User manual LEXIBOOK DC752

[. . . ] Collins Pocket English Spellchecker with Thesaurus Instruction Manual DC 752GB DC752GBIM0096. indd 1 13/03/2006 09:28:40 Table of contents 1. Grammar functions 7. 3. 1 Homophones 7. 3. 2 Verb conjugation 7. 3. 3 Inflections 7. 4. Warranty 2 DC752GBIM0096. indd 2 13/03/2006 09:28:41 1- INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing this Lexibook® DC752GB, based on the Collins English dictionary 5th Edition for the spellchecker function and on the Lexibook glossary for the thesaurus. With over 113 000 dictionary entries and a synonym database of 750 000 words, this product integrates sophisticated English linguistic tools such as a phonetic and typographical spelling correction, 77 000 words inflections and verb conjugations, and a homophone identification system. [. . . ] If you are wrong, you lose a life and are asked to try again. If you guess the word before losing all your tries, you have won. If your number of tries reaches zero, you have lost the game. 8. 2 Hangman The display prompts you to select a word length. Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. Press ENTER to confirm. 15 DC752GBIM0096. indd 15 13/03/2006 09:32:40 The question marks represent the letters of the word you must guess. The number at the right indicates the number of tries left. For assistance, you can press ENTER to reveal a letter; however, this will use one of your tries. When you key in a correct letter, it will replace the question mark in the appropriate position. If you type a letter that is not in the word, the screen will tell you There is no X and reduce your tries by one. If you guess the same letter twice, the screen will tell you X already used (without reducing your number of tries left). If you guess all the letters before exhausting all your tries, you have won. If your number of tries reaches zero, you have lost the game. 8. 3 Anagrams The display prompts you to select a word length. Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. The display randomly shows a word on the first row and the challenge is to enter a valid word that uses the same letters in a different order. You have 9 opportunities to do so: Some words have several possible answers; if you enter one of these possible answers, your answer is considered correct. For example: angel, angle, glean all use the same letters to form 3 different words. If you enter a wrong word, the unit displays the Try again message and deducts 1 opportunity. If you guess the word before losing all your 16 DC752GBIM0096. indd 16 13/03/2006 09:32:53 opportunities, you have won. If your number of tries reaches zero, you have lost the game. 8. 4 Synonym Guessing The display prompts you to select a word length. Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. The display then shows randomly a word on the first row. The challenge is to find a synonym to this word. [. . . ] Replace batteries as per the instructions above; failure to do so may lead to the loss of information stored in the units memory. Non-rechargeable batteries should not to be recharged. Batteries should be inserted with the correct polarity. Exhausted batteries should be removed from the unit. [. . . ]