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Inserting or Replacing the Batteries

Your device is powered by three AAA or LR03 batteries. Before you

can use your device, please insert three AAA or LR03 size batteries

into the compartment in the base of the computer. Please have a

small screwdriver at hand before you follow the steps below.

Note:

After initial startup, replace the batteries when the screen

dims so that you cannot read the display.

1. Turn the product off and turn it over.
2. Use the screwdriver to unscrew the battery cover screw.
3. Gently pull up the battery cover to remove it.
4. Remove the old batteries.
5. Install 3 new AAA or LR03 alkaline batteries for the best

performance.

Important:

Be sure that the batteries are installed correctly.

Wrong polarity may damage the product.

6. Replace the battery cover and secure it with the screw.

Note:

Batteries should be replaced by an adult.

Resetting Your Device

If the device fails to respond, or if the screen performs erratically,

perform a system reset by using

the stylus to gently press the reset

button located on the back of the unit.

Warning!

Pressing the reset button with more than light pressure

may permanently disable your unit. In addition, resetting the unit

erases the computer’s memory of your

previous scores.

Summary of Contents for Crossword Puzzle Solver 10131

Page 1: ...Instructions v001 15 06 15 Please read carefully before use and retain for future reference Crossword Puzzle Solver 10131 ...

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Page 3: ...s 9 Getting Started 11 Setting Up 11 Beginning an Activity 13 Finishing an Activity 14 The Help Feature 15 Crosswords 15 Word Games 17 Hangman 17 Target 18 Word Squares 18 Wordoku 19 Jotto 21 Double Jeopardy 22 Word Mix 24 Code Words 24 Word Search 25 Word Tiles 25 Board Games 26 Playing Against the Computer 26 Chess 27 Checkers 28 Reversi 28 Four in a Line 29 ...

Page 4: ...hess 34 The Chessboard and Pieces 34 The Moves 35 Check Checkmate Winning 39 Castling 41 Stalemate drawn game 42 How To Play Checkers 43 The Checkers Board and Pieces 43 The Man and How It Moves 44 Capturing Enemy Men 44 The King and How It Moves 46 How To Play Reversi 47 The Board and Pieces 47 Beginning the Game 47 Continuing the Game 48 Result of the Game 49 Specifications 50 Recycling and Disp...

Page 5: ...of the same or equivalent type as recommended are to be used The supply terminals are not to be short circuited Do not expose batteries to direct heat or try to take batteries apart Follow the battery manufacturer s instructions for battery use Always remove weak or dead batteries from the device To avoid damage caused by leakage of the battery fluid replace the batteries once every two years rega...

Page 6: ... to moisture extreme or prolonged heat cold humidity or other adverse conditions Avoid storing it in damp humid or wet places It is not waterproof Clean the device by spraying a mild glass cleaner onto a cloth and wiping its surface Do not spray liquids directly on your device Should the device s display glass break properly dispose of the product avoiding contact with your skin then wash your han...

Page 7: ...e screen where the menu items or buttons you want are displayed Auto Shutoff Your device will automatically shut off after approximately five minutes if it is left idle Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn your device off at any time When you turn it on again the last puzzle you were playing if any appears This way you can continue a game at a later time Help Is Always at Hand You can view a h...

Page 8: ...p the battery cover to remove it 4 Remove the old batteries 5 Install 3 new AAA or LR03 alkaline batteries for the best performance Important Be sure that the batteries are installed correctly Wrong polarity may damage the product 6 Replace the battery cover and secure it with the screw Note Batteries should be replaced by an adult Resetting Your Device If the device fails to respond or if the scr...

Page 9: ...Helper returns you to the current crossword In Crossword Helper and Anagram Finder begins a search for the item you typed In Crossword Helper and Anagram Finder deletes the item you typed Retracts one or more moves Replays any previously retracted moves The following appear in other parts of the display When located on the right side of the keyboard erases a typed letter In Code Words replaces the...

Page 10: ...can legally be placed at the location of the cursor In Su Doku and Wordoku identifies a candidate character at the location of the cursor In Reversi under or indicates the side that plays next In Su Doku and Wordoku identifies where you should place your next character when asking for a hint In Chess clears a square when setting up a position In Crosswords scrolls the text of a clue down or up whe...

Page 11: ...e contrast on the display Toggles the sound on or off Getting Started Setting Up 1 Withdraw the stylus from the top right hand corner of the device by pulling it horizontally Pull the stylus at its ends to extend it to its full length The computer is operated by pointing to items on the screen touching them lightly with the tip of the stylus A valid touch is acknowledged with a click or beep an er...

Page 12: ...language menu nor the main menu appears use the stylus to press the RESET button on the back of the device Please see Resetting Your Device on page 8 for more information 4 To turn on your device when not replacing the batteries press the ON OFF button located on the left side of the device when looking at the screen If left idle for 5 minutes the machine switches off automatically However when of...

Page 13: ... E S S C H E C K E R S R E V E R S I 4 I N A L I N E S U D O K U M A Z E S 3 Select the activity you want to try The difficulty level menu is displayed 4 Select the level of difficulty In some of the board games the levels range from 1 easiest to 5 hardest In Crosswords you must specify the size of the grid as well as the difficulty for example 15 15 EASY Similarly in some of the word games you mu...

Page 14: ...sing takes you back to the previous stage Finishing an Activity When the puzzle or game is completed the screen shows something like W E L L D O N E P L A Y A G A I N Y E S N O However the computer will not say WELL DONE if it has given you too much assistance in solving the puzzle Select YES if you want another puzzle or game of the same type and difficulty If you select NO press to return to the...

Page 15: ...rth Gives up and ends the activity For other items that may be listed see the sections on the individual activities To clear a help message from the screen press again or press in the top right corner of the help display Crosswords One square in the crossword grid contains a flashing arrow Below the grid the clue is displayed for the word or words to be inserted at the place of the arrow The clue ...

Page 16: ...the arrow is placed where two words intersect touch it again to toggle its direction If the keyboard is not displayed press to display it Type your word by touching the letters of the keyboard To erase the letter in the arrow square and move the arrow back press located on the right side of the keyboard If you want help press then select one of the following options Places the correct letter in th...

Page 17: ...computer in the word games have been checked with dictionaries that are commonly employed by serious word game players If the computer uses a word that you do not know you can nonetheless be sure it is genuine In a series of puzzles of a particular type the level of difficulty will automatically increase or decrease according to your success or failure in finding the solutions Hangman The device p...

Page 18: ...ny other letter a second time this letter and the subsequent ones are cancelled You can also erase the last letter by pressing The words you have so far entered are displayed in a list which may be scrolled by pressing The device indicates the number of words you are to make This target number and the number you have guessed so far are displayed to the right of the grid e g ME 12 YOU 9 When you ha...

Page 19: ...e smaller 3x3 grids At the beginning of the puzzle some locations already contain letters Your goal is to fill the empty spaces in such a way that each provided letter occurs once and only once in each horizontal row vertical column and 3x3 grid Note When the puzzle is complete the 9 letters reading diagonally from the top left corner will form a word Empty locations are denoted by hyphens When yo...

Page 20: ... then touch Remember letters present at the start of the puzzle cannot be changed When you point to one of them you will see a single letter below the grid not a complete row Special Wordoku Features Retract and replay You can retract a series of moves by repeatedly pressing Any retracted moves in the same series may then be replayed by pressing Locked letters To lock a guessed letter into the gri...

Page 21: ...touching Hint If you press and HINT a flashing appears in the grid This suggests where you should insert the next letter If you now press and REVEAL LETTER the letter is inserted for you Jotto In Jotto the user plays against the computer Each player thinks of a word and tries to guess what letters are in the opponent s word Before you start select to play with 4 5 or 6 letter words Suppose you sel...

Page 22: ...have to be in the same place as in the opponent s hidden word So if the computer s hidden word is STEP and you guess PEST all 4 letters are correct and you win the game After its first few guesses the computer may take about one or two minutes to study the information it has gained so that it can continue the game intelligently Double Jeopardy As in Jotto each player the user and the device thinks...

Page 23: ...wo F s in FIFTY and the T provides a third match So touch 3 Then if a single letter in STAFF occurs in the computer s hidden word the top of the screen will look like this 2 E X T R A E X T R A 1 1 S T A F F S T A F F 3 Note In EXTRA 2 letters match the computer s mystery word and 1 letter matches your mystery word And in STAFF one letter matches the computer s word and 3 match your word You and t...

Page 24: ...isplays the top word correctly and then clears it from the screen REVEAL ALL displays all the remaining solutions Code Words In Code Words the selected crossword style grid is displayed where the grid is already filled in except that each letter is encoded by a number You have to change the numbers into their corresponding letters All the letters used in the puzzle are displayed at the bottom of t...

Page 25: ... within the grid Words can be arranged from left to right right to left up or down or diagonally To point to a word in the grid touch its first and last letters the first touch may be cancelled by pointing to the same letter again Once found the word is removed from the list Word Tiles In Word Tiles a selection of tiles is displayed Each tile contains a few letters For example H I A L L T Y N G G ...

Page 26: ...se games have the following features in common Either player may begin the game To make the computer begin press Later you may use to make the computer play the next move and swap sides with you When it is the computer s turn to move the symbol on the left be low the playing board will alternate between and During this time no commands will take effect except that you may press to make the compute...

Page 27: ...ove is made automatically When a pawn is promoted it always becomes a queen Check is denoted by a beep and then is displayed beside the colour in check or Setting Up a Position Your device also allows you to set up a position such as one you have found in a book or magazine First press and then SETUP A row of chess pieces appears at the bottom of the screen The computer is now in set up mode To cl...

Page 28: ... more than one king or if the player whose turn it is to move is giving check play cannot proceed With such a position on the board the computer will not allow you to exit from set up mode You must first create a legal position before proceeding to play Checkers When it is your turn to move touch the piece you want to move The selected piece flashes Then touch the square where you want to move it ...

Page 29: ... and the other player uses black pieces The players take turns placing their pieces Each piece lands at the bottom of a column or the lowest available square within the selected column For example following 3 moves by both sides the grid may look like this When it s your turn touch the space above the column into which you want to drop a piece When either player makes a row of 4 or more pieces hor...

Page 30: ...ing like this L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 N In this example the nine numbers 1 to 9 are available for insertion into the grid The line just above marked by L is where checks can be displayed to indicate legal numbers for a particular location The line below marked by N is the note pad Please see Special Su Doku Features on page 31 for more information The example below shows how a block may look at the be...

Page 31: ... which could be inserted at the current location of the cursor without creating a conflict with another number in the same row column or 3x3 grid To use this feature touch L as it is displayed above the row of numbers Then whenever you point to a place where a number can be inserted you will see the legal numbers marked with checks To switch this feature off touch L again Note pad You can make a n...

Page 32: ...LPER Crossword Helper Suppose you are looking for a five letter word beginning with CH and ending with E Touching the letters at the bottom of the screen type C H E is used in place of the unknown letters Press to erase the letter to the left of the cursor Press to delete the entire word When ready press The computer lists all available matches In this example CHOSE CHASE CHILE and so forth Press ...

Page 33: ...ay the main menu and then LANGUAGE Whatever language options are available in your device are displayed in a list Touch the name of the language you want Note When the language is changed any activity in progress is abandoned Zoom In some activities you can see a magnified display of one quarter of the playing area top left top right bottom left or bottom right by pressing the corresponding button...

Page 34: ... the or parts of the button Note Battery life is lengthened when the backlight is off Sounds To toggle the sounds and keytones on or off press repeatedly Appendix The Rules of Chess Checkers and Reversi How to Play Chess The Chessboard and Pieces Each of the players white and black begins with 16 chessmen or pieces of his own colour namely one king one queen two rooks two bishops two knights and e...

Page 35: ...ke turns When it is his turn a player must move one of his pieces onto a square which is either vacant or occupied by an enemy piece In the latter case the enemy piece is captured and removed from the board Each type of piece has its characteristic way of moving a The king moves one square at a time in any direction horizontally vertically or diagonally b The queen can move any number of squares a...

Page 36: ...lly any number of squares at once d The bishop moves diagonally any number of squares at a time The queen rook and bishop cannot jump across another piece For the sole exception where the rook jumps over the king see below under Castling a c b d ...

Page 37: ...er color The pieces we have dealt with so far can capture enemy pieces by moving in their usual way If it is White s turn to move in the position above he may capture the black knight with his bishop if he wishes f The ordinary move of the pawn is simply one square straight forward it cannot retreat When making a capture the pawn moves one square diagonally forward ...

Page 38: ... are vacant There are 2 more special kinds of pawn move the capture en passant and pawn promotion Suppose that one of your pawns is on its starting square and there is an enemy pawn ready to capture it if it moves one square forward The rules state that even if your pawn goes two squares forward the opposing pawn may still capture it on the next move but not later just as if it had only advanced o...

Page 39: ... the piece normally a queen and places it on the square to which his pawn has just advanced The pawn is removed from the board Check and Checkmate Winning the Game A piece is said to be under attack if an enemy piece is in a position to capture it next move If your opponent s last move has placed your king under attack the king is said to be in check You must now move out of check A move which lea...

Page 40: ...into the corner place his knight in front of the king or capture the rook with his queen If a player whose king is in check is unable to move out of check his opponent has delivered checkmate or mate and has won In the above diagram white can deliver checkmate by promoting his pawn to a queen ...

Page 41: ...e following circumstances If there is any piece of either color in between the king and the rook If the king or the rook with which the player wants to castle has moved before If the king is at present in check If the square over which the king must pass or of course the square where the king would arrive is under attack from an enemy piece Before castling White has castled king s side Black has c...

Page 42: ... not in check but any move he makes with it would put it in check Black therefore has no legal moves and is stalemated A draw may also be claimed if a exactly the same position occurs three times with the same player to move or b during a sequence of 50 moves for each side no capture is made and no pawn is advanced A draw may also come about simply by agreement between the players ...

Page 43: ... 12 pieces arranged like this The players take turns moving one piece at a time Black moves first The object of the game is to leave your opponent without any moves This is usually achieved by capturing all his pieces but you also win if you immobilize them all by blocking them Sometimes neither player is able to win This is often the case when only a few pieces remain the same number on each side...

Page 44: ...e are two black men that could move to the square marked there is only one that could move to the square marked and so forth Capturing Enemy Men A man captures an enemy man by moving two squares forward along the diagonal jumping over the enemy to land on the vacant square beyond The enemy man is removed from the board In Checkers if you can make a capture you must do so ...

Page 45: ... jumping to the squares marked The rule about multiple captures does not say that you must capture as many pieces in one move as you can In the right hand diagram above the black man can and must capture the white man by jumping to the square marked Then the same black man has two choices It can jump forward towards the left capturing one more white man Alternatively it can capture two more white ...

Page 46: ...kwards as well as forwards The symbols and represent the kings If white is to move in this diagram his king may go to any of the four diagonally adjacent squares If it is black s turn he must begin by capturing a white man after which he has the choice of capturing the other white man or the white king Note If a man lands on its crowning square by making a capture it may not capture another enemy ...

Page 47: ...hite has 32 pieces with the white side showing Whenever it is his turn a player places one of his pieces with his own colour facing up on a vacant square of the board provided he can do so according to the rules below Beginning the Game Black places a piece on one of the four central squares White responds by placing a piece on another of these squares Black then occupies a third central square an...

Page 48: ...white piece is sandwiched between the two black ones in the horizontal row Black could also play at any of the squares marked In the right hand diagram above he can play at any of the squares The piece of the opposing colour sandwiched between the player s new and old pieces is flipped over to show the same colour as the two pieces enclosing it In the left hand diagram below black may play at the ...

Page 49: ...pieces towards the bottom left and one piece in the horizontal row If a player cannot place a piece in such a way as to surround and capture one or more pieces of the opposite colour he must pass and his opponent has another turn Result of the Game Neither player can insert more than 32 pieces The game ends when they are both unable to play and the winner is the one with more pieces of his own col...

Page 50: ...ch accessible through the back of unit Recycling and Disposal 3Device Disposal This device should be disposed through your local electronic recycling system do not dispose in your normal rubbish bin 3Packaging Disposal Please save this User s Guide and all packing materials as they contain important information In case of disposal please refer to your local recycling centre 3Battery Disposal Do no...

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