC-133 User Manual

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Contents

Installing the Digital Book .......................... 4

Viewing a Demonstration ........................... 5

Finding Definitions...................................... 6

Using the Entries Menu .............................. 8

Finding Letters in Words............................ 9

Viewing Inflections...................................... 10

Viewing Phrases.......................................... 11

Highlighting Words in Definitions ............. 12

Looking Up Words in Other Books ........... 13

Playing the Games ...................................... 14

Digital Book System®.................................. 16

Abbreviations Used .................................... 18

Specifications.............................................. 19

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ...................... 20

Index............................................................. 21

✓ About the Illustrations

Some screen shots in this User’s Manual may
vary slightly from what you see on screen. These
variations do not mean that this digital book or
your Digital Book System is malfunctioning.

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Key Guide

BACK
CARD
CLEAR

ENTER

HELP

GAMES

LIST
MENU
MORE

ON/OFF

SHIFT
SPACE

SPEC

UP

?*

SHIFT

Backs up; erase a letter; stops highlight.
Exits the digital book.
Clears a search.
Enters a word, selects a menu item,

or turns on the highlight in entries.
Shows a help message.
Shows games menu.
Shows inflections.
Shows menus.
Shows phrases.
Turns the Digital Book System on or off.
Shifts keys to type capital letters, etc.
Types a space or pages down.
No effect.

CARD

Sends a word to another digital book.
Scroll through menus or entries. (At the

DN

Entry screen,
Page up or down.

accents a letter.)

Zoom up or down.

DN

Shows the next or previous listed item.

UP

Shows a headword. (At the Entry screen,
types a ? to stand for a letter in word).

At the Entry screen, types a ✽ to stand

?*

for a series of letters in a word.

3

Installing the Digital Book

Y ou must install this digital book before you can use
it.

Warning:

Digital Book System is on. If you do, information en­tered in any other installed digital book(s) may be
permanently erased.

1. Turn off the Digital Book System.

2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back.

3. Press

4. Turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book
System to adjust its screen contrast.

If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.

5. Press

6. Press
digital book symbol.

Never install a digital book when the

ON/OFF

.

CARD

.

or to highlight the appropriate

7. Press

ENTER

.

✓ Resuming Where You Left Off

While using this digital book, you can turn off the
Digital Book System at any time. When you turn
the Digital Book System on again, you return to
the screen that you last viewed.

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Viewing a Demonstration

Before you start using this digital book, you may
want to view a brief demonstration of what it can do.

1. Press

2. Press

3. Press the arrow keys to highlight

CLEAR

.

MENU

to view the main menus.

Demo

under the Other menu.

4. Press

5. Press

ENTER

to start the demonstration.

CLEAR

to stop the demonstration.

✓ Setting the Shutoff Time

The Shutoff T ime is how long the Digital Book
System stays on if you forget to turn it off. To
change the time, highlight
Other menu and press
time or press

BACK

Set Shutoff

ENTER

. Then select a new

under the

to keep the current time.

✓ Help is at Hand

Y ou can view a help message at virtually any

HELP

screen by pressing
key to read the message. Press
To read a summary of how to use this digital book,
select

Overview

under the Other menu.

. Press or the DN

BACK

to exit it.

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Finding Definitions

The simplest way to find definitions is to enter a word
at the Entry screen. At the Entry screen you do not
need to type capital letters or accents.

1. Press

2. Type a word (e.g.,

3. Press

4. Press , the DN key, or

5. Press

6. Press

CLEAR

.

double

To erase a letter, press

SPACE

press

.

ENTER

to view its definition(s).

BACK

to go back to the Entry screen.

CLEAR

to clear the Entry screen.

).

BACK

. To type a space,

SPACE

to read.

✓ If You Misspell a Word

Do not worry if you enter a misspelled word at the
Entry screen. A list of spelling corrections auto­matically appears. Highlight a correction and then

ENTER

press

6

to view its definition.

Finding Definitions

✓ Viewing Headwords

Headwords are the main words in dictionary en­tries. When you are reading an entry, you can

? *

.

Note:

view its headword(s) by pressing
can view a complete menu item by pressing

You

? *

at

a menu.

✓ Viewing Next and Previous Items

Some words function as more than one part of
speech. When you enter such a word, a message
shows how many items (i.e., headwords) the word
has in the dictionary. To view the next item, hold
and press the DN key . To view a previous item, hold

and press the UP key .

Note:

At other entries,
the next and previous items are the next and previ­ous entries, listed alphabetically .

✓ Understanding Dictionary Entries

Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of informa­tion. The headword is in bold type, with a super­script number if it has more than one entry in the
dictionary . The phonetic spelling of the headword
is given in slashes. Then its part of speech is listed,
followed by a list of definitions with usage ex­amples in italics and phrases in bold italics.

Note:

For a guide to phonetic spellings, select

Pron info

of the abbreviations used in this dictionary, refer to
“Abbreviations Used” in this User’s Manual.

under the Other menu. For explanations

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