Getting Started

Follow the steps below to learn how to connect your handheld device to your PC, download titles to your PC and send titles from your PC to your Expansion Card.

eBooks may be formatted for BOOKMAN (indicated by ) or for Mobipocket Reader for BOOKMAN (indicated by ). eNews and eDocs are always formatted for Mobipocket Reader. The card can hold only one eBook formatted for BOOKMAN, but it can hold several titles formatted for Mobipocket Reader.

If your handheld device uses Lithium CR-2032 batteries you must use the AC adapter to provide enough power to transfer titles. For handheld devices that use AAA batteries, users may want to use an AC adapter to conserve battery power. Only AC adapters purchased from www.franklin.com will work with these devices. Please look for Model # 7402001 when you visit Franklin's Web site.

After you install BOOKMAN Desktop Manager, you need to do the following:

I. Insert the Expansion Card into Your Handheld Device

1. Turn your handheld device off and turn it over.
2. Remove the cover of the card slot by pressing the tab and lifting it out.
3. Align the tabs on the Expansion Card with the notches in the slot.



4. Press the Expansion Card down until it snaps into place.

Warning! Never install or remove an Expansion Card while your handheld device is on. If you do so, any information stored on your device may be erased.

II. Connect the AC Adapter

Attention: If your handheld device uses Lithium CR-2032 batteries you must use the AC adapter to provide enough power to transfer titles. For handheld devices that use AAA batteries, users may want to use an AC adapter to conserve battery power. Only AC adapters purchased from www.franklin.com will work with these devices. Please look for Model # 7402001 when you visit Franklin's Web site.

1. Connect one end of the adapter to your handheld device.
2. Connect the other end to a power source.

III. Connect Your Handheld Device to a PC

Use the included cable to connect your handheld device to your PC.

1. If you are using a serial-to-USB cable, plug the USB connector end of the cable into a free USB port on your PC.

Note: If you are using a serial-to-serial cable, plug the DB-9 serial connector end of the cable into a free serial (COM) port on your PC. If you had to remove another device to free a COM port, please see our Troubleshooting guide for more information.



2. Plug the other end of the cable into the serial port on your handheld device.

IV. Turn Your Handheld Device On

Press the ON/OFF key to turn your handheld device on.

V. Select CARD on Your Handheld Device

Your handheld device must be on and the Expansion Card selected for BOOKMAN Desktop Manager to read the Expansion Card.

1. On your handheld device, press CARD.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight .
3. Press ENTER to select it.

appears on your handheld device screen to indicate the Desktop Manager is scanning for an attached handheld device with an Expansion Card.

appears on your handheld device screen to indicate a connection has been established.

VI. Send the Titles From Your PC to Your Expansion Card

1. In BOOKMAN Desktop Manager, click eBooks, if necessary.
2. Click the title you want to send to your Expansion Card.

If you downloaded titles for Mobipocket Reader for BOOKMAN, click Titles for the Mobipocket Reader.

3. Click .

If you selected an eBook formatted for BOOKMAN, the transfer begins.

If you selected Titles for the Mobipocket Reader, a window opens listing your Mobipocket Reader titles. The size of each title is labeled. If the total memory of the titles exceeds the memory available on your Expansion Card, select the title(s) you wish to remove and click Remove. Click OK to send the titles to your Expansion Card. See Managing Mobipocket Reader Titles for more information.

VII. Disconnect the Cables

1. Disconnect the serial-to-USB or serial-to-serial cable from your handheld device and, if you want, from your PC.
2. If you want to, disconnect the AC adapter cable (if you are using one) from your handheld device and from the power source.

VIII. Read the Titles on Your Expansion Card

1. Press CARD on your handheld device.

If the eBook on your card is formatted for BOOKMAN, you see an icon for the book.

If the titles on your card are formatted for Mobipocket Reader for BOOKMAN, you see .

2. Use the right or left arrow keys to highlight the icon for the title on your Expansion Card and press ENTER to select it.

When you select the Mobipocket Reader opens to its Library.

Understanding What Your Handheld Device is Doing

When your handheld device is connected to your PC and turned on, and during the transfer period, graphics appear on your handheld device screen to indicate what is happening or what you are required to do.

	Your battery power is low and is insufficient to complete the transfer. Either change the batteries, or connect your handheld device to a power source with an AC adapter.
	You must connect your handheld device to a power source with an AC adapter.
	Your handheld device is looking for the connection to your PC.
	The connection to your PC has been established.
	Your Expansion Card is receiving the title(s) from your PC.
	The transfer of the title(s) is complete.
	The data stored in your Databank is being backed up on your PC.
	The backed-up data from your Databank is being restored to your handheld device.
	Either the backup or the restoration of the Databank data is complete.
	There is a problem. Please refer to your BOOKMAN Desktop Manager screen for instructions.