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C

o n gratulations  on  your  purchase  of  Excalibu r
Electronics The New York Times Touch-Screen Cross-
word! Now you can take the best crosswords in English

with you anywhere! You don’t need paper, pencil, or eraser. The
included  stylus  and  The  New  Yo rk  Ti m e s To u c h - S c r e e n
Crossword’s technology does it all.

T

he New York Times Touch-Screen Crossword is easy to use and

enjoy. But be sure to use it safely. Before getting started, please read this

manual thoroughly, especially noting safety, care and battery informa-

tion. Keep your manual for future reference.

A l t h o u g h   E x c a l i b u r   E l ec t r o n i c s   ca n ’t
cl ai m  t h e  ma gi cal   secr et s  o f  M erl i n ,  K i n g
A rt h u r ’s   c o u r t   w i za r d,   s o m e t i m e s   o u r
p at en ted   t ech n o l og y  m ay   m ak e  it   se em  a s
i f  we  co ul d .   The New York Times Touch Screen
Crossword is  an o th er  u n m atch ed  i n n ova t i o n
o f  Ex cal i b u r  El ect r o ni cs .

We  m ak e  yo u   t h i n k .

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T h e  l eg e n d a r y   K i n g   A r t h u r  b r an d i sh ed   a   ma g i c
swo r d,   Ex cal i b u r,   fr o m  w h ic h  we  t ak e  o u r  co m p any
n am e.   With this unique weapon in his hands, he could not be
vanquished.

Table of Contents

Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3
Layout of the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
Layout of the Onscreen Keyboard . . . 4
Functions of the Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Locating & Using Your Stylus . . . . . . 5
Using Your NY Times Crossword . . .  .5

Getting started (5), Choosing the level (5), 
Choosing the puzzle (6),  Working a puzzle 
(6), Viewing hints (6), Filling in letters (7), 

Solving (7), Deleting or erasing (8), Using 
the spell function (8), Completing the 
puzzle (9), Starting a new puzzle (9), 
Auto power-off (9), Competing against 
friends (9)

Special Care & Handling . . . . . . . . .10
Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
90-Day Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . 11

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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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