Excalibur ABC Sports Sports Master A04 Operating Manual Download Page 6

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last player and pressed
ON/

ENTER

to confirm that num-

ber, your screen will display

QUESTION 1 PLAYER 1.

Now hand your Sports Master to
Player 1. Player 1 presses the
ON/ENTER key to display his
first question.

To answer a question

After the first question is dis-

played, the player then presses the

DOWN

key to view the entire

question and its choice of
answers. (The 

UP

key can be

used to scroll up to review the
question if necessary.) If the play-
er thinks he knows the answer, he
then presses ON/

ENTER

. The

options 

A

B

C

and 

D

will next

be displayed. The 

UP

and

DOWN

keys are used to step

through these options until the
desired letter-answer is reached.
Pressing ON/

ENTER

confirms

the choice of answer.

If the answer is correct, the

screen first displays “

COR-

RECT!

” and then shows the play-

er number and his score. If the
answer is incorrect, the screen
first displays “

WRONG!

” and

then the remaining options. In
that case, the player can press the

BACK

key to display the question

and answers again, and then press
ON/

ENTER

again to display the

remaining options. The player
uses the 

UP

and 

DOWN

keys to

step through the options, stopping
at the answer he thinks is correct
and pressing ON/

ENTER

to con-

firm.

If the second attempt to answer

a question is also incorrect, the
screen will first display

WRONG!

” followed by the

remaining options. Press the

BACK

key to display the question

again if you need to see it, and
then press ON/

ENTER

to display

the remaining options. Use the

UP

and 

DOWN 

keys to step

through these answer choices.
Then press ON/

ENTER

to con-

firm your answer.

If the third attempt to answer a

question is still incorrect, Sports
Master’s screen displays

WRONG!

” followed by the cor-

rect answer.

To pass, get a hint or
check your score

When a player doesn't know

the answer to a question or is
unsure, he can press the 

NEXT

key and use the 

UP

and 

DOWN

keys to step through the menu

seating capacity. Selecting

FINDER

” gives you all the con-

tact info for that sport and its sta-
diums by team—where to call or
go online to  buy tickets, for
example, and the street address.

Trivia 

Selecting 

TRIVIA

, the next-to-

last item on the home menu, gives
you access to a sports trivia game
with more than 400 questions that
you can play by yourself or with
friends!

TRIVIA GAME SET UP

To play Sport Master’s Trivia

Game, begin by pressing the 

UP

and 

DOWN

keys to step through

the main menu until the arrow
points to 

TRIVIA

. Then press

ON/

ENTER

. The screen will then

display “

PLAYERS 1.

” Use the

UP

and 

DOWN

keys to change

the number of players if there are
additional players. Then press
ON/

ENTER

to confirm the num-

ber of players.

Now the screen will display

CHOICE OF QUESTION:

10.

” Press the 

UP

and 

DOWN

keys to change the number of
questions you’d like Sports
Master to ask during the game.

You can choose either 10 or 20.
Press ON/

ENTER

to confirm the

number of questions you’ve
selected.

Next you’ll see that the screen

displays “

PLAYER 1 HINT 10

or “

PLAYER 1 HINT 20.

” Press

the 

UP

and 

DOWN

keys to

change the number of hints you’d
like Sports Master to give. (This
is the total number of hints for the
entire set of questions. Up to two
hints can be displayed for each
question until all of the hints have
been used.) Using a hint elimi-
nates one of the incorrect choices.

Press ON/

ENTER

to confirm

the number of hints you’ve decid-
ed on. (Continue setting the num-
ber of hints for other players in
the same way. You may want to
allow certain players fewer or
more hints to make the game
more competitive. Younger play-
ers and players less knowledge-
able about sports may need to be
given more hints, whereas a
sports expert might not be
allowed any hints at all.)

PLAYING THE TRIVIA
GAME

After you’ve entered the num-

ber of hints to be allowed for the

Summary of Contents for ABC Sports Sports Master A04

Page 1: ...Model No A04 www ExcaliburElectronics com ABC Sports Sports Master Operating Manual ...

Page 2: ...Batteries page 5 Getting Started with Sports Master page 6 Set Up page 12 Using the ABC Button page 13 Auto Power Off page 13 Special Care Handling page 14 Battery Information page 14 90 Day Limited Warranty page 15 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 Elec...

Page 3: ...e unit is face down on a soft surface Find the battery compartment on the back of the unit Use a small Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw Lift off the battery compartment lid Install the batteries making sure to match polarity and with the diagram inside the battery com partment see diagram below Place the tab of the battery com partment lid in its slot and close the compartment door Replace...

Page 4: ...lecting BIOS gives you a choice of six popular sports and a QUICK REFERENCE file The six sports files are all organized in the same way and Sports Master makes it easy to find what you want For example if you select BASEBALL you will see a screen of names organized with last names first AARON HANK ABRAMS CAL ALEXANDER GROVER ALLEN MEL Since the file contains a long list of names you can use the bu...

Page 5: ... is organized 9 8 ABC MODE OFF Now you can press DOWN to scroll to Thorp Jim Press ON ENTER to read the informa tion The QUICK REFERENCE file combines some of the most famous names from all sports Scroll to this file and press ON ENTER You ll see it s organ ized by letters of the alphabet So if you want to read about Julius Erving you should scroll to the E s press ON ENTER and then scroll down to...

Page 6: ... know the answer to a question or is unsure he can press the NEXT key and use the UP and DOWN keys to step through the menu seating capacity Selecting FINDER gives you all the con tact info for that sport and its sta diums by team where to call or go online to buy tickets for example and the street address Trivia Selecting TRIVIA the next to last item on the home menu gives you access to a sports ...

Page 7: ...e hint 2 points Right answer on second try with two hints 0 points Three wrong answers 0 points Set Up Select SET UP from the home screen to make choices about how your Sports Master displays infor mation You can turn COM PRESSED TEXT off so that your unit will display expanded larger text which may be easier for you to read You can turn the SOUND on or off You can even select AUTO SCROLL DOWN to ...

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