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key, the spell-check icons will

disappear and the original letters

will be displayed.

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 working

each word out, when you’re fin-

ished, the screen will display:

PUZZLE 

COMPLETED

TIME 045M025S

The third line tells you how long

it took to solve the puzzle, in total

minutes and seconds.

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 accident. Then the dis-

play will 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 cur-

rent game.

Auto power-off

To save batteries, your unit

will automatically turn off after

three minutes of inactivity. If this

happens while you are still play-

ing, touch the 

ON

/

OFF

key to wake

up the game. You will continue

playing the current game.    

Competing against friends

You can see that by remem-

bering 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!

You  can  allow  a  specifi c

number of letter and word clues

per  player—the  more  ex p e r i-

enced the players, the fewer the

clues. Or you can make a rule that

each use of the letter clue adds,

for example, 10 seconds to your

time and each use of the word

clue adds a minute. You’ll still

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Summary of Contents for 455

Page 1: ...Crossword Puzzle Model 455 Touch Screen ...

Page 2: ...r patented technology may make it seem as if we could The New Y ork Times Touch Screen Crossword is another unmatched innovation of Excalibur Electronics We make you think 2 The legendary King Arthur brandished a magic sword Excalibur from which we take our company name With this unique weapon in his hands he could not be vanquished Table of Contents Installing Batteries 3 Layout of the Unit 3 Lay...

Page 3: ... the unit s back Use a small Phillips screw driver to remove the screw Lift off the battery compartment lid Install 2 AAA batteries making sure to match the polarity and with the diagram inside the battery compartment See dia gram at right Place the battery c o m p a r t ment lid s tabs in their slots and snap the compartment door back on Replace the screw and gently tighten it Layout of The New Y...

Page 4: ...original letters will return DELETE Press to delete letters filled in on the selected letter word or all letters filled in on the entire puzzle PUZZLE Press key to solve the entire puzzle WORD Press WORD to solve the selected word LETTER Press this key to solve the selected letter A Z Use these keys which are arranged into standard QWER TY keyboard just like your computer keyboard to enter your an...

Page 5: ...ou want to store your stylus again just slide it back into its cradle pointed end first Locating Using Your Stylus Using Your New York Times Crossword 5 Getting started 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 York Times Crossword Pu...

Page 6: ...AGE to move through the screens The screen will dis play LAST PAGE when the final page of choices has been displayed Working a puzzle As soon as you touch a num ber with the stylus your display will fill with the chosen cross word 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 printed in The New Y ...

Page 7: ... the puzzle screen Suppose you wanted to try to solve the ACROSS with the word POLES With your stylus you d touch the P on your onscreen keyboard and the letter would appear in the first box This would make the letter P appear as the first letter of both words At the same time you would see two arrows on the screen indicating that you should select the across or down arrow by touching either with ...

Page 8: ...y with or without getting help from the solve functions you can work through the entire puzzle Deleting or erasing This function is just like eras ing an answer you ve made in a paper and pencil crossword Place the cursor on the letter you want to delete and touch the DELETE key with the stylus Three options will appear on screen DELETE LETTER DELETE WORD and DELETE PUZZLE When you choose to delet...

Page 9: ...vels 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 cur rent game Auto power off To save batteries your unit will automatically turn off after three minutes of inactivity If this happens while you are still play ing touch the ON OFF key to wake up the game You will continue playin...

Page 10: ...atures of 39ºF and 100ºF 4º C and 38º C Clean using only a slightly damp cloth Do not use cleaners with chemical agents Special Care Handling Your New York Times Touch Screen Crossword uses 2 AAA batteries not included Do not mix alkaline standard carbon zinc or rechargeable nickel cadmium batteries Do not mix old and new batteries Do not use rechargeable batteries Remove exhausted batteries from ...

Page 11: ...tness are hereby limited to 90 DAYS from the date of purchase Consequential or inciden tal damages resulting from a breach of any applicable 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 inci dental or consequential damages so the above limitations and exclusions in these instances may not ...

Page 12: ... Excalibur Electronics Inc 13755 SW 119th Ave Miami Florida 33186 U S A Phone 305 477 8080 Fax 305 477 9516 www ExcaliburElectronics com We make you think ...

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