Franklin IC-159 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
®
IC-159
DIGITAL BOOK
OXFORD
ENGLISH/ ARABIC
STUDENT’S
SPEAKING
DI CTIONARY
™
F
User’s Manual
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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.
2
Introduction
The
Oxford English/Arabic Student’s Speaking Dic-
tionary
digital book provides a powerful, portable
new way for speakers of Arabic to learn English.
Using this digital book, you can look up English defi-
nitions 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.
Y ou can also find the inflections of English words,
check and find English spellings, and play entertaining games that build your knowledge of English.
✓ T yping 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.
3
CLEAR
MENU
GAMES
MORE
LIST
SPEC
CARD
ON/OFF
Key Guide
Function Keys
Clear a search.
Display the main menus or Entry screen.
Display the games to select.
Display English phrases containing a word.
Display the inflection of an English word.
Hear an English word. (On the DBS-2D
SAY
keyboard,
function).
Exit the digital book.
Turn the Digital Book System on or off.
performs the same
4
Key Guide
Other Keys
BACK
ENTER
Back up, erase a letter, or stop the highlight.
Enter a word or phrase, select a menu
item, or start the highlight in entries.
HELP
SHIFT
SPACE
? *
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
Move in the indicated direction.
(At the Entry screen, accents a letter).
DN
SPACE
Page down or up.
UP
Page down in text.
Key Combinations*
or Go to the top or bottom of a menu,
entry, or list.
DN
Display the next or previous entry,
UP
phrase, or group of inflections.
CARD
SHIFT
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.
5
Installing the Digital Book
Y ou 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
4. Turn the wheel on the side of the Digital Book
5. Press
6. Press
7. Press
ON/OFF
.
System to adjust its screen contrast.
If the screen is still blank, check the batteries.
CARD
.
or to highlight the appropriate
digital book icon.
The icon you see may vary.
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.
6
Changing the Language
Y ou can use this digital book in Arabic or in English.
When you select
messages and other messages are in English.
NOTE: The examples in the English half of this User’s Manual use the
1. Press
2. Press
3. Press the arrow keys to highlight the menu
at the far right.
4. Highlight
English only
English only
CLEAR
.
MENU
to view the main menus.
English only
.
, menus, games, help
mode.
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
Other menu. Then press
BACK
Press
to return to the main menus.
Pron info
from the
to view the spellings.
7
Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using this digital book, you may
want to view a demonstration of what it can do.
1. Press
2. Press
3. Highlight
CLEAR
MENU
.
.
Demo
on the Other menu.
4. Press
5. Press
ENTER
to start the demonstration.
CLEAR
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
menu and press
BACK
press
ENTER
.
Set Shutoff
on the Other
. Then select a new time or
✓ Help is at Hand
Y ou can view a help message at most screens by
pressing
the help. Press
main key functions are, select
Other menu.
8
HELP
. Press or the DN key to read
BACK
to exit it. To learn what the
Overview
from the
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