Franklin BOOKMAN BTG-2008 User manual

Bartender's
Guide
USER’S GUIDE
BOOKMAN®
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BTG-2008
www.franklin.com
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Contents
measurements, bartender’s tips, how
to information, and more.
Use your BOOKMAN to read this
book card. See “Installing Book cards”
to learn how.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
With this
Bartender’s Guide you can
find over 2,200 drink recipes by ingre-
dient or by drink name; as well as read
information on serving, glassware,
Installing Book cards ..................................................... 4
Selecting Books ............................................................ 4
Using the Color Keys ..................................................... 5
Changing Settings ......................................................... 5
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 6
Searching by Name ....................................................... 6
Beginner Tips ................................................................ 7
Searching by Ingredients ............................................... 7
Searching by Attributes ................................................. 8
Reading the Glossary .................................................... 8
Learning About Liquors ................................................. 9
Advanced Tips ............................................................... 9
Finding Hints ................................................................. 10
Learning How To ........................................................... 10
Finding Measurements .................................................. 11
Book card Care ............................................................. 11
Optional Features .......................................................... 12
FCC Notice ................................................................... 13
Limited Warranty (U.S. only) .......................................... 14
Index ............................................................................. 15

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Other Keys
BACK
Backs up a step or erases letters.
CAP
Used with
SPACE
, auto-scrolls.
ENTER
Enters a search or selects a
menu item.
HELP
Shows help messages.
?✱
Shows the full menu item.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Page up or down.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sendsawordbetweenbooks.
✩
+ Shows next entry or match;
lightens contrast at menus.
✩
+ Shows previous entry or match;
darkens contrast at menus.
✩
+Go directly to the top or
bottom of a list or entry.
Function Keys
CLEAR Clears to the Drinks menu.
MENU Shows the selected menu.
DRINK (red) Shows the Drinks menu.
GLOSS (green) Shows the Glossary.
HINTS (yellow) Shows the Hints menu.
HOW TO
(blue) Shows the How To menu.
CARD Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
➤Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book
described in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color
key functions, which are labelled
on their book cards or on the
keyboard. For more information,
read “Using the Color Keys.”
* Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.

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Installing Book cards
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card when BOOKMAN is on. If
you do, information that you entered
in its built-in book and in an installed
book card will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book
card with the notches in the
slot.
4. Press the book card until it
snaps into place.
Selecting Books
Once you have installed a book card
in your BOOKMAN, you must 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.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at
any screen. When you turn
BOOKMAN on again, the screen
that you last viewed appears.
➤ Removing Book cards
Warning: When you remove a
book card to install another,
information that you entered in the
removed book card will be erased.

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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 book is selected, the color keys
function as labelled on that book card.
Remember, the color keys for BOOK-
MAN books in book cards function as
labelled on their book cards, not as on
the keyboard.
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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.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press the arrow keys to
highlight Set Shutoff on the
Other menu.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Highlight a setting.
5. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Or press
BACK
to exit without
changing the setting.
6. Press
CLEAR
.
7. Press or repeatedly to
adjust the screen contrast.
Changing Settings
➤Another Way to Change
Contrast
You can also adjust the contrast
by holding
✩
and pressing the
and keys at menus.

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Before you start using this book, you can
view a demonstration of what it can do.
Once you have installed and selected
the book card, press
MENU
and then
the arrow keys to highlight
View Demo
on the Other menu. Then press
ENTER
to view the demonstration.
If you want to stop the demonstration,
press
CLEAR
.
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at
virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
. Press the direction keys to
read it. To exit help, press
BACK
.
If you need a reminder of what
each key does, select
Tutorial
from the Other menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around
menus or to view more text.
Finding the recipe of a drink is easy.
Simply type the name of the drink at
the Drinks menu. Usually you need to
type only a few letters to highlight the
drink you want.
Note: You do not need
to type capital letters or spaces.
1. Press
DRINK
(red).
Or select Drinks under the Topics
menu.
2. Start typing the name of a
drink (e.g., screwdriver).
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
3. Press
ENTER
to view the recipe.
4. Press the Direction keys to
read.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Searching by Name

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You can search for drinks by one or
more ingredients. Here we’ll find the
recipes that contain both vodka and
cranberry juice. Press
CLEAR
to start.
1. Select Ingredients under the
Locate menu.
2. Type an ingredient (e.g., vodka).
3. Press
ENTER
.
The ✻✻ indicate those ingredients
that are not in any recipes with
your selected ingredient(s).
4. Type another ingredient
(e.g., cranberry juice).
5. Press
ENTER
.
6. Press to view the matches.
7. Select a drink to view its recipe.
8. Press
BACK
to return to matches.
Beginner Tips Searching by Ingredients
➤Viewing a Full Menu Item
Some names of drinks and other
menu items are followed by
ellipses because they are too long
to fit on one line.
At any highlighted menu item,
press
? ✻
to view the complete
name.
➤Zooming Through Lists
To go directly to the top or bottom
of a list, Hold
✩
and press or
.
➤Viewing the Next or
Previous Item
While at an entry, hold
✩
and
press or to view the next
or previous entry.

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Searching by Attributes
You may have a favorite drink that you
would like to try in a variety of recipes.
For example, there are eighteen dif-
ferent recipes derived from the origi-
nal Bloody Mary mix.
1. Select Attributes from the
Locate menu.
2. Highlight an attribute
(e.g., Punches).
You can type the attribute or
scroll down to highlight it.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press to view the matches.
5. Select a punch recipe.
6. Press
BACK
to return to matches.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Reading the Glossary
The Glossary provides a good intro-
duction to mixology. Read it to become
familiar with basic terms, concepts,
and alcohols.
1. Select Glossary from the
Topics menu.
Or press
GLOSS
(green) for glossary.
2. Highlight a subtopic
(e.g., Amaretto).
You can type the subtopic or
scroll down to highlight it.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press the Direction keys to
read.
5. Press
BACK
to go back to the
menu.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.

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Advanced Tips
➤Deselecting a Subtopic
You know a menu item is selected
when a check mark appears next
to it. To deselect the item, press
ENTER
when it is highlighted.
➤Typing Numbers
You can type numbers in the Hints
menu to highlight a hint by number
or in the Drinks menu to find a
drink name that has a number in it
(e.g.,
747 ). To type numbers, hold
✩
and press a key on the top row
of letters (Q-P).
➤Selecting a Topic
You can select some topics (e.g.,
Gloss ) either by pressing its
function key
GLOSS
(green) or by
selecting it under the Topics menu.
➤Auto-Scrolling Through Text
If you want to scroll text automati-
cally, hold CAP and press
SPACE
while in text. To stop scrolling,
press any key but
CLEAR
.
The Liquors topic provides in-depth
information on liquors. Read it to learn
about the history and making of a li-
quor.
1. Select Liquors from the Topics
menu.
2. Highlight a subtopic
(e.g., Brandy).
You can type the subtopic or
scroll down to highlight it.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Press the Direction keys to
read.
5. Press
BACK
to go back to the
menu.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Learning About Liquors