Excalibur
Electronics
Touch-Screen
Crossword
Puzzle
Deluxe Edition
Model No. 455D-B
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Layout of Onscreen Keyboard
Locating & Using Your Stylus
Your stylus is the key to commu- the stylus easily and pull it out
“QWERTY” Keyboard
completely.
nicating with your New York
Times Touch-Screen Crossword
Puzzle, Deluxe Edition. On the
back, left-hand side of your unit,
you’ll find a recessed cradle.
Inside is the stylus. Carefully
remove the stylus by pressing
gently on the tab near its top and
DEL Key
CHECK Key
SOUND Key
Note: Remove the stylus by
pulling away from its cradle
until its tip clears the brace at
the top of the indentation.
When you want to store your
stylus again, just slide it back
into its cradle, pointed-end
CONTRAST Key
ON/OFF Key
Solve LETTER Key
Solve WORD Key
NEW GAME
Solve PUZZLE Key
Your unit uses a touch-screen “QWERTY” keyboard. A “QWERTY” keyboard arranges
the letter-keys just like your home, school, or work computer keyboard does.
pushing it up until you can hold first.
Functions of the Icons (Onscreen Buttons)
Your unit’s buttons are easy to in on the selected letter, a whole
use. Always use your stylus to
gently touch the onscreen buttons.
word, or all letters filled in on the
entire puzzle.
Using Your New York Times Crossword
Getting started
ON/OFF: Touch this key to turn
the unit on and off.
PUZZLE: Press this key to solve
the entire puzzle.
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 GAME: Touch to start a new
puzzle.
WORD: Press this key to solve the
selected word.
SOUND: Touch to turn the sound
on or off.
LETTER: Press this key to solve
the selected letter.
CONTRAST: Touch to adjust the
contrast of the screen.
A-Z: Use these keys to enter your
answers.
NEW YORK TIMES
CROSSWORD
CHECK: Once you’ve filled in one
or more letters, tap and hold this
key to check your answers. Any
letter that is incorrect will be
marked with a spell-check icon.
Once you release this key, the
original letters will return.
corresponding to the level of chal-
lenge you want. (Selecting
“MIXED” will give you a variety
of puzzles, from easy to hard. We
suggest, unless you are a very
experienced crossword player,
that you choose the “EASY” level
to get started.)
PUZZLE
Other buttons
RESET: Press this button if your
unit functions improperly.
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Choosing the level
LIGHT: Press and hold for one sec-
ond to turn backlighting on to use
the game in low-light areas. Press
Next, use your stylus to press the
NEW GAME button. Your display
will show the screen at right.
Use your stylus to touch the box
DEL: Press to delete letters filled and hold again to turn it off.
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Choosing the puzzle
icon will change to a downward DOWN word will be solved.
Touch “PREVIOUS PAGE” at
the top of the screen to move
backward through the pages.)
When you select a level, the num-
bers of the puzzles corresponding
to your selected level will appear
on the screen. Your display will
look like this:
arrow. Touching the downward
Deleting or erasing
arrow will change the icon back
This function is just like erasing
to a right arrow and the ACROSS
Working a puzzle
an answer you’ve made in a
paper-and-pencil
clue.
As soon as you touch a number
with the stylus, your display will
fill with the chosen crossword
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 print-
ed in The New York Times.
crossword.
If you want to see the clues to a Place the cursor on the letter you
different word of the puzzle, sim- want to delete, and touch the DEL
ply touch a letter in the word you key with the stylus. Three options
choose. The corresponding clues
will be instantly displayed.
will appear on screen: “DELETE
LETTER,” “DELETE WORD,”
and “DELETE PUZZLE.” Simply
touch the option you want with
your stylus. Note: When you
select “DELETE WORD,” the
word deleted will be the ACROSS
word when the right arrow
appears to the left of the clue. The
DOWN word will be deleted
when the downward arrow
appears to the left of the clue.
Solving letters, words & puzzle
If you’re stumped about a word
on the puzzle you’re working,
you can ask for a specific letter,
word—or even the whole puz-
zle—to be solved. With your sty-
lus, just press LETTER, WORD or
PUZZLE under the SOLVE heading.
Suppose you touched WORD. Your
screen would look like this:
SOLVE WORD?
You’ll see the cursor flashing in
the first blank “box” at the top left
of the puzzle. You can move the
cursor to any open square you
want simply by touching that
square. You can’t move the cursor
to a blocked-out (black) square.
You can fill in any blank “box” by
touching one of the letters on your
onscreen QWERTY keyboard.
Touch any of the numbers to dis-
play a puzzle.
This feature allows you to select
favorites, or avoid selecting puz-
zles you’ve already worked. It
also allows you to compete with
others, by seeing who can work
the same puzzle the fastest. (Note:
there are 1,000 puzzles in your
New York Times Touch-Screen
Using the check function
Touch and hold the CHECK key
with your stylus to check all your
answers in the puzzle. All of the
incorrect letters will be replaced
by a spell-check icon, alerting
you that you’ve made a mistake,
without giving you the answer.
(Even wrong answers that are
spelled correctly will be indicat-
ed.)
Y/N
By asking you this question, your
unit is safeguarding against giv-
ing you an answer you do not
want. If we confirm that we want
the answer by tapping “Y” with
our stylus, the word will be
solved. If the right-hand arrow
was displayed before the clue, the
ACROSS word will be solved. If
Viewing clues
Immediately below the onscreen
puzzle you’ve selected, you’ll see
the clue for the word you’ve
selected (by touching the word
with your stylus). The ACROSS
clue will display first. If you want
to see the DOWN clue, just touch
the right arrow displayed before
the clue with your stylus. The
Crossword
Puzzle,
Deluxe
Edition, so it requires more than
one screen “page” to list the puz-
zles. Touch “NEXT PAGE” to
move through the screens. The
screen will display “LAST
PAGE” when the final page of
choices has been displayed.
the downward arrow was dis- When you release the CHECK key,
played before the clue, the the spell-check icons will disap-
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pear and the original letters will Auto power-off
adds, for example, 10 seconds to
your time and each use of the
solve word adds a minute. You’ll
still want to establish a maximum
number of uses of each, however.
OFF” will show on the screen.
be displayed.
To save batteries, your unit will
Competing against friends
By remembering the level and
number of the puzzle you select,
you can compete against others.
The one who solves the puzzle in
the least time wins!
automatically turn off after three
minutes of inactivity. (If you are
using the light, it will turn off as
well.) If this happens while you
are still playing, touch the ON/OFF
key to wake up the game. You
will continue playing the current
game. None of your answers will
be lost.
Completing the puzzle
A puzzle is completed when all of
the squares have been filled with
the correct letters. Whether you
complete the puzzle by using the
solve keys or by figuring each
word out, when you’re finished,
the clue screen will display:
PUZZLE
You can even compete against
players that are much more or less
experienced than you by selecting
puzzles at different levels. As the
more experienced player, you
may have to solve a puzzle in the
“MEDIUM” category, while your
less expert opponent gets to
You can allow a specific number
of letter and word auto-solutions
per player—the more experienced
the players, the fewer the auto-
solutions. Or you can make a rule
Light button
COMPLETED
Press and hold the LIGHT button
for one second to turn on your
game’s backlighting to use your
unit in the dark. Press the button
again to turn it off.
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that each use of the solve letter choose from the “EASY” level.
The third line tells you how long
it took to solve the puzzle, in total
minutes and seconds. This infor-
mation allows you to compete
against others, or against yourself.
Contrast
If you want to adjust your LCD’s
contrast to make it readable at
varying light levels, just use your
stylus to touch the CONTRAST key
at the right bottom of the unit.
Starting a new puzzle
You can begin a new puzzle any-
time by touching the NEW GAME
key. Your display will ask you to
confirm your choice—so that you
don’t lose your current game by The message “CONTRAST
accident. Then the display will ADJUSTMENT L H” will show
IF NO BUTTONS ARE PRESSED
FOR THREE MINUTES, YOUR
NEW YORK TIMES DELUXE CROSSWORD
WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT
on the screen. You can touch the
letter “L” to reduce the contrast
or touch the “H” to increase the
contrast.
give you the choice of levels.
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 current
game.
OFF TO SAVE BATTERIES. SIMPLY TOUCH
“ON/OFF” WITH YOUR STYLUS TO RESUME
THE PUZZLE YOU WERE WORKING ON.
Sound on/off
Touch the SOUND key to toggle the
sound on and off. The message
“SOUND ON” or “SOUND
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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-
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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.
itations and exclusions in these
instances may not apply.
Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results, use between the
temperatures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4º C and 38º C).
The only authorized service center in
the United States is:
•
Clean using only a slightly damp cloth. Do not use cleaners with chemical
agents.
Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
13755 SW 119th Ave
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Battery Information
• Batteries should be installed or replaced only by an adult.
• Your New York Times Touch-Screen Crossword Puzzle, Deluxe
Edition uses 2 AAA batteries, not included.
• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nick-
el- cadmium) batteries.
• Do not mix old and new batteries.
• Do not use rechargeable batteries.
• 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.
Phone: 305.477.8080
Fax: 305.477.9516
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.
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.
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-
Due to continuing improvements,
actual product may differ slightly
from the product described herein.
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 Ave
Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A.
Phone: 305.477.8080
Fax: 305.477.9516
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