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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
TM
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
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• 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
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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).
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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
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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
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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
Age 5: Sing and Run Game
• Press the belly button 5 times. The note you hear will
be "so" (Sing & run mode).
• Place your mousie on a surface.
• Clap once to start the game.
• The mousie will then sing its musical scale types at
one of four different speeds.
• As soon as the scale ends, judge how long the musical
scale lasted in your head.
• When the scale ends in your head, clap once more.
• How far the mousie travels forward depends on how
close you were to following the length of the original
mousie scale.
• If you pause for too long, you will hear the failure music.
The First Handclap
The Second Handclap
high sound
low sound
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Helpful Tip
Clap when you feel that the pitch would have reached its
highest peak. The robot will run forward and the running
distance will be proportional to how close to the length of
scale you were.
If you clap on the high sound, Mousies™ will run forward
more.
If you clap too early, Mousies™ won’t move as far forward.
Age 6: Marriage
• For this interaction you need a male (Fred) and female
(Didi) that have reached age 6.
• Press their belly buttons 6 times, and you will hear 'La'
(Wedding Mode).
• Place Fred and Didi facing each other.
• Clap once.
• Their noses will blink and they will squeak, then Fred
and Didi will both sing a wedding march together.
• After the song, they may cuddle and Fred will chase
Didi around the table.
• Once Mousies™ have reached age 6, they have to
get married every 80 minutes.
• If they do not get married, they miss their mate and start
shaking.
• If getting married fails, you will hear a failure sound and
the Mousies™ will turn to the sleeping mode.
• If getting married does fail, keep trying, as they will
eventually fall in love.
Helpful Tip
If you shade the Mousies™ with your hands over their
heads, there will be a better chance of success.
Age 6: No Partner?
If your mousie does not have a partner, you can find it
one through the Internet on www.fredanddidi.com and it
can get married over the internet.
• Press the belly button 8 times.
• Select the wedding page on the website
• Hold the Mousies™ belly up against the screen
• Click start.
• Your mousie will play a sucess sound and then fall
asleep.
More Tips
If you want to change your mousie into another mode,
press the belly button to turn it off and start another.
If you want to go back to the initial state your mousie was
in when you first got it, reset it by taking out the batteries
for about 30 seconds.
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Symptoms & Cure
Dear Vet:
has a very croaky voice.
Dear Patient:
needs to have food.
You can find food from the website
www.fredanddidi.com. or feed him by clapping in
manual mode.
Dear Vet:
listening to my commands.
Dear Patient:
should feed it right away before it gets sick!
Dear Vet:
shaking.
Dear Patient:
hungry. It cannot recover just by feeding. You should
give your mousie medicine right away, and after that
feed it. You can download medicine from
www.fredanddidi.com or by going into manual mode.
Dear Vet:
stopped shaking.
Dear Patient:
they have reached age 6 and need a partner. Either
find a friend with the other mousie to you or download
wedding from www.fredanddidi.com.
My Mousies™ movement is fine, but it
Your mousie is getting hungry and
My mousie has croaky voice and it is not
Your mousie is extremely hungry. You
My mousie has croaky voice and it keeps
Your mousie is sick because it is too
My Mousies™ voice is fine, but it hasn't
Whether you have a Fred or a Didi,
CAUTION
• Before you change the batteries, please check the
mousie is in a deep sleep.
• Do not play with Mousies™ in direct sunlight.
• Please play with Mousies™ on hard surfaces. (A soft
& fluffy floor is not good to play on.)
• Your mousie may not recognize the sound of your
clapping if there is a lot of background noise.
• Do not drop your mousie and avoid heavy shock.
• Keep Mousies™ away from water.
• Please do not touch forward sensor and be careful
when you handle it.
• Do not play with Mousies™ in high temperature and
high humidity.
• When you mousie is moving or still, do not spin the
wheels by force.
DEFECT OR DAMAGE
If a part of your mousie is damaged or something has
been left out, DO NOT RETURN IT TO THE ST ORE. The
store doesn’t have replacement parts. Instead, write to
us at:
TIGER REPAIR DEPARTMENT
1000 N. Butterfield Road, Unit 1023,
Vernon Hills, IL 60061, U.S.A.
In your note, mention the Product name, the model number,
and tell us briefly what the problem is. Also include sales
slip, date, place of purchase and price paid. We will do
our best to help.
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FCC STATEMENT
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.
Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not
expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
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 protection against harmful
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.
90-DAY LIMITED WARRANTY
Tiger Electronics. (Tiger) warrants to the original consumer
purchaser of this product that the product will be free from
defects in materials or workmanship for 90 days from the
date of original purchase. This warranty does not cover
damages resulting from accident, negligence, improper
service or use or other causes not arising out of defects
in materials or workmanship.
During this 90-day warranty period, the product will either
be repaired or replaced (at Tiger’s option) without charge
to the purchaser, when returned with proof of the date of
purchase to either the dealer or to Tiger.
Product returned to Tiger without proof of the date of
purchase or after the 90-day warranty period has expired,
but prior to one year from the original date of purchase,
will be repaired or replaced (at Tiger’s option) for a service
fee of U.S.$19.00. Payments must be by check or money
order payable to Tiger Electronics.
The foregoing states the purchaser’s sole and
exclusive remedy for any breach of warranty with
respect to the product.
All product returned must be shipped prepaid and insured
for loss or damage to:
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TIGER REPAIR DEPARTMENT
1000 N. Butterfield Road, Unit 1023,
Vernon Hills, IL 60061, U.S.A.
The product should be carefully packed in the original
box or other packing materials sufficient to avoid damage
during shipment. Include a complete written description
of the defect, a check if product is beyond the 90-day
warranty period, and your printed name, address and
telephone number.
THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES AND NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS
OR CLAIMS OF ANY NATURE SHALL BE BINDING
ON OR OBLIGATE TIGER IN ANY WAY. ANY IMPLIED
WARRANTIES APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT,
INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE
LIMITED TO THE NINETY (90) DAY PERIOD
DESCRIBED ABOVE. IN NO EVENT WILL TIGER BE
LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM
POSSESSION, USE, OR MALFUNCTION OF THIS
TIGER PRODUCT.
Some states do not allow limitations as to how long an
implied warranty lasts and/or exclusions or limitations of
incidental or consequential damages, so the above
limitations and/or exclusions of liability may not apply to
you. This warranty gives you specific rights, and you may
also have other rights which vary from state to state.
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