Franklin SCM-106 User Manual

SCM-106

SCRABBLE® MASTER

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USER’S GUIDE

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Introduction

Congratulations! You now have a powerful and portable way to improve your SCRABBLE® skills and scores. With the SCRABBLE® Master, you can:

■check if your word is a valid SCRABBLE® word according to the Chambers Official SCRABBLE® Words.

■check word spellings;

■build words from your letter and blank tiles;

■enter patterns of letters appearing on the board and fit your tiles to those patterns;

■include double and triple letter and word scores in your patterns;

■play four fun word games.

To learn how to use the SCRABBLE® Master, read this manual and then keep it handy for reference.

Help is at Hand

At most displays, you can view an appropriate help message by pressing HELP. To exit a help message, press BACK.

Key Guide

BACK Goes back or erases a typed letter.

CLEAR Clears to the Ready screen or stops the Quick Demo.

BUILD Builds words from entered letters.

PTRN Goes to the Pattern entry screen.

SKILL Sets the skill level for the games.

ENTER Enters a word.

GAMES Shows the Games menu.

HELP Shows a help message.

ON/OFF Turns the product on or off.

?Types a ? to stand for any letter or a blank tile. In games, ends a round.

Types an to stand for any series

of letters.

Scrolls up or enters double and triple letter/word counts.

Scrolls down.

Types an empty square or moves right.

Moves left.

Getting Started

1. Press ON/OFF.

The Quick Demo appears. You can stop the demo at any time by pressing CLEAR .

2.Press or to adjust the contrast at the Ready screen.

You can only adjust the contrast here.

3.If the screen is still blank, you may need to change the battery.

Resuming Where You Left Off

To save battery life, this product will automatically shut off within two minutes.

If this product is turned off for any reason, you will return to the last screen that you viewed. Note: This will only work if you have turned the demonstration off.

Disabling the Demo

You probably do not want to view the Quick Demo every time you start. To disable the demo, type d at the Ready screen, then press ENTER . To enable the demo, enter d again.

Correcting Misspellings

When you enter a misspelled word at the Ready screen, a list of corrections appears. When you enter a correctly spelled word, the message Correct Word appears with a list of similar words. When you enter a word not in SCRABBLE® Master, the message Sorry Can’t Help appears. To correct misspellings at the Ready screen, follow these instructions.

1. Type a word.

To erase a letter, press .

2.Press ENTER.

3.Press repeatedly to view more words.

4.Press CLEAR when done.

Finding More Corrections

If you do not find the word that you want in a correction list, highlight a correction and press ENTER twice. A list of more corrections appears.

Checking Words for Validity

If you want to check if your word is a valid SCRABBLE® word according to the Chambers Official SCRABBLE® Words, type your word at the Ready screen and press ENTER.

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