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BOOKMAN
EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
Sprechender
Deutsch-Englisch
Professor PLUS
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG/
USER’S GUIDE
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC- TRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Fra
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Table of Contents License Agreement .............................................................................27 Using Your BOOKMAN® ..................................................................... 31 Installing Batteries ..............................................................................32 Installing Book Cards ..........................................................................32 Selecting a Book .........................................................................
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Key Guide MENÜ Displays the main menus for the Colour Keys Dictionary, Databank and WÖRTER (red) Goes to the Dictionary. Converter. E/D (green) Changes the entry 0 In the dictionary, shows language. inflections. DATEN (yellow) Goes to the 9 In the dictionary, shows the Databank menu. Phrases menu. TON (blue) Pronounces English 8 In the dictionary, shows the words or phrases. Word List menu. In the dictionary, shows the 7 Games menu. Function Keys 6 In the dictionary, shows the CLEAR Goes to the
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Key Guide Direction Keys Calculator Keys Move in the indicated + A (1/x) Calculates a reciprocal. ÷ x direction. – S (√x) Calculates a square root. AUF 2 Pages up and down. D (x ) Squares a number. AB F (%) Calculates a percentage. At menus and dictionary Y (+/-) Changes the number on the entries, pages down. At the screen to a negative or positive Word Entry screen, types a space. number. 1 X (M+) Key Combinations Adds the number to the number stored in the memory. 2 + Goes to the Personal 6 D
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Using Your BOOKMAN® Headphone Jack Volume Control Backlight button This BOOKMAN is equipped with several special features that many, but not all, BOOKMAN books can use. To learn if you can use the special features with a particular BOOKMAN book, read its User’s Guide. Headphone Jack: The headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm impedance stereo headphones. Caution: Monophonic headphones will not work with this BOOKMAN. Volume Control: The dial controls the volume of the speaker or headphone
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Installing Batteries Installing Book Cards 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. Your BOOKMAN is powered by two AAA, 1.5-volt batteries. Follow these 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. easy instructions to install or replace 3. Align the tabs on the book card them. with the notches in the slot. ® 1. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your BOOKMAN by pushing it in the direction of the arrow. 3. Install the batteries as shown on the diagram in the battery compartment. 4. Replac
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Selecting a Book Using the Colour Keys Once a book card is installed in the The red, green, yellow, and blue colour BOOKMAN, you can select which book keys on your BOOKMAN change functions you want to use. according to the book card you select. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. If you are using the built-in book, the colour keys function as labelled on the KARTE 2. Press [CARD]. BOOKMAN keyboard. If you select a book card, the colour keys function as labelled on that book card. These are sample books. 3
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Changing the Language You can change the message and entry Changing the Entry Language language of this dictionary to German WÖRTER or English. 1. Press (red). 2. Press E/D (green) to toggle be- The message language is the language tween the English and German en- of the menus, prompts, and help try screens. messages. The entry language is the This is the English entry screen. language in which you enter words. The examples in the English part of this User’s Guide use English as the message
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Changing the Settings Viewing a Demonstration When using this dictionary, you can When no book card is installed, a adjust the type size, the shutoff time, demonstration of this dictionary will and the screen contrast. The shutoff appear automatically when you turn on time is how long your BOOKMAN stays the BOOKMAN. on if you forget to turn it off. CLEAR To stop the demonstration, press . Note: The screen illustrations in this MENÜ To disable it, press and then select User’s Guide use the norm
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Finding English Words AUF Finding English Words AB 7. Hold and press or to see 1. Press WÖRTER (red). the next or previous dictionary E/D entry. 2. Press (green) until the English entry screen appears. 8. Press CLEAR when finished. To find a German word, use the German entry screen. Finding Letters in Words 3. Type one or more English words. At the Word Entry screen, you can type a question mark to stand for any letter, or an asterisk to stand for a series of letters. To type an asteri
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Finding English Words Using the English Menu WÖRTER MENÜ 1. Press (red) and then . E/D 2. Press (green) till you see . 3. Start typing an English word, for 8. Press CLEAR when finished. example renew. Understanding Definitions Each dictionary entry contains the headword in bold type followed by the pronunciation guide (English only). Grammatical information is in brackets ([ ]). Special information is in To undo a typed letter, press ZURÜCK parentheses. Phrases containing the [BAC
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Hearing English Words TON Using the (blue) key, you can hear More Ways to Hear Words English words pronounced at many You can also hear English words by screens. Try this example. TON highlighting them and pressing 1. At the English entry screen or (blue) at the spell correction list. at the English menu, type an English word. For example, type, knowledge. TON 2. Press (blue). If the word had multiple pronuncia- tions, first highlight the form that you You can hear the game word after you
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Highlighting Words Finding Phrases 1. From the Topics menu, select You can highlight a word in a dictionary Traveller’s Phrases or press 9 entry and find its dictionary entry, [PHRASE] at a blank Word Entry inflections or related phrases (if any). screen. 1. Find the dictionary entry for 2. Select a category, (for e.g. emergency. Emergencies) and then a To learn how, read “Finding English subcategory (for e.g. General). Words”. 3. Highlight a phrase (for e.g. It’s EINGABE 2. Press [ENTER] to st
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Finding Inflections You can find the inflections of nouns, verbs, and certain other words. 1. At an entry screen or at a menu, type a word. For exam- ple, type examine at the English entry screen. 4. To see the previous inflections, EINGABE If you want, press [ENTER] to see its AUF hold and press . dictionary entry. 5. Press CLEAR when finished. 2. Press 0 [INFLECTIONS]. If the word you typed has more than one part of speech, first highlight the form EINGABE you want and then press . Un
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Using the Personal Dictionary You can add about 900 English or German words and definitions to your Personal Dictionary. 1. Press WÖRTER (red). 6 2. Press . TON Note: (blue) will not pronounce Press + 6 when in the Databank, the words in your Personal Dictionary. Wordlist, Calculator or Converter. Viewing and Deleting Words 6 6 1. Press or + for your Personal Dictionary menu. EINGABE 3. Press [ENTER] to select Add an 2. To view your list, select View:... entry. EINGABE and press . Y
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Using the Word List You can add about 100 words in both Other Ways to Add Words English and German to your Word List. You can also add words to your Word List directly from the Word Entry 1. From the Topics menu, select screen or from a dictionary entry. Type Word List or press 8 [LIST]. the word you want to add at the Word E/D 2. Press (green) to select the Entry screen, or highlight the word of language you want. your choice in a dictionary entry. Press 3. Select Add a Word. 8 . You will se
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Playing the Games Changing Game Settings Selecting a Game You can choose the language you wish 1. From the Topics menu select to play in, the source and size of the 7 Games, or press . words, and the skill level. EINGABE 2. Highlight a game and press . 1. From the Topics menu select Games, or press 7 [GAMES]. EINGABE Getting Help in the Games 2. Press [ENTER] to select Game Settings. During any game you can read instruc- HILFE tions by pressing [HELP]. In all the games except Flashcards,
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Playing the Games Flashcards Gender Tutor Gender Tutor asks you to guess the gender of Flashcards flashes words on the screen for German nouns. Press M for masculine, F for you to define or study. You can practice feminine and N for Neuter. Your score flashes your vocabulary in either English or on the screen at the end of the round. German. Word Auction Conjumania™ In Word Auction you must guess a mystery Conjumania helps you practice conjugat- word by buying letters before you run out of ing E
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Using The Databank Adding Entries Viewing or Editing Entries You can store as many as 900 names and 1. Press DATEN (yellow) to see the telephone numbers in the databank. The total Databank menu. depends on the size of each entry. 2. Select View: XX entries (X% 1. Press DATEN (yellow) to see the free). Databank menu. 3. Highlight an entry by scroll- ing to it or by typing its name. 4. To edit a highlighted entry, EINGABE press and then enter your changes. EINGABE You can press to save y
