LEXIBOOK LG1000 User manual

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ELECTRONIC COUNTDOWN
USER MANUAL
MODEL: LG1000GB

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Lexibook Electronic Countdown
Instructions for use
Model: LG1000
Table of contents
1. Keyboard layout 3
2. Key Usage 4
3. Display and prompts 5
4. User settings 6
5. Back view of product 7
6. Contrast control 7
7. Battery compartment 7
8. Volume control 7
9. 2 player cable link socket 7
10. Auto power off 7
11. Starting and playing 8
12. Game Play 12
13. Playing the games 13
14. One player mode 13
15. Single and contest mode 15
16. Word Game 15
17. Editing letters/numbers 18
18. Number Game 19
19. Conunrum Game 25
20. 2 player games 26
a. Word game 27
b. Number game 27
c. Conundrum 27
21. Viewing Scores 27
22. Back button 28
23. Solutions/Expert Button 29
a. Word Game 30
i. Review 30
ii. Solution 30
b. Number game 31
i. Review 31
ii. Solution 32
c. Conundrum 32
i. Review 32
ii. Solution 33
19 Hall of Fame 33
20 Viewing Hall of Fame 35
21 Word verification/word
searching 35
22 Letter distribution 38
23 Speifications 39
24 Batteries 40
25 Care and safety 41
26 Warranty 41
27 Returns address 42
28 Help line 42

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Keyboard Layout and key usage
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ELECTRONIC
COUNTDOWN
BREMODPAH
Vowel,
Constants,
numbers
and left/right
scroll keys Maths, Enter
and
Up/Down
scroll keys
Speaker

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Key usage
General keys
On/Off (Icon) Switches the unit on and/or off
Expert button Starts Play/Review/Solution menu and starts
(Icon) word check mode.
Score buton Starts the Hall of Fame for reviewing top
(Icon) score list.
Delete button For deleting letters/numbers during game play.
(icon) Also used for returning to the previous screen
at the end of a game.
keys These are used for entry of letters. Each line
above the key indicates the position of a letter.
Vowel (icon) For entry of vowels during game play
CONS (Icon) For entry of Constantants during game play
1-10 (icon) For entry of numbers 1 to 10 in the number game
25-100 (icon) For entry of large numbers only (25,50,75,100)
!For moving left during word entry and for going
back one step at the end of a game, normally to
a previous menu.
"# For moving right during word entry.
( ) For entering parenthesises during number game
÷ For entering division during number game
X For entering multiplication during number game
$For entering minus during number game or
scrolling up lists
+%For entering plus during number game or scrolling
down lists
ENT/=(icon) Enter and equals key

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Screen displays and prompts
Screen Display:-
The screen display on the Electronic Countdown consists of 3 lines with
some prompts and entry lines. In general lines with “?”’s require some
sort of input by the user and sometimes a cursor will flash indicating that
the unit is waiting for data to be entered. For example:-
The cursor at this
position will flash.

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On some occasions the display will show arrow indicators. When this
happens you have the choice of options from the menu displayed and
can pick these options by using the arrow keys to move up
or down and then press the ENT key when you have chosen your option.
For example:-
The Electronic Countdown also has several voice messages to prompt
you what to do or when to move on.
User Settings
The two main user settings available on the Countdown are operated by
external dials. These are the volume control and the LCD display
contrast.
Both these controls are rotating dials located on the top side of the unit:

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Also located on the top side of the unit is the special socket for the cable
to allow two player games.
Auto Power Off
The Electronic Countdown will turn off after 3 minutes of inactivity to
conserve battery power.
If the unit turns off simply press the ON/OFF (icon) button to turn the unit
on again.
Any game which has started will be lost and you should start a new
game from the beginning again.
Volume control dialContrast control dial
Cable link socket to allow two player
g
ames.
Battery compartment.
Back view..

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Starting the Electronic Countdown and playing the games
Switch the unit on by pressing the ON/OFF (icon) button.
The display will show –
ELECTRONIC
COUNTDOWN
STARTING 
!!!!!
!!!!
and you will hear the part of the Countdown theme.
During the starting process the unit will check to see if another Electronic
Countdown is connected to it and if there is no other unit connected then
you will see screen 1, if another unit is connected then you will see
screen 2.
Screen 1
SINGLE
PLAYER
MODE
!!!!!
!!!!

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Screen 2
COMPETITION
MODE
!!!!!
!!!!
After establishing which type of player mode the unit is in it will ask you
to either enter a new name or confirm your name, from a previous game
play:-
ENTER
YOUR NAME
PLEASE
!!!!!
!!!!
If your name has already been entered previously the unit will ask you to
confirm your name with the following display:-

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PLAYER IS
<NAME>
Y N
!!!!!
!!!!
If this name is correct you simply need to press the letter button
corresponding to the letter “Y”. This is the 2nd button in on the 2nd row
(button 4).
If the name is incorrect or you want to enter a new name press the letter
button corresponding to the letter “N” and you will be asked to enter the
name details:-
<? ? ? ? ?>
ABC DEFG HI
!!!!!
!!!!
The maximum length of a user name is 5 letters so you can either enter
proper names which are 5 characters or less or use an abbreviated
name.