Franklin DBE-1510 - Manual

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 Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the

DBE-1510,

Spanish

English Dictionary

. The

DBE-1510 is a terrific resource for finding

translations of thousands of words.
You can search for inflected forms of words,

correct misspellings, learn verb conjugations,

and find conversational phrases. Study rules

of grammar and build your vocabulary using

a personal word list, TOEFL® Test* and SAT®

Spanish Subject Test

†

word lists. Look up

definitions of English words and enjoy the fun

vocabulary building exercises and games.

* TOEFL and the Test of English as a Foreign Language

are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service

(ETS). This product is not endorsed or approved by ETS.

† SAT is a registered trademark of the College Entrance

Examination Board, which was not involved in the

production of, and does not endorse, this product.

1.2 Installing the Batteries

Your product is powered by two CR-

2032 lithium batteries. Follow these easy

instructions to install or replace them. Please

have the new batteries and a small screwdriver

at hand before you remove the old ones.
1. Turn your product off and turn it over.
2. Use the screwdriver to unscrew the

batter cover screw.

3. Lift off the battery cover.
4. Remove the old batteries.

Note: Use a paper clip, if necessary, to

remove the old batteries.

5. Install the batteries positive (+) side

facing up.

Important: Be sure that the batteries are

installed correctly. Wrong polarity may

damage the unit.

6. Replace the battery cover and secure it

with the screw.

Warning: If the batteries wear-out completely

or if you take more than a few seconds while

changing the batteries, any information that

was entered in the built-in books may be

erased. You should always keep written copies
of your important information.

Battery Precautions

• Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be

re-charged. 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 old and new batteries.
• Only batteries of the same or equivalent

type as recommended are to be used.

• 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

Goes to the main menu. Goes to the

word entry screen in any book that

has one. Clears the calculator. In the

metric converter and databank, goes

to its main menu.

Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off

the highlight at an entry.

Enters a word, selects an item, or

begins a highlight in an entry.

Goes to the Organizer: clock,

databank, calculator, metric

converter and currency converter.

Goes to the main menu.

At a word entry screen, types a

?

to stand for a letter in a word. At

a menu, displays a menu item. At

a dictionary entry, displays the

headword. In games, reveals the

word and forfeits the game.

Shifts to type capital letters.

Shifts to allow prev, next, pg up, pg

down, and to type a hyphen (-).

Combination Keys*

+ At a dictionary entry, pages up or

down.

+ At a dictionary entry, displays the

previous or next entry.

+ At a menu, goes to the first or last

menu item. At an entry, goes to the

start or end of the entry.

+J Types a hyphen.

+M Types an

@

.

+ At a word entry screen, types an

asterisk to stand for a series of letters

in a word. In games, gives a hint.

Direction Keys

Move up ( ), down ( ), left

( ), or right ( ).

At menus and dictionary entries,

pages down. At a word entry screen,

types a space.

* Hold the first key while pressing the second.

1.5 Message Language

When you turn on this product for the first

time, choose the message language. Press

A

for English or press

B

for Spanish.

The message language is the language of

prompts, help, and other messages. You can

change the message language after your initial

decision.

1.6 For Your Information

Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of the screen

show which arrow keys you can press to move

around menus or view more text.

Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at any screen by

pressing

help

. Press or to read. To exit

help, press

back

.

About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this User’s Guide

may differ slightly from what you see on

screen. This does not mean that your unit is

malfunctioning.

1.7 Using the Main Menu

Use the main menu to quickly take you to

different books and exercises in your device.

The main menu contains five tabs:

Books

,

Learning

,

Exercises

,

Games

and

Setup

. Use

and to move to another tab. Use and

to highlight the option you want and press

enter

to select it. You can also go directly to a

tab by pressing the tab’s respective Soft Key.

Understanding the Menus

The Books tab enables you to look up

Spanish translations of English words and

English translations of Spanish words. You can

conjugate English or Spanish words and search

for English or Spanish conversational phrases.

You can also look up definitions of English

words.

The Learning tab enables you to access

My

Vocabulary List

, search for English or Spanish

usage examples, and read English or Spanish

grammar lessons. You can also access the

TOEFL® Test and SAT® Spanish Subject Test

word lists.

The Exercises tab allows you to access

Spelling

Bee

and

Flashcards

. You can try both exercises

using English words saved to

My Vocabulary

List

and those found in the TOEFL® Test word

list. You can also try the exercises using

Spanish words saved to

My Vocabulary List

and

those found in the SAT® Spanish Subject Test.

The Games tab allows you to access the seven

games included in your device:

Hangman

,

Conjumania

,

Gender Tutor

,

Word Train

,

Guess the

Word

,

Word Auction

and

Word Blaster

. You can

also adjust the game settings.

The Setup tab allows you to access a

demonstration and tutorial of how this device

works. You can also adjust the device settings.

2. BOOKS Menu

2.1 Translating Words

Your dictionary is fully bilingual. You can use

the English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English

dictionaries to translate words between the

languages. Try translating a Spanish word.
1. Press

menu

.

2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight Spanish ->

English, then press

enter

.

To translate English words into Spanish

select

English -> Spanish

.

You can also press LANG at the word entry

screen to change the entry language from

Spanish to English.

4. Type a word (e.g., ir).

To erase a letter, press

back

.

Note: You do not need to type accents. To

type accents, type the letter (e.g.,

e

) and

press repeatedly until the accent you

want appears (e.g.,

é

).

To type a capital, hold

cap

and press a

letter key. To type a number, hold

FN

and

press

Q

-

P

. To type a hyphen, hold

FN

and press

J

.

5. Press

enter

to view the English

translation.

Press

space

or to scroll.

6. Hold

FN

and press or to view the

next or previous definition.

7. Press

clear

when done.

Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

Understanding Translations

Entries may consist of headwords, parts of

speech, the translation and/or definitions.

Other forms of the word may follow the

From the Main Menu

1. Press

menu

.

2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight Spanish

Conjugations, then press

enter

.

To conjugate English words select

English

Conjugations

.

You can also press LANG at the word entry

screen to change the entry language from

Spanish to English.

4. Type a word (e.g., leer).
5. Press CONJ.

If needed, highlight the part of speech or

translation you want and press

enter

.

These are the principal forms of the Spanish

verb “leer”. The English translations are

below each Spanish inflection.

6. Press

space

or to scroll.

Press

?*

to display the root word.

7. Press CONJ or hold

FN

and press

repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or

another modifier, then there won’t be any

other inflections.

8. Press

clear

when done.

Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

From an Entry

Some words have different parts of speech or

multiple translations. You can easily find which

part of speech or specific translation you will

need to conjugate by first looking up the word

in the Spanish-to-English or English-to-Spanish

dictionaries and then pressing CONJ. Follow

this example.
1. Press

menu

.

2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight Spanish

Conjugations, then press

enter

.

To conjugate English words select

English

Conjugations

.

You can also press LANG at the word entry

screen to change the entry language from

Spanish to English.

4. Type a word (e.g., conocer).
5. Press

enter

to look it up.

Read the definition to find the verb you

want (e.g.,

to meet

).

6. Press CONJ to conjugate the headword,

conocer.
Highlight the translation you want (e.g.,

meet

) and press

enter

.

These are the principal forms of the Spanish

verb “conocer”. The English translations are

below each Spanish inflection.

7. Press

space

or to scroll.

Press

?*

to display the root word.

8. Press CONJ or hold

FN

and press

repeatedly to view more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or

another modifier, then there won’t be any

other inflections.

9. Press

clear

when done.

Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

Getting Grammar Guidance

When viewing inflections, you can press

help

to go directly to the grammar lesson detailing

how to use the inflections you were viewing

along with usage examples.

Viewing English Inflections

If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may

be helpful to look at some inflected forms

of English verbs. Switch the entry language

back to English, type

write

, and press CONJ to

see the different forms of the English verb “to

write”.

headword. After the translation or definition,

you may see a list of usage examples.

Explanation of Genders

Spanish nouns are different than English

nouns in that they must either be masculine or

feminine. Each definition of a noun indicates

which gender it is with

m

or

f

.

Misspelling Words

If you enter a misspelled word, a list of

corrections appears. Highlight the word you

want and then press

enter

to see its entry.

Choosing Multiple Forms

Some words in the dictionaries have more

than one form (e.g.

sí

,

si

). When the word you

are looking up has multiple forms, the different

forms appear in a list.
Simply highlight the form you want and press

enter

to see its entry. For example, select

Spanish -> English

from the Books menu, then

type

si

at the word entry screen.

Highlight the form you want and press

enter

to see its entry. To go back to the Multiple

Forms list, press

back

.

Accenting Letters

You can look up accented words without

typing accents. If there are no Multiple Forms,

the dictionary will take you directly to the

word. If there are Multiple Forms, you will have

to choose the correct word from a Multiple

Forms list. See “Choosing Multiple Forms” for

more information. Remember, if you want to

enter an accent yourself, type the letter and

press until the appropriate accent appears.

2.2 Highlighting Words

Another way to look up words in the Spanish-

to-English and English-to-Spanish dictionaries

is by highlighting them in entries or word lists.

You can then find their translations or add

them to

My Vocabulary List

.

1. At any text, press

enter

to start the

highlight.

To turn the highlight off, press

back

.

2. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight

to the word you want.

To …

Press …

define the word

enter

add word to

LIST

My Vocabulary List

3. Press

clear

when done.

Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

2.3 Finding Letters in Words

If you are uncertain about how to spell a

word, type a question mark (?) in place of each

unknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, and

other parts of words, type an asterisk (

✽

) in a

word. Each asterisk stands for a series of letters.

Note: If you type an asterisk at the beginning

of a word, it may take a little while to find the

matching words.
1. Go to any word entry screen.

You can access a word entry screen

by selecting

English -> Spanish

,

Spanish-> English

, or

English Dictionary

from

the Books menu.

2. Type a word with ?s and

✽

s.

To type an asterisk, hold down

cap

and

press

?*

.

3. Press

enter

.

4. Press to move the highlight to the

word you want and press

enter

to view

its entry.

5. Press

clear

when done.

Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

2.4 Advanced Verb

Conjugations

Conjugations show inflections, or changes in a

word’s gender, tense, etc. This device includes

extensive inflections of Spanish and English

nouns, verbs, modifiers, and other words.

This will give you a good idea of each inflection

form.

Verb Conjugations

The dictionary conjugates verbs into the

following forms: present, imperfect, preterite,

future, conditional, present subjunctive,

imperfect subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive 2,

present perfect, pluperfect, preterite anterior,

future perfect, conditional perfect, present

perfect subjunctive, pluperfect subjunctive,

pluperfect subjunctive 2, imperative, present

progressive, and past progressive.

2.5 Translating

Conversational Phrases

You can find translations of English or Spanish

conversational phrases in categories ranging

from

Emergencies

to

Business Communication

to

Time & Dates

. Note that the English phrase

always appears before the Spanish phrase.
1. Press

menu

.

2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight English Phrases,

then press

enter

.

To find English translations of Spanish

phrases, select

Spanish Phrases

.

4. Press or to highlight the category

you want and press

enter

.

Press or to highlight a subcategory, if

needed, and press

enter

.

5. Press or to highlight the phrase you

want to translate and then press

enter

.

6. Press

clear

or

menu

when done.

2.6 Using the English

Dictionary

You can look up definitions of English words

using the English Dictionary.
1. Press

menu

.

2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight English

Dictionary, then press

enter

.

4. Type a word (e.g., poignant).

To erase a letter, press

back

.

To type a capital, hold

cap

and press a

letter key. To type a number, hold

FN

and

press

Q

-

P

. To type a hyphen, hold

FN

and press

J

.

5. Press

enter

to view the definition.

Press

space

or to scroll.

6. Hold

FN

and press or to view the

next or previous definition.

7. Press

clear

when done.

Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

Understanding Confusables

Confusables are homonyms, homophones and

spelling variants that are easy to confuse, e.g.

rain

,

reign

,

rein

. If the word you looked up is a

confusable, the CONF Soft Key will be made

available. Press CONF to view the confusables.

Highlighting Words

You can highlight words in the

English

Dictionary

just as you would in the English-to-

Spanish and Spanish-to-English dictionaries,

but you will only be able to look them up

within the

English Dictionary

and you cannot

add them to

My Vocabulary List

.

3. LEARN Menu

3.1 Using My Vocabulary List

You can save up to 40 words total, in both

English and Spanish, in

My Vocabulary List

for

personal study or review.

My Vocabulary List

is

saved between sessions unless your product

is reset.

Adding Words from the

Learning Menu

1. Press

menu

.

2. Press LEARN.
3. My Vocabulary List will be highlighted.

Press

enter

to select it.

4. Press or to highlight Add a Word and

press

enter

.

5. Type a word.
6. Press

enter

to add the word.

7. Press

clear

when done.

Adding Words from a Word

Entry Screen

In the Spanish-to-English or English-to-

Spanish dictionaries, you can add words to

My

Vocabulary List

directly from the word entry

screens.
1. Press

menu

.

2. Press BOOKS.
3. Use or to highlight Spanish ->

English, then press

enter

.

To add an English word select

English -> Spanish

.

You can also press LANG at the word entry

screen to change the entry language from

Spanish to English.
English words will be added to

My English

Vocabulary List

; Spanish words will be

added to

My Spanish Vocabulary List

.

4. Type the word you want to add to your

word list (e.g., elegante).

5. Press LIST.

Your selection is included in the menu item.

6. Press

enter

to add the word.

7. Press

clear

to return to the word entry

screen.
Press

menu

to go to the main menu.

Adding Highlighted Words

You can also add words to

My Vocabulary List

from definitions and correction lists within the

Spanish-to-English and English-to-Spanish

dictionaries. First highlight a word and then

press LIST.

Add “your word”

will be highlighted.

Press

enter

to add the word.

Viewing My Vocabulary List

1. Press

menu

.

2. Press LEARN.
3. My Vocabulary List will be highlighted.

Press

enter

to select it.

English List

(or

Spanish List

) will be

highlighted. Press LANG to switch from the

English to the Spanish List, if needed.

English List: Empty

(or

Spanish List: Empty

)

will be displayed if either is empty.

4. Press

enter

to view the list.

5. Highlight a word on the list.
6. Press

enter

to view its translation or

press CONJ to view its inflections.

Removing a Word from My

Vocabulary List

1. Press

menu

.

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, consult a physician

immediately.

1.3 Understanding the Device

cap

help

space

enter

clear

back

org

menu

1) Screen
2) Soft Keys
3) Function Keys
4) Power Key
5) Navigation Key
6) Cover

Using the Cover

Attach the cover to the back of the device

with the screws provided. Flip the cover

upward to protect the screen and the

keyboard when not in use.

1.4 Key Guide

Soft Keys

Soft Key functions are represented by the

labels displayed along the bottom of the

screen. To perform a Soft Key function, press

the unlabeled key at the top of the keyboard

that corresponds to the label you want. These

labels change to reflect the different functions

available in the various books and exercises in

this device.
For example, in the main menu, the following

Soft Keys are available:
BOOKS Displays the Books menu.
LEARN Displays the Learning menu.
EXER

Displays the Exercises menu.

GAMES Displays the Games menu.
SETUP Displays the Setup menu.

Organizer Keys

In the Organizer, the following Soft Keys are

available:
CLOCK Goes to the clock.
DATA

Goes to the Databank menu.

CALC

Goes to the calculator.

CONV

Goes to the metric converter.

CURR

Goes to the currency converter.

Please refer to the specific topics in this User’s

Guide to learn the function of any available

Soft Keys.

Function Keys

Turns the product on or off.

Displays a help message. When at an

inflection screen, displays grammar

information about the inflection you

were viewing.

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