Hasbro Mousies User Manual

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INSTRUCTIONS

Asst. No. 59781

200105460IWTI-01

Ages 9 & up

Interactive Mouse

Main Features

Mousies™ are cute little rodent robots with artificial intelligence. They interact with you and react differently to changing environments as well as displaying different types of behavior and emotions. They can turn left and right, avoid obstacles, play games, and sing and dance!

Contents of Package

1) 1 x mousie Either Fred (Blue) or Didi (Pink)

2) 1 x Ball

3) 1 x Play Mat

4) Instruction Manual

Fred is the male mousie and Didi is the female. See them progress through six stages of development!

Playing with the Mousies™ can be enhanced by using the Internet. You can download food, medicine, games and songs for extra fun.

Through care and nurturing, Fred and Didi will grow up

to the age of six using their growth algorithm. In age 1, their movement looks somewhat unnatural, but as they get older, their motions develop along with their personality.

Contents:

Parts' Names & Functions

1.Battery Case Cover

2.Forward Infrared Sensor

3.Nose LED

4.Microphone

5.Belly/Control Button

6.Downward Infra-red Sensor

7.Tail

8.Wheels

• Contents of Package ................................................2

• Parts Names & Functions ................................................2

• Battery Information ...............................................3 - 4

• Age (Algorithm) .....................................................5

• Downloading ......................................................6

• Feeding ..............................................................................7

• Medicine, Games, Songs ............................................8

• Playing with your Mousies™ ................................9 - 17

• Symptoms & Cures .....................................18

Battery Information

• Installation of batteries should be done by an adult.

• Mousies™ take 3 x "AAA"/LR03 batteries (not included).

• Open the battery case cover on the back of your mousie by undoing the fixing screw, pushing the pink button on the top of the head and sliding the cover backwards. The batteries should be inserted with two on the bottom (both with '+' facing towards the Mousies™ front). Place the 3rd battery inside the compartment under the battery cover. (with '+' facing the other way .)

• The battery layout is printed in the bottom of the battery compartment

• The battery cover should then be slid back on, and the fixing screw tightened, before the mousie is turned on again.

• When the mousie is awoken it will play a warning sound (discharging sound).

When to change the Mouises™ Battery

• When the mousie becomes slow you will know that he/she needs new batteries.

• Before changing the batteries, please make sure that mousie is in sleep mode. If you don't change the batteries quickly, the Mousies™ Algorithm may return to its initial state.

• Batteries should last 60 days if the mousie is in constant sleep mode.

DO NOT DISPOSE OF BATTERIES IN FIRE. BATTERIES INSIDE THIS PRODUCT MAY EXPLODE OR LEAK.

TO ENSURE PROPER FUNCTION:

– Do not mix old and new batteries. – Do not mix alkaline, standard or rechargeable batteries. – Battery installation should be done by an adult. – Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged. – Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the toy

before being charged (if removable).

– Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under

adult supervision (if removable).

– Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as

recommended are to be used.

– Batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity. – Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the toy. – The supply terminals are not to be short circuited.

Age (Algorithm)

When you first turn your mousie on, its Algorithm is in age 1 and it will sing “Happy Birthday”.

Whenever your mousie gets another stage older, it also sings "Happy Birthday".

The more time you spend playing and having fun with it, the faster the development will happen.

You can tell how old your mousie is by counting the number of times its nose blinks when you turn it on.

In the mousie’s 1st stages of development, it gets older quickly. As the mousie develops it takes more time to age so be patient and play with it as much as possible.

MARRIAGE

SING & RUN

ROCK, SCISSORS PAPER / ESCAPE

SUMO WRESTLING

TRACING

COMMAND &

FOLLOW ME

Age 6

Age 5

Age 4

Age 3

Age 2

Age 1

Downloading

Mousies™ contain the technology to download information from the Internet. To do this simply log on to www.fredanddidi.com. On this website you can enhance

your Mouises™ play by downloading.....

* Food * Songs * Games * Medicine

Before this can be done your mousie needs to be initialized. To do this press the belly button seven times, you will hear the musical scale 'Ti'. To start the initialization select INITIALIZE from the options on the screen & place the bottom part of the mousie (infra-red sensors) on the indicated area of the PC's monitor screen and click on START. Once the Initialization is complete you will hear a success tone and the mousie will go to sleep. When this happens, click on COMPLETE & you are ready to download.

To download, press the Mousies™ belly button eight times until you hear the musical scale 'High Do'. Select what you want to download onto the mousie (ie. food) and place the bottom part of the mousie against the monitor screen in the indicated zone. Select START and wait until you hear the 'success tone'. The mousie will then go to sleep. Your download is now complete and you can wake the mousie up by pressing the belly button again.

FEEDING

Your mousie needs regular feeding for it to stay healthy and fit. Without enough food Fred and Didi cannot play games and perform any special tricks. If they are not fed for a long time they can become very sick. You can feed your mousie by downloading food from www.fredanddidi.com as mentioned on the previous page.

If you don't have access to the Internet, you can feed your Fred & Didi manually. To do this, press the belly button 9 times. Once you hear the high "Re" scale (Manual feeding and caring mode), clap several times in succession. Mousies™ need at least 15 claps for a satisfying feed. Your mousie will beep when full.

Power Switch

(Belly Button)

Download

MEDICINE

If not fed frequently enough or well enough Fred and Didi can become sick and need care and attention. They also need medicine. To give your mousie medicine you can download it from www.fredanddidi.com.

If you don't have access to a computer you can do this manually. Press the belly button 9 times to reach the manual care mode. Rub the Mousies™ Direction Sensor (Sunglasses) from left to right repeatedly. The mousie will tell you when it has had enough medicine.

If you keep rubbing the mousie but it does not respond with a success noise it means it does not need medicine. It may need food or it may be love sick, in which case it needs to date another mousie. For further information check the 'Sickness and cure' section at the back of this booklet.

GAMES

Certain games can normally only be played when Fred and Didi reach certain ages. However, if you have access to the Internet you can download any of the games when your mousie is at any age. Simply follow the method listed in the download section and select the game you want the mousie to play.

SONGS

Your mousie is pre-programmed with three songs. You can change the song by downloading a new one from www.fredanddidi.com by using the downloading instructions on page 6 and selecting SONG.

Playing with your Mousies™

Age 1

Press the belly button once. The basic function will be started with tone "Do." (As in "do, re, me, fa, so, la, te, do.")

Movement

Place your mousie on the floor and it will move around like it is looking for something.

Its nose will flash which means it's happy. Place your hand or another object in front of your mousie

and it will avoid it. If you hold mousie still when it is trying to move, it will

squeak to get free.

Turning Directions

When mousie stops and makes a beeping sound, you can give it commands by clapping.

• Clap once: mousie turns to the left

• Clap twice: mousie turns to the right (For best results always clap within 3 feet of your mousie)

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Follow-Me & Dribbling

If you clap three times and hear a long signal sound, place your hand, finger, or any other moving object in front of its nose and watch it follow it around. If you place the ball in front of your mousie in this mode it will dribble the ball around. If mousie cannot sense anything to follow or play with after five seconds, it will revert back to the basic mode again.

Singing & Dancing

After finishing motions like these it's important to praise your mousie. If you clap more than 4 times your mousie will sing songs and dance.

Your mousie can sing 4 songs. Three songs are preprogrammed and you can download one more song from the Internet.

Sleeping Mode

If you leave your mousie alone for a while, it will fall asleep, blinking its nose.

When in sleep mode you can awaken your mousie by simply clapping your hands. However, if it falls into a deep sleep, you have to press its belly button to wake it up.

Games

Age 2: Tracing / Racing

• To play, use the track supplied on the Play Mat.

• Press the belly button twice and you will hear "Re" (Tracing mode).

• Place your mousie on the black line. It will start to follow the track and at the same time sing for you.

If you have two Mousies™ you may wish to race them against each other. For this you can make your own track. To do this you will need two 1.5 cm-wide black lines next to each other.

Performance is enhanced if the color of the surface is white and hard.

Please do not draw on your or other people’s furniture.

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Age 3: Sumo Wrestling

• To play, you will need two Mousies™.

• Press their belly buttons three times. You will hear the musical note "me" (Sumo Mode).

• Set the two Mousies™ facing each other inside the black square on the Play Mat.

• To start the game, clap once.

The Mousies™ will try to push each other out of the boundary. When one mousie is pushed out of the ring, the remaining one is the winner.

Age 4: Escape

• Use the same ring as for Sumo Wrestling on the PlayMat.

• Press the Mousies™ belly button 4 times. You will hear the note 'Fa' (Escape mode).

• Place the mousie inside the square.

• Clap once and the game will start.

• Whenever you clap, the mousie will change directions.

• You must help the mousie to escape the boundary.

This game is better when played with two Mousies™. Whichever one escapes the ring first is the winner!

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Age 4: Rock-Scissors-Paper Game

• This game can also be played in "Fa" Mode (Escape mode) and requires two Mousies™ to play.

• Press the Mousies™ belly buttons 4 times.

• Place them so they are facing each other and clap once.

• The Mousies™ will move in different directions.

• Their movements relate to actions in the Rock-ScissorsPaper Game.

Forward: Rock Backwards: Scissors Left or Right: Paper

* Scissors beats Paper * Rock beats Scissors * Paper beats Rock

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