Excalibur NY23 User manual

Model No. NY23
Touch Screen Word Search
Deluxe Edition

Key Functions
Please refer to the Key Layout image on
the right.
LIGHT Key - press this key to turn the
screen backlight on or off.
is the On/Off key. Your game state,
scores and time will be saved if you turn
off the unit. If a key has not been pressed
within four minutes, the game will auto-
matically turn off. Press to turn it back
on.
is the LCD Contrast key. Use this key
to set the LCD contrast to 1 of 8 settings.
Press when finished adjusting settings.
is the Sound Key. Use this key to turn
the sound off or on.
is the Clear Key. Use this key to clear
an unwanted or wrong entry.
NEW Key - press this key to return to the
Home Menu and start a new game.
MENU Key - this keys function changes
depending on the word game being
played.
Congratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Deluxe Touch Word Search. Now, challenging Word games can travel with you anywhere.
Deluxe Touch Word Search offers varying levels of challenging computer
opponents, has simple, intuitive controls and a vocabulary of over 47,000-
words!
The Excalibur Deluxe Touch Word Search is easy to use, but before starting,
please read this manual thoroughly. Keep this manual for reference.
Items Included
1 Deluxe Touch Word Search Unit
1 Carry Case
1 Stylus
1 User’s Manual
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Install the Batteries
Find the battery-compartment panel on
the back of Touch Word Search and slide
it out. Install two fresh, alkaline AAA
batteries, making sure to follow the dia-
gram in each battery slot so that the
polar-
ity (+ or -) of the batteries is correct.
Replace the battery-compartment panel
by sliding it in.
After you have installed the batteries, the
display will show the copyright screen. If
it does not, press RESET on the back
using a thin pointed object. Press any key
to continue to the Home Menu.
Finding the Stylus
The stylus may be found in one of two
places. The first is in the stylus holder at
the middle of the carry case.The second is
at the back side of the unit near the
Excalibur logo. Use your thumbnail to
slide it out.

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Word Search
Selecting WORD SEARCH from the
Home Menu will take you to the
Category Menu.
GENERAL
SPORTS
ANIMALS
MUSIC
EAT+DRINK
UNCOMMON
HYPHENED
Select a category from the Category
Menu. If you want to return to the Home
Menu press the NEW key.
After selecting a category, the next screen
will be the Start Menu.
START
PUZL RNDM
LEVEL 1
TIMER OFF
FOUND OFF
HINT ON
To begin, press the START line and a
Word Search puzzle will be generated
using the category shown at the bottom of
the Start Menu.
Before you press START, you may
press PUZL and change from a random-
ly generated puzzle to a specific puzzle
number. Press the or cells to change
the puzzle number digit. To change back
to a random puzzle, press RANDOM.
Press PUZL to select the number shown
if it is set to RANDOM. Press to return
to the Start Menu.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press LEVEL and change
the level to one of four settings. Level
four is the most difficult.
Before you press START, you may
WORD SEARCH
ENTER Key - use this key to register
your chosen letters for validation. Some
games display SUBMIT on the screen
and accept pressing either SUBMIT or
ENTER.
MIX Key - this key is used in the Letter
Rack game to mix up the letters on the
rack.
HINT Key - this keys specific function
may change with the game selected, but
generally reveals a letter of the word that
is to be found or spelled.
PAGE Key - this key is used to view
more information. Refer to each games
operation description for specific details.
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press TIMER and change from using no
timer, to a timer between 1 and 9 minutes.
Press the desired timer digit, or press
OFF to not use the timer. Press to
return to the Start Menu.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press FOUND to change
between ON or OFF. When on, the letters
of words you have found will be outlined
by a box.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press HINT to change
between ON or OFF. When on, the
HINT key will be shown during puzzle
solving. If you would like to compete
with a friend, it is best to turn hints off so
no advantage is taken with hints.
Before you press START, press the
NEW key to return to the Category
Menu.
Puzzle Screen
This screen shows the 13x13 letter grid
with thirteen hidden words. Below the
grid are two text lines that display the
words yet to be found. Us the key or
key to scroll through the list of words.
Press the PAGE key to see the list of hid-
den words. As you find words, those
words will be removed from this list.
Press the PAGE key again to go back to
the Puzzle Screen.
Press the first letter and last letter of the
word you have found, and then press
ENTER. If the word is not one of the
hidden words INVALID will be shown.
Press to clear your selection. If the
word is correct, the remaining unfound
words will be briefly shown.
Press the HINT key to see a flashing let-
ter. This letter is in one of the words still
to be found.
Press the NEW key to stop working on
this puzzle and return to the Start Menu.
Press to pause your game. Press it
again to resume your game.
Menu Screen
Press the MENU key to view the Menu
Screen.
FOUND OFF
NEW2X ON
You may repeatedly press FOUND to
change between ON or OFF. When on,
the letters of words you have found will
be outlined by a box.
You may repeatedly press NEW2X to
change between ON or OFF. When on,
the NEW key requires two presses before
going to a new puzzle.
Press to return to the Puzzle Screen.
Page Screen
Press the PAGE key to view the Page
Screen.
While viewing the Puzzle Screen, press-
ing the PAGE key shows the list of words
still to be found. Press the PAGE key to
go back to the Puzzle Screen, or if you
would like to see where a word is on the
grid, press that word on the Page Screen.
Now press HINT and the Puzzle Screen
will be shown with boxes around the let-
ters of that word. Simply press ENTER
to register it.
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Puzzle Complete Screen
Once all thirteen words are found, Puzzle
Complete will be shown as well as the
amount of time used to solve the puzzle.
Press any key to return to the Start
Screen.
Letter Rack
Selecting LETTER RACK from the
Home Menu will take you to the Start
Menu.
START
TIMER ON
ORDER OFF
To begin, press the START line and the
Length of All Words screen will be
shown.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press TIMER to change
between ON or OFF. When on, you will
have a fixed amount of time to make as
many words as you can. The amount of
time will vary based on the number of
words that can be made.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press ORDER to change
between ON or OFF. When on, the letters
of the word you entered will be returned
to the rack in the same order as entered.
Sometimes this makes it a little easier to
make new words.
Before you press START, press the
NEW key to return to the Home Menu.
Length of All Words Screen
LENGTH 1^ 
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ALL 14$ 
WORDS 9#
--PRESS--
-SUBMIT--
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SUBMIT
The object of this game is to make as
many words as you can from six letters.
The words must use three or more letters.
The six letters above the word
SUBMIT are called the Rack. On this
screen the letters on the Rack are hidden
with a on each Rack letter position.
There will always be at least one six-let-
ter word.
The number of words that can be made
with the six letters is shown on the right
side of the top four lines. The above sam-
ple screen shows there are 1 [six-letter], 4
[five-letter], 14 [four-letter], and 9 [three-
letter] words that can be made with the
six Rack letters. This, possible words to
be made display, is updated as you make
words, so you will always know how
many words are left to be made.
The six cells above the six Rack letters
are where your spelled letters will be
placed. This line is the Spelled Word line.
Pressing on the Rack letter will cause it
to move to the Spelled Word line. You
can take back the last placed spelled let-
ter by pressing on it, and it will return to
the Rack. If you would like to return all
your spelled letters to the Rack, simply
press the key.
Computers can sometimes "lock
up" due to static discharge or
other electrical disturbances. If
this should happen, use a slim,
pointed object to press the but-
ton marked “RESET.”
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Once you have spelled your word, press
the ENTER key. If it is a valid word from
the over 47,000-word vocabulary, it will
be scored, the count of words using its
letter length will be reduced, and finally
the letters will be returned to the Rack. If
it is not a valid word, INVALID will be
displayed.
If you have not turned the timer off, the
amount of time you have to make words
will be shown on the clock display. The
allotted time will depend on how many
words can be made with the six letters
hiding under those on the Rack.
You will also see your initial zero score,
which will be updated as you make
words. Longer letter length words receive
more points. If you do well and achieve a
good score, you will be given a Bonus
Round with a new six letter Rack and
more time to make words and add to your
score.
Press MENU during this Length of All
Words Screen and a Score Screen will
briefly be displayed.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
The score for the round will always be
zero, since the round has not started, but
the high score achieved thus far, and the
score from the last time you played will
be shown. The round score will always
be updated during play, but the timer
must be on in order to update the last and
high score.
Now press ENTER to see those hidden
Rack letters and begin your round.
Letter Rack Play Screen
MIX KEY
A MIX key will appear on the left of the
screen once play begins. Press this key to
shuffle the letters on the Rack. If you
have entered some Rack letters to the
spelled word line, pressing MIX will
return these letters to the Rack before
they are all shuffled. Initially the number
4 will be displayed next to MIX on the
score line. This signifies you may use the
MIX key 4 times before being penalized
for shuffling the Rack letters. Each time
MIX is pressed, this number will be
reduced until zero is displayed, at which
point the next press of MIX will reduce
your score.
HINT KEY
If you are playing with the timer off, a
HINT key will appear on the left of the
screen once play begins. Press this key to
display the first letter of the word with
the longest length. Repeatedly pressing
HINT, will cause the remaining letters of
that word to be displayed. Press ENTER
to register the word. Once a word is reg-
istered and accepted as valid, it will
appear in the area above the Spelled
Word line.
If you are playing with the timer on, you
must first make words to achieve a cer-
tain score value before the HINT key
will appear. With each use of the HINT
key, your score will be reduced. If your
score drops below a certain score, the
HINT key will disappear and you will
need to make some words to get your
score back to the value that displays the
HINT key.
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ENTER KEY
Press ENTER to register the word. If it is
a valid word from the over 47,000-word
vocabulary, it will be scored, the count of
words using its letter length will be
reduced, and finally the letters will be
returned to the Rack. If it is not a valid
word, INVALID will be displayed.
Once a word is registered and accepted as
valid, it will appear in the area above the
Spelled Word line.
If you try to use ENTER to register a
word that has already been entered, an
“already registered” sound will be made,
and nothing else will happen. If you don’t
see that word in the entered word area,
press the PAGE key to see more entered
words.
PAGE KEY
Once you have entered enough words to
fill the entered words area, the next word
that is entered will go in the entered word
area, but that pushes one of the other
words to an alternate screen storage area.
When this occurs, the PAGE key will be
displayed on the left of the screen.
Pressing this PAGE key will display the
other words that have been entered but
that could not fit on the main play screen.
Pressing PAGE again will either go to the
next page of entered words, if there is
one, or it will return you to the play
screen.
MENU KEY
Pressing MENU during play will cause a
Score Screen to be briefly displayed.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
The score for the round will always be
your current round score that is zeroed
when a bonus round is started. The high
score achieved thus far, and the score
from the last time you played will also be
shown. The round score will always be
updated during play, but the timer must
be on in order to update the last and high
score.
KEY
Press the key to clear the letters from
the Spelled Word area and return them to
the Rack.
KEY
Press the key to pause your game.
Press it again to resume your game.
NEW KEY
Press the NEW key to stop playing
LETTER RACK and return to the
Home Menu. You will normally be asked
to confirm this choice by pressing the
NEW key once more. Otherwise press
the key.
Game Over Screen
When all the possible words have been
entered or time runs out, if the timer is
used, the Score Screen will be shown
along with a reminder to press the
ENTER key. Press the ENTER key to
return to the Home Menu.
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Word Scramble
Selecting WORD SCRAMBLE from the
Home Menu will take you to the
Scramble Play Screen.
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Scramble starts with 4-letter words.
Level 1 is displayed and you must com-
plete all 4-letter word scrambles and
achieve a good score to progress to the
next level. Higher levels use words with
more letters. There are three levels.
The bottom line on the screen is the letter
Rack and displays the scrambled letters
of the word. Spell the unscrambled word
by pressing on the words letters in the
correct order. When a letter is pressed it
moves up into the Spelled Word line.
Once all letters are spelled, the word is
checked, and if it is correct the score is
updated and the next scrambled letter
word is displayed. However, if more than
one word can be spelled using those let-
ters, your correct word will move up to
the anagram area. The Spelled Word line
will be cleared and the scrambled letters
will return to the letter Rack. The above
example screen shows there are four
words that can be made with A D E L.
You will always have 15 seconds to
unscramble the word. But if there are
anagrams (more than one word that can
be spelled from the letters) an additional
time will be added to the timer for each
word correctly unscrambled.
When time runs out TIMEOVER will
be displayed. The unscrambled word will
also be displayed, but un-spelled ana-
gram words will not be displayed. Press
any key to continue play.
KEY
Press the key to clear the letters from
the Spelled Word area and return them to
the Rack.
KEY
Press the key to pause your game.
Press it again to resume your game.
NEW KEY
Press the NEW key to stop playing
WORD SCRAMBLE and return to the
Home Menu. You will normally be asked
to confirm this choice by pressing the
NEW key once more. Otherwise press
the key.
Game Over Screen
The game is over if you complete all
three levels, But if you don’t get a high
enough score to go to the next level, the
game is also over and the Score Screen
will be shown along with a reminder to
press the ENTER key. Press the ENTER
key to return to the Home Menu.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
--PRESS--
--ENTER--
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Letter Square
Selecting LETTER SQUARE from the
Home Menu will take you to the Start
Menu.
START
TIMER 3M
GRID 3X3
NINER OFF
To begin, press the START line and the
Press Enter Screen will be shown.
Before you press START, you may
press TIMER and change from using no
timer, to a timer between 1 and 5 minutes.
Press the desired timer digit, or press
OFF to not use the timer. Press to
return to the Start Menu.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press GRID to change
between 3X3, 4X4, or 5X5. These are
the three letter grid sizes. When 5X5 is
selected, three-letter words are not
accepted as valid.
Before you press START, you may
repeatedly press NINER to change
between ON or OFF. When on, a nine-
letter word will be embedded into the let-
ter square. When off, a nine-letter word
might occur but it is not guaranteed as it
is when this option is on.
Before you press START, press the
NEW key to return to the Home Menu.
Press Enter Screen
--PRESS--
--ENTER--
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4%
14$
9#
The object of this game is to make as
many words as you can from a square
grid of letter cells. However, the selected
letter cells on the grid must be adjacent
or diagonal to each other. For 3x3 and
4x4 grids, the words must use three or
more letters. If the grid size is 5x5, the
words must use four letters or more. On
this screen the letters on the grid are hid-
den with a on each grid letter position.
The … area on the bottom line is
called the Spelled Word line. The number
of boxes on the Spelled Word line is the
length of the longest word that can be
made from the letters in the square grid.
The number of words that can be made
with the grid letters is shown on the right
side of the screen. The above sample
screen shows there are 1 [six-letter], 4
[five-letter], 14 [four-letter], and 9 [three-
letter] words that can be made with the
grid letters. This, possible words to be
made display, is updated as you make
words, so you will always know how
many words are left to be made.
Pressing on a grid letter will cause it to
move to the Spelled Word line. You can
take back the last placed spelled letter by
pressing on it, and it will return to the
grid. If you would like to return all your
spelled letters to the grid, simply press
the key.
Once you have spelled your word, press
the ENTER key. If it is a valid word
from the over 47,000-word vocabulary,
it will be scored, the count of words
using its letter length will be reduced,
and finally the letters will be returned to
the grid. If it is not a valid word,
INVALID will be displayed.
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If you have not turned the timer off, the
amount of time you have to make words
will be shown on the clock display.
You will also see your initial zero score,
which will be updated as you make
words. Longer letter length words receive
more points. If you do well and achieve a
good score, you will be given a Bonus
Round with a new grid of letters and
more time to make words and add to your
score.
Press MENU during this Press Enter
Screen to briefly see a Score Screen.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
The score for the round will always be
zero, since the round has not started, but
the high score achieved thus far, and the
score from the last time you played will
be shown. The round score will always be
updated during play, but the timer must
be on, in order to update the last and high
score.
Now press ENTER to see those hidden
grid letters and begin your round.
Letter Square Play Screen
HINT KEY
If you are playing with the timer off, a
HINT key will appear on the left of the
screen once play begins. Press this key
to display the first letter of the word with
the longest length. Repeatedly pressing
HINT will cause the remaining letters of
that word to be displayed. Press ENTER
to register the word. Once a word is reg-
istered and accepted as valid, it will
appear in the area above the letter grid.
If you are playing with the timer on, you
must first make words to achieve a cer-
tain score value before the HINT key
will appear. With each use of the HINT
key, your score will be reduced. If your
score drops below a certain score, the
HINT key will disappear and you will
need to make some words to get your
score back to the value that displays the
HINT key.
ENTER KEY
Press ENTER to register the word. If it is
a valid word from the over 47,000-word
vocabulary, it will be scored, the count of
words using its letter length will be
reduced, and finally the letters will be
returned to the grid. If it is not a valid
word, INVALID will be displayed.
Once a word is registered and accepted as
valid, it will appear in the area above the
letter grid.
If you try to use ENTER to register a
word that has already been entered, an
“already registered” sound will be made,
and nothing else will happen. If you don’t
see that word in the entered word area,
press the PAGE key to see more entered
words.
PAGE KEY
Once you have entered enough words to
fill the entered words area, the next word
that is entered will go in the entered word
area, but that pushes one of the other
words to an alternate screen storage area.
When this occurs, the PAGE key will be
displayed on the left of the screen.
Pressing this PAGE key will display the
other words that have been entered but
that could not fit on the main play screen.
Pressing PAGE again will either go to the
next page of entered words, if there is
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one, or it will return you to the play
screen.
MENU KEY
Pressing MENU during play will cause a
Score Screen to be briefly displayed.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
The score for the round will always be
your current round score that is zeroed
when a Bonus Round is started. The high
score achieved thus far, and the score
from the last time you played will also be
shown. The round score will always be
updated during play, but the timer must
be on in order to update the last and high
score.
KEY
Press the key to clear the letters from
the Spelled Word area and return them to
the grid.
KEY
Press the key to pause your game.
Press it again to resume your game.
NEW KEY
Press the NEW key to stop playing Letter
Square and return to the Home Menu.
You will normally be asked to confirm
this choice by pressing the NEW key
once more. Otherwise press the key.
Game Over Screen
When all the possible words have been
entered or time runs out, if the timer is
used, the Score Screen will be shown
along with a reminder to press the
ENTER key.
SCORES
HIGH 0000
LAST 0000
ROUND 0000
--PRESS--
--ENTER--
Press the ENTER key to return to the
Home Menu.
Battery Information
• Your Touch Word Search uses 2 “AAA”
batteries.
• Do not mix old and new batteries.
• Do not mix alkaline & standard or
rechargeable batteries.
• Install batteries so that the polarity
(+ and -) matches the diagrams in the battery
compartment.
• Use only batteries of the same type and
equivalency.
• Remove exhausted batteries from the unit.
• Do not short circuit battery terminals.
Special Care
• Avoid rough handling such as bumping or
dropping.
• Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures.
For best results, use between the temperatures
of 39ºF and 100ºF (4ºC and 38ºC).
• Clean using only a slightly damp cloth.
Do not use cleaners with chemical agents.
Excalibur Electronics reserves the right to
make technical changes without notice in the
interest of progress.

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FCC Notice
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
-- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
-- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
-- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Limited 90 Day Warranty
Limited 90 Day Warranty
EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., war-
rants to the original consumer that its products
are free from any electrical or mechanical
defects for a period of 90 Days from the date
of purchase. If any such defect is discovered
within the warranty period, EXCALIBUR
ELECTRONICS, INC., will repair or replace
the unit free of charge upon receipt of the unit,
shipped postage prepaid and insured to the
factory address shown at right.
The warranty covers normal consumer use and does not
cover damage that occurs in shipment or failure that results
from alterations, accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, wear and
tear, inadequate maintenance, commercial use, or unreason-
able use of the unit. Removal of the top panel voids all war-
ranties. This warranty does not cover cost of repairs made or
attempted outside of the factory.
Any applicable implied warranties, including war-
ranties of merchantability and fitness, are hereby lim-
ited to 90 Days from the date of purchase.
Consequential or incidental damages resulting from
a breach of any applicable express or implied war-
ranties 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 apply.
The only authorized service center in the
United States is:
Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
13755 SW 119th Ave
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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 carton.
If your warranty has expired and you want an
estimated fee for service, write to the
above address, specifying the model and
the problem.
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