Franklin FLX-440 - Manuals

4 Once you have installed a book card in yourBOOKMAN, you can select which bookyou want to use. Follow these steps. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on.2. Press CARD . These are sample books. 3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use. 4. Press ENTER to select it. Selecting a Book ➤ About Screen Illustra...

5 Changing Settings Viewing the Demonstration Before you start using your BOOKMAN,you can view a brief demonstration ofwhat it can do.When no book card is installed in yourBOOKMAN, a demonstration automati-cally appears once you turn it on. To stopthe demonstration, press CLEAR . To dis- able it, pr...

6 MovieViews contains movie reviewsfor over 5,000 movies between 1914and 1994. Here is how to find a movieby name. NOTE: All of the lists inMovieViews are alphabetized letter-by-letter, regardless of punctuation orspacing. For example, the movie Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is listed beforeA Change of...

7 With MovieViews you can search for movies that feature one or more specificcast members. In this example, we willsearch for movies that feature LeeMarvin.If you check more than one cast mem-ber, MovieViews will search for movies featuring all of the cast members. 1. Press C A S T . Or select Cast ...

8 Finding Movies by Director You can also search for movies that weredirected by a specific director. NOTE: Byselecting more than one director,MovieViews searches for films directedby all of the selected directors. 1. Press DIR . Or select Director(s) from the Locate menu. 2. Begin typing the direct...

9 Finding Movies by Theme There are over 550 searchable themesin MovieViews, and most of the movies have 10 themes or more. Themes arethe subject matter of the films (e.g.,Drama, 19th Century, Jack the Ripper,etc.). You can also look for films thatshare one or more themes. 1. Press THEME . Or select...

10 Using the Locate Menu ▲ Locating Movies by Year You can search for movies by enteringa year or a year range. In the followingexample, we will find movies that werereleased in 1973. 1. Select Year from the Locate menu. The parentheses indicate that thedecade column is selected. 2. Press three time...

11 Selecting a Range of Years You can also find movies that were re-leased over a range of years. In the follow-ing example we will search for movies thatwere released between 1981 and 1987. 1. Select Year from the Locate menu. 2. Use the arrow keys to high- light 1987 . To learn how read “LocatingM...

12 8. Select 1994 . 9. Press or MENU to view the matches. 10. Press CLEAR when done. ➤ If No Matches Were Found Some combinations of search itemshave no matching movies inMovieViews. To deselect an enteredsearch item, highlight it and press ENTER . To deselect all your search items, press CLEAR . Pu...

13 Viewing and Removing Notes MovieViews has two games that will testyour movie knowledge, Hangman andMovie Quiz. 1. Press GAMES . 2. Press or to highlight Hangman or Movie Quiz . 3. Press ENTER to start playing. 4. Press BACK at any time during the games to return to theGames list. 5. Press CLEAR w...

14 Playing Hangman MovieViews Hangman challenges you toguess a mystery cast member, indicatedby ?’s, one letter at a time. As you typeletters, your correct guesses appear inplace of the question marks, and yourwrong guesses appear below. 1. Press GAMES . 2. Select Hangman . 3. Type letters. You are ...

15 Playing Movie Quiz 7. Highlight your guess. You should treat this list like themain movie list. 8. Press ENTER to select the movie. When you select a movie, or runout of guesses, Movie Quizdisplays your current score andreveal the movie’s title and year. 9. To view the movie’s review, press ENTER...

16 Limited Warranty (U.S. only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials andworkmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLINwill repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt,...

17 Copyrights & Patents Model: FLX-440 MovieViews • batteries: 2 CR2032, 3 volt lithium• size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm• weight: 4.0 oz.© 1987-1996 Franklin Electronic Publish-ers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA.All rights reserved.© 1992 Electronic Movie Guide, Inc. FCC Notice: Complies with the ...

18 Index Index About screen illustrations 4Academy Awards 10Another way to search 6Arrow keys 5Awards, locating movies by 10Book cards, installing and removing 3 Cast members, finding movies by 7Categories, locating movies by 9Changing settings 5Clearing scores 15Contrast, setting 5Critic rating, lo...