Franklin BLB-2069 User Manual

BOOKMANâ

E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D

Total Baseball™

Encyclopedia 1997

USER’S GUIDE

BLB-2069

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Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN®! With your new Total Baseball Encyclopedia book card you can find career batting and pitching statistics for players from 1876-1996. You can

also view team batting and pitching statistics, league standings, World Series results, and Award Winners. Read this User’s Guide to learn how.

Installing a Book Card and Selecting a Book ...................	3
Using the Color Keys and Viewing a Demonstration ........	4
Finding Player Statistics ..................................................	5
Finding Rookies...............................................................	6
Finding Team Statistics ...................................................	7
Correcting Team Names ..................................................	8
Finding League Standings ...............................................	8
Finding World Series and Award Winners ........................	9
Finding Bests and Worsts ..............................................	10
Using Ratios ..................................................................	11
Adding a Limiter ............................................................	12
Adding Qualifiers ..........................................................	13
Putting It All Together ...................................................	14
Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters .........	16
Appendix B: Abbreviations ............................................	17
Book Card Care ............................................................	18
Specifications ...............................................................	18
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ..........................................	19

Key Guide

	Color Keys
MAX	(red) Types MAX to find
	maximum statistics.
MIN	(green) Types MIN to find
	minimum statistics.
GT/LT	(yellow) Types a Greater Than
	(GT) or Less Than (LT) limiter
	in a request.
BAT/PIT	(blue) Switches between
	batting and pitching statistics.

Direction Keys

Moves in indicated direction.

Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the BOOKMAN 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 information, read “Using the Color Keys.”

	Other Keys
BACK	Backs up or erases letters.
CARD	Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR	Clears your requests.
ENTER	Enters a request or selects a
	list item.
HELP	Shows help messages.
MENU	No effect.
ON/OFF	Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
SPACE	Types a space or pages down
	in help messages.
. ’	Types a decimal point.
	Key Combinations*

+ DN

or UP

+ N

CAP +

Shows the next or previous group of statistics.

Types a dash (–). Types a slash (/).

Locks and unlocks the numbered keys.

Zooms down or up.

CAP + Zooms left or right. or

*Hold the first key while pressing the other key.

Installing a Book Card

Selecting a Book

Warning: Never install or remove a book card when 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 card may be erased.

1.Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2.Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3.Align the tabs of the book card with the notches in the slot.

4.Press the book card down until it snaps into place.

Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a book card to install another, information that you entered in the removed book card may be erased.

Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use.

1.Turn your BOOKMAN on.

2.Press CARD .

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use.

4. Press ENTER to select it.

Auto Shutoff and Auto Resume

If you forget to turn off your BOOKMAN, it will automatically shut off in two minutes.

Also, you can turn off your BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn your BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears.

Using the Color Keys		Viewing a Demonstration

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 have selected a book card, the color keys function as labeled on that card, not as on the keyboard.

Before you start using this book, you may want to view a demonstration of what it can do.

Once you have installed the book card and selected this book, type DEMO and press ENTER to view the demonstration. If you want to stop the demonstration, press CLEAR .

Changing the Contrast

You can change the screen contrast by pressing CLEAR and then repeatedly pressing or .

Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at any

screen by pressing HELP	. Use the
direction keys or press	SPACE to read

the help text. Then press BACK to exit the message.

To read a tutorial about this book, press HELP at the Request screen. Use the Direction keys to move the pointer to a topic and then press ENTER . Use the direction keys or press SPACE to read the help message. Then press BACK to exit.

Finding Player Statistics		Finding Player Statistics

You can find a player’s pitching and batting statistics by entering the player’s name. If a player is primarily a pitcher then his pitching statistics will be displayed first, or if a player is primarily a batter, then his batting statistics will be displayed first.

1.Press CLEAR .

2.Type a player’s name.

To erase letters, press BACK or .

3.Press ENTER to view his full name and career totals.

To find a pitcher’s batting statistics, or a batter’s pitching statistics, if any, press BAT/PIT (the blue key).

4.Press repeatedly to view his biographical information.

All Hall of Fame players have HOF to the right of their biographical information.

5.Use the arrow keys to view his statistics.

6.To zoom directly to the

bottom of the statistics, hold CAP and then press .

You can also zoom in any direction by holding CAP and then pressing the appropriate arrow key.

7.To find statistics for the player’s team, press ENTER when the desired year is marked.

8.Press CLEAR when finished.

Just Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the screen.

Finding Player Statistics

More About Entering Names

You can enter players by their first and last name, last and first name, last name alone, or even by first name or nickname alone (e.g. MEL OTT, OTT MEL, OTT, or MEL). Note: By entering only a player’s first or last name, the encyclopedia will find all of the players who share that name.

Correcting Players’ Names

If you misspell a player’s name, or type a name that is ambiguous or unclear, don’t worry. This encyclopedia automatically provides a list of corrections. Use the arrow keys to move the pointer to the desired player, and then press ENTER to select that player. For example, type RODRIGUEZ and press ENTER . All of the players who have shared the name Rodriguez are listed.

Typing Numbers

To type numbers, hold and press the numbered keys. To lock the numbered keys, hold and press N . To unlock the numbered keys, hold and press N again.

Finding Rookies

Every player in this encyclopedia is listed alphabetically by the year he began playing major league baseball. Here is how to find all of the rookies for a given year.

1.Type the desired year. For example, type 1954.

2.Press ENTER .

3.Use the arrow keys to view player’s statistics.

4.Hold and press DN to view the next rookie listed alphabetically.

To view a previous rookie, hold and press UP .

5.Press CLEAR when finished.

More About Finding Rookies

In addition, while viewing any player’s statistics you can view statistics of other players who were rookies the same year, by holding and pressing UP or DN . For example, you can look up a player (e.g., Nolan Ryan)

	and discover which players began
6	their career during the same year.
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