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FLX-110
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MOVIEVIEWS
User’s Guide
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. YOUR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE 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 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. ELECTRONIC REFERENCE means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publish
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Introduction Congratulations! You now own a powerful movie ™ guide that you can take anywhere. MovieViews is designed to help you quickly find the movies that you want to see, in ways that you can’t ac- complish with a printed book. With your elec- tronic movie guide you can: • find more than 4,000 movies. For each movie, MovieViews details its year of re- lease, running time, critic rating, MPAA rating, cast, plot summary, and more; • search for movies by cast members, di- rectors, or themes; •
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OFF ON Key Guide BACK Returns you to the previous menu or erases letters. CAST Shows the Cast menu. CLEAR Clears your entry. ENTER Selects a menu item or highlights a cast name in movie reviews. GAMES Shows the Games menu. HELP Shows help messages for the current screen. MENU Shows the main menu. NEXT Goes to the next movie title. Turns the product on or off. PREV Goes to the previous movie title. . ? Shows the full name. Scrolls up or starts a new game. Scrolls down or gives a hint in games. Sc
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Getting Started Turning MovieViews On The first time you use MovieViews, a brief dem- onstration appears automatically. ON/OFF 1. Press . CLEAR 2. If you want to stop the demo, press . Disabling the Demonstration You probably do not want to view the demonstra- tion every time you turn MovieViews on. Here is how to disable the demonstration. MENU 1. Press . 2. Press until Disable Demo is marked. A menu item is marked when the triangle is displayed to the left of that menu item. ENTER 3. Pres
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Getting Started Viewing the Tutorial MovieViews includes a tutorial that shows a list of the keys and their functions, and gives an overview of the product. MENU 1. Press . 2. Press to mark Tutorial . ENTER 3. Press . 4. Press to read text. CLEAR 5. Press when done. Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually HELP any screen by pressing . Press to BACK read it. To exit help, press . Resuming Where You Left Off Should you forget to turn off MovieViews, it will automa
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Changing Settings You can change the type size, the shutoff time, and the screen contrast of MovieViews. The type size determines the size of the words, when reading movie reviews and help mes- sages. The shutoff time is how long the product stays on if you forget to turn it off. Set Contrast determines how light or dark the screen is. MENU 1. If not at the menus, press . 2. Press repeatedly to mark Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast. The indicates that a menu item has subtopics. ENTE
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Finding a Movie Review MovieViews contains movie reviews for over 5000 movies between 1914 and 1994. Here is how to find a movie by name. Note: All of the lists in MovieViews are alphabetized letter-by-letter, regardless of punctuation. For example, the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is listed before A Change of Seasons. CLEAR 1. Press . CLEAR You can always return to this list by pressing . 2. Begin typing a movie title until it is marked (e.g., BIG). A movie is marked when the triangle is di
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Finding a Movie Review ENTER 3. Press when it is marked. 4. Press to read the movie review. CLEAR 5. Press when done. Note: From within the movie review, you NEXT can press to go to the next movie re- PREV view or to go to the previous one. Another Way to Search for Movie Titles You can also search for movies by typing the first few letters of the movie, and then pressing to move down until the movie ENTER title you want is marked. Then press to view the movie review. Movies Starring
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Finding Movies by Cast With MovieViews you can search for movies that feature one or more specific cast members, as well as many other categories. In this example, we will search for movies that feature Lee Marvin. CAST 1. Press . 2. Begin typing the cast member’s name (e.g., Marvin, Lee). Note: Cast members names’ should be typed as they appear, with their last name before their first. ENTER 3. When the name is marked press . A check ( ) marks your selection. ENTER To deselect a cast member, p
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Finding Movies by Cast 5. Select a movie. You can search this list the same way that you would search the main movie list. CAST 6. To return to the Cast menu, press . CLEAR 7. Press when done. Selecting More Than One Cast Member If you check more than one cast member, MovieViews will search for movies that star both cast members. Another Way to Find the Cast Menu You can also go to the list of cast members by MENU pressing and selecting Locate. Next, ENTER mark Cast Members, and press .Thi
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Locating Movies by Categories You can look for specific movies by narrowing your searches by categories. In the following example we will search for movies that won Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay. MENU 1. Press . 2. Select Locate. 3. Select a category (e.g., Awards). 4. Select the subcategory you wish to view (e.g., Adapted Screenplay). ENTER 5. Press . 6. Press to view the matches. 7. Select a movie. CLEAR 8. Press when done. 11
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Locating Movies by Categories Awards The Awards category lists movies that have won Academy Awards from the twenty-seven major award categories. You can also look for films that received awards in more than one category (e.g., movies that won awards for Best Leading Actress and Best Director). Note: Since all of the Acad- emy Award titles begin with “Best”, it has been omitted (e.g., look for Leading Actor instead of Best Leading Actor). Directors The Directors category searches for the per-
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Locating Movies by Categories Theme There are over 550 themes in MovieViews, and most movies have over ten themes each. Themes are the subject matter of the films (e.g., Drama, 19th Century, Robin Hood, etc.). You can look for films that share one or more themes. MPAA Rating The Motion Picture Academy of America (MPAA) rates movies for various audiences us- ing the familiar code of G, PG, R, etc. If you se- lect more than one MPAA rating, MovieViews will search for films that match either ra
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Locating Movies by Year You can search for movies by entering a year or a year range. In the following example we will find movies that were released in 1973. 1. Select Year from the Locate menu. Parentheses indicate the decade column is selected. 2. Press three times to mark 19<7>0. 3. Press to select the year column. Parentheses now indicate the year column is selected. 4. Press until 197<3> is marked. ENTER 5. Press . 6. Press twice to view movies. Selecting a Range of Years First selec
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Putting It All Together With MovieViews you may fine-tune your searches even further by selecting multiple search items in a single search. The combina- tions of search items are virtually endless. In this example, we will look for PG-13 movies that star Kevin Costner and were released in 1994. CLEAR 1. Press . CAST 2. Press . 3. Select Costner, Kevin. MENU 4. Press and select Locate. 5. Select MPAA Rating. 6. Select PG-13. BACK 7. Press . 8. Select Year. 9. Press to select the year column. 10
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Placing Notes You can place a personalized note in a movie for quick reference; notes can be used to mark your favorite movies, movies that you want to rent, or recently seen movies . Your notes are marked in the movie review with a . 1. Press N within any movie review. ENTER 2. Press to select Add Note. The highlighted text is the movie title and year of its release. 3. Enter a note. • To use the movie title as the note, ENTER press . ENTER • To use your own note, type it and press . To type a
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Viewing & Removing Notes Viewing a Note MENU 1. Press and mark List. ENTER 2. Press . Your note list appears. 3. Press to mark a note, if needed. ENTER 4. Press to go to the movie review. CLEAR 5. Press when done. Removing a Note 1. Go to the movie review with the note you want to remove. To find the note you want to remove, select it from your note list. 2. Press N . ENTER 3. Press to select Remove Note. The note is now removed, and you return to the text of the former note. 17
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Playing the Games MovieViews has two games that will test your movie knowledge, Hangman and Movie Quiz. GAMES 1. Press . 2. Press or to mark either Hangman or Movie Quiz. ENTER 3. Press to start playing. 4. Select Clear Scores from the Games menu to clear the scores for both Hangman and Movie Quiz. CLEAR 5. Press when done, at any time. Hangman MovieViews Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery actor or actress, indicated by ?’s, one letter at a time. As you type letters, your correct g
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Playing the Games Movie Quiz In Movie Quiz, your goal is to guess a movie from a series of ten hints. The sooner you figure out the movie, the more points you gain. After selecting Movie Quiz from the Games menu, you will be given your first clue. To see another clue, press . If the full name of the clue or the movie is ? too large to see, press . ENTER To make a guess, press . The main movie list will appear. Mark the movie you think is correct, ENTER and press . Note: While playing games, mo
