Franklin IC-159 User Manual

								For Use with the Franklin
								Digital Book System®
Electronic Publishers
IC-159								F	™
DIGITAL BOOK

OXFORD

ENGLISH/ARABIC

STUDENT’S

SPEAKING

DICTIONARY

User’s Manual

License Agreement

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Contents
Key Guide .....................................................	4
Installing the Digital Book ..............................	6
Changing the Language ................................	7
Viewing a Demonstration ..............................	8
Looking up English Words ............................	9
Hearing English Words .................................	11
Translating Arabic Words ..............................	13
Finding Phrases ............................................	14
Finding English Inflections ............................	15
Finding English Spellings ..............................	16
Highlighting Words in Definitions ..................	17
Playing the Games ........................................	18
Sending Words Between Books ....................	20
Digital Book System® ....................................	21
Specifications ................................................	23
Limited Warranty ...........................................	24

About the Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations 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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Introduction

The Oxford English/Arabic Student’s Speaking Dictionary digital book provides a powerful, portable new way for speakers of Arabic to learn English.

Using this digital book, you can look up English definitions by entering either Arabic or English words. And you can view the menus and messages in either Arabic or English.

Dictionary entries for English words include pronunciation and grammatical information, multiple definitions, and phrases showing how English words are actually used.

In addition, you can actually hear the English words in this dictionary pronounced aloud, as well as hear English phrases and sentences.

You can also find the inflections of English words, check and find English spellings, and play entertaining games that build your knowledge of English.

Typing Arabic Characters

•This digital book can be used in any Digital Book System. The Digital Book System model DBS-2-AB has an Arabic/English keyboard. When using other Digital Book System models, refer to the keyboard diagram in the Key Guide of this manual to type Arabic characters.

•Keys not documented in the User’s Manual have no effect in Digital Book System when you are using this digital book.

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Key Guide

	Function Keys
CLEAR	Clear a search.
MENU	Display the main menus or Entry screen.
GAMES	Display the games to select.
MORE	Display English phrases containing a word.
LIST	Display the inflection of an English word.
SPEC	Hear an English word. (On the DBS-2D
	keyboard, SAY performs the same
	function).
CARD	Exit the digital book.
ON/OFF	Turn the Digital Book System on or off.

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Key Guide

BACK

ENTER

HELP

SHIFT

SPACE

? *

Other Keys

Back up, erase a letter, or stop the highlight. Enter a word or phrase, select a menu item, or start the highlight in entries. Display a help message.

Shift keys to type capital letters, etc. Type a space.

At the Entry screen, type a question mark to stand for a letter in word. At dictionary entries, display the headword.

Direction Keys

DN

UP

SPACE

Move in the indicated direction.

(At the Entry screen, accents a letter). Page down or up.

Page down in text.

Key Combinations*

or

DN

UP

CARD

SHIFT ? *

Go to the top or bottom of a menu, entry, or list.

Display the next or previous entry, phrase, or group of inflections.

Send a word to another digital book.

At the Entry screen, type an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word.

* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

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Installing the Digital Book

You must install this digital book in the Digital Book System before you can use and read it.

WARNING: Never install a digital book when the Digital Book System is on. If you do, information that you have 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 ON/OFF .

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 CARD .

6.Press or to highlight the appropriate digital book icon.

The icon you see may vary.

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, the screen that you last viewed appears.

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Changing the Language

You can use this digital book in Arabic or in English. When you select English only, menus, games, help messages and other messages are in English.

NOTE: The examples in the English half of this User’s Manual use the English only mode.

1.Press

2.Press

CLEAR

MENU

.

to view the main menus.

3.Press the arrow keys to highlight the menu at the far right.

4.Highlight English only.

5. Press ENTER to select it.

Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows at the bottom of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to view more menu items or text.

Learning English Phonetic Spellings

To learn about the phonetic spellings of English words in this dictionary, select Pron info from the Other menu. Then pressto view the spellings. Press BACK to return to the main menus.

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Viewing a Demonstration

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

1.Press CLEAR .

2.Press MENU .

3.Highlight Demo on the Other menu.

4.Press

5.Press

ENTER

CLEAR

to start the demonstration. to stop the demonstration.

Setting the Shutoff Time

The shutoff time is how long the Digital Book System stays on if you forget to turn it off. To change the shutoff time, highlight Set Shutoff on the Other menu and press ENTER . Then select a new time or press BACK .

Help is at Hand

You can view a help message at most screens by

pressing HELP	. Press		or the DN key to read
the help. Press	BACK to exit it. To learn what the

main key functions are, select Overview from the Other menu.

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