Franklin MG-6804D manuel d'utilisation

MG-6803D MG-6804D English Language T r ainer User’ s G uide w w w .franklin.com/de[...]

1 READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE ELEC TRONIC REFERENCE. Y OUR USE OF THE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE DEEMS THA T Y OU AC CEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF Y OU DO NOT A GREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MA Y RETURN THIS P AC KA GE WITH P URC HAS E R ECE IPT T O THE DEA LER FR OM WHICH Y OU PUR CHA SED THE ELEC TRONIC REFERENCE AND YOUR PURCHASE PR[...]

2 Introduction .............................................................................................................3 Battery Information ................................................................................................ 4 Product Care ............................................................................................[...]

3 C on g ra tu la ti o n s o n y ou r p u r ch as e o f t h e MG-6803D or MG-6804D , E n g l i sh L a n gu ag e T rainer . B o t h p r od u ct s ar e ed uc at i on a l a n d versatile tools designed t o help you learn English. Y our package includes: • yourF ranklinhandhelddevice • rechargeable3v oltlithiumpolymer [...]

4 Y our device uses a rechargeable 3.7 volt lithium polymer battery of capacity 1000 mAH. Important! The ba ttery is included in your package, but does not come installed in the device. Befor e you can use your devic e, you must install the included ba ttery. Please have the batt ery and a small screwdriver ready befor e you install the batter y . [...]

5 Make sure the battery ts snugly into the compartment after it is connected. 5. Replace the battery compartment door and secure it with the screw . 6. Reset your devic e. F or more information about r esetting your device , please see “Resetting Y our Device” on page 12. Battery Information[...]

6 Recharging the Battery F ollow these instructions to recharge the batt ery. 1. Find the USB cable or A C adapter included with your device . 2. Make sure y our device is turned o . 3. Plug the wide end of the USB cable into a USB port on your PC and the smaller end of the USB cable into the USB port on your device . A red light shines below th[...]

7 Battery Precautions • Ifthedeviceisnotusedforalong period of time, the battery may lose its charge. Please r echarge the battery following the steps described above in order t o use your device. • Rechargeablebatteriesareonlyto be charged under adult supervision. • Useonlythesuppli[...]

8 Understanding Y our Device Microphone: Speak into the microphone t o record w ords and phrases in the English Course. Navigation Buttons: U se the navigation buttons to mo ve through the menus and screens on your device in the indica ted direction. Play/P ause/Enter K ey: Press this key t o enter on a highlighted it em and select it. This key als[...]

9 Understanding Y our Device W arning! Do not push the top past the point where the keyboard is revealed . The top must remain attached to the bott om. SD Card Slot: Insert SD card here. Slide the SD car d into the slot with the contacts facing the front of the device . Push gently until it clicks in to place. T o remove an SD card from the slot, p[...]

10 V olume Control Buttons: The buttons, located on the left side of the device , control the v olume of the speaker or headphones. Po wer Button: P ush and release the power button to turn on the device. P ush and hold the power button f or 2 or 3 seconds to turn your devic e o . Headphone Jack: The headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm[...]

11 Understanding Y our Device Speaker: The speaker is locat ed on the back of your device . Battery Compartment: The battery compar tment is located on the back of your device and contains a rechar geable 3.7 volt lithium polymer battery . Reset Button: The reset butt on is located on the back of your device , towar ds the bottom left corner . Spea[...]

12 Resetting Y our Device If the keyboard fails to respond, or if the scr een performs erratically , per form a system reset b y following the steps belo w . 1. Use a paper clip to gently pr ess the reset button on your unit . The reset button is in a pin-siz ed hole on the back of the device, below the bottom left corner of the battery compar tmen[...]

13 Ke y Guide Key Guide Main Key s* Goes to the main menu, where you can access all the main features of y our device. Goes directly to the main menu of the English Course/ Englischkurs. Opens the Music Player/MP3- Player . Displays the Word Bank/ W ortdatenbank menu. Displays options for the current screen, if a vailable. Shows a help message, if [...]

14 Key Guide Navigation K ey The round naviga tion pad is located on the top , sliding portion of your device. The separate arro w buttons are located on the keyboard of your device . Press the upper part of the navigation pad or the up button to move the cursor or highlight up . Press the bott om part of the pad or the down button to move the curs[...]

15 o . Set on-screen messages to appear in English or German. Set the type of T Vyouareconnectingto ,thetimeand date, erase all y our user data, obtain system information, or check y our battery level. Extra Cont ent/Zusatzinhalt e enables you to acc ess added content in int ernal memory, on a remo vable SD card, or a PC.[...]

16 K eytone/T astenton determines whether or not a tone sounds each time a key is pressed. T V system/T V System changes the colour encoding system between P AL or NTSC . System information/Syst em- Information displays your devic e’ s model number , version number and serial number . Date/Time setup/Datum-/ Zeiteinstellung allow s you to set the[...]

17 The English Course/Englischkurs contained in your device is an interactive course of study to help y ou learn English. It uses the renowned English language learning content from digital publishing, and uses lif e-like themes to help make learning English fun. F ollow your guide , “ Tim” , through an interactive trip to a number of U.S. citi[...]

18 the setting. P ress or to change the setting. P ress BA CK to return to the Options menu. At Clear all rec ords/Alle Aufnahmen löschen , press ENTER . Y ou are asked to conrm if you want t o erase all your scor es and data for the English Course/Englischkurs. No/Nein is highlighted. P ress ENTER to cancel the deletion. Press to highlight Y e[...]

19 T yp es of Ex ercises There are six basic types of ex ercises that you will nd in the English Course/ Englischkurs: photo story, pick and place, scrambled sent ence, multiple choice, ll in the blanks , and picture choice. Note : P hoto story exercises do not keep a score or hav e answers. These are designed t o help you practice conv ersat[...]

20 Press B ACK t o exit the photo story and return to the English Course/ Englischkurs menu. 4. When you r each the nal phrase (or at any time during the st ory), press OPTIONS. The initial options menu is displayed . Press or to highlight the icon you want and then pr ess ENTER . replay s the photo story, including your recor ding if you play e[...]

21 sentence or con versation. Sometimes it might be something else, but the principles stay the same. 1. Open a “pick and place ” exercise . Y ou may see Tim and a brief screen of instructions. After a few seconds , the exer cise will begin. Or you can press or ENTER to begin the exer cise immediately . 2. Press or to move the highligh t to the[...]

22 Looking Up a W ord ✓ When you press OPTIONS during an exer cise, you might see . This means you can look up any English word used in the ex ercise. 1. Press or to highlight and then press ENTER. 2. Use the arro w key s to highlight the word y ou want. Press W ORD BANK to add the word to the English C ourse Word List/Englischkurs-W or tliste of[...]

23 V iewing Y our Score ✓ After you select to submit your answers, a scr een appears displaying your score f or the exercise, including your status and the time it took you to complet e the exercise . Y our status is green if y ou score 80% or higher , yellow if you scor e between 50 and 80% and red if you scor e less than 50%. Note: This number [...]

24 Multiple Choice “Multiple Choice ” exercises sho w a question and a list of possible answers. Y our goal is to select the correct response to the questions. 1. Open a “multiple choice ” exercise . Y ou may see Tim and a brief screen of instructions. After a few seconds , the exer cise will begin. Or you can press or ENTER to begin the ex[...]

25 Picture Choice “Picture Choice ” exercises r equire y ou to match a picture from the list in the bottom half of the screen to the description of the highlighted box in the top half . 1. Open a “picture choice” ex ercise . Y ou may see Tim and a brief screen of instructions. After a few seconds , the exer cise will begin. Or you can press[...]

26 5. Press ENTER to begin. Press B ACK t o exit and return to the menu. Playing Memorization In Memorization , an English word is displayed on the scr een. Y our goal is to guess its German translation. is highlighted. P ress ENTER to t oggle to the German translation and see if you remembered corr ectly . Y ou can get a hint by hearing the word p[...]

27 Playing Dictation In Dictation , an English word is pronounced. Y our goal is to type it. T ype your guess. T o type a capital letter , hold and press the letter . Press to delete the letter to the left of the cursor . Press or to move the cursor . T o t ype an accent, type the letter you want to ac cent and then press . Press or to highlight th[...]

28 Y ou can take the test for any major section you like, but you will not be able to jump around within a section. For example , in the vocabulary sec tion of the test, there are 6 parts. In order to take part 2, par t 1 must be satisfactorily completed. That means that your score f or part 1 must reach a cer tain level befor e you are allo wed to[...]

29 Note: In the menu, your scor e is displayed next to any c ompleted part of the test. Y our status is green if you score 80% or higher , yellow if you score between 50 and 80% and red if you scor e less than 50%. 8. Press ENTER to c ontinue the test . Press HOME t o go to the main menu. V iewing Y our Over all Results ✓ At any time onc e parts [...]

30 Use the pronunciation trainer in y our device to review rules of English pronunciation. Y ou can study and review sounds used in the English language, dier ences between English and German sounds, and tricky English spellings. 1. Press HOME. 2. Press or to cycle through the options until Pronunciation/ Aussprache appears highlighted in the mi[...]

31 Options ✓ Y ou have several options while in the Pronuncia tion Trainer/A ussprache. Y ou can change the voice, the dialect of pronunciations, and ho w the words ar e ordered . 1. Fr om anywhere within the Pronunciation T rainer/ Aussprache , press OPTIONS. 2. Press or to highlight the option you wan t. V oice/Stimme enables you to change betw[...]

32 Practicing Pr onunciations While viewing a word’ s translation in the English Course/Englischkurs, you can practice pronouncing it by recor ding a pronunciation and comparing it to the recor ding in the device. 1. Fr om a translation screen, pr ess to highlight and then press ENTER. The practice word is list ed at the top of the screen. Below [...]

33 Using the Dictionar y/W örterbuch The Oxford Adv anced Learners Dictionar y , 7th Edition (OALD) , provides denitions , usage examples, synonyms, an tonyms , and additional content f or thousands of words and phrases designed to help you bett er understand the English language. 1. Press HOME. 2. Press or to cycle through the options until Di[...]

34 Notice when a cross-ref erence to “ Advance” appears on the screen, highlighted in red . 4. Press ENTER. The dictionar y entry for “advance ” is displayed . 5. Press BA CK to return to the previous entry . Or press CLEAR to return t o the word sear ch screen. Understanding Denitions ✓ When you look up a wor d or phrase, you may see [...]

35 Using the Dictionar y/W ör terbuch U sing the D ictionar y/W ör terbuch V ocabulary Building/Wortschatz- • Gebäude 2. Press or to select the option you wan t. 3. Press ENTER. The additional content is displayed . 4. Press or to page through cont ent if it spans multiple screens. 5. Press BA CK twice to return to the screen y ou last view[...]

36 Using the Music Pla yer/ MP3-Play er Using the Music Play er/MP3-Player Y our device includes a music player that plays any MP3 audio les y ou transfer t o your device . Note: Y ou can only listen to an audio le while in the Music Player/ MP3-Player . Y ou cannot navigate to another function without “ exiting” the Music Player/MP3-Pla [...]

37 4. Highlight the MP3 you wan t to hear . Press or to scroll down or up one le name at a time. Press or to scroll down or up one screen at a time. 5. Press ENTER to begin pla ying the le . Press ENTER t o pause a playing le. P ress ENTER again to resume playing the le. Press or to hear the nex t or previous le in the list. Hold or [...]

38 3. Press or to cycle through the available settings . When deleting a le, highlight Delete/Löschen and pr ess ENTER . Y ou are asked to conrm the deletion. No/Nein is highlighted. Press ENTER t o cancel the deletion. Press to highlight Y es/ Ja and press ENTER to delete the le. 4. Press BA CK or OPTIONS to exit. Po wer Sa ve Mode ✓ W[...]

39 OALD W ord List/OALD-W or tliste is a list of up to 500 words from the Oxford Adv anced Learner’ s Dictionar y that you hav e saved f or further study or review. Impor t Dictionaries/Impor tier te W örterbücher lists any .csv formatted personal dictionaries you have imported to your device via a PC connection. W ord Pr actice/W örter üben [...]

40 or a. Press W ORD BANK. Add/hinzufügen: “your wor d” is highlighted. b . Press ENTER to add the word to the English Course W ord List/ Englischkurs-W or tliste. Or you can press and then press ENTER to go to the Wor d Bank/W ortdatenbank menu . Press B ACK t o go to the previous screen. Note: Y ou also have these options when viewing a word[...]

41 2. Press or to scroll through the list. Press or to scroll through the list one screen at a time. When you highlight a w ord you want to look up , press ENTER to see its dictionar y entr y from its respective source . Press B ACK t o return to the word list. Press WORD BANK to return to the W ord Bank/W or tdatenbank menu. Press HOME t o go to t[...]

42 Adding Entries 1. Fr om the W ord Bank/ W or tdatenbank menu, press or to highlight My Dictionar y/Mein W ör terbuch or Impor t Dic tionaries/ Impor tierte Wörterbücher , and press ENTER. Note : If you selected Impor t Dictionaries/Impor tier te W örterbücher , press or to select the imported dic tionary you want and press ENTER . The list [...]

43 V iewing Entries 1. Fr om the W ord Bank/ W or tdatenbank menu, press or to highlight My Dictionar y/Mein W ör terbuch or Impor t Dic tionaries/ Impor tierte Wörterbücher , and press ENTER. Note : If you selected Impor t Dictionaries/Impor tier te W örterbücher , press or to select the imported dic tionary you want and press ENTER . Note : [...]

44 5. Press ENTER. If you selected to delete the entry, it is automatically deleted and you return to the list of entries. If you selected to edit the entry, you go to the entry screen. Edit the entry exac tly the way you ent ered it and press ENTER when done. P ress CLEAR to clear all characters from the highlighted eld. Deleting All Entries 1.[...]

45 Y our device also includes three word games to help you expand y our English vocabulary - Jumble , Word T rain , and Hangman . Selec ting a Game Press HOME t o go to the main menu. Press or to c ycle through the options until W ord Games/W ortspiele appears highlighted in the middle of the screen. Pr ess ENTER . Pr ess or to highlight the game y[...]

46 Exit leaves the game and r eturns to the W ord Games/Wortspiele menu. Press or to highlight Y es and press ENTER to leav e the game. Highlight No and press ENTER to return to the Jumble menu. 3. Form a w ord by typing the letters on the screen. As soon as you complet e typing the correct word , points are awar ded and you move t o the next word.[...]

47 Quit ends the game. Pr ess ENTER to return to the Jumble menu or press and then press ENTER to return t o the current game. Shue shues all unguessed letters into a new order . Points are deducted for shuing the letters. The amount deducted is determined by the skill level. Changing the Skill Lev el ✓ Y ou can change the sk ill level a[...]

48 Help displays instructions for the game. Exit leaves the game and r eturns to the W ord Games/Wortspiele menu. Press or to highlight Y es and press ENTER to leav e the game. Highlight No and press ENTER to return to the Word Train menu . 3. T ype letters to try and form a word . A train enters the screen fr om the right. Note: Y ou and the compu[...]

49 Quit ends the game. Pr ess ENTER to return to the Wor d Tr ain menu or press and then press ENTER to return to the current game . Hint displays all possible letters y ou can type to continue the word . Y ou are only permitted one hint per round. Changing the Skill Lev el ✓ Y ou can change the sk ill level at the Options menu. Y ou can select a[...]

50 Note: The letters of the m ystery word are hidden. The number of guesses remaining is display ed as a red number on the screen. P oints are aw arded f or e a c h c or r ect ly g ue ss e d l e t t er a n d subtracted for each wrong guess . 4. Continue pla ying until y ou get a word wr ong. If your score reg isters as a high score , you are asked [...]

51 Using the Reading Timer Y our device includes a reading timer which enables you to time your r eading and keep a log of the books you read . 1. Press HOME. 2. Press or to cycle through the options until Reading T imer/Lese- Timer appears highlighted in the middle of the screen. 3. Press ENTER. Y ou have three options at the Reading Timer/L ese-T[...]

52 Y ou can also check your progress at any time , to see how long you have been r eading. Simply press the power switch t o turn the device on. The timer reappears and display s your progr ess. Contin ue/F ortfahren is highlighted. P ress ENTER to select it. The timer continues and the device shuts o again. Or just wait for a f ew seconds and t[...]

53 Or you can select it from the Reading Timer/Lese- Timer menu. 2. Press or to view the reading log. Note: The nal page of the log is a summary screen. Once you see the summary screen, you cannot return to list of log entries. 3. T o see the summar y screen, press from the last page of entries, or press ENTER at an y time. A brief summar y of t[...]

54 Selecting Y our T V System ✓ The Settings menu of your device contains an option to select which type of colour encoding system is used where you liv e. Y ou can selec t P AL or NTSC . P AL is the type of colour encoding generally found acr oss Europe and NTSC is generally f ound in North America. Please check your local standards for the c or[...]

55 5. Press or to cycle through the options until Extra Content/ Zusatzinhalte appears highlighted in the middle of the screen. 6. Press ENTER. 7. Press to highlight Connect to PC/ Mit PC verbinden and then press ENTER. 8. Connect/Verbinden is highligh ted. Press ENTER to select it. Y our device opens communication to your PC. Note: The rst time[...]

56 3. Double -click the “MUSIC” folder . 4. Navigate on y our PC to where you store MP3 les on y our PC. 5. Right-click an MP3 le you want to copy to y our device and then click “ Copy” from the pop-up menu. 6. Right-click in the “MUSIC” folder window and then click “Paste ” from the pop-up menu. Repeat steps 4 through 6 to c [...]

57 4. Navigate on y our PC to where you store .csv les on y our PC. Or you can creat e a custom dictionar y using a spreadsheet or database application. Note : C ustom dictionaries should be created with the following structure: word-1 denition for wor d-1 word-2 denition for wor d-2 ... ... Important : When y ou save the le,please?[...]

58 Downloading Extra C onten t Y our device is not limited to the content it came with. Y ou can purchase additional dictionaries, games, and other content f or your device fr om Fr anklin’ s W eb site. 1. Make sure y our device is connected to your PC. F or more information, see “Connecting Y our Device T o a PC” on page 54. 2. Connect your [...]

59 During the download, the purchased content is automa tically sent to your device . However , if you have inserted an SD card into your device , you may be asked whether to save the download t o the device ’ s internal memory or to the SD card. Remember: There is a limited amount of free memory on your device. If you do not hav e enough memory [...]

60 Model: MG-6803D English Language T rainer ISBN: 978-1-59074-448-2 Model: MG-6804D English Language T rainer ISBN : 978-1-59074-449-9 Battery: 1 rechargeable 3.7 volt lithium polymer Size: 12.3 x 6.8 x 2.3 cm © 2009 Fr anklin Elec tronic Publishers , Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 U .S.A. All rights reserved. Learning Cont ent © 2006-2008 dig[...]

61 This device complies with P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful inter ferenc e, and (2) This device must accept any interference r eceived , including interference that may cause undesired operation. W arning: Changes or modications to this unit not expressly ap[...]

62 Except as specically pr ovided herein, F rank lin makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, with r espect to this product. Limited W arranty (U .S. only) LIMITED W ARRANTY , DISCLAIMER OF W ARRANTIES, AND LIMITED REMEDY FRANKLIN W ARRANTS T O THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER THA T THIS PRODUC T WILL BE FREE FROM DEFEC TS IN MA TERIALS AND WORK[...]

63 WHA TSOEVER,INCLUDING,BUTNO TLIMITEDT O,L OSSOFREVENUEORPROFIT , L OSTORCORRUPTEDDA T A,OROTHERCOMMERCIALOREC ONOMICLOSS,EVENIF FRANKLINHASBEENADVISEDOF THEPOSSIBILITYOFSUCHDAMAGES,OREVEN IF OTHERWISE FORESEEABLE. FRANKLIN IS NO T RESPONSIBLE[...]

64 Limited W arranty (EU and Switzer land) Notwithstanding the disclaimer of warranties above , this product, excluding batteries and liquid crystal display (L CD), is guaranteed b y F ranklin to be free of defects in materials or workmanship for a period of two years from the da te of purchase. It will be repaired or r eplaced with an equivalent p[...]

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