EBM-900/901/911
User’s Guide
Disclaimer
License Agreement
Table of Contents
Welcome
Getting Started
1. Getting Started
2. eBookMan® Desktop Manager
4. Hardware Features
5. The Launcher
6. Data Entry
Content Applications
7. Franklin Reader
8. Mobipocket Reader
9. Audiobook Player
10. Music Player
Organizer Applications
11. Address Book
12. Date Book
13. ToDo Book
14. Memo Book
Miscellaneous Applications
15. Voice Memo
16. Calculate
Appendix
A. Getting Updates
B. Serial Port Connection
C. MultiMediaCards
F. Legal Information
Index
Index
Welcome
*.fub
www.audible.com
Getting Started
Chapter 1: Getting Started
The eBookMan Device
Chapter 5: The Launcher
Chapter 6: Data Entry
Organizer Applications
Chapter 11: Address Book
Chapter 12: Date Book
Chapter 13: ToDo Book
Chapter 14: Memo Book
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GETTING STARTED
1. Getting Started
My Computer
EbmInstall
Note
3.Click the Install eBookMan Desktop Manager and Device Drivers button
usb- driver
See also:
Replacing Batteries
On/Off
1.Turn the device off
Warning:
Important
Cable Users
Cradle users
Start|Programs|Franklin Electronic Publishers|eBookMan Desktop Manager
USB - Universal Serial Bus
Cancel
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CD-ROM
www.franklin.com
Yes
What eBookMan is doing
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Setting the Date
Select
Setting the Time
Done
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1.Open your Internet connection on your PC
2.Connect eBookMan to your PC
3.Turn on your eBookMan device
4.Start the Desktop Manager
5.Click Web|Register
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2. eBookMan® Desktop Manager
Connection View
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Contents Pane
Device Pane
Managing the Panes
Change to
Change Folder
Change Sync
View Menu
Device Info
My Updates
you can check for and download newer ver
sions of the Desktop Manager and OS and
applications
My Download
Help Menu
Help Topics
About eBookMan
Desktop Manager
About Intellisync
*.htm
*.html
*.pdb
*.prc
Web|Mobipocket Web Companion
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3. Managing & Synchronizing Content
The Contents Folder
The Library Folder
The Audible Folder
Configuring Your Organizer Programs
Setup|Intellisync
Choose
Import
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Export
Exports data to your PC organizer applica
tion from the organizer program on
eBookMan
Synchronizes data between the organizer
2.Click Advanced
Field Mapping
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Special Considerations
Synchronizing Personal Information
To synchronize personal information from the Desktop Manager
click or click File|Synchronize
Getting Content and Applications
www.mobipocket.com
Music Files
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Audiobooks
Configure the Web Companion
Download Electronic Documents
eBooks
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eDocs
Move the Electronic Documents to eBookMan
Using Quick Publish
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THE eBOOKMAN
DEVICE
4 . Hardware Features
Control Pad
On/Off Button & Backlight control
Control Pad
Scroll area
Handwriting area
Menu icon
Launcher icon
mmplug and 8- 35 ohm imped- ance
Headphone jack
Plug your headphones or earphones in here
when listening to audio books, music, or
voice memos
Battery
The device requires 2 AAA batteries. For more
compartment
information, see “Install Batteries” on page
MMC port
In order to avoid damage to your eBookMan, please:
•Do not drop, crush, bend, or apply excessive force to the device
•Clean the device by wiping with a soft, dry cloth. Do not use harsh chemicals
Soft Reset
1.Reset from the Launcher menu
Restart now
Hard Reset
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5. The Launcher
Handwriting Guide
Restart System
Pen Calibration
Set Contrast
Disable Password
Active Programs
File Manager
About
Setting Contrast
2.Tap Set Contrast
Select Date
Select Time
Volume
Password
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Sounds
Pen Language
Western
European
Shutoff Time
Week Starts
Sunday
Monday
Double-click
Slow
3.Tap Stop Program
Restart Now
Stop Program
Setting a Password
New
Retype New
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Disabling a Password
2.Tap Disable Password
Changing a Password
Deleting a Password
Retype new
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Forgotten Password
Important:
DID NOT
DID
DO NOT
-ALL
CONTENT
PROGRAMS
UNFILED
EDIT
Changing the Category View
Adding a Category
2.Tap EDIT CATEGORIES
Add
Renaming a Category
4.Tap Rename
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5.Enter a new name and tap OK
6.Tap OK to save your change and return to the Edit Categories screen
The renamed category is listed
Tap Cancel to return to the Edit Categories screen without saving your change
Deleting a Category
Viewing Details About a File
2.Tap File Manager
4.Tap Details
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Categorizing Files
Category
PROGRAMS, and content is filed under CONTENT
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6. Data Entry
2.Tap Handwriting Guide
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Entering Data With Natural Handwriting
Always
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Practicing Natural Handwriting
For more handwriting practice, use Stalagmite
2.Tap Help for more information on how to play
Writing Punctuation
Follow these guidelines when entering punctuation:
Deleting Characters
Writing Accented Characters
Western European
French
Spanish
Hints For Successful Handwriting
Using the Onscreen Keyboard
Edit|Keyboard or
cap
shft
acnt
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back
enter
esc
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CONTENT
APPLICATIONS
7. Franklin Reader
See also
Title Bar
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Tool Bar
List View
Search View
Text View
Sub-textView
Bookmark View
Scroll to Top (^)
Scroll to End (v)
Exit (e)
Edit Menu
Cut (x)
About This Book
About Franklin
Preferences (r)
Go To Menu
Outline (o)
Options|Preferences
Franklin Reader Settings
Book font sizes
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Show scroll bars
Show quick
commands
Text in portrait
mode
Start topic
Go To|Outline
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Special Markers
Quick Commands
Lookup
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Quick Search
The Search Screen
1.Go to the Search screen
•Tap and then either tap Go To|Search or write Menu
shortcut s
For example, tap in Sherlock Holmes. The Search screens appears
2.Enter up to six words by using the Handwriting area or the onscreen keyboard
Search
Spell Correction
Word Match
Searching from a List
More
Search Results
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Adding Bookmarks
Edit|Add Bookmark
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Viewing an Entered Bookmark
Go To|Bookmark List
Options|Reader Functions
Options|Help
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The following abbreviations are available in Bible references and translators
Bible ebook Abbreviations
The Old Testament (ot):
Gen
Lev
Phm
2Jn
Heb
3Jn
Jas
8. Mobipocket Reader
Close
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Header
eBooks
eNews
eDocs
Categories
Book Details
Tips
Footer
Top
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Cycles through the available font sizes
Goes to the Library
Text Area
Progress Bar
The progress bar indicates your location in the text of a document
Main Menu
Settings
Find
Bookmark List
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Exits Mobipocket Reader
Exits
Page Menu
Go to page
Go to first page
Font Size
Touch screen turn page
Display margins
Open Library at startup
Full justification
document. Tap any part of the progress bar to move to
another position in the document. Tap to return to your previous location
•Underlined text indicates a hyperlink. Tap the underlined
Add bookmark
Adds the word or words to the Bookmark
Match case
Whole word
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page #
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3.Tap Mobipocket Help
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9. Audiobook Player
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Preferences (p)
Control Menu
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10. Music Player
The Control Menu
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Play Single
Play All
Repeat Single
Repeat All
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APPENDIX
A. Getting Updates
Step
4.Click Download
4.Click Web|Download OS/Applications
206 Appendix
B. Serial Port Connection
208 Appendix
C. MultiMediaCards
3.Tap MMC Backup
Backup
210 Appendix
4.Tap Restore
Erase
D. Glossary
Cookie
Core application
Cradle
Crosshair
cali
export
application
organizer
field mapping
FUB
See MultiMediaCard
MP3
natural handwriting
Operating system
Organizer
port
serial
USB
applica
tion
serial port
ports
shutoff time
simpliWrite
calibration
E. Troubleshooting
Setup|Connection and
www.adobe.com
220 Appendix
Start|Settings|Control panel|System
Device Manage
Port/eBookMan
Driver
File|Unpack
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3.Tap Pen Calibration
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Remember
226 Appendix
www.franklin.com/ ebookman
What’s new
228 Appendix
If I tap Restart System at the Launcher menu will I lose all my data
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F. Legal Information
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INDEX