Franklin CW-40 User's Manual
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1. Used to navigate through lists and information The upward pointing arrow also types an apostrophe when you re typing in a word Expands a search for words by substituting letters Finds words which match typed in letters Finds phrases which contain a typed in word Used to call up various response screens One of Franklin s Matchmaker function keys This is the Matchmaker key and is used to activate Franklin s exclusive pattern matching function The second of Franklin s Matchmaker function keys This key activates the Letter Detective which performs crossword style correction Used to clear a request line or return you to the re quest line from another function in Crosswords Used to place a hyphen into text while typing a word 102. This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that the enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law This warranty gives you specific rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of inci dental or consequential damages or limitation on how long an implied warranty may last so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you Enclose 3 00 check or money order for shipping and handling to FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS INC ATTENTION SERVICE DEPARTMENT 122 BURRS ROAD MT HOLLY NEW JERSEY 08060 609 261 4800 This manual is copyrighted 1991 and the compilation of and certain programs res ident in the product are copyrighted 1986 1991 by Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc 122 Burrs Road Mt Holly NJ 08060 All rights reserved This product is edited and maintained by Merriam Webster Inc with linguistic tech nology by Franklin 1981 1988 Merriam Webster Inc All rights reserved Franklin CrossWords Matchmaker and Second Guess are trademarks of Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Merriam Webster is a trademark of Merriam Webster Inc Scrabble is a trademark of Selchow amp Righter Co FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC U S Pat 4 490 811 4 830 618 PUBLISHERS INC PATENTS PENDING Mt Holly NJ 08060 WEEE A e i Cc JH FUNCTION KEY GUIDE Activates and deactivates the unit
3. refers to a novel title with bell in it but you just can t recall the rest of the title Type in be11 Press Fas The screen below appears There you have it To see more bell phrases press 4 Jumble The JUMBLE key is a boon to Jumble players riddle solvers or players of Scrabble Let s say that you have the first turn and your letter tray con tains the letters n x y r s o and a blank piece Just typen x y r s o into Crosswords the is for the blank tile which counts as a single letter wildcard and press GUMBE You will then be asked the minimum size of the words to be found The choices range from 2 to 10 However if you only type in 5 letters the longest minimum word size allowable will be 5 Use fh and 7 until you get to the minimum word size you wish to set For this example let s set it at 4 Scroll to the number 4 then press a Soon you ll see a list of words which may be used on the Scrabble board onyx for example And if you use the blank piece oryxes Big points big points Crosswords is also great if that triple word score is sitting within striking distance and you re not sure if you can take advantage of it Just type in the letters which appear on your letter tray and add the letter s from the board Crosswords will let you know whether a valid word can be ob tained For example suppose that the triple word score space i
4. using or storing Crosswords FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS INC LIMITED WARRANTY U S A ONLY Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc Franklin warrants to the end user that this product will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of ONE YEAR from the date of original retail purchase as evidenced by sales receipt On discovery of a defect the end user must return this product transportation charges prepaid either to the dealer from whom it was purchased or directly to Franklin at the address given below Each product returned must include the user s name address and telephone number as well as a brief description of the nature of the defect and a copy of the sales receipt as proof of the date of the original retail purchase Franklin will at its option repair or replace any product at no further charge to the end user on determination by Franklin in its sole discretion that the product was defective and that such defect arose within the du ration of this limited warranty Enclose 3 00 check or money order for shipping and handling to Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc This warranty does not apply if in the sole discretion of Franklin the product has been tampered with damaged by accident abuse misuse or misapplication or as a result of service or modification by any party including any dealer other than Franklin FRANKLIN SHALL NOT BE RESPON SIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY SERVICE OR MODIFICATION TO THIS PR
5. CW 40 clint crosswords puzzle solver User s Manual WELCOME TO THE FRANKLIN WORLD OF ELECTRONIC REFERENCE PRODUCTS Thank you for purchasing Crosswords Crosswords CW 40 is a pocket sized crossword puzzle buster It con tains over 250 000 words from a variety of Merriam Webster reference works Webster s Official Crossword Puzzle Dictionary among others a Second Guess feature which expands word lookups a Jumble key which finds words from a set of typed in letters a Phrase key which will find all of the phrases in the product which contain the word you type in and Matchmaker Franklin s patented pattern matching for prefixes suffixes word fragments and crossword style corrections TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started Matchmaker with Crossword Puzzles Matchmaker with Other Word Games Second Guess Phrases Jumble Technical Specifications Warranty Copyrights Function Key Guide OANA AK WD PD Inside Back Cover CROSSWORDS CW 40 Getting Started Turn Crosswords on by pressing CONOF The screen below appears The above screen is your indication that Crosswords is ready for you to type in a word ADJUST THE DISPLAY CONTRAST if necessary by pressing 4 or 45 several times If the display seems too faint try 4 If the display seems too dark or if you see nothing but dark squares try 7 IMPORTANT The contrast can be adjusted from the Ready screen on
6. ODUCT BY ANY PARTY INCLUDING ANY DEALER OTHER THAN FRANKLIN This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for Franklin Batteries corrosion of battery contacts and any damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR POSE SHALL BE STRICTLY LIMITED IN DURATION TO THAT OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE THAT IS ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASE THE WARRANTY AND REMEDY SET FORTH ABOVE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE RETAIL BUYER AND END USER IN CONNEC TION WITH THE MANUFACTURE SALE OR USE OF THIS PRODUCT AND ARE IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR REM EDIES WRITTEN OR ORAL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED NO FRANKLIN DEALER AGENT OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY FRANKLIN SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE MANUFACTURE SALE OR USE OF THIS PRODUCT UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY WHICH DAMAGES SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS DAMAGES TO PROPERTY OR DAM AGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW UNLESS OTHERWISE CONTRARY TO APPLICABLE LAW FRANKLIN S LIABILITY SHALL IN NO CASE EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCT CLAIMED TO BE DEFECTIVE
7. ly AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF To save battery life your unit will turn itself off automatically if no key is pressed for a span of about 2 minutes Using Matchmaker to Help Solve Crossword Puzzles Crosswords is great for finding those difficult words which always seem to pop up in the middle of a crossword puzzle Suppose you re looking for a nine letter word that means a riddle or a puzzle and so far you have filled in three letters ZU DR Simply type U DR NOTE If you make a mistake while typing press lt 3 to erase the last letter Press and the screen below appears Conundrum a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun is an answer to the clue To see another answer press the down arrow key Whenever you see a blinking down arrow at the far right of the screen you can press the down arrow key to see more words NOTE If you should happen to enter an incorrectly typed word Cross words will return words which are close to the misspelling However the word list in Crosswords was created for use as a game aid We do not rec ommend its use as a general purpose spell checking device Crossword puzzles don t count blanks or punctuation when fitting a word into the spaces provided so the version of Matchmaker included in Cross words is specially tuned to account for this For instance suppose the clue is may or may not be a strike and the mystery word is eight letters long You
8. s five squares away from the letter n The letters on your letter tray are x e o i t h Type all eight letters into Crosswords Press QUB Set the Min size at 6 Press mm As scroll through the list you note that neolith will get you to the triple word score square The Jumble key is also great for solving riddles such as the following Speeches made out of oats and iron Type in oat siron no space between the words Press gur Set the minimum word size to 8 the number of letters you typed in and press C The word orations appears on the screen The riddle is solved NOTE Since Crosswords is also for crossword puzzles many of the words you see will not be valid Scrabble words For instance there are many proper names abbreviations and acronyms Technical Specifications Contents 250 466 word crossword correction list Matchmaker II single character and prefix suffix correction word list edited and maintained by Merriam Webster Microprocessor 65C02 with a Franklin proprietary master control chip ROM Read Only Memory 4 Megabits RAM Read Write Memory 2 Kilobytes LCD Display 1 x 16 Keyboard 39 keys with permanent molded legends Size 10 6 cm x 6 2 cm x 56 cm Weight 1 8 oz Battery 1 Lithium CR2032 Easily found and replaced Battery Installation Crosswords comes with a Lithium CR2032 battery al ready installed If you have to replace it
9. simply turn the unit over Look for a small indentation in the upper left corner Use the tip of your thumb to slide the battery holder out of the unit Remove the old battery The upper left corner of the battery holder has a engraved into it Place the new battery side up into the battery holder Slide the battery holder back into the unit making sure that it clicks securely into place Software Technology Features Franklin s proprietary dictionary compression retrieval spelling correction and user interface Cleaning Instructions To clean the shiny surface of Crosswords you may from time to time use a mild household glass cleaner Spray the cleaner onto a paper towel and gently wipe the surface of Crosswords IMPORTANT Never spray a cleaner directly onto Crosswords Trouble Crosswords is designed to provide many years of reliable service The most common sources of trouble are Weak battery Improperly installed battery LCD contrast not adjusted properly Please check the above problems first NOTE A weak battery may cause Crosswords to behave strangely and possibly display incorrect or meaningless information on the screen PERSISTENT TROUBLE Refer to the U S warranty or contact the place of purchase Customers outside the United States should always contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty and repair information ALWAYS avoid extremes of heat cold or humidity when
10. type act x If you only want words that end with act you d type act Second Guess Occasionally you may realize you ve filled in a word in a puzzle incorrectly The word may not match the clue or the word may make it impossible to fill in appropriate words going the other way At least one letter of what you put into the puzzle must be wrong but you don t know which letter What to do Suppose you ve put the word cadger into the puzzle space Cadger is a perfectly good word but it doesn t seem to match the clue stern friend of Toad in Wind in the Willows Type in cadger Press CSCOND GuesS Your screen looks like the one be low Notice that the first letter of the word from the above screen is in lower case This is to illustrate that the Second Guess feature has substituted another letter for the one which was typed in If you press 7 you ll see other words which can be made from the word which was typed in if one letter is changed If you still don t see a word which will solve the puzzle and you suspect that two letters in your original word may be wrong press again Two letters are now substituted Press the key again for three sub stitutions and so on Phrases The phrase key is great if you know a portion of an answer but can t re member the rest of the phrase For example here s the clue Hersey s Big Ben Blockbuster You know the clue
11. ve filled in a few letters and your puzzle looks like this O_L_A_L Type 0 L A L Press and the screen below appears Notice that this term is presented with a blank space in it but since that blank space doesn t get a box to itself in the puzzle you don t use an extra 2 for it and the word still counts as eight letters long Using Matchmaker for Other Word Games Matchmaker is Franklin s exclusive pattern matching capability We al ready introduced you to the Letter Detective character Now we d like to show you how to use the other Matchmaker character which we call the Fragment Finder x The Fragment Finder character represents zero or more letters Fragment Finder can be especially useful when playing Scrabble Suppose the word act is already on the board and near the beginning or end of the word is a triple word score square you d like to hit You want to know what words have the letters act in them at the beginning mid dle or end Press Type act Press Your screen looks like the one below Press ENR The screen below appears You now have alist of all of the words containing the word act Just find one which contains the letters included on your letter rack and nail that triple word score space Press the down arrow key to see the word list If you re only interested in words that begin with act you d
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