Franklin Talking Spanish-English Dictionary BES-1240 User Manual
Summary of Talking Spanish-English Dictionary BES-1240
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User’s guide bes-1240 talking spanish-english dictionary.
Page 2: 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 refer...
Page 3: Key Guide
Pronounces words aloud. Opens the dynamic pronunciation guide. Goes to the word entry screen. At the word entry screen, changes the input language. Shows the games menu. Lets you use your word list, change settings, or view a demonstration. Shows help messages. Turns the dictionary on or off. Shifts...
Page 4: On The Back of The Unit.
Before you start, you should install new batteries and adjust the screen contrast. Note: replace the batteries when the screen contrast is too light even after adjustment. When you remove batteries, stored information is erased. 1. Remove the battery compartment cover on the back of the unit. 2. Ins...
Page 5: Seeing A Demonstration
✓ seeing a demonstration you can see a brief demonstration by first pressing list and then pressing until you see demonstration. Then press enter to see the demonstration. To stop the demonstration, press clear. ✓ changing the message language you can change the message language from english to span...
Page 6: 1. Press Clear.
It’s easy to look up the english translation of spanish words with your dictionary. Let’s learn how. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the spanish word entry screen. 3. Type a word. For example, type mañana. To erase letters, use back. To type an accent, type the letter, then pre...
Page 7: Looking Up An English Word
6 looking up an english word it’s just as easy to look up the spanish translation of english words with your dictionary. Let’s learn how. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the english word entry screen. 3. Type a word. For example, type apple. To erase letters, use back. To type ...
Page 8: 1. Press Clear.
If you misspell a word, the dictionary automatically shows you a list of spelling corrections. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the english word entry screen. 3. Type a misspelled word. For example, type jiraph. 4. Press enter. Press down, if necessary, to highlight the correct ...
Page 9: 1. Press Clear.
If you want to learn the translation of a word that you see in a definition, you can highlight the word and then jump to its definition. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the english word entry screen. 3. Type a word. For example, type here. 4. Press enter. 5. Press enter again t...
Page 10: 1. Press Clear.
Confusables are words that are spelled or sound alike that people often confuse. Note: confusables are only available for english words and are listed in entries following the spanish translation. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the english word entry screen. 3. Type peace and ...
Page 11: 1. Press Clear.
Conjugations show how a verb changes depending on its subject and tense. Note: a brief overview of conjugations is available for verbs and is listed in entries following the translation. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the spanish word entry screen. 3. Type tener and then press...
Page 12: 1. Press Clear.
The dynamic pronunciation guide is a tool to help you learn how to say a word by hearing all the individual sounds that make up a word. This tool is available for both english and spanish words. 1. Press clear. 2. Press dict, if necessary, to go to the spanish word entry screen. 3. Type perro and th...
Page 13: To Add A Word To Your List
You can save as many as 80 total words for study and review in separate english and spanish word lists. You can add words to the lists that are not found in this dictionary, but they take up more space. To add a word to your list 1. Press clear. 2. Press list. 3. Press or until you see add a word. E...
Page 14: To See and Hear Your Words
You can also type a word, press enter to see the definition and then press list. Note: you can also add highlighted words in definitions or spelling correction lists. To learn how to highlight a word in a definition, see “jumping to a word” on page 8. 3. Press enter to add the word. To see and hear ...
Page 15: To Erase A Word
To erase a word 1. Press list. 2. Press or to see erase a word. English or spanish is marked. Press or to switch lists. 3. Press enter. 4. Press or to highlight a word. 5. Press enter to erase the highlighted word or press back to cancel. To erase your entire list 1. Press list. 2. Press or to see e...
Page 16: 1. Press Clear.
The dictionary can pronounce any headword or highlighted word. Just press the speak key whenever you want to hear a word. To adjust the volume, turn the volume control wheel on the side of the dictionary. You can plug headphones into the headphone jack on the other side to listen by yourself. Try th...
Page 17: 1. Press Games.
Your dictionary has five fun word games. You can choose a skill level (easy or hard), which game words (all or your list) to use, and what language (english or spanish) to use. 1. Press games. 2. To change the skill level, press or to see skill level and then press or to switch between settings. You...
Page 18: Hangman
Hangman hangman challenges you to guess a mystery word, indicated by ?S, one letter at a time. 1. Press games, if needed. 2. Press or to see hangman and then press enter. 3. Type letters you think are in the word. 4. To give up and reveal the word, press . 5. To see the definition of the word, press...
Page 19: Word.
6. Press enter to see the definition of the word. To go back to the game, press back. 7. Press to play a new round. Flashcards flashcards flashes words for you to learn the translation of. 1. Press games, if needed. 2. Use or to see flashcards and then press enter. 3. Press speak to hear the word. 4...
Page 20: 4. Press
4. Press to give up and reveal the answer. 5. Press to play a new round. Word train in word train, your challenge is to beat the computer as you take turns trying to make a word by adding one letter at a time. Winning words have to be at least four letters long. 1. Press games, if needed. 2. Press o...
Page 21: Fcc Notice
This device complies with part 15 of the 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. Warning: changes or modi...
Page 22: Limited Warranty
21 except as specifically provided herein, franklin makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, with respect to this product. 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 ...
Page 23: 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 original date of purchase as evidenced by a copy of your receipt, your franklin product shall be free from defects in materials an...
Page 24: Cleaning, Storage, Problems
Model: bes-1240 talking spanish-english dictionary • dimensions: 2.4 x 10 x 15.7 cm • weight: 7 oz • batteries: 4 aaa, 1.5-volt • screen size: 17 x 79 continuous pixel cleaning, storage, problems to clean this spelling corrector, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wipe its surface. Don't sp...