Franklin BJP-2034 User manual

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Electronic Publishers

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ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD

MAN

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USER’S GUIDE

BJP-2034

Blackjack &

Video Poker

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN

BOOK CARD.

YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN BOOK CARD DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE

TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU

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FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN BOOK CARD AND YOUR

PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN BOOK CARD means the

software product and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means

Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

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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. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN BOOK CARD 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 re-

verse engineer the BOOKMAN BOOK CARD. You may not export or reexport,

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steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective

until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRAN-

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Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!

BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec-

tronic reference with a built-in book and a

slot in the back for more books. With

Black-

jack & Video Poker

you can learn how to

play both Blackjack and Video Poker just like

in the casinos. Also you can use the teach

mode to learn how to play Blackjack more

effectively. Plus, your score will be saved

even if you turn your BOOKMAN off. Use

your BOOKMAN to read this book card.

See “Installing Book Cards” to learn how.

Installing Book Cards and Selecting Books.................... 3

Using the Color Keys and Changing Settings ................. 4

Getting Help .................................................................. 5

About Blackjack ............................................................ 6

Blackjack Hand Options ................................................ 7

Playing Blackjack .......................................................... 7

Blackjack Options ......................................................... 9

Buying Insurance & Splitting a Pair ............................... 9

Winning Strategies ........................................................ 10

About Video Poker ........................................................ 12

Winning Poker Hands .................................................... 12

Video Poker Options ..................................................... 13

Playing Video Poker ...................................................... 13

Optional Features .......................................................... 15

Copyrights & Patents..................................................... 16

Index ............................................................................. 17

Function Keys

CLEAR

Clears an entry.

Goes to the menu screen.

STAND

(red) Stays with current cards.

DEAL/H IT

(green) Deals a new card in

Blackjack and deals new cards

in Video Poker.

SCORE

(yellow) Shows your current

score.

HINT

(blue) Gives a hint in Black-

jack and rates the value of

your hand.

CARD

Exits the book you are reading.

ON/OFF

Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

Key Guide

Other Keys

BACK

Backs up to the previous

screen.

ENTER

Selects a menu item or deals

new cards.

HELP

Shows help messages.

Hot Keys

Double down in Blackjack, and

deals new cards in Video Poker.

Gives up (surrenders) the

hand in Blackjack.

Deals a new card in Blackjack,

and holds a card in Video

Poker.

Stays with current cards in

Blackjack.

Direction Keys

Move in indicated direction.

Pages up or down.

➤ Understanding the Color Keys

The color keys (red, green, yellow, and

blue) perform the functions listed

above only for the BOOKMAN book

card described in this User’s Guide.

Other books have their own color key

functions, which are labelled on their

book cards and listed in their User’s

Guides. For more information, read

“Using the Color Keys.”

Selecting Books

Once you have installed a book card in

your BOOKMAN, you can select which

book you want to use.

1. Turn BOOKMAN on.

2. Press

CARD

These are sample books.

3. Press or to highlight the

book you want to use.

4. Press

ENTER

to select it.

➤ About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this

User’s Guide may differ from what

you see on the actual screen. This

does not mean that your BOOK-

MAN is malfunctioning.

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. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs on the book

card with the notches in the

slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

Installing a Book Card

➤

Removing a Book Card

Warning: When you remove a book

card to install another, information that

you have entered in the removed book

card will be erased.

Using the Color Keys

The red, green, yellow and blue keys on

your BOOKMAN change functions ac-

cording to which book is selected.

When the built-in book is selected, the

color keys function as labelled on the

BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book

card is selected, the color keys function

as labelled on that card.

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You can adjust the shutoff time and the

screen contrast. The shutoff time is how

long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to

turn it off, and the contrast determines how

dark the screen appears.

1. Press

2. Press

twice to highlight the

Other menu.

3. Highlight Set Shutoff or Set

Contrast.

4. Press

ENTER

5. Highlight a setting.

Or press or repeatedly, if you

selected

Set Contrast

To exit without changing settings,

press

BACK

6. Press

ENTER

to select the

setting.

7 Press

CLEAR

when done.

Changing Settings

➤

Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN at

any screen. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again. The screen

that you last viewed appears.

Getting Help

Viewing a Demonstration

This product comes equipped with a

brief demonstration which describes the

many features of this product and how

to use them. To view the demo, press

. Then, highlight the Other menu

and select

View Demo

. (NOTE: If you

select

View Demo

, the product will ask

if you wish to reset the scores. If you

press

, then the Demo will not run.)

Viewing the Rules

Rules for both Blackjack and Video

Poker can be found by pressing

highlighting the Rules menu, and then

selecting either

Blackjack

Video

Poker

The Blackjack rules describe the

different betting options, the object of

the game, and the strategy of your

opponent (i.e., the dealer). The Video

Poker rules describe the object of the

game, the different winning hand

combinations, and their values.

Getting Help

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Viewing Help

You can view a help message at

virtually any screen by pressing

HELP

Use the direction keys to read it. To

exit help, press

BACK

Viewing the Tutorial

To read a tutorial of how to use the

main functions and keys of this

product, press

, and select

Tutorial

from the Other menu.

Changing the Help Language

The Help messages and the Rules are

available in English, German, French,

and Spanish. To change the Help

language, press

, and select

Help/Rules Language

from the Other

menu. Then highlight the desired

language and press

ENTER

to select it.

➤Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right of the

screen show which arrow keys you

can press to move around menus or

view more text.

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About Blackjack

Blackjack is played with six, standard 52-

card decks dealt from a “shoe” (a box

containing more than one deck). This

means that there are 24 cards of each

value in the shoe (24 aces, 24 kings,

etc.). This shoe is shuffled after 2/3 of

the cards have been dealt. The player

and dealer are dealt two cards each, one

of the dealer’s cards is dealt face down.

The number cards are equal to their face

value, the picture cards (king, queen,

and jack) count as 10, and the ace can

count as either 1 or 11, depending on

which brings the hand closer to 21. Note

that the four suits (hearts, diamonds,

clubs, and spades) have no effect on the

value of your hand.

The object of the game is simple: to have

a hand equal to “21” or closer to 21 than

the dealer's hand without going over 21.

A winning hand pays 1 to 1 to the play-

ers original bet, except blackjack (two

cards that together equal 21) which pays

3:2 (so a bet of $10 would win $15). If

the dealer and player stand on the same

value, then it is called a “push”, and no

one wins or loses the hand.

The dealer will continue to receive cards

until the hand equals or exceeds 17.

About Blackjack

➤ Using the Teach Mode

The Teach mode is designed to help

you learn how to play a better game

of Blackjack by showing you when

your move does not correspond to

the winning strategies (see pp. 10-

11). To select Teach mode, first

press

CLEAR

(You cannot change the

mode in the middle of a game).

Next, press

, and highlight the

Mode menu. Press to highlight

Teach

, and press

ENTER

After each move that you make, you

will be shown when your decision is

different from the winning strategy.

(NOTE: Selecting Teach mode does

not change Video Poker.) To turn off

the Teach mode, first press

CLEAR

Next, press

, and highlight the

Mode menu. Highlight

Normal

, and

press

ENTER

Here is a sample walk-through of a game

of Blackjack.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Select Blackjack by pressing

ENTER

You may stop the animation by

pressing any key other than

CLEAR

3. Type your bet amount using

the top row of letter keys.

You also can raise or lower your bet

by $1 by pressing or instead

of typing numbers.

4. Press

ENTER

The dealer may give you the option

to split your pair or buy Insurance,

see “Blackjack Options” for more

information.

5. Make your First Deal Option.

If you bust, the dealer wins, and the

hand is over. If at any time you get

twenty one, you win, and the hand

is over. Press any key to continue.

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First Deal Options

Here are your options after you have re-

ceived your first two cards (all of these

options can also be used if you split your

hand).

To: Press:

Stand (stay with

STAND

current cards)

Hit (get a new card)

DEAL/H IT

Surrender/Give up

Double down

View score

SCORE

Receive a hint

HINT

Second Deal Options

These are the options that you have af-

ter you have already received a hit.

To: Press:

Stand (stay with

STAND

current cards)

Hit (get a new card)

DEAL/H IT

View score

SCORE

Receive a hint

HINT

▲

Blackjack Hand Options Playing Blackjack

Playing Blackjack

6. Make your Second Deal

Option, if needed.

Repeat if desired, unless you have

busted.

Once both your hand and the

dealer’s hand have been tallied,

press any key to continue.

➤Blackjack Betting

You begin with $1000. You can either

type in the amount you wish to bet, or

press or to raise or lower the

amount by $1. The minimum bet is $5.

There is no maximum bet; you can bet

as much as you have in your total.

(NOTE: If you bet more than half of your

total, then you will not be able to either

Double Down or Split a Pair.)

If you are down to your last $5 or less,

the casino will offer you a $100 loan to

keep playing. If you lose this money, or

if you decide not to take the loan, then

the game is over. The score will then be

reset. NOTE: You must have at least

$5.50 to bet in Blackjack.

If you win $1,000,000 or more, then you

will be declared the winner, and your

score will be reset to $1000.

➤ Blackjack Payoff

Here are the payoff ratios for a hand

of Blackjack if you bet $10.

Hand/Result: Payoff:

Regular win win $10

Blackjack win win $15

Double Down win win $20

Regular loss lose $10

Double Down loss lose $20

Give up lose $5

Push win $0

➤ Resetting the Scores

You can reset the scores for both Video

Poker and Blackjack. Press

, and

highlight the Other menu. Press until

Reset Scores

is highlighted, and press

ENTER

. Press

to confirm.

Playing Blackjack

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