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For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
Electronic Publishers
IC-129
F
DIGITAL BOOK
1993
Electronic Publishers
Mt. Holly, NJ 08060
ENCYCLOPEDIA
FCR 28029-00 A PN 7201785 Printed in China
User’s Manual
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL BOOK means the software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE A
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Contents 1B B Getting Started .................................. 4 Install the Digital Book ........................... 5 Adjust the Contrast ................................ 6 See a Demonstration .............................. 7 Learn About Requests ........................... 9 Learn About Stats ................................... 11 1B Learn the Keys ........................................ 12 2B Simple Requests ............................... 13 Finding Players’ Stats ...
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1B HR Reference............................................ 49 Commands .............................................. 50 Sample Ratios ......................................... 51 Limiters and Qualifiers ........................... 52 Digital Book System .......................... 53 Installing and Removing Digital Books 54 Restarting the Digital Book System ...... 54 Switching Between Digital Books ......... 55 Replacing Batteries ................................ 56 Protectin
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Getting Started B 1B If you’re using the Big League Baseball TM Encyclopedia for the first time, read this section. 4
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Install the Digital Book You must install the Big League Baseball TM Encyclopedia before you can use it. 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Insert the Big League Baseball TM Encyclopedia in a slot on the back. Align the book’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap the book in place. ON/OFF 3. Press . Protecting Information Installing a digital book while the Digital Book System is on may erase information that you entered in the other installed digital book. 5
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Adjust the Contrast After you’ve installed the Big League Baseball TM Encyclopedia , you can adjust the screen contrast at any time. 1. Turn the contrast wheel on the left side of the Digital Book System. contrast wheel 2. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. See “Replacing the Batteries” in Digital Book System. Resuming Where You Left Off If you turn off the Digital Book System while you’re using the Big League Baseball TM Encyclopedia , you’ll return to the previous display next
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See a Demonstration . Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of what TM the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia can do. 1. Press . CLEAR 2. Press or to highlight the Big League Baseball trophy symbol. 3. Press ENTER . 4. Type --demo --demo --demo in the request box. --demo --demo 5. Press . ENTER 6. To stop the demonstration, press . CLEAR Use with All-time Baseball Manager TM The Big League Baseball Encyclopedia can be use
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Demonstration Set Automatic Shut off TM The Big League Baseball Encyclopedia is preset to shut off automatically after 2 minutes of nonuse. You can find set shutoff under the Other menu. Under the Other menu, select Set Shutoff and then press . Select a number ENTER ENTER from 1 to 4. Then press again. Help is Always at Hand To. . . Press. . . See a help message HELP at any time Move down the message Exit the message BACK 8
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Learn About Requests There are two ways to request stats using the Big TM League Baseball Encyclopedia . A request specifies which stats you wish to see. You can enter requests for stats at the Request Line. The Request Line Or you can select items from the menus. To see the main menu, press . MENU Understanding Menus Use or to highlight the menu you wish to view. To select a menu item highlight it , then ENTER press . 9
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Viewing Requests Following the Arrows When viewing stats, you’ll see arrows at the top right of Big League Baseball’s screen: To... Press or Move up or down Move left or right or Zoom to top or bottom + or of stats or Zoom to left or right + of stats DN UP Page up or down or 10
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Learn About The Stats To enter a request you need to learn the stats. Big League Baseball records up to 35 career and annual stats for each player. Batting Pitching Biographical at-bats (AB) innings pitched (IP) weight (WT) batting avg. (BA) earned run avg. (ERA) height (HT) home runs (HR) wins (W) throws right (TR) runs batted in (RBI) losses (L) throws left ( TL) hits (H) saves (SV) bats right (BR) triples (3B) earned runs (ER) bats left (BL) doubles (2B) walks (BB) bats switch (BS) runs (R)
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Learn the Keys Function Keys CLEAR Clear to blank Request Line. MENU See the Main Menu. MORE Switch between batting and pitching stats. SPEC Type a backslash (/). CARD Switch between digital books. ENTER Enter a request. See a help message. HELP BACK Back up to previous screen or erase letters. Direction Keys Move left or right. Move up or down in a list. DN UP Page up or down in a list. Gold Key Combinations + Go to the top or bottom
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1B Simple Requests 2B This section shows the simplest ways to find stats by player, team and league. 13
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Finding Players’ Stats In this example, we’ll find batting and other stats for Hank Aaron. 1. At the Request Line, type a players’ name. ENTER Then press . To erase letters, press . 2. Press to see the player’s full name and handedness, on the top line. 3. Press repeatedly to see his date of birth, weight, height, and position (s) played. You can press plus to zoom to the left. 14
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Finding Players’ Stats 4. Press to see his career batting stats. To see more career stats, press . 5. Press repeatedly to see his annual stats. 6. When you’re done, press . CLEAR Viewing Pitcher's Stats To see career and annual stats for a pitcher, type a name at the Request Line. Then press ENTER . To see pitcher’s batting stats (if he batted), press . MORE 15
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Finding Players’ Stats More About Entering Players’ Names •You can enter players by their first name and last name, last name and first name, or last name alone (e.g., MEL OTT, OTT MEL, or OTT). It is best to type the first name first. •If you misspell a name, or if you enter a name shared by more than one player, you’ll see a list of players. •You can enter a players’ nickname. If you type in a nickname, you will see a list of players. Press to move down the list. When th
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Finding Team Stats To find teams’ annual batting and pitching stats, enter a team and a year. You can enter a team’s name, city, or city abbreviation. In this example, we‘ll find the stats for the 1986 New York Mets. 1. At the Request Line, type a team name and a year. Then press . ENTER To type the year, press plus the numbered keys. If you don’t enter a year, you’ll see the team’s first-year stats. You can also type mets 86, 86 mets or 1986 mets. 2. Press to see t
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Finding Team Stats 3. Press repeatedly to see individual batting stats. To see more batting stats, press . 4. Press to see team pitching stats. MORE To see more pitching stats, press . 5. Press repeatedly to see team member’s pitching stats. 6. When you’re done, press . CLEAR Seeing Other Year’s Stats At team stats, you can see the following DN year’s stats by pressing plus or those of previous years by pressing UP plus .
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Finding Team Stats Moving From Team to Player Stats At team stats, you can see players’ career ENTER and annual stats simply by pressing when their names are highlighted. To return to team stats, press . BACK Typing Numbers and Years To type years, first press the and then press a number. Hold down the to type more than one number. When entering years, if you enter two digits Big League Baseball assumes the twentieth century (e.g., 69 means 1969). To enter a nineteenth centu
