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BOOKMAN
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
Sports Trivia
Game
Electronic Publishers
USER’S GUIDE
XST-2051
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License Agreement 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 MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER 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. LIM
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Contents Welcome to the world of BOOK- category is drawn from one of ten ® MAN ! With this Sports Trivia fields of knowledge such as Game book card, you can test Football, Baseball, or Olympics. your trivia knowledge by playing If you score enough points in the 100 different games at three levels Challenge Round, you go on to the of difficulty. Championship Round, where you Sports Trivia is a game-show-style can win even more points and trivia game with hosts Stan Tisdale unusual prizes. and Ale
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Key Guide Function Keys Other Keys CLEAR BACK Clears all entries and scores. Backs up to the previous screen or erases numbers. MENU Shows the main menus. ENTER Selects a menu item or matches NEW (red) Clears the current game a game clue. and goes to the next game. HELP Shows help messages. SCORE (green) Shows your current score. SPACE Matches a game clue. FACT (yellow) Shows a Fun Fact, ? ] Shows the category and field when available. of knowledge for a round. ANSWER (blue) Shows the answers fo
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Getting Started In this section you will learn how to Plus, you will discover how to read install a book card and how to select the topics in the Instructions menu. a book once a book card has been The Instructions menu will help you installed. learn how to play a Sports Trivia game as well as how to develop You will be shown how to view a brief strategies which you can use in both demonstration about the Sports Trivia the Challenge and Championship Game. Also, you will be able to set rounds. th
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Installing a Book Card Selecting a Book Warning: Never install or remove a Once you have installed a book card in book card while your BOOKMAN is your BOOKMAN, you must select which turned on. If you do, information that you book you want to use. Note: If you entered in its built-in book and in an in- change books in the middle of a Sports stalled book will be erased. Trivia game you will lose your score. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. CARD 2. Press
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Using the Color Keys Viewing a Demonstration The red, green, yellow and blue keys on Before you begin playing the games, you your BOOKMAN change functions accord- may want to view a brief demonstration ing to which book is selected. describing how to use this book. Simply install the book card and then follow When the built-in book is selected, the these steps. color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book MENU 1. Press , if necessary. card is selected, the color keys func
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Changing the Settings Reading the Instructions Using the Setup menu, you can adjust the An Instructions menu has been added to shutoff time and screen contrast. Set help you better understand the rules. Shutoff sets how long the BOOKMAN Also included in this menu are tips that unit stays on if you forget to turn it off. Set will help you play better. Contrast makes the screen lighter or MENU 1. Press , if necessary. darker. 2. Use the arrow keys to MENU 1. Press . highlight the Instructions menu
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Playing Sports Trivia Each Sports Trivia game consists of If you win 2500 points or more, you two rounds, the Challenge Round will go on to the Championship and the Championship Round. Round. In the Championship Round you will play only one category, In the Challenge Round you will play where you must match the eight cor- three out of the four categories, try- rect pairs of clues before time runs ing to match nine pairs of clues be- out, while avoiding the fake clues fore time runs out. Every ti
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Selecting a Game Selecting a Skill Level Before you can begin playing Sports With Sports Trivia you can test your trivia Trivia, you must choose one of three knowledge by playing 100 different games. levels of difficulty. CLEAR You may press at any time to exit The skill level changes the amount of time a game and return to the Play Game you have to match clues, and it shuffles CLEAR Number screen.Note: Pressing the categories into different game num- will not change the game number. bers. So
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Selecting a Category Selecting a Category In the Challenge Round, you must play Fields of Knowledge three out of the four categories shown, Here is a list of the fields of knowledge: each of which are drawn from one of ten Abbreviation: Field: fields of knowledge. Each field of knowl- BASE Baseball edge is indicated by an abbreviation (see BSK Basketball “Fields of Knowledge” for the abbrevia- COL College tion list). FOOT Football In the following example, you will select GEN General the Boxi
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Playing a Category Playing a Category Each category begins by displaying a pair If you have correctly matched a pair of of scrambled clues, one on the top and clues, a large check mark will appear one on the bottom. Each clue on the top to the right of the clues and both clues has a matching clue on the bottom. You will be removed from the category. must cycle through the clues and match as many as possible before time runs out. 1. Do one of the following: If you have incorrectly matched a To...
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Playing a Category Sports Trivia Tips Here are some tips and strategies that Scoring in the Challenge Round you can use in Sports Trivia that will help Here is how many points you get for you to play better. each correct and incorrect match in each category: Scan Clues Then Match A good strategy when playing • 1st Category Played Sports Trivia is to scan all of the correct: +100 incorrect: -50 clues first. Then match the pairs you • 2nd Category Played know are correct. Matching the corre
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Between Categories The Championship Round After you complete a category, you can If you win 2500 points or more in the see the correct answers, see your cur- Challenge Round, you then get to play rent score, or read a Fun Fact about one the Championship Round where you can of the answers before you go on. Note: win big points and unique prizes. Not every category will have a Fun Fact. The Championship Round is played ex- 1. After a round is complete, the actly like the Challenge Round except fol
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The Championship Round The Championship Round 2. Use the arrow keys to view Scoring in the Championship the pairs of clues. Round SPACE ENTER 3. Press or when you Here is how many points you get for think you have a match. each correct and incorrect match in Remember to watch out for the the Championship Round: bombs! If you try to match a bomb, • Championship Round: your game is over and you cannot win a prize. correct: +250 incorrect: -125 4. Correctly answer as many clues as you can befo
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Winning a Prize Winning a Prize ENTER In the Championship Round, you have 2. Press to return to the the chance to win some interesting and Play Game Number screen. fun prizes. Here is how many clues you When you return to the Play Game must match to win prizes. Number screen, the game number will have increased by one (e.g., if • If you match one of the bombs or if you were playing Game Number you match five pairs or less, you 32, the game number listed will be will only win points. 33). • If y
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Appendices In this section you will learn how to This is also where you will find all care for your BOOKMAN book of the warranty information as well cards, and learn how to reset your as the index. BOOKMAN if any problems occur. Resetting Your BOOKMAN ............................................ 16 Book Card Care ............................................................ 16 Limited Warranty ........................................................... 17 Your Notes .............................
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LBS. Resetting Your BOOKMAN Book Card Care If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- • Do not touch the metal spond, or if its screen performs errati- contacts on your book cards. CLEAR cally, first press and then press Caution: Touching these electrical ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow contacts with statically charged the steps below to reset it. objects, including your fingers, could erase information entered in a book Warning: Pressing the reset button with card or built-in book. more th
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only) 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 year of purchase. Alternatively, FRANKLIN may, at its
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Copyrights and Patents 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 limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Subpart B of part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference; and (2) This device must accept any interference r
