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BSI-6300 User’ s Guide www.franklin.com Gran Maestr o Color Speaking Spanish-English Language Master TM.
1 1. Getting Started 3 1.1 Charging the Battery 3 1.2 Battery Precautions 4 1.3 Switching On and O 5 1.4 Selecting Message Language 5 1.5 Key Guide 6 1.6 Using the Main Menu 7 1.7 Browsing in the Device 8 2. Quick Guide to Product Features 9 2.1 Dictionaries and Searching 9 2.
2 5.5 Pronunciation T rainer 40 5.6 Reading Comprehension 43 5.7 Exercise Review 44 5.8 Flashcards 45 6. TOOLS Menu 46 6.1 Clock 46 6.2 Calculator 47 6.3 Memo 48 6.4 Voic e Memo 49 7. SETTINGS Menu 50 7.1 Auto Shuto Time 50 7.2 Brightness 50 7.3 Message Language 50 7.
3 Please read the f ollowing safety warnings and precautions befor e using your device . Note: If this device is to be used by young children, this U ser ’ s Guide should be read to them by an adult and their use of the device should be monitored. F ailure to do so may cause injury.
4 dierent c omponent to the adapter . Refer to the diagram belo w to remove and r eplace the connector . 1 2 1 2 3 2. Plug the wide end of a USB cable to the AC adapt er and the small end into the USB port on your device . 3. Insert the AC adapter to a pow er outlet.
5 • Donotattempttoopenthe rechargeable batt er y or battery pack . There are no user serviceable parts inside. • Shouldabatteryleak ,thedevicemay become damaged. Clean the battery compartment immediately , avoiding contact with your skin.
6 1.5 Key Guide 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1. T urns on or o . 2. Headphone jack 3. Soft keys – Press F1 to F5 that correspond to the functional labels at the bottom of the screen. 4. Goes to the main menu. 5. Backs up or clears all entries, or turns o selection mode in an entr y .
7 • Thiskeyisref erredtoas OK in this guide. Combina tion Ke ys More functions are available by combining keys. Key 1 + Key 2 means hold Key 1 while also pressing Key 2 . • FN + / (vol+/vol–) V olume adjustment • FN + ( ) Displays help instructions.
8 1.7 Brow sing in the Device Using the Soft Key s Soft Key func tions are repr esented by the labels displayed along the bottom of the screen. T o perform a Sof t Key function, press F1 to F5 at the top of the keyboard that correspond t o the labels you want.
9 2. Quick Guide to Product F eatures 2.1 Dic tionaries and Searching The table shows the possible wa ys for searching with each dictionary. F or details, refer t o the sections in this user ’ s guide indicated in the table (for example, 3.1 means referring to section 3.
10 2.3 Other Useful F eatures • T ocreateyouro wndictionar y> Section 4.6 • T omakerefer encestothegrammar guides > Section 4.2 • T oimprovey ourEnglishvocabularies > Section 4.
11 3. BOOKS Menu 3.1 Search F eature The search f eature allows sear ching for entries sav ed in the following dictionaries. Y ou can use multiple words for searching .
12 Spa Visual Spanish Visual Dictionar y VOX Diccionarios General de la Lengua Español Vox 5. Press OK / to vie w the entry in the related dictionary . 6. Press to r eturn to Search. 7. Press to star t a new search. Using Soft Key s Press F1 to F5 that c orrespond to the labels displayed along the bottom of the screen.
13 previous or next entry in the dictionar y or in a list of multiple search results . • Press to hear the headword pronounced. • Press list t o save the current headword in My Word List f or fur ther study or review . S ee 3.16 Adding W ords to My Wor d List and 4.
14 3.3 Diccionario General de la Lengua Español V ox 1. In the Books menu, press / to select “ General de la Lengua Española V ox” and then press OK / . 2. T ype a word. • See 3.17 Hints on Inputting Wor ds . • Witheachlettery outype,the resulting list of potential mat ching entries is refreshed .
15 3.4 Merriam-W ebster’ s Adv anced Learner’ s English Dic tionar y 1. In the Books menu, press / to select “M-W ALD” and then press OK / . 2. T ype a word. • See 3.17 Hints on Inputting Wor ds . • Witheachlettery outype,the resulting list of potential mat ching entries is refreshed .
16 • [ Inec. ]: Shows inections/ conjugations. See 3.9 L ooking Up Inections. • [ Thes ]: Looks up the curr ent word in the Thesaurus. See 3.8 F ranklin Thesaurus . 3.5 Diccionario Merriam- W ebster de Sinónimos y Antónimos en Inglés 1.
17 search results . • Press to hear the headword pronounced. • Press list t o save the current headword in My Word List f or fur ther study or review . S ee 3.16 Adding W ords to My Wor d List and 4.5 My W ord List . 4. T ype to star t a new search.
18 4. Press the letter k ey corresponding to the callouts in the diagram to view the wor d and translation in a pop-up window . • If necessar y , press A A A repeat edly to zoom in or out the diagram or change the font size . In an enlarged diagram, press the dir ection keys, if necessary, to mo ve around.
19 3.8 F ranklin Thesaurus 1. In the Books menu, press / to select “Franklin Thesaurus” and then press OK/ . 2. T ype a word. • See 3.17 Hints on Inputting Wor ds . • Witheachlettery outype,the resulting list of potential mat ching entries is refreshed .
20 4. Some words ma y have multiple parts of speech or translations, press / to selec t the one you want and then press OK / to view the inections. • Intheexample “r ecord” ,press / to select “verbo ” (verb) and then press OK / .
21 3.13 Uncertain Spellings If you are uncertain about how to spell a word , type the por tion of the word you do know , and type a question mark (?) in place of each unknown letter . T ype an asterisk (*) to stand for an y missing portion of a word, including prex es, suxes, spac es, symbols, or an y number of letters.
22 the following optins fr om the menu: All = Look f or entries with the search words , whenever they appear . Items following specied order = Look for en tries with the search words , in the order as you typed. Input words in suc cession = Look for entries with the search w ords, in the word succ essions as you typed.
23 3.15 H ighlighting W ords Another way to look up w ords in the dictionaries is by highlighting them in an entry. Note: this f eature may not be available on all screens . 1. At a te xt screen suppor ting word selection, press OK / . • Iftherstwordonthescreenis highlighted, this f eature is supported.
24 3.17 Hints on Inputting W ords The following instructions apply to all entry screens where word input is allowed. N ote: Some entr y screens may allow only certain types of charac ter inputs. • Hold and press a letter key to type a capital letter .
25 4. LEARN Menu 4.1 Merriam-W ebster’ s V ocabular y Builder This featur e helps you enhance your vocabulary with explanations and quizzes. 1. In the Learn menu, press / to select “Merriam-W ebster ’ s V ocabulary Builder ” and then press OK / .
26 2. In a quiz, press or / to select questions. 3. T o answer a question, pr ess / to select an answer and then press OK / . 4. Press [ ] to go to the next question. • Press[ ] t o go back to the previous question. 5. When all questions are done , press F1 [ ] for the scores .
27 4.3 About Eur o T alk Euro T alk is a language-learning program which contains three modules: T alk More, T alk the T alk and T alk Business. All modules support English and Spanish and up to 10 users with their own history and records .
28 created f or each module. • Note : Once created, the user’ s prole (source and target languages) cannot be changed. If you hav e made a mistake, delete the user pr ole and create a new one with the corr ect prole. T o rename a user name, press F2 [ Edit ].
29 2. Press / to select a phrase or a dialogue and then press OK / . • Whilebrow singthephrasesor dialogues, press F1 [ ] to display the phrase or dialogue in full screen with translations. 3. In the standby screen, press OK / again to start the playback.
30 F1 [ ] Shows the current phrase or dialogue on the left of the video. In this view , press F2 [ ] to show the translations. P ress F1 [ ] to return to the list of phrases or dialogues. Using the Quiz Section This section contains quizzes in three levels.
31 • F2 [Stat] : Shows y our score history in a table format. • F3 [Details] : Shows your sc ore history by indicating which questions have been answ ered wrongly or correctly . Press / to switch between levels. P ress F3 [ ] to redo the whole selected exercise or only the questions with wrong answers .
32 Collins Spa- Eng Collins Spanish-English Dictionar y Eng Visual English Visual Dictionar y MW ALD Merriam-Webst er ’ s Advanced L earner ’ s English Dictionar y MWDSA Diccionario Merriam- W ebster de Sinónimos y Antónimos en Inglés Spa Visual Spanish Visual Dictionar y VOX Diccionarios General de la Lengua Español Vox 3.
33 4.6 P ersonal Dictionar y Use the P ersonal Dictionar y to create your own dictionaries on the device. Y ou can copy them to y our PC for further editing. A maximum of 50 dictionaries can be created with up to 500 en tries in each dictionar y . Creating Dictionaries on the Device 1.
34 V iewing P ersonal Dictionaries 1. In the Learn menu, press / to select “Personal Dictionar y” and then press OK / . 2. Press / in the dictionar y selection screen to select the one you wan t and then press OK / . 3. Press / to select the entry you want to view and pr ess OK / .
35 5. EXERCISES Menu 5.1 Crea ting User Names A user name must be created bef ore starting the exercises. A maximum of 10 user names can be created . The same user names will be used for all the exer cises in the Exercises menu. 1. In the Exercises menu , press / to select an exer cise (e.
36 5.2 Audio Dictation In Audio Dictation, a word is read out in the language you hav e selected. Y ou have to spell the w ord. 1. In the Exercises menu , press / to select “ Audio Dictation” and then press OK / . 2. In Audio Dictation, press / to select a user name and then press OK / .
37 for level advanc ement and progress check. • Language : Selects a language as the exer cise language. • Skills : Selects a sk ill level. • Content : Selects a dic tionar y as the source of wor ds. 2. Press F1 [ Conrm] when done . 5.
38 • T oskipthecurrentquestion,press F2 [ Skip ]. • T otranslatethesentencein tothe target language, pr ess F4 [ T rans ]. • T oshowahint,press F5 [ Hint ]. In test mode, showing hints will a ect the scores.
39 5.4 Picture F lash Card Game In Picture Card Game, y ou match words with pictures. 1. In the Exercises menu , press / to select “Picture Card Game” and then press OK / . 2. In Picture Card Game, pr ess / to select a user name and then press OK / .
40 In test mode, there is a time limit f or each question. Scores are r ecorded for level advanc ement and progress check. • Source : Selects a language as the exer cise language. • T arget : Selects a language as the hint/translation language.
41 OK or . 3. In the selected module, press / to select a topic and then press OK / . • Repeatthisstepiftherearesub- topics. 4. Press / or / to read the content. • Ifawordorphraseishighlighted ,it means a pronunciation is available .
42 automatically when the progr ess bar is full. • Aftertherecor ding,press F1 [ C omp . ] to hear it. 5. Press F2 [ Next ] to continue t o the next question. 6. When all the questions in an ex ercise are done , press F5 [A gain] to play all the questions again.
43 5.6 Reading Compr ehension In Reading Comprehension, you ll in the missing words while r eading an English passage. 1. In the Exercises menu , press / to select “Reading Comprehension ” and then press OK / . 2. In Reading Comprehension, pr ess / to select a user name and then press OK / .
44 • Press F2 [ Retry ] to try again the same exer cise. Changing the Settings In the list of user names, press / to select a user and then press F5 [Setting] to change the settings. 1. In the setting menu, press / to select an option and then press .
45 5.8 Flashcar ds Flashcards r andomly picks words from a selected word list t o test your memorization of new vocabularies. Y ou are requir ed to recite the denitions or translations of wor ds which you have saved in My W ord List. See 4.5 My W ord List .
46 6. T OOLS M enu 6.1 Clock 1. In the T ools menu, press / to select “Clock” and then press OK / . • Theclockshowsthetimesofthelocal city and a chosen world city. 2. Press F5 [ ] when done . Setting Cities and DST 1. Press F1 [ ].
47 6.2 Calculat or 1. In the T ools menu, press / to select “C alculator” and then press OK / . 2. T ype a numb er . • Y oucantypeupto10digits. T ot ypea decimal, press L(.) . T o change the sign of a number , press C(+/-) .
48 6.3 Memo 1. In the T ools menu, press / to select “Memo” and then press OK / . 2. Press F1 [New]. 3. Enter informa tion in the available elds. • Pr ess , OK or to advance to the next eld. • F orthedate,press / to move between elds and use the number keys to make changes (if necessary).
49 6.4 V oice Memo Making Recordings 1. In the T ools menu, press / to select “Voice Memo ” and then press OK / . 2. Press F1 [ ] to star t recording . • T opauserecording ,press F1 [ ] . Press F1 [ ] to resume. 3. Press F2 [ ] when done.
50 7. SET TINGS Menu Use the following options t o change the settings of the device. 7.1 Aut o Shuto Time 1. In the Settings menu, press / to select Auto Shuto Time and then press OK / . 2. Press / to change the setting and then press OK / . • Thissettingdetermineshowlong your device stay s on if no key is pressed.
51 8. General C ontrols 8.1 Connecting to Headphones The headphone jack is located on the top of the device for 3.5 mm, 35 ohm impedance stereo headphones . Caution: Monophonic headphones will not work with this unit. 8.2 Using USB P or t The USB port is located at the bottom of the device for a micr o-USB 1.
52 8.7 Using the T ouch Screen The screen of the device is t ouch- sensitive. Y ou can use your nger or a stylus (not included) to use the touch screen. Note: The instruc tions in this user ’ s guide are for oper ations through buttons only though many icons , buttons and headwords can be selected or operat ed on the touch screen.
53 9.2 Cop ying F iles to Y our Device Y ou can transfer data t o the device from your PC or sav e copies of your data to another location on your PC to backup important information. 1. Make sure y our device is connected to your PC. • See 9.1 Connecting to a PC .
54 9.5 Restoring Y our Data If you accidentally erase or lose information, you can r estore any important information you have previously sav ed to your PC. Connect your device to y our PC. Next, nd the location on your PC where y ou saved a backup copy of your inf ormation.
55 Impor ted to the European C ommunity by : Fr anklin Elec tronic Publishers GmbH Kapellenstr . 13 85622 F eldkirchen Germany This unit may change operating modes , lose information stor ed in memor y , or fail to respond due to electrostatic discharge or electrical fast transients.
56 10.3 Pr oduct Care Y our device is designed to be light, compact, and durable. How ever , it is an electronic device and must be treated carefully .
57 engineer the ELECTRONIC REFERENCE. Y ou may not export or re -expor t, directly or indirectly , the ELEC TRONIC REFERENCE without compliance with appropriate gov ernmental regulations.
58 and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measur es: – Reorient or relocate the rec eiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and receiv er . – Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dier ent from that to which the receiver is c onnected.
59 A T THE SOLE OPTION OF FRANKLIN AND THIS REMED Y APPLIES ONL Y IN THE CASE IN WHICH FRANKLIN DETERMINES THA T THE PRODUC T W AS DEFEC TIVE AND THA T THE DEFEC T AROSE WITHIN THE DURA TION OF THE LIMITED W ARRANT Y . THIS REMED Y IS THE EXCL USIVE REMEDY FOR BREACH OF THIS W ARRANTY .
60 Fr anklin Elec tronic Publishers , Inc. Attn: Service Depar tment One Fr anklin Plaza 8 T erri Lane Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 If you return a F ranklin product, please include your name, addr ess, telephone number , a brief descr iption of the defect and a copy of your sales r eceipt as proof of your original date of pur chase.
61 11.4 Limited W arranty (outside U .S., EU and Switz erland) Notwithstanding the disclaimer of warranties above , this product, excluding batteries and liquid crystal display (L CD), is guaranteed by F ranklin to be free of defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase.
62 product will be repaired or replac ed with an equivalent product (at F ranklin’ s option) free of charge f or any defect in workmanship or materials during that time. The repair of your goods may result in the loss of any user-generated data. Please ensure that y ou have made a copy of any data sav ed on your goods.
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