Franklin Bookman III DBD-4028DL User Manual
Summary of Bookman III DBD-4028DL
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Dbd-4028dl german/english dictionary user’s guide bookman ® iii www.Franklin.Com.
Page 2: License Agreement
License agreement read this license agreement before using any bookman ® product. Your use of the bookman product 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 bookma...
Page 3: Touch Keys
Touch keys conj conjugates a word. E/d toggles the entry language between german and english. Dict goes to the dictionary. Learn goes to the school essentials menu. Function keys turns the product on or off. Displays a help message. When at an inflection screen, displays grammar guide section about ...
Page 4: Combination Keys*
Shifts to allow auf, ab, vorig and nächste, and find phrases. Exits the book you were reading. Combination keys* + at a dictionary entry, pages up or down. + at a dictionary entry, displays the next or previous entry. + transfers a word between books. + j types a hyphen. Key guide + m types an @. + ...
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When the language or languages in your card are different from those in your built-in book, the key references may also be different. Please refer to the grid below for help in determining a particular key’s function. Deutsch français english italiano español symbols hilfe aide help guida ayuda ----...
Page 6: Installing Bookman Cards
Installing bookman cards 1. Turn your product off. 2. Turn your product over. 3. Align the tabs on the card with the notches in the slot. 4. Press the card down until it snaps into place. ✓ removing cards warning: never install or remove a bookman card while your product is on. Any information that ...
Page 7: Selecting This Book
Selecting this book once you have installed the card in your bookman, you must select this book. Follow these steps: 1. Turn your product on. 2. Press karte. The built-in book is highlighted. 3. Press or to move the highlight to deutsch/english. 4. Press eingabe to select it..
Page 8: Changing The Language
Changing the language message language the first time you select this book, you must choose the message language. Press a for german or press b for english. The message language is the language of prompts, help, and other messages. You can change the message language after your initial decision. See...
Page 9: For Your Information
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. ✓ help is always at hand you can view a help message at any screen by pressing hilfe. Press or to read. To exit help, press ..
Page 10: Using The Main Menu
Using the main menu when you press menÜ, you will see ten icons. Use these to quickly take you to different parts of your dictionary. Use the arrow keys to highlight the icon you want and press eingabe. Note: if your bookman card is in a 1450 or 1850 device, when you press menÜ from the organizer, y...
Page 11: Changing The Settings
Viewing a demonstration or tutorial 1. Press menÜ. 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight and press eingabe. 3. Press to highlight either tutorial or view demo and press eingabe. To stop the demonstration or exit from the tutorial and go to the word entry screen, press clear. To go to the main menu, pre...
Page 12: Translating Words
5. Press or to change the setting. Your changes are automatically saved. 6. Press eingabe when done. Press clear to return to the dictionary word entry screen. Translating words your dictionary is fully bilingual. To translate a german word into english, do the following. 1. Press menÜ, highlight , ...
Page 13: Understanding Definitions
✓ understanding definitions dictionary entries consist of headwords, pronunciation, parts of speech, and/or defini- tions. Other forms of the word may follow the headword. After the definition, you may see a list of usage examples. ✓ explanation of genders german nouns are different from english nou...
Page 14: Finding Letters In Words
Finding letters in words if you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter. 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 th...
Page 15: Highlighting Words
Highlighting words another way to look up words is by highlighting them in dictionary entries, or word lists. You can then find their definitions, or add them to my word list. 1. At any text, press eingabe to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press . 2. Use the arrow keys to move the h...
Page 16: Using The Grammar Guide
Using the grammar guide your dictionary includes a helpful grammar guide that describes parts of speech. You can access this information in two ways. From the school essentials menu 1. Press menÜ, highlight , and press eingabe. Or you can touch learn. 2. Use to highlight grammar guide and press eing...
Page 17: Advanced Verb Conjugations
Advanced verb conjugations conjugations show inflections, or changes in a word’s gender, tense, etc. This dictionary includes extensive inflections of nouns, verb, modifiers and other words. From the icon menu 1. Press menÜ, highlight (german conjugation) and then press eingabe. To choose english co...
Page 18: From A Dictionary Entry
From a dictionary entry some words have different parts of speech or multiple translations. You can easily find which part of speech or specific translation you will need to conjugate by first looking up the word and then touching conj. Follow this example. 1. Press menÜ, use the arrow keys to highl...
Page 19: Accenting Letters
✓ accenting letters you can look up accented words without typing accents. If there are no multiple forms, the german/english dictionary will take you directly to the word. If there are multiple forms, you will have to choose the correct word from a multiple forms list. See “choosing multiple forms”...
Page 20: Browsing Through Phrases
Translating traveller’s phrases there are two ways in which you can translate several helpful phrases in categories ranging from emergencies to business communication to time & dates. Browsing through phrases 1. Press menÜ. 2. Highlight and then press eingabe to view the english phrases. Press to vi...
Page 21: Using My Word List
Using my word list you can save up to 40 words total, in both english and german, in my word list for per- sonal study or review. My word list is saved between sessions unless your product is reset. Adding words from the main menu 1. Press menÜ, highlight and press eingabe. Or you can touch learn, a...
Page 22: Adding Highlighted Words
4. Touch learn. Your selection is included in the menu item. 5. Press eingabe to add the word. 6. Press clear to return to the dictionary word entry screen. ✓ adding highlighted words you can also add words to my word list from definitions and correction lists. First highlight a word and then touch ...
Page 23: Playing The Games
Playing the games you have seven fun games to choose from: hangman, conjumania, gender tutor, word train, guess that word, word auction, and word blaster. Changing game settings before you play, you can choose the source and size of the words, the skill level, the lan- guage, and whether or not grap...
Page 24: Selecting A Game
Selecting a game in the games list, use or to move the highlight to the game of your choice and press eingabe. Getting help in the games during any game you can read instructions by pressing hilfe. You can get a hint by holding and pressing ? Or reveal the game word by pressing ?. Note: if you revea...
Page 25: Card Care
Card care • do not touch the metal contacts on the card. Caution: touching these electrical contacs with statically charged objects, includ- ing your fingers, could erase information entered in a card or built-in book. • do not put excessive pressure on the cards. • do not expose the cards to heat, ...
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Copyrights, trademarks, and patents model dbd-4028dl: german/english dictionary © 2003 franklin electronic publishers, inc., burlington, n.J. 08016-4907 usa. All rights reserved. © 2002 ernst klett sprachen gmbh, stuttgart, federal republic of germany © 1994 erich und hildegard bulitta. All rights r...
Page 27: Limited Warranty (U.S. Only)
Limited warranty (u.S. Only) limited warranty, disclaimer of warranties and limited remedy (a) limited warranty. Franklin warrants to the original end user that for a period of one (1) year from the orig- inal date of purchase as evidenced by a copy of your receipt, your franklin product shall be fr...
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Limited warranty (eu and switzerland) this product, excluding batteries and liquid crystal display (lcd), is guaranteed by franklin for a period of two years from the date of purchase. It will be repaired or replaced with an equivalent product (at franklin’s option) free of charge for any defect due...