Franklin BJP-2034 manuale d’uso

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20 READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN BOOK CARD. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN BOOK CARD DEEMS THA T YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MA Y 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[...]

1 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 effec[...]

2 Function Keys CLEAR Clears an entry. MENU Goes to the menu screen. STAND (red) Stays with current cards. D EAL/H I T (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/OF[...]

3 Selecting Books Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. 1. T ur n 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 fr[...]

4 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.  Y ou can adjust the shutoff time and [...]

5 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. T o view the demo, press MENU . 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[...]

6 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[...]

7 Here is a sample walk-through of a game of Blackjack. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Select Blackjack by pressing ENTER . Y ou may stop the animation by pressing any key other than CLEAR . 3. T ype your bet amount using the top row of letter keys. Y ou also can raise or lower your bet by $1 by pressing or instead of typing numbers. 4. Press ENTER . The deal[...]

8 Playing Blackjack 6. Make your Second Deal Option, if needed. Repeat if desired, unless you have busted. 7. Once both your hand and the dealer’ s hand have been tallied, press any key to continue. ➤ Blackjack Betting Y ou begin with $1000. Y ou can either type in the amount you wish to bet, or press or to raise or lower the amount by $1. The [...]

9 Blackjack Options Y ou have several options on what to do after being dealt the original two cards. Stand Standing means that you are finished adding cards to the current hand. Hit Hitting means that you are dealt another card. Y ou may continue to hit until your hand's value reaches or exceeds 21. Double Down When you Double Down you double[...]

10 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. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A x Stand Hit Double Down* Surrender* 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 or Le[...]

11 Winning Strategies Stand Hit Double Down Split Stand Hit Double Down A-9 A-8 A-7 A-6 A-5 A-4 A-3 A-2 This graphic displays the strategy that you should use when deciding whether to split a pair . A player is said to have a soft hand when one of the cards is an ace, and its value can equal either 1 or 11 without the hand’ s total being greater [...]

12 About Video Poker Play begins in Video Poker with the dealer giving you five cards. Y ou then have one chance to replace as many cards as you feel necessary . Winning and losing in Video Poker , un- like most other forms of poker , is not based on comparing the value of your hand against another hand. Instead, you are rewarded for the value of y[...]

13 V ideo Poker Options Here are the options that you have for each hand of Video Poker . T o: Press: Highlight a card or Hold a card H or Rates the value of HINT your current hand Replace all cards that D EAL/H I T or ENTER are not held Hold all cards STAND Playing Video Poker Here is a sample walk-through of a game of Video Poker . 1. Press CLEAR[...]

14 Playing V ideo Poker ➤ Video Poker Betting Y ou begin with $250 to start. The mini- mum bet is $1, and the maximum bet is $5. Y ou can either type in the amount you wish to bet, or press or to raise or lower the amount by $1. If you lose all of your money , the dealer will offer you a $100 loan to keep play- ing. If you lose this money , or if[...]

15 Limited W arranty (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[...]

16 Resetting Y our BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- spond, or if its screen performs errati- cally , first press CLEAR and then press ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow the steps below to reset it. Warning: Pressing the reset button with more than very light pressure may perma- nently disable your BOOKMAN. In addition, resetting y[...]

17 Index Betting Blackjack 8 Video Poker 14 Blackjack betting in 8 betting screen 7 first deal options 7 insurance 9 object of the game 6 options 9 payoff 8 rules 5 sample game 7 second deal options 7 splitting a pair 9 surrender 9 Book card care 14 installing 3 removing 3 BOOKMAN resetting 16 troubleshooting 16 Color keys, under- standing 2 Color [...]

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