Franklin FQS-1870 - Manual

Introduction Welcome to the world of Franklin. This Franklinmodel is a powerful, electronic reference with abuilt-in book, plus one slot in the back for abook card*. With the Harrap’s ShorterDictionnaire français-anglais, you can:• find translations of thousands of words, mostof which contain parts ...

5 • use the MatchMaker function to find words ofwhose spelling you are unsure, or to helpsolve crossword puzzles; • improve your spelling and vocabulary usingthe Learning and Exercises menus; • browse the TOEFL ® Test* Word List, which contains words you might find on the Test ofEnglish as a Foreign...

Using the Special Features Your unit is equipped with several special features thatmany, but not all BOOKMAN book cards use. To learn if youcan use the special features with a particular book card,read its User’s Guide. On/Off: Turns the unit on and off. Function Keys: Each of these keys corresponds...

Key Guide Soft Keys Soft Key functions are represented by the labelsdisplayed along the bottom of the screen. Toperform a Soft Key function, press the unlabeledkey at the top of the keyboard that directlycorresponds to the label you want. These labelschange to reflect the different functions availab...

Function Keys Located on the top of the device, turnsthe product on or off.Goes to the main menu. Goes to the wordentry screen in any book that has one.Clears the calculator. In the metric converterand databank, goes to its main menu.Backs up, erases a letter, or turns off thehighlight at an entry.E...

Installing Batteries Your unit is powered by two AAA batteries. Followthese instructions to install or replace them. 1. Turn your unit off and turn it over.2. Lift the battery cover on the back of your unit by pushing up on the catch. 3. Remove the old batteries, if necessary.4. Install the batterie...

For Your Information ✓ Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows to the right of the screenshow which arrow keys you can press tomove around menus or view more text. ✓ Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at any screenby pressing AIDE. Press or to read. To exit help, press ARR. ✓ About Scr...

Installing Book Cards Your unit contains a built-in book. You canpurchase more titles on book cards atwww.franklin.com/fr. To install a book card, followthese steps. 1. Turn your unit off and turn it over.2. Remove the blank protector or any other book card that might be installed. 3. Align the tabs...

Selecting a Book Once a book card is installed in the unit, you canselect the book you want to use. 1. Turn your unit on.2. Press CARTE. Icons appear for each available book. The built-in book is highlighted. 3. Press or to highlight your selection. 4. Press ENTRER to select it.5. Press CARTE to ret...

17 Using Function Keys in Book Cards The function keys appear at the top of thekeyboard on your unit. These keys correspondin the order listed to the dictionary and organiserkeys at the bottom of the screen. The dictionaryfunction keys change with the book card. Theorganiser function keys are unaffe...

Using the Main Menu Use the main menu to quickly take you todifferent 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 pressENTRER to select it. You can also g...

The Learning tab enables you to access MyVocabulary List, My Phrase List, conjugateFrench or English words, and read Englishgrammar topics. You can also access theTOEFL ® Test word list. The Exercises tab allows you to accessSpelling Bee and Flashcards. You can try bothexercises using French words s...

22 Viewing a Demonstration or Tutorial You can view a demonstration or tutorial of thisdictionary any time you want. 1. Press MENU. 2. Press SETUP. You can also press or until you reach the Setup menu. 3. Press to highlight either Tutorial or View Demo and press ENTRER. To stop the demonstration or ...

Changing the Settings When using this dictionary, you can activate theLearn a Word feature, adjust the screencontrast, the shutoff time, the type size, and themessage language. 1. Press MENU. 2. Press SETUP. You can also press or until you reach the Setup menu. Settings will be highlighted. 3. Press...

Translating Words 1. Press MENU.2. Press BOOKS. You can also press or until you reach the Books menu. 3. Use or to highlight Harrap’s Shorter Fr-Eng, then press ENTRER.To translate English words into French,select Harrap’s Shorter Eng-Fr.You can also press LANG at the wordentry screen to change the ...

27 ✓ Understanding Translations Entries may consist of headwords, parts ofspeech, the translation, and/or definitions.Other forms of the word may follow theheadword. After the translation or definition,you may see a list of usage examples. ✓ Explanation of Genders French nouns are different from Eng...

28 Highlight the form you want and pressENTRER to see its entry. To go back to theMultiple Forms list, press ARR. ✓ Correcting Misspellings This device has a spell corrector that helpsyou if you misspell a word. If you enter amisspelled word, a list of corrections appears.For example, select Harrap’...

Highlight the word you want and then pressENTRER to see its entry. To go back to the corrections list, press ARR. ✓ Understanding Confusables Confusables are homonyms, homophonesand spelling variants that are easy toconfuse, e.g. rain, reign, rein. If the word youlooked up is a confusable, the CONF ...

30 Hearing English Words This dictionary can pronounce English wordsthat appear on almost any screen - indefinitions, thesaurus entries, spell correctionlists, My Vocabulary List, confusables andgames. When you want to hear how an Englishword is pronounced, just highlight it and press . To adjust th...

Highlighting Words Another way to look up words is by highlightingthem in entries or word lists. You can then findtheir definitions, translations, thesaurus entries,or add them to My Vocabulary List. 1. At any text, press ENTRER to start the highlight. To turn the highlight off, press ARR. 2. Use th...

To … Press … translate the word ENTRER view an English word’s THES thesaurus entryview confusables CONF hear an English wordpronouncedadd the word to LEARN My Vocabulary List 3. Press EFF when done. Press MENU to go to the main menu. 33

Finding Letters in Words If you are uncertain about how to spell a word,type a question mark (?) in place of eachunknown letter. To find prefixes, suffixes, andother parts of words, type an asterisk ( ✽ ) in a word. Each asterisk stands for a series ofletters. Note: If you type an asterisk at thebeg...

36 Translating Travellers’ Phrases You can find translations of French or Englishtravellers’ phrases in categories ranging fromEmergencies to Business Communication toTime & Dates. Note that the English phrasealways appears before the French phrase. 1. Press MENU.2. Press BOOKS. You can also pre...

38 Using the English Thesaurus You can look up thesaurus entries of Englishwords using the English Thesaurus. Thesaurusentries consist of synonyms, antonyms,classmates and words to compare. Many wordshave more than one thesaurus entry. 1. Press MENU.2. Press BOOKS. You can also press or until you re...

6. Press or ESPACE to read the entry. 7. Hold FN and press or to view the next or previous thesaurus entry. 8. Press EFF when done. Press MENU to go to the main menu. ✓ Understanding Thesaurus Entries A thesaurus entry consists of a group ofsynonyms, antonyms and classmates.Synonyms are words that h...

Finding Idioms Your device includes a helpful feature thatlocates idioms and their translation. 1. Press MENU.2. Press BOOKS. You can also press or until you reach the Books menu. 3. Use or to highlight English Idioms, then press ENTRER.To find English translations of Frenchidioms, select French Idi...

41 A list of all idioms relating to that keywordis displayed. 6. Press or to scroll through the list of idioms. 7. Press ENTRER to select the highlighted idiom. The translation of the idiom is displayed. 8. Press EFF or MENU when done.

Using My Vocabulary List You can save up to 40 words total, in bothFrench and English, in My Vocabulary List forpersonal study or review. My Vocabulary List issaved between sessions unless the batteriesrun out of power or your device is reset. Adding Words from theLearning Menu 1. Press MENU.2. Pres...

3. Use or to highlight Harrap’s Shorter Fr-Eng, then press ENTRER.You can also press LANG, whenavailable, to change the entry languagefrom French to English. French words willbe added to My French Vocabulary List;English words will be added to MyEnglish Vocabulary List. 4. Type the word you want to ...

45 Viewing My Vocabulary List 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu.My Vocabulary List will be highlighted. 3. Press ENTRER to select it. French List (or English List) will behighlighted. Press LANG to switch fromthe French list to the English list, if...

46 Removing a Word from MyVocabulary List 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu.My Vocabulary List will be highlighted. 3. Press ENTRER to select it.4. Press or to highlight Delete a Word and press ENTRER. 5. Highlight the word you want to delete and p...

The prompt “Erase the list? (Y/N)”appears. 4. Press Y to erase the list or press N to cancel. Note: When you erase one list, the otheris not erased. ✓ Adding Words Not in This Dictionary When you add a word not in this dictionary,you are given three options: Add Anyway,Cancel and Correction List. Hi...

48 Using My Phrase List You can save up to 25 phrases in My PhraseList. The list is saved between sessions unlessthe batteries run out of power or your unit isreset. Adding Phrases 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Use or to highlight My Phrase...

49 6. Press ENTRER to add the phrase.7. Press EFF when done. Press MENU to go to the main menu. Viewing or Editing My Phrase List 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Use or to highlight My Phrase List, then press ENTRER.View: ... will be highligh...

50 7. Edit the phrase.8. Press ENTRER to save your changes. Hold FN and press ARR to exit withoutsaving any changes. Removing a Phrase from My PhraseList 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Use or to highlight My Phrase List, then press ENTRER. 4...

51 Erasing My Phrase List 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Use or to highlight My Phrase List, then press ENTRER. 4. Press or to highlight Erase All Phrases and press ENTRER. The prompt “Erase all? (Y/N)” appears. 5. Press Y to erase the list ...

Using the Guide to English Grammar Your device includes a helpful Guide to EnglishGrammar that describes parts of speech. Note:the guide is available only in French. From the Learning Menu 1. Press MENU. 2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Press or to highligh...

From an Inflection Screen 1. Press MENU. 2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Use or to highlight French Conjugations, then press ENTRER. To conjugate English words select EnglishConjugations. You can also press LANG at the wordentry screen to change the entryl...

56 These are the principal forms of theFrench verb “lire”. The Englishtranslations are below each Frenchinflection. 6. Press ESPACE 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, oranother m...

From an Entry Some words have different parts of speech ormultiple translations. You can easily find whichpart of speech or specific translation you willneed to conjugate by first looking up the word inthe French-to-English or English-to-Frenchdictionaries and then pressing CONJ. Followthis example....

60 how to use the inflections you were viewingalong with usage examples. ✓ Viewing English Inflections If you are unfamiliar with inflections, it may behelpful to look at some inflected forms ofEnglish verbs. Switch the entry language backto English, type study, and press CONJ tosee the different fo...

✓ Verb Conjugations The dictionary conjugates French verbs intothe following forms: present indicative,indicative imperfect, indicative simple past,simple future indicative, present conditional,present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive,indicative passé composé, pluperfectindicative, indicative past...

62 Using the TOEFL ® Test Word List The TOEFL ® Test Word List contains English words you might find on the Test of English as aForeign Language (TOEFL ® Test). 1. Press MENU.2. Press LEARN. You can also press or until you reach the Learning menu. 3. Press or to highlight TOEFL ® Test Word List, the...

63 Using the Exercises Using the Exercises, you can test your spellingand improve your vocabulary. ✓ Speaking Spelling Bee 1. Press MENU.2. Press EXER. You can also press or until you reach the Exercises menu.You can choose My French Spelling Beewhich uses words from My FrenchVocabulary List, My Eng...

64 In My English Spelling Bee and TOEFL ® Test Bee, a word will be pronounced foryou to spell. To hear the word again, press . In My French Spelling Bee a word willflash on the screen for you to spell. 4. Type the word you just heard or saw and press ENTRER to see if you spelled itright. Press ENTRE...

65 You can also press or until you reach the Exercises menu.You can choose My French Flashcardswhich uses words from My FrenchVocabulary List, My English Flashcardswhich uses words from My EnglishVocabulary List, or TOEFL ® Test Flashcards which uses words from theTOEFL ® Test Word List. 3. Press or...

68 Selecting a Game In the Games menu, use or to move the highlight to the game of your choice and pressENTRER. Getting Help in the Games During any game you can read instructions bypressing AIDE. In all games except GenderTutor, Letris, Letter Poker, Word Dozer and LinkFour you can get a hint by ho...

Hold MAJ and press ? to shuffle the letters in theselected word. Press ? to end a round and revealthe word or words. Press ENTRER to turn on thehighlight, then use the arrow keys to highlight theword you want. Press ENTRER again to see thetranslation of the word. Press THES to see thethesaurus entry...

70 Type letters that you think are in the mysteryword. If you are correct, the letter appears inplace of the corresponding question mark(s).Hold MAJ and press ? to reveal one letter.Press ? to reveal the game word.To see the translation of the game word, pressENTRER. Press ARR to return to the game....

71 ✓ Jumble Jumble tests your ability to unscramble lettersand form words. It shows a series of letters.Type words made from these letters and thenpress ENTRER. The number of possiblesolution words appears to the right of thescreen. Hold MAJ and press ? to shuffle the letters inthe root word. Press ...

72 ✓ Letris In Letris, letters fall from the top of the display tothe bottom. Use or to move the falling letter to make a word. When you make a valid word, it disappears andyour score increases based on the length of theword. When the score reaches 50, a dinosaur appearson the display. At 100, the d...

73 ✓ Letter Poker Letter Poker challenges you to make longerwords with the letters you are dealt than thehouse does with its letters. You and the housetake turns betting and discarding, but you do notsee the house’s letters until the end of thegame. The scoring is similar to normal poker:one four-le...

74 Press the initial letter to make your choice. Forexample, to Bet, press B, to Raise, press R andso on. Bet Means you want to bet on your hand.You can bet up to $100. Pass Means you’ll pass the bet to the dealer. Fold Means that you want to end, and lose, the hand. See Means you’ll match the deale...

75 ✓ Word Blaster In Word Blaster, you try to guess the mysteryword before all of the letters are filled in on thescreen. One letter at a time is revealed. When you knowthe mystery word, press ENTRER and type inthe answer. Hold MAJ and press ? to flash thepartially completed word on the screen. Pres...

76 ✓ Word Builder Word Builder makes anagrams for you. Beforeyou play, type letters you want Word Builder tobuild words from and press ENTRER. Word Builder shows the anagrams it has built. To see the translation of a particular anagram,press ENTRER to turn the highlight on, use thearrow keys to move...

77 ✓ Word Deduction In Word Deduction, you must guess the puzzleword. The letters of the puzzle word appear asunderscores. You are limited to a certainnumber of guesses. When you enter a word, thenumber of letters that are found in the puzzleexactly as you typed them are listed underperfect. The num...

78 Press ENTRER to turn on the highlight, thenuse the arrow keys to highlight the word youwant. Press ENTRER again to see thetranslation of the word. Press THES to see thethesaurus entry of an English word, if available.Press ARR to return to Word Deduction. To try anew word, press ESPACE. ✓ Word Do...

Letters drop faster with each new level.The game is over when the screen is socrowded with letters that you cannot make aword or when a new letter appears in the samespace as the bulldozer. To play again, pressESPACE. ✓ Word Train™ In Word Train, you and the train take turnstyping letters to form a ...

80 ✓ Link Four Link Four challenges you to connect four gamepieces in any direction. You can play alone (1Player Link Four) or with a friend (2 Player LinkFour). Use or to move your game piece to the post you want, then press ENTRER. The gamepiece is displayed along the bottom of the rackto show who...

Using the Clock The Clock displays the current time and date.You can save two times: Home time and Worldtime. 1. Press UTIL. 2. Press CLOCK to toggle between Home time and World time. 3. From Home time, press ENTRER to set the time and date. 4. Use and to scroll through the options in the highlighte...

Using the Databank Adding Entries You can store as many as 100 names andtelephone numbers and addresses in theDatabank. The total number of names you canadd depends on the size of each entry. 1. Press UTIL.2. Press DATA. 3. Highlight Add an Entry and then press ENTRER. 4. Type a name and press ENTRE...

6. Type a postal address or e-mail address and press ENTRER.To type a number, hold FN and press A-P. To type an @, hold FN and press M. 7. Press EFF to return to the Databank menu.Press MENU to go to the main menu. Viewing or Editing Entries 1. Press UTIL.2. Press DATA.3. Highlight View: XX entries ...

Deleting Entries 1. Press UTIL.2. Press DATA.3. Highlight Delete an Entry and then press ENTRER. 4. Highlight the entry you want to delete and press ENTRER. 5. To delete all databank entries, highlight Erase the List in the Databank menu andthen press ENTRER.Press Y to erase all databank entries or ...

2. Press DATA.3. Highlight Set password and then press ENTRER. 4. Type a password of up to eight characters and press ENTRER.Use to move the cursor; use ARR to delete. 5. Press C to confirm or EFF to cancel the password.The password you set will be requestedthe first time the Databank is used during...

Using the Calculator 1. Press UTIL. 2. Press CALC. 3. Type a number. Note: A-P will type numbers 0-9automatically. You can type up to 10digits. To type a decimal, press G(.). Tochange the sign of a number, press Z(+/-). 4. Press a math function key. 5. Type another number. 6. Press ENTRER. To repeat...

To Calculate... Press... reciprocals Q squares D percentages F square roots S negative numbers W 7. Press EFF to clear the current calculations.Press MENU to go to the main menu. Using the Calculator Memory 1. In the calculator, make a calculation or type a number. 2. To add the number on the screen...

Using the Metric Converter 1. Press UTIL. 2. Press CONV. 3. Use to select a conversion category (for example, Weights). 4. Select a conversion (for example, grams/ounces). 5. Type a number after one of the units. Note: A-P will type numbers 0-9automatically. Press or to move between the lines. Press...

Using the Currency Converter 1. Press UTIL.2. Press CURR.3. Enter a conversion rate. The rate should be in units of the othercurrency per one unit of the homecurrency (n other/1 home). For example,to convert between U.S. Dollars andEuros, enter an exchange rate of 1.256.This means that 1.256 U.S. Do...

Transferring Words Between Books This dictionary can transfer words with certainother book cards. To send a word to anotherbook, you must first install a book card in yourunit, and that book card must be able to send orreceive words. To learn if a book card can sendor receive words, read its User’s ...

Resetting Your Unit If the keyboard fails to respond, or if the screenperforms erratically, perform a system reset byfollowing the steps below. 1. Hold EFF and press . If nothing happens, try Step 2. 2. Use a paper clip to gently press the reset button on your unit.The reset button is recessed in a ...

Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents Model FQS-1870: Harrap’s Shorter Dictionnairefrançais-anglais<=>anglais-français• Batteries: two AAA• Size: 13.6 cm x 9.3 cm x 1.6 cm© 2000-2006 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.,Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved.© 2006 Chambers Harrap ...

FCC Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operationis subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device maynot cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must acceptany interference received, including interference that may causeundesired operation.Warning: Changes o...

Disclaimer of Warranties Except as specifically provided herein, Franklin makes no warranty ofany kind, express or implied, with respect to this product. Limited Warranty (U.S. only) LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, ANDLIMITED REMEDY FRANKLIN WARRANTS TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER THATTHIS PR...