User manual FRANKLIN EMQ-640

BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK Hutchinson Popular Encyclopedia USER'S GUIDE EMQ-640 License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC 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 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin's confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 1 Contents Installing Batteries ........................................................ 5 Installing a Book Card ................................................... 5 Selecting a Book ........................................................... 6 Using the Colour Keys ................................................... 6 Changing the Settings ................................................... 7 Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 7 Finding Encyclopedia Articles ....................................... 8 Searching for Words ...................................................... 9 Expanding Your Searches ............................................ 10 Highlighting Search Words .......................................... 11 Using Cross-References .............................................. 12 Using Bookmarks ........................................................ 13 Sending a Word Between Books .................................. 14 Resetting Your BOOKMAN .......................................... 14 Specifications .............................................................. 15 Limited Warranty ......................................................... 15 Index ............................................................................ 16 2 Introduction Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®! With your new EMQ-640 you can carry and read the Hutchinson Popular Encyclopedia anywhere. Your new electronic encyclopedia has over 17,000 articles, many of which include chronologies that highlight historical events related to the subject of the article. You can also search for words, expand your searches to find more articles, read cross-references, and even add your own bookmarks to quickly find the articles you read most often. Read this User's Guide to learn how. Key Guide Colour Keys Expands a word search. (green) Highlights, or selects, a cross-reference. (yellow) Goes to the word search screen. (blue) Displays your bookmark list, and lets you add or remove bookmarks. (red) MORE X-REF SEARCH LIST About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Guide may differ from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning. 3 Understanding the Colour Keys The colour keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the book described in this User's Guide. Other BOOKMAN books have their own colour key functions, which are labeled on their keyboards or book cards. To learn more, read "Using the Colour Keys." Key Guide Other Keys BACK Erases a letter, backs up, or turns off the highlight in an article. DN CAP Shifts the keys to type capitals or punctuation. Exits the book you are reading. Clears all of your entries. Selects a menu item, enters search words, or starts a highlight. Displays help messages. Displays the main menus. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. At an article, displays the article location. At a menu, displays a full menu title. With CAP , types an to stand for a series of letters. Types a space, or pages down. UP Direction Keys Moves in the indicated direction, or moves the cursor or highlight. Pages down or up. BACK CARD CLEAR ENTER HELP MENU ON/OFF ? SPACE Key Combinations* Goes to the main menu from a submenu. + ENTER At a menu, goes directly to the text of an article. At an article, highlights crossreferences or bookmarks. + DN Goes to the next or or UP previous article or word search match. + Types a hyphen. + Q - P Types numbers. CAP + Goes to the bottom or top of menus. In entries or with multiple sections, goes to the next or previous section. CAP + In an article, goes to the top of an article. + * Hold the first key while pressing the other key. 4 Installing Batteries Your BOOKMAN 640 model is powered by four LR03 batteries (AAA batteries). Here is how to install or replace them. Warning: When the batteries lose power or are removed from your BOOKMAN, information that you entered in its built-in book as well as in any installed book card will be erased. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 2. Slide off its battery cover in the direction of the triangle. 3. Install the batteries as shown in the diagram in the battery compartment. 4. Replace the battery cover. Installing a Book Card Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you have entered in the built-in book, as well as in any other installed book cards, may be erased. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs of the book card with the notches in the slot. 4. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the screen. 5 Removing Book Cards Warning: When you remove a book card to install another, information that you entered in the removed book card may be erased. Selecting a Book Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD . Using the Colour Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change their functions according to which book you have selected. If you have selected the built-in book, the colour keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that card. These are sample books. 3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use. 4. Press ENTER to select it. Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off your BOOKMAN at any time. When you turn your BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed reappears. 6 Remember, when you have selected a book card, the colour keys function as labeled on that card, not as on the keyboard. Changing the Settings You can adjust the type size, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. The screen contrast is how light or dark the screen display appears. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Use or to highlight the Setup menu. 3. Press to highlight Set Type Size, Set Shutoff, or Set Contrast. Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using your new BOOKMAN, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, the demonstration will automatically appear after you turn the unit on. To stop the demonstration, press CLEAR . To disable it, press MENU , and use the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu. Highlight Disable Demo and press ENTER . To re-enable it, select Enable Demo from the Setup menu. When a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN, press MENU . Then use the arrow keys to highlight the Setup menu. Then select View Demo. Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing HELP . Press or DN to read the help. Press BACK to exit the message. To read about how to use this encyclopedia and what the keys do, select Tutorial from the Setup menu. 7 A slanted arrow indicates a submenu. 4. Press ENTER . 5. Press or to change the setting. To leave the settings unchanged, press BACK . 6. Press ENTER to select it. Finding Encyclopedia Articles The Articles menu lists all the articles in this encyclopedia alphabetically by title. Finding an article is as easy as typing the name of its title. 1. Press CLEAR Finding Encyclopedia Articles Or select a submenu item, if needed. 4. Press , DN , or SPACE to scroll down to read the text. 5. Hold and press DN to view the next article in this encyclopedia. To view the previous article in this encyclopedia, hold and press UP . 6. To go back to the Articles menu, press BACK . 7. Press CLEAR to clear your request. . The Articles menu is highlighted. 2. Start typing an article title. For example, type zebra. You do not need to type capitals. To erase a letter, press BACK . To display a full menu title, press ? . You can also find article titles by using the Direction keys at the Articles menu. 3. When the title is highlighted, press ENTER to see its article. What Article Are You Reading? When you are reading an encyclopedia article, you can view its title or Article location by pressing ? . Press 8 BACK to go back to the article. Searching for Words You can search for words occurring in articles and their titles. Each occurrence that you find is called a match. 1. Press 2. Press CLEAR SEARCH Searching for Words . (the yellow key). 3. Type up to four words. For example, type roman empire. The matching words are boxed. 6. Hold and press DN repeatedly to view the next matches. To view a previous match, hold and press UP . 7. Press BACK to go back to the list of matches. 8. Press SEARCH (yellow) to clear your search and begin a new one. If You Misspell a Word If you enter a misspelled search word, a list of corrections appears. Highlight a correction and press ENTER to search for it. Finding Incomplete Words If you are not sure which form of a word to search for, type an asterisk in place of letters in the word (e.g., psych ) and then press ENTER . To type an asterisk, hold CAP and press ? . Next, highlight a complete word and press ENTER to search for it. 9 You don't need to type capitals, but if you want to, hold and press a letter key. To erase a letter, press BACK . To type a space, press SPACE . 4. Press ENTER to search. 5. Use the Direction keys to highlight a title and then press ENTER to view its article. Searching for Words Expanding Your Searches When you press MORE (the red key) after a word search, your search can expand up to three times to include matches in the text of articles, if none were already found, synonyms, or related words. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press SEARCH (yellow) and type up to four words. For example, type russia. Understanding Word Searches When you search for words, the encyclopedia searches first for matches of the words in the titles of articles. If no matches are found in article titles, it automatically searches for matches in the articles themselves. If no exact matches are found in articles, the encyclopedia then searches for synonyms and related words. Searches of more than one word find matches regardless of the order or proximity of the words. For example, if you search for space travel, you will find articles that have the words travel and space in their text or titles. To erase a letter, press BACK . 3. Press ENTER to search. 4. Press MORE (red) to expand the search. 5. Press 10 MORE (red) again. Expanding Your Searches 6. Press MORE (red) once more to fully expand the search. 7. Use the arrow keys to highlight a title and then press ENTER to view its article. Note: You can also highlight a title by typing its first few letters. 8. Hold and press DN repeatedly to view the next matches. To view a previous match, hold and press UP . 9. To go back to the list of matches, press BACK . 10. Press CLEAR to clear your search. Highlighting Search Words You can also search for words by highlighting them in articles. Then you can find their matches in other articles. Try this example. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Highlight English Channel and then press ENTER . To learn how, read "Finding Encyclopedia Articles." 3. Press ENTER again to start the highlight. You can turn off the highlight by pressing BACK . 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight a word. For example, highlight France. 11 Highlighting Search Words 5. Press ENTER Using Cross-References Cross-references appear in articles as words in all capital letters. Each crossreference is the title of another encyclopedia article. Note: When you are using the small type size, cross-references are indi). cated by an XREF marker ( 1. Press CLEAR . 2. On the Articles menu, highlight Camelot and then press ENTER . To learn how, read "Finding Encyclopedia Articles." 3. Press X-REF (the green key). to search for it. 6. To search for more articles, press MORE (red). 7. Highlight an article and press ENTER to select it. 8. Hold and press DN repeatedly to view the next matches. To view a previous match, hold and press UP . 9. Press CLEAR when finished. Finding Abbreviation Meanings You can find the meanings of abbreviations used in this encyclopedia (e.g., SW, kph, MLR, etc.). First find an abbreviation in an article or title and press ENTER to start a highlight. Then use the arrow keys to highlight the abbreviation. (If needed, select the appropriate abbreviation.) Finally, press ENTER again to see its meaning. To return to the article, press BACK to go back. 12 Or hold and press ENTER to highlight a cross-reference. To turn off the highlight, press BACK . 4. Press X-REF (green) again or ENTER to go to the cross-referenced article. 5. Press BACK to go back. Using Bookmarks Adding a Bookmark You can personalize your encyclopedia by adding up to 10 bookmarks to articles. Then you can use your bookmarks for quick reference. The marker shows the placement of the bookmark. 1. Find an encyclopedia article. To learn how, read "Finding Encyclopedia Articles." 2. Press LIST (the blue key). 2. Press Using Bookmarks (blue). LIST This is a sample bookmark list. Bookmarks appear in the order they were saved. to highlight a bookmark. 3. Use 4. Press ENTER to view the article in which the bookmark is placed. Removing a Bookmark 3. Press ENTER to add a bookmark. 1. Find a bookmark in an article. To learn how, read "Finding and Viewing a Bookmark." 2. Press LIST (blue). Finding and Viewing a Bookmark Once you have added bookmarks, it is easy to find or remove them. 1. Press CLEAR . 13 To see the full title of an article that contains a bookmark, press ? . 3. Press ENTER to remove the highlighted bookmark. Sending a Word Between Books Resetting Your BOOKMAN You can look up words from this book in certain other BOOKMAN books, and vice versa. To send or receive a word to or from another book, you must have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN that is able to send or receive words, as well. To learn if a book card can send or receive words, read its User's Guide. 1. Highlight a word in the text of an article. If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to respond, or if its screen performs erratically, first press CLEAR and then press ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built-in book and in any installed book card. 1. Hold CLEAR and press ON/OFF . If nothing happens, try Step 2. 2. Use a paper clip to gently press reset button on BOOKMAN. The reset button is recessed in a pin-sized hole on the back of the BOOKMAN. Look for it on the battery cover or near the book card slot. This unit may change operating modes due to Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this unit can be re-established by pressing the reset key, ON/OFF , or by removing/replacing batteries. 14 To highlight a word in text, press ENTER and then press the arrow keys. 2. Hold and press CARD . 3. Highlight the other book. 4. Press ENTER . The word that you highlighted appears in the other book. 5. If needed, press ENTER to look up the word. Specifications Model: EMQ-640 Hutchinson Popular Encyclopedia · size: 14 x 10.3 x 2.5 cm · weight: 6 oz © 1996 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 U.S. All rights reserved. © 1994 Helicon Publishing. FCC Notice: Complies with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference; and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. U.S. Patents 4,490,811; 4,891,775; 5,153,831; 5,113,340; 5,321,609; 4,830,618; 5,218,536; 5,396,606; 5,203,705; 5,229,936; 4,982,181; 5,295,070, 5,333,313; 5,007,019; 5,249,965. Deutsch Patents M9409743.7 and M9409744.5. European Patent 0 136 379. U.K. Reg. Des. 2043954 Patents Pending ISBN 1-56712-338-4 Limited Warranty This product, excluding batteries, is guaranteed by Franklin for a period of one year from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced (at Franklin's option) free of charge for any defect due to faulty workmanship or materials. Products returned under warranty should be sent to the original vendor with proof of purchase and description of fault. Charges will be made for all repairs unless valid proof of purchase is provided. This warranty explicitly excludes defects due to misuse, accidental damage, or wear and tear. This guarantee does not affect the consumer's statutory rights. 15 Index ?* key 8, 13 Abbreviations, finding 12 Arrow keys 5 Articles finding 8 viewing location 8 Articles menu 8 Asterisk (for finding words) 9 Auto-resume feature 6 Batteries, installing 5 Blue (LIST) key 3, 13 BOOKMAN resetting 14 specifications 15 Bookmarks adding 13 finding 13 removing 13 using 13 viewing 13 CAP key 9 CARD key 6, 14 Changing font size 7 screen contrast 7 shutoff time 7 Colour keys understanding 3 using 6 Correcting spellings 9 Cross-references finding 12 using 12 Demonstration disabling 7 enabling 7 viewing 7 Direction keys 4, 8 FCC Notice 15 Finding abbreviations 12 bookmarks 13 encyclopedia articles by title 8 incomplete words 9 words 9 Font size 7 Green (X-REF) key 3, 12 HELP key 7 Help messages 7 Highlight starting 11 turning off 11 Limited Warranty 15 LIST (blue) key 3, 13 Misspellings, correcting 9 MORE (red) key 3, 10 Numbers, typing 4 Red (MORE) key 3, 10 Removing bookmarks 13 Resetting BOOKMAN 14 SEARCH (yellow) key 3, 9, 10 16 Index Selecting books 6 Set Contrast 7 Set Shutoff 7 Set Type Size 7 Setup menu 7 Shutoff time 7 Specifications 15 STAR key with BACK 4 with CARD 14 with ENTER 4 with UP, DN 4, 8, 9, 11 Viewing article locations 8 bookmarks 13 cross-references 12 help messages 7 Word searches correcting misspellings 9 entering 9 highlighting words in articles 11 understanding 10 viewing 9 X-REF (green) key 3, 12 XREF marker 12 XREFs, using 12 Yellow (SEARCH) key 3, 9, 10 FDB-28049-00 P/N 7201259 17 Rev A. 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