Franklin Collins Speaking Reference Library - Manual

DMQ-2110

User’s Guide

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Please read the following safety warnings and precautions before using your device.

Note: If this device is to be used by young children, this User’s Guide should be read to

them by an adult and their use of the device should be monitored. Failure to do so may

cause injury.

1. Getting Started

1.1 Installing the Batteries

Your device is powered by 2 AAA batteries (included).

1. Turn the unit off and turn it over.

2. Open the battery cover on the back of the unit by pushing in the direction of the

arrow.

3. Install the batteries following the +/–

markings in the battery compartment.

Important:

Be sure that the batteries are

installed correctly. Wrong polarity may damage

the unit.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Note: Replace the batteries when you see an alert on the screen.

Warning! If the batteries wear out completely, or if you take more than a few seconds

while changing the batteries, any user entered information may be erased. You should

always keep written copies of your important information.

Battery Precautions

• Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged. Never recharge batteries that

come with the device.

• Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the device before being charged.

• Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult supervision.

• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (nickle-cadmium)

batteries.

• Different types of batteries or new and used batteries are not to be mixed.

• The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.

• Do not expose batteries to direct heat or try to take batteries apart. Follow the battery

manufacturer’s instructions for battery use.

• Always remove a weak or dead battery from the device.

• To avoid damage caused by leakage of the battery fluid, replace the battery or

batteries once every two years regardless of how much the device has been used

during that time.

• Should a battery leak, the device may become damaged. Clean the battery

compartment immediately, avoiding contact with your skin.

• Keep batteries out of reach of small children. If swallowed, seek medical help

immediately.

1.2 Switching On and Off

Press

to switch the device on or off.

1.3 Using the Main Menu

Press

menu

to access the main menu at any screen to quickly take you to different books

and exercises in your device. The main menu contains five tabs:

Books

,

Learn

,

Solve

,

Games

and

Tools

. Use / to move to another tab. Use / to select the option you want and

press

enter

. You can also go directly to a tab by pressing the tab’s respective Soft Key.

Books

Global Search

Collins Desktop Plus

Collins Concise Thesaurus

Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s..

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia

Quotations

Phrasebook

Books

Learn

Solve

Games

Tools

1.4 Browsing in the Device

Scroll up or down one line at a time

Press /

Scroll up or down one screen at a time

Press

FN

+ /

Jump to the top or bottom of a list or entry

Press

cap

+ /

Go to the main menu at any screen

Press

menu

Cancel the current operation and revert back

to the last working prompt, screen or menu

Press

back

Collins Speaking Reference Library

1. Turns on or off.
2. Soft Keys - Press

F1

-

F5

that

corresponds to the function label at

the bottom of the screen.

3. Speaks a word or phrase (if

pronunciation is available).

4. Input letters, numbers and symbols.
5. Shift to type capital letters.
6. Performs additional functions in

combination with other keys.

7. Changes the size of screen type.
8. Goes to Global Search.
9. Types a space.
10. Goes to the main menu.
11. Clears all entries or cancels the

current operation and reverts back

to the last working prompt, screen or

menu

12. At a word entry screen, types a “?”

to stand for an unknown letter in a

word.

13. Enters a word, selects an item,

submits a response or begins

selection mode in an entry.

14. Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off

selection mode in an entry.

15. Direction keys - Moves up ( ), down (

), left ( ) or right ( ). The arrows on

the right of the screen show which

3. BOOKS menu

3.1 Using Global Search

Global Search allows searching for

all words and phrases saved in the

dictionaries. You can use multiple words

for searching.

1. In the Books menu, press / to

select Global Search and then press

enter

.

• Or, press

.

2. Type a word.
• See

3.6

Hints on Inputting Words

.

• With each letter you type, the resulting

list of potential matching entries is

refreshed. If the letters you typed

match an entry in the word list, it is

automatically highlighted. Or, press

/ to select another word entry you

see in the word list.

• The source* of each entry is indicated

in the word list.

*BC = Bradford’s Crossword Solver; BE = Britannica

Concise Encyclopedia; CD = Collins Desktop Plus; CE

= Collins Discovery Encyclopedia; CT = Collins Concise

Thesaurus; CQ = Quotations (Collins A-Z Thesaurus,

unabridged); PB = Phrasebook; TR = 5 Language

Translator

• Press PREV.ON to preview the entries

while you are browsing the word list.

Press PREVOFF to cancel this function.

3. Press

enter

to go to the dictionary

containing the selected entry.

• See

3.2 Using the dictionaries.

4. Press

clear

to start a new search.

Refining Your Search

Use the following soft keys:
• DEF: Goes to definition search.
• EXAMPLE: Goes to usage example

search.

• IDIOM: Goes to idiom search.

3.2 Using the Dictionaries

The following instructions apply to the

following dictionaries in the

Books

menu.

• Collins Desktop Plus
• Collins Concise Thesaurus
• Bradford’s Crossword Solver
• Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
• Collins Discovery Encyclopedia
• Quotations

Note: The functions described below may

not be available to all dictionaries or at

all times.

1. In the Books menu, press / to

select a dictionary and then press

enter

.

2. Type a word.
• See

3.6

Hints on Inputting Words

.

• To refine your search, press /

to select

Word

,

Idiom

,

Example

or

Definition

(if available) before you start

to type. In the Thesaurus, you select

Synonym

instead of

Definition

. In the

dictionary for quotations, you select

between

Keyword

and

Authors

.

• With each letter you type, the resulting

list of potential matching entries is

refreshed. If the letters you typed

match an entry in the word list, it is

automatically highlighted. Or, press

/ to select another word entry you

see in the word list.

• Press PREV.ON to preview the entries

while you are browsing the word list.

Press PREVOFF to cancel this function.

3. Press

enter

.

• If there are multiple forms within an

entry, press / to select the one

you want and then press

enter

.

• See

1.4 Browsing in the Device

.

• Press

FN

+ / to go to the

previous or next entry in a dictionary

or in a list of multiple search results.

• Press

to hear the headword

pronounced (if pronunciation is

available).

4. Press

clear

to start a new search.

3.3 Misspelling Words

If the letters you type do not find a match

in the list, your word is misspelled or

not in the dictionaries, a list of possible

spelling corrections is displayed. Press

/ to select the entry you want and then

press

enter

.

3.4 Uncertain Spellings

If you are uncertain about how to spell

a word, type the portion of the word

you do know, and type a question mark

(?) in place of each unknown letter.

Type an asterisk (*) to stand for any

missing portion of a word, including

prefixes, suffixes, spaces, symbols, or any

number of letters. Note: This feature is

not available for the Britannica Concise

Encyclopedia, the Collins Discovery

Encyclopedia and the dictionary for

quotations.

3.5 Inflections/Conjugations
Inflected Form Searching

The device is equipped with a smart

system to retrieve results from an

inflected word. For example, when you

type “ate”, the device will retrieve results

from the word “eat”. For a word with

multiple parts of speech (e.g. the word

“record” is both a noun and a verb), both

definitions will show.

Looking Up Inflections

When inflections are available to a word,

the function label CONJ appears. Press

CONJ to view the inflections. Some words

may have multiple parts of speech, press

/ to select the one you want and

then press

enter

to view the inflections.

For verbs, press CONJ or

FN

+ / to

view more conjugations.

3.6 Hints on Inputting Words

The following instructions apply to

all entry screens where word input is

allowed. Note: Some entry screens may

allow only certain types of character

inputs.
• Hold

cap

and press a letter key to type

a capital letter.

• To type accents, type a letter (e.g., e)

and then press

FN

+

clear

until the

accent you want appears (e.g., é).

• To type a number, press a number key.
• To type a special character shown on a

number key, hold

FN

and then press

a number key.

• To type other symbols, press

FN

+

. Use the direction keys to select

the symbol you want from the pop-up

menu and then press

enter

.

• Press

back

to delete the letter to the

left of the cursor.

• To amend a word, press / to move

the cursor to the desired position,

press

back

to delete or a letter key to

add a letter to the left of the cursor in

a word.

3.7 Using the Soft Keys

Soft key functions are represented by the

labels displayed along the bottom of the

screen. These labels change to reflect the

various functions available in different

features of the device. Press

F1

-

F5

that corresponds to the label.
CLOSE: Closes the current screen.
CONF: Views the confusables (such as

homonyms, homophones and spelling

variants) related to the current word

entry.
CONJ: Shows inflections/conjugations.

See

3.5 Inflections/Conjugations.

DEF: Goes to definition search.
DICT: Goes to word search or the

dictionary containing the current entry.
EXAMPLE: Goes to example search or

views usage examples in an entry. When

usage examples are available in an entry,

the icon EX appears. Press this soft key

to highlight EX and then press

enter

to

view the example. If there are multiple EX

icons in an entry, press / to select the

one you want and then press

enter

.

GLOBAL: Goes to Global Search.
IDIOM: Goes to idiom search.
LIST: Goes to My Word List or adds the

current entry to My Word List. See

4.1

My

Word List

for details.

NEXT: Goes to the next entry.
PIC: Views picture or diagram in an entry.

PREV: Goes to the previous entry.
PREVOFF: Cancels the preview function.

PREV.ON: Previews the current entry.
RANGE: Refines searches by multiple

words. Press / to select an option

from the pop-up menu and then press

enter

.

All

= Look for entries with the search

words, whenever they appear.

Items following specified order

= Look

for entries with the search words, in the

order as you type.

Input words are in successions

= Look for

entries with the search words, in the word

successions as you type.
THES: Goes to the thesaurus.

3.8 Highlighting Words

Another way to look up words in the

dictionaries is by highlighting them in

an entry. Note: this feature may not be

available on all screens.

1. At a text screen supporting word

selection, press

enter

.

• If the first word on the screen is

highlighted, this feature is supported.

2. Press , , or to select an

available word you want to learn

and press

enter

to look up the word

in your current dictionary.

• Alternatively, press

FN

+

enter

to

look up the word in all dictionaries.

If the selected word has entries

in multiple dictionaries, a pop-up

window will show. Press / to

select the dictionary you want and

press

enter

.

3. When done, press

back

to return to

the original entry or dictionary.

4. Press

back

to turn off the highlight.

3.9 Phrasebook

1. In the Books menu, press / to

select Phrasebook and then press

enter

.

2. Press / to select a category and

then press

enter

.

• If you want to show the categories in

another language, press SOURCE to

select the language you want.

3. Press / to select a phrase you

want to translate and press

enter

.

4. Press TARGET to change the

language for the translated phrases.

5. Press

to hear the first phrase

listed on the screen. Press [ 2nd] to

hear the second (translated) phrase.

• Press PREV or NEXT to view the

previous or next phrase in the current

category.

6. Press

back

to return to the list of

phrases.

Searching for a Phrase

Press SEARCH and type a keyword to

match phrase(s) with the keyword. If

your search returns no matches, try other

forms of the word, including the root

word, if you have typed the inflected

form. Accents must be typed to deliver

matches.

3.10 5 Language Translator

1. In the Books menu, press / to

select 5 Language Translator and

then press

enter

.

2. Press SOURCE to change the search

language.

3. Press TARGET to change the

language for the translation.

• If necessary, press TOGGLE to switch

the source and target languages.

4. Type a word.
• See

3.6

Hints on Inputting Words

.

• With each letter you type, the resulting

list of potential matching entries is

refreshed. If the letters you typed

match an entry in the word list, it is

automatically highlighted. Or, press

/ to select another word entry you

see in the word list.

5. Press

enter

.

• If there are multiple forms within an

entry, press / to select the one

you want and then press

enter

.

6. Press

clear

to start a new search.

4. LEARN menu

4.1 My Vocabulary List

As you explore new words, save them in

the

My Vocabulary List

for further study or

review. You can save up to 100 words in

the list.

Adding Words Directly

1. In the Learn menu, press / to

select My Vocabulary List and press

enter

.

2. Press ADD. Type a word and then

press FIND or

enter

.

• If the word to be added can be found

in more than one dictionary, the

dictionary from which the word was

saved is indicated in the list by an

abbreviation*. Press / to select the

one you want.

*BC = Bradford’s Crossword Solver; BE = Britannica

Concise Encyclopedia; CD = Collins Desktop Plus; CE

= Collins Discovery Encyclopedia; CT = Collins Concise

Thesaurus; CQ = Quotations (Collins A-Z Thesaurus,

unabridged); PB = Phrasebook; TR = 5 Language

Translator

3. Press SAVE or

enter

to add the word

to the list.

Adding Words from a Dictionary

1. In a dictionary, type a word you

want to look up and add to the word

list.

2. Press LIST.
•

Add “word” to word list?

,

Go to My Word

List

, and

Cancel

appear in a menu.

3. Press / to make a selection, and

press

enter

.

• You can also press

enter

to view the

dictionary entry and then press LIST

to see your options.

Viewing My Vocabulary List

1. In My Vocabulary List, press / to

select an entry.

• You can also type in the “Find:” field

to

look for a word in My Vocabulary List.

2. Press

enter

to view the entry.

3. Press

back

to return to the list.

Editing My Vocabulary List

Use the following soft keys:
• DELETE: Deletes the selected word

from the list.

• DEL ALL: Erases the entire word list.

4.2 Personal Dictionaries

Use the Personal Dictionary feature to

create your own dictionaries on the

device. You can copy them to your PC for

further editing.

Creating Dictionaries on the

Device

1. In the Learn menu, press / to

select Personal Dictionary and then

press

enter

.

2. Press NEW to create a new personal

dictionary.

3. Type a name for the dictionary and

then press

enter

.

4. Input a word and its definition in

the appropriate field and then press

SAVE.

• See

3.6 Hints on Inputting Words

.

• Press or

enter

to advance to the next

field.

• To quit without saving, press CLOSE.

5. Press ADD to add more words to the

dictionary.

• Repeat steps 4-5 to add more words to

the dictionary.

Editing Personal Dictionaries on

Your PC

1. Connect the device to your PC.
• See

9.1 Connecting to a PC.

2. Double-click “PersonalDict” to open

that folder.

3. In the folder, double-click to open a

personal dictionary file (.txt) with a

text editor.

4. Edit or add new words.
• Each new word must start on a new

line. Separate the headword and its

definition with a tab. Press “Enter” after

entering the definition, including the

last line.

Other dictionary features:
• Spelling Corrections > 3.3
• Looking up inflections or conjugations

> 3.5

• Looking up words in a dictionary entry

> 3.8

• Looking up translations in French,

German, Italian and Spanish > 3.10

• Finding translations of useful phrases

> 3.9

• Search history > 4.7

2.2 Basic Features

• Adjusting sound levels > 8.3
• Using earphones > 8.1
• Changing sizes of the screen type >

8.4

• Changing settings such as time and

auto shutoff > 7.1

2.3 Other Useful Features

• Saving new words for further study or

review > 4.1

• Creating your own dictionary > 4.2
• Making references to the grammar

guides > 4.4

• Improving your writing skills > 4.5
• Using Anagram Solver, Crossword

Solver and Word Builder > 5

• Using metric converter > 7.6
• Connecting your device to a PC for

data backup or file transfer > 9

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 12 13 14

15

1.5 Key Guide

Direction keys you can press to move

around menus or view more text.

Combination Keys

More functions are available by

combining keys. Key 1 + Key 2 means

hold Key 1 while also pressing Key 2.

FN

+ / : Scrolls up or down one

screen at a time.

FN

+ / : Goes to the previous or

next entry.

cap

+ / : Jumps to top or bottom of

entries.

FN

+ 0-9: Types the special characters

shown on the number keys.

cap

+

: At a word entry screen, types

an asterisk (*) to stand for any series of

unknown letters or characters in a word.

FN

+

menu

: Displays help instructions.

FN

+

: Shows the volume control

menu.

FN

+

: Shows the symbol menu for

typing a symbol.

FN

+

clear

: Selects accents for

characters.

FN

+

: Shows the search history.

Options in the current tab

Available tabs

Current tab

2. Quick Guide to Product Features

2.1 Searching with the Dictionaries

The table shows the possible ways for searching with each dictionary in the Books menu.

For further details, refer to the sections in this user’s guide indicated in the table.

Search Methods

Global

Word

Example Idiom

Definition Synonym

Inflected

form

Uncertain

spelling

Collins

Desktop Plus

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

–

3.5

3.4

Collins

Concise

Thesaurus

–

3.2

Bradford’s

Crossword

Solver

–

–

–

Britannica

Concise

Encyclopedia

3.2

–

–

Collins

Discovery

Encyclopedia

3.5

Quotations

(Collins A-Z

Thesaurus,

unabridged)

Search by keyword or authors (3.2)

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