Franklin Deutsch/Englisch Professor DBD-440 - Manual (Page 13)

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To set the difficulty of the games, first
press
SPIEL
, and then select Game
Settings from the games menu. Next
select a word list, skill level, inflections
or no inflections, and a language.
Under Words, All If Them means all the
words in this dictionary, TOEFL means
Test of English as a Foreign Language,
and
Type Them In means that you will
enter a word before you play.
To start playing a game, press
SPIEL
and then select a game.
Playing the Games
➤ Help in Games
Press
HILFE
while you're in a game
whenever you need help. It will
explain the game you are playing.
To exit
HILFE
, press
ZURÜCK
.
Playing the Games
Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mys-
tery word, indicated by
? ’s, one letter at a
time. As you type letters, your correct
guesses appear in place of the question
marks and your wrong guesses appear
below (
# ). You must guess the word be-
fore you run out of tries and your man hangs.
Word Auction ™
In Word Auction, you try to bid for all the
letters of a mystery word, indicated by
$ ’s,
before your cash runs out. Your starting
pot is set by the skill level. The amount of
each bid depends on the frequency of the
letter. All bids will cost you whether cor-
rect or incorrect. You can buy a letter, at a
fee, by holding
and pressing
? ✻
. If
you guess the word, your remaining cash
is added to the next round.
Word Blaster ™
In Word Blaster you try to guess the mys-
tery word, represented by
? ’s, before all its
letters appear. As soon as you know the
word, press
EINGABE
to stop the clock. Then
type your guess and press
EINGABE
. The
speed at which the letters appear is set by
the skill level.