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Franklin IC-108 User Manual

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For Use with the Franklin
Digital Book System
Electronic Publishers
IC-108
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DIGITAL BOOK
1993
ENCYCLOPEDIA
User' s Manual

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  • Page 1 For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers IC-108 DIGITAL BOOK 1993 ENCYCLOPEDIA User’ s Manual...

  • Page 2: License Agreement

    FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the DIGITAL BOOK on a single FRANKLIN Digital Book System at a time. You may not make any copies of the DIGITAL BOOK or of the data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Getting Started ... 4 Install the Digital Book ... 5 Adjust the Contrast ... 6 See a Demonstration ... 7 Learn About Requests ... 9 Learn About Stats ... 11 Learn the Keys ... 12 Simple Requests ... 13 Finding Players’ Stats ... 14 Finding Team Stats ...
  • Page 4 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 Protecting the Digital Book System ...

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting Started If you’re using the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia for the first time, read this section.

  • Page 6: Install The Digital Book

    Install the Digital Book You must install the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia 1. Turn the Digital Book System off. 2. Insert the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia Align the book’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap the book in place. 3.

  • Page 7: Adjust The Contrast

    Adjust the Contrast After you’ve installed the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia 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.

  • Page 8: See A Demonstration

    See a Demonstration Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of what the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia 1. Press CLEAR 2. Press League Baseball trophy symbol. 3. Press ENTER - - d e m o - - d e m o in the request box. - - d e m o 4.

  • Page 9: Help Is Always At Hand

    Demonstration Set Automatic Shut off The Big League Baseball Encyclopedia 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 from 1 to 4. Then press Help is Always at Hand To.

  • Page 10: Learn About Requests

    Learn About Requests There are two ways to request stats using the Big 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 Understanding Menus wish to view.

  • Page 11: Following The Arrows

    Viewing Requests Following the Arrows When viewing stats, you’ll see arrows at the top right of Big League Baseball’s screen: To... Move up or down Move left or right Zoom to top or bottom of stats Zoom to left or right of stats Page up or down Press...

  • Page 12: Learn About Stats

    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 at-bats (AB) batting avg. (BA) home runs (HR) runs batted in (RBI) hits (H) triples (3B) doubles (2B)

  • Page 13: Learn The Keys

    Learn the Keys Function Keys CLEAR MENU MORE SPEC CARD ENTER HELP BACK Direction Keys Gold Key Combinations number Clear to blank Request Line. See the Main Menu. Switch between batting and pitching stats. Type a backslash (/). Switch between digital books. Enter a request.

  • Page 14: Simple Requests

    Simple Requests This section shows the simplest ways to find stats by player, team and league.

  • Page 15: Finding Players' Stats

    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. Then press To erase letters, press 2. Press to see the player’s full name and handedness. 3.
  • Page 16 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 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...
  • Page 17 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.

  • Page 18: Finding Team Stats

    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.
  • Page 19 Finding Team Stats 3. Press batting stats. To see more batting stats, press 4. Press MORE To see more pitching stats, press 5. Press member’s pitching stats. 6. When you’re done, press Seeing Other Year’s Stats At team stats, you can see the following year’s stats by pressing those of previous years by pressing plus...
  • Page 20 Moving From Team to Player Stats At team stats, you can see players’ career and annual stats simply by pressing when their names are highlighted. To return to team stats, press Typing Numbers and Years To type years, first press the then press a number.

  • Page 21: Finding League Standings

    Finding League Standings League standings include won/lost percentages and games behind first place. In this example, we’ll find the National League standings for 1992. 1. At the Request Line, type n l 1 9 9 2 Then press Type a space between the league and year. To type the year, press keys.
  • Page 22 4. Press repeatedly to see the NL West standings. 5. To see teams’ won/lost percentage and games behind, press 6. When you’re done, press More About Standings •At league standings, you can see the following year’s standings by pressing plus .
  • Page 23 Finding League Standings Bad Requests If you see the “Bad Request” message, check the following: •that you typed correct stat abbreviations and spaces between each element in your request, •that your ratio doesn’t mix batting and pitching stats or contain a ratio itself, or •that your request contains no more than two limiters.

  • Page 24: World Series & Award Winners

    World Series & Award Winners You can find the following categories with the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia To See. . . World Series results National League Championship Series results American League Championship ALCS Series results All-star game results Player award winners In this example, we’ll find the 1992 World Series results.
  • Page 25 World Series and Award Winners 4. To see more stats press the arrow keys. To see the Series results for the following year, press year’s results, press 5. To see more stats on a specific game, highlight the game. Then press To see the line scores for the other games, press 6.
  • Page 26 World Series and Award Winners Allstar Game Results Includes date, complete line score, pitchers, and attendance. If you don’t type a year, you will see the stats for the first All-star game ever played in 1933. Award Winners Includes NL Most Valuable Player (NL MVP), AL Most Valuable Player (AL MVP), NL Rookie of the Year (NL ROY) and AL Rookie of the Year (AL ROY).
  • Page 27 World Series and Award Winners Finding First Time Players To find all the first time players of a given year, and their first-year stats, simply type a year (e.g., 1939) and press Press To see the previous one First time players are listed alphabetically by year.

  • Page 28: Best And Worst Batting Stats

    Best and Worst Batting Stats You find the all-time best and worst hitters by entering MAX or MIN at the Request Line followed by a stat abbreviation. You can enter your request by typing it or by using the menus. In this example, we’ll find the player with the most career hits.
  • Page 29 Best and Worst Batting Stats Or Use the Menus 1. At the Request Line, press 2. Under Request, select Maximum. Then press 3. Press MENU 4. Under Stats, select Batting Statistics. Then press 5. Under Stats, select Hits. Then press 6.
  • Page 30 Best and Worst Batting Stats Viewing Player Lists Player lists contain up to 30 players. To zoom to the top or bottom of a list, press plus career stats, press is highlighted. Viewing the Menus There are five menus that you can use. •The Focus menus lets you focus requests.

  • Page 31: Best And Worst Pitching Stats

    Best and Worst Pitching Stats In this example, we’ll find the pitchers with the most career wins. Type the Request 1. At the Request Line, type m a x w Then press 2. Press 3. When you’re done, press Or Use the Menus 1.
  • Page 32 4. Under Stats, select Pitching Statistic. Then press 5. Under Stats, select Won. Then press 6. Press ENTER 7. Press to move down the list. 8. When you’re done, press Biggest, Smallest, Shortest, Tallest You can request player lists using the biographical stats: HT, WT, and AGE.
  • Page 33 Best and Worst Pitching Stats Using the MORE key When you enter a player’s name, Big League Baseball Encyclopedia the player batted for more seasons than he pitched. If he pitched for an equal number or more seasons than he batted, you see his pitching stats.

  • Page 34: Requests With Ratios

    Requests with Ratios A ratio is one stat divided by another. You can type a ratio after MAX or MIN in your requests. However, you can’t • divide a batting stat by a pitching stat or vice versa (e.g., AB/IP), or •...
  • Page 35 Requests with Ratios 3. When you’re done, press Or Use the Menus 1. At the Request Line, press 2. Under Request, select Maximum. Then press ENTER 3. Press MENU 4. Under Stats, select Batting Statistics. Then press 5. Select Home Runs. Then press 6.
  • Page 36 9. Under Stats, select At Bats. Then press 10. Press ENTER 11. Press the arrow keys to see more stats. 12. When you’re done, press About Infinite Ratios The value of a ratio is infinite when its denomi- nator is zero. For example, if you enter MAX W/L, you’ll see this: INF means that Ben Shields never lost a game.

  • Page 37: Advanced Requests

    Advanced Requests This section shows how to add limiters and qualifiers to your requests.

  • Page 38: Adding A Limiter

    Adding a Limiter To limit the statistical range of your player requests, type a limiter after MAX or MIN and the stat or ratio. Limiters always have this structure: a stat or ratio + GT or LT + a number GT means greater than, LT less than.
  • Page 39 Adding a Limiter Or Use the Menus 1. Press MENU 2. Under Requests, select Maximum. Then press 3. Press MENU 4. Under Stats, select Batting Statistics. Then press 5. Select Home Runs. Then press 6. Press MENU 7. Under Focus, select Add a Limiter. Then press 8.
  • Page 40 10. Under Focus, select Less Than. Then press . 2 5 0 . 2 5 0 . 2 5 0. Then press 11. Type . 2 5 0 . 2 5 0 12. Press ENTER Understanding Limiters • Each limiter must begin with its own stat abbreviation or ratio, even when that stat or ratio is the same as the one following MAX or MIN.
  • Page 41 Adding a Limiter Limiting Biographical Stats Type weights in pounds, heights in inches (e.g., 74 for players who are 6’ 2”), and ages in years. Ages are based on birthdays before or after July 1. So, a player who was 24 at season’s start, and was born on June 30, is consid- ered a 24 year old for the entire season.

  • Page 42: Limiting By Team

    Limiting By Team To narrow your lists to a single team, add a team limiter to your requests. Team limiters can be a team’s name, city, or city abbreviation. You can type only one team limiter in a request. If you type a team that has had more than one home city, or a city with more than one team, you’ll see a list of team choices.
  • Page 43 Limiting by Team 3. When you’re done, press Or Use the Menus 1. At the Request Line, press Under Requests, select Maximum. Then press ENTER 2. Press MENU Batting Statistics. Then press 3. Select Runs Batted In. Then press 4. Press MENU 5.

  • Page 44: Limiting By Year

    Limiting by Year You can add a year limiter to your requests. Here are some examples: Year Limiters a single year a starting year an ending year a year range In this example, we’ll find the pitchers with the most strike outs from 1980-1989. Type a Request m a x s o p 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 9 m a x s o p 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 9...
  • Page 45 Limiting by Year 3. When you’re done, press Or Use the Menus 1. At the Request Line, press 2. Under Request, select Maximum. Then press ENTER 3. Press MENU 4. Under Stats, select Pitching Statistics. Then press 5. Select Strike Outs. Then press 6.
  • Page 46 7. Under Qualifiers, select Pitcher. Then press ENTER 8. Press BACK 9. Press MENU 10. Under Focus, select Limit by Year. Then press 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 9 1 9 8 0 - 1 9 8 9 11.

  • Page 47: Adding Qualifiers

    Adding Qualifiers You can also narrow your lists by adding one or more qualifiers to your requests. Qualifier AL, NL BR, BL, BS HOF, NHOF Hall of Famers or not QUAL TR, TL In this example, you will find the right-handed batter who is not in the Hall of Fame but who hit the most home runs.
  • Page 48 3. When you’re done, press Or Use the Menus 1. At the Request Line, press 2. Under Requests, select Maximum. Then press 3. Press MENU 4. Under Stats, select Batting Statistics. Then press 5. Select Home Runs. Then press 6. Press MENU 7.
  • Page 49 Adding Qualifiers 8. Under Qualifiers, select Not Hall of Fame and National League. Then press 9. Press BACK 10. Press ENTER Using Other Qualifiers • P narrows your list requests to pitchers only. You can type P only in requests with H, SO, BB, WT, HT, or AGE.

  • Page 50: Reference

    Reference This section contains tables of the commands, sample ratios, limiters and qualifiers.

  • Page 51: Commands

    Command players' names team names, cities, or abbreviations AL or NL a year ALLSTAR NLCS ALCS mm/dd/yy Commands career and annual team stats league standings World Series results all rookies of that year Hall of Famers annual player award maximum or most minimum or least All-star game results National League...

  • Page 52: Sample Ratios

    Sample Ratios Batting HR/AB R/AB RBI/AB RBI/H 3B/AB 2B/AB SB/AB Pitching Biographical SO/IP BB/IP SO/BB SO/H HR/WT RBI/WT 3B/WT 2B/WT SO/HT...

  • Page 53: Limiters And Qualifiers

    Limiters and Qualifiers Limiters (only one per request) Greater Than Qualifiers Team team name city city abbrev. name + city Less Than Year single year starting year— —ending year year—range Other AL, NL BR, BL, BS TR, TL QUAL HOF, NHOF P (pitchers)

  • Page 54: Digital Book System

    Digital Book System This section contains information needed to use and maintain your Digital Book System.

  • Page 55: Installing And Removing Digital Books

    Digital Book System Installing & Removing Digital Books To install a digital book, first turn off your Digital Book System. Then align the digital book’s tabs with the notches in either book slot on the back and snap the book into the slot. If you install only one book, it doesn’t matter which slot you use.

  • Page 56: Switching Between Digital Books

    Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press CARD 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing Then press To return to the first book, repeat these steps. Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books.

  • Page 57: Replacing Batteries

    Replacing Batteries Replacing the Batteries Your unit uses CR2032 lithium batteries. Before replacing them, have four new batteries ready. 1. Turn your Digital Book System off. 2. Remove the battery cover on the back. Then remove all batteries. 3. Promptly slide two new batteries into the battery cavity with the metal clip over it.

  • Page 58: Protecting The Digital Book System

    Protecting the Digital Book System • Don't touch the metal contacts on the back of your digital books or the rubber contacts in the book slots of the Digital Book System. CAUTION: Touching the contacts with statically charged objects, including your fingers, could erase informa- tion that you entered in your installed digital books.

  • Page 59: Limited Warranty

    Limited Warranty (USA only) FRANKLIN warrants to you that the DIGITAL BOOK will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your DIGITAL BOOK, FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., 122 Burrs Road, Mt.

  • Page 60: Specifications

    • ROM size: 1.5 megabytes • Dimensions: 2-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/4” Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents © 1992-93 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Mt. Holly, N.J. 08060. U.S.A. All rights reserved. © 1992-93 Peter Palmer. All rights reserved. Big League Baseball Encyclopedia is a trademark of Franklin.

  • Page 61: Index

    Adjusting screen contrast 6 All-star games 23, 25 American League Champi- onship Series 23 Arrows following 10 about 10 Automatic shutoff setting 8 Award winners 23, 25 Bad requests 22 Batteries replacing 59 Batting stats defined 11 finding batters' 14 finding pitchers' 15 list of 11 of pitchers 15, 32...
  • Page 62 Handedness finding 14 Height finding 14 Help learn about 8 INF (infinite) as a ratio value 35 Installation 5 League standings 20 Learn about requests 9 Limiters list of 52 understanding them 39 using in requests 37 Limiting 43 biographical stats 40 by team 41 menus for 41 by year 43...
  • Page 63 Index Players' lists viewing 29 Qualifiers about 46 adding 46 complete list 52 menus for 47 others 48 year(s) 43 Ratios infinite 35 list of samples 51 using in requests 33 Requests defined 9 types of 9 Resuming where you left off 6 Rookies of the Year awards 23...
  • Page 64 Electronic Publishers Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 FCR 28008-00 A PN 7201675 Printed in China...

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