Franklin BLB-2069 User Manual
B
OO
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
K
MAN
™
Total Baseball
Encyclopedia 1997
USER’S GUIDE
BLB-2069
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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOK-
®
! With your new
MAN
Encyclopedia
career batting and pitching statistics
for players from 1876-1996. You can
book card you can find
Total Baseball
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
1
Key Guide
DN
UP
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*
✩
+
or
✩
+ Types a dash (–).
✩
+ Types a slash (/).
✩
+
Shows the next or previous
group of statistics.
N
Locks and unlocks the
numbered keys.
CAP
+ Zooms down or up.
or
CAP
+ Zooms left or right.
or
*Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
2
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.
CARD
2. Press
.
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.
3
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
and press
ENTER
to view the demon-
DEMO
stration. If you want to stop the dem-
CLEAR
onstration, press
➤
Changing the Contrast
.
You can change the screen contrast
CLEAR
by pressing
edly pressing
and then repeat-
or .
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
screen by pressing
direction keys or press
the help text. Then press
HELP
. Use the
SPACE
to read
BACK
the message.
To read a tutorial about this book,
HELP
press
at the Request screen.
Use the Direction keys to move the
pointer to a topic and then press
ENTER
. Use the direction keys or
SPACE
press
sage. Then press
4
to read the help mes-
BACK
to exit.
to exit
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
2. Type a player’s name.
3. Press
4. Press
CLEAR
.
To erase letters, press
ENTER
to view his full
BACK
or .
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).
repeatedly to view
his biographical information.
Finding Player Statistics
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.
To find statistics for the
7.
player’s team, press
ENTER
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.
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when
UP
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
, or
MEL OTT, OTT
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
For example, type
press
ENTER
to select that player.
RODRIGUEZ
ENTER
. All of the players who have
shared the name Rodriguez are listed.
➤ Typing Numbers
To type numbers, hold
✩
press the numbered keys. To lock
the numbered keys, hold ✩ and
N
press
keys, hold
. To unlock the numbered
✩
and press N again.
and
and
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.
ENTER
2. Press
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
➤
More About Finding Rookies
In addition, while viewing
statistics you can view statistics of
other players who were rookies the
same year, by holding
ing
look up a player (e.g., Nolan Ryan)
and discover which players began
their career during the same year.
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.
CLEAR
when finished.
any
player’s
✩
and press-
or DN. For example, you can
✩
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