Radica Games i7065 / 77065, Brain Games i7065 Instruction Manual
Dear Br ain Gamers,
I am delighte d that you are one of the mill ions of
people who w ant to keep their minds sh arp and have
fun doing it . After two decades s tudying how we can
improve memo ry and prevent Alzhe imer’s disease, I
have found the re is a lot we can do. Genetic s accounts
for only abo ut a third of what determi nes our health
as we age – that me ans that simple, ever yday lifestyle
choices h ave a major impact on our me mory and brain
fitness. My b ooks, The Memor y Bible, The Memory
Prescri ption, and The Longevit y Bible, detail my strate gies – physi cal and mental exerci se, stress reductio n
techniqu es, the Healthy Brain D iet, and more – to boost
your brain p ower and live longer, bette r. However, you
are well on you r way to boosting your brai n power by
playing Br ain Games.
Brain Ga mes will teach you my basi c memory technique – Look, Sn ap, Connect – and help you p erfect
these stra tegies. Besides be ing fun to play, Brain
Games will h elp your memory abi lities improve almos t
immediate ly. You will also “cr oss-train” your bra in with
left-bra in (verbal memor y and logical skills – e .g., writing letter s) and right-brai n (visual memory a nd mental
skills – e.g., re ading maps) game s. Brain Games lets
you monitor yo ur progress, while se tting and increas ing
a pace that wor ks for your memory ab ility as you train
your brain a nd gauge your improvem ent.
You can use Look, Sna p, Connect for everyday m emory
tasks (li sts, errands, nam es and faces) and bu ild on
this basic te chnique to become a me mory champion.
First mas ter the basic skill:
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Look – learn to f ocus your attention o n the new
informati on you wish to remember. Slow d own, take
a deep brea th, and ignore distra ctions.
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Snap – crea te a mental snapshot or v isual image
in your mind’s eye of wh at you want to remember.
Make it pers onal and give it detail to h elp fix it into
your memor y.
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Connect – li nk up your mental snap shots in you
mind’s eye. This a ssociation step hel ps put the new
memorie s into context and helps yo u retrieve them
later when yo u need them.
To remember a lis t of errands, create a st ory using
Look, Snap, Con nect: You need to stop at the stor e to
get some as pirin and a hair brush b efore you meet your
sister. In your mi nd’s eye, you see your sister tak ing
some aspi rin and then brushin g her hair.
For learni ng and recalling nam es and faces, think
up a Name Sn ap and a Face Snap – then Co nnect
these ment al pictures or Snap s together. Thinking of
a visual ima ge or Snap for a name can b e easy: See
a house for Mr. Hou se, a gold coin for Ms. Gol d, or a
carnival wo rker for Mrs. Carney. For mo re complex
names, co mbine visual words th at sound like the
name – see Mr. Dom achow eating chicke n chow mein
under a dom e. For a face snap, look for a dis tinguishing feature a nd then connect it to the n ame snap. If
Mrs. Washin gton has prominent li ps, see her kissing
George Was hington on the lips. At fir st it may seem a
bit wacky ; however, you’ll not only have fun but you’l l
improve your eve ryday memory ski lls. Remembering names a nd faces is the most com mon memory
complain t.
Our resea rch group at UCLA ha s studied the effect iveness of Look, S nap, Connect, along with ot her lifestyle
strategie s that improve memor y and brain health. We
found that af ter only two weeks, the se techniques have
a significa nt effect on memor y performance s cores
and drama tically increase b rain efficiency. The mo re
you play Bra in Games, the better yo u’ll get at it and the
more brai n power you’ll have.
To find out more abou t the creation of Brai n Games,
visit ww w.drgarysm all.com and ww w.brainstor m-
inginc .com.
Have fun,
Dr. Gary S mall
Ready to C ross-Train Your Brain !
Brain Gam es is a mind stimulatin g activity for your
brain. It’s ti me to test yourself! W hether you choose to
enter the tra ining session or ju mp right into the BRAIN CHECK mode, B rain Games will be sur e to challenge
your mind in seve ral different ways .
BUTTONS
ON / START / ENTE R – Press the ON button to powe r
on the game. B y using the SCROLL but tons on the far
right of the key p ad, toggle through the di fferent game
modes. On ce your mode is highlig hted, press ENTER
to select. N ext, select the skil l level at which you wish
to play at. Pres s ENTER to start the ga me and confirm
selecti on.
NEW GAM E – Press this button for t wo seconds to quit
your curre nt game, and select you r choice of modes.
END ROUND – Th is allows you to end the curr ent game
and calcul ates the score up to that po int. This may be
most usefu l in the Word Hunt game when yo u can not
think of any mo re words, but there is sti ll time remaining. Or Rec all when you have already m emorised
words and th ere is still time remai ning.
NEW GAME – T his allows you to cancel th e current
game and ret urn to the Main Menu. If se lected during
Brainche ck mode, it will cance l your score for that
session .
KEY PAD – Pres s these buttons when p laying each of
the exercise s. The various keys will wo rk in different
ways with each o f the games. Most of the ti me, they
will repre sent the same layout as s hown on screen or
corresp ond to the numbers at the b ottom of the screen.
UNDO – In som e games you can use this b utton to
reverse or U NDO a selection, pri or to pressing ENTER.
RESET – Wh en a blunt point is inse rted, this button wil l
RESET the ga me to its original facto ry settings.
MAIN ME NU
BRAIN CHECK – Select BRA INCHECK from the Main
Menu to star t your daily exercise p rogram. Choose the
skill level yo u wish to play at, and that’s it ! Brain Games
will now run you t hrough the 5 differe nt exercises
(descr ibed below) of your rou tine. This is the mode th at
you will be teste d in and that will recor d your score.
You can check thi s in the SCORE mode (se e below).
Remembe r to use the Look, Snap, Con nect technique !
TRAINI NG – This is where you ca n train or practice th e
differe nt brain games witho ut affecting your sc ore. After press ing the START button, sele ct TRAINING. Use
the SCROLL bu ttons to toggle throug h the five different
exercises ( Sequence, Flas hcard, Mind Game, Word
Hunt, and Re call) and press En ter to select. Next,
choose the s kill level you wish to play at. You ar e now
ready to sta rt your training ses sion.
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Seque nce – In this brain gam e your objective is to put
the random n umbers in the grid int o the proper sequence or o rder (lowest to highe st). The number s in
the top row of the gr id correspond to the p laces of the
buttons in t he top row of the key pad. The numb ers in
the second r ow of the grid corresp ond to the places
of the butto ns in the second row of the key pa d. If you
select a nu mber out of sequence a n X will appear, and
you will conti nue onto the next grid. If t he sequence
is correc t, a check will appear. The re will be several
grids in ea ch game. After compl eting the exercise,
the game will d isplay how many you got cor rect.
• Flash card – In this brain g ame your objective is to
add, subtra ct, multiply or divid e the numbers that the
exercise give s you. You must answer the equa tion
with the cor rect answer using the ke y pads that align
with the numb er bar at the bottom of the s creen.
Each ques tion is timed. The high er the skill level, the
harder the e quation. After com pleting the exercise,
the game will d isplay how many you got cor rect.
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I7065
For 1 player / Ages 8 and up
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
P/N 823A7110 Rev.A
ON / START
/ ENTER
NEW GAM E
UNDO
Reset
KEY
PAD
• Mind G ame – In this brain gam e the objective is to
keep track of h ow many thoughts are in th e professor’s head. Th e professor will tell you h ow many
thoughts h e has in his head at the begi nning. You
must add and s ubtract the thought s (!) as they enter
and exit his he ad, ending up with a final c ount at
the end. You must the n input the answer usi ng the
correct c orresponding nu mber keys on the key pad.
After com pleting the exercise, th e game will display
how many you got c orrect.
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Word Hunt – I n this brain game your o bjective it to
use the let ters the game gives you to ma ke words.
At the top of the sc reen you will be shown your wo rd
and the total n umber of words that can b e formed out
of that word. Ea ch letter corresp onds to the key pad
button be low. To select a let ter, press the key pad
button be low that is aligned unde rneath it. To deselect, pre ss the button that is al igned with the letter i n
the origin al word. After comple ting the exercise, the
game will di splay how many you got corr ect.
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Recall – I n this brain game you mus t recall a certain
number of wor ds after a period of tim e. This game
will prese nt you with a number of dif ferent words to
memoris e. After a period of time g oes by you will
be taken to the ne xt brain game to retur n later. After
you have compl eted the other brain ga mes, you will
return and b e given an opportuni ty to recall as many
of those word s as possible. The gam e will give you
the beginn ing letter and endin g letter of the word as
a hint. Use the E NTER button to put a chec k next
to the words you re call based on the let ters given.
Scroll up an d down with the SCROLL but tons. The
display sc reen will show you how many ex isting
words still n eed to be checked. Reme mber not all
words are fr om your list, so only che ck the ones you
know. After co mpleting the exercise , the game will
display how m any you got correct.
SCORE – Cho ose SCORE from the Main M enu. The
score opti on keeps a tally of every B RAINCHECK
session p layed. This is a great way to me asure your
progres s over time. After each BR AINCHECK sessio n
is played, an ave rage (or percent age) is measured
based on al l 5 brain games that wer e played. These
are recor ded in the SCORE secti on. A bar chart is
shown that re presents how well you br ain has flexed
its muscle . The more you practice t he exercises in
TRAININ G the stronger your br ain’s muscle will be for
your BRAI NCHECK testing.
SOUND – Cho ose SOUND from the Main M enu to
adjust the vo lume of the sound highe r or lower using
the SCROLL bu ttons on the key pad.
CONTRA ST – Choose CONTRAST f rom the Main
Menu to adjus t the brightness of th e screen using the
SCROLL but tons on the key pad.
MEMORY – Cho ose MEMORY from the Mai n Menu
to clear all of yo ur scoring informa tion that is stored in
Brain Gam es. You will be prompted to confi rm whether
you wish to cle ar out all of the MEMORY. Select Yes
or No and the n press ENTER. Once you c lear the
memory i t can not be recovered.
SLEEP MO DE – The unit will go to slee p if no buttons
are press ed within 5 minutes, an d can be awakened by
pressin g the button “ON - ENTER”.
BATTERY INSTALLATION
This game i s powered by two (2) A AA (LR03) b atteries.
• Using a sc rewdriver, loosen the scr ew until the bat
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tery comp artment door can b e removed.
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Insert t wo (2) AAA ( LR03) batteri es (we recommend
alkaline ) as indicated insi de the battery comp artment.
• Replac e the battery compa rtment door and ti ghten
the screw wit h a screwdriver. Do not over-tighte n.
ADULT SUPERV ISION IS RECOMM ENDED WHEN
CHANGI NG BATTEIES.
CAUTION
• As wit h all small batt eries, the bat teries used wi th
this dev ice should be kep t away from small c hildren who m ight still pu t things in thei r mouths.
If a batt ery is swallowe d, consult a phys ician
immedi ately.
• Be sur e you insert the b attery cor rectly and
always fo llow the device a nd battery ma nufacturer’s ins tructions.
• Do not di spose of batte ries in fire.
• Batt eries might lea k if improper ly installed , or
explod e if recharged , disassembl ed or heated.
• Somet imes, a build- up of static ele ctricity ( from
carpet s, etc) may cau se the game to stop w orking. Jus t reset the game , and it will work ag ain.
• In an env ironment wit h radio freque ncy interfer
ence, th e product may ma lfunction an d require
user to re set the produc t.
MAINTEN ANCE
• Handle t his device carefully.
• Store thi s device away from dusty or d irty areas.
• Keep this d evice away from moisture o r extreme
temperat ure.
• Do not dis assemble this devic e. If a problem occurs ,
press the R eset button, or remove a nd replace the
batterie s to reset the device, or tr y new batteries. If
problem s persist, consul t the warranty inform ation
located at th e end of this instruct ion manual.
• Use only th e recommended bat tery type.
• Do not mix ol d and new batteries.
• Do not mix a lkaline, standard ( carbon-zinc) or r e
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chargea ble (nickel-cad mium) batteries .
• Do not use r echargeable bat teries.
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Do not attem pt to recharge non-r echargeable bat teries.
• Remove any ex hausted batterie s from the device.
• Do not sho rt-circuit the sup ply terminals.
• Inser t batteries with the c orrect polarit y.
Please r etain this for f uture refere nce.
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90-DAY LIMITED WARRANT Y
(This p roduct warra nty is valid in t he United
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All produ cts in the RADICA® ra nge are fully guaranteed for a p eriod of 6 months from th e original
purchas e date under normal use , against defective
workmans hip and materials ( batteries exclude d). This
warrant y does not cover damage re sulting from accident, unre asonable use, negl igence, improper s ervice
or other cau ses not arising out of d efects in material or
workmans hip.
In the unlikel y event that you do experie nce a problem
within the fir st 6 months, please te lephone the Technical Suppo rt team: Tel. 0871 22 2 8278. Calls ar e
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stand ard telephon e bill. Helpli ne hours are 2p m11pm, Monday to Fr iday.
IMPORTANT: A lways test the product wi th fresh
alkaline b atteries. Even new bat teries may be defecti ve
or weak and low b attery power is a fre quent cause of
unsatisf actory operatio n.
THIS WARR ANTY IS IN ADDIT ION TO YOUR
STATUTORY RIGHTS .
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