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Electronic Publishers

For Use with the Franklin

Digital Book System

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Electronic Publishers

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Mt. Holly, NJ 08060

FCR 28008-00 A PN 7201675

Printed in China

IC-108

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DIGITAL BOOK

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1993

User’s Manual

ENCYCLOPEDIA

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Summary of Contents for IC-108

Page 1: ...ctronic Publishers For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers F Mt Holly NJ 08060 FCR 28008 00 A PN 7201675 Printed in China IC 108 FOLD DIGITAL BOOK 1993 User s Manual ENCYCLOPEDIA ...

Page 2: ...GITAL 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 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 the DIGITAL BOOK You may not export...

Page 3: ...arn the Keys 12 Simple Requests 13 Finding Players Stats 14 Finding Team Stats 17 Finding League Standings 20 World Series Award Winners 23 Best and Worst Batting Stats 27 Best and Worst Pitching Stats 30 Requests with Ratios 33 Advanced Requests 36 Adding a Limiter 37 Limiting By Team 41 Limiting by Year 43 Adding Qualifiers 46 1B B 1B 2B 1B 3B ...

Page 4: ...lifiers 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 57 Limited Warranty 58 Specifications 59 Index 60 1B HR ...

Page 5: ...4 If you re using the Big League Baseball EncyclopediaTM for the first time read this section B Getting Started ...

Page 6: ...stalling a digital book while the Digital Book System is on may erase information that you entered in the other installed digital book You must install the Big League Baseball EncyclopediaTM before you can use it 1 Turn the Digital Book System off 2 Insert the Big League Baseball EncyclopediaTM in a slot on the back 3 Press ON OFF ...

Page 7: ...pediaTM you ll return to the previous display next time you turn the unit on After you ve installed the Big League Baseball EncyclopediaTM you can adjust the screen contrast at any time 1 Turn the contrast wheel on the left side of the Digital Book System 2 If the screen is still blank check the batteries See Replacing the Batteries in Digital Book System ...

Page 8: ...seball trophy symbol 3 Press 4 Type demo demo demo demo demo in the request box 5 Press 6 To stop the demonstration press Use with All time Baseball Manager The Big League Baseball EncyclopediaTM can be used together with the All time Baseball Manager to create new and exciting teams for you to manage See a Demonstration ENTER CLEAR CLEAR ENTER ...

Page 9: ...r 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 from 1 to 4 Then press again Help is Always at Hand To Press See a help message at any time Move down the message Exit the message Demonstration ENTER ENTER HELP BACK ...

Page 10: ...hen press There are two ways to request stats using the Big League Baseball EncyclopediaTM 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 Learn About Requests MENU ENTER ...

Page 11: ...ng stats you ll see arrows at the top right of Big League Baseball s screen To Press 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 or or or or UP or DN Viewing Requests ...

Page 12: ... 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 strikeouts SO hall of fame HOF stolen bases SB hits allowed H positions played P total bases TB games played G first base 1B slugging avg SLG complete games CG second base 2B caught stealing CS home runs given up HR third base 3B strike outs ...

Page 13: ...ter a request See a help message Back up to previous screen or erase letters Direction Keys Move left or right Move up or down in a list Page up or down in a list Gold Key Combinations Go to the top or bottom of a list Go to the next or previous part of a long list number Type numbers Learn the Keys CLEAR MENU MORE SPEC CARD ENTER HELP BACK UP DN UP DN ...

Page 14: ...13 This section shows the simplest ways to find stats by player team and league Simple Requests 2B ...

Page 15: ...tats 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 Press repeatedly to see his date of birth weight height and position s played You can press plus to zoom to the left ENTER ...

Page 16: ...ess 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 To see pitcher s batting stats if he batted press Finding Players Stats CLEAR ENTER MORE ...

Page 17: ... 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 the player you want is highlighted press Viewing the Stats To view a player s biographical stats highlight the player s name and use the to scroll to the right Zoom to the left before trying to view the player s career and annual stats To see a player s career and ...

Page 18: ...bbreviation 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 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 the team batting stats ENTER ...

Page 19: ...m pitching stats To see more pitching stats press 5 Press repeatedly to see team 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 plus or those of previous years by pressing plus Finding Team Stats MORE CLEAR DN UP ...

Page 20: ...e highlighted To return to team stats press 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 century year type all four digits e g 1892 ENTER BACK ...

Page 21: ... standings for 1992 1 At the Request Line type nl 1992 nl 1992 nl 1992 nl 1992 nl 1992 Then press Type a space between the league and year To type the year press plus the number keys 2 Press to see the NL East standings Eastern division records are shown before the Western division 3 Press to see each teams won lost percentage and games behind ENTER ...

Page 22: ...ngs you can see the following year s standings by pressing plus To see the previous year press plus You can find teams won lost records and winning percentages over seasons by entering their league and a year range For example enter AL 1937 64 Also at league standings you can see team stats by pressing when a team is highlighted Finding League Standings DN CLEAR UP ENTER ...

Page 23: ... 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 Finding League Standings ...

Page 24: ...To See Select World Series results WS National League Championship NLCS Series results American League Championship ALCS Series results All star game results ALLSTAR Player award winners AW In this example we ll find the 1992 World Series results 1 At the Request Line press 2 Under Requests select World Series Then press MENU ENTER ENTER ...

Page 25: ... To see the Series results for the following year press plus To see the previous year s results press plus 5 To see more stats on a specific game highlight the game Then press To see the line scores for the other games press or 6 When you re done press DN UP ENTER DN UP CLEAR ...

Page 26: ...Valuable Player AL MVP NL Rookie of the Year NL ROY and AL Rookie of the Year AL ROY Not all of these awards are listed for every year You ll only see ROY listed from 1947 on as this was the first year it was given Finding Hall of Fame Players To find Hall of Fame players HOF type HOF at the Request Line Then press Players are listed in order of years that they played The last to play are listed f...

Page 27: ... see the next player To see the previous one First time players are listed alphabetically by year Birthdays To find all players born on a date select Birthdays under the Request menu Type in a date Then press To find all players born on a certain day e g 08 18 don t fill in a year World Series and Award Winners Press to type a backslash ENTER DN UP ENTER SPEC ...

Page 28: ... typing it or by using the menus In this example we ll find the player with the most career hits Type the Request 1 At the Request Line type max h max h max h max h max h Then press 2 Press to move down the list 3 Press when a player s name is highlighted to see their career stats 4 When you re done press Best and Worst Batting Stats ENTER ENTER CLEAR ...

Page 29: ... Hits Then press 6 Press to see the results 7 When you re done press Or Use the Menus 1 At the Request Line press 2 Under Request select Maximum Then press 3 Press 4 Under Stats select Batting Statistics Then press ENTER MENU ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER CLEAR ...

Page 30: ...tting Stats There are five menus that you can use The Focus menus lets you focus requests The Other menu lets you view a demo or set the shutoff time The Qualifiers menu lets you add qualifiers to requests without typing them The Request menu lets you enter player or team requests The Stats menu lets you add batting or pitching stats to requests Select a menu item by highlighting it then pressing ...

Page 31: ...e most career wins Type the Request 1 At the Request Line type max w max w max w max w max w Then press 2 Press to move down the list 3 When you re done press Or Use the Menus 1 At the Request Line press 2 Under Request select Maximum Then press 3 Press ENTER CLEAR MENU ENTER MENU ...

Page 32: ... to see the results 7 Press to move down the list 8 When you re done press Best and Worst Pitching Stats Biggest Smallest Shortest Tallest You can request player lists using the biographical stats HT WT and AGE For example enter MAX WT to see baseball s all time heavyweights ENTER ENTER ENTER CLEAR ...

Page 33: ...u see a pitcher s batting stats if he has any Try this example 1 At the Request Line type steve carlton steve carlton steve carlton steve carlton steve carlton 2 Press and then use the arrows to see his pitching stats 3 Press to see his batting stats 4 To return to his pitching stats press again To see a batter s pitching stats follow the same steps Try babe ruth babe ruth babe ruth babe ruth babe...

Page 34: ...at or vice versa e g AB IP or use stats in ratios that are already ratios i e BA ERA SLG In this example we ll find the players with the most home runs per at bat Type the Request 1 At the Request Line type max hr ab max hr ab max hr ab max hr ab max hr ab Then press Press to type a backslash 2 Press or to see more stats Requests with Ratios SPEC ENTER ...

Page 35: ...press 2 Under Request select Maximum Then press 3 Press 4 Under Stats select Batting Statistics Then press 5 Select Home Runs Then press 6 Press 7 Under Focus select Make a Ratio Then press 8 Press Requests with Ratios CLEAR MENU ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER MENU ENTER MENU ...

Page 36: ...e 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 When you type requests with ratios you ll often want to limit the denominator to see players with significant at bats innings pitched etc See Adding a Limiter to learn how ENTER ENTER CLEAR ...

Page 37: ...36 This section shows how to add limiters and qualifiers to your requests 3B Advanced Requests ...

Page 38: ... or ratio GT or LT a number GT means greater than LT less than In this example we ll find the players with the most home runs who have a career batting average less than 250 Type a Request 1 Type max hr ba lt 250 max hr ba lt 250 max hr ba lt 250 max hr ba lt 250 max hr ba lt 250 Then press 2 Press the indicated arrow keys to see more 3 When you re done press ENTER CLEAR ...

Page 39: ...Press 2 Under Requests select Maximum Then press 3 Press 4 Under Stats select Batting Statistics Then press 5 Select Home Runs Then press 6 Press 7 Under Focus select Add a Limiter Then press 8 Select Batting Average Then press 9 Press ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER MENU ...

Page 40: ... is the same as the one following MAX or MIN For example to see the players with the most home runs who have at least 500 home runs you would enter MAX HR HR GT 499 Notice the second HR When you re limiting a ratio you ll usually want to limit the denominator For example to see the players with the best home run to at bats ratio who have at least 1000 career at bats enter MAX HR AB AB GT 1000 Addi...

Page 41: ...its H strikeouts SO and bases on balls BB allowed by a pitcher e g MAX H P 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 Adding a Limiter ...

Page 42: ...st 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 In this example we ll find the Yankee all time RBI leader Type a Request 1 At the Request Line type max rbi max rbi max rbi max rbi max rbi yankees yankees yankees yankees yankees Then press 2 Use the indicated arrows to see more stats Limiting By Team ENTER ...

Page 43: ...3 When you re done press Or Use the Menus 1 At the Request Line press Under Requests select Maximum Then press 2 Press Under Stats select Batting Statistics Then press 3 Select Runs Batted In Then press 4 Press 5 Under Focus select Limit by Team Then press 6 Type in yankees yankees yankees yankees yankees 7 Press to see the results CLEAR MENU ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER ENTER ...

Page 44: ...45 an ending year 1900 a year range 1980 89 In this example we ll find the pitchers with the most strike outs from 1980 1989 Type a Request 1 Type max so p 1980 1989 max so p 1980 1989 max so p 1980 1989 max so p 1980 1989 max so p 1980 1989 Then press To type a year press and then the number keys 2 Use the indicated arrows to see more stats ENTER ...

Page 45: ... the Menus 1 At the Request Line press 2 Under Request select Maximum Then press 3 Press 4 Under Stats select Pitching Statistics Then press 5 Select Strike Outs Then press 6 Press Limiting by Year CLEAR MENU ENTER MENU ENTER MENU ENTER ...

Page 46: ... Then press 8 Press 9 Press 10 Under Focus select Limit by Year Then press 11 Type 1980 1989 1980 1989 1980 1989 1980 1989 1980 1989 12 Press to see the results 13 When you re done press ENTER BACK MENU ENTER ENTER CLEAR Limiting by Year ...

Page 47: ... QUAL Qualifiers for league leader titles P Pitchers with H BB SO WT HT AGE SS Any single season TR TL Throws right or left 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 Type the Request 1 At the Request Line type max hr br nl max hr br nl max hr br nl max hr br nl max hr br nl nhof nhof nhof nhof nhof Then press 2 Press the arr...

Page 48: ... Line press 2 Under Requests select Maximum Then press 3 Press 4 Under Stats select Batting Statistics Then press 5 Select Home Runs Then press 6 Press 7 Under Qualifiers select Bats Right Then press Adding Qualifiers CLEAR MENU ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER MENU ENTER ...

Page 49: ...ecifies the number of each stat given up by a pitcher SS narrows requests to single season totals QUAL narrows requests to players with enough at bats or innings pitched to qualify for the annual league leader titles in the various statistical categories You may want to combine QUAL with SS in your requests 8 Under Qualifiers select Not Hall of Fame and National League Then press 9 Press 10 Press ...

Page 50: ...49 Reference HR This section contains tables of the commands sample ratios limiters and qualifiers ...

Page 51: ...ue standings WS World Series results a year all rookies of that year HOF Hall of Famers AW annual player award winners MAX maximum or most MIN minimum or least ALLSTAR All star game results NLCS National League Championship series results ALCS American League Championship series results mm dd yy all players born on that date ...

Page 52: ...51 Sample Ratios Batting Pitching Biographical HR AB W L HR WT R AB SO IP RBI WT RBI AB BB IP 3B WT RBI H SO BB 2B WT 3B AB SO H SO HT 2B AB SB AB ...

Page 53: ...ers Limiters only one per request Greater Than Less Than GT LT Qualifiers Team Year Other team name single year SS city starting year AL NL city abbrev ending year BR BL BS name city year range TR TL QUAL HOF NHOF P pitchers ...

Page 54: ...53 Digital Book System This section contains information needed to use and maintain your Digital Book System ...

Page 55: ...l Book System Then compress the book s tab and lift the book from the slot Restarting the Digital Book System If the keyboard fails to respond or the screen performs erratically first press and then press If nothing happens hold and press If nothing happens still press the recessed reset button on the back of your Digital Book System using a paper clip If you install or remove digital books when t...

Page 56: ...ps Sending Words Between Books Some digital books can send and receive words from other digital books 1 Highlight a word in a digital book Read its User s Manual to learn how 2 Hold and press 3 Highlight the other digital book s symbol Then press You see its main display You may have to press again to look up the word ENTER CARD ENTER ENTER Switching Between Digital Books ...

Page 57: ... clip over it Don t bend the clip it s an electrical contact And make sure the batteries plus signs face up 4 Slide two new batteries into the other cavity Then replace the battery cover To prevent deleting information from installed digital books Always replace the batteries before they lose all power and never remove the batteries while the Digital Book System is on Never mix old and new batteri...

Page 58: ...weight on your digital books or Digital Book System Don t expose your digital books to extreme or prolonged heat cold or other adverse conditions When you re not using your Digital Book System keep two digital books or dummy books in its slots to prevent dust build up Cleaning the Digital Book System To clean the digital books apply isopropyl alcohol with cotton swab To clean the Digital Book Syst...

Page 59: ... 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 exclusion of implied warranties orlim...

Page 60: ...X and MIN plus limiters and qualifiers Spelling correction Context sensitive help messages Self demonstration Screen contrast adjustment 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 trademar...

Page 61: ...g 26 how calculated for season stats 40 Cy Young winners 25 Demonstration 7 Digital Book System cleaning 60 protecting 60 replacing batteries 59 restarting 54 sending words between 55 turn on or off 5 installing 5 54 switching between 55 Entering a city 17 names 16 teams 16 Erasing information accidentally 5 Finding batting stats by player 14 games behind first 20 handedness 14 height 14 league st...

Page 62: ...ting them 9 stats menu 31 understanding 9 viewing 29 More key at batting stats 32 at league standings 21 at pitching stats 32 at team stats 18 MVPs 25 Names players misspelling 16 typing 16 teams city abbreviations 17 typing 17 National League Champion ship Series 23 Next Prev at league standings 21 at team stats 18 for World Series 24 Nicknames entering 16 Numbers typing 19 Pitchers stats 40 Pitc...

Page 63: ...adjust ing 6 Spelling corrections 16 Statistics list of 11 Stats annual 15 batting 15 limiting stats 37 pitchers 40 pitching 15 team 17 viewing 16 Team names typing 17 stats finding 17 for next previous years 18 moving from batting to pitching 18 moving to player stats 19 won lost records over years 21 Typing limiters 37 numbers 19 year s 20 Understanding menus 9 Viewing stats 16 Warranty 61 Weigh...

Page 64: ...ctronic Publishers For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System Electronic Publishers F Mt Holly NJ 08060 FCR 28008 00 A PN 7201675 Printed in China IC 108 FOLD DIGITAL BOOK 1993 User s Manual ENCYCLOPEDIA ...

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