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Franklin IC-159 User Manual
Summary of IC-159
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User’s manual f ™ for use with the franklin digital book system ® digital book oxford english/arabic student’s speaking dictionary electronic publishers ic-159 ic-159 electronic publishers f ™.
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1 read this license agreement before using the digital book. Your use of the digital 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 digital book and your purchase...
Page 3: Contents
2 contents key guide ..................................................... 4 installing the digital book .............................. 6 changing the language ................................ 7 viewing a demonstration .............................. 8 looking up english words ..........................
Page 4: Introduction
3 introduction the oxford english/arabic student’s speaking dic- tionary digital book provides a powerful, portable new way for speakers of arabic to learn english. Using this digital book, you can look up english defi- nitions by entering either arabic or english words. And you can view the menus a...
Page 5: Key Guide
4 key guide function keys clear clear a search. Menu display the main menus or entry screen. Games display the games to select. More display english phrases containing a word. L i s t display the inflection of an english word. Spec hear an english word. (on the dbs-2d keyboard, say performs the same...
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5 key guide other keys back back up, erase a letter, or stop the highlight. Enter enter a word or phrase, select a menu item, or start the highlight in entries. Help display a help message. Shift shift keys to type capital letters, etc. Space type a space. ? * at the entry screen, type a question ma...
Page 7: Installing The Digital Book
6 installing the digital book you must install this digital book in the digital book system before you can use and read it. Warning: never install a digital book when the dig- ital book system is on. If you do, information that you have entered in any other installed digital book(s) may be permanent...
Page 8: Changing The Language
7 changing the language you can use this digital book in arabic or in english. When you select english only , menus, games, help messages and other messages are in english. Note: the examples in the english half of this us- er’s manual use the english only mode. 1. Press clear . 2. Press menu to vie...
Page 9: Viewing A Demonstration
8 viewing a demonstration before you start using this digital book, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do. 1. Press clear . 2. Press menu . 3. Highlight demo on the other menu. 4. Press enter to start the demonstration. 5. Press clear to stop the demonstration. ✓ setting the shutoff...
Page 10: Looking Up English Words
9 looking up english words the simplest way to find definition(s) of english words and phrases is to enter them at the entry screen. 1. Press clear . 2. Type an english word or phrase. To erase a letter, press back . You don’t need to type capitals, accents, or spaces. 3. Press enter . 4. Press , th...
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10 looking up english words ✓ typing accents you don’t need to type accents when you enter english words such as résumé . However, if you want accent a letter, first type the letter and then press (or acnt on the dbs-2d) repeatedly until the correct accent appears. ✓ using the entries menu you can a...
Page 12: Hearing English Words
11 hearing english words this digital book can pronounce aloud english words, phrases, and sentences when it’s installed in a digital book system with a speaker or earphone jack. Please note, however, that only english words appearing in this dictionary can be pronounced. Try this example. 1. Press ...
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12 hearing english words over the lazy dog and then press spec . When typing phrases and sentences, don’t type apostrophes, commas, semicolons, colons, or pe- riods. These punctuation marks will prevent pro- nunciation. (the exceptions are mr. , mrs. , and ms. ) also, don’t type capital letters exce...
Page 14: Translating Arabic Words
13 translating arabic words keywords are translations of english words appear- ing in this digital book. By entering an arabic key- word, you can finds its english equivalent(s). 1. If you’re not at the main menus, press menu . 2. Highlight the keywords menu. 3. Type an arabic word. Usually you need...
Page 15: Finding Phrases
14 finding phrases this digital book includes english phrases to help you learn the idiomatic uses of words. It’s easy to find phrases containing a certain word. Here’s how. 1. Press clear . 2. Type an english word (e.G., run ). 3. Press more . Or press enter and then press more . 4. Highlight a phr...
Page 16: Finding English Inflections
15 finding english inflections this digital book provides inflections of english nouns, verbs, modifiers, and articles. 1. Press clear . 2. Type a word (e.G., be ). 3. Press l i s t . 4. Press , the dn key, or space to scroll down. 5. Press l i s t repeatedly to view more inflections. Or hold and pr...
Page 17: Finding English Spellings
16 finding english spellings if you don’t know how to spell an english word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter or an asterisk in place of a series of unknown letters. 1. Press clear . 2. Type an english word with ?’s and ✻ ’s. To type an asterisk, hold shift and press ? * . 3. Pre...
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17 highlighting words in definitions to learn more about english words, you can highlight a word in a definition and then find its definition(s), inflections, and phrases, if any. 1. Press clear . 2. Enter an english word (e.G., security ). 3. Press enter to view its dictionary entry. 4. Press enter...
Page 19: Playing The Games
18 playing the games selecting word sizes and games to set the difficulty of the games, select game settings from the other menu and then select a word size. To start playing, press games and then select a game. Hangman in hangman, you have a certain number of tries ( # ) to guess the mystery word (...
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19 playing the games flashcards flashcards flashes words on the screen for you to define or study. If you want to view the definitions of the word, press enter . Press back to return to flashcards. If you do not want to find the definition, press space to continue viewing words. Word train ™ all abo...
Page 21: Sending Words Between Books
20 sending words between books this digital book can send and receive words to and from certain other digital books. To learn if another digital book can send and receive words, read its user’s manual. Note: you must have more than one digital book in- stalled in your digital book system before foll...
Page 22: Digital Book System
21 digital book system ® resetting the digital book system to reset the digital book system, hold clear while pressing on/off . Or press the recessed reset button on the back of the digital book system. (read its ba- sic operating guide for details.) warning: resetting the digital book system may pe...
Page 23: Replacing The Batteries
22 digital book system replacing the batteries dbs-1 and dbs-2 models use four 3-volt, cr2032 lithium batteries. Dbs-2d models use four 1.5-volt, aa batteries. 1. Have new batteries ready. 2. Turn the digital book system off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4. Remove all the batteries. 5. P...
Page 24: Specifications
23 model ic-159 • english headwords and phrases, and arabic keywords • alphasearch, word search, and pick mode • phrase lists, english inflections, and grammar help • english only and arabic-english modes • english pronunciation • accent input at entry screen • adjustable message language & shutoff ...
Page 25: Limited Warranty
24 limited warranty (u.S. Only) franklin warrants to you that the digital book will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your digital book, franklin will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to ...
Page 26: Your Notes
25 your notes.
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26 your notes.