EXCALIBUR 456 User Manual

Excalibur

Electronics

Travel Master

Operating Manual

www.ExcaliburElectronics.com

Model No. 456

ongratulations on your purchase of The NewYork Times
and Excalibur Electronics’ Travel Master! This is the

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ultimate electronic guide to 101 destinations around the
world, based on the popular tra vel columns in The NewYorkTimes
and Fodor’s famous traveling tips. Included are articles from
Century of Business, a publication that chronicles the happenings
of the business world, by decades, over the past 100 years. You
can now have the best information in your pocket and at your fin­gertips.

The Travel Master computer is easy to use, but be sure to use it
safely. Before starting, please read this manual thoroughly, espe­cially noting safety, care and battery information. Keep this man­ual for reference.

The leg e n d a ry King A rthur brandi shed a
magic swo r d, Excalibu r, from whi ch we
t a ke ou r company name. With this unique
weapon in his hands, he could not be vanquished.

Although Excalibur Electronics can’t cla im
the ma gical secret s of Merl in, King
A rt h u r ’s co urt wi zard, so met imes our
patented te chnology may make it seem as if
we could. The New York Times Travel Master i s
an other unmatched inn ovation of Excalibu r
E l e c t r o n i c s .

We make yo u think .

© 2003 The New York Times Company.
The New York Times logo is a registered trademark
of The New York Times Company.

Fodor’s content © 2004 by Fodors.com, a unit of
Fodors LLC. All rights reserved.

Travel Master TABLE OF CONTENTS

Layout of Travel Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 4

Functions of Buttons . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 4

Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 5

Getting Started with Travel Master. . . . . . . . . . page 6

Travel Destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 7

Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 7

Restaurants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 8

Shopping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 8

Attractions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 9

Nightlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 9

Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 9

Articles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 10

Century of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 10

Set Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 10

Using the ABC Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 11

Auto Power Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 11

The 101 Travel Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12

Special Care & Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 14

Battery Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 14

90-Day Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 15

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ON/ENTER

button

Layout of Travel Master

DISPLAY

(LCD)

ABC

button

NEXT

button

PREVIOUS

button

Functions of Buttons

ON/ENTER: Press this key to turn

on Travel Master or to confirm a
selection after you have scrolled
to it.

PREVIOUS: Press this key to dis­play the previous listing.

NEXT: Press this key to display
the next listing.

AB C: Press this key to scroll
through a list quickly using the
UP or DOWN buttons, jumping
from one alphabetical first letter

BACK

button

UP

button

RESET

button

DOWN

button

to the next. (“ABC MODE ON” will
display on the screen for one sec­ond.) Press ABC a second time to

turn this feature off. (“ABC MODE
OFF” will display on the screen for
one second.)

BACK: Press this key to return to
the previous screen.

UP: Press this key to scroll up.
DOWN: Press this key to scroll

down.
RESET: If Travel Master locks up

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or malfunctions, use a ballpoint
pen to press RESET. Also press

Installing Batteries

RESET after inserting new batter-

ies.

Your Travel Master requires two
AAA batteries, not included. To
install the batteries, carefully turn
Travel Master over so that the unit
is face-down on a soft surface.
Find the battery compartment on
the back of the unit.

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
diagram inside the battery com­p a rtment (see diagram below. )
Place the tab of the battery com­partment lid in its slot and close
the compartment door. Replace
the screw and tighten it carefully.

Travel 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 front of the unit.

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Getting Started with Travel Master

After inserting new batteries,
press the RESET button to turn the
unit on. Your LCD will display the
icon “TH E NE W YO R K TI M E S
TRAVEL MASTER.” Press any key
to proceed to the home screen.

The home screen gives you three
choices, as shown below:

TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
CENTURY OF BUSINESS NEWS
SET UP

Note: Only 18 characters per line
can appear on the LCD at one
time. Therefore, “TR AV E L

DESTINATIONS” and “CENTURY OF
BU S I N E S S NE W S” will not all

appear on the LCD at once. Instead
the line of text will automatically
scroll right to left when you place
the marking arrow next to that
line. To control the speed with
which the line scrolls, see Set Up
on Page 10.

Press the UP or DOWN key to
scroll through all of the choices.
(You can scroll in either direction.
For example, scrolling up from
“Acapulco” will take you to
“Zurich.”) As you scroll, an arrow
on the left marks your position in
the list. After scrolling to the

desired item, simply press
ON/ EN T E R to confi rm yo u r
choice.

Travel Destinations

After yo u ’ve selected Tr ave l
Destinations, the LC D d i s p l ay s
101 destinations in alphabetical
order (a list of all the destinations
is given on page 12). Please note
that Travel Master can show only
four lines of text at a time on the
LCD. Press the UP or DOWN key
repeatedly to scroll through the
destinations one at a time, or hold
either of these keys down to scroll
more quickly.

If you’d like to scroll alphabetical­ly by first letter through the desti­nations, first press the ABC but-
ton. “ABC MODE ON” will display
on the screen for one second. (See
Using the ABC Button, Page 11.)
Then press UP or DOWN to move
a l p h a b e t i c a l ly by first letter
through the index. When yo u
reach the initial letter you want,
press ABC again to exit that mode.
“ABC MODE OFF” will display on
the screen for one second. Then
resume using the UP or DOWN
keys to scroll through the destina­tions one at a time.

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As you scroll, an arrow on the left
marks your position in the list.
After scrolling to the desired
item, simply press ON/ENTER to
confirm your choice.

After selecting your desired desti­nation, the LCD then displays the
following (remember that only the
first four lines of text will show
on the screen, and that listings
with no data will not display):

OVERVIEW
HOTELS
RESTAURANTS
SHOPPING
ATTRACTIONS
NIGHTLIFE
TIPS
ARTICLES

Press UP or DOW N to scroll
through this screen, and press

ON/ENTER to make a selection.
Overview

If you select the Overview, four
lines of information will be dis­played. Press the DOWN button to
display the next four lines of text,
and UP to display the previous
four lines of text. Press the BACK
button to return to the previous
screen.

Hotels

If you select Hotels, the LCD will
flash “FODOR’S” for one second,

indicating that the follow i n g
i n f o rmation was provided by
Fodor’s. The LCD then displays the
following (NOTE: $ = INEXPEN-

SIVE, $$ = MODERATE, $$$ =
EXPENSIVE, $$$$ = VERY EXPEN-
SIVE, $$$$$ = LUXURY):

OVERVIEW
$
$$
$$$
$$$$
$$$$$

Not all the price ranges (the $
signs) may show for a particular
destination. Selecting Ove rv i ew
will display four lines of text on
the LCD, and you can navigate
through the text by the UP and
DOWN buttons. Press the BACK
button to return to the previous
screen.

Selecting one of the $ categories
will display the first four lines of
text of the first hotel. Pressing UP
and DOWN will display either the
next or previous four lines of text
about that hotel. Pressing the
NEXT button will display the next
hotel’s information, if available.

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Pressing the PR E V I O U S bu t t o n
will display the last hotel’s infor­mation. Press the BACK button to
r e t u rn to the previous screen.
Press BACK for two seconds to
return to the home screen.

Restaurants

If you select Restaurants, the LCD
will flash “FODOR’S” for one sec-

ond. The LCD then displays the
following (NOTE: $ = INEXPEN-

SIVE, $$ = MODERATE, $$$ =
EXPENSIVE, $$$$ = VERY EXPEN-
SIVE, $$$$$ = LUXURY):

OVERVIEW

$

$$

$$$

$$$$

$$$$$

Not all the price ranges (the $
signs) may show for a particular
destination. Selecting Ove rv i ew
will display four lines of text on
the LCD, and you can navigate
through the text by the UP and
DOWN buttons. Press the BACK
button to return to the previous
screen.

Selecting one of the $ categories
will display the first four lines of
t ext of the first restaurant.
Pressing UP and DOWN will dis-

play either the next or previous
four lines of text. Pressing the
NEXT button will display the next
restaurant’s information, if avail­able, while the PREVIOUS button
will display the last restaurant’s
information. Press the BACK but-
ton to return to the prev i o u s
screen. Press BACK for two sec­onds to return to the home screen.

Shopping

If you selected Shopping, the LCD
will display the following (listings
with no available data will not
display):

OVERVIEW
SHOPPING CENTERS
DEPARTMENT STORES
LOCAL SPECIALTIES
AREAS
SOUVENIRS

Selecting the Overview will dis­play four lines of text on the LCD,
and you can navigate through the
text with the UP and DOWN but-
tons. Press the BACK button to
return to the previous screen.

Selecting one of the other cate­gories will display the first four
lines of text of the selected cate­gory. Pressing UP and DOWN will
display either the next or previous
four lines of text. Pressing the

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NEXT button will display the next
listing’s information, if available,
while the PREVIOUS button will
display the last listing’s informa­tion. Press the BACK button to
r e t u rn to the previous screen.
Press BACK for two seconds to
return to the home screen.

Attractions

If you selected Attractions, the
LCD will display the following
(listings with no data will not dis­play):

OVERVIEW

INFO CENTERS

ATTRACTIONS

Selecting the Overview will dis­play four lines of text on the LCD,
and you can navigate through the
text by the UP and DOWN buttons.
Press the BACK button to return to
the previous screen.

Selecting one of the other cate­gories will display the first four
lines of text of the selected cate­gory. Pressing UP and DOWN will
display either the next or previous
four lines of text. Pressing the
NEXT button will display the next
listing’s information, if available,
while the PREVIOUS button will
display the last listing’s informa­tion. Press the BACK button to

r e t u rn to the previous screen.
Press BACK for two seconds to
return to the home screen.

Nightlife

If you selected Nightlife, the LCD
will display the following (listings
with no data will not display):

OVERVIEW
NIGHTLIFE

Selecting the Overview will dis­play four lines of text on the LCD,
and you can navigate through the
text by the UP and DOWN buttons.
Press the BACK button to return to
the previous screen.

Selecting Nightlife will display
the first four lines of tex t .
Pressing UP and DOWN will dis­play either the next or previous
four lines of text. Pressing the
NEXT button will display the next
listing’s information, if available,
while the PREVIOUS button will
display the last listing’s informa­tion. Press the BACK button to
r e t u rn to the previous screen.
Press BACK for two seconds to
return to the home screen.

Tips

If you selected Tips, the LCD will
flash “FODOR’S” for one second.

The LCD then displays the follow-

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ing (listings with no data will not
display):

ARRIVING & DEPARTING
GETTING AROUND
RESOURCES

Each of the listed categories fea­tures a number of submenus.
Simply continue scrolling through
the items in each category until
you reach the information that
you need. Press the BACK button
to return to the previous screen.
Press BACK for two seconds to
return to the home screen.

Articles

If you selected Articles, the LCD
will flash “TH E NE W YO R K
TIMES” for one second. The LCD

will display the first four lines of
text. Pressing UP and DOWN will
display either the next or previous
four lines of text. Pressing the
NEXT button will display the next
a rticle, if ava i l a ble, while the
PREVIOUS button will display the
last article. Press the BACK button
to return to the previous screen.
Press BACK for two seconds to
return to the home screen.

Century of Business

After you’ve selected Century of
Business News from the home
screen, the LCD will flash “THE

NEW YORK TIMES” for one sec­ond. The LCD will then display a
submenu of 10 decades. Press UP
or DOWN to scroll through this
screen, and press ON/ENTER to
make a selection. Pressing UP and
DOWN will then display either the
next or previous four lines of text.
Pressing the NEXT button will dis­play the next article, if available,
while the PREVIOUS button will
display the last article. Press the
BACK button to return to the pre­vious screen. Press BACK for two
seconds to return to the home
screen.

Set Up

Select Set Up from the home
screen to make choices about the
scrolling speed and the interval
of automatic paging (both in sec­onds). Press the UP or DOWN key
to scroll to Scroll Speed or Auto
Page Down and then press the
ON/ENTER key to confirm. If you
choose Scroll Speed, press the UP
or DOWN key to place the cursor
next to the speed (1-6) at which
the text will scroll. Press
ON/ENTER to confirm your selec­tion and return to the home
screen.

After selecting Auto Page Down,
you may either turn the function

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off or select the page scroll speed.
If you choose to turn Auto Page
D own off, select off and then
press the ON/ENTER key to con­firm your choice and return to the
home screen.

If you choose to turn Auto Page
Down on, press the UP or DOWN
key to place the cursor next to the
speed (1-8 sec) at which the text
will scroll. Press ON/ENTER to
confirm your selection and return
to the home screen.

Note: W h e n ever you see four
lines of information displaye d
about a selected item, you may
press the ON/ENTER key for two
seconds to set the Auto Pa g e
Down. Press ON/ENTER to con­firm your setting.

Using the
ABC Button

If you’d like to jump through an
alphabetical list quickly by first
letter, press the ABC button. “ABC
MODE ON” will display on the
screen for one second. Then use

If no button is pushed for five minutes,

your Travel Master will switch

off to save your batteries.

Just push the ON/ENTER button

to continue where you left off.

the UP or DOWN buttons to pro­ceed through the list by alphabet­ical first letter—A, B, C, etc.
(Note that the list begins again
with the letter “A” after you have
scrolled through the “Z” listings.
You can also use the UP key to
scroll backwards through the
alphabet, from “Z” to “A.”)

When you reach the desired initial
letter, press ABC again to turn this
mode off. “ABC MODE OFF” will
display on the screen for one sec­ond. Then press the UP or 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.

Auto Power Off

If no key is pressed for five min­utes, the unit will automatically
turn off in order to spare your bat­teries. Simply press ON/ EN T E R
and Travel Master will return to
the point where it was before it
was turned off.

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The 101 Travel Destinations

Acapulco
Albuquerque
Amsterdam
Anchorage
Aspen
Athens
Atlanta
Bahamas
Bali
Baltimore
Banff
Bangkok
Barcelona
Beijing
Berlin
Bermuda
Boston
Brussels
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Cape Cod
Cape Town
Caracas
Cayman Islands
Charleston
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas-Fort Worth
Delhi
Denver
Detroit
Dublin
Edinburgh

Florence
Fort Lauderdale
Geneva
Guatemala City
Helsinki
Hong Kong
Honolulu & O’ahu
Houston
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Kansas City
Kuala Lumpur
Las Vegas
Lisbon
London
Los Angeles
Lyon & the Alps
Madrid
Marrakesh
Melbourne
Memphis
Mexico City
Miami
Milan
Minneapolis
Montreal
Moscow
Munich
Nashville
New Jersey
New Orleans
NewYork City
Orlando
Paris

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Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland
Prague
Puerto Rico
Quebec City
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Seville
Shanghai
Singapore
St. Maarten
St. Petersburg
Stockholm
Sydney
Tokyo
Toronto
Tucson
Vail
Vancouver
Venice
Victoria
Vienna
Washington, D.C.
Yellowstone NP
Yosemite NP
Zion NP
Zurich

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Special Care & Handling

• Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping.

• 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.

Battery Information

• Batteries should be installed and replaced only by an adult.

• Your New York Times Travel Master uses 2 AAA batteries, not

included.

• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmi-

um) 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.

Due to continuing improvements,
actual product may differ slightly
from the product described herein.

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90-Day Limited Warranty

E X C A L I BUR ELECTRO N I C S ,
INC., warrants 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,
E X C A L I BUR ELECTRO N I C S ,
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 wa rranty 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 unreasonable use of the unit.
Removal of the top panel voids all
warranties. This warranty does not
cover cost of repairs made or attempt­ed outside of the factory.

Any applicable implied warranties,
including warranties of merchantabil­ity and fitness, are hereby limited to
90 DAYS from the date of purchase.
Consequential or incidental damages
resulting from a breach of any appli­cable express or implied warranties
are hereby excluded. Some states do
not allow limitations on the duration
of implied wa rranties and do not
allow exclusion of incidental or con-

sequential 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
p r e p a i d, and adequately insured.
Include a letter, detailing the com­plaint and including your day t i m e
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.

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: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

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