Franklin F IC-129 manual

 Electronic Publishers For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System  Electronic Publishers F  Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 FCR 28029-00 A PN 7201785 Printed in China IC-129 FOLD DIGI T A L BOOK   19 9 3 User’ s Manual ENCYCLOPEDIA [...]

1 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[...]

2 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 [...]

3 Reference ............................................ 49 Commands .............................................. 50 Sample Ratios ......................................... 51 Limiters and Qualifiers ........................... 52 Digital Book System .......................... 53 Installing and Removing Digital Books 54 Restarting the Digital Boo[...]

4 If you’re using the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM for the first time, read this section. 1B B Getting Started[...]

5 Install the Digital Book Align the book’s tabs with the notches in the slot. Then snap the book in place. 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. You must install the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM before you can use it.[...]

6 contrast wheel Adjust the Contrast Resuming Where You Left Off If you turn off the Digital Book System while you’re using the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM , you’ll return to the previous display next time you turn the unit on. After you’ve installed the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM , you can adjust the screen contrast at any t[...]

7 Here’s how to see a brief demonstration of what the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM can do. 1. Press . 2. Press or to highlight the Big League Baseball 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 Ba[...]

8 Set Automatic Shut off The Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM 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 from 1 to 4. Then press again. Help is Always at Hand To. . . Press. . . See a help message at any ti[...]

9 Understanding Menus Use or to highlight the menu you wish to view. To select a menu item highlight it , then press . There are two ways to request stats using the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM . 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 fro[...]

10 Following the Arrows When viewing 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[...]

11 To enter a request you need to learn the stats. Big League Baseball records up to 35 career and annual stats for each player. Learn About The Stats Battin g Pitchin g Bio g ra p hical at-bats (AB) innin g s p itched (IP) wei g ht (WT) battin g av g . ( BA ) earned run av g . ( ERA ) hei g ht ( HT ) home runs ( HR ) wins ( W ) throws ri g ht ( TR[...]

12 Function Keys 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. 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 Combinatio[...]

13 This section shows the simplest ways to find stats by player, team and league. Simple Requests 1B 2B[...]

14 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, 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[...]

15 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 . To see pitcher’s batting stats (if he batted), press . Finding Players?[...]

16 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[...]

17 Finding T eam 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 . To type the year, press plus the numbered keys. If you do[...]

18 3. Press repeatedly to see individual batting stats. To see more batting stats, press . 4. Press to see team 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 [...]

19 Finding Team Stats 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 and then press a number. Hold down the to type more than one number. When entering years, [...]

20 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 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.[...]

21 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 . To see the previous year, press plus . • You can find teams ’ won/lost records and wi[...]

22 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. Finding League Standing[...]

23 W orld Series & Award Winners 3. Type a year. Then press . You can find the following categories with the Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM : 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[...]

24 World Series and Award Winners 4. To see more stats press the arrow keys. 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[...]

25 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). Not [...]

26 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 plus to 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 m[...]

27 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. Type the Request 1. At the Request Line, type max h max h max h max h max h . Then press . 2.[...]

28 Best and Worst Batting Stats 5. Under Stats, select 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 Requests, select Maximum. Then press . 3. Press . 4. Under Stats, select Batting Statistics. Then press . ENTER MENU ENTER MENU ENTER ENTER CLEAR[...]

29 Viewing Player Lists Player lists contain up to 30 players. To zoom to the top or bottom of a list, press plus or . To see a player ’ s career stats, press when his name is highlighted. Viewing the Menus Best and Worst Batting Stats There are five menus that you can use. • The Focus menus lets you focus requests. • The Other menu lets you [...]

30 Best and W orst Pitching Stats In this example, we ’ ll find the pitchers with the 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 pr[...]

31 4. Under Stats, select Pitching Statistic. Then press . 5. Under Stats, select Won. Then press . 6. Press 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, en[...]

32 Using the MORE key When you enter a player ’ s name, Big League Baseball Encyclopedia TM shows batting stats if 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. How do you see a pitcher ’ s batting stats, if he has any? Try this example: 1. At th[...]

33 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 • 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. T[...]

34 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 . 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 [...]

35 Requests with Ratios 9. Under Stats, select At Bats. Then press . 10. Press . 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. When[...]

36 This section shows how to add limiters and qualifiers to your requests. 1B 3B Advanced Requests[...]

37 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. In this example, we’ll find the players with the most home runs who have a career batting average less th[...]

38 Adding a Limiter MENU ENTER MENU ENTER Or Use the Menus 1. 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 E[...]

39 10. Under Focus, select Less Than. Then press . 11. Type .250 .250 .250 .250 .250 . Then press . 12. Press to see the results. 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. For example, to see the players with the most home run[...]

40 Including Pitchers Pitchers with no at-bats aren’t included in biographical requests. To include them, add a P to your request (e.g., MAX WT P). You must also add a P to specify hits (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[...]

41 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. In this example, we’ll fi[...]

42 Find Players’ Stats From Team Stats The player stats that you see aren’t neces- sarily their career totals. To find career stats, press when a player’s name is highlighted. 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 . 2. Press . Under Stats, se[...]

43 Limiting by Y ear You can add a year limiter to your requests. Here are some examples: Year Limiters Examples a single year 1969 a starting year 1945– 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 ma[...]

44 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 . 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[...]

45 7. Under Qualifiers, select Pitcher. 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[...]

46 Adding Qualifiers You can also narrow your lists by adding one or more qualifiers to your requests. Qualifier Meaning AL, NL American or National League BR, BL, BS Bats right, left, or switch hitter HOF, NHOF Hall of Famers or not QUAL Qualifiers for league leader titles P Pitchers (with H, BB, SO,WT, HT, AGE) SS Any single season TR, TL Throws [...]

47 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 . 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 ME[...]

48 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. After biographical stats, P includes pitchers who have never batted. After H (hits), SO (strike outs) and BB (bases on balls), P specifies the number of each stat given up by a pitcher. • SS narrows requests[...]

49 Reference 1B HR This section contains tables of the commands, sample ratios, limiters and qualifiers.[...]

50 Commands Command Results players' names career and annual stats team names, cities, or abbreviations team stats AL or NL league 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 Champi[...]

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[...]

52 Limiters and Qualifiers 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)[...]

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

54 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. But make sure that the book’s metal contacts ar[...]

55 CARD Switching Between Digital Books 1. With two digital books installed, press . 2. Highlight a symbol by pressing or . 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. 1. Highlight a word in a digital book. Read its User's Manual[...]

56 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. Don't bend the clip; it’s [...]

57 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. • D[...]

58 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,[...]

59 Specifications Model IC-129 • Stats: Up to 15 batting, 13 pitching, and 5 biographical annual stats for more than 13,057 AL and NL players since 1876. Plus team totals, league standings; World Series results; MVP, Rookie of Year, and Cy Young award winners; and Hall of Fame players. • Commands: names, teams, AL, NL, WS, AW, HOF, MAX, and MIN[...]

60 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 pitchers' 32 Best- &am[...]

61 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 menus for 44 Menus about 29 Focus menu 34 qualifiers menu 47 re[...]

62 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 Screen contrast, adjust- ing 6 Spelling corrections 16 Statistics list of 11 Stats ann[...]

 Electronic Publishers For Use with the Franklin Digital Book System  Electronic Publishers F  Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 FCR 28029-00 A PN 7201785 Printed in China IC-129 FOLD DIGI T A L BOOK   19 9 3 User’ s Manual ENCYCLOPEDIA [...]