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Franklin LDS-1990 User Manual

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  • Page 1 LDS-1990 Language Studio Spanish German Translate - Listen - Speak User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 The ELECTRONIC REFERENCE contains Franklin’s confi dential and proprietary information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is eff ective until terminated by Franklin. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Franklin PC Desktop ......54 Looking Up a Word ......18 Connecting Your Device ....55 Finding Idioms ......... 21 Using the Franklin PC Desktop ..56 Highlighting Words ......22 Using the Using Annotations, Modifi cations Franklin PC View™ Feature ....61 and Highlights .........

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction Introduction Congratulations on your purchase Your LDS-1990 contains the following of the LDS-1990, Language Studio reference books: Spanish - German! The LDS-1990 is an • Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch educational, informational, and versatile Spanisch-Deutsch handheld computing device. Your • Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch...
  • Page 5 Add a list of In addition, use the audio player that words and defi nitions not found in the comes with your LDS-1990 to listen to dictionaries in this device. audio books and music. Most of these books include a word...

  • Page 6: Battery Information

    Battery Information Your LDS-1990 uses a rechargeable 3.7 volt lithium polymer battery. The fi rst time you use your device, it requires approximately 4 to 6 hours of charging before use. Thereafter, your device can take up to 6 hours for a full charge.

  • Page 7: Battery Precautions

    Battery Information Note: To use your device while it is plugged into your PC, use the Franklin PC View™ feature on your PC to access the dictionaries. For more information, please see “Using the Franklin PC View™ Feature” on page 61.

  • Page 8: Understanding Your Device

    Screen in Microphone Speakers Screen in Lid: The screen of the LDS-1990 is contained in the lid, so you can tilt the screen for optimum viewing. Microphone: The microphone is located in the upper left corner, just above the keyboard on the front of your device. Speak into this when recording.
  • Page 9 Understanding Your Device Headphone USB Port Jack Audio Player Buttons MMC/SD Slot USB Port: Plug the cable into this port to connect your device to your PC and to recharge your device using an external power source. Headphone Jack: The headphone jack is designed for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm impedance stereo headphones.

  • Page 10: Key Guide

    Key Guide Key Guide Picture Keys Shifts to type numbers, punctuation marks and other Opens the Audio Player. symbols. Goes to the Library. Adjusts the font size. Displays your search history. At an input box, types a ? to Displays information about stand for a letter in a word.
  • Page 11 Key Guide Key Guide Combination Keys* Calculator Keys + At an input box, types an A(1/x) Calculates a reciprocal. asterisk (✽) to stand for zero, S(√x) Calculates a square root. one or more letters in a word. Squares a number. + Types an apostrophe.

  • Page 12: Product Care

    Key Guide Product Care Soft Keys Your LDS-1990 is designed to be light, compact and durable. However, it is an In this device, up to fi ve extra functions electronic device and must be treated are available depending on what you carefully.

  • Page 13: Resetting Your Device

    Resetting Your Device If the keyboard fails to respond, or if the screen performs erratically, perform a system reset by following the steps below. 1. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on your unit. If nothing happens, try step 2. The reset button is recessed in a pin-sized hole on the back of the unit.

  • Page 14: Getting Started

    English and then press EINGABE. The eBooks tab of the Library is displayed. Changing the Language Initially, the language of the LDS-1990 is set to German. You can change the message language to English, French, 6. Press Spanish, or Italian.

  • Page 15: Using The Library

    SD. Warning! Resetting to the factory defaults returns the device to its initial settings, as it was when you purchased This is the hub of the LDS-1990 and the it, and erases any saved information. place to start in order to access all of the...

  • Page 16: Changing The Settings

    Changing the Settings Changing the Settings Font Size determines how large or At the Library, press to display small the text is in this device. the Settings List. From the Settings List, Language determines the language you can change your user preferences, used for helptext, menu items and game settings, date and time settings, pop-up messages.
  • Page 17 Information device. The information screen displays version and identifi cation information about your LDS-1990 as well as your Personal ID number (PID). You may be asked for your PID when you register your device or purchase books and other content from Franklin or Mobipocket.

  • Page 18: Selecting A Book

    Selecting a Book Selecting a Book In your LDS-1990, you can select from a variety of reference material that comes with your device. You can look up Spanish translations using the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Spanisch-Deutsch, German translations using the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Deutsch-Spanisch,...

  • Page 19: Looking Up A Word

    Note: You can type and search for words in all of the dictionaries in your LDS-1990. Or you can continue typing letters 1. Begin to type a German word, for until the word is complete and example Eisenbahn.
  • Page 20 Looking Up a Word Looking Up a Word ✓ Soft Keys in the Langenscheidt Please remember, the Soft Keys vary based on the book you are in. Handwörterbuch Spanisch- These are the Soft Keys while in Deutsch or Langenscheidt the Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Handwörterbuch Deutsch- Deutsch-Spanisch.
  • Page 21 Looking Up a Word Looking Up a Word Press + ? to type an asterisk. Press to highlight the word you want, then press EINGABE to 4. Press EINGABE. look it up. ✓ MatchMaker If you are uncertain about how to spell a word, type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter.

  • Page 22: Finding Idioms

    Finding Idioms Finding Idioms The two dictionaries in your device include idioms in addition to their basic dictionary entries. From the Word Entry Screen 1. Press The eBooks tab is displayed. The list of idioms that contain “Katze” 2. Press to highlight is displayed.

  • Page 23: Highlighting Words

    Highlighting Words Highlighting Words Another way to look up words is by 3. Press EINGABE. highlighting them in text. You can then fi nd their defi nition or translation, copy the word to the clipboard, highlight the word in the entry, add a note, or edit the word.

  • Page 24: Using Annotations, Modifi Cations And Highlights

    Using Annotations, Using Annotations, Modifi cations and Highlights Modifi cations and Highlights Your device contains three special symbols. Press CLEAR to clear the features that help you to customize screen. When you are fi nished typing, your books. The Highlight, Modify and press to add the annotation or Add note menu items allow you to...
  • Page 25 Using Annotations, Using Annotations, Modifi cations and Highlights Modifi cations and Highlights To edit a modifi cation at a later time, highlight the crossed out section of text and press EINGABE. Then select Edit modifi cation from the menu to edit your modifi cations.

  • Page 26: Viewing The Annotations List

    Viewing the Viewing the Annotations List Annotations List At any time, you can see a list of all the The following icons indicate the type bookmarks, annotations, highlights and of notation: modifi cations you have saved within a Annotation particular eBook. Bookmark 1.

  • Page 27: Viewing Infl Ections By Franklin

    (Conj) Soft Key, it means want is highlighted. that the dictionary includes extensive infl ections (provided by Franklin) of nouns, verbs, modifi ers and other words. In this device, infl ections are available in the Langenscheidt Spanish-German and German-Spanish dictionaries.

  • Page 28: Supplemental Information

    Viewing Supplemental Viewing Infl ections by Franklin Information In the Langenscheidt German-Spanish 8. Press (Tenses) to see a and Spanish-German dictionaries, menu of available tenses. you can review nine sections of supplemental information, provided by Langenscheidt, to help you understand your dictionary.
  • Page 29 Viewing Supplemental Viewing Supplemental Information Information 5. Press to highlight Apéndice/ Die Aussprache des Spanischen Anhänge and then press EINGABE. displays a displays a guide to pronouncing the Spanish language. Das spanische Alphabet displays the Spanish alphabet, including the phonetic pronunciation of each letter.

  • Page 30: Using The Phrase Books

    Using the Phrase Books Using the Phrase Books There are two ways in which you can translate helpful phrases in categories ranging from Emergencies to Business Communication to Time & Dates. Browsing Through Phrases 1. Press You can also begin typing a category 2.
  • Page 31 Using the Phrase Books Using the Phrase Books Use the navigation button to read 4. Press EINGABE. the text, if necessary. Press hear the target phrase, that is, the phrase on the second line. To hear the Spanish phrase at any time, press (Speak Spanish).

  • Page 32: Using The Grammar Guide

    EINGABE. the end of most sections. Your LDS-1990 will tell you if you answer correctly. Note: Quizzes are only available in the Spanische Grammatik/Guía de gramática de la lengua española (Guide to Spanish...
  • Page 33 Using the Grammar Guide Using the Grammar Guide 4. Use the navigation button to read Select the Solution Quizzes the text. This type of quiz provides you with Press (Next) or options. Instructions are displayed at (Previous) to the top of the screen indicating what view the next or previous topic, if the quiz expects you to choose.

  • Page 34: Using My Vocabulary List

    Using My Vocabulary List Using My Vocabulary List You can save up to 100 total words and 3. Press to highlight My phrases, in both Spanish and German, Spanish Vocabulary List or My in My Vocabulary List for personal study German Vocabulary List and then or review.
  • Page 35 Using My Vocabulary List Using My Vocabulary List ✓ Adding Words Not in Any Press to close the word Dictionary entry screen without adding a word. 5. Type a word and then press If you type a word that is misspelled or not found in any book, you are notifi ed and asked if you want to add it anyway.
  • Page 36 Using My Vocabulary List Using My Vocabulary List Viewing My Vocabulary List Press to cycle through the priority settings. The following icons 1. Press refer to the indicated priority: 2. Press No special status. 3. Press to highlight My You have learned the word. Spanish Vocabulary List or My You need to learn the word.

  • Page 37: Using My Dictionary

    Using My Dictionary Using My Dictionary Your LDS-1990 contains a personal 4. Press to highlight Add an dictionary where you can add 500 of Entry and then press EINGABE. your own words and defi nitions. You can enter words in any language, but there is only one list.
  • Page 38 Using My Dictionary Using My Dictionary 3. Press to highlight My Deleting Entries Dictionary and then press 1. Press EINGABE to select it. 2. Press 4. Press to highlight Entries: 3. Press to highlight My … and then press EINGABE. Dictionary and then press EINGABE to select it.

  • Page 39: Viewing Your Search History

    Viewing Your Search History Using the Menus Your LDS-1990 remembers and keeps Each book included in your LDS-1990 track of the last 100 entries you have has access to two menus of additional viewed. This search history includes options, eBook and Go to. Press both Spanish and German words and to open the menus.

  • Page 40: Go To Menu

    Using the Menus Using the Menus Annotations displays your list of Go to Menu bookmarks, annotations, highlights and modifi cations. For more information, please see “Viewing the Annotations List”, on page 25. For more information on Annotations, Highlights and Modifi cations please see page 23. Paste pastes any information copied to the clipboard at your current location.

  • Page 41: Using The Audio Player

    Using the Audio Player Using the Audio Player The audio player in your LDS-1990 is a The audio player opens and begins versatile jukebox that you can use to playing the selected fi le. play many kinds of audio fi les, including mp3 and Audible™...
  • Page 42 Using the Audio Player Using the Audio Player ✓ Other Keys in the Audio Player Press… To… increase (+) or decrease (-) the volume. Display a menu of available fi les. Press to highlight a fi le and then press EINGABE or to hear it.

  • Page 43: Using Record And Playback

    Using the Audio Player Using Record and Playback If you are listening to an Audible™ The record and playback feature is a audio book, the following menu great tool to help you test and improve items are available to help you your pronunciation.

  • Page 44: Playing The Games

    Using Record and Playback Playing the Games 4. Try to repeat what you just heard. Game Settings Be sure to not speak too far away Before you play, you can choose the skill from the microphone, which is level, the game book, the word list, and located at the upper left corner of whether or not graphics will be used.
  • Page 45 Playing the Games Playing the Games Graphics lets you turn on or off Conjumania™ images between rounds. 5. Press to open the menu of options. 6. Press to move the highlight to your choice. 7. Press or EINGABE to accept the setting.
  • Page 46 Playing the Games Playing the Games Type letters that you think are in Gender Tutor the mystery word. If you are correct, the letter appears in place of the corresponding question mark(s). Press to fi ll in a letter. To look up the word, press .

  • Page 47: Using The Clock

    Playing the Games Using the Clock Use the navigation button to move the The clock is automatically displayed every time you access the organiser. The letters as they fall. Hold FN and press clock displays the current time, date and to move the letters as far right or a home city.

  • Page 48: Using The Calculator

    Using the Clock Using the Calculator World Time determines your world 1. Press city. 2. Press World DST sets whether or not your world city is in daylight savings time. Date Format determines how you display the date. Set Date allows you to set the day, month and year according to the selected date format.
  • Page 49 Using the Calculator Using the Calculator Practice with the following equations. c. 320 x 7 = 2240 a. (32 x 12) – (8 x 8) = 320 • Press V( • Press B( • Press K(x). • Type 32. • Type 7. •...

  • Page 50: Using The Phone Book

    Using the Calculator Using the Phone Book f. √19 = 4.35889894354 Adding Entries • Type 19. You can store up to 100 entries in • Press S(√x). the phone book. The total number of entries you can add depends on the size of each entry.
  • Page 51 Using the Phone Book Using the Phone Book 6. Continue fi lling in the fi elds until 4. Press to highlight the entry all the information for that contact you want to view and then press has been added. EINGABE. Press to return to a previous fi eld.

  • Page 52: Using A Password

    EINGABE. LDS-1990, which will permanently erase all the information stored in the phone book. 1. Press 2. Press 3.

  • Page 53: Using The Converter

    Using the Phone Book Using the Converter The converter allows you to convert values of measurement and currency. Making Metric Conversions 1. Press 2. Press The password you set will be requested the fi rst time that the phone book is used during a session. 3.
  • Page 54 Using the Converter Using the Converter 5. Type a number after one of the The exchange rate should be in units units. of the other currency per one unit of the home currency (n other/1 home). Press to move between the For example, to convert between U.S.

  • Page 55: Installing The Franklin Pc Desktop

    Installing the Installing the Franklin PC Desktop Franklin PC Desktop To install the Franklin PC Desktop from Note: You may be prompted to the installation CD-ROM, follow these restart your computer. steps. 4. Follow the instructions on the Warning: You must install the software screen to install the program.

  • Page 56: Connecting Your Device

    Connecting Your Device Connecting Your Device Your LDS-1990 has a built-in USB port The keyboard on your device is and comes with a cable to connect it to now disabled. You must use the PC your desktop or laptop computer.

  • Page 57: Using The Franklin Pc Desktop

    The Franklin PC Desktop is a PC application that enables you to read and use the content of your LDS-1990 on your PC using the Franklin PC View™ feature of the Mobipocket Reader for Franklin. You can also use the Franklin PC Desktop to purchase more content, register your device, and backup or restore your device data.
  • Page 58 “Audio” folder opens. If Support opens a product support an MMC/SD is installed Web page. in your device, the card’s Help opens a help fi le about “Audio” folder is also the Franklin PC Desktop in the opened. Mobipocket Reader for Franklin.
  • Page 59 Mobipocket Reader for Franklin that opened when you clicked to download and install RSS eNews Franklin Flash refers to a drive subscriptions, any updates to these fi les that stores general purpose fi les, will automatically update to your device including your phone book fi les and when you connect it to your PC.
  • Page 60 PC, click the that in order to use as many fi les as Backup link of the Franklin PC Desktop you can on your device, you save to save your data. A confi rmation dialog them to a MMC/SD.
  • Page 61 Using the Franklin PC Desktop Using the Franklin PC Desktop Using the AudibleManager® 3. Click to open the Use the AudibleManager® to access AudibleManager®. any Audible™ format audio books on 4. Click the check box in the your PC and to purchase and download bottom right pane of the additional audio books.
  • Page 62 No and continue with the instructions below.* * After your initial installation of the Franklin PC Desktop, you can get the latest Mobipocket Reader update by selecting Help from the toolbar. Then select Check for Mobi Reader Update and follow the instructions...
  • Page 63 Click eBook store to shop for eBooks at a later time. 4. Click Franklin PC View in the left pane of the desktop Reader. The list of eBooks stored on your device is displayed in the main pane of the desktop Reader.

  • Page 64: Using The Franklin Pc View™ Feature

    5. Press Backspace to return to the word search screen and search for Looking Up Words another word. 6. Click Franklin PC View to return to 1. Click Franklin PC View. the list of eBooks stored on your 2. Click Langenscheidt device.

  • Page 65: Additional Functions

    Click to return to the previous screen. 5. Click Franklin PC View to return to the list of eBooks stored on your 6. Click Franklin PC View to return to device. the list of eBooks stored on your device.
  • Page 66 Highlighting words in the size. Franklin PC View™ feature diff ers decrease the font from the method in your device. size. 1. Click and drag the mouse across add a bookmark or the text you want to highlight.

  • Page 67: Specifi Cations

    Specifi cations Specifi cations Model: LDS-1990 Language Studio software must conform strictly to the Spanish German license agreement between Franklin and Audible, Inc., and possession • Battery: rechargeable 3.7 volt lithium does not convey any right to disclose, polymer reproduce, or permit others to use the •...

  • Page 68: Recycling And Disposal

    Recycling and Disposal FCC Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC ✓ Rules. Operation is subject to the following two Device Disposal conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful This device should be disposed interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that through your local electronic may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 69: Disclaimer Of Warranties

    Limited Warranty (EU and Switzerland) Notwithstanding the disclaimer of warranties above, this product, excluding batteries and liquid crystal display (LCD), is guaranteed by Franklin to be free of defects in materials or workmanship for a period of two years from the date of purchase.

  • Page 70: Limited Warranty (U.s. Only)

    AND LIABILITY OF FRANKLIN, AND THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY, IS REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT AT THE SOLE OPTION OF FRANKLIN AND THIS REMEDY APPLIES ONLY IN THE CASE IN WHICH FRANKLIN DETERMINES THAT THE PRODUCT WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE DEFECT AROSE WITHIN THE DURATION OF THE LIMITED WARRANTY.
  • Page 71 Limited Warranty (U.S. only) FRANKLIN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR EVEN IF OTHERWISE FORESEEABLE. FRANKLIN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CLAIMS BY A THIRD PARTY. FRANKLIN’S MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE PRODUCT AS EVIDENCED BY THE SALES RECEIPT.

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