User manual FRANKLIN MWD-480

MWD-480 www.franklin.com MerriamWebster® Dictionary & MP3 Player User's Guide 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 Publishers, Inc. Limited Use License All rights in the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use this 2 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. You may not make any copies of the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE or of the data stored therein at the time of purchase, 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 ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The ELECTRONIC REFERENCE contains Franklin's confidential and proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated by Franklin. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 3 Key Guide Function Keys Turns the product on or off. Note: This key is located on the top of the device. Goes to the word entry screen of the dictionary. Displays the clock. Cycles between the calculator, converter and Games menu. Opens the MP3 player. Once in the MP3 player, cycles through the available modes. In the dictionary, goes to the word entry screen. Clears the calculator. In the metric converter, goes 4 to its main menu. Deletes a track in the MP3 Setting menu. Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off the highlight at an entry. Enters a word, selects an item, or begins a highlight in a dictionary entry. Goes to the Settings menu. At a word entry screen, types a ? to stand for a letter in a word. At a dictionary entry, displays Confusables®, if available. In games, reveals the word and forfeits the game. Shifts to type capital letters. 5 In the MP3 player, plays a selected or paused track, or pauses a playing track. Press and hold to stop a playing or paused track. Note: This key is located in the middle of the navigation buttons. Combination Keys* + At a word entry screen, types an asterisk to stand for a series of letters in a word. In games, gives a hint. * Hold down the first key while pressing the second. Direction Keys Move up ( ), down ( ), left ( ), or right ( ). In the MP3 player, press / to go to the next or 6 previous track. Hold / to fast forward or rewind a track. Press / to increase or decrease the volume. At menus and dictionary entries, pages down. At a word entry screen, types a space. At a dictionary entry, displays the previous entry. In the MP3 player, goes to the previous equalization, folder, or repeat mode, including AB repeat. At a dictionary entry, displays the next entry. In the MP3 player, goes to the next equalization, folder, or repeat mode, including A-B repeat. 7 Replacing Batteries Your product is powered by two AAA batteries. Follow these easy instructions to install or replace them. Please have the new batteries at hand before you remove the old ones. 1. Turn your product off and turn it over. 2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your product by pushing up on the catch. 3. Remove the old batteries, if necessary. 4. Install the batteries following the +/- markings in the battery compartment. Important: Be sure that the batteries are installed correctly. Wrong polarity may damage the unit. 8 + RESET 5. Replace the battery cover. Warning: If the batteries wear-out completely or if you take more than a few seconds while changing the batteries, any clock or game setting 9 + _ _ information that was entered in the device may be erased. Battery disposal: Do not dispose of batteries with normal household waste. Please obey your local regulations when disposing of used batteries. Battery Precautions · Different types of batteries or new and used batteries should not be mixed. · Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be re-charged. · Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the device before being charged. · Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult supervision. · Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as recommended are to be used. 10 · The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited. · Do not expose batteries to direct heat or try to take batteries apart. Follow the battery manufacturer's instructions for battery use. · Always remove a weak or dead battery from the device. · To avoid damage caused by leakage of the battery fluid, replace the battery or batteries once every two years regardless of how much the device has been used during that time. · Should a battery leak, the device may become damaged. Clean the battery compartment immediately, avoiding contact with your skin. · Keep batteries out of reach of small children. If swallowed, consult a physician immediately. 11 For Your Information Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around menus or view more text. About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Guide may differ slightly from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your unit is malfunctioning. 12 Using the Special Features Your unit is equipped with several special features. USB Port On/Off Headphone Jack On/Off: Located on the top of the device, turns the unit on and off. Headphone Jack: Located on the top of the device, the headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm 35 ohm impedance stereo headphones. Caution: Monophonic headphones will not work with this unit. USB Port: Located on the top of the 13 device, remove the cover, then plug the provided USB cable into this port to connect your device to your PC. Battery Compartment Hold Button RESET SD Slot 14 SD Slot: Insert an SD card here. Slide the SD card into the slot with the contacts facing the back of the device. Push gently until it clicks into place. To remove an SD card from the slot, put your thumb on the SD card and push it in slightly. You hear a click and the SD card pops out. Slide it out of the slot. 15 Hold Button: Located on the right side of your device, the Hold button, when activated, disables the function of all buttons on your device. For use only when using the MP3 player. Battery Compartment: The battery compartment is located on the back of the unit. It holds two AAA batteries. 16 Setting the Clock The clock lets you set a Home time and view local times around the world. You must set the Home time before viewing World times because World times are based on Home time. Setting Home Time 1. Press . You see the Home Time mode. 2 Press S to enter the setting mode. 3. Press or to highlight the setting you want to change, then press ENTER to select it. Press and to cycle through the available settings. Press ENTER when you are done. If there are multiple settings, for 17 example, hours and minutes, use or to move between the fields. Select Set Time Format to select among the 12- and 24-hour Day/Month/Year formats. Select Set DST to set Daylight Savings Time on or off. Select Set Time to set the current hour and minutes. Select Set Date to set the current date. Select Set Home City to select your local city. Note: Please refer to the list of cities and abbreviations at the end of this User's Guide. 4. Press to exit setting mode. 18 Setting World Time 1. Press until you see "World City". 2 Press S to enter the setting mode. 3. Press or to highlight the setting you want to change, then press ENTER to select it. Press and to cycle through the available settings. Press ENTER when you are done. Select Set DST to set Daylight Savings Time on or off. Select Set World City to select a foreign city. 4. Press to exit setting mode. 19 Changing the Settings When using this device, you can adjust the screen contrast, the shutoff time, and the type size. 1. Press MENU. 2. Press or to highlight the setting you want and then press ENTER. Press and to cycle through the available settings. Press ENTER when you are done. Contrast determines how light or dark your screen is. Shut Off is the amount of time your product stays on if you don't press any keys. Type Size determines the size of the print on the screen. 20 3. Press or to highlight a new setting and press ENTER to select it. Press BACK to leave the setting unchanged. 4. Press CLEAR to return to the Setting menu. 21 Finding Dictionary Entries Use the dictionary to find definitions. 1. Press . 2. Type a word (e.g., intuition). To erase a letter, press BACK. To type a capital, hold CAP and press a letter key. 3. Press ENTER to view the definition. Press SPACE or to scroll. If there are more than one entry for the word you looked up you see the message "Entry 1 of #" where # represents the number of entries. Press to scroll into the other entries. 4. Press CLEAR when done. 22 Understanding Definitions Entries may consist of headwords, parts of speech, and definitions. Other forms of the word may follow the headword. After the definition, you may see a list of usage examples. Misspelling Words If you enter a misspelled word, a list of corrections appears. Use and to highlight the word you want and then press ENTER to see its entry. 23 Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in the dictionary have more than one form (e.g. resume, resumé). When the word you are looking up has multiple forms, the different forms appear in a list. Simply use and to highlight the form you want and then press ENTER to see its entry. For example, type resume at the word entry screen. Highlight the form you want and press ENTER to see its entry. To go back to the Multiple Forms list, press BACK. Expanding Long Words Some words may be too long to fit on the screen. In this case, the word may end with a "~". To view the entire word, highlight it and then press or . See "Highlighting Words" for more information. 24 Understanding Confusables® Confusables are homonyms, homophones and spelling variants that are easy to confuse. If the word you looked up is a Confusable, CONF will flash in the upper right of the screen. 1. Press . 2. Type a word (for example, rain) and press ENTER. 3. Press ?. Confusables are displayed followed by a brief definition. 4. Press CLEAR when done. 25 Finding a Letter in a Word If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter. 1. Press . 2. Type a word with ?s (for example, st??y). 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press or to move the highlight to the word you want and press ENTER to view its entry. 5. Press CLEAR when done. Word Finding Tips You can also use ?s to help solve crossword puzzles. For example, you can search for a five-letter word in which its second letter is h and its last letter is w. Enter ?h??w to see possible answers. 26 Finding a Series of Letters To find prefixes, suffixes, and other parts of words, type an asterisk () in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters. Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning of a word, it may take a little while to find the matching words. 1. Press . 2. Type a word with an asterisk (for example, intra). To type an asterisk, hold down CAP and press ?. 3. Press ENTER. 4. Press or to move the highlight to the word you want and press ENTER to view its entry. 5. Press CLEAR when done. 27 Highlighting Words Another way to look up words is by highlighting them in entries or word lists. You can then find their definitions 1. At any text, press ENTER to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press BACK. 2. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight to the word you want. If you highlight a word ending with a "~", this may indicate the word is too long to be displayed on the screen. To view the entire word, press or . 3. Then press ENTER to find the definition of the highlighted word. 4. Press CLEAR when done. 28 Playing The Games You have five fun games to choose from. Changing The Skill Level Before you play, you can choose the skill level. This determines how easy or difficult a game is. 1. Press until you see the Games menu. 2. Press until you highlight Game Settings, then press ENTER. 3. Use or to highlight the skill level you want and then press ENTER to select it. Beginner is the easiest skill level and Wizard is the most difficult. 29 Selecting a Game In the Games menu, use or to move the highlight to the game of your choice and then press ENTER. Getting Hints in the Games During any game you can get a hint by holding CAP and pressing ? or reveal the game word by pressing ?. Note: If you reveal the game word, you lose the round. Hangman Hangman selects a mystery word and challenges you to guess it letter by letter. The letters of the mystery word are hidden by question marks. The number of guesses remaining is indicated by #s. 1. Press until you see the Games menu. 30 2. Press or to highlight Hangman and then press ENTER. 3. Type a letter you think is in the mystery word. If you are correct, the letter appears in place of a question mark or marks. If you are wrong, it replaces an # on the screen and another part of the man appears. 4. Press ? to reveal the word and end the round. Hold CAP and press ? to reveal a letter. 5. Press ENTER to play again with a new mystery word. Chance Use Chance to have your device pick lottery numbers for you. A maximum of 9 numbers can be generated ranging from 1 to 99. 31 1. Press until you see the Games menu. 2. Press or to highlight Chance and then press ENTER. A screen is displayed with your default settings. Set indicates the number of numbers you want to generate. Press or to increase or decrease the number. You can choose from 1 to 9 numbers. 3. Press ENTER to move to the "Max" field. Max indicates the highest range of numbers. Press or to increase or decrease the number. You can choose from 1 to 99. 4. Press ENTER when done. A screen of randomly generated numbers is displayed. 32 Press BACK to go back and change your amount and range. Press ENTER to re-generate a set of numbers. 5. Press CLEAR when done. Memory Use this game to test your memory. The object of the game to find the matching pairs of numbers. The game has five levels with increasing amounts of hidden pairs: Beginner 4, Intermediate - 6, Advanced - 8, Expert - 10, and Wizard - 12. 1. Press until you see the Games menu. 2. Press or to highlight Memory and then press ENTER. The game board is displayed with all the numbers hidden. 33 3. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the number you want to reveal and then press ENTER. The number stays revealed until you select another number. If you find a match, the pair stays visible. If they don't match the numbers are hidden again. 4. Continue until all the matching pairs are revealed. 5. Press ENTER to play another round. Keyboard Wiz This game tests your knowledge of the keypad and your reflexes. Letters appear on the screen and you have to press the corresponding letter key. 1. Press until you see the Games menu. 34 2. Press or to highlight Keyboard Wiz and then press ENTER. 3. Press ENTER to begin the round. Letters begin appearing on the screen at a speed determined by your selected skill level. 4. Press the letter key corresponding to the left most letter on the screen. If you press the correct letter, it disappears. Once 20 characters are displayed, the game is over. 5. Press ENTER to play another round. Anagrams Anagrams challenges you to find all of the words that can occur within a selected word. Each letter can only be used as many times as it appears in the displayed word. 35 1. Press until you see the Games menu. 2. Press or to highlight Anagrams and then press ENTER. The minimum length of each anagram flashes on the screen. The number of possible anagrams is shown on the right side of the screen. 3. Type an anagram and then press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to view anagrams you have already entered. 4. Press ? to reveal all unsolved anagrams and end the round. Hold CAP and press ? to shuffle the letters. 5. Press SPACE to play again with a new mystery word. 36 Using the Calculator 1. Press until you see the calculator. 2. Type a number. Note: Q-P will type numbers 0-9 automatically. You can type up to 10 digits. To type a decimal, press G(.). To change the sign of a number, press Z(+/-). 3. Press H(+), J(-), K(x), or L(÷) to add, subtract, multiply or divide. 4. Type another number. 5. Press ENTER. To repeat the calculation, press ENTER again. 37 To Calculate ... Press ... reciprocals A squares D percentages F square roots S negative numbers Z 6. Press CLEAR to clear the current calculations. Using the Calculator Memory Try the following equation to practice using the calculator memory: (32 x 12) - (8 x 8) = 320. 1. Press B(MC) to clear the memory. 2. Type 32, press K(x), type 12 and then press ENTER. 38 3. Press X(M+) to add the result to memory. M indicates the number is stored in memory. 4. Type 8, press K(x), type 8 and then press ENTER. 5. Press C(M-) to subtract the result from memory. 6. Press V(MR) to retrieve the number from memory. 7. Press CLEAR to clear the current calculations. 39 Using the Converter The converter allows you to easily convert measurments and currency. Making Metric Conversions 1. Press until you see the Conversions menu. 2. Press or to select a conversion category (e.g., Weights). 3. Press or to select a conversion (e.g., grams/ounces), if necessary. 4. Type a number after one of the units. Note: Q-P will type numbers 0-9 automatically. Press or to move between the lines. Press BACK to delete a number. 40 5. Press ENTER to convert. 6. Press CLEAR to clear the current conversion. Using the Currency Converter 1. Press until you see the Conversions menu. 2. Press until you highlight Currency and then press ENTER. 3. Enter an exchange rate and then press ENTER. The exchange rate should be in units of the other currency per one unit of the home currency (n other/1 home). For example, to convert between U.S. Dollars and Euros, enter an exchange rate of 1.1888. This means that 1.1888 Euros is the equivalent of 1 U.S. Dollar. 41 4. Enter an amount for the home or other currency. Press or to move between the lines. Use BACK to delete a number. 5. Press ENTER to convert. 6. Press CLEAR to clear the current conversion. 42 Using the MP3 Player Your device comes with a built-in MP3 player. Your MP3 tracks will continue to play even if you leave the MP3 player to look up a word or perform another function. Press to open the MP3 player. You can save MP3 tracks to the internal memory on your device, or to an external SD card. 43 System Requirements To transfer tracks to your device, your computer must meet the following minimum system requirements: · Windows® ME/2000/XP or higher · Available USB port · 64MB RAM · 20MB free disk space Saving Tracks 1. Open the USB cover, located on the top of the device. 2. Insert the USB cable into the device and into an available USB port on your computer. 44 45 This screen is displayed on your device when it is properly connected to your computer. 3. Click "My Computer". You see a new "internal flash" disk drive connected to your computer. If you have inserted an SD card into your device, this will display as a second available, "removable storage" drive. 4. Find on your computer the MP3 tracks you want to copy to your device and copy them to one of the available drives. 46 Warning: Do not insert or remove an SD card, or disconnect the USB cable during a track transfer or you may lose data. Note: You can delete tracks from your device by removing them from the drive where you had previously saved them. 5. When the transfer is complete, disconnect the USB cable. 6. Press . Locking Your SD Card You can adjust the properties of an SD card so that the device views its contents as "read-only". This means that the device can play the tracks saved to the card, but it cannot delete them. You can only delete tracks from the SD card using your computer. 47 Formatting Your SD Card You can format your SD card using FAT and FAT32 formats. SD Card Precautions · Do not insert or remove an SD card while a track is playing or you may need to reset your device. · Make sure your device is turned off before inserting or removing an SD card or you may need to reset your device. · If the SD card memory is nearly full, it may take a few moments to load the MP3 player. Please be patient. 48 Understanding the Display 49 1. Battery power icon 2. Equalization icon 3. Repeat icon 4. Folder icon 5. SD card icon 6. Timer 7. Current track name 8. Play/Pause/Stop icon 9. MP3 mode icon 10.A-B repeat mode icon 11.Hold mode icon 50