Franklin Collins Speaking Reference Library Electronic Accessory User 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 o 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.
• Dierent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uid,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 O
Press toswitchthedeviceonoro.
1.3 Using the Main Menu
Press
menu
toaccessthemainmenuatanyscreentoquicklytakeyoutodierentbooks
andexercisesinyourdevice.Themainmenucontainsve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o.
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o
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.
Rening Your Search
Usethefollowingsoftkeys:
• DEF:Goestodenition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reneyoursearch,press /
to select Word, Idiom, Example or
Denition (if available) before you start
totype.IntheThesaurus,youselect
Synonym instead of Denition. 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nd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
prexes,suxes,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 Inections/Conjugations
Inected Form Searching
Thedeviceisequippedwithasmart
system to retrieve results from an
inected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
denitionswillshow.
Looking Up Inections
Wheninectionsareavailabletoaword,
the function label CONJ appears. Press
CONJtoviewtheinections.Somewords
may have multiple parts of speech, press
/ to select the one you want and
then press
enter
toviewtheinections.
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reectthe
variousfunctionsavailableindierent
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inections/conjugations.
See3.5 Inections/Conjugations.
DEF: Goestodenition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: Renes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 specied 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rst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 o 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 rst 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inected
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:”eld 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 denition in
the appropriate eld and then press
SAVE.
• See 3.6 Hints on Inputting Words.
Press or
enter
toadvancetothenext
eld.
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 le (.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
denitionwithatab.Press“Enter”after
enteringthedenition,includingthe
last line.
Other dictionary features:
• SpellingCorrections>3.3
• Lookingupinections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shuto>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
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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 Denition Synonym Inected
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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