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

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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