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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
B
OO
K
MAN
USER’S GUIDE
NIV-440
New International Version
HOLY BIBLE
and Complete Concordance
1
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2
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec-
tronic reference with a built-in book and
a slot in the back for more books.
With this New International Version of
the
Holy Bible
, you can quickly find any
Bible verse, as well as the occurrences
of any word and phrase in the Bible. You
can also place bookmarks for personal-
ized reference.
To learn how to use other BOOKMAN
books, read their User’s Guides.
Contents
Key Guide ...................................................................................... 3
Installing Batteries ......................................................................... 4
Installing Book Cards ..................................................................... 4
Selecting Books ............................................................................. 5
Using the Color Keys ..................................................................... 5
Changing Settings .......................................................................... 6
Viewing a Demonstration ............................................................... 6
Reading the Bible ........................................................................... 7
Finding Bible Verses ...................................................................... 8
Finding Words ................................................................................ 9
Finding Phrases ........................................................................... 10
Highlighting Search Words ........................................................... 11
Expanding Your Searches ............................................................. 11
Viewing Footnotes ....................................................................... 12
Using Bookmarks ......................................................................... 13
Resetting BOOKMAN ................................................................... 15
Specifications .............................................................................. 15
Index ............................................................................................ 17
3
Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR Clears a request.
MENU Shows the main menus.
MORE
(red) Expands a search.
MARK
(green) Places a bookmark.
NOT E
(yellow) Shows a footnote.
LIST
(blue) Shows bookmark list.
CARD Exits the book you are reading.
ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up (e.g., erases letters).
CAP
Shifts . ‘ to type an
apostrophe.
ENTER
Enters a request or
selects a menu item.
HELP
Shows help messages.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
?
✻
Shows the verse number.
. ‘
Types a colon or apostrophe.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
UP/DN Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+CARD
Sends a word between books.
✩
+ UP Show the next or
or DN previous chapter or match.
✩
+ Go to start or end of a menu
or chapter, or help message.
✩
+ Q... Shifts the top row of letters
to type numbers.
✩
+ SShows section titles.
␣➤ Understanding Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the BOOK-
MAN book described in this User’s
Guide.
Other books have their own color
key functions, which are labelled on
their book cards and listed in their
User’s Guides. For more informa-
tion, read “Using the Color Keys.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
4
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.
Installing Book CardsInstalling Batteries
➤ Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off your BOOKMAN
at any screen. When you turn your
BOOKMAN on again, the last
screen that you viewed appears.
Your BOOKMAN model NIV-640 uses
four AAA batteries. Here is how to in-
stall or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
power or are removed from your
BOOKMAN, information that you en-
tered in its built-in book and in an in-
stalled 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 as shown
on the diagram in the bat-
tery compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
➤ Removing Book Cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another, informa-
tion that you entered in the removed
book card will be erased.
5
Selecting Books
Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select which
book you want to use. Follow these steps.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
the book you want.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Using the Color Keys
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on the top row of your BOOKMAN
change their functions according to
which book you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
the color keys function as labeled on
the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have
selected a book card, the color keys
function as labeled on that card.
Remember, when you’ve selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
➤ About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ from what
you see on screen. This does not
mean that your BOOKMAN is mal-
functioning.
6
Changing Settings
You can adjust the type size, shutoff
time, and screen contrast. The type size
changes the number of lines of text ap-
pearing on screen. The shutoff time is
how long BOOKMAN stays on if you
forget to turn it off.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight the Other menu.
3. Highlight Set Type Size, Set
Shutoff, or Set Contrast.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight a setting.
6. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ A Quick Contrast Change
When the NIV-640 is the selected
book, you can also change the screen
contrast by pressing
CLEAR
and then
repeatedly pressing or .
Before you start using your BOOK-
MAN, you can view a brief demonstra-
tion 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
CLEAR
. To dis-
able it, press
MENU
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.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at vir-
tually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Press or
SPACE
to read
it. To exit help, press
BACK
.
To read a tutorial about this book,
select
Tutorial
under
Other
.
➤ Just Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move through
menus or view more text.
7
Reading the Bible
Reading the Bible
The simplest way to use this Bible is to
select a book from the Old or New
Testament and then read its text.
Each book has sections with titles. You
can view section titles from the Old or
New menu or directly from verses.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Press the arrow keys to a
book title under Old or New.
(e.g., Romans under New).
3. Hold
✩
and press S to view
its section titles.
4. Highlight a section title.
5.
Press
ENTER
to view the section.
6. Press the direction keys to read.
7. Press
MENU
to return to the
menus or press
CLEAR
to clear
your selection.
➤ Understanding Text Markings
• A ¶ indicates a new paragraph.
• Italics indicate section titles.
• Verse numbers are boldfaced at
the start of verses.
➤ Where in the Bible Am I?
At any Bible verse, you can view its
book, chapter, and verse number by
pressing
?
✻
.
➤ From Verses to Sections
When Bible verses are in view, you
can view a book’s section titles by
holding
✩
and pressing S.
Then highlight the section that you
want and press
ENTER
to view it.
8
To go directly to a specific Bible verse,
enter its book title, chapter number, and
verse number.
If you enter only a book title and chapter
number, you go to the start of the chap-
ter. If you enter only a book title, you go
to the start of that book.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a book title, chapter
number, and verse number.
To type a number, hold
✩
and press
a numbered key. Type a colon or a
space between the chapter and verse
number. To type a colon, press . ‘ .
To erase a character, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4.
Press the direction keys to read.
5.
Press
CLEAR
to clear your request.
Finding Bible Verses
➤ Verse Finding Tips
• Type abbreviations instead of
complete book titles (e.g.,
PS
for
Psalms
or
EPH
for
Ephesians
).
• Type an Arabic or Roman numeral
before books of more than one
volume (e.g., 1
Samuel
or
II Kings
). To type a number, hold
✩
and press a numbered key.
• Some book titles, such as
Num-
bers
and
John
, are also valid
search words. When you search
for one of these ambiguous
words, a menu like this appears:
Then select the item that you want.
➤ Searching for Sections
You can search for a section by en-
tering one or more words from a
section title of a book. For example,
enter
beatitudes
and you find the
start of the Sermon on the Mount.
Finding Bible Verses
9
Finding Words
Just as if you were using a concordance,
you can search for almost any word in
this Bible. Simply enter search words to
find their occurrences, or matches.
After
a word search, only those books with
matches are listed under
Old
and
New
.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type up to five words.
3. Press
ENTER
to view the first match.
Bullets mark the matches.
4. Hold
✩
and repeatedly press
DN to view the next matches.
To view a previous match, hold
✩
and press the UP key.
5. Press
MENU
.
Finding Words
6. Select a book under Old or
New to view matches in it.
7. Press
CLEAR
to clear your
request.
➤ If You Misspell a Word
If you enter a misspelled word, or
enter a word not in this Bible, spell-
ing corrections appear. Select a cor-
rection from the list. Or press
BACK
to change your request.
➤ If You Do Not Find Words
If you enter two or more words not
in this Bible, you see this menu:
To expand the search to include in-
flections and synonyms of your
words, press
ENTER
.
To change your search word(s),
select
Change Your Request
.
10
Finding Phrases Finding Phrases
You can search for phrases—adjacent
or nearly adjacent words in a particular
order—by selecting an ordered search
and a narrow search width.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Select Ordered Search from
the Search menu.
3. Press
MENU
.
4. Select Set Search Width from
the Search menu.
5. Select Close Together.
6. Enter a phrase (e.g., holy
spirit).
7. Hold
✩
and press the DN key
repeatedly to view the next
matches. To view previous
ones, hold
✩
and press UP.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ About Ordered Searches
When you select
Ordered Search
,
you find words only in the order that
you enter them. For example, an or-
dered search for
holy spirit
does
not find
spirit holy
.
➤ About Search Widths
The search widths set how far apart
search words can be in matches.
Search Width Distance
Close Together
nearly adjacent
Not as Close
a few words apart
Far Apart
many words apart
Very Far Apart
up to a few verses
➤ Unsearchable Words
These words are too common to
search for, either by entering them
or by highlighting them in verses: a,
an, and, are, as, be, but, by, for,
from, he, her, him, his, I, in, is, it, me,
my, not, O, of, our, out, shall, she,
that, the, their, them, they, to, up,
upon, us, was, we, were, with, you.
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You can also search for a word by high-
lighting it in a verse. Try this example.
1. Go to Romans 3:5.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
2. Press
ENTER
to start the
highlight.
To turn the highlight off, press
BACK
.
3. Press the arrow keys to
highlight righteousness.
4. Press
ENTER
to search for the
highlighted word.
5. Hold
✩
and repeatedly press
the DN key to view the next
matches.
6. Press
MENU
to view those
books with matches.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Expanding Your Searches
You can expand your word searches
up to three times to find inflections,
synonyms, and similar words.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Enter a word (e.g., belief).
3. Press
MORE
to expand the
search.
4. Press
MORE
twice to fully
expand the search.
5. Press
MENU
to view the
menus.
6. Select a book to view
matches in it.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Highlighting Search Words
12
Expanding Your Searches
➤ Understanding Expansions
Each time that you expand a search,
similar words are added to your
search and more matches are found.
The first time that you press
MORE
, inflections are added (e.g.,
believe
and
believed
to
belief
).
The second time that you press
MORE
, compound and related
words are added (e.g.,
believer
and
unbelief
to
belief
).
The third time that you press
MORE
, synonyms are added (e.g.,
understand
and
surely
to
belief
).
When you search for a phrase,
words similar to any or all your
search words are found.
Sometimes pressing
MORE
only
once does not expand a search be-
cause your search word(s) have no
inflections in this Bible. In that case,
press
MORE
a second and a third
time to expand your search.
Viewing Footnotes
Whenever you see a after a word,
that word has a footnote. Try this ex-
ample.
1. Go to 2 Kings 7:3.
To learn how, see “Finding Bible Verses.”
Notice the footnote marker.
2. Press
NOTE
.
3. Press the direction keys to
read the footnote.
4. Press
BACK
to go back to the
verse.
The footnotes in this Bible were
written by the translators of the
NIV. These footnotes provide alter-
native translations, describe textual
variants, and define obscure words.
➤ Understanding Footnotes
13
It’s easy to place up to 30 bookmarks at
verses for quick reference.
1. Press
MARK
at any verse
to place a bookmark.
The marks its placement.
2. Press
LIST
to view your
bookmark list.
3. Press to highlight a verse.
This is a sample bookmark list.
4. Press
ENTER
to view it.
Viewing Footnotes
➤ When More Than One
Footnote Marker Appears
Sometimes more than one ap-
pears on screen. In that case,
pressing
NOTE
displays the foot-
note of the first .
To view footnotes of subsequent
markers, press
ENTER
and then the
arrow keys to highlight a .
Press
ENTER
to view its footnote.
Then press
BACK
to go back to
the verse.
Using Bookmarks
14
Using Bookmarks
➤ Deleting a Bookmark
To delete a bookmark, first press
LIST
. Then highlight a verse on
your bookmark list. Then press D to
delete it.
➤ Deleting All Bookmarks
Caution: When you delete all your
bookmarks as described below, the
menus are reset to their original
settings:
Ordered Search
off,
Close
Together
search width,
9
screen
contrast,
Medium
type size, and
2
Minutes
shutoff time.
To delete all your bookmarks at one
time, first turn off BOOKMAN.
Then hold
ON/OFF
and press
CLEAR
to reset it.
This BOOKMAN can send words be-
tween certain books.
To send a word, you must first install a
book card in your BOOKMAN, and that
book card must be able to send or receive
words. To learn if a book card can send or
receive words, read its User’s Guide.
1. Highlight a word in this book.
To highlight a word in text, press
ENTER
and then press the arrow keys.
To highlight a word in a list, press
the arrow keys.
2. Hold
✩
and press
CARD
.
3. Highlight the other book.
4. Press
ENTER
.
The word that you highlighted ap-
pears in the other book.
5. Press
ENTER
to look up the word.
Sending Words Between Books
15
Resetting BOOKMAN
If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re-
spond, or if its screen performs errati-
cally, first press
CLEAR
and then press
ON/OFF
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 addi-
tion, resetting your BOOKMAN unit
erases settings and information entered
into its built-in book, and in any installed
books.
1. Hold
CLEAR
and press
ON/OFF
.
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.
➤ Troubleshooting Tips
• Make sure your book card, if any,
is installed correctly.
• Check that the book card’s metal
contacts are dirt- and dust-free.
Specifications
Model NIV-640
• Batteries: 4 AAA 1.5-volt
• Size: 14 x 2.5 x 10.3 cm.
• Weight: 6 oz. without batteries
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USA. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New In-
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the following two conditions: (1) This device may
not cause harmful interference; and (2) This device
must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
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This unit may change operating modes due to
Electro-static Discharge. Normal operation of this
unit can be re-established by pressing the reset
key,
ON/OFF
, or by removing/replacing batteries.
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Index
? key 7
¶ 7
Arrow keys 6
Auto-resume feature 4
Batteries, installing 4
Book Cards
care of 15
installing 4
removing 4
selecting in BOOKMAN 5
viewing demonstration in 6
Bookmarks
deleting 14
placing 13
Colons, typing 3, 8
Color keys
functions of 3
general use of 3, 5
Contrast, changing 6, 7
Copyrights 16
Deleting bookmarks 14
Direction keys 3
End of chapter markers 7
Expanding searches
after no matches found 9
levels of 12
FCC notice 16
Footnotes 12
Function keys 3
Help messages, viewing 6
Italics, meaning of 7
Keys
color (red, green, yellow, blue)
3, 5
Direction keys 3
Function keys 3
Star key combinations 3
Misspellings, correcting 9
MORE key 11, 12
New menu 7
Numbers, typing 3
Old menu 7
Ordered search 10
Other menu 6
Patents 16
Phrases, finding 10
Resetting 15
Screen contrast 6, 7
Search widths 10
Searching for
phrases 10
verses 8
18
words
by entering them 9
by highlighting them 11
in other books 14
Section titles
searching for words in 8
viewing from menus and verses 7
Sending words 14
Shutoff time, changing 6
Specifications 16
Spelling correction 9
Star key, use of 3
Text markings, understanding 7
Trademarks 16
Troubleshooting tips 15
Type size, changing 6
Typing
colons 3, 8
numbers 3, 8
Viewing
Bible verses 8
footnotes 12
help messages 6
menus 7
section titles 7
Warranty 16
Word Searches
expansions 11, 12
ordered searches 10
search widths 10
unsearchable words 10
Index
FDB-28018-00
P/N 7201495 Rev. C

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