Franklin BLB-2069, User Manual

Page 1: ... Electronic Publishers E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D BOOKMAN USER S GUIDE BLB 2069 Total Baseball Encyclopedia 1997 ...

Page 2: ...use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOK MAN at a time You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer ...

Page 3: ...u can 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 Rat...

Page 4: ...U 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 Showsthenextorprevious group of statistics Types a dash Types a slash N Locks and unlocks the numbered keys CAP Zooms down or up CAP Zooms left or right Understanding the Color Keys The color keys red green yellow and blue perform the functions listed above only f...

Page 5: ...ou 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 Removing Book Cards Warning When you remove a book card to install another infor mation that you entered in the re moved book card may be erased Auto Shutoff and Auto Resume If ...

Page 6: ...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 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 tutoria...

Page 7: ...ess 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 ...

Page 8: ...yer in this encyclopedia is listed alphabetically by the year he began play ing 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 fini...

Page 9: ...ered keys 2 Press ENTER 3 Use the arrow keys to view the team s hitting statistics 4 Press BAT PIT blue to view team pitching statistics 5 Press repeatedly to view team s pitching statistics 6 To view the following year s statistics hold and press DN To view the previous year s statis tics hold and press UP 7 To find statistics for a player press ENTER when the desired player is marked 8 Press CLE...

Page 10: ...w a previous year s standings hold and press UP To view the following Finding League Standings Correcting Team Names If you enter a city or team name that is ambiguous or unclear this encyclope dia will give you a list of teams from which to choose 1 Type BRAVES and press ENTER A list of team choices appears 2 Use the arrow keys to mark 1966 96 ATL BRAVES 3 Press ENTER to view team statistics 4 Pr...

Page 11: ... baseball strike 1 Type one of the following requests e g AW 1993 To View Type World Series Results WS year All Award Winners AW year Hall of Fame Players HOF 2 Press ENTER Note Steps 3 and 5 do not apply to Word Series results 3 Press to move down the list Note The next step does not apply to the Hall of Fame player list 4 To view the next or previous year hold and press DN or UP 5 Press ENTER to...

Page 12: ...bbreviation The space after MAX is typed automatically You can also type the word MAX 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to view the players in the list To go to the bottom of the list hold CAP and press Finding Bests and Worsts 5 Use the arrow keys to move the pointer to a desired player 6 Press ENTER to view his career statistics 7 Press CLEAR when finished Biographical Information You can request player lis...

Page 13: ...Press ENTER 3 Use the arrow keys to view the players and their ratios Using Ratios 4 To view a player s career statistics press ENTER when his name is marked 5 Press CLEAR when finished About Infinite Ratios The value of a ratio is infinite when its denominator is zero For ex ample if you enter MAX W L then press to view the statistics you ll see this INF infinite means that Ben Shields and others...

Page 14: ...wice 2 Press ENTER 3 Use the arrow keys to view the list Understanding Limiters Each limiter must be preceded by its own stat abbreviation even when that stat abbreviation or ratio is the same as the one following MAX or MIN For ex ample to view the players with the most home runs who have at least 500 home runs you would need to enter MAX HR HR GT 499 Notice the second HR When you re limiting a r...

Page 15: ...ces first 1 Press MAX red or MIN green type a stat abbreviation or ratio and then type a team qualifier 2 Press ENTER 3 Use the arrow keys to view more statistics 4 Press CLEAR when finished Year Qualifiers You can use year qualifiers to limit your request to a specific time frame Here are some examples Qualifiers Examples a single year 1969 a starting year 1945 an ending year 1900 a year range 19...

Page 16: ...0 played for the Cubs CUBS played from 1980 through 1989 80 89 and threw right handed TR 1 Type the following request MIN ERA IP GT 500 CUBS 80 89 TR 2 Press ENTER Other Qualifiers You can also narrow your lists by adding some of these qualifiers to your requests Qualifier Meaning AL NL American or National League BR BL BS bats right left or switch HOF NHOF Hall of Famers or not QUAL qualifier for...

Page 17: ...n To learn where the reset button is located on your BOOKMAN read its User s Guide 3 Use arrow keys to view players and statistics 4 Press ENTER to view a player s career statistics 5 Press CLEAR when finished This unit may change operating modes due to Electro static Discharge Normal opera tion of this unit can be re established by pressing the reset key ON OFF or by remov ing replacing batteries...

Page 18: ...city Greater Than GT Pitching W L SO IP BB IP SO BB SO H Year single year starting year ending year year range Less Than LT Biographical HR WT RBI WT 3B WT HR AGE SO HT Other SS AL NL BL BR BS TR TL QUAL HOF NHOF P Sample Ratios Qualifiers Limiters only one per request You are not limited to the sample ratios listed on this page ...

Page 19: ... average SLG stolen bases SB total bases TB triples 3B Biographical Stat Abbreviations age AGE height HT weight WT Other Abbreviations American League AL bats left BL bats right BR Hall of Famer HOF National League NL not Hall of Famer NHOF Rookie of the Year ROY switch hitter BS throws left TL throws right TR Pitching Stat Abbreviations earned run average ERA earned runs ER hits allowed H innings...

Page 20: ... for a Class B computing device pur suant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fol lowing two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any in terference received including interfer ence that may cause undesired operation ISBN 1 56712 362 7 Book Card Care LBS Do not touch the metal con tacts on the book cards Caution Touch...

Page 21: ...FICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow the ...

Page 22: ...5 Color keys understanding 2 using 4 Contrast changing 4 Demonstration viewing a 4 Direction keys 2 Entering names 6 Finding Award Winners 9 bests and worsts 10 Hall of Fame players 9 league standings 8 player statistics 5 team statistics 7 World Series results 9 Green MIN key 2 GT LT yellow key 2 Hall of Fame players 9 Help using 4 Infinite ratios 11 League standings finding 8 Limiters adding 12 ...

Page 23: ... 13 other 14 sample 16 team 13 year 13 Ratios sample 16 using 11 Red MAX key 2 Sample limiters 16 Sample qualifiers 16 Sample ratios 16 Star key combinations 2 Statistics player 5 team 7 Team qualifiers 13 Team statistics finding 7 Tutorial reading 4 Using MAX and MIN 10 ratios 11 World Series results 9 Year qualifiers 13 Yellow GT LT key 2 ...

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