English dropdown-ico

Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Go to page of

Similar user manuals

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Franklin service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

     Electronic Publishers ™ User’ s Guide DBD-440 Deutsch/Englisch  Electronic Publishers Professor ®[...]

  • Page 2

    18 READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN PRODUCT . 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 RE- CEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REF[...]

  • Page 3

    19 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic reference with a built-in book and a slot in the back for more books. 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, educati[...]

  • Page 4

    20 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 Other Keys Backs up, erases letters, or stops a highlight. Shifts keys to type capitals. Enters a search, s[...]

  • Page 5

    21 BOOKMAN model 440 uses two CR2032 lithium batteries. Here is how to install or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from BOOK- MAN, information that you entered in its built-in book, and in an installed book card, will be erased. 1. T ur n BOOKMAN over . 2. Slide off its battery cover in the direction of the triang[...]

  • Page 6

    22 Selecting Books Using the Color Keys The red, 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 book is selected, the color keys function as labelled on that book card. Remember, th[...]

  • Page 7

    23 Before you start using this book, you can view a demonstration of what it can do. The demonstration automatically ap- pears the first time that you select it. If you want to stop the demonstration, press CLEAR . T o disable it, press MEN Ü , highlight the Other menu, and then se- lect Disable Demo . Viewing a Demonstration ➤ Setting Other Boo[...]

  • Page 8

    24 Changing the Language Message Language The message language is the language of prompts, help and other messages. NOTE: For examples in the English half of this manual, the message language is English. 1. If not at menus, press MEN Ü . 2. Highlight Message Language from the Other menu. 3. Press EINGABE . Entry Language The entry language is the [...]

  • Page 9

    25 The simplest way to translate or de- fine a word is to enter it at an entry screen. Y ou do not need to type ac- cents or capital letters. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., geld ). T o erase a letter , press ZUR Ü CK . 2. Press EINGABE . 3. Press or the space key to move down. 4. Hold ✩ and press AB to view the next or [...]

  • Page 10

    26 This dictionary includes extensive in- flections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words. 1. At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., schwimmen ). 2. Press FLEKT . These are the principal parts of the verb schwimmen . 3. Press or the space key to read. 4. Press FLEKT repeatedly to view more inflections. 5. Press CLEAR when done.[...]

  • Page 11

    27 T o learn more about a wor d 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 word (e.g., frei ). 2. Press EINGABE . 3. Press EINGABE again to start the highlight. T o turn off the highlight, press ZUR Ü CK . 4. Press the arr ow keys to highlight Mit[...]

  • Page 12

    28 Adding Words For study or fun, you can add words to the personal word lists. Y our words are saved as long as the batteries have power or you reset your BOOKMAN. NOTE: Only words from the dictionar - ies in this product can be added to the personal word lists. 1. At an entry screen or dictio- nary menu, type a German word (e.g., bild ). 2. Press[...]

  • Page 13

    29 T o set the difficulty of the games, first press SPIEL , and then select Game Settings from the games menu. Next select a word list, skill level, inflections or no inflections, and a language. Under Words, All If Them means all the words in this dictionary , TOEFL means T est of English as a Foreign Language, and Type Them In means that you will[...]

  • Page 14

    30 Playing the Games Flashcards Flashcards flashes words for you to define or study . T o view the definitions of the word, press EINGABE . Then press ZUR Ü CK 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 form a word. Whoever types the last l[...]

  • Page 15

    31 Sending Wor ds Between Books This BOOKMAN dictionary can send words to and receive words from cer - tain other BOOKMAN books. T o send a word, you must first install a book card in your BOOKMAN, and that book card must be able to send or receive words. T o learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User’ s Guide. 1. Highlight a w[...]

  • Page 16

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

  • Page 17

    33 Copyrights & Patents Model: DBD-440 • batteries: 2 CR2032, 3-volt lithium • size: 12 x 1.4 x 8.3 cm • weight: 3.5 oz. (without batteries) © 1997 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. © 1988 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. BOOKMAN is a trademark of Sherwin M[...]

  • Page 18

     Electronic Publishers ™ User’ s Guide DBD-440 Deutsch/Englisch  Electronic Publishers Professor ®[...]