Franklin DBD-2015 manual

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     Electronic Publishers  EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK B O O K M A N   BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG USER’S GUIDE DBD-2015 Deutsc h / Englisch P rof essor[...]

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    17 License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC- TRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THA T YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MA Y RETURN THIS P ACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOK- MAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR[...]

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    18 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! With this German/English Dictionary you can translate more than 200,000 words, view their inflections with ex- amples, correct misspellings, save words to your User list, and play fun, educational word games that will help you learn German. Use your BOOK- MAN to read this book card. See “In- stalling B[...]

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    19 Function Keys Clears to an entry screen. Shows the main menus. (red) Shows inflections. (green) Switches languages. (yellow) Shows the games menu. (blue) Shows the User list menu. Exits the selected book. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. Key Guide ➤ Understanding the Color Keys The color keys (red, green, yellow , and blue) perform the functions liste[...]

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    20 Installing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a book card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an installed book card will be erased. 1. T ur n BOOKMAN off. 2. T ur n BOOKMAN over . 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. 4. Press the book car d until it snaps i[...]

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    21 Using the Color Keys The r ed, green, yellow , and blue keys on your BOOKMAN change functions ac- cording to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card is selected, the color keys func- tion as labelled on that book card. Remember , the color keys for [...]

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    22 Before you start using this book, you can view a demonstration of what it can do. Once you have installed and selected the book card, press MENÜ (or MENU ) and then the arrow keys to highlight View Demo on the Other menu. Then press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view the demonstration.If you want to stop the demonstration, press CLEAR . V iewing a Dem[...]

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    23 Beginner Tips ➤ A Faster W ay to Change Languages At the main menus press E/D (green). Pressing E/D (green) changes the message language at the menus and help, or changes the entry language at the entry screen. ➤ Understanding Definitions Each dictionary entry contains a wealth of information. Headwords (i.e., main-words) are in bold type fo[...]

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    24 Finding Phrases This dictionary includes extensive in- flections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German wor d (e.g., schwimmen ). 2. Press FLEKT (red). These are the principal parts of the verb schwimmen . 3. Press or SPACE to r ead. 4. Press FLEKT (red) repeatedly to view mor e inflections. 5. [...]

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    25 Advanced Tips Highlighting W ords T o learn mor e about a word appearing in a definition, you can highlight the word and find its definition(s) and in- flections. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German wor d (e.g., frei ). 2. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ). 3. Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) again to start the highlight. T o turn off the highlight, p[...]

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    26 ➤ Tips for Finding Spellings Use ?’ s to help solve crossword puzzles and other word games (e.g., if the second letter of a five- letter word is p and its last letter is r , enter ?p??r ). Using the User List ▼ ➤ Adding Highlighted W ords Y ou can also add wor ds to your personal word lists from defini- tions, correction lists, and Match[...]

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    27 T o View the List 1. Pr ess LISTE (blue). 2. Pr ess EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view the list. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4. Pr ess EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view its definition(s) or FLEKT (r ed) to view its inflections. T o Delete a W ord 1. Pr ess LISTE (blue). 2. Highlight Delete a wor d . 3. Pr ess EINGABE (or ENTER ). 4. Highlight a word. 5.[...]

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    28 Playing the Games Playing the Games Flashcards Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study . T o view the definitions of the word, press EINGABE (or ENTER ). Then press ZURÜCK (or BACK ) to return to Flashcards and try another word. Word T rain ™ All aboard the Word T rain spelling game! Y ou and the train take turns typing letters to[...]

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    29 Playing the Games This book card can send words to and receive words from certain other BOOKMAN books. T o send a wor d, you must first in- stall a book card in your BOOK- MAN, and that book card must be able to send or receive wor ds. T o learn if a book card can send or re- ceive words, read its User’ s Guide. 1. Highlight a wor d in this bo[...]

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    30 B O O K MAN Book Car d Care • Do not touch the metal contacts on the book cards. Caution: T ouching these electrical contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a book card or built-in book. • Do not expose the book cards to heat, cold, or liquids. • Do not put excessive pressur e on[...]

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    31 Optional Features AC adaptor jack: Some BOOK- MAN models are equipped with a stan- dard 3.5 mm jack for use with a 9-volt, 200-300 milliamp AC/DC adaptor . This symbol indicates that the inner core of the plug of an AC adaptor is negative and that the outer part of the plug is positive. If your AC/DC adap- tor does not have this symbol, confirm [...]

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    32 FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT , FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publ[...]