Franklin LDS-1990 User Manual

LDS-1990

Language Studio
Spanish

German

Translate - Listen - Speak

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Please read the following safety
warnings and precautions before
using your device. Note: If this
device is to be used by young
children, this User’s Guide should
be read to them by an adult and
their use of the device should be
monitored. Failure to do so may
cause injury.

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Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................3

Battery Information ...........................5

Understanding Your Device ...............7

Key Guide ............................................9

Product Care .................................... 11

Resetting Your Device ..................... 12

Getting Started ................................ 13

Using the Library ............................. 14

Changing the Settings .................... 15

Selecting a Book .............................. 17

Looking Up a Word .......................... 18

Finding Idioms ................................. 21

Highlighting Words ......................... 22

Viewing Your Search History........... 38

Using the Menus .............................. 38

Using the Audio Player .................... 40

Using Record and Playback ............ 42

Playing the Games ........................... 43

Using the Clock ................................ 46

Using the Calculator ........................ 47

Using the Phone Book ..................... 49

Using the Converter ........................ 52

Installing the

Franklin PC Desktop ........................ 54

Connecting Your Device .................. 55

Using the Franklin PC Desktop ....... 56

Using Annotations, Modi cations

and Highlights ................................. 23

Viewing the Annotations List ......... 25

Viewing In ections by Franklin ...... 26

Viewing

Supplemental Information ............. 27

Using the Phrase Books................... 29

Using the Grammar Guide .............. 31

Using My Vocabulary List ................. 33

Using My Dictionary ......................... 36

Using the

Franklin PC View™ Feature .............. 61

Speci cations ................................... 66

Recycling and Disposal ................... 67

FCC Notice ........................................ 67

Disclaimer of Warranties ................. 68

Limited Warranty

(EU and Switzerland) ....................... 68

Limited Warranty (Outside U.S.,

EU and Switzerland) ........................ 68

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ........... 69

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Introduction

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase
of the LDS-1990, Language Studio
Spanish - German! The LDS-1990 is an
educational, informational, and versatile
handheld computing device. Your
package includes:

• your LDS-1990 device

• Franklin PC Desktop installation CD­ROM

• earphones

• USB cable

Your LDS-1990 has the ability to store
eBooks, RSS eNews, audio  les and
other documents. It has a built-in
organiser, with a clock, calculator,
converter and phone book.

To install the Franklin PC Desktop
on your PC, your computer must
meet the following minimum system
requirements:

• IBM-compatible Pentium class PC or
higher

• 256 color VGA monitor

Your LDS-1990 contains the following
reference books:

• Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Spanisch-Deutsch

• Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Deutsch-Spanisch

• Sätze für die Reise (S-D)

• Sätze für die Reise (D-S)

• Spanische Grammatik

• Guía de gramática de la lengua
española

• Deutsche Grammatik

• Guía de gramática de la lengua
alemana

Expand your vocabulary by looking
up translations of words using the
Spanish-German and German-Spanish
dictionaries. Find everyday and travel
phrases using the phrase books.
Learn grammar using the Spanish and
German grammar guides. For additional
help in using this device, read the
Spanish or German Tutorial.

• Mouse or other pointing device

• Windows® XP or Windows Vista®

• 20 MB free disk space

• 32 MB RAM

• Available USB port

• CD-ROM Drive

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Introduction Introduction

Save a list of German and Spanish
vocabulary that you want to learn,
study and remember. Add a list of
words and de nitions not found in the
dictionaries in this device.

Most of these books include a word
search feature that helps you  nd words
just by typing the  rst few letters. If you
can’t  nd the words you want, phonetic
spell correction is available to show you
other possibilities. In addition, a word
search feature is included which allows
you to type a “?” in place of any single
letter and a “✽” in place of zero, one or
more letters in a word so that you can
search based on the letters you are sure
of. Verbs are conjugated in all tenses
to make learning and comprehension
easier.

your pronunciation, then play them
both back to see how you compare.
In addition, use the audio player that
comes with your LDS-1990 to listen to
audio books and music.

Purchase titles and expand your
content by loading it from MMC/SD
(MultiMediaCard/Secure Digital). These
convenient cards (sold separately) slip
easily into the side of your LDS-1990.
Transfer  les directly from your PC to an
MMC/SD and you can carry more books,
music, and other documents around
with you.

Use the Franklin PC View™ feature of the
Franklin PC Desktop to view content
from the LDS-1990 on a personal
computer. Just connect your device to

a PC and you can use the dictionary
Hear Spanish and German words
and Spanish and German phrases
pronounced in high-quality speech so
you can practice saying them correctly.
Use the listen, record and playback
feature to practice pronouncing words.
Listen to a word or phrase, record

features on a PC screen.

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Battery Information

Your LDS-1990 uses a rechargeable 3.7 volt lithium polymer battery.
The  rst time you use your device, it requires approximately 4 to 6 hours of

charging before use. Thereafter, your device can take up to 6 hours for a full charge.
Battery power lasts for about 1 week of normal dictionary use or 14 hours of
continuous dictionary use (and around half that with continuous audio). When you
see the low battery warning, please recharge your battery.

Recharging the Battery

Follow these instructions to recharge the battery.

1. Find the USB charger cable included with your device.

2. Make sure your device is turned o .

3. Plug the small end into your device and the other end into a power source.

Continue charging your device until the battery is fully charged.
You can also charge your battery by plugging it into your PC using the included

USB cable. Plug the wide end of the USB cable into a USB port on your PC and
the smaller end of the USB cable into the USB port on your device.

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Battery Information

Note: To use your device while it is plugged into your PC, use the Franklin PC

View™ feature on your PC to access the dictionaries. For more information,
please see “Using the Franklin PC View™ Feature” on page 61.

Battery Precautions

• If the device is left unused for a long period of time, the battery may lose its

charge. Please recharge the battery following the steps described above in order
to use your device.

• Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult supervision.

• Use the supplied charger to recharge the battery. Improperly charging a battery

may damage the battery.

• You may not open this device. All changes to this device are strictly prohibited

and will invalidate the guarantee.

• Leaving the device in hot or cold places, such as in a closed car in summer or

winter conditions, will reduce the capacity and lifetime of the battery. Always try
to keep the device between 15ºC and 25ºC (59ºF and 77ºF). A device with a hot
or cold battery may not work temporarily, even when the battery is fully charged.

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Screen in
Lid

Understanding Your Device

Microphone

Speakers

Screen in Lid: The screen of the LDS-1990 is contained in the lid, so you can tilt the

screen for optimum viewing.
Microphone: The microphone is located in the upper left corner, just above the

keyboard on the front of your device. Speak into this when recording.
Speakers: The two speakers are located on the front edge of the device.

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Understanding Your Device

USB Port

Headphone
Jack

Audio
Player
Buttons

MMC/SD
Slot

USB Port: Plug the cable into this port to connect your device to your PC and to

recharge your device using an external power source.
Headphone Jack: The headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm impedance

stereo headphones. Caution: Monophonic headphones will not work with this unit.
Audio Player Buttons: The buttons, located on the left side of the device, control
the audio  les stored on your device, as well as the volume of the speaker or
headphones.

MMC/SD Slot: Insert MMC/SD here. Slide the MMC/SD into the slot with the
contacts facing the back of the device. Push gently until it clicks into place. To
remove an MMC/SD from the slot, put your thumb on the MMC/SD and push it in
slightly. You hear a click and the MMC/SD pops out. Slide it out of the slot.

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Key Guide

Key Guide

Picture Keys

Opens the Audio Player.
Goes to the Library.

Displays your search history.

Displays information about

your current screen.

Opens a menu, if available.

Goes to the Games Menu.

Goes to the Organiser.

Function Keys

Turns the product on or o .

Turns the backlight on or o .

Shifts to type numbers,

punctuation marks and other
symbols.

Adjusts the font size.

At an input box, types a ? to

stand for a letter in a word.

Pronounces a word or phrase.

Begins and stops recording.

With FN, plays a recorded
message.

Navigation Button

Moves in the indicated

direction. In text, press the left
(

) or right ( ) part of the

Selects an item. In the

calculator, performs a
calculation. In text, highlights
a word.

Clears an input box. From text,

goes to the main screen of a
book.

Backs up, erases a letter, or

turns o the highlight in text.

Cycles through the accents

for the last typed letter, if
available.

Shifts to type capital letters

and punctuation marks.

button to highlight the next or
previous link, when available.
When no links are available,
pages up or down. In text,

press the up (
part of the button to highlight
the previous or next link, when
available. When no links are
available, scrolls up or down
one line at a time.

) or down ( )

About Screen Illustrations ✓

Some screen illustrations and Soft
Key labels in this User’s Guide may
di er slightly from what you see on
screen. This does not mean that your

unit is malfunctioning.

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Key Guide Key Guide

Combination Keys*

+ At an input box, types an

asterisk (✽) to stand for zero,
one or more letters in a word.

+ Types an apostrophe.

+ At an input box or other

entry  eld, cycles through the
available symbols, including @
/ _ ~ : ; , and #.

+ Plays a recorded message.

* Hold the  rst key while pressing the second.

Audio Keys

†

Calculator Keys

A(1/x) Calculates a reciprocal.

S(√x) Calculates a square root.

2

D(x

F(%) Calculates a percentage.

G(.) Inserts a decimal point.

H(+),J(-) Adds, subtracts, multiplies or

K(x),L(÷)

Z(+/-) Changes the number on the

X(M+) Adds the number to the

C(

) Squares a number.

divides numbers.

screen to a negative or positive
number.

number stored in memory.

M-) Subtracts the number from the

Increases (+) or decreases (-)

the volume.

Plays a stopped or paused  le.

Pauses a playing  le. Press
and hold to stop a playing or

paused  le.

Press the right side ( ) of this

key to go to the next  le. Hold
it in to fast-forward through a
 le. Press the left side (

) of
this key to go to the previous
 le. Hold it in to rewind
through a  le.

† The keys for controlling the audio are located
on the side of your device.

number stored in memory.

V(

MR) Recalls the number stored in

memory.

B(

MC) Clears the memory.

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Key Guide

Product Care

Soft Keys

In this device, up to  ve extra functions
are available depending on what you
are doing and what you are reading.
They are indicated by “tabs” or “labels”
across the bottom of the screen.
Because they can change from location
to location, they are called “soft”. To
use a Soft Key, press the unlabeled
key at the top of the keyboard that
corresponds to the label you want.

Your LDS-1990 is designed to be light,
compact and durable. However, it is an
electronic device and must be treated
carefully. Putting unnecessary pressure
on it or striking the device against other
objects can cause damage.

In order to avoid damage to your LDS­1990, please:

• Keep the lid closed when you are not
using it. This will protect the screen
from being broken, scratched or
marred in any way.

• Do not drop, crush, bend, or apply
excessive force to the device.

• Do not expose your LDS-1990 to
moisture, extreme temperatures

For example, at the Library, the
following Soft Keys are available:

Opens the list of eBooks.
Opens the list of eNews.
Opens the list of My Vocabulary

List, My Dictionary and any

miscellaneous text  les.
Opens the list of audio  les.
Displays the Settings List.

Please read each individual section
for information on what Soft Keys are

or other adverse conditions. Avoid
storing it in damp, humid or wet
places. It is not waterproof.

• Clean the device by wiping with
a soft, dry cloth. Do not use harsh
chemicals.

• Should the device’s glass break,
properly dispose of the product
avoiding contact with your skin, then
wash your hands immediately.

• Please keep screen protectors and
plastic bags away from babies
and children to avoid danger of
su ocation.

available.

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Resetting Your Device

If the keyboard fails to respond, or if the screen performs erratically, perform a
system reset by following the steps below.

1. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on your unit.

If nothing happens, try step 2.
The reset button is recessed in a pin-sized hole on the back of the unit.

Warning! Pressing the reset button with more than light pressure may
permanently disable your product. In addition, resetting the product resets the
volume, contrast, date and time settings to their defaults and may erase any
recently entered information.

2. Hold CLEAR and press the reset button.
Warning! This restores factory defaults, so all saved information and settings will

be erased.

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Getting Started

The  rst time you turn on your device,
a contrast bar is displayed. The contrast
indicates how dark or light the screen is.

Getting Started

3. Press to move to Sprache
(Language).

1. Press or to adjust the contrast.

2. Press EINGABE when done.

The eBooks tab of the Library is
displayed.

Changing the Language

Initially, the language of the LDS-1990
is set to German. You can change the

4. Press

5. Press to highlight English and
then press EINGABE.

.

message language to English, French,
Spanish, or Italian.

1. Press

2. Press EINGABE to select
Persönliche Voreinstellungen (User
Preferences).

.

6. Press .

The Library is displayed.

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Using the Library

Using the Library

The Library is your home screen.

This is the hub of the LDS-1990 and the
place to start in order to access all of the
dictionaries and other books stored in
your device.* At any time, and from any

location, press

to return to this

location.
The Library consists of  ve tabs: eBooks,

eNews, Other, Audio and Setup. The

Utilities

From anywhere within the Library, press

to open the Utilities Menu. From
this menu, you can reset your device to
its factory defaults or format an MMC/
SD. Warning! Resetting to the factory
defaults returns the device to its initial
settings, as it was when you purchased
it, and erases any saved information.
Formatting an MMC/SD enables you to
erase an MMC/SD without connecting
to your PC.

1. Press

2. Press

.

.

 rst four of these tabs keep track of
the di erent kinds of  les that you can
store on your device, and the Setup tab
opens the Settings List. To select a tab,
simply press the Soft Key that refers to
that tab, that is, the blank key at the top
of the keyboard that lines up with the
name of the tab where it is displayed on
the screen.

Try it now by pressing the  ve Soft Keys
at the top of the keyboard to see what
happens. Then press

to return

to the list of books.

3. Press or to highlight the one

you want and then press EINGABE.

Format MMC/SD Card erases all
information from an installed
MMC/SD.

Restore Factory Default Settings resets
all settings to what they were the
 rst time you turned on your device.

You are asked to con rm the
selected action.

*This includes any titles available on
MMC/SD cards inserted into your device.

4. Press

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to con rm or

to cancel.

Changing the Settings

Changing the Settings

At the Library, press to display
the Settings List. From the Settings List,
you can change your user preferences,
game settings, date and time settings,
and view the version and identi cation
information. For information regarding
your game settings, please see “Game
Settings” on page 43. For information
regarding your date and time settings,
please see “Setting the Date and Time”
on page 46. Press
the menu item you want and then press
EINGABE to select it.

or to highlight

User Preferences

1. Press

2. Press .

3. Press
Preferences and then press

or to highlight User

.

Font Size determines how large or
small the text is in this device.

Language determines the language
used for helptext, menu items and
pop-up messages.

Learn a Word determines whether or
not you see a word every time you
turn on your device.

Auto-shuto determines how long
your device stays on if you forget to
turn it o .

Justi cation determines whether or
not the text of your books is fully
justi ed.

Margins determines whether or not
books have margins.

5. Press
options.

Note: For Contrast, there is no menu

to open the menu of

EINGABE.

4. Press or to move to

Contrast, Font Size, Language,
Learn a Word, Auto-shuto ,
Justi cation, or Margins.

Contrast determines how dark or
light the screen is.

6. Press

7. Press

8. Press

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of options;
the screen contrast when the pointer
is there.

or to move the highlight

to your choice.

or EINGABE to accept the

setting.

Press
changing the setting.

the Settings List.

and simply adjust

to exit the menu without

or EINGABE to return to

Changing the Settings Changing the Settings

Learn a Word ✓

Your LDS-1990 comes with a Learn
a Word feature to help you increase

your Spanish or German vocabulary.
Each time you turn on your device,
you can see a di erent word taken
from one of the dictionaries in your
device.

You can learn Spanish words from
the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Spanisch-Deutsch or you can
learn German words from the

Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Deutsch-Spanisch.

Information

The information screen displays version
and identi cation information about
your LDS-1990 as well as your Personal
ID number (PID). You may be asked for
your PID when you register your device
or purchase books and other content
from Franklin or Mobipocket.

From the User Preferences menu,
open the Learn a Word options
menu. Press
book you want to use and then press
EINGABE.

or to highlight the

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Help is Always at Hand ✓

For additional assistance while you
use your device, a help message is
available at any screen by pressing

. Use the navigation button
to read the message. Press
exit help. This information is also
available by selecting Tutorial in the
Library.

to

Selecting a Book

In your LDS-1990, you can select
from a variety of reference material
that comes with your device. You can
look up Spanish translations using
the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Spanisch-Deutsch, German
translations using the Langenscheidt

Selecting a Book

Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch,
and everyday and travel phrases in the
Spanish and German phrase books. You
can learn German and Spanish grammar
rules and topics.

1. Press

.

The eBooks tab is displayed.

2. Press or to move the highlight
to Handwörterbuch Deutsch-

Note: This is the method to select

any book or  le in any of the tabs.
That is, use the navigation button
to scroll through your list of  les,
and press EINGABE to open the
highlighted  le.

Note: eNews is only available
through the Mobipocket Reader for
Franklin, made available through
the Franklin PC Desktop. For more
information on using your device
on your PC, please see “Using the
Franklin PC Desktop” on page 56.

Spanisch and then press EINGABE
to select it.

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Looking Up a Word

After selecting Langenscheidt
Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch, you

see a word search screen. Type words at
this screen for instant access to all the
translations in this book.

Note: You can type and search for
words in all of the dictionaries in your

Looking Up a Word

LDS-1990.

1. Begin to type a German word, for
example Eisenbahn.

As you type letters, the  rst word in
the book that matches the letters
you type will move to the top of the
word list. You may not have to type
the entire word in order to  nd the
one you want. In this example, note
that “Eisenbahn” appears on the
screen after you type “Eise”.

Or you can continue typing letters
until the word is complete and
the matching word in the list is
automatically highlighted.

3. Press EINGABE to look it up.

4. Use the navigation button to read
the entire de nition.

Press

to hear the word.

5. Press CLEAR when done.

2. When the word you want is on the
screen, press

until the word you

want is highlighted.

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Looking Up a Word Looking Up a Word

Soft Keys in the ✓ Langenscheidt

Handwörterbuch Spanisch­Deutsch or Langenscheidt
Handwörterbuch Deutsch­Spanisch

While using the Langenscheidt
Spanish-German and German­Spanish dictionaries, at any given
moment, up to  ve extra functions
are available. For example, in the
entry for “Eisenbahn”, you see the
following Soft Keys:

Press… To…

* go to the empty Spanish

word search screen.

(Conj) look up

Please remember, the Soft Keys
vary based on the book you are in.
These are the Soft Keys while in
the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Deutsch-Spanisch.

Note: When there is no active word,
for example at an empty word search
screen,

(Grammar) goes
to the main menu of the Grammar
Guide,
Vocabulary List,

(List) displays My

(Idioms)

goes to the idiom search screen, and

(Phrases) goes to the empty
word search screen of the phrase
book.

Spell Correction ✓

any in ections for
“Eisenbahn”.

(Grammar) go to

a grammar topic
describing nouns.

(Phrases)  nd phrases

containing “Eisenbahn”.

(List) add “Eisenbahn” to

My German Vocabulary
List.

* In the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch
Spanisch-Deutsch, this item reads
goes to the empty German word search screen.

If you type a misspelled word,
in ected form, or a word not in a
book, nothing in the word list will
be highlighted as a match. Press
EINGABE to view a list of possible
spelling corrections for the word as
you typed it.

and

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Looking Up a Word Looking Up a Word

Press or to highlight the word
you want, then press EINGABE to
look it up.

MatchMaker ✓

If you are uncertain about how to
spell a word, type a question mark
(?) in place of each unknown letter.
To  nd pre xes, su xes, and other
parts of words, type an asterisk (✽) in
a word. Each asterisk stands for zero,
one or more letters.

Note: If you type an asterisk at the
beginning of a word, it may take
a little while to  nd the matching
words.

Press + ? to type an asterisk.

4. Press EINGABE.

A list of matches is displayed with
the  rst word highlighted.

5. Press

or to highlight the
word you were looking for and
then press EINGABE to look it
up.

1. Press

2. Press

or to highlight

.

Handwörterbuch Deutsch­Spanisch and then press

EINGABE.

3. Type tr??er✽.

6. Press CLEAR when done.

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Finding Idioms

The two dictionaries in your device
include idioms in addition to their basic
dictionary entries.

From the Word Entry Screen

1. Press .

The eBooks tab is displayed.

2. Press
Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch
and then press EINGABE to select
it.

3. Press

or to highlight

(Idioms).

Finding Idioms

The list of idioms that contain “Katze”
is displayed. Press
return to the idiom search screen.

If an idiom is too long to  t on the
screen, you will see
side of the screen. Press

on the right

(Close) to

to display

The idiom entry screen is displayed.
Press
the word entry screen.

4. Type a word, for example Katze
and then press EINGABE.

(Close) to return to

the entire idiom on the screen. Press
EINGABE to remove the pop-up
window.

5. Press
to the idiom you want to view and

then press EINGABE to select it.

The entry is displayed that contains
the idiom you selected.

6. Use the navigation button to read
the entire de nition.

Press
pronounced.

7. Press CLEAR when done.

or to move the highlight

to hear the word

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