NEXT CENTURY
NCC-100
by Franklin Electronic Publishers
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crosswords
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PUZZLE SOLVER
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User’s Guide
Key Guide
Finds more possible answers.
Jumbles letters to form words.
Finds phrases that include entered word.
Stands for an unknown letter.
Stands for a series of unknown letters.
Turns Crosswords on and off.
Clears to Ready.
MORE
JUMBLE
PHRS
LETTER?
MATCH
CLEAR
Stands for an unknown letter.
Stands for a series of unknown letters.
Enters a request.
Types a hyphen.
Darkens screen contrast at Ready,
scrolls up, or types an apostrophe.
Lightens screen contrast at Ready,
scrolls down, or types a period.
Erases a letter or scrolls left.
Types a space or scrolls right.
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Getting Started
If you are using this product for the first time,
follow these steps.
1. Press ON/OFF.
A brief demonstration appears.
2. Press CLEAR to stop the demo.
Ready appears.
3. Press
or
repeatedly to adjust
the screen contrast.
You can adjust the contrast only at Ready.
ꢀ Disabling the Demonstration
You probably do not want to view the
demonstration every time you turn this
product on. To disable the demonstration,
type --D and then press ENTER. To re-
enable it, do the same.
ꢀ About Automatic Shutoff
Don’t worry if you forget to turn Cross-
words off. If no key is touched within two
minutes, Crosswords will shut itself off.
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Finding Words
Crosswords helps you find answers to crossword
puzzles by filling in missing letters. Just type a
question mark for each unknown letter. To type a
LETTER?
question mark, press
or
.
1. Type a word with ?’s.
To erase a letter, press
.
2. Press ENTER.
The arrow at the right of the screen
indicates there are more matches.
3. Press
to view more matches.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
ꢀ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows at the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to view more words.
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Finding Words
To find a series of missing letters in a word, type
MATCH
an asterisk. To type an asterisk, press
or
. There are more matches here because an
asterisk can be one or several letters.
1. Type a word with ꢀ’s.
2. Press ENTER.
3. Press
to view more matches.
4. Press CLEAR when done.
ꢀ Tips for Finding Words
• Use ?’s to find lists of words. For ex-
ample, to view four-letter words beginning
with a z, enter Z???.
• Use both ?’s and ꢀ’s in a word (e.g.,
ZꢀK?). There is no need to type a ? next
to an ꢀ.
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Finding Phrases
Crosswords can also search for phrases. You
need to know only a few of the letters in the
phrase. NOTE: Phrases take longer to find be-
cause Crosswords must search its entire list of
phrases from A to Z.
1. Type a word in a phrase (e.g., CAT).
2. Press PHRS.
3. Press
to continue searching.
4. Press CLEAR to stop.
ꢀ Typing Punctuation
At Ready, you can type an apostrophe by
pressing
or a period by pressing
.
NOTE: These punctuation marks cannot
begin a word.
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Finding More Words
If you haven’t found the answer you were look-
ing for by using the ? or ꢀ keys, try pressing
MORE. Each time you press MORE, Crosswords
substitutes letters for one that you’ve typed.
1. Enter a word with ?’s or ꢀ’s
(e.g., SH?P?).
2. Press
to view the matches.
3. Press MORE.
The lowercase letter is the new letter.
4. Press
to view the new matches.
5. Press MORE again to find more
possibilities.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
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Jumbling Letters
Jumble scrambles the letters you type to form
words. It can help you with Scrabble®, anagrams,
and other word games.
1. Type letters or a word.
2. Press JUMBLE.
3. Press
or
to choose the minimum
word size (e.g., 4).
4. Press ENTER.
5. Press
to view the words.
6. Press CLEAR when done.
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Product Care
Replacing the Battery
This product uses one CR2032, 3-volt lithium bat-
tery. Should you need to replace the battery, un-
screw the screws on the back with a very fine
screwdriver and carefully remove the back cover.
Then install a new battery, plus sign facing you, and
replace the cover.
Cleaning, Storage, Problems
To clean, spray a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth
and wipe the surface. Do not spray liquids directly
on this product. Do not use or store this product in
extreme or prolonged heat, cold, humidity, or other
adverse conditions. It could damage its circuitry.
Customer Service
For registration and sales call 1-800-266-5626 (U.S.
your product number (NCS-100) and date of
purchase handy when you call to register.
For customer service call 609-239-4333.
For technical support call 609-386-8997.
This unit may change operating modes due to electrostatic discharge. Nor-
mal operation of this unit can be reestablished by pressing ON/OFF.
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Product Information
Model NCC-100
• 250,000 words with Spellblaster II™ spelling
correction
• MatchMaker™ letter-finding keys • Jumble word-
builder key
• Self-demonstration • Screen contrast adjustment
• Automatic shutoff
• 6 function keys • LCD: 1 x 16 characters
• Weight: 1.6 oz. • Size: 6.9 x 10.1 x 0.8 cm
• Battery: one CR2032 3-volt lithium
Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and ISBN
© 1991-1995, 1999 Franklin Electronic Publishers,
Inc. Burlington, N.J. 08016-4907 USA. All rights
reserved.
Next Century, Spellblaster II, and MatchMaker are
trademarks of Franklin.
© 1981-1983 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Scrabble® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc.,
manufacturer of Scrabble brand word games.
U.S. PATENTS; 4,490,811; 4,830,618; 4,891,775;
5,113,340; 5,218,536; 5,249,965
EURO. PAT. 0 136 379
ISBN 1-56712-209-4
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FCC Notice
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to com-
ply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro-
vide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harm-
ful interference to radio communications. However, there is
no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interfer-
ence to radio or television reception, which can be deter-
mined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more
of the following measures:
-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-Increase the separation between the equipment and re-
ceiver.
-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different
from that to which the receiver is connected.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician
for help.
NOTE: This unit was tested with shielded cables on the pe-
ripheral devices. Shielded cables must be used with the unit
to insure compliance.
NOTE: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or
TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to
this equipment. Such modifications could void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only)
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Notes
FPS-28077-00 A
P/N 7201696
Rev. A
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