Franklin BOOKMAN XST-2051 User Manual

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BOOKMAN
E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D
Sports Trivia
Game
USER'S GUIDE
XST -2051

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  • Page 1 BOOKMAN E L E C T R O N I C B O O K C A R D Sports Trivia Game USER’S GUIDE XST -2051...
  • Page 2 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN BOOK CARD remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive li- cense to use the BOOKMAN BOOK CARD on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time.
  • Page 3 ® ! With this Sports Trivia Game book card, you can test your trivia knowledge by playing 100 different games at three levels of difficulty. Sports Trivia is a game-show-style trivia game with hosts Stan Tisdale and Alexis Roberts. In each round,...
  • Page 4: Key Guide

    Function Keys Clears all entries and scores. CLEAR Shows the main menus. MENU Clears the current game (red) and goes to the next game. Shows your current score. (green) SCORE Shows a Fun Fact, (yellow) FACT when available. Shows the answers for a (blue) ANSWER category after a round is...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    In this section you will learn how to install a book card and how to select a book once a book card has been installed. You will be shown how to view a brief demonstration about the Sports Trivia Game. Also, you will be able to set the shutoff time and screen contrast from the Setup menu.
  • Page 6: Installing A Book Card

    Installing a Book Card Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book and in an in- stalled book will be erased. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 2.
  • Page 7: Using The Color Keys

    BOOKMAN on again. The screen that you last viewed appears. Viewing a Demonstration Before you begin playing the games, you may want to view a brief demonstration describing how to use this book. Simply install the book card and then follow these steps.
  • Page 8: Changing The Settings

    Changing the Settings Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the shutoff time and screen contrast. Set Shutoff sets how long the BOOKMAN unit stays on if you forget to turn it off. Set Contrast makes the screen lighter or darker.
  • Page 9 Each Sports Trivia game consists of two rounds, the Challenge Round and the Championship Round. In the Challenge Round you will play three out of the four categories, try- ing to match nine pairs of clues be- fore time runs out. Every time you correctly match a pair of clues you will win points, but every time you in- correctly match a pair of clues, you...
  • Page 10: Selecting A Skill Level

    ENTER Selecting a Game With Sports Trivia you can test your trivia knowledge by playing 100 different games. You may press a game and return to the Play Game Number screen.Note: Pressing will not change the game number.
  • Page 11: Selecting A Category

    Selecting a Category In the Challenge Round, you must play three out of the four categories shown, each of which are drawn from one of ten fields of knowledge. Each field of knowl- edge is indicated by an abbreviation (see “Fields of Knowledge”...
  • Page 12: Playing A Category

    Playing a Category Each category begins by displaying a pair of scrambled clues, one on the top and one on the bottom. Each clue on the top has a matching clue on the bottom. You must cycle through the clues and match as many as possible before time runs out.
  • Page 13: Sports Trivia Tips

    Playing a Category Scoring in the Challenge Round Here is how many points you get for each correct and incorrect match in each category: • 1st Category Played correct: +100 incorrect: -50 • 2nd Category Played correct: +150 incorrect: -75 •...
  • Page 14: Between Categories

    Between Categories After you complete a category, you can see the correct answers, see your cur- rent score, or read a Fun Fact about one of the answers before you go on. Note: Not every category will have a Fun Fact. 1.
  • Page 15 The Championship Round 2. Use the arrow keys to view the pairs of clues. 3. Press SPACE ENTER think you have a match. Remember to watch out for the bombs! If you try to match a bomb, your game is over and you cannot win a prize.
  • Page 16: Winning A Prize

    Winning a Prize In the Championship Round, you have the chance to win some interesting and fun prizes. Here is how many clues you must match to win prizes. • If you match one of the bombs or if you match five pairs or less, you will only win points.
  • Page 17 In this section you will learn how to care for your BOOKMAN book cards, and learn how to reset your BOOKMAN if any problems occur. Resetting Your BOOKMAN ... 16 Book Card Care ... 16 Limited Warranty ... 17 Your Notes ... 18 Copyrights and Patents ...
  • Page 18: Resetting Your Bookman

    Resetting Your BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- spond, or if its screen performs errati- cally, first press CLEAR twice. If nothing happens, follow ON/OFF the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may perma- nently disable your BOOKMAN.
  • Page 19: Limited Warranty

    FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, 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., One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ 08016-4907, within one...
  • Page 20: Your Notes

    Your Notes Model: XST-2051 • size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.2 cm • weight: 0.4 oz. © 1996 Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907 USA. All rights reserved. © 1996 SilverSun All rights reserved FCC Notice: Complies with the...
  • Page 21: Index

    About screen illustrations 4 Arrows, flashing 6 Bombs 14 Book card care 16 installing 4 removing 4 BOOKMAN resetting 16 troubleshooting 16 turning on 4 Categories in the Challenge Round playing 10 selecting 9 Categories in the Championship Round 12 Challenge Round categories 9 playing categories in 10...
  • Page 22 Number keys 2 Other keys 2 Play Game Number screen 8 Playing Challenge Round categories 10 Championship Round categories Prizes, winning 14 Reading prizes 14 Resuming where you left off 5 Save your best for last 9 Scanning Clues 11 Scoring in the Challenge Round 11 in the Championship Round 13...
  • Page 23 FRB-28049-00 P/N 7201118 Rev A...
  • Page 24 Electronic Publishers...

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