Tiger Electronics Dino Dex User manual

Dino Dex

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YOUR DINO DEX KEYPAD 2
GOING TO MAIN MENU 4
1. ARCHIVE FILES 4
2. PERSONAL LOG 5
3. DATA BANK 7
4. SCHEDULE LIST 10
5. SECURITY SYSTEM 13
6. SYSTEM CORE 15
7. CALCULATOR 15
8. SORTER 16
9. SYSTEM BIO'S 18
GAME SIMULATOR 19
INSERTING OR REPLACING BATTERIES 25
CAUTION: 27
DEFECT OR DAMAGE 27
90-DAY LIMITED WARRANTY 28

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Turn ON your Dino Dex. Welcome back (way way back!) to prehistoric times.
NAME After the opening screens, you need to type in your name.
Use the keypad to do this.
Then press ENTER.
DATE
Enter in the date.
Month:
You will see the month of“JAN”flashing.
Use the“ ”and “ ”arrows to toggle to the correct month.
For example“March”.
Day:
Use the“ ” arrow to move to the day selection.
Use the“ ” and“ ”down arrows to type in the first digit of the
month (which would be a“0”,“1”,“2”or “3”. For example“2”.
Or you can use your keypad to type in the correct number. For
example, type in the“2”on your keypad.
Use the“ ” arrow to move to the second digit,which will be a
number from“0” to“9”. For example“4”. Then use the“ ”and
“ ” buttons to toggle to the correct number or type in the number
on your keypad.
YOUR DINO DEX KEYPADYOUR DINO DEX KEYPAD
YOUR DINO DEX KEYPADYOUR DINO DEX KEYPAD
YOUR DINO DEX KEYPAD

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Year:
Once you enter the correct day, use the“ ” arrow to move to the
year selection. For example“2001”.
After you’ve toggled to the correct year,press ENTER.
TIME Now that you have learned how to set the date, setting the time is
easy!
Hour:
Use :
— the“ ” and“ ”buttons to enter the first digit or type in the first digit number
using the keypad.
— the“ ”to move to the second digit.
— the“ ”and“ ”buttons to enter the second digit or type in the number using
the keypad.
For example “0”
Now do the same thing for the second digit.
For example“9”.
Minute:
Use the“ ” button to move to the minute spaces and enter in the correct minute
the same way with the“ ”and“ ”arrows or by typing the actual number on the
keypad.
For example,“23”.
AM or PM:
Use the“ ” button to move to the AM/PM space.
Use“ ” and“ ”to toggle to your choice. For example,“AM”.
Or you can type“A”on the keypad forAM or type“P” on your keypad for PM.

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ALARM
You’ll hear a“roaring dino”when the alarm sounds!
On screen,you will see the words,“WOULD YOU LIKE TO SETTHE ALARM
FUNCTION?Y/N
Type in “Y”for yes or“N”for no. If yes,then use “ ”&“ ” to set alarm to be ON
orOFF.
SOUND EFFECTS
You can also set the unit to hear sound effects.
On screen,you will see the words,“WOULD YOU LIKETO SET THE SOUND
EFFECTS? Y/N
Type in “Y”for yes or“N”for no.“If yes, then use“ ”&“ ” to set the sound effect
to be ON or OFF.
GOING TO MAIN MENUGOING TO MAIN MENU
GOING TO MAIN MENUGOING TO MAIN MENU
GOING TO MAIN MENU
After you're entered all your data of name,date,time,alarm and sound effects,
press the QUIT button to go to the main menu. From the main menu,you can
access 10 different really cool functions for playing! On the main menu, you will
see four icons on screen at a time.
Use the“ ” and“ ” buttons to move up and down along the main menu to see all
the ten main menu selection choices. Let’s spend a little time explaining how each
of these ten functions works! They’re each a lot of fun,so you’ll want to learn
about them all!
ARCHIVE FILES
In the archive files,you’ll find really interesting information about 72 different
dinosaurs. You can see their pictures and see their pictures come to life.Read all
about each of them!
Highlight ARCHIVE FILES and press ENTER.
The letters of the alphabet will appear.
Use your“ ”and“ ”arrow buttons to move to a letter of your
choice. For example,“B”.
Press ENTER.
See the list of all the dinosaurs that begin with the letter “B”.
Use the“ ”and“ ”arrows to highlight the dinosaur you want to
study,for example,BARYONYX.
Press ENTER.

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See the word“BARYONYX”on screen by itself and an arrow
pointing the left right ( ) on the bottom of the screen.
Press the“ ” to see an illustration of your dinosaur.
Press“ ” again to see your dinosaur moving!
Press“ ”again to see the correct pronounciation (BARE-EE-ON-IKS) and a full
biography about this dinosaur.
Keep using the“ ”button to scroll through the biography.
You can also use the“ ” button to not only move backwards through the
biography but also to move back to the other cool stuff - like the animated
dinosaur several screens back!
More dinosaurs of the same letter:
When you have finished your study on the Baryonyx,press the QUIT button to go
back to the“B”screen that listed all the dinosaurs that began with that letter of the
alphabet.
Select another letter of the alphabet for study:
Choose another dinosaur to study whose name begins with the letter“B” or you
can press QUIT again to go back to the ARCHIVES FILE and choose another letter
of the alphabet.
Go back to the main menu:
Press QUIT a third time to go back to the main menu and play with another
function of your Dino Dex!
PERSONAL LOG
Entering the first message:
From the main menu page,move the arrows to highlight PERSONAL LOG and then
press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
“WOULDYOU LIKETO ENTER YOUR OWN NOTES? (Y/N)
Press YforYES.

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A blank screen will appear.
Now use your keyboard to type your message!
HOWEVERYOUARE LIMITED BYTHE AMOUNT OFTEXTYOU ENTER IN THE
PERSONAL LOG.WHEN YOU REACHYOURTEXT LIMIT AWARNING SCREENWILL
APPEARTELLINGYOUTO DELETE SOME TEXT.YOU MUST DO SO IN ORDER TO
SAVETHE CURRENT MESSAGEYOUARE ENTERING.FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN
THE PERSONAL LOGALWAYSTRYTO DELETE OLD MESSAGES BEFOREYOU ENTER
NEW ONES.
Saving your messages:
When you are done typing, press the ENTER button.
On screen you will see,
“SAVE RECORD? (Y/N)
Type“Y”for yes. You then go back to the main menu.
Entering more messages:
You want to enter in more messages to your personal log? No problem! Highlight
PERSONAL LOG again and press ENTER.
Then,enter in a new message and save it by pressing the EDIT button.
Now you have two messages in your personal log. You’ll see an arrow on the
bottom right hand corner of the screen.
Press“ ” to scroll forward through your messages. Press“ ” to
scroll backwards through your messages.
If you enter a long message,which takes up more room than one page, you will
see a“ ”arrow which will take you to another page to continue your message.
Use the“ ”and“ ” buttons to move up and down throughout longer messages,
moving back and forth to review these longer messages!

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Editing messages:
If you want to edit (revise) a message you have written in your personal log,go to
the message and then press the DELETE button.
On screen you will see,
“EDITTHIS MESSAGE? Y/N
Press“Y”for yes to start editing (revising) your message.Use the directional
arrows to move the cursor to the part of the message you want to change.Then by
pressing the DELETE button,you will delete whatever letter is by the cursor.As you
delete letters,you can retype whatever revised message you wish to write.
When you’re done revising, resave your message by pressing the ENTER button.
Deleting messages:
Let’s say you want to delete (erase) a message. Go to the message and press the
DELETE button.
On screen,you will see EDIT THIS MESSAGE?Y/N
Press“N”for no.
On screen will appear,
DELETE RECORD? Y/N
Press“Y”for yes and you will delete (erase) this entire message!
When you’re done adding, editing or deleting messages, press the ENTER button to
complete this job and you will return to the main menu. Let’s move on!
DATA BANK
Store names and phone numbers, email addresses and web addresses here!
Highlight DATA BANK from the main menu and press ENTER.
You will see a screen that says NAMES & PHONE NUMBERS.
Use the“ ”button to scroll down to E-MAILADDRESS.

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Use the“ ”button to scroll down to WEBADDRESSES.
Use the“ ”and“ ” buttons to scroll to whichever of these three you want and
press ENTER to work in that file.
Names and Phone Numbers:
Let’s begin by highlighting NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS and pressing ENTER.
On screen, you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETO ADD NAMES & PHONE NUMBERS? Y/N
Press Yfor yes.
Name:
Type in the name (up to 17 letters) and press ENTER.
Phone Number:
Now type in the phone number.
Press ENTER.
On screen,see the message WOULDYOU LIKETO ADD NAMES & PHONE
NUMBERS?Y/N again. This time,type“N”for no.
Onscreen:
WOULDYOU LIKETO SAVE? Y/N
Press Yfor yes.
Your name and phone number information is now saved.
Go back to the NAMESAND PHONE NUMBERS file.
You can then add more names and phone numbers or use the“ ”
and“ ”buttons to scroll to between this file and the files for e-mail
addresses and web addresses.
Adding More Names and Phone Numbers:
You can enter a total of 25 names and phone numbers. Press EDIT to add more
names. Follow the same procedure as before.

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Deleting Names and Phone Numbers:
Press DELETE instead of edit.
See an arrow on screen and use your directional buttons to move the arrow to
highlight the entry you want to change.
Once the entry is highlighted, you have two options:
Option 1: Press the DELETE button to delete the entire entry.
Option 2: If you press EDIT, you will pull up the highlighted entry again and can
edit any part of the entry by moving the cursor to the letters you want to change
and then retype the new letters or numbers. When you’re done revising,press
ENTER.
E-mail Address:
Let’s say instead of adding more names and phone numbers,you want to go to the
E-mail address folder.
Simply scroll down with the“ ” arrow from NAMES & PHONE NUMBERS to
E-MAIL ADDRESS and press ENTER.
On screen,see the message:
WOULDYOU LIKE TOADD E-MAIL ADDRESS?Y/N
Press Yfor yes and enter in an e-mail address.
Press the“A”button to get the“@”symbol.
Press the“B”button to get the“/”symbol.
Then press ENTER.
Just like with Names & Phone Numbers,you will see the message:
WOULDYOU LIKETO SAVE? Y/N
Type in“Y”for yes.
This is the basic procedure as Names and Phone Numbers. EDIT and DELETE the
same way! You can save up to 25 E-Mail addresses!
Web Addresses:
If you want to record web addresses,It's just as easy! From the file menu,use the
“ ” and “ ”buttons to scroll up or down to WEB ADDRESSES and press ENTER.
On screen,you will see the message:
WOULDYOU LIKE TOADDWEB ADDRESSES? Y/N
Press“Y”for yes. Use the same procedure to add,edit and delete web addresses
you used for “E-Mail”and for“Names and Phone Numbers”. You can save up to
25 web addresses!

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SCHEDULE LIST
From the main menu, press ENTER.On screen you will see,
SCHEDULE LIST followed by
WOULDYOU LIKE TO ENTER REMINDERTOYOURSELF? Y/N
Press“Y”for yes.
On screen you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETO SET THEALARM FORYOUR REMINDER? Y/N
Type in “Y”for yes.
On screen you will see,
DAY: 01-01-2001
TIME: 01:21PM
Use your“ “ and“ ” arrows to move through the DAY and TIME and then use the
keypad keys to type in the DAY andTIME for the alarm. Press ENTER.
Then the day and time of your alarm settings will appear on top of
the page and you can begin typing in your schedule.
If you press NO for the alarm instead of YES, you would go straight to the blank
screen and could begin entering your schedule immediately.
When you are done typing in your schedule, press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
SAVE RECORD? Y/N
Press“Y” for yes and you will return to the main menu.
From the main menu, highlight the SCHEDULE LIST again and press ENTER. Your
schedule will be on screen.

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Adding more schedules:
Press EDIT to add more scheduling. See the screen:
WOULDYOU LIKETO ENTER REMINDERTO YOURSELF? Y/N
Press Yfor yes and you will see theALARM SETTING screen again, which is:
WOULDYOU LIKE TO SETTHEALARM FORYOUR REMINDER? Y/N
Type in“Y”for yes or“N”for no.
If YES,enter in an alarm setting just as before for this new schedule. Then press
ENTER and type in the additional schedule.
If NO, you will go right to a blank screen for typing in the additional schedule.
When you’re finished with the added schedule, press ENTER.
THE SCHEDULE LIST CAN ONLY HOLD 15 REMINDERS AT ONETIME.ALSOYOU ARE
LIMITED BY THEAMOUNT OFTEXTYOU ENTER FOR THE REMINDERS.WHENYOU
REACHYOUR TEXT LIMIT ORTRYTO ADD MORETHAT 15 REMINDERS AT ONE
TIME,AWARNING SCREENWILL APPEAR TELLINGYOU TO DELETE SOMETEXT OR
DELETE SOME REMINDERS COMPLETELY.YOU MUST DO SO IN ORDERTO SAVE
THE CURRENT REMINDERYOU ARE ENTERING.FOR BEST PERFORMANCE INTHE
SCHEDULE LIST ALWAYSTRYTO DELETE OLD REMINDERSANDTRYTO LIMITTHE
AMOUNT OFTEXT FOR EACH ONE, BEFOREYOU ENTER NEW ONES.
On screen you will see,
SAVETHIS MESSAGE?Y/N
Press“Y”for yes and you will return to the main menu.
Deleting messages:
Go to SCHEDULE LIST again from the main menu and press
ENTER. This time,you will see your FIRST entered schedule plus a
flashing arrow on the bottom right hand corner of the screen.
Press the“ ”button to toggle through your added schedules.

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When you get to the message you want to delete,press the DELETE button.
On screen, you will see
EDITTHIS MESSAGE? Y/N
So you have two options.
Option 1:
If you type inY for yes,you can go right into the schedule and delete/change parts
of the DAY andTIME, using the“ ” and“ ” arrows to move through the day and
time and then type over the letters or numbers you are highlighting to delete the old
letters and numbers and replace them with new text.
When you are done changing the day and time, press ENTER.
Now the revised day and time are on the top of the page and you can use your“ ”
and“ ”arrows to move through the text of your actual schedule. As you move
“ ” and“ ”with your arrows to highlight the letters you want to change,use the
letters on the keypad to revise your schedule.
When you have revised your schedule,press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
SAVETHIS MESSAGE? Y/N
Press Yfor yes to save this edited schedule.
Option 2:
If you press N” for no,
On screen you will see,
DELETE RECORD? Y/N
Press YforYES and delete the entire schedule.

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SECURITY SYSTEM
This is where you enter your own private password and lock out intruders from
entering your files! Neat! Highlight the SECURITY SYSTEM from the main menu
and press ENTER.
On screen you will see
SECURITY SYSTEM followed by
PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD .
Your password can be up to 8 letters long. Type it in and press
ENTER.
On screen you will see,
RECONFIRMAND RETYPEYOUR PASSWORD
So type in your password again to confirm it and press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
PLEASE SELECTWHICH SECTORS YOUWISH TO LOCK OUT.
Press ENTER and you will return to the main menu. Highlight a file from the main
menu to“password protect”. For example,theARCHIVE FILE.
Press ENTER. On screen you will see,
DOYOUWISHTO PASSWORD PROTECTARCHIVE FILE? Y/N
Type in“Y”forYES and you will see a really cool animation of that
section of your Dino Dex being“locked up”to protect it from
intruders!
Now if anyone tries to enter the ARCHIVE FILE,they must enter the password.
Without the password,they can’t get in.
Then select any other functions of your Dino Dex you want to lock up. When you
are finishing“locking up”,press QUIT.
On screen you will see,
THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONSARE NOW LOCKED and then a list of whatever
functions you have“password protected”.

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If you’re entered in a bunch of functions as“password protected”,use the“ ”
arrow to see them all.
Press QUIT a second time.Now you’re back in the Main Menu.
Go to a section that you have password protected. Instead of the function opening,
on screen you will see
PLEASE ENTERYOUR PASSWORD.
If you type in the wrong password,you will see
INCORRECT PASSWORD.
Use the DELETE button to erase the incorrect password and try again!
When you type in the correct password,the function will open properly.
You can“password protect”any functions you want,even this
SECURITY SYSTEM function! When you go to“password protect”
the password (Security System),you will see a warning on screen.
This warning is important! The warning explains that if you happen to forget your
password,you are out of luck if you have “locked up”this section. In order to gain
password access,when you’ve locked up this security function, you will have to
reset your unit or take out the batteries and start all your programming for your
entire Dino Dex all over again.
So consider“password protecting”every section except the Security System
function. That way, if you forget your password and you haven’t locked up the
security system,you can go into this section and change your password!
Here’s how:
Go to SECURITY SYSTEM on the Main Menu and press ENTER.
On screen you will see
CHANGE PASSWORD?Y/N
Press Yfor yes and go through the entire procedure of selecting a password again.
The sections of the Dino Dex you had previously locked up with your old password
(which you have forgotten),can now be opened with your new password.

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SYSTEM CORE
The SYSTEM CORE is all the basic information you entered when you first
programmed your Dino Dex. Highlight this function from the Main Menu and press
ENTER.
By either repeatedly pressing the “ ”button or by repeatedly pressing the ENTER
button you can toggle through all your basic information you have entered for
NAME,DAY,TIME,ALARM and SOUND EFFECTS.
To change any of this information, go to the screen you wish to change. For
example,go to the NAME screen and press EDIT.
Then press or hold down the DELETE button to delete the old name and then type
in the new name. Press ENTER.
When you change any of the core information, you will need to re-enter all the
information from that point,using the same procedure you used for the NAME
entry change.
To QUIT the core system,press the QUIT button.
CALCULATOR
Highlight the calculator from the main menu and press ENTER.
Here’s your own built-in calculator.
Use:
— the
NUMBER keys for NUMBERS.
— the button for DIVISON (/).
— the button for ADDITION (+).
— the button for MULTIPLICATION (x).
— the button for SUBTRACTION(-).
— the ENTER button for EQUALS (=).
— the SPACE button for CLEAR.
For example,if you wanted to add 7 + 4 = 11.
Here’s how you would do it:
Press the “7”key. (7)
Press the“ ”key. (+)
Press the“4”key. (4)
Press the ENTER key. (=)
Then the number“11”would appear in the bottom right hand corner.
A calculator is a “must have”for any scientist or paleontologist!
Press QUIT to return to the Main Menu.

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SORTER
In the SORTER function,you can sort the 72 dinosaurs in many different ways -
including HEIGHT, LENGTH,WEIGHT,and TYPE.
Highlight SORTER from the main menu and press ENTER.
On screen you will see
SORT THE DINOSAURS BY THE FOLLOWINGATTRIBUTES
Press ENTER.You will see
HEIGHT,LENGTH,WEIGHT,TYPE
Use the“ ” and“ ” buttons to toggle through these four choices.
For instance,with HEIGHT highlighted, press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETO SORTALLTHE DINOSAURS BYASCENDING
ORDER? Y/N
If you type in“Y”for yes,you will see all 72 dinosaurs listed from
the smallest to the tallest.
If you type in“N”for no,you will see
ENTERTHE SPECIFIC HEIGHT
___ FEETTALL
If you type in a really big number like“87” to see all the dinosaurs
at least 87 feet tall,the unit will say,
NO MATCH,TRYAGAIN.
Then the screen will go back to your“87” entry. Use the DELETE button to erase
first the“7” and then the“8”. Then type in another number. For example, type in
“30”and press ENTER.to see all the dinosaurs at least 30 feet tall.
This list has just one dinosaur,DIPLODOCUS”.

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Now this is really cool - you can press the ENTER button here to enjoy all the
fantastic information and graphics from the archive folder inside the SORTER!
With DIPLODOCUS written on screen, press the ENTER button and
you will see the illustration of DIPLODOCUS.
As with the archives,you will notice an arrow in the bottom right hand corner. As
with the archives,use the “ ”button to toggle through the moving animation of
the dinosaur and the several pages of the dino’s biography!
If you had chosen a lesser height than 30 feet,there would have been more dinos
in the list. You could highlight ANY of the dinosaurs from the list and cycled
through their animations and biographies in the same way!
When you are done cycling through biographies,press the QUIT
button to go back to the sub-menu of height. Length, weight, and
type.:
HEIGHT,LENGTH,WEIGHT,TYPE
This time, instead of selecting height, select LENGTH.
You will once again see the display of,
WOULDYOU LIKE TO SORTALL THE DINOSAURS BYASCENDING ORDER? Y/N
You can sort information for HEIGHT,LENGTH, andWEIGHT all the same way.
However,if from the sub menu,you highlighted TYPE and pressed ENTER,you
would see a slightly different display. In TYPE,you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETO SORTALLTHE CARNIVOROUS DINOSAURS?
If you type in“Y”,you will see all the carnivorous dinosaurs -
dinosaurs who eat meat.
If you type in“N”, you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETO SORTALLTHE HERBIVOROUS DINOSAURS?
These are the plant eating dinosaurs!

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SYSTEM BIO’S
In SYSTEM BIO’S,you can list your 5 favorite dinosaurs - and have all their
biographic information available at an instant!
Press ENTER to enter the SYSTEM BIO’S.
On screen, you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKE TO LIST 5 FAVORITE DINOSAURS?
If you enter “N”for no,you will go back to the main menu.
But if you enter“Y” for yes,you will see
SELECT DINOSAURS and the alphabet chart from the archive folder.
Just as in the archives,you can use the“ ”and“ ”buttons to
highlight different letters in the alphabet. For example,if you want
to include TYRANNOSAURUS as one of your favorites,scroll along
the alphabet bar until you reach“T”and press ENTER.
On screen,you will see all the dinos beginning with the letter“T”,
Therizinosaurus,Torosaurus,Triceratops,Tyrannosaurus
Scroll down toTYRANNOSAURUS and press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETOADD TYRANNOSAURUSTO YOUR FAVORITE
LIST? Y/N
Press“Y”for yes and on screen you will see
1.TYRANNOSAURUS
Then the screen automatically goes back to the
SELECT DINOSAURS screen with the alphabet bar.
You can add up to 5 dinosaurs in exactly this same way. When you’re done making
your“favorites”list, press QUIT.
Then you will see,
WOULDYOU LIKETO SAVEYOUR LISTING? Y/N
Press“Y”for yes and your dinosaur favorites will be saved.
You will then be automatically returned to the Main Menu.

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Now whenever you go into the SYSTEMS BIO’s, you will see your list. The cursor
will be set for the first dinosaur on your list. Use the“ ” and“ ”buttons to toggle
to any of your favorite dinosaur listings.
Press ENTER. You will then have all the archive and bio information for that dino.
Just press the “ ”button to cycle through all the information. Remember, you can
always press the“ ” button to cycle backwards through this information as well.
Once you’ve entered in 5 dinos to your favorite’s list and you try to enter another
one, on screen you will see
THEREARE ALREADY 5 DINOSAURS ON YOUR LIST.”
If you would like to change your list, highlight the dino on your list you want to
delete and press the DELETE button.That dinosaur will be deleted instantly from
your list! Each time you press DELETE, you will delete another dino from your list!
To add new dinosaurs to your list press the EDIT button when on your list.
GAME SIMULATORGAME SIMULATOR
GAME SIMULATORGAME SIMULATOR
GAME SIMULATOR
There are two games you can play! THE DNA LAB and BATTLE DOME.
Highlight the GAME SIMULATOR from the main menu and press ENTER.
Press ENTER again to enter the game simulator. You will see THE
DNA LAB highlighted Use the “ ”and “ ”arrows to highlight
eitherTHE DNA LAB or BATTLE DOME.
Game 1: The DNA Lab Game
Let’s begin withTHE DNA LAB game. With this game highlighted,press ENTER.
On screen you will see,
PLEASE SELECTTHE DINA COMBINATION,followed by SELECTTHE
HEAD.
Press ENTER and you will be given four choices, for example,
VELOCIRAPTOR,COMPSOGNATHUS,TYRANNOSAURUS,
TRICERATOPS