ABC Sports
Sports Master
Operating Manual
Model No: A04
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time, press and hold this key for
two seconds to return to the main
MODE OFF” will display on the
screen for one second.)
Layout of Sports Master
BACK: Press BACK to return to menu.
the former level. Also press to go
RESET
UP: Press this key to scroll up.
(ON BACK)
back to a question and its answers
in TRIVIA when the “PASS,”
“HINT,” “SCORE” menu is on.
(Press BACK a second time to be
asked if you’d like to quit the
RESET: If Sports Master locks
up or malfunctions, use a ball-
point pen to press RESET. Also
press RESET, on the back of the
DISPLAY
LCD
PREV
game you’re playing.) At any unit, after inserting new batteries.
NEXT
ABC
ON/ENTER
UP
Installing Batteries
Your Sports Master requires two 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
the screw and tighten it carefully.
AAA batteries, not included. To
install the batteries, carefully turn
Sports Master over so that the unit
is face-down on a soft surface.
Find the battery compartment on
the back of the unit.
DOWN
BACK
Functions of Buttons
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
PREV: Press this key to return to jump to the last menu item.
to the previous item or the previ-
ous listing. Also press to jump to
the first item on a menu.
ON/ENTER: Press this key to
turn on Sports Master or to con-
firm a selection after you have
scrolled to it. Press and hold for
two seconds to set speed for auto-
page down
When viewing detailed informa-
tion, press this key to go to the
next item on the previous menu.
For Trivia Game, press this key to
display the “PASS,” “HINT,” and
“SCORE” menu.
ABC: Press this key to scroll
through a list quickly using the
UP or DOWN buttons, jumping
from one alphabetical first letter
to the next. (“ABC MODE ON”
will display on the screen for one
second.) Press ABC a second time
Sports Master may lock up due to static
discharge or other electrical disturbances.
If this should happen, use a slim,
pointed object to press the button
marked “RESET” on the back of the unit.
DOWN: Press this key to scroll
down. Press and hold this key to
scroll down quickly.
NEXT: Press this key to display
the next listing. Press this key also to turn this feature off. (“ABC
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Getting Started with Sports Master
Quick Tip:
Pressing the BACK button at any time takes you to
the former level. Holding down the BACK button
will take you back to the main menu.
Your ABC Sports Sports Mas-
ter can settle your sports argu-
ments and answer your sports
questions. It contains thousands
of files of information, but it's
easy to navigate. After inserting
new batteries, press the RESET
to turn the unit on. Your LCD will
display the following message in
three successive screens:
BIOS
FACTS & STATS
HIGHLIGHTS
RULES
STADIUM FINDER
TRIVIA
ABC MODE
Bios
SET UP
ON
BIOS are a source of brief
biographical sketches on famous
sports personalities. Selecting
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:
Now pressing either the UP or
DOWN key will jump alphabeti-
cally from one first letter to the
next. Because going “UP” will
arrive at the “T's” first, you could
press the UP key five times to get
to this screen:
Note: If the characters on the
screen seem uncomfortably small,
skip to “SET UP” to change the dis-
play to expanded text.
WELCOME TO
EXCALIBUR
Your ABC Sports Sports
Master holds thousands of sports
facts! The headings on the main
menu are your keys to finding
what you want fast. Press the UP
or DOWN key to scroll through
your choices. As you scroll, an
arrow on the left marks your posi-
tion in the list. After scrolling to
the desired item, simply press
ON/ENTER to confirm your choice.
To give you an overview of the
possibilities, let’s take a quick
look at each of the categories on
the main (or home) menu.
ELECTRONICS’
ABC SPORTS
TERRY, WILLIAM HAROLD
THORPE, JIM
TINKER, JOE
SPORTS
MASTER
SOME INFO (C) 2004
WORLD ALMANAC EDU
GROUP, INC. ALL
TURNER, CLYDE
Only 18 characters per line can
appear on the LCD at one time.
Therefore, TERRY, WILLIAM
HAROLD, will not in its entirety
appear on the screen at once.
Instead the line of text will auto-
matically scroll from right to left
when you place the cursor to the
left of that line. (To control the
speed of right-to-left scrolling,
see “SET UP,” on page 13.)
AARON, HANK
ABRAMS, CAL
RIGHTS RESERVED
ALEXANDER, GROVER
ALLEN, MEL
Then your screen will automat-
ically display the main menu of
Sports Master:
Since the file contains a long list
of names, you can use the built-in
ABC function to quickly arrive at
the letter you want. Suppose you
are interested in information on
the great Jim Thorpe. You could
press the ABC key. The screen
will briefly display:
Quick Tip:
Holding down the UP or DOWN key will
advance you quickly through a data file.
Press the ABC key again. You'll
see this message:
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opponent in the finals is listed ball, football and ice hockey are
EACH MENU (LIST OF CATEGORIES) APPEARS
ALPHABETICALLY ON THE SCREEN.
from The Sports Rules Book, 2nd
Ed, 2004, by Human Kinetics and
Thomas Hanlon. (Champaign, IL:
Human Kinetics), pages 23-30,
33-40, 103-108, 137-143.
second.
Spend a few minutes exploring-
you'll find that Sports Master's
arrangement of categories is intu-
itive and logical. You'll quickly
get used to following the clear
trail to the information you want!
ABC MODE
OFF
Selecting “FACTS AND
STATS” gives you the following
sports categories. (You can see
four on the screen at any one time,
but can scroll up or down to read
them all.)
Now you can press DOWN to
scroll to “Thorp, Jim.” Press
ON/ENTER to read the informa-
tion.
Stadium Finder
This is another great category
on the home menu. Selecting this
category gives you the “big four”
sports to choose from, plus anoth-
er category called “OTHER
SPORTS DIRECTORY.” Se-
lecting this last choice gives you
contact information on many less-
er known sports, like the U.S.
Trotting Organization and the
International Game Fish Organ-
ization.
Sometimes the
information at the top
of a screen will explain
how the information is
organized.
AUTO RACING
BASEBALL
BASKETBALL
BOXING
FOOTBALL
GOLF
HOCKEY
TENNIS
To select a sport, use the UP
and DOWN buttons to move the
cursor to the left of the sport and
press ON/ENTER. You'll then
see more (sub)categories.
Want to find who won the
French Open men's singles cham-
pionship in 1972 and who his
opponent in the final was? Select
and press FACTS AND STATS.
Then select and press TENNIS.
Select and press “FRENCH
OPEN CHAMPS.” Then press
“MEN” and scroll to 1972. The
winner is listed first, and his
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 his entry.
Additionally, please note that
this file may contain some of the
same names you'll find in the
sports categories. So to review all
available information, you may,
for example, want to check both
“BASEBALL” and “QUICK
REFERENCE” for Hank Aaron.
Highlights
This category on the main or
home menu contains sports high-
lights for each year since 1998. It
also contains a list of the most
dramatic sports events of the 20th
century!
Select one of the big four
sports, and you will see two more
choices:
FACTS
FINDER
Rules
Selecting “FACTS” will give
you information on that sport's
stadiums by team—for example,
whether it uses artificial turf, its
This category on the main or
home menu lets you find the rules
for the “big four” of major league
sports! Rules for baseball, basket- proper name, the year built, and
Facts and Stats
This category on the main or
home menu will resolve many a
sports debate!
If no button is pushed for five minutes, your
Sports Master will switch off to save its batteries.
Just push ON/ENTER to continue where you left off.
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seating
capacity.
Selecting You can choose either 10 or 20.
Press ON/ENTER to confirm the
last
player
and
pressed and answers again, and then press
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.
“FINDER” gives you all the con-
tact info for that sport and its sta- number of questions you’ve
diums by team—where to call or selected.
go online to buy tickets, for
example, and the street address.
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.
Next you’ll see that the screen
displays “PLAYER 1 HINT 10”
or “PLAYER 1 HINT 20.” Press
the UP and DOWN keys to
Trivia
Selecting TRIVIA, the next-to- change the number of hints you’d
last item on the home menu, gives like Sports Master to give. (This
you access to a sports trivia game is the total number of hints for the
with more than 400 questions that entire set of questions. Up to two
you can play by yourself or with hints can be displayed for each
If the second attempt to answer
a question is also incorrect, the
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
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.
friends!
question until all of the hints have
been used.) Using a hint elimi-
nates one of the incorrect choices.
Press ON/ENTER to confirm
TRIVIA GAME SET UP
To play Sport Master’s Trivia
Game, begin by pressing the UP the number of hints you’ve decid-
and DOWN keys to step through ed on. (Continue setting the num-
the main menu until the arrow ber of hints for other players in
points to TRIVIA. Then press the same way. You may want to
ON/ENTER. The screen will then allow certain players fewer or
display “PLAYERS 1.” Use the more hints to make the game
UP and DOWN keys to change more competitive. Younger play-
the number of players if there are ers and players less knowledge-
additional players. Then press able about sports may need to be
ON/ENTER to confirm the num- given more hints, whereas a
If the third attempt to answer a
question is still incorrect, Sports
Master’s
screen
displays
“WRONG!” followed by the cor-
rect answer.
ber of players.
sports expert might not be
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
Now the screen will display allowed any hints at all.)
“CHOICE OF QUESTION:
10.” Press the UP and DOWN PLAYING THE TRIVIA
keys to change the number of GAME
questions you’d like Sports
After you’ve entered the num-
that case, the player can press the key and use the UP and DOWN
BACK key to display the question keys to step through the menu
Master to ask during the game. ber of hints to be allowed for the
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one second. Then use the UP or
PRESSED TEXT off so that DOWN buttons to proceed through
items “PASS,” “HINT” and screen will then display “PLAY-
“SCORE.” ER: 3 WINS” (if player 3 won,
mation. You can turn COM-
your unit will display expanded,
larger text, which may be easier
for you to read. You can turn the
If the player selects “PASS” for example) to designate the win-
and then presses ON/ENTER, the ner. In case of a tie, the screen dis-
question will be skipped. The plays “PLAYER: 2, 3 WIN!” if,
player may pass on one question for instance, players 2 and 3 tied.
if there are 10 total questions, or
the list by alphabetical first let-
ter—A, B, C, etc. (Note that the
list begins again with the letter
SOUND on or off. You can even
“A” after you have scrolled
select AUTO SCROLL DOWN
through the “Z” listings. You can
to select the time (in seconds) that
pass on two questions if there are Calculating the Score
also use the UP key to scroll back-
wards through the alphabet, from
“Z” to “A.”)
your unit will display a screen of
information before automatically
moving to the next screen. (You
can always override this function
by using your UP and DOWN
keys.) SCROLL SPEED allows
you to adjust the speed of the
20 total questions.
Sports Master automatically
If the player selects “HINT” calculates all the scores, using the
and presses ON/ENTER, one of following rules;
When you reach the desired ini-
tial letter, press ABC again to turn
this mode off. “ABC MODE OFF”
will display on the screen for one
the incorrect answers is removed.
Right answer on first try with
(The HINT function can be used no hints – 10 points.
twice on each question to elimi-
Right answer on second try
nate two of the four answer with no hints – 5 points.
right-to-left scrolling that takes second. Then press the UP or
options.)
Right answer on third try with
place with long items on a menu.
CONTRAST allows you to select
the right contrast for reading in
any light levels.
DOWN button to scroll one line at a
time, or hold either of these keys
down to scroll quickly. Press
ON/ENTER to confirm your choice.
If the player selects “SCORE,” no hints – 2 points.
his current score will be dis-
played.
Right answer on first try with
one hint – 5 points.
Right answer on first try with
two hints – 2 points.
Right answer on second try
End of Trivia Game
After the first player has com-
Auto Power Off
Using the ABC
Button
To jump through an alphabeti-
cal list quickly by first letter,
press the ABC button. “ABC MODE
If no key is pressed for five
minutes, the unit will automati-
cally turn off to spare your batter-
ies. Press ON/ENTER and Sports
Master will return to where it was
pleted his turn, the screen will dis- with no hints – 5 points.
play “QUESTION 1, PLAYER
Right answer on second try
2.” (If there is only one player, with one hint – 2 points.
“QUESTION 2, PLAYER 1”
Right answer on second try
will be displayed.) Players contin- with two hints – 0 points.
ON” will display on the screen for before it was turned off.
ue answering questions or passing
Three wrong answers – 0
until all players have completed points.
their questions. After all players
have completed their questions,
the screen will display the score,
Set Up
Select SET UP from the home
and the number of correct screen to make choices about how
answers for each player. The your Sports Master displays infor-
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Special Care & Handling
Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping.
90-Day Limited Warranty
EXCALIBUR
ELECTRONICS,
sequential damages, so the above lim-
itations and exclusions in these
instances may not apply.
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INC., warrants to the original con-
sumer 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 peri-
od, 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.
Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results, use between the
temperatures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4º C and 38º C).
•
Clean using only a slightly damp cloth. Do not use cleaners with chemical
agents.
The only authorized service center in
the United States is:
Battery Information
Batteries should be installed and replaced only by an adult.
Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
13755 SW 119th Ave
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Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Phone: 305.477.8080
Your ABC Sports Sports Master uses 2 AAA batteries, not included.
Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmi-
um) batteries.
Fax: 305.477.9516
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Do not mix old and new batteries.
The warranty covers normal con-
sumer 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 unreasonable use of the unit.
Removal of the top panel voids all
warranties. This warranty does not
cover cost of repairs made or attempt-
ed outside of the factory.
Do not use rechargeable batteries.
Ship the unit carefully packed, prefer-
ably in the original carton, and send it
prepaid, and adequately insured.
Include a letter, detailing the com-
plaint and including your daytime
telephone number, inside the shipping
carton.
Remove exhausted batteries from the unit.
Do not short circuit battery terminals.
Remove batteries and store them in a cool, dry place when not in use.
To avoid explosion or leakage, do not dispose of batteries in a fire or attempt
to recharge alkaline or other non-rechargeable batteries.
Due to continuing improvements,
actual product may differ slightly
from the product described herein.
If your warranty has expired and you
want an estimated fee for service,
write to the above address, specifying
the model and the problem.
Any applicable implied warranties,
including warranties of merchantabil-
ity and fitness, are hereby limited to
90 DAYS from the date of purchase.
Consequential or incidental damages
resulting from a breach of any appli-
cable 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 incidental or con-
PLEASE DO NOT SEND
YOUR UNIT WITHOUT
RECEIVING AN ESTIMATE FOR
SERVICING. WE CANNOT
STORE YOUR UNIT!
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EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC.
13755 SW 119TH AVENUE,
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33186 U.S.A.
PHONE: 305.477.8080
FAX: 305.477.9516
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