Franklin KJ-31 User Manual

Contents
Introduction ............................................................	2
Getting Started .......................................................	3
Using the Menus ....................................................	4
Finding Book, Chapter, and Verse .......................	6
Reading the Bible ...................................................	8
Viewing Notes .......................................................	10
Searching for Words .............................................	12
Picking Search Words ..........................................	14
Expanding Searches .............................................	16
Changing Searches ..............................................	18
Using Bookmarks ..................................................	20
Changing Settings ................................................	22
Troubleshooting ....................................................	24
Glossary .................................................................	25
Specifications ........................................................	26
Warranty ................................................................	27
Key Guide ..............................................................	28
Index .......................................................................	29

Introduction

Your new Franklin Electronic Bible combines the majesty and poetry of the King James Bible with the latest search and retrieval technology. Using this Bible, you can. . .

•find and read any verse of the Old and New Testaments,

•quickly scan and read Bible passages,

•search for occurrences of words and phrases,

•pick search words from any passage,

•expand your searches to find more occurrences,

•narrow your searches by word order and proximity,

•place bookmarks for personalized reference, and

•read helpful usage footnotes.

About Notes Like This One

Throughout this User’s Manual, you’ll see notes that explain how to get the most from your Franklin Electronic Bible. Look for them.

Getting Started

Before you use this Bible, you must install four AAA batteries. You may also need to adjust its screen contrast.

1.Remove the battery cover on the back.

2.Insert the batteries with their plus signs aligned as shown in the compartment.

3.Replace the cover.

4.Press ON/OFF .

5.To adjust the

contrast, press or repeatedly.

Only at the request line, above, can you adjust the contrast by pressing or. You can always go to the request line by pressing CLEAR .To learn another way to adjust the contrast, see pp. 22-23.

Using the Menus

While reading this Bible, you’ll often want to use its menus. The Old and New menus list books of the Old and New Testaments. To learn about the Search menu, see p. 18. To learn about the Other menu, see p. 22.

1.Press MENU .

2.Press or

to highlight a menu.

3.Press or to highlight a menu item.

4.Press ENTER

to view an item.

5.Press MENU to return to the menus.

Follow the Arrows

The blinking arrows to the right of the display show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus and read text.

Moving Up and Down Menus

To go to the top of bottom of a menu, hold the gold key,, and press or . For example, hold and press under OLD to highlight MALACHI.

Help is Always at Hand

You can always view an appropriate help message by pressing HELP . To scroll up or down, press

or . To page down, press SPACE		or	NEXT . To
go to its start or end, hold	and press		or .
To exit a help message, press	BACK	or	HELP .

Resuming Where You Left Off

After your first session, when you turn on the Bible you return to the last screen that you saw.

Finding Book, Chapter, and Verse

You can find any verse by entering its book, chapter, and verse number at the request line. If you enter only a book and chapter, you go to the first verse in the chapter. If you enter only a book, you go to the first verse in the book.

1. Press CLEAR .

2.At the request line, type a book, chapter, and verse number.

To type numbers, hold and press the numbered keys. To erase characters, press BACK .

3.Press ENTER .

4. Press or SPACE .

5.Press CLEAR when done.

You can type a colon or space between the chapter and verse numbers. To move the cursor, press or .

Ambiguous Requests

Some book titles, such as Numbers and John, are also valid search words. When you enter a request with these ambiguous words, you see a menu like this:

To read the book, press ENTER . To search for the word(s), press and then ENTER .

Typing Book Titles

If a book has more than one volume, you can type an Arabic or Roman numeral before its title (e.g., 1 SAMUEL or II KINGS). You can also type abbreviations rather than book titles (e.g., PS for Psalms or EPH for Ephesians).

Erasing and Editing Requests

You can erase letters and numbers at the request line by pressing BACK . To insert characters, pressor and then type them.

Reading the Bible

Once a Bible verse is in view, you can quickly scan and read the surrounding verses. The following example starts at Genesis 1:1. To view it, press CLEAR and then ENTER .

1.At any verse, press or to read surrounding text.

2.Press SPACE to page down.

To page down or up, hold and

press NEXT or PREV .

3.Hold and press or to go to the start or

end of a chapter.

4. Press NEXT or PREV to go to the next or

previous chapter.

Understanding Fonts and Markings

A typical Bible verse looks like this:

Verse numbers are boldface and to the left. The ¶ marks a new paragraph. Italics indicate words added by the original translators of the King James Bible. Horizontal lines, , mark the end of chapters, notes, and help messages.

SPECifying Where You Are

At any verse, you can view its book, chapter, and verse number by pressing SPEC or ? .

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