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BOOKMAN
ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
Blackjack &
Video Poker
Electronic Publishers
USER’S GUIDE
BJP-2034
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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 in the casinos. Also you can use the teach Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! mode to learn how to play Blackjack more BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec- effectively. Plus, your score will be saved tronic reference with a built-in book and a even if you turn your BOOKMAN off. Use slot in the back for more books. With Black- your BOOKMAN to read this book card. jack & Video Poker you can learn how to See “Installing Book Cards” to learn how. play both Blackjack and Video Poker just lik
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Key Guide Function Keys Other Keys CLEAR Clears an entry. BACK Backs up to the previous MENU screen. Goes to the menu screen. ENTER STAND Selects a menu item or deals (red) Stays with current cards. new cards. DEAL/H IT (green) Deals a new card in Blackjack and deals new cards HELP Shows help messages. in Video Poker. Hot Keys SCORE (yellow) Shows your current D Double down in Blackjack, and score. deals new cards in Video Poker. HINT (blue) Gives a hint in Black- G Gives up (surrenders) the jac
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Selecting Books Installing a Book Card Warning: Never install or remove a Once you have installed a book card in book card while your BOOKMAN is your BOOKMAN, you can select which turned on. If you do, information that you book you want to use. entered in its built-in book and in an in- 1. Turn BOOKMAN on. stalled book will be erased. CARD 2. Press . 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the These are sample books. slot. 3. Pr
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Using the Color Keys Changing Settings The red, green, yellow and blue keys on You can adjust the shutoff time and the your BOOKMAN change functions ac- screen contrast. The shutoff time is how cording to which book is selected. long BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off, and the contrast determines how When the built-in book is selected, the dark the screen appears. color keys function as labelled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book MENU 1. Press . card is selected, the color keys func
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Getting Help Getting Help s s Viewing a Demonstration Viewing Help This product comes equipped with a You can view a help message at HELP brief demonstration which describes the virtually any screen by pressing . many features of this product and how Use the direction keys to read it. To BACK to use them. To view the demo, press exit help, press . s MENU . Then, highlight the Other menu Viewing the Tutorial and select View Demo. (NOTE: If you To read a tutorial of how to use the select View Demo
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About Blackjack About Blackjack Blackjack is played with six, standard 52- value, then it is called a “push”, and no card decks dealt from a “shoe” (a box one wins or loses the hand. containing more than one deck). This The dealer will continue to receive cards means that there are 24 cards of each until the hand equals or exceeds 17. value in the shoe (24 aces, 24 kings, etc.). This shoe is shuffled after 2/3 of Using the Teach Mode the cards have been dealt. The player The Teach mode is des
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Blackjack Hand Options Playing Blackjack s Here is a sample walk-through of a game First Deal Options of Blackjack. Here are your options after you have re- CLEAR 1. Press . ceived your first two cards (all of these options can also be used if you split your 2. Select Blackjack by pressing ENTER hand). . You may stop the animation by To: Press: CLEAR pressing any key other than . STAND S Stand (stay with or 3. Type your bet amount using current cards) the top row of letter keys. DEAL/H IT H Hi
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Playing Blackjack Playing Blackjack 6. Make your Second Deal Blackjack Betting Option, if needed. You begin with $1000. You can either Repeat if desired, unless you have type in the amount you wish to bet, or busted. press or to raise or lower the 7. Once both your hand and the amount by $1. The minimum bet is $5. dealer’s hand have been tallied, There is no maximum bet; you can bet press any key to continue. as much as you have in your total. (NOTE: If you bet more than half of your Bl
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ss Buying Insurance & Blackjack Options Splitting a Pair You have several options on what to do Buying Insurance after being dealt the original two cards. If the dealer’s up card is an ace, the dealer Y Stand will offer you insurance. By pressing , players bet half of their original wager on Standing means that you are finished insurance (i.e., if your original bet was adding cards to the current hand. $10, then insurance would cost you $5). Hit By buying insurance, you are wagering Hitting mean
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Winning Strategies Here are the winning strategies that the product’s hints and teach mode are based on. The three graphics describe a player’s regular hand strategy, strategy for split- ting a hand, and strategy if your hand has an ace. Player Hard Hand Strategy DEALER’S FACE CARD VALUE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A 21 20 19 Stand 18 Hit 17 Double Down* 16 x Surrender* 15 14 *Double Down and Surrender 13 can only be done on your first d
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Winning Strategies Splitting Strategy DEALER’S FACE CARD VALUE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A A-A ss s s sss s s s Stand 10-10 9-9 Hit ss s s s s s s s s 8-8 ss s s sss s s s Double Down 7-7 ss s s s s s Split 6-6 ss s s s 5-5 4-4 s s 3-3 ss ss s s 2-2 ss s s s s This graphic displays the strategy that you should use when deciding whether to split a pair. Player Soft Hand Strategy DEALER’S FACE CARD VALUE 2 3 4 5
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About Video Poker Winning Poker Hands Play begins in Video Poker with the The following sections explain winning dealer giving you five cards. You then hands and their value. have one chance to replace as many Jacks or Better (Pays 1 to 1): One cards as you feel necessary. pair of jacks, queens, kings, or aces. Winning and losing in Video Poker, un- Two Pair (Pays 2 to 1): Two pairs of like most other forms of poker, is not equal value cards, such as two 5's and based on comparing the value of
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Video Poker Options Playing Video Poker Here are the options that you have for Here is a sample walk-through of a game each hand of Video Poker. of Video Poker. CLEAR To: Press: 1. Press . Highlight a card or 2. Press to show Video Poker. ENTER 3. Press to select it. H Hold a card or You may stop the animation by HINT Rates the value of CLEAR pressing any key other than . your current hand 4. Type your bet amount using DEAL/H IT ENTER the top row of letter keys. Replace all cards that or ar
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LBS. Playing Video Poker Book Card Care • Do not touch the metal Video Poker Betting contacts on your book cards. You begin with $250 to start. The mini- Caution: Touching these electrical mum bet is $1, and the maximum bet is contacts with statically charged $5. You can either type in the amount objects, including your fingers, could you wish to bet, or press or to raise erase information entered in a book or lower the amount by $1. card or built-in book. If you lose all of your money, the
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Limited Warranty (US 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 o
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Resetting Your BOOKMAN Copyrights & Patents If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- Model: BJP-2034 spond, or if its screen performs errati- • size: 5.9 x 4.2 x 0.2 cm CLEAR cally, first press and then press • weight: 0.4 oz. ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow © 1998 Franklin Electronic Publishers, the steps below to reset it. Inc., Burlington, NJ 08060-4907, USA. All rights reserved. Warning: Pressing the reset button with FCC Notice: Complies with the limits more than very light pressure
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Index Betting Color keys, under- Set shutoff 4 Blackjack 8 standing 2 Settings, changing 4 Video Poker 14 Color keys, using 4 Splitting strategy 11 Blackjack Direction keys 2 Strategy betting in 8 Follow the arrows 5 hard hand 10 betting screen 7 Function keys 2 soft hand 11 first deal options 7 Help, viewing 5 splitting 11 insurance 9 Hot keys 2 Teach mode 6 object of the game 6 Insurance, buying 9 Tutorial, viewing 5 options 9 Limited warranty 15 Video Poker payoff 8
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BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD Blackjack & Video Poker Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE BJP-2034
