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Franklin BP-105 User Manual

Franklin bp-105: users guide
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  • Page 1 Spelling Ace Plus BP-105 User's Guide...

  • Page 2: Guide To Keys

    Guide to Keys Function Keys Shows informational messages. In the INFO games, shows your won/lost record. Shows Confusables™ CONF Shows the Games Menu. GAMES Shows the user word list. LIST Adds words to the user word list. Removes words from the user list. Types an asterisk in place of a series MATCH of unknown letters.

  • Page 3: Other Keys

    Other Keys Type letters. Types a question mark in place of an unknown letter. — Displays the hyphenation points of spell- corrected words. Erases typed letters like a backspace key. (1) Types a space at the Ready prompt. (2) Moves the display to the right at word lists.

  • Page 4: How To Get Started

    How to Get Started Read this chapter if you’re using your Spelling Ace Plus for the first time. Installing Batteries The Spelling Ace Plus runs on four AAA batteries (not included). Use only high-quality alkaline or rechargeable nickel cadmium batteries. 1.
  • Page 5 You should see the Ready prompt now. This is where you type words to correct spellings. Seeing a Quick Demonstration To see a 1.5-minute demo of the Spelling Ace Plus ’s features, follow these instructions. 1. At the Ready prompt, type “-d”. 2.

  • Page 6: Correcting Spellings

    How to Correct Spellings Correcting Spellings You can correct spellings simply by typing a word at the Ready prompt, and then pressing . To ENTER erase typed letters, press 1. At the Ready prompt, type a word. 2. Press ENTER 3.
  • Page 7 — 2. Press 3. Press when you’re done. CLEAR Identifying Confusables™ The Spelling Ace Plus identifies more than 1,700 Confusables, easy-to-confuse words such as "lien" and "lean." Whenever you see a blinking question mark after a spell-corrected word, it's a Confusable. 1.
  • Page 8 How to Find Spellings By using the Spelling Ace Plus ’s powerful MatchMaker™ keys, you can find spellings when you don’t know all the letters in a word. MatchMaker keys can also help you solve crossword puzzles. Finding Letters is the Letter Detective™ key. It finds letters in words.
  • Page 9 Finding Fragments of Words is the Fragment Finder™ key. It types an MATCH asterisk that stands for a series of unknown letters— a fragment—of a word. Like question marks, you can type more than one asterisk in a word. 1. Type a word with an asterisk in place of each series of letters that you don’t know.
  • Page 10 How to Use the User List You can save 50 to 70 words, depending on their length, in the Spelling Ace Plus 's user list. You can even save words not found in the Spelling Ace Plus 's main word list. Once saved, use your user list for reviewing words or practicing them in the games.
  • Page 11 Here’s how to add words after spell-checking them. 1. Type a word. 2. Press ENTER 3. Press Viewing Your List and Removing Words To see your user list, just press 1. Press LIST The number tells how many words are in your list. 2.
  • Page 12 How to Play the Games Choosing Games and Game Settings Before you play a game, you must select the game settings--word lists, word sizes, numbers of tries, speeds, etc. Let's try Hangman as an example. 1. Press GAMES You see the Games Menu. 2.
  • Page 13 4. Press If you press If you press (i.e., the number of letters). To see the size you want, press The number of tries is the number of wrong guesses allowed. The fewer the tries, the harder the game is. 5.
  • Page 14 A Note About Playing the Games In the games, some keys have special functions. Starts a new round when a round is ENTER over. Returns you to the Games Menu. GAMES Shows your won/lost record. INFO Shows the answer or shows Confus- ables, if any, for a word.
  • Page 15 C. Jumble Jumble challenges you to rearrange letters into words. First select a word list and word size. Then press ENTER You see letters and the number of words that can be made from them. Next, type a word using those letters.

  • Page 16: Word Blaster

    F. Word Blaster™ Word Blaster challenges you to guess mystery words before it spells them. First, select a word list, word size, and game speed. (The lower the setting, the slower the speed.) Then press ENTER You see a mystery word indicated by question marks.
  • Page 17 letters, press “P=” tells how many letters that you typed are in the correct position. “M=” tells how many letters are correct but misplaced. Press again for your next try, and keep ENTER typing four-letter series until all the letters are correct.

  • Page 18: Technical Specifications

    Jumble, Word Builder, Spelling Bee, Word Blaster™, Deduction™, Flashcards A built-in demonstration Context-sensitive informational messages Search and Retrieval Technology The BP-105 features Franklin’s proprietary search and retrieval technology, SpellBlaster II™, MatchMaker II™, WordBuilder™, and user interface. Hardware Microprocessor: 65C02 ROM size: 2 megabits...

  • Page 19: Product Care

    Product Care To clean the BP-105, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a paper towel and wipe the surface clean. Don’t spray cleaner directly onto the unit. Don’t store or use the BP-105 in extreme heat, cold, or humidity. Customer Service If you have a problem with your BP-105, refer to the limited warranty information.
  • Page 20 Franklin will, at its option, repair or replace any product at no further charge to the end user on determination by Franklin, in its sole discretion, that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the duration of this limited warranty.

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