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Franklin DBE-118 User Manual

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Diccionario
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User's Guide
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  • Page 1 DBE-118  Diccionario español inglés User’s Guide Manual del Usuario...

  • Page 2: License Agreement

    Franklin’s confidential and proprietary 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.

  • Page 3: Changing The Language

    Changing the Language Message Language When you turn on this product for the first time, you must choose the message language. Press <a> for Spanish and <b> for English. The message language is the language of prompts, help and other messages. To change the message language after your initial selection, follow these steps.

  • Page 4: Key Guide

    Key Guide Displays a help message. Shows the inflections of a word. Goes to the dictionary Word Entry screen. Toggles between the databank and the calculator. From the calculator, goes to the converter. Toggles between the Home and World clocks. Turns the unit on and off.
  • Page 5 Key Guide Scrolls up or down or enters an accent. ESPACE Scrolls right or enters a space. Scrolls left. Changing the Screen Contrast Press and then use to adjust the contrast. Note: You can adjust the screen contrast only at the display screen.

  • Page 6: Using The Clocks

    Using the Clocks This product has a Home Time clock that you can set and a World Time clock with which you can view the local time in 45 cities around the world. Each time you turn the product on, you see the Home Time clock.
  • Page 7 Using the Clocks 7. Press to exit the setting mode and see the time in your Home city. To View World Time The World time is based upon hours added to or subtracted from the Home time zone. It is not a sepa- rate clock and cannot be set.

  • Page 8: Help Is Always At Hand

    Using the Clocks World Cities and Abbreviations CITY NAME ABBREVIATION CITY NAME ABBREVIATION ADELAIDE KABUL AMSTERDAM KARACHI ANCHORAGE LISBON AUCKLAND LONDON AZORES ISLANDS LOS ANGELES BANGKOK MADRID BARCELONA MID ATLANTIC BEIJING MIDWAY ISLANDS BERLIN MOSCOW BRUSSELS NEW YORK CAIRO NOUMEA CARACAS PARIS CHICAGO...

  • Page 9: Using The Dictionary

    Using the Dictionary To Find a Translation Your dictionary is fully bilingual. 1. Press DICC. This is the Word Entry screen. Press DICC again to change the entry language, if needed. 2. Type a word. To erase a letter, press RETRO. To type accents, type the letter and press repeatedly until the accent you want appears.
  • Page 10 Using the Dictionary Correcting Misspellings If you misspell a word, a list of corrections appears. Use to move down the list. When you see the word you want, press INTRO to see its dictionary entry. Finding a Letter If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter and then press INTRO.

  • Page 11: Highlighting Words

    Using the Dictionary Choosing Multiple Forms Some words in this dictionary have more than one form (e.g. sî, si). When the word you are looking up has multiple forms, the different forms appear in a list. Use to move down the list. When you see the word you want, press INTRO to see its dictionary entry.

  • Page 12: Finding Conjugations

    Finding Conjugations This dictionary includes inflections of nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words in both English and Spanish. 1. Press DICC. 2. Type a word (for example, leer or look). 3. Press CONJ. When there is more than one part of speech, you see a list.
  • Page 13 Finding Conjugations Other Ways of Finding Inflections • In definitions, press CONJ to see the inflec- tions of the headword. • In a definition, press INTRO to start the high- light. Use the arrow keys to move the high- light to a word you want and press CONJ to see the inflections of the selected word.

  • Page 14: Playing The Games

    Playing the Games You have two fun games to play: Hangman and Anagrams. Before you play, you can choose the skill level and language. Changing Game Settings There are five skill levels for the games: Beginner (the default), Intermediate, Advanced, Expert and Wizard.
  • Page 15 Playing the Games Hangman Hangman selects a mystery word and challenges you to guess it letter by letter. The letters of the mys- tery word are hidden by question marks. The number of guesses remaining is indicated by #s. Type letters that you think are in the mystery word. If you are correct, the letter appears in place of the cor- responding question mark(s).

  • Page 16: Using The Databank

    Using the Databank This product has a databank that can save as many as 100 names and phone numbers. The total amount of names and numbers that you can save depends upon the number of characters in each entry. To Add an Entry to the Phone List Note: To delete a character, press RETRO.
  • Page 17 Using the Databank To View the Phone List 1. Press 2. Press INTRO to select View List. 3. To view a name, type it or use The name and number are displayed. To Edit Phone List Entries 1. Press 2. Press to see Edit Entry and then press INTRO.
  • Page 18 Using the Databank To delete an Entry from the Phone List 1. Press 2. Press to see Delete Entry and then press INTRO. 3. Press until you see the entry you want to delete. 4. Press INTRO. 5. Press Y to delete the entry or N to cancel the deletion.

  • Page 19: Using A Password

    Using a Password You can use a password to keep the information in the Phone List private. The password is requested when the unit is turned on and the Phone List is accessed. Password Warnings Warning! After you set a password, you must enter the password to access the phone list for the first time during a session.
  • Page 20 Using a Password 3. Type a password and then press INTRO. Your password can have up to eight characters. You are prompted to retype your password. Type it again exactly as you did the first time and then press INTRO to confirm. 4.

  • Page 21: Using The Calculator

    Using the Calculator To Use the Calculator 1. Press until you see the calculator. 2. Use the numbered keys to type a number. To make a number negative or positive, press Z ± To type a decimal point, press V. 3.
  • Page 22 Using the Euro Converter This product features a Euro converter for conversion between the Euro and 12 national currencies. The built-in rates are those adopted by the Council of the European Union for the 12 participating countries, based on the set conversion rate of 1 Euro = x in national currency.
  • Page 23 Converting Measures & Currencies You can convert temperatures, weights, liquid meas- ures and lengths. You can also convert currencies using an exchange rate that you enter. 1. Press until you see the calculator. 2. Press M. 3. Use to find the conversion category you want and press INTRO.

  • Page 24: Changing The Battery

    Changing the Battery The battery should be changed when the screen contrast is too light even after adjustment. Before you replace the battery, have the new battery on hand. Warning! If the battery loses power completely, all the information stored in the unit will be permanently lost.

  • Page 25: Product Information

    Do not spray liquids directly on this product. Do not use or store this product in extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other adverse conditions. ©2002 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Burlington N.J. 08016-4907 U.S.A. All rights reserved. © 1988 William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd. All Rights...

  • Page 26: Fcc Notice

    FCC Notice NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa- tion.

  • Page 27: Limited Warranty (U.s. Only)

    EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY, WILL BE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT WITH THE SAME OR AN EQUIVALENT PRODUCT OF THE DEFEC- TIVE PORTION OF THE PRODUCT, AT THE SOLE OPTION OF FRANKLIN IF IT DETER- MINES THAT THE PRODUCT WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE DEFECTS AROSE WITHIN THE DURATION OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY.
  • Page 28 Technical Support/Ayuda técnica /Technische Hilfe/Aiuto tecnico/Aide technique/Technische Steun Deutschland Bitte schicken Sie dieses Österreich Produkt im Garantiefall mit Kaufbeleg an folgende Service-Adresse: Franklin Electronic Publishers (Deutschland) GmbH, Kapellenstrasse 13, D- 85622 Feldkirchen. Den technischen Support erreichen Sie unter Tel. +49- 89-90899-116.
  • Page 29  www.franklin.com...

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