Excalibur electronic Handheld Game System 455D User Manual

Excalibur  
Electronics  
Touch-Screen  
Crossword  
Puzzle  
Deluxe Edition  
Model No. 455D-B  
 
Layout of Onscreen Keyboard  
Locating & Using Your Stylus  
Your stylus is the key to commu- the stylus easily and pull it out  
“QWERTY” Keyboard  
completely.  
nicating with your New York  
Times Touch-Screen Crossword  
Puzzle, Deluxe Edition. On the  
back, left-hand side of your unit,  
you’ll find a recessed cradle.  
Inside is the stylus. Carefully  
remove the stylus by pressing  
gently on the tab near its top and  
DEL Key  
CHECK Key  
SOUND Key  
Note: Remove the stylus by  
pulling away from its cradle  
until its tip clears the brace at  
the top of the indentation.  
When you want to store your  
stylus again, just slide it back  
into its cradle, pointed-end  
CONTRAST Key  
ON/OFF Key  
Solve LETTER Key  
Solve WORD Key  
NEW GAME  
Solve PUZZLE Key  
Your unit uses a touch-screen “QWERTY” keyboard. A “QWERTY” keyboard arranges  
the letter-keys just like your home, school, or work computer keyboard does.  
pushing it up until you can hold first.  
Functions of the Icons (Onscreen Buttons)  
Your unit’s buttons are easy to in on the selected letter, a whole  
use. Always use your stylus to  
gently touch the onscreen buttons.  
word, or all letters filled in on the  
entire puzzle.  
Using Your New York Times Crossword  
Getting started  
ON/OFF: Touch this key to turn  
the unit on and off.  
PUZZLE: Press this key to solve  
the entire puzzle.  
Gently touch the pointed end of  
the stylus to the ON/OFF icon at the  
bottom left of the keyboard. The  
first time you do this after  
installing batteries or pushing the  
RESET button, your screen will  
display:  
NEW GAME: Touch to start a new  
puzzle.  
WORD: Press this key to solve the  
selected word.  
SOUND: Touch to turn the sound  
on or off.  
LETTER: Press this key to solve  
the selected letter.  
CONTRAST: Touch to adjust the  
contrast of the screen.  
A-Z: Use these keys to enter your  
answers.  
NEW YORK TIMES  
CROSSWORD  
CHECK: Once you’ve filled in one  
or more letters, tap and hold this  
key to check your answers. Any  
letter that is incorrect will be  
marked with a spell-check icon.  
Once you release this key, the  
original letters will return.  
corresponding to the level of chal-  
lenge you want. (Selecting  
MIXED” will give you a variety  
of puzzles, from easy to hard. We  
suggest, unless you are a very  
experienced crossword player,  
that you choose the “EASY” level  
to get started.)  
PUZZLE  
Other buttons  
RESET: Press this button if your  
unit functions improperly.  
BY EXCALIBUR  
Choosing the level  
LIGHT: Press and hold for one sec-  
ond to turn backlighting on to use  
the game in low-light areas. Press  
Next, use your stylus to press the  
NEW GAME button. Your display  
will show the screen at right.  
Use your stylus to touch the box  
DEL: Press to delete letters filled and hold again to turn it off.  
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Choosing the puzzle  
icon will change to a downward DOWN word will be solved.  
Touch “PREVIOUS PAGE” at  
the top of the screen to move  
backward through the pages.)  
When you select a level, the num-  
bers of the puzzles corresponding  
to your selected level will appear  
on the screen. Your display will  
look like this:  
arrow. Touching the downward  
Deleting or erasing  
arrow will change the icon back  
This function is just like erasing  
to a right arrow and the ACROSS  
Working a puzzle  
an answer you’ve made in a  
paper-and-pencil  
clue.  
As soon as you touch a number  
with the stylus, your display will  
fill with the chosen crossword  
puzzle. Naturally, all “boxes”  
(each indicating a single letter)  
are blank. Blanks between words  
are indicated by a solid black  
“box,” just as in the puzzles print-  
ed in The New York Times.  
crossword.  
If you want to see the clues to a Place the cursor on the letter you  
different word of the puzzle, sim- want to delete, and touch the DEL  
ply touch a letter in the word you key with the stylus. Three options  
choose. The corresponding clues  
will be instantly displayed.  
will appear on screen: “DELETE  
LETTER,” “DELETE WORD,”  
and “DELETE PUZZLE.” Simply  
touch the option you want with  
your stylus. Note: When you  
select “DELETE WORD,” the  
word deleted will be the ACROSS  
word when the right arrow  
appears to the left of the clue. The  
DOWN word will be deleted  
when the downward arrow  
appears to the left of the clue.  
Solving letters, words & puzzle  
If you’re stumped about a word  
on the puzzle you’re working,  
you can ask for a specific letter,  
word—or even the whole puz-  
zle—to be solved. With your sty-  
lus, just press LETTER, WORD or  
PUZZLE under the SOLVE heading.  
Suppose you touched WORD. Your  
screen would look like this:  
SOLVE WORD?  
You’ll see the cursor flashing in  
the first blank “box” at the top left  
of the puzzle. You can move the  
cursor to any open square you  
want simply by touching that  
square. You can’t move the cursor  
to a blocked-out (black) square.  
You can fill in any blank “box” by  
touching one of the letters on your  
onscreen QWERTY keyboard.  
Touch any of the numbers to dis-  
play a puzzle.  
This feature allows you to select  
favorites, or avoid selecting puz-  
zles you’ve already worked. It  
also allows you to compete with  
others, by seeing who can work  
the same puzzle the fastest. (Note:  
there are 1,000 puzzles in your  
New York Times Touch-Screen  
Using the check function  
Touch and hold the CHECK key  
with your stylus to check all your  
answers in the puzzle. All of the  
incorrect letters will be replaced  
by a spell-check icon, alerting  
you that you’ve made a mistake,  
without giving you the answer.  
(Even wrong answers that are  
spelled correctly will be indicat-  
ed.)  
Y/N  
By asking you this question, your  
unit is safeguarding against giv-  
ing you an answer you do not  
want. If we confirm that we want  
the answer by tapping “Y” with  
our stylus, the word will be  
solved. If the right-hand arrow  
was displayed before the clue, the  
ACROSS word will be solved. If  
Viewing clues  
Immediately below the onscreen  
puzzle you’ve selected, you’ll see  
the clue for the word you’ve  
selected (by touching the word  
with your stylus). The ACROSS  
clue will display first. If you want  
to see the DOWN clue, just touch  
the right arrow displayed before  
the clue with your stylus. The  
Crossword  
Puzzle,  
Deluxe  
Edition, so it requires more than  
one screen “page” to list the puz-  
zles. Touch NEXT PAGE” to  
move through the screens. The  
screen will display “LAST  
PAGE” when the final page of  
choices has been displayed.  
the downward arrow was dis- When you release the CHECK key,  
played before the clue, the the spell-check icons will disap-  
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pear and the original letters will Auto power-off  
adds, for example, 10 seconds to  
your time and each use of the  
solve word adds a minute. You’ll  
still want to establish a maximum  
number of uses of each, however.  
OFF” will show on the screen.  
be displayed.  
To save batteries, your unit will  
Competing against friends  
By remembering the level and  
number of the puzzle you select,  
you can compete against others.  
The one who solves the puzzle in  
the least time wins!  
automatically turn off after three  
minutes of inactivity. (If you are  
using the light, it will turn off as  
well.) If this happens while you  
are still playing, touch the ON/OFF  
key to wake up the game. You  
will continue playing the current  
game. None of your answers will  
be lost.  
Completing the puzzle  
A puzzle is completed when all of  
the squares have been filled with  
the correct letters. Whether you  
complete the puzzle by using the  
solve keys or by figuring each  
word out, when you’re finished,  
the clue screen will display:  
PUZZLE  
You can even compete against  
players that are much more or less  
experienced than you by selecting  
puzzles at different levels. As the  
more experienced player, you  
may have to solve a puzzle in the  
MEDIUM” category, while your  
less expert opponent gets to  
You can allow a specific number  
of letter and word auto-solutions  
per player—the more experienced  
the players, the fewer the auto-  
solutions. Or you can make a rule  
Light button  
COMPLETED  
Press and hold the LIGHT button  
for one second to turn on your  
game’s backlighting to use your  
unit in the dark. Press the button  
again to turn it off.  
TIME 045M025S  
that each use of the solve letter choose from the EASY” level.  
The third line tells you how long  
it took to solve the puzzle, in total  
minutes and seconds. This infor-  
mation allows you to compete  
against others, or against yourself.  
Contrast  
If you want to adjust your LCD’s  
contrast to make it readable at  
varying light levels, just use your  
stylus to touch the CONTRAST key  
at the right bottom of the unit.  
Starting a new puzzle  
You can begin a new puzzle any-  
time by touching the NEW GAME  
key. Your display will ask you to  
confirm your choice—so that you  
don’t lose your current game by The message “CONTRAST  
accident. Then the display will ADJUSTMENT L H” will show  
IF NO BUTTONS ARE PRESSED  
FOR THREE MINUTES, YOUR  
NEW YORK TIMES DELUXE CROSSWORD  
WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT  
on the screen. You can touch the  
letter “L” to reduce the contrast  
or touch the “H” to increase the  
contrast.  
give you the choice of levels.  
ON/OFF button  
Touch the ON/OFF key at any time  
during game play to turn the game  
off. Touch the ON/OFF key again to  
turn the game on, and you will  
continue playing the current  
game.  
OFF TO SAVE BATTERIES. SIMPLY TOUCH  
ON/OFFWITH YOUR STYLUS TO RESUME  
THE PUZZLE YOU WERE WORKING ON.  
Sound on/off  
Touch the SOUND key to toggle the  
sound on and off. The message  
SOUND ON” or “SOUND  
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Special Care & Handling  
Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping.  
90-Day Limited Warranty  
EXCALIBUR  
ELECTRONICS,  
sequential damages, so the above lim-  
INC., warrants to the original con-  
sumer that its products are free from  
any electrical or mechanical defects  
for a period of 90 DAYS from the  
date of purchase. If any such defect is  
discovered within the warranty peri-  
od, EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS,  
INC., will repair or replace the unit  
free of charge upon receipt of the  
unit, shipped postage prepaid and  
insured to the factory address shown  
at right.  
itations and exclusions in these  
instances may not apply.  
Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results, use between the  
temperatures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4º C and 38º C).  
The only authorized service center in  
the United States is:  
Clean using only a slightly damp cloth. Do not use cleaners with chemical  
agents.  
Excalibur Electronics, Inc.  
13755 SW 119th Ave  
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.  
Battery Information  
• Batteries should be installed or replaced only by an adult.  
Your New York Times Touch-Screen Crossword Puzzle, Deluxe  
Edition uses 2 AAA batteries, not included.  
• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nick-  
el- cadmium) batteries.  
• Do not mix old and new batteries.  
• Do not use rechargeable batteries.  
• Remove exhausted batteries from the unit.  
• Do not short circuit battery terminals.  
• Remove batteries and store them in a cool, dry place when not in  
use.  
• To avoid explosion or leakage, do not dispose of batteries in a fire  
or attempt to recharge alkaline or other non-rechargeable batteries.  
Phone: 305.477.8080  
Fax: 305.477.9516  
The warranty covers normal con-  
sumer use and does not cover damage  
that occurs in shipment or failure that  
results from alterations, accident,  
misuse, abuse, neglect, wear and tear,  
inadequate maintenance, commercial  
use, or unreasonable use of the unit.  
Removal of the top panel voids all  
warranties. This warranty does not  
cover cost of repairs made or attempt-  
ed outside of the factory.  
Ship the unit carefully packed, prefer-  
ably in the original carton, and send it  
prepaid, and adequately insured.  
Include a letter, detailing the com-  
plaint and including your daytime  
telephone number, inside the shipping  
carton.  
If your warranty has expired and you  
want an estimated fee for service,  
write to the above address, specifying  
the model and the problem.  
Any applicable implied warranties,  
including warranties of merchantabil-  
ity and fitness, are hereby limited to  
90 DAYS from the date of purchase.  
Consequential or incidental damages  
resulting from a breach of any appli-  
cable express or implied warranties  
are hereby excluded. Some states do  
not allow limitations on the duration  
of implied warranties and do not  
allow exclusion of incidental or con-  
Due to continuing improvements,  
actual product may differ slightly  
from the product described herein.  
PLEASE DO NOT SEND  
YOUR UNIT WITHOUT  
RECEIVING AN ESTIMATE FOR  
SERVICING. WE CANNOT  
STORE YOUR UNIT!  
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Excalibur Electronics, Inc.  
13755 SW 119th Ave  
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.  
Phone: 305.477.8080  
Fax: 305.477.9516  
.
Play games live at:  
We make you think.  
 

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