Lexibook LG1000 User Manual

ELECTRONIC COUNTDOWN

USER MANUAL

MODEL: LG1000GB

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Lexibook Electronic Countdown

Instructions for use

Model: LG1000

Table of contents

1. Keyboard layout 3

2. Key Usage 4

3. Display and prompts 5

4. User settings 6

5. Back view of product 7

6. Contrast control 7

7. Battery compartment 7

8. Volume control 7

9. 2 player cable link socket 7

10. Auto power off 7

11. Starting and playing 8

12. Game Play 12

13. Playing the games 13

14. One player mode 13

15. Single and contest m ode 15

16. Word Game 15

17. Editing letters/numbers 18

18. Number Game 19

19. Conunrum Game 25

20. 2 player games 26
a. Word game 27
b. Number game 27
c. Conundrum 27

21. Viewing Scores 27

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22. Back button 28

23. Solutions/Expert Button 29
a. Word Game 30

i. Review 30

ii. Solution 30

b. Number game 31

i. Review 31

ii. Solution 32

c. Conundrum 32

i. Review 32

ii. Solution 33
19 Hall of Fame 33
20 Viewing Hall of Fame 35
21 Word verification/word

searching 35
22 Letter distribution 38
23 Speifications 39
24 Batteries 40
25 Care and safety 41
26 Warranty 41
27 Returns address 42
28 Help line 42

Keyboard Layout and key usage

M
k
E
s

Vowel,
Constants,
numbers
and left/right
scroll keys

Speaker

ELECTRONIC
COUNTDOWN

BREMODPAH

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Maths, Enter
and
Up/Down
scroll keys

Key usage

General keys

On/Off (Icon) Switches the unit on and/or off
Expert button Starts Play/Review/Solution menu and starts
(Icon) word check mode.
Score buton Starts the Hall of Fame for reviewing top
(Icon) score list.
Delete button For deleting letters/numbers during game play.
(icon) Also used for returning to the previous screen

at the end of a game.

keys These are used for entry of letters. Each line
above the key indicates the position of a letter.
Vowel (icon) For entry of vowels during game play
CONS (Icon) For entry of Constantants during game play
1-10 (icon) For entry of numbers 1 to 10 in the number game
25-100 (icon) For entry of large numbers only (25,50,75,100)

!

For moving left during word entry and for going

back one step at the end of a game, normally to
a previous menu.

"#

( ) For entering parenthesises during number game

÷

X For entering multiplication during number game

$

For entering minus during number game or



scrolling up lists
+% For entering plus during number game or scrolling
down lists
ENT/=(icon) Enter and equals key

For moving right during word entry.

For entering division during number game

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Screen displays and prompts

Screen Display:-

The screen display on the Electronic Countdown consists of 3 lines with
some prompts and entry lines. In general lines with “?”’s require some
sort of input by the user and sometimes a cursor will flash indicating that
the unit is waiting for data to be entered. For example:-

The cursor at this
position will flash.

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On some occasions the display will show arrow indicators. When this
happens you have the choice of options from the menu displayed and

can pick these options by using the
or down and then press the ENT key when you have chosen your option.
For example:-

The Electronic Countdown also has several voice messages to prompt
you what to do or when to move on.

User Settings

The two main user settings available on the Countdown are operated by
external dials. These are the volume control and the LCD display
contrast.

Both these controls are rotating dials located on the top side of the unit:

arrow keys to move up

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g

Back view.

.

Cable link socket t o al l ow two player

ames.

Volume control dial Contrast control dial

Battery compartment.

Also located on the top side of the unit is the special socket for the cable
to allow two player games.

Auto Power Off

The Electronic Countdown will turn off after 3 minutes of inactivity to
conserve battery power.

If the unit turns off simply press the ON/OFF (icon) button to turn the unit
on again.

Any game which has started will be lost and you should start a new
game from the beginning again.

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Starting the Electronic Countdown and playing the games

Switch the unit on by pressing the ON/OFF (icon) button.
The display will show –

ELECTRONIC

COUNTDOWN

STARTING 

! ! ! ! !

! ! ! !

and you will hear the part of the Countdown theme.
During the starting process the unit will check to see if another Electronic

Countdown is connected to it and if there is no other unit connected then
you will see screen 1, if another unit
screen 2.

is

connected then you will see

Screen 1

SINGLE

PLAYER

! ! ! ! !

MODE

! ! ! !

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Screen 2

COMPETITION

! ! ! ! !

MODE

! ! ! !

After establishing which type of player mode the unit is in it will ask you
to either enter a new name or confirm your name, from a previous game
play:-

ENTER

YOUR NAME

PLEASE

! ! ! ! !

! ! ! !

If your name has already been entered previously the unit will ask you to
confirm your name with the following display:-

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PLAYER IS

<

! ! ! ! !

NAME>

Y N

! ! ! !

If this name is correct you simply need to press the letter button
corresponding to the letter “Y”. This is the 2
(button 4).

If the name is incorrect or you want to enter a new name press the letter
button corresponding to the letter “N” and you will be asked to enter the
name details:-

<? ? ? ? ?>

BC D E FG H I

A

! ! ! ! !

! ! ! !

The maximum length of a user name is 5 letters so you can either enter
proper names which are 5 characters or less or use an abbreviated
name.

nd

button in on the 2nd row

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To pick letters use the corresponding buttons underneath each letter.
Letters are shown in blocks of 9. As follows:­ ABCDEFGHI – Block 1

JKLMNOPQR – Block 2
STUVWXYZ – Block 3

To access each block of letters use the
you right (

corresponding to that letter and when finished press the ENT key to
register the name. During entry if you make a mistake you can erase
letters by using the DELETE (icon) key and re-enter the correct letter.

Press the ENT/=(icon) key to complete the name entry.
Once you have completed this step the unit will go straight into game

play and in single user mode the display will be:-

) and left ( ), select letters by pressing the button

SELECT MODE

CONTEST <

>

SINGLE

! ! ! ! !

! ! ! !

keys which will take

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If you are in the two player COMPETITION mode the display will show:-

WORD GAME

SELECT

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

! ! ! ! !

! ! ! !

AND say out load “Please select letters”.
But first……

The Game Play

In Contest mode Electronic Countdown plays the Countdown game in
the same way as the original TV game does. In other words, whether in
single or dual player mode, the product will take the player(s) through a
full competition game which consists of:-

Three letter games
One number game
Two letter games
One number game
and finally ….
The conundrum

If you are playing in single player mode you can pick from a choice of the
different games from the following list:-

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WORD

>

! ! ! ! !

Use the Up/Down arrow keys ( ) and press ENT key to play the
game.

! ! ! !

NUMBER

CONUNDRUM

<

Playing the games

1 Player Mode

The unit offers you the choice of contest or single game mode –

SELECT MODE

CONTEST

>

SINGLE

! ! ! ! !

! ! ! !

Use the Up/Down arrow keys (
play the relevent game.

<

) and press ENT/=(icon) key to

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