EXCALIBUR 501 User Manual

User’s Guide for

Excalibur’s Racing Pro

Licensed by NASCAR

Model No. 501

®

ongratulations on your purchase of the

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Excalibur’s Racing Pro licensed by NASCAR

and from Excalibur Electronics, Inc. You and
your friends will enjoy hours of fun competing and rac­ing with your Racing Pro .

Your Racing Pro 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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . page 3

Layout of the Racing Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Functions of Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..page 5

How to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 6

Special Care & Handling. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .page 18

Battery Information. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .page 18

Limited 90-Day Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19

Installing Batteries

NASCAR®is a registered trademark of The National Association for

Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc.

The legendary King Arthur
brandished a magic sword,
Excalibur, from which we take
our company name. With this
unique weapon in his hand,
he could not be vanquished.

Although Excalibur Electronics
can’t claim the magical secrets of
Merlin, King Arthur’s court wizard,
sometimes our patented technology
may make it seem as if we could.

We make you think.

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Your Racing Pro requires
two AAA batteries, not
included. To install the bat­teries, carefully turn
Racing Pro 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
screwdriver to remove

screw and lift off the bat­tery compartment lid.
Install the batteries, mak­ing sure to match polarity
(+ and -). Place the tabs of
the battery compartment
lid in its slot and close the
compartment door and
replace screw.

RACING PRO MAY LOCK UP DUE

TO STATIC DISCHARGE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL

DISTURBANCES

USE A BALLPOINT PEN TO PRESS THE RESET BUTTON

ON THE BACK OF THE UNIT

. IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN,

.

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Layout of the Racing Pro Functions of Buttons

LAP/RESET BUTTON

LCD DISPLAY

ON/OFF
BUTTON

HOME
BUTTON

s UP / t DOWN/

PREV/ ENTER

BUTTON

START/STOP BUTTON

ABC
BUTTON

SPEAKER
BUTTON

RESET BUTTON

(ON THE BACK

OF THE UNIT)

ON/OFF: Press to turn the

unit

ON and OFF. The follow-

ing splash screen will appear,
when you turn the unit on
after it has been turned off
with the

ON/OFF button:

Press any key to continue
where you left off.

HOME: Press to return to the
HOME menu screen.

ABC: Press this key to

scroll through a list quickly,
jumping from one alphabeti­cal letter to the next. The

ABC

function will work only on
long lists. The direction of
the

ABC button will corre-

spond to the last direction
button move used (

DOWN).

SPEAKER: Press to turn the

sound

ON or OFF.

s UP or

LAP/RESET: This button is

used in

STOP WATCH mode

only, press to time a lap when
the timer is running. Also
press to

RESET the stop watch

when timer is not running.

START/STOP: In STOP

WATCH
START or STOP the timer.

mode only, press to

s UP: Press to scroll up

while in menu mode or to
page up in reading mode.

t DOWN: Press to scroll

down while in menu mode or
to page down in reading
mode.

PREVIOUS: Press to

return to the previous screen.

ENTER: Press to select a

menu item or to go to the
next screen.

RESET: If your Racing Pro

locks up or malfunctions, use
a pointed object to press

RESET located on the back of

the unit.

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Using Your Racing Pro

After you insert two AAA
batteries into the unit, a voice
will welcome you to the
Racing Pro with a “

MEN, START YOUR ENGINES”

message.

NOTE: If you do not hear
the voice, please use a thin,
pointed object to press the

RESET button that is located

on the back of the unit.

A copyright screen will be
displayed for a short time,
then the splash screen above
will flash. This will be fol­lowed by the
screen display. (A
appears in the upper right
hand corner of the display
when you are on the
menu screen.) You can return
to this menu at any time by
pressing the

HOME button.

All the screens are dis­played five lines at a time,
and up to 15 characters can
be shown on each line. (Go to

Small Text information in

the
the Setup section on page 16

GENTLE-

HOME menu

HOME icon

HOME

to see how you can view 10
characters on a line.) If the
line contains more than 15
characters, you can indicate
the line by moving to it with
your cursor. This will cause
the text to scroll from right to
left and in addition, show all
the text on the line.

HOME menu screen

The
offers you the choices shown
below:

STOP WATCH
DRIVER BIOS
FACTS AND STATS
TRIVIA GAME
GLOSSARY
PREFERENCES

Scroll through the list using
the

s UP and t DOWN but­tons. As you scroll, the line
you are on will be highlight­ed to indicate your position
in the list. A at the right
side of a line means that the

ENTER button may be

used to view more informa­tion. After scrolling to the

desired item, simply press

ENTER button to confirm

your choice.

Stop Watch:

Selecting STOP WATCH
from the HOME menu. It will
display the following screen:

This is the default

. It is suggested that

WATCH

before the

STOP WATCH is

first used, that you should
access the
by using the “

STOP WATCH setup

PREFERENCES”

menu.

Pressing the

START/STOP

button starts the STOP WATCH
timing.

STOP

Pressing the

LAP/RESET

button will record the lap as
follows:

If the “

LAP” function is

on, the first line displays the
lap number and time for that
lap. The second line displays
the accumulated time since
the timer has started. If a
track or track length has been
entered, the third line will
display the speed for the last
timed lap. The fourth line
will then display the lap
number and time of the last
timed lap.

If the “

LAP” function is

off, the first line displays the
car number entered from the
PREFERENCES menu and time
for that lap. If a track or track
length has been entered, the
third line will display the
speed for the last timed lap.
The fourth line displays the

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lap number and time of the
last timed lap.

Pressing the

button stops the timer.

Pressing the
button when timer is stopped
resets the

STOP WATCH.

START/STOP

LAP/RESET

Driver Bios:

Selecting DRIVER BIOS will
display a list of drivers. You
may scroll through the list
using the
keys. You may also use the

ABC key to scroll through the

list quickly, jumping from
one alphabetical letter to the
next. The direction the
key also will correspond to
the last direction key used
(

s UP or t DOWN).

s UP and t DOWN

ABC

Select a driver by pressing

the

ENTER key, a short biog-

raphy of the driver will be
displayed. You may scroll
through the text by using the
t DOWN key, ENTER key,
and the

previous menu.

s UP key. Press the

PREV key to return to the

Facts and Stats:

Selecting FACTS AND STATS
will display the following
menu:

DAYTONA

500 WINNERS

WINSTON CUP

CHAMPIONS

NEXTEL CUP

CHAMPIONS

ROOKIE OF

THE YEAR
POINT SYSTEM
FLAGS

Daytona 500

Winners:

Selecting this menu will
display the winners of the
Daytona 500 by year starting
with 1959. You may scroll
through the list using the

UP and t DOWN keys.

s

Winston Cup
Champions:

Selecting this menu will
display the

Champions

with 1949. You may scroll
through the list using the

UP and t DOWN keys.

Winston Cup

by year starting

s

Nextel Cup
Champions:

Selecting this menu will

display the

Champions

with 2004.

Nextel Cup

by year starting

Rookie of the Year:

Selecting this menu will

display the

Year

by year starting with

1958. You may scroll through
the list using the

DOWN keys.

Rookies of the

s UP and t

Point System:

Selecting this menu will

display the following menu:

INTRODUCTION
POINTS
BONUS POINTS
CHASE FOR

THE CUP

Introduction:

Selecting this menu will
display a brief introduction to
the NASCAR

®

point system.

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You may scroll through the
text by using the
key, ENTER key, and the
s UP key. Press the PREV
key to return to the previous
menu.

t DOWN

Points:

Selecting this menu will
display how the points are
awarded in the NASCAR
point system. You may scroll
through the text by using the
t DOWN key, ENTER key,
and the

previous menu.

s UP key. Press the

PREV key to return to the

Bonus Points:

Selecting this menu display
an explanation of the bonus
points awarded in the
NASCAR®point system. You
may scroll through the text
by using the

ENTER key, and the s UP

key. Press the PREV key
to return to the previous
menu.

t DOWN key,

Chase for the Cup:

Selecting this menu display

an explanation of
“CHASE FOR THE CUP”. You
may scroll through the text
by using the
enter key, and the
Press the
return to the previous menu.

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Flags:

Selecting this menu dis-

plays the following menu:

BLACK
BLACK WITH

WHITE X

BLUE WITH

YELLOW STRIPE
CHECKERED
GREEN
RED
YELLOW
YELLOW WITH

RED VERTICAL

STRIPE
WHITE

Selecting one of the flag
menu items will display an
explanation of that flag. You
may scroll through the text

NASCAR®’s

t DOWN key,

s UP key.

PREV key to

by using the t DOWN key,
enter key, and the
Press the
return to the previous menu.

s UP key.

PREV key to

Trivia Game:

Selecting this menu item

displays the following menu:

SINGLE PLAYER
TEAM PLAY

Single Player:

Select this menu item for
one person to play the trivia
game. The following Cate­gory menu will be displayed:

HISTORY
LINGO
WHO AM I?
GENERAL

Select a category to bring

up the following menu:

PLAY
QUESTIONS: 10
HINTS: 10

Play:

Selecting this starts the
Trivia game. See “
the Team Play section.

PLAY” in

Questions:

Press ENTER key to
change the number (

20) of questions to be asked
in the Trivia game.

10 or

Hints:

Press ENTER key to
change the total number (
10 or 20) of hints allowed
in the Trivia game.

0,

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Team Play:

Select this menu item for
two teams to play the trivia
game. The following Cate­gory menu will be displayed:

Select a category to bring
up the following menu:

PLAY
QUESTIONS: 10
TEAM 1 HINTS 10
TEAM 2 HINTS 10

Questions:

Press ENTER key to
change the number (

20) of questions to be asked
each team in the Trivia game.

10 or

Team 1 Hints:

Press ENTER key to

change the total number (
10 or 20) of hints allowed
for

Team 1 in the Trivia

game.

0,

Team 2 Hints:

Press ENTER key to

change the total number (
10 or 20) of hints allowed
for

Team 2 in the Trivia

game.

0,

Play:

Selecting this starts the

Trivia game.

The score, question num­ber and a question for the
current player will be dis­played.

You may scroll through the
text by using the
key and the s UP key.

Press the
display the multiple choice
answers.

t DOWN

ENTER key to

Use the t DOWN key and

the

s UP key to highlight the
answer. Press the
key to select the answer. If
the answer is wrong, the fol­lowing is displayed:

SORRY
YOU ARE
WRONG

If the player has any hints
remaining the answer will be
removed from the choices. If
the player makes three wrong
choices, the answer is dis­played and then a new ques­tion will appear.

If the answer is correct the
following is displayed:

YOU ARE
CORRECT

PLAYERS SCORE

The next question is dis­played.

After all questions have
been answered, the scores for
the players are displayed and
the winner is displayed for
team play.

ENTER

Press the
return to the previous menu,
during the Trivia game the
following will be displayed:

DO YOU WANT
TO QUIT?
PREV (YES)
ENTER (NO)

Press the PREV key to
return to the previous menu
and quit playing.

Press the ENTER key to
return to the question and
keep playing.

PREV key to

Glossary:

Selecting this menu item
will display a list of
NASCAR
scroll through the list using
the
You may also use the
key to scroll through the list
quickly, jumping from one
alphabetical letter to the next.
The direction the
will correspond to the last
direction key used. (

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terms. You may

s UP and t DOWN keys.

ABC

ABC key

s UP or

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t DOWN). Select a term by
pressing the
short explanation of the term
will be displayed. You may
scroll through the text by
using the

ENTER key, and the s UP key.

Press the
return to the previous menu.

ENTER key, a

t DOWN key,

PREV key to

Preferences:

Selecting this menu item
will display the following
menu:

STOP WATCH
SMALL TEXT [ON]
SCROLL RATE [4]
CONTRAST [7]

Stop Watch:

Selecting this menu will
display the following menu:

LAP [ON]
CAR NUMBER --­TRACK [0.000]

Lap:

Press ENTER key to tog-

gle

LAP function on or off.

This determines whether lap
numbers (
(

OFF) will be displayed in

STOP WATCH mode.

ON) or car number

Car Number:

Selecting this menu item
allows the entry of a car num­ber with the following menu
being displayed:

CLEAR
NEW NUMBER

Clear:

Selecting this display:

NUMBER
CLEARED

and the numbers clear.

New Number:

Selecting this displays the

number entry screen:

--­^

Press s UP key to increase

the number.

t DOWN key to de-

Press

crease the number.

Press
next digit (enters the number
if at digit three).

Press PREV key to
select another digit valid
entries are as follows:

FIRST DIGIT

SECOND DIGIT

THIRD DIGIT

NOTE: - enters a blank in
the number ie.

-23 = 23

ENTER key for

0 1 2 BLANK –

0 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 –

0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 –

2-3 = 2 3

Track:

Selecting this menu item

displays the following menu:

USER
NONE
(A LIST OF NASCAR

TRACKS)

You may scroll through the

list using the

DOWN keys. You may also

use the
through the list quickly,
jumping from one alphabeti­cal letter to the next. The
direction the
correspond to the last direc­tion key used (

DOWN).

s UP and t

ABC key to scroll

ABC key will

s UP or t

User:

Selecting this display will
show the track length entry
screen:

0.000 MILES
^

Press the s UP key to
increase the number.

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Press the t DOWN key to

decrease the number.

Press

ENTER key for

next digit (enters the number
if at last digit).

Press PREV key to

select another digit.

Valid entries are

0-9.

None:

Selecting this menu item
resets track length to 0.000
and displays:

NO TRACK
LAP SPEED
OFF

Track List:

Selecting one of the
NASCAR
that track’s length.

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tracks will enter

Small Text:

This feature allows you to
view 16 characters of text on
a line compared to the un-

compressed 10 characters of
text on a line.

When the unit is first
turned on,
default setting of

Press
gle

SMALL TEXT feature ON or

OFF.

SMALL TEXT has a

ON.

ENTER key to tog-

Scroll Rate:

This menu item will allow
you to change the scrolling
speed of the text to one of
eight levels. Press

ENTER

key to scroll through the set­tings.

Contrast:

This menu item will allow
you to change the contrast of
the LCD display to one of
eight levels. Press
key to scroll through the set­tings.

ENTER

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must
accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable l
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more
of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Special Care and Handling

• Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping.

• Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results, use
between the temperatures of 39º F and 100º F (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.

• Racing Pro uses 2 AAA batteries, not included.

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

(nickel-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.

• Install batteries so that the polarity (+ and -) matches the
diagrams in the battery compartment.

• Use only batteries of the same type and equivalency.

Excalibur Electronics reserves the right to make technical changes

without notice in the interest of progress.

LIMITED 90-DAY WARRANTY

EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, 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, 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.

The warranty 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
warranties and do not
allow exclusion of

incidental or consequential 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
prepaid, and adequately insured. Include
a letter, detailing the complaint 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.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND

YOUR UNIT WITHOUT

RECEIVING

AN ESTIMATE

FOR SERVICING.

WE CANNOT

STORE YOUR UNIT!

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