Fisher-Price H0162 Instruction Sheet

Owner’s Manual

Model Number: H0162

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Let’s Go!

• Some of the tools on the tool menu are not
available for use in some activities. If a tool
is not available for use,you will hear a tone.

• Please keep this manual for future reference as it contains
important information.

IMPORTANT! If the tip of the stylus and the image on screen do not align,
it’s time to calibrate them! Please refer to page 35, Calibrating the Stylus.

Before inserting the camera cartridge, turn power off! Insert the

camera cartridge into the cartridge port. Turn power back on.

Cartridge Port

Camera Cartridge

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Features

Front View

Indoor/Outdoor Switch

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Back View

Lens

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Picture Time!

Take pictures,save them in your scrapbook

(where you can customize them) or watch a picture show!

Choose an activity: Take a Picture, Scrapbook or Picture Show.

Scrapbook

Take a Picture

Picture Show

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Take a Picture

• First, adjust the camera to the lighting conditions.

-Slide the switch to for an indoor picture.

-Slide the switch to for an outdoor picture.

Indoor/Outdoor Switch

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• Now, position your Pixter® unit so that
you can see your subject on the screen.

Hint: Make sure the subject isn’t closer than
one foot.

• To adjust the contrast of the picture,
touch Save It (and Adjust the
Contrast) on the tool menu
with the stylus.

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• Tap the contrast line with the stylus
near the moon to darken the image.

• Tap the contrast line with the stylus
near the sun to brighten the image.

• Now, touch the screen with the
stylus to take your picture.

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• Look at how many pictures you
have saved!

Hint: you can save up to 10 pictures
in the scrapbook.

• If you would like to save the picture in
your scrapbook , touch the scrapbook
on the screen with the stylus.

Scrapbook

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• If you’d like to retake the picture or remove
a picture from your scrapbook, touch
the garbage can on the screen with
the stylus.

Garbage Can

• When the scrapbook contains 10 pictures,
you’ll see this image on the screen.

• If you take another picture and save it,
the new picture will replace the first
picture in your scrapbook.

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• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to scroll through
your pictures.

Scrapbook

• When you find one that you like,
touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

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• To customize your picture,use any of
the tools on the tool menu: "Pencil"
Tool ;Straight Line ; Shape
Maker ; Stamp It! ; Erase It
or Special Effects Selector .

Hint: In the Special Effects Selector tool,
you’ll find: Frame It,Typist,Filters,Rotator,
Color Surprise and Backgrounds! Refer to
pages 13-33 for information on how to use
these tools.

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“Pencil”Tool

Touch for freestyle drawing or writing.

• Use the stylus to add interesting
features to your picture.

Hint: If you’d like to save your
customized picture, touch the
Save It tool on the tool menu.

• Touch the arrows to choose the
type of marking. Choose
or or or .

• Touch the arrows to choose a
color palette. Now, choose a color
for your “pencil”tool.

• Touch to save your choices.

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Touch to make straight lines.

Straight Line

• Touch the screen with the stylus.
Now,drag the stylus on the screen
and stop. Look – a straight line!

Hint: If you’d like to save your
customized picture, touch the
Save It tool on the tool menu.

• Touch the upper arrows to
choose the type of line.
Choose or .

• Touch the lower arrows
to choose a color palette.
Choose a color for the line.

• Touch to save your choices.

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Shape Maker

Touch to make shapes.

• Touch the screen and drag the
stylus to make small or large shapes.

Hint: If you’d like to save your
customized picture, touch the
Save It tool on the tool menu.

• Touch the upper arrows to
choose a shape. Choose
or .

• Touch the lower arrows
to choose a color palette.
Choose a color for your shape.

• Touch to save your choices.

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Stamp It!

Touch for stamper art.

Hint: If you’d like to save your customized picture,

touch the Save It tool on the tool menu.

Touch the arrows on
the bottom of the
screen with the stylus
to see each of the
stamper designs.

Touch the screen with
the stylus to choose
a stamper.

Touch the screen
to add the stamper
to your picture.

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Magic Wand Eraser

Touch to make your stylus an eraser or go to special effects!

• Choose eraser , magic
effects or undo .

• Touch to save your choice.

If you chose eraser , use your
stylus to erase any part of what’s
on the screen.

Hint: If you’d like to save your
customized picture, touch the
Save It tool on the tool menu.

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• If you chose magic effects ,
you first need to add black to
your picture. Use the “Pencil”tool,
Straight Line Maker or Shape
Maker tools to add black to
your picture.

If you chose undo ,
the last thing you did to
your picture is gone!

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• Use your stylus to “scratch”
through the black areas on your
picture to reveal the hidden
background.

• Now, touch the arrows on the
bottom of the screen with
the stylus to scroll through
background choices.Touch
your choice on the screen with
the styus.

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Full Screen Erase

Touch to choose an animated full screen erase with cool sound effects.

Touch the screen with the
stylus to choose the effect.

Watch and listen as your
drawing disappears.

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Special Effects Selector

Touch to choose a special effect.

Choose an effect: Frame It,Typist, Filters,

Rotator,Color Surprise and Backgrounds.

Frame It

Filters

Color Surprise

Typist

Rotator

Backgrounds

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• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to scroll through
different picture frames.

Hint: Look – your picture is inside the
picture frame!

• When you find one that you like,
touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

Hint: If you’d like to save your customized
picture, touch the Save It tool on the

tool menu.

Frame It

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• To create a caption for your picture,
touch each letter of the word with the
stylus. Touch to save your caption.

• Touch the screen with the stylus to
place your caption.

Hint: If you’d like to save your customized
picture, touch the Save It tool on the
tool menu.

Typist

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Filters

• Choose a filter.Touch your choice
on the screen with the stylus.

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Hint: If you’d like to save your customized picture,

touch the Save It tool on the tool menu.

Fisheye

Zig Zag

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Hint: If you’d like to save your customized picture,

touch the Save It tool on the tool menu.

Swirl

Pinch

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Hint: If you’d like to save your customized picture,

touch the Save It tool on the tool menu.

Stained Glass

Wind Blur

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Hint: If you’d like to save your customized picture,

touch the Save It tool on the tool menu.

Old Fashioned

Black and White

High Contrast

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Hint: If you’d like to save your customized picture,

touch the Save It tool on the tool menu.

Negative

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Rotator

• Look – your picture "turned"!

Hint: If you’d like to save your customized
picture, touch the Save It tool on the
tool menu.

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Color Surprise

• Your picture has new color.

Hint: If you’d like to save your customized
picture, touch the Save It tool on the
tool menu.

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Backgrounds

• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to scroll through
different backgrounds and the pictures
in your scrapbook.

• When you find one that you like,
touch your choice on the screen
with the stylus.

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• Use the stylus to remove parts of the
background to reveal a picture!

Hint: If you’d like to save your customized
picture, touch the Save It tool on the
tool menu.

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Picture Show

• Choose the type of picture show.

- Touch on the screen with the
stylus for a slow picture show.

- Touch on the screen with the
stylus for a fast picture show.

• Watch the picture show on the screen

Hint: If you’d like to take a new picture or
customize a picture, touch Home on the
tool menu with the stylus.

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Calibrating the Stylus

Mark on Screen

Tip of Stylus

IMPORTANT!The mark made on your screen from the stylus and

the location of the tip of the stylus may not align.When this happens,
you need to calibrate the stylus.

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Calibration Hole

• Turn Pixter® power on. Wait until you see the Home Screen.

• Turn Pixter over and locate the calibration hole.

• Insert, push and hold the stylus in the calibration hole.Turn Pixter® over
so that you can see the screen.

• When you see two , remove the stylus from the calibration hole.

• First touch the in the upper left corner with the tip of the stylus.

• Then, touch the in the lower right corner with the tip of the stylus.

Hint: After calibrating your screen, the contrast resets to the mid-level.
To change the contrast on the screen, touch the Save It! tool.

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Care

• Keep water, sand and dirt off of the camera cartridge.

• Keep the camera cartridge away from direct sunlight and excessive heat.

• Do not immerse the camera cartridge. Simply wipe the outside of the camera
cartridge with a cloth to clean.

• The camera cartridge has no consumer serviceable parts. Please do not take the
camera cartridge apart.

One (1) Year Limited Warranty

Fisher-Price,Inc., 636 Girard Avenue,East Aurora, New York 14052 warrants Pixter® Color
Digital Camera is free from all defects in material and workmanship when used under
normal conditions for a period of one (1) year from the date of purchase.

Should the product fail to perform properly,we will repair or replace it at our option,
free of charge. Purchaser is responsible for shipping the product to Consumer Relations
at the address indicated above and for all associated freight and insurance cost.
Fisher-Price,Inc. will bear the cost of shipping the repaired or replaced item to you.
This warranty is void if the owner repairs or modifies the product.This warranty excludes
any liability other than that expressly stated above including but not limited to any
incidental or consequential damages.

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.

THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS,AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER
RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

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Consumer Information

Questions? We’d like to hear from you!

Call Fisher-Price® Consumer Relations,toll-free at 1-800-432-KIDS (5437),
8 AM- 6 PM EST Monday through Friday.Hearing-impaired consumers using
TTY/TDD equipment, please call 1-800-382-7470. Or, write to:

Fisher-Price®
Consumer Relations
636 Girard Avenue
East Aurora, New York 14052

For countries outside the United States:
CANADA

Questions? 1-800-567-7724, Mattel Canada Inc., 6155 Freemont Blvd., Mississauga,

Ontario L5R 3W2.

GREAT BRITAIN

M

attel UK Ltd,Vanwall Business Park, Maidenhead SL6 4UB. Helpline: 01628 500302.

AUSTRALIA

Mattel Australia Pty.Ltd., 658 Church Street, Locked Bag #870,Richmond, Victoria 3121 Australia.
Consumer Advisory Service 1300 135 312.

NEW ZEALAND

16-18 William Pickering Drive,Albany 1331, Auckland.

ASIA

Mattel East Asia Ltd, Room 1106,South Tower, World Finance Centre, Harbour City, Tsimshatsui,
HK, China.

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