Fisher-Price I7019 Instruction Sheet

BUTTON FUNCTIONS

NEW GAME - Starts a new game. This button
can be pressed anytime during game play.

ON • DEAL • SCROLL - Pressing this button
wakes the game. You will also use this button to
scroll up and down through the card columns.
Press and hold this button to advance automati­cally down instead of scrolling. When starting a
new game, press this button to deal the cards.

REPLAY- Replays the current game. This but­ton can be pressed anytime during game play.

Freecell - Places or selects cards in the
FreeCell position.

HOMECELL - Places card in the HomeCell.
WIN % - Displays your current percentage of

wins.
RESET - Restarts the computer and erases all

scores.

SOUND - Turns the sound on and off.
CARD BUTTONS - Selects the cards that you

want to move.

STARTING OUT

To begin playing FreeCell, wake the game by
pressing the ON • DEAL • SCROLL button.
Then press the NEW GAME button to shuffle
and deal the cards. Remember, you must move
all 52 cards to the HomeCells, stacking up cards
of the same suit beginning with the Ace and end­ing with the King. Good Luck!

GAME AREAS

In FreeCell, the entire deck is dealt into eight
columns of cards called the Card Stack or
Tableau. Above the Card Stack or Tableau are
four FreeCells (in the upper left-hand corner of
the screen), and four HomeCells (in the upper
right-hand corner of the screen).

VIEWING THE CARDS

You will view four rows of cards at a time. To
view the higher or lower rows, use the ON •
DEAL • SCROLL button to scroll up and down
through the cards. The cards will advance up or
down one row at a time.

• When you reach the top row, you will hear a
tone and the scrolling bar will point down.

• When you reach the bottom row, you will hear
a tone and the scrolling bar will point up.

SCROLLING BARS

Scrolling Bars are located on the right hand side
of the screen. The tips of the Scrolling Bars will
flash up or down, indicating that there are more
cards in that direction.

SELECTING A CARD

Each of the Card buttons on the console corre­sponds to a card in the bottom row. To select a
card, press the Card button under the card you
want to move. The selected card will flash on
and off. Press once again to deselect the card.

MOVING A CARD

A card may be moved to any of the other seven
card columns, any of the four FreeCells, or the
four HomeCells.

Once you have selected a card, use the
HomeCell, FreeCell, or Card buttons to move the
card to the desired location. If it is a valid move,
the card will automatically be placed in the new
location. Otherwise, INVALID icon will be appear
on the screen and the card will be deselected.

MOVING A STACK OF CARDS

You may move a stack of cards from one column
to another if there are enough open cells, the

cards are in descending order and they alternate
colors. To move a stack of cards, press and hold
the Card button below the card stack you wish to
move. Then press the Card button below the
desired location. The stack will automatically
move to the new column.

FREECELLS

The FreeCells are storage locations for cards.
Only one card is allowed in each FreeCell at a
time. Cards in the FreeCells may be moved to
the HomeCells, or back to the Card Stack.

To move a FreeCell card to another location,
press the FreeCell button to toggle through the
four cards. The selected card will flash on and
off. Then press a Card button or the HomeCell
button to move the card to the desired location.

HOMECELLS

Each HomeCell is marked with the symbol of a
suit. You must build the HomeCells by suit, start­ing with the Ace and ending with the King.

PLAYING THE GAME

Your goal is to build up the HomeCells from Ace
to King, one HomeCell for each suit. To begin
playing, use the ON • DEAL • SCROLL button

to scroll all the way up. This will display the bot­tom row of cards. Start by moving cards from the
bottom row to the HomeCells, if possible, or the
FreeCells.

BASIC RULES

• The four HomeCells are built in suits from Ace
to King. The first cards to be placed in the
HomeCells are the Aces, followed by 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen and King.

• Aces can always be moved to the HomeCells.

• You may move any card from a FreeCell, or
from the bottom row of cards, to a HomeCell.
(The selected card must be one greater in rank
and belong to the same suit as the card it is
placed on.)

• You may move any card from a FreeCell, or
from the bottom row of cards, to the bottom
row of another column. (The selected card
must be one lower in rank and a different color
than the card is placed on.)

WIN %

During the game, you may press the WIN % but­ton to view the number of games you have won.

NEW GAME

The NEW GAME button may be pressed any­time during game play. After it is pressed, the
cards will be reshuffled and the NEW GAME
icon will appear on the screen. Press the ON •
DEAL • SCROLL button to deal the cards and
begin the new game.

REPLAY

The Replay feature allows you to replay your last
game with the same layout of cards. Press the
Replay button to shuffle and deal the cards. The
Replay button may be pressed any time during
game play.

GAME OVER

The game is over when there are no legal
moves left.

SLEEP MODE

FreeCell will go to sleep after two minutes of
inactivity. To wake the game, press the ON •
DEAL • SCROLL button.

RESETTING YOUR GAME

In the unlikely event that Radica FreeCell should
stop working, you can reset the unit. (You will

lose your current game when you reset the unit.)
Insert a thin, blunt instrument (such as a paper
clip) into the hole marked Reset on the front of
the unit. Press gently and release.

• When the game has restarted, press the ON •
DEAL • SCROLL button. Then press the NEW
GAME button to shuffle and deal the cards.

BATTERY INSTALLATION

This game is powered by two (2) AA(LR6) bat­teries.

• Using a screwdriver, loosen the screw until the
battery compartment door can be removed.

• Insert two AA (LR6) batteries as indicated
inside the battery compartment.

• Replace the battery compartment door and
tighten the screw with a screwdriver. Do not
over-tighten.

Adult supervision is recommended when
changing batteries.

CAUTION

• As with all small batteries, the batteries used
with this game should be kept away from small
children who might still put things in their

mouths. If a battery is swallowed, consult a
physician immediately.

• Be sure you insert the battery correctly and
always follow the game and battery manufac­turer’s instructions.

• Batteries might leak if improperly installed, or
exploded if recharged, dissembled or heated.

MAINTENANCE

• Handle this game carefully.

• Store this game away from dusty or dirty
areas.

• Keep this game away from moisture or tem­perature extremes.

• Do not disassemble this game. If a problem
occurs, press the Reset button or remove and
replace the batteries to reset the computer, or
try new batteries. If problems persist, consult
your warranty card for replacement instruc­tions.

• Only batteries of the same or equivalent type
as recommended are to be used.

• Do not mix old and new batteries.

• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or
rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries.

• Do not use rechargeable batteries.

• Do not attempt to recharge non-rechargeable
batteries.

• Remove any exhausted batteries from the
game.

• The supply terminals are not to be short­circuited.

• Batteries are to be inserted with the correct
polarity.

Keep this package because it contains
important information.

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

MODEL 8019

For 1 player / Ages 8 and up

P/N 82349700 Rev.A