Page 2 - LIMITED USE LICENSE; License Agreement
READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMANBOOK CARD. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN BOOK CARD DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THETERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOUMAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALERFROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN BOOK CARD AND YOUR...
Page 3 - Contents
1 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable elec-tronic reference with a built-in book and aslot in the back for more books. With Black- jack & Video Poker you can learn how toplay both Blackjack and Video Poker just like in the casinos. Also you can use the teachm...
Page 4 - Function Keys; Key Guide; Other Keys; Hot Keys
2 Function Keys CLEAR Clears an entry. MENU Goes to the menu screen. STAND (red) Stays with current cards. DEAL/H I T (green) Deals a new card in Blackjack and deals new cardsin Video Poker. SCORE (yellow) Shows your current score. HINT (blue) Gives a hint in Black- jack and rates the value ofyour h...
Page 5 - Selecting Books; These are sample books.; Never install or remove a; Installing a Book Card; When you remove a book
3 Selecting Books Once you have installed a book card inyour BOOKMAN, you can select whichbook 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 illustra...
Page 6 - Using the Color Keys; twice to highlight the; Set Shutoff; or; Set; Or press or; to select the; Changing Settings; Resuming Where You Left Off
4 Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow and blue keys onyour BOOKMAN change functions ac-cording to which book is selected. When the built-in book is selected, thecolor keys function as labelled on theBOOKMAN keyboard. When a bookcard is selected, the color keys functionas labelled on that car...
Page 7 - Viewing a Demonstration; and select; Viewing the Rules; Blackjack or Video; Getting Help; Viewing Help; Tutorial from the Other menu.; Changing the Help Language; Follow the Arrows
5 Getting Help Viewing a Demonstration This product comes equipped with abrief demonstration which describes themany features of this product and howto use them. To view the demo, press MENU . Then, highlight the Other menu and select View Demo. (NOTE: If you select View Demo, the product will ask i...
Page 8 - About Blackjack; (You cannot change the
6 About Blackjack Blackjack is played with six, standard 52-card decks dealt from a “shoe” (a boxcontaining more than one deck). Thismeans that there are 24 cards of eachvalue in the shoe (24 aces, 24 kings,etc.). This shoe is shuffled after 2/3 ofthe cards have been dealt. The playerand dealer are ...
Page 9 - Select Blackjack by pressing; Type your bet amount using; First Deal Options; Blackjack Hand Options
7 Here is a sample walk-through of a gameof Blackjack. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Select Blackjack by pressing ENTER . You may stop the animation bypressing any key other than CLEAR . 3. Type your bet amount using the top row of letter keys. You also can raise or lower your betby $1 by pressing or instead ...
Page 11 - Blackjack Options; Stand; Buying Insurance; • If the dealer does not have blackjack; Splitting a Pair
9 Blackjack Options You have several options on what to doafter being dealt the original two cards. Stand Standing means that you are finishedadding cards to the current hand. Hit Hitting means that you are dealt anothercard. You may continue to hit until yourhand's value reaches or exceeds 21. Doub...
Page 12 - Winning Strategies; This is the basic strategy that is used in a game of Blackjack.; Player Hard Hand Strategy
10 Winning Strategies Here are the winning strategies that the product’s hints and teach mode are basedon. 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 StandHitDouble Down*Surrender* 2 1 2 0...
Page 13 - A player is said to have a; Player Soft Hand Strategy; Splitting Strategy
11 Winning Strategies StandHitDouble DownSplit StandHitDouble 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 1...
Page 14 - About Video Poker; three cards of equal value.; Winning Poker Hands
12 About Video Poker Play begins in Video Poker with thedealer giving you five cards. You thenhave one chance to replace as manycards as you feel necessary. Winning and losing in Video Poker, un-like most other forms of poker, is notbased on comparing the value of yourhand against another hand. Inst...
Page 16 - to raise; Book Card Care; Touching these electrical
14 Playing Video Poker ➤ Video Poker Betting You begin with $250 to start. The mini-mum bet is $1, and the maximum bet is$5. You can either type in the amountyou wish to bet, or press or to raise or lower the amount by $1. If you lose all of your money, the dealerwill offer you a $100 loan to keep p...
Page 17 - Limited Warranty
15 Limited Warranty (US only) LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED REMEDY(A) LIMITED WARRANTY. FRANKLIN WARRANTS TO THE ORIGINAL END USER THAT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE (1) YEARFROM THE ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE AS EVIDENCED BY A COPY OF YOUR RECEIPT, YOUR FRANKLIN PRODUCTSHALL BE FREE F...
Page 18 - Resetting Your BOOKMAN; and then press; and press; gently; press; is installed correctly.
16 Resetting Your 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 d...
Page 19 - Index; Video Poker 12
17 Index Betting Blackjack 8Video Poker 14 Blackjack betting in 8betting screen 7first deal options 7insurance 9object of the game 6options 9payoff 8rules 5sample game 7second deal options 7 splitting a pair 9surrender 9 Book card care 14installing 3removing 3 BOOKMAN resetting 16troubleshooting 16 ...