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through all of the choices.

As you scroll, an arrow on

the left marks your position

in the list. After scrolling to

the desired item, simply

press 

ON

/

ENTER

to confirm

your choice. 

Selecting any of the above

categories will then take you

to another submenu. Con-

tinue selecting a category

until you get to the Question

and Answer screen. (You are

at the Question and Answer

screen when you see “

Q

:” on

the first line of the display.)

Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

button

to scroll through the six

short descriptions of the

questions and answers one

at a time. Pressing the 

NEXT

button will take you to the

next description on the next

screen of questions and

answers, while pressing the

PREV

.

button will take you to

the last description on the

last screen of questions and

answers. Confirm your

choice by pressing the

ON

/

ENTER

button. The ques-

tion will then be displayed

on the screen. 

The answer will be dis-

played on the screen imme-

diately after the question

(the answer will start with

A

:”). Pressing the 

DOWN

button will scroll you for-

ward through the question

and answer, while pressing

the 

UP

button will scroll you

backward through the ques-

tion and answer.  There may

be a Gardening Tip that is

associated with the question

immediately after the

answer (this will start with

TIP

:”). Continue pressing

the 

UP

or 

DOWN

buttons to

scroll through the data.

Press the 

BACK

button to

return to the previous mode.

Press the 

BACK

button and

T

IMES

E

LECTRONIC

G

ARDEN

E

XPERT

.” Press any button

(except 

RESET

) to proceed to

the Home screen. 

The Home screen offers

you the following choices:

CONTENTS

INDEX

CLIMATE ZONES

SAVED

[

NONE

]

SET UP

You’ll see an arrow is dis-

played to the left of 

CON

-

TENTS

. Press the 

UP

or 

DOWN

button to scroll through all

of the choices. As you

scroll, the arrow on the left

marks your position in the

list. After scrolling to the

desired item, simply press

ON

/

ENTER

to confirm your

choice. 

Contents

After you’ve selected

CONTENTS

, the LCD displays

the following:

FLOWER GARDEN

LANDSCAPE GARDEN

KITCHEN GARDEN

POTTED GARDEN

GARDEN KEEPING

Only 12 characters per

line can appear on the LCD

at one time if the

C

OMPRESSED

T

EXT

function

is set to “

OFF

.” Therefore,

none of the above items will

completely appear on the

display. Instead, the line of

text will automatically scroll

from right to left when you

place the arrow next to that

line. Turning the

Compressed Text function

to “

ON

” will allow you to see

18 characters per line (see

Set Up on page 11).

You’ll see that an arrow is

displayed to the left of

FLOWER GARDEN

. Press the

UP

or 

DOWN

button to scroll

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7

Summary of Contents for 460

Page 1: ...Electr Electronic onic Garden Exper Garden Expert t OPERATING MANUAL www ExcaliburElectronics com Model No 460 Excalibur Electronics ...

Page 2: ...d this manual thor oughly especially noting safety care and battery information You ll want to keep this manual available for easy reference 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 Although Excalibur Electronics can t claim the magical secrets of Merlin King Arthur s court wizar...

Page 3: ... new bat teries use a ballpoint pen to press the RESET button located on the back of the unit Your LCD will display the icon THE NEW YORK ON ENTER Press this but ton to turn on your Electronic Garden Expert or to confirm a selection after you have scrolled to it When the Question and Answer screen is displayed pressing the ON ENTER but ton for two seconds will allow you to set the Auto Page Down f...

Page 4: ...Tip that is associated with the question immediately after the answer this will start with TIP Continue pressing the UP or DOWN buttons to scroll through the data Press the BACK button to return to the previous mode Press the BACK button and TIMES ELECTRONIC GARDEN EXPERT Press any button except RESET to proceed to the Home screen The Home screen offers you the following choices CONTENTS INDEX CLI...

Page 5: ...Selecting a geo graphical description will show you the Climate Zone number Pressing ON ENTER hold it down for two sec onds to return to the Home screen Saving Data At any time while you re viewing a question answer or tip you may press the SAVE button to save this data The LCD will display SAVED for two seconds to confirm your action and then return you to the screen you are currently viewing To ...

Page 6: ... to confirm your setting You will then return to where you were before you pressed ON ENTER again will show the range of average annual minimum temperatures for that Climate Zone number Press the BACK button to return to the previous mode Press the BACK button and hold it down for two seconds to return to the Home screen Saving Data At any time while you re viewing the average annual minimum tempe...

Page 7: ...6 6 being the fastest setting Press the UP or DOWN buttons to select a dif ferent rate of scrolling and press ON ENTER to confirm your choice CONTRAST The default is set at 4 6 out of a maxi mum of 6 6 with 6 6 being the highest contrast Press the UP or DOWN but tons to select a different contrast and press ON ENTER to confirm your choice Using the ABC Button If you d like to jump through an alpha...

Page 8: ... authorized service center in the United States is Excalibur Electronics Inc 13755 SW 119th Ave Miami Florida 33186 U S A Phone 305 477 8080 Fax 305 477 9516 www ExcaliburElectronics com Ship the unit carefully packed preferably in the original carton and send it prepaid and adequately insured Include a letter detailing the complaint and including your daytime telephone number inside the shipping ...

Page 9: ...Excalibur Electronics Inc 13755 SW 119th Avenue Miami Florida 33186 U S A Phone 305 477 8080 Fax 305 477 9516 Play games live at www ExcaliburElectronics com ...

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