Franklin IC-109 manual

DIGI T A L BOOK  Electronic Publishers For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System  Electronic Publishers User’ s Manual F  Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 FCR 28009-00 A P/N 7201690 Printed in China IC-109 S 1 C 3 R 1 Players Dictionary The Official FOLD[...]

1 License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL 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 DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL[...]

2 Contents Getting Started .............................................. 4 Install the Digital Book ............................. 5 Adjust the Contrast .................................. 6 See a Demonstration ................................ 7 Learn the Keys .......................................... 8 Verifying Words .............................[...]

3 Introduction The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary contains more than 100,000 words specially chosen for playing Scrabble ® . You’ll find short words, unusual words, and words spelled with less- frequent letters that help you get higher Scrabble ® scores. All words have brief definitions. These definitions don’t provide the detail of [...]

4 If you’re using The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary for the first time, read this section. Getting Started[...]

5 Install the Digital Book You must install The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary digital book before you can use it. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Insert The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary in a slot on the back. 3. Press . Line up the digital book’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap the digital book in place. [...]

6 contrast wheel Adjust the Contrast After you’ve installed The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary digital book, you can adjust the Digital Book System’s screen contrast at any time. 1. Turn the contrast wheel. 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries” in Reference. Automatic Shut Off When you?[...]

7 See a Demonstration . Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary. 1. Press . 2. Press or to highlight SCR. 3. Press . 4. Press . 5. Press to stop the demonstration. CLEAR MORE ENTER CARD Help is Always at Hand If you’re ever unsure what to do next, press to see a help message. To exit help messages,[...]

8 Function Keys Clear to the first screen. See a brief demonstration. Build a list of Scrabble ® words. Switch to another digital book. Verify or define a word. Back up or erase letters. See a help message. Direction Keys Move the cursor left or right. Move up or down in a word list. Page up or down in a word list. Go to the top or bottom of a lis[...]

9 Letter Score Keys Type a 2 for a double letter score. Type a 3 for a triple letter score. W E + + Learn the Keys Clearing and Backing Up To clear to the first screen at any time, press . If you entered tiles, they ’ re cleared, too. To back up at any time, press . If you were typing tiles or a board pattern, the previous character is erased. At[...]

10 This section shows how to verify definitions and spellings. V erifying W ords[...]

11 Defining W ords CLEAR You can easily verify the definitions of words in your tray or on the Scrabble ® board. You can also define words in definitions. 1. Press to go to the first screen. 2. Type a word. To erase letters, press . To edit the word, press and then type other letters. 3. Press . 4. Press again. Notice the highlight. ENTER ENTER BA[...]

12 5. Press to move the highlight. To turn off the highlight, press . 6. Press . 7. When you’re done, press . Defining Words More About Definitions When you verify an inflected word, you see a definition of its root word. Whenever you ’ re at a definition, you can see the next or previous definition alpha- betically listed in The Official Scrab[...]

13 Checking Spellings Here ’ s how to verify or correct spellings. 1. At the first screen, type a word that you think may be misspelled. 2. Press . 3. If you want, press or to high- light another word in the list. 4. Press to define a word. 5. When you’re done, press . ENTER ENTER CLEAR[...]

14 Finding Spellings You can find spellings even when you don ’ t know all the letters in a word by using the MatchMaker ™ keys — the question mark and asterisk. Each ? stands for a single unknown letter. Each ✽ stands for any number of unknown letters. 1. At the first screen, type a word with a ? for each unknown letter or an ✽ for a num[...]

15 Using ?’s and ✽ ’s as Tiles You can type more than one ? or ✽ among your tiles. Remember, ✽ ’ s stand for any number of letters, including none. Unusual Uses for ?’s and ✽ ’s Typing ? ’ s and ✽ ’ s as tiles can help you find lists of unusual words. For example, to see a list of two-letter words beginning with A, type A? a[...]

16 This section shows how to build words from your tiles and fit them into patterns already on the Scrabble ® board. Building W ords[...]

17 Building With T iles The simplest way to build words from your tiles is without a board pattern. If you ’ re not at the first screen, press before trying this example. 1. At the first screen, type the tiles in your tray. 2. Press . 3. Press . The words that you can make are ranked by their Scrabble ® scores. 4. Press or to highlight a word. 5[...]

18 Building With Tiles Building Words With Blank Tiles If you have a blank tile in your Scrabble ® tray, press or to simulate it. There are only two blank tiles in Scrabble ® . Eight Tiles in a Tray If you type more than eight tiles, you see a “ No more ” message. Then you should erase tiles by pressing . To edit your tiles, press to move the[...]

19 Building on W ords The real power of The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary is its ability to fit tiles into patterns of letters and words already on the Scrabble ® board. This example shows how to build on words. 1. At the first screen, type your tiles. 2. Press . 3. Type a word from the Scrabble ® board. 4. Press . AR T LIST ENTER[...]

20 Building on Words Scrabble ® list your tiles board pattern Using Words as Board Patterns When you enter a word as a board pattern, as in the above example, ✽ ‘ s automatically appear before and after the word. These ✽ ’ s allow words to be built by adding tiles at either end of your board pattern. If you enter a ? or an ✽ in a board p[...]

21 Building Between Letters To build words that fit between letters on the Scrabble ® board, use the MatchMaker ™ keys — the ? and the ✽ — to stand for the empty squares. 1. At the first screen, type your tiles. 2. Press . 3. In the board pattern, type a ? for an empty square or an ✽ for a series of empty squares. To type an ✽ , hold p[...]

22 Building Between Letters Using ?’s and ✽ ’s in Patterns You can enter more than one ? or ✽ in a board pattern. An ✽ stands for any number of empty squares, including none. Remember, when you enter one or more ? or ✽ in a board pattern, no ? ’ s or ✽ ’ s are automatically added by The Official Scrabble ® Players Dictionary. So [...]

23 Building on Letter Scores A TRIPLE LETTER SCORE T ENTER W E For higher scores, you can enter the letter score squares that appear on the Scrabble ® board. Just type a 2 for each double letter score or a 3 for each triple letter score. 1. At the first screen, type your tiles. 2. Press . 3. In the board pattern, press plus to type a 2. Or press p[...]

24 Building on Letter Scores 5. Press or to highlight a word. 6. Press to define it. 7. When you’re done, press . Using 2’s and 3’s in Patterns You can enter more than one 2 or 3 in a board pattern, but there are no patterns on the Scrabble ® board with double and triple letter scores squares. When you enter 2 ’ s or 3 ’ s in a board pat[...]

25 Reference This section reviews how to use the Digital Book System. Reference[...]

26 Installing & Removing Digital Books To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital Book System. Then align the digital book ’ s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back and snap the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it doesn ’ t matter which slot you use. But make sure that the book ’ s metal contac[...]

27 CARD Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press . 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing or . Then press To return to the first book, repeat these steps. Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books. 1. Highlight a word in a digital book. Read its User's Manual[...]

28 Typing Notes The Digital Book System ’ s built-in notepad stores up to 60 lines of text. To open the notepad, press . Then highlight the notepad symbol and press . Here ’ s how to type notes: To . . . Press . . . Type letters letter keys Type numbers + letters Erase characters Insert a line Move the cursor Zoom the cursor + arrows Page up or[...]

29 MORE MORE BACK MORE SHIFT X C V CLEAR Editing Notes Once you ’ ve typed notes in your notepad, you can edit them. Here ’ s how. To. . . Press. . . Highlight a word Unhighlight a word Highlight a line + Highlight all notes + + Unhighlight notes any arrow key Cut highlighted notes + Copy highlighted notes + Paste highlighted notes + Delete hig[...]

30 . ENTER CARD MORE Copying Words to/from the Notepad To copy words from the notepad to certain installed digital books: 1. Press the arrow keys to move the cursor to a word in your notepad. 2. Then press to highlight the word. 3. Then hold and press . 4. Highlight the symbol of the digital book to which you want to send the word. Then press To co[...]

31 Replacing the Batteries Your unit uses CR2032 lithium batteries. Before replacing them, have four new batteries ready. 1. Turn your Digital Book System off. 2. Remove the battery cover on the back. Then remove all batteries. 3. Promptly slide two new batteries into the battery cavity with the metal clip over it. Don't bend the clip; it ’ [...]

32 Protecting the Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION: Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase informa- tion that you entered in your installed digital books. • D[...]

33 FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, 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 Publishers,[...]

34 Product Specifications Model IC-109 • Data: More than 100,000 word specially selected for Scrabble ® play; more than 42,000 definitions; parts of speech information. • SpellBlaster II ™ spelling correction with MatchMaker ™ keys. • Ability to send and receive words from certain digital books. • 2-minute automatic shutoff and screen [...]

35 [Index to come][ Index Adjusting screen contrast 6 Arrow keys 9 Asterisks as tiles 15 for finding spellings 14 in board pat- terns 21, 22, 24 typing 14 Automatic shut-off 6 BACK key 7, 9, 11 Backing up 9 Batteries replacing 31 Blank tiles 18 Building words to fit board patterns between letters 21 with empty squares 21 with letter scores 23 as pa[...]

36 Key Guide 8 Letter scores in board patterns 24 typing 23 LIST key 17, 19, 21, 23 MatchMaker ™ keys for finding spellings 14 in board patterns 21 MORE key 7 NEXT and PREV 12 "No more" message 18 ON/OFF key 5 PREV and NEXT 12 Question marks as tiles 15 in board patterns 21, 24 for finding spellings 14 Scrabble ® lists 17, 20 Scrabble [...]

DIGI T A L BOOK  Electronic Publishers For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System  Electronic Publishers User’ s Manual F  Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 FCR 28009-00 A P/N 7201690 Printed in China IC-109 S 1 C 3 R 1 Players Dictionary The Official FOLD[...]