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BOOKMAN E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D MovieViews ® USER’S GUIDE FLX-2074...
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PRODUCT contains Franklin’s confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.
Contents Key Guide ... 1 Introduction ... 3 Installing a Book Card ... 3 Selecting a Book ... 4 Using the Color Keys ... 4 Viewing the Demonstration ... 5 Finding Movies by Title ... 5 Using the Movies Menu ... 6 Finding Movies by Cast ...
Color Keys Shows the Cast (red) CAST Member’s menu. Prompts you to search (green) SEARCH for words in movie titles. Shows the Games (yellow) GAMES menu. Shows the Theme menu (blue) THEME Function Keys Backs up, erases letters, or BACK ends a highlight.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! The BOOKMAN is an electronic unit with a built-in book inside. A slot in the back lets you snap in book cards from Franklin’s electronic library. The prod- uct is portable; it can go with you anywhere. ™...
Selecting a Book Once this book card has been installed in the BOOKMAN you can select which book to use. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD These are sample books. 3. Press to highlight the book you want to use. 4.
Viewing the Demonstration Before you use this book, you may want to see a brief demonstration. First be certain that this book card is in- stalled in your BOOKMAN and that you have selected it. To learn how, read “In- stalling a Book Card”...
Finding Movies by Title to go to beginning or end, or use spacebar. (see Key Guide) 7. Hold and press key go to the next or previ- ous title found by your search. 8. To return to the list of your matches, press 9.
Finding Movies by Cast The Cast Members menu lets you find movies by the stars that played in them. 1. Press (red). CAST Or select Cast Members from the Search menu. 2. Begin typing a cast member’s name (e.g., Marvin, Lee). Cast members’...
Finding Movies by Director You can also search for movies that have a specific director. Also, by se- lecting more than one director, MovieViews searches for films di- rected by all of the selected directors. 1. Select Directors from the Search menu.
Finding Movies by Year You can search for movies by a year or a range of years. In the following ex- ample, we can find movies that were released in 1983. 1. From the Search menu, select Year. 2. Type 83 to highlight 1983. Or hold until 1983 is highlighted.
Searching Other Categories You can also search for movies by Academy Awards, MPAA Rating, and Critic Rating. 1. Select the Search menu. 2. Select a category (e.g., Awards). 3. Highlight the subcategory you wish to view (e.g., Best Adapted Screenplay). 4.
Searching by Multiple Categories MovieViews lets you search by multiple categories in a single search. We will look for PG-13 movies that feature Kevin Costner and were released in 1994. 1. Press CLEAR 2. Press (red). CAST 3. Select Costner, Kevin. 4.
Using Bookmarks You can place bookmarks in movie re- views for personalized quick reference (for example, to quickly find your favor- ite movies or movies you have seen recently or want to rent). Adding a Bookmark 1. Within any movie review, hold and press L.
Playing the Games MovieViews has two games that will test your movie knowledge, Hangman and Movie Quiz. 1. Press (yellow). GAMES 2. Press to highlight Hangman or Movie Quiz. 3. Press to start playing. ENTER 4. Press at any time during BACK the games to return to the Games list.
Movie Quiz The object of playing the game is to guess a movie from 10 hints. The sooner you determine the answer, the more points you gain. Note: Movies that begin with articles (a, an, the) will appear only once in the movie list, and they will begin with the article (e.g., The Abyss ).
Resetting BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- spond, or if its screen performs erratically, first press press twice. If nothing happens, ON/OFF follow the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may permanently disable your BOOKMAN.
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FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ 08016-4907, within one year of purchase.
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