Franklin MOVIEVIEWS FLX-440 User's Manual
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1. You can search for movies by selecting a critic rating Movies are rated by one to five stars five being the best If you choose more than one critic rating MovieViews will search for films that match either rating Locating Movies by Year You can search for movies by entering a year or a year range In the following example we will find movies that were released in 1973 1 Select Year from the Locate menu l The parentheses indicate that the decade column is selected 2 Press J three times to highlight 1970 3 Press to select the year column The parentheses now indicate that the year column is selected 4 Press 7 until 1973 is high lighted Press em Press G twice or ve au 7 Press when done 0 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 that were 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 Locating Movies by Year Press to select 1987 Highlight 1981 Press evr All the years in between will then be selected u BW o Press or vv 7 Press when done You cannot select more than one range of years i e you cannot select movie between 1981 1987 and movies between 1991 1993 If you select another year your range will be des2. BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE EL ELECTRONIC BOOK MovieViews USER S GUIDE FLX 440 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMANI BOOKMAN is a powerful portable elec tronic reference with a built in book and a slot in the back for more books With Movie Views you now own a power ful movie guide that you can take anywhere MovieViews is designed to help you quickly find the movies that you want to see in ways that you cannot with a printed book With this electronic movie guide you can find over 5 000 movie reviews and search for mov ies that won Academy Awards were re leased in a specific year or feature a spe cific cast member and much more To leam how to use other book cards read their User s Guides Installing Batteriesand Installing a Book Card 3 Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys 4 Changing Settings and Viewing the Demonstration 5 Finding a Movie Review 6 Finding Movies by Cast 7 Finding Movies by Director 8 Finding Movies by Theme 9 Using the Locate Menu 9 Locating Movies by Year 10 Selecting a Range of Years 11 Putting It All To
3. Select a movie You can search this list the same way that you search the main movie list 6 To return to the Cast menu press or sacx 7 Press when done Finding Movies by Cast gt Another Way to Find Cast Members When reading a movie review you can find other movies that include the same cast member Press and then press JL to highlight the cast member you want Then press again to search for the movies that include the high lighted cast member To turn off the highlight press sac Finding Movies by Director You can also search for movies that were directed by a specific director NOTE By selecting more than one director MovieViews searches for films directed by all of the selected directors 1 Press Or select Director s from the Locate menu Begin typing the director s name e g Stone Oliver r i m II L Press when the director is highlighted Press or w Select a movie To return to the Director list press or sace Press when done Finding Movies by Theme Using the Locate Menu There are over 550 searchable themes You can look for specific movies by nar in MovieViews and most of the movies rowing your searches by categories In have 10 themes or more Themes are the following example we will search for the subject matter of the films e g movies that won an Academy Award for Drama 19t
4. matically lose the game 5 Press q to show your current score 6 Press to give up 7 Press to start new round when the round is over To view the movies that the cast member was in press EVER 8 Press when done Playing Movie Quiz In Movie Quiz your goal is to guess a movie from a series of 10 clues The sooner you figure out the movie the more points you gain Note While play ing Movie Quiz movies that begin with articles a an the will appear only once in the movie list and they will begin with the article e g The Abyss 1 Highlight Movie Quiz from the Games list 2 Press Theme Hintz TE You will then be given your first clue If the full name of the clue is not visible press to see it 3 If you wish to see another clue press LL 4 Press 4r to show the score during the game 5 Press to give up 6 Press to make a guess Playing Movie Quiz Your Notes 7 Highlight your guess You should treat this list like the main movie list 8 Press to select the movie When you select a movie or run out of guesses Movie Quiz displays your current score and reveal the movie s title and year 9 To view the movie s review press 10 Press to start a new round 11 Press when done gt Saving and Clearing Scores Your scores for both Hangman and Movie Quiz will be saved even if you press or turn off MovieViews The only way to clear your
5. REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long a warranty lasts This warranty gives you specific rights you may also have additional rights which vary from State to State This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law FRANKLIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER INDIRECT LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF YOUR PURCHASE THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT THIS LICENSE OR ANY OBLIGATION RESULTING THEREFROM OR THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY WHETHER BREACH OF CONTRACT TORT STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHICH DAMAGES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS DAMAGES TO PROPERTY OR PERSONAL INJURY BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW FRANKLIN S ENTIRE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM OR LOSS DAMAGE OR EXPENSE FROM ANY SUCH CAUSE SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE PRICE PAI
6. To exit without changing settings press ack 6 Press to select a setting uU A Viewing the Demonstration Before you start using your BOOKMAN you can view a brief demonstration of what it can do When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN a demonstration automati cally appears once you turn it on To stop the demonstration press cues To dis able it press and then select Dis able Demo from the Other menu To re enable it select Enable Demo When a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN select View Demo from the Other menu to view the demo gt Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing Ce Use the direction keys to read it To exit help press sex To see a tutorial and key guide describing the functions of this book select Tutorial from the Other menu 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 Finding a Movie Review MovieViews contains movie reviews for over 5 000 movies between 1914 and 1994 Here is how to find a movie by name NOTE All of the lists in Movie Views are alphabetized letter by letter regardless of punctuation or spacing For example the movie Ace Ventura Pet Detective is listed before A Change of Seasons 1 Press cur You can always return to this list by pressing czar 2 Begin typing a movie title until i
7. scores is by selecting Clear Scores from the Games list Limited Warranty U S only FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return with purchase receipt to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc One Franklin Plaza Burlington NJ 08016 4907 within one year of purchase Alternatively FRANKLIN may at its option refund your purchase price Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under license to FRANKLIN FRANKLIN makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy of data in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT No warranty is made that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free You assume all risk of any damage or loss from your use of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT This warranty does not apply if in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with damaged by accident abused misused or misapplication or as a result of service or modification by any party including any dealer other than FRANKLIN This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for FRANKLIN Batteries corrosion or battery contacts and any damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty NO FRANKLIN DEALER AGENT OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS
8. D FOR THE BOOKMAN PRODUCT THIS CLAUSE SHALL SURVIVE FAILURE OF AN EXCLUSIVE REMEDY This license and warranty is governed by the laws of the United States and the State of New Jersey 16 Resetting BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re spond or if its screen performs errati cally first press and then press twice If nothing happens follow the steps below to reset it Warning Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may perma nently disable your BOOKMAN In addition resetting your BOOKMAN unit erases set tings and information entered into its built in book and in any installed books 1 Hold and press ewos If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paper clip to gently press BOOKMAN s reset button The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole on the back of your BOOKMAN Look for it on the battery cover or near the book card slot This unit may change operating modes due to Electro static Discharge Normal operation of this unit can be re estab lished by pressing the reset key wor or by removing replacing batteries Copyrights amp Patents Model FLX 440 MovieViews e batteries 2 CR2032 3 volt lithium size 12x 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 limits fora Class B computing device pursuant to S
9. elected Putting It All Together With Movie Views you may fine tune your searches even further by selecting mul tiple search items in a single search The combinations of search items are virtu ally endless In this example we will look for PG 13 movies that feature Kevin Costner and were released in 1994 1 Press cr 2 Press cast 3 Select Costner Kevin Rating from the Locate menu 5 Select PG 13 6 Press sac 7 Select Year 11 Putting It All Together 8 Select 1994 9 Press or to view the matches 1 i H Ll I 4 10 Press when done gt If No Matches Were Found Some combinations of search items have no matching movies in MovieViews To deselect an entered search item highlight it and press vex To deselect all your search items press czar Placing Notes You can place a personalized note in a movie review for quick reference Notes can be used to mark your favorite movies movies that you want to rent or recently seen movies Your notes are highlighted in the movie review with a HOTE 1 Press within any movie review 2 Press to select Add Note 3 Press The note title will be the movie title and the year Viewing and Removing Notes gt Viewing a Note 1 Press w 2 Highlight Note List from the Other menu 3 Press err Your note list appears 4 Press Jt to highl
10. gether 11 Placing Notes eee esee ee eren enne nnn nnne nen nnn 12 Viewing and Removing Notes 13 Playing the Games 13 Playing Hangman 14 Playing Movie Quiz Key Guide n n Color Keys red Shows the Cast list green Shows the Director list yellow Shows the games list blue Shows the Theme list Other Keys Backs up erases letters or stops a highlight Exits the book you are reading Clears an entry Selects a menu item or starts a highlight Shows help messages Goes to the main menus Turns your BOOKMAN on or off Types a space or pages down Shows full menu name or outline location Direction Keys d Move in indicated direction OY A Pages up or down Star Key Combinations NW From within a movie review goes to the next review alphabetically x From within a movie review goes to the previous review alphabetically G Types numbers 1 to 0 Hold while pressing the other key gt Understanding the Color Keys The color keys red green yellow and blue perform the functions listed above only for the BOOKMAN book described in this User s Guide Other books have their own color key functions which are labelled on
11. h Century Jack the Ripper Best Adapted Screenplay etc You can also look for films that 1 Highlight the Locate menu share one or more themes 1 Press meme Or select Theme from the Locate men 2 Select a category e g 2 Begin typing the desired Awards theme e g James Bond 3 Highlight the subcategory Adapted Screenplay you wish to view e g 3 When the theme is high lighted press BELLO 4 Press or raw 4 Press ex 5 Press or to view the matches 5 Select a movie 6 To return to the Theme menu press Greve or sac 6 Select a movie 7 Press when done 7 Press when done Using the Locate Menu p Awards You can find movies that have won one or more major Academy Awards The Awards category lists those 29 major awards for which you can search You can also look for films that received awards in more than one category e g movies that won awards for Best Lead ing Actress and Best Director Note Since all of the Academy Award titles be gin with Best it has been omitted e g look for Leading Actor instead of Best Leading Actor gt MPAA Rating The Motion Picture Academy of America MPAA rates movies for various audi ences using the familiar code of G PG R etc If you select more than one MPAA rating MovieViews will search for films that match either rating gt Critic Rating
12. ight a note if needed 5 Press to go to the movie review 6 Press when done gt Removing a Note 1 Select the movie review with the note you want to remove To find the note you want to remove select it from your note list 2 Press x 3 Press to select Remove Note Playing the Games MovieViews has two games that will test your movie knowledge Hangman and Movie Quiz 1 Press Gams 2 Press 1r or to highlight Hangman or Movie Quiz 3 Press to start playing 4 Press at any time during the games to return to the Games list 5 Press when done at any time gt Setting the Year Range in Games You can limit the number of years with which you play the games by selecting Set Year Range from the Games list Only titles within the selected year range will be used in the games You select a year range from the Games menu the same way that you would select a year range from the Locate menu See Selecting a Range of Years for more detail Playing Hangman Movie Views Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery cast member indicated by s one letter at a time As you type letters your correct guesses appear in place of the question marks and your wrong guesses appear below 1 Press Game 2 Select Hangman 3 Type letters You are allowed five incorrect guesses before you are hanged 4 Press T to reveal a letter If you reveal a letter you will auto
13. mbinations 2 Theme finding movies by 9 Type Size setting 5 Viewing a note 13 Year locating movies by 10 FPB 28040 00 P N 7201284 Rev A
14. n select which book the top row of your BOOKMAN change you want to use Follow these steps their functions according to which book 1 Turn your BOOKMAN on YOU have selected 2 Press cx If you have selected the built in book the color keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard If you have se lected a book card the color keys func tion as labeled on that card These are sample books 3 Press gt or to highlight the book you want to use A Esse DDD G OD AR o0 Y 4 Press to select it gt About Screen Illustrations x Remember when Vi Some screen illustrations in this emember when you ve selected a User s Guide may differ from what book card the color keys function as you see on the screen This does labeled on that card not as on the not mean that your BOOKMAN is keyboard malfunctioning Changing Settings From the Other menu you can adjust the type size the shutoff time and the screen contrast Set Type Size changes the number of lines of text that appear on the screen Set Shutoff changes how long your BOOKMAN stays turned on if you forget to turn it off Set Contrast allows you to make the screen lighter or darker 1 Press or ew 2 Use the arrow keys to high light the Other menu 3 Highlight Set Type Size Set Shutoff or Set Contrast Press to select it Highlight a setting Or press 4r or T if you selected Set Contrast
15. t is highlighted e g Big i3 1 Ek iD Movie titles that begin with an article such as a an or the are listed both with the article e g The Sting and separate from the article e g Sting The Finding a Movie Review Press when it is high lighted E F Press 2 to read the movie review To go to the next review alphabetically hold and press UY Or hold and press A to go to the previous review Press when done gt Another Way to Search for Movie Titles You can also search for movies by typing the first few letters of the movie and then pressing until the movie title you want is highlighted Then press to view the movie review Finding Movies by Cast With MovieViews you can search for movies that feature one or more specific cast members In this example we will search for movies that feature Lee Marvin If you check more than one cast mem ber Movie Views will search for movies featuring all of the cast members 1 Press cast Or select Cast Members from the Locate menu 2 Begin typing the cast member s name e g Marvin Lee Note Cast members names should be typed as they appear with their last name before their first 3 When the name is high lighted press To deselect a cast member press again Finding Movies by Cast 4 Press or to view the films featuring that cast member 5
16. their book cards and listed in their User s Guides For more information read Using the Color Keys Installing Batteries The BOOKMAN 440 model uses two CR 2032 lithium batteries Here is how to install or replace them Warning When the batteries lose power or are removed from your BOOKMAN information that you have entered in its built in book as well as in any installed book card will be erased 1 Turn your BOOKMAN over 2 Slide off its battery cover in the direction of the triangle 3 Install the batteries with their plus signs facing you 4 Replace the battery cover Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off your BOOKMAN at any time When you turn on your BOOKMAN the screen that you last viewed appears Installing a Book Card Warning Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on If you do information that you entered in its built in book as well as in any other installed book cards will be erased 1 Turn your BOOKMAN off 2 Turn your BOOKMAN over 3 Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot 4 Press the book card down until it snaps into place gt Removing a Book Card Warning When you remove a book card to install another information that you entered in the removed book card will be erased Selecting a Book Using the Color Keys Once you have installed a book cardinyour The red green yellow and blue keys on BOOKMAN you ca
17. ubpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference re ceived including interference that may cause undesired operation U S Patents 4 490 811 4 830 618 4 891 775 5 113 340 5 153 831 5 203 705 5 218 536 5 321 609 5 333 313 5 396 606 European Patent O 136 379 Deutsch Pats No M 9409743 7 and M 9409744 5 Pat Pend ISBN 1 56712 160 8 Index About screen illustrations 4 Academy Awards 10 Another way to search 6 Arrow keys 5 Awards locating movies by 10 Book cards installing and removing 3 Cast members finding movies by 7 Categories locating movies by 9 Changing settings 5 Clearing scores 15 Contrast setting 5 Critic rating locating movies by 10 Directors finding movies by 8 Disable demo 5 Finding movie review 6 Games playing 13 Hangman playing 14 Help finding 5 Movie quiz playing 14 Movie review finding 6 Movies starring the same cast member 8 MPAA rating locating movies by 10 Index Multiple search items 11 Notes placing 12 removing 13 viewing 13 Playing Games 13 Playing Hangman 14 Playing movie quiz 14 Removing a note 13 Removing book cards 3 Scores saving amp clearing 15 Selecting a range of years 11 Selecting more than one cast member 7 Set type size 5 Setting the year range in games 13 Shutoff setting 5 Star key co
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