Franklin NCS-101, NCS-101R User Manual

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Electronic Publishers

NCS-101

Web s t e r ’s

Spelling Corrector

USER’ S GUIDE

Key Guide

A

+

C

D

x

F

/

H

J

K

L

Function Keys

BACK

Backs up (e.g., erases typed letters).

CALC

Selects the calculator mode.

CLEAR

Clears to the start of selected mode.

=

ENTER

Enters words or numbers, or selects items.

GAMES

Selects the game mode.

HELP

Displays help messages.

PHONE

Selects the phone list mode.

ON/OFF

Turns the unit on or off.

SPELL

Selects the spelling corrector mode.

Calculator Keys

Lets you add numbers.

√

Calculates square roots.
Lets you multiply numbers.

=

ENTER

Performs calculations (i.e., acts as =).
Lets you divide numbers.

MC

Clears the calculator memory .

MR

Retrieves total from the memory.

M-

Subtracts a number from the memory.

M+

Adds a number to the memory .

1

S

-

V

%

X

+/-

?

Key Guide

Z

Lets you subtract numbers. (In the phone
list, types a hyphen.)

Calculates percentages.
Changes the sign (+/-) of a number.

CONV

Lets you convert measures and currencies.

Other Keys

In the phone list, deletes an entry. When

✽

entering a spelling word, types an aster­isk to stand for a series of letters in a
word. During a game, provides a hint.

When entering a spelling word, types a
question mark to stand for any letter.
When a question mark flashes next to a
spelling correction word, displays its Con­fusables®. During a game, reveals the
answer(s) and ends the round.

Direction Keys

In lists, scrolls up or down. At entry
screens, types apostrophes or periods. At

ENTER a word

the

screen, adjusts the

screen contrast.
At entry screens, moves the cursor right

or left.

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Getting Started

T o V iew the Demo

When you first use this product, you will see a
demonstration of what it can do.

1. Press

2. To stop the demonstration, press

T o Disable or Reenable the Demo

You probably do not want to view the demonstra­tion every time you use this product. Here is how
to disable and reenable the demonstration.

1. Press

2. Type

3. Press

4. To reenable the demonstration,

T o Adjust the Screen Contrast

1. Press

2. At

ON/OFF

.

The demonstration automatically appears.

CLEAR

SPELL

.

✽✽

d

.

ENTER

.

repeat the above steps.

SPELL

.

ENTER a word

, use or to darken

or lighten the screen contrast.

3

.

Correcting Spellings

BACK

ENTER

ENTER

CLEAR

1. Press

SPELL

.

2. T ype a word.

To erase letters, use
trophe, press

. To type a period, press .
To type a space, press
press

and then retype letters.

. To type an apos-

. To edit a word,

You cannot type capital letters, but the spelling
corrections may include capitals. Also, you
cannot begin a word with a punctuation mark.

3. Press

.

The flashing arrow indicates that more correc­tions are available. If you enter a correctly
spelled word,

Correct word

appears and then
the word appears on the main word list. If you
enter a word that has more than one form,

Multiple forms

4. Use

appears.

and to view more words.

Note: If a word is too long to fit on the screen,

5. Press

press

or to see it all.

when finished.

4

ENTER

?

CLEAR

Viewing Confusables

®

Confusables are words such as homonyms and
spelling variants that people often confuse. When
you see a flashing question mark to the right of a
word, that word has Confusables. Try this ex­ample.

1. Press

2. Type

SPELL

.

ere

and then press

.

Notice the flashing question mark.

3. Press

.

Each Confusable is followed by a word that
explains its meaning.

4. Use

and to view the Confusables.

5. Press

when finished.

✓ Follow the Arrows

Remember, the flashing arrows at the right
of the screen show you which arrow keys
you can use to view more words.

5

ENTER

CLEAR

Finding Parts of Words

BACK

You can find parts of words by typing question
marks and asterisks in place of letters. Each
question mark stands for any single letter. Each
asterisk stands for any series of letters.

You can use question marks to help solve cross­word puzzles and similar word games by typing
them in place of missing letters.

1. Press

2. T ype a word with ?’s and ✽’s in it.

SPELL

.

3. Press

.

4. Press repeatedly to view more words.

5. Press

when finished.

✓ Help is Always at Hand

You can view an appropriate help message
at any screen by pressing
to the previous screen, press

HELP

. To go back

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.

ENTER

ENTER

BACK

ENTER

S

Storing Names & Phone Numbers

This product has a data bank that can save as
many as 100 names and phone numbers. The
total of names and numbers that you can save
depends upon the number of characters in each
entry.

T o Add an Entry to the Phone List

1. Press

2. Use

3. Type a name and then press

4. Use the numbered keys to type a phone

PHONE

.

or , if needed, to see

entry

and then press

Add a new

.

.

Each name can contain up to 23 characters
(with letters appearing as capitals only) and
spaces.

To erase a character, press
space, press

.

To edit a character, press

. To type a

and then retype a

letter.

number and then press

.

To type a hyphen between the parts of a
phone number, press

To type a space, press

.

.

You cannot type letters in the phone number.

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Storing Names & Phone Numbers

ENTER

BACK

ENTER

ENTER

BACK

To View the Phone List

1. Press

2. Use

3. T o go to a name, type the name or use

4. Press

5. To see another name and number, use

6. Use

PHONE

.

or , if needed, to see

list

and then press

.

To undo a typed letter, press

to see its phone number.

, or type a name, and then press

to go back to the phone list op-

tions.

✓ Checking the Memory

T o see how much memory is free in the phone
list for more names and numbers, press
and then use to see

Space: XX% free

✓ Keep Copies of Important Data

Warning! Your phone list information is

safely stored in memory as long as the bat­tery supplies power. However, if the battery
loses all power, this information will be per­manently lost. You should always keep writ­ten copies of your important information.

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View phone

.

.

or

.

PHONE

.

Storing Names & Phone Numbers

ENTER

Y

ENTER

Y

T o Delete an Entry from the Phone List

1. Press

2. Press

3. Press

4. Press

5. Press

6. To delete another entry, repeat Steps 3

PHONE

.

to select

until you see the entry that you

want to delete.

✽

.

to delete the entry or N to cancel

the deletion.

through 5 above.

View phone list

.

T o Erase All the Phone List Entries

Warning! This procedure permanently erases all

the names and numbers in your phone list.

PHONE

1. Press

2. Use
press

3. Press
cancel the operation.

.

or to see

Erase all data

and then

.

to erase all the entries or N to

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Using a Password

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

You can use a password to keep the information
in your phone list private. Your password will be
requested whenever anyone turns on the unit
and first presses

Warning! After you have set the password, it will
be required whenever you try to access the
phone list for the first time during a session. So
always record your password and keep it in a
separate location.

1. Press

2. Use

PHONE

to see

press

3. T ype a password and then press

Remember to write down your exact password
and keep it in a separate location.

4. T o test the password, press
type the password, and then press

5. T o disable the password, repeat Steps 1
and 2 above, and then press

Enter password

✓ About Automatic Shutoff

If you forget to turn off this product, it will au­tomatically turn off in about two minutes.

.

PHONE

.

Set the password

.

appears.

and then

ON/OFF

.

twice,

when

.

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Using the Calculator

X

+/-

A

+

S

-

D

x

F

/

C

V

%

CLEAR

L

K

CLEAR

J

H

T o Make a Calculation

1. Press

2. Use the numbered keys to type a number.

3. Use

4. Type another number.

5. Press

T o Use the Calculator Memory

1. Make a calculation as shown above, or

2. Press

3. Press

4. To retrieve the total from the memory , press

5. To clear the calculator memory, press

CALC

.

To make a number negative or positive, use

. To type a decimal point, press .

,

,

, or

to enter a math operator.

√

Note: To find a square root, press

=

ENTER

or

.

To clear the calculation, press

.

.

simply type a number in the calculator.

M+

to add the number to the calcula-

tor memory as a positive number or

M-

to

add it to the memory as a negative number.

The total in the memory flashes on screen.

to clear the calculator, or start

making a calculation.

MC

MR

.

.

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Z

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

BACK

Converting Measures & Currencies

You can convert temperatures, weights, liquid
measures, and lengths to and from English and
metric measurements. You can also convert cur­rencies using an exchange rate that you enter.

1. Press

2. Press

3. Use

4. If you selected

5. Use

6. T ype an amount and then press

7. T o make another conversion, press

CALC

.

(CONV).

to select a conversion category

then press

.

Money

as the conversion

category, set the exchange rate.

To set the exchange rate, first use
needed, to see

set rate

and press

or , if

. Then

type a number as the exchange rate and press

. To type a decimal, use . The ex-

change rate will be saved until you change it.
Important! The exchange rate should be the

number of units of the other currency per one

2.0

dollar (e.g.,

= 2 other/1 dollar).

Note: You can convert currencies other than
dollars by ignoring the fact that one currency
is called dollars.

to select a conversion and then

press

.

.

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.

Setting the Skill Level of the Games

GAMES

ENTER

ENTER

BACK

You can play the games at skill levels from Be­ginner to Wizard.

1. Press

2. Use
then press

3. Use
want and then press

✓ Understanding the Skill Levels

The skill levels change the number of
guesses in Hangman, the minimum number
of letters (
number of letters in Word Jumble. World
Builder is unaffected by the skill levels.

.

or to see

Set Skill Level

and

.

or to see the skill level that you

. Or press

to leave the skill level unchanged.

Min size

) in Anagrams, and the

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Playing Hangman

GAMES

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

Hangman challenges you to guess mystery
words in a certain number of tries.

1. Press

2. Press
press

mystery word wrong guesses remaining

3. T ype letters that you think are in the word.

.

or to see

.

Hangman

and then

4. Press

Note: If you reveal a letter , you will lose the round.

5. To reveal the word and end the round, press ?.

6. Press

or * to reveal a letter.

to play a new round.

✓ User Hangman and Anagrams

User Hangman and User Anagrams require
that you enter a word (known to the spelling
corrector) with which to play before each
round. Use User Hangman and User Ana­grams to test your friends.

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Playing Anagrams

GAMES

ENTER

ENTER

?

ENTER

Anagrams challenges you to find the anagrams
of words. An anagram is a word formed from
some or all the letters of another word.

1. Press

2. Press
press

Note: The
letters that the anagrams can have.

word anagrams remaining

3. Type an anagram and then press

If the anagram is correct,

4. Enter more anagrams.

5. Press

6. Use
you have already used, if any.

7. To end the round and see the unused
anagrams, press

8. Press

.

or to see

Anagrams

and then

.

Min size

to jumble the letters.

*

and to see the anagrams that

is the minimum number of

OK

appears.

and then use .

to play a new round.

.

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Word Jumble & Word Builder

GAMES

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

GAMES

ENTER

ENTER

ENTER

Playing Word Jumble

1. Press

2. Press
then press

The letters are a jumbled word or words. The num­ber shows how many words have been jumbled.

3. To re-jumble the letters, press

4. Type a word formed from the jumbled let­ters and then press

5. To reveal the word(s) and end the round, press ?.

6. Press

Playing Word Builder

Word Builder builds words of a minimum size from
letters chosen from the letters that you enter.

1. Press

2. Use
press

3. Type up to 14 letters.

You can type a letter more than once.

4. Press

5. Use

6. Press

.

or to see

Word Jumble

.

.

to play a new round.

.

or to see

Word Builder

and then

.

.

and to view the words built.

to play a new round.

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and

or *.

Changing the Battery

CLEAR

ENTER

This product uses one CR2032, 3-volt lithium
battery. The battery should be changed when the
screen contrast is too light even after adjustment.

Before you replace the battery, you should have
a new battery and a small Phillips screwdriver on
hand.

Warning! If the battery completely loses power ,
all the information stored in the phone list will be
permanently lost. Furthermore, any time that you
change the battery, you risk losing all your phone
list information, so always keep
your phone list information.

1. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew and
remove the back cover.

2. Install a new battery, with its plus sign (+)
facing you.

3. Replace the back cover.

✓ Disabling the Demonstration

After changing the battery , the automatic
demonstration may appear when you turn
on the unit. To stop the demonstration,
press
type
then press

. To disable the demonstration,

✽✽

d

at the

Enter a word

.

written

copies of

screen and

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Product Information

Dimensions: 6.9 x 10.1 x 0.8 cm
Weight: 1.6 oz
Glass size: 16 characters

T o clean this spelling corrector, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a
cloth and wipe its surface. Don't spray liquids directly on the spell­ing corrector. Don't use or store this spelling corrector in extreme
or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse conditions.

If you have a problem with your unit, refer to the limited warranty. For
sales and customer service, please call 1-800-266-5626.
If you purchased your unit outside the United States, contact the place
of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information.

Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant
to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference; and (2) this device must accept any interference re­ceived, including interference that may cause undesirable opera­tion.

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This unit may change operating modes due to electrostatic dis­charge. Normal operation of this unit can be reestablished by press-

ON/OFF

.

ing

Specifications

Cleaning and Storage

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