Radica Games Snowboarder 76044 User Manual

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Model 76044

For 1 player / Ages 8 and up

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P/N 823A2210 Rev.B

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ARNING: EPILEPSY AND SEIZURES

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EAD BEFORE OPERATING YOUR CONNECTV

A few people may experience epileptic seizures when viewing flashing
lights or patterns in our daily environment. These persons may experience
seizures while watching TV pictures or playing video games. Players who
have not had any seizures may nonetheless have an undetected epileptic
condition.

Consult your physician before playing video games if you have an epileptic
condition or experience any of the following symptoms while playing video
games: altered vision, eye or muscle twitching, other involuntary move­ments, loss of awareness of your surroundings, mental confusion and/or
convulsions.

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If you hit an obstacle, or fail to successfully land a jump, you’ll crash.

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ONTROLLING YOUR SPEED

To speed up, tilt your board Forward. To slow down, tilt your board Back.

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ASIC GAME PLAY

At the beginning of each race, you’ll have a chance to select a new
course, skill level, character, and stance.

Press the On•Off button to turn the game on and stand on the board.
After a brief title screen, you’ll see the Main Menu screen. Then you must
choose a Run.

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UNS

There are four runs to choose from: Free Ride, Slalom Competition, 1/2
Pipe Competition and the Big-air Competition

To toggle between selections, tilt your board to the Right and to the Left.
When you want to enter a selection, tilt and hold your board in the Back
position.

FREE RIDE

Free Ride is not a timed event. You’ll be judged on style and the number of
tricks you successfully complete. Complete each trick without crashing, to
receive a score. There are three different Free Ride courses to conquer
each with 2 levels.

Note: To get extra height on a jump, press [Back] right when you take off
from a jump.

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AXIMUM WEIGHT LIMITS:

82 KGS / 180 LBS / 13 STONES

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MPORTANT SAFETY NOTE:

Do not attempt to “grab” the snowboard while riding it. Rubber soled
shoes ar

e best to wear when riding to avoid slipping off the board.

Get off the couch and onto the slopes!

Blast down the mountain with connetv SNOWBOARDER! Experience the
extreme sport of snowboarding—any time, any season! Ultra-realistic

d action takes you thr

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free-styling skills in Free Ride. Strive for the best time in Slalom
Competition. Ride the half-pipes of your dreams in 1/2 Pipe Competition.
And catch some serious air in Big-air Competition. Lear
the points, and show your friends just how sick you are!

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SETTING UP CONNECTV SNOWBOARDER

TION AND REPLACEMENT

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Loosen the scr
door with a screwdriver. Remove the battery compartment door and insert
four (4) AA batteries (alkaline r
partment. Replace the battery compartment door and tighten the screw
with a screwdriver. Do not over tighten.

ADULT SUPERVISION IS RECOMMENDED WHEN INSTALLING BAT­TERIES.

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ONNECTING CONNECTV SNOWBOARDER TO

ew on the bottom of the Power unit’

ecommended) as indicated inside the com

s battery compartment

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YOUR TV OR VCR

onnecting to your TV

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To connect connetv SNOWBOARDER directly to a TV, the TV must be
equipped with audio and video input jacks. They are commonly found on
the front of the TV near the contrast, color, and picture adjustment con­trols; or on the back of the TV near the antenna and cable/satellite jacks.

Insert the yellow video plug from the game into the Video-In (yellow) jack
on the TV.

Insert the white audio plug fr
on the TV

Set your TV to the appr
manual for details.)

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om the game into the left Audio-In (white) jack

opriate video input mode. (See your TV’

s operating

Connecting to your VCR

If your TV doesn’
nectv Snowboarder to your VCR.

Insert the yellow video plug from the game into the Video-In (yellow) jack
on the VCR.

Insert the white audio plug from the game into the left Audio-In (white) jack
on the VCR.

Set your TV and VCR to the appr
and VCR operating manuals for details.)

NOTE: If your TV or VCR does not have AV inputs, a “Y” adapter may be

chased separately at any electr

pur

ADULT SUPERVISION IS RECOMMENDED WHEN CONNECTING
CABLES TO A TV AND VCR.

t have audio and video input jacks, you can connect con

opriate video input mode. (See your TV

onics store.

BUTTON FUNCTIONS

f -Press this button to turn the game on and press and hold this

On / Of

button for a few seconds to turn the game off.

Reset - Using a blunt object, press this button to reset the game in the
event of a malfunction.

Left - In the Main Menu press to toggle through game selections.

Right - In the Main Menu press to toggle through game selections.

Enter - Press this button to confirm your selection.

SLALOM COMPETITION

This is a timed event where you must ride through a series of gates to get
the fastest time. Your goal is to finish the course in the least amount of
time.

You must pass through each gate to get credit for it.

If you miss a gate, time will be added to your final time as a penalty.

HINT: Pass through a special “Speed Burst” to give you super speed.

1/2 PIPE COMPETITION

1/2 Pipe Competition is an all-out competition for points. You’ll ride down
the course to gain speed, and blast up the half-pipes to gain massive air.
Once you’r
faster you go, the higher you’ll jump.

Note: To gain speed launch off the walls by going left and right.

To gain points, you must land each trick successfully.

e in the air

, you must try to complete a trick before landing. The

BIG-AIR COMPETITION

This competition is a run that has numerous ground-fans located through­out. When you ride over a ground-fan, you’ll be launched into the air, and
you can attempt to pull of
be judged on the number and type of tricks. As with the other competi
tions, you will have to land the trick successfully in order to collect points.

o get extra height on a jump, pr

Note: T

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f as many tricks as you can befor

ess [Back] right when you take of

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CHARACTERS

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Rufus A classic “Mountain Man”, Rufus lives for untracked wilderness,

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D.J.

To toggle between characters, tilt your board to the Right and to the Left in
the character select scr
hold your board Back to enter the selection. Each character has a differ­ent set of skills that affect certain factors in the game.

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Speed

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speed.

ee characters to choose from:

esolate peaks and the call of the wild.

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ason Loud, fast and hard could describe both Mason’s taste in music

s well as his lunatic riding style when ripping down the mountain.

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ather spinning re

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nd Zen like attitude disguise the heart of a fierce competitor

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epresents the length of time that it takes the character to reach top

cords or spinning in the air, DJ’s effortless style

een. When you have selected a character

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, tilt and

Turning

Turning is a character’s ability to turn fast while traveling at high speeds.

Agility

epresents the characters ability to successfully land a trick.

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Tricks

ricks represent how quickly the Bonus Meter will fill up when the player

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successfully lands a trick. The Bonus Meter will incr
tion with a character with high Trick skills as opposed to a character with
smaller Trick skills.

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You may ride your board in two different stances: Regular Foot (left foot
forward) and Goofy Foot (right foot forward). To toggle between stances,
tilt your board to the Right and to the Left.

When you have selected a stance, tilt and hold your boar

ease by a larger sec-

d Back.

SKILL LEVELS

There are two skill levels: Black Diamond (Amateur) and Double Black
Diamond (Expert).

RIGHT

LEFT

ENTER

RESET

ON / OFF

BOARD FUNCTIONS

Tilt Forward / Rest - In the Main Menu, tilt your board forward when you
don’t want to select anything. During game play, tilt your board forward to
increase your speed.

Tilt Back - In the Main Menu, tilt and hold your board Back to enter a
game selection. During game play, tilt your board Back to slow down or
land a jump.

Tilt Right / Tilt Left - In the Main Menu, tilt your board to the Right or to
the Left to toggle through game selections. During game play, tilt your
board to the Right or to the Left to turn your board.

BASIC RULES

As you watch the screen, you’ll tilt your board Forward, Back, Right, and
Left to make game selections and guide your character through a series of
courses, tricks, and grabs.

You’ll begin each course from a stopped position at the starting gate. Tilt
your board Forward to start down the hill. If you time it right, you can get
an extra boost of speed!

To speed up, tilt your board Forward. To slow down, tilt your boar
To move to the right, tilt your board to the Right. To move to the left, tilt
your board to the Left.

d Back.

ROCKS

Avoid these—if you run into them, you’ll crash.

GATES

A gate is made up of two poles. You must pass through the gate to avoid
a penalty. If you pass outside the gate, you will receive a time penalty.

JUMPS

Hitting a jump will launch your board into the air. Once you’re in the air,
you can perform a trick.

BONUS METER

The Bonus Meter is located on the right hand side of the screen and repre­sents how many tricks you have successfully completed in a row. For
every trick you successfully land, the Bonus Meter will fill up by a certain

ement. How much it fills will depend on the scor

incr
performed in combination with the character’
you crash, either by hitting an obstacle or by not landing a jump, the
Bonus Meter decr

Once you fill the Bonus Meter completely, you will be able to perform
Bonus-Tricks.

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e value of the trick you

s Trick attribute. However, if

SPEED METER

The Speed Meter appears in the upper left-hand cor
you know how fast you’re going.

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SCORE

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screen below the Speed Meter.

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PEED BURSTS

A speedburst is a power up that appears on the course. Running over a
Speedburst will give you a temporary boost of speed.

HIGH SCORE

If you rank in the top five high scores, you can enter your name.

To scroll through the letters, tilt your board to the Right and to the Left.

When you have selected the correct letter, tilt and hold your board Back.

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EPLAY

When you finish a game, you will have the option to try again. If you select
“Yes,” you’ll ride the same course. If you select “No,” you will return to the
Main Menu.

Tilt your board to the Right and to the Left to toggle between “Yes” and
“No.” The currently selected option will become highlighted. When you
have made your selection, tilt and hold your board Back.

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ERFORMING TRICKS

Once you’re in the air, you can pull off a variety of tricks. And the first time
you successfully land a trick, you’ll receive the full score. Each consecutive
time a trick is pulled off, your score is decreased. Once a trick is complet­ed, you cannot perform the same trick again in midair. However, you may
complete a combination (completing several different tricks during a jump).
Your combination score is determined by adding the combined score of
the tricks and by multiplying that score by the number of completed tricks
in the combination:

BONUS POINTS

At the top of many jumps, there are floating Bonus Points that when hit,
multiply the value of the trick you are performing. There are 3 types of
Bonus Points: Green, Blue, and Purple. The Green Bonus Points are worth
200 points, the Blue Bonus Points are worth 600 points, and the Purple
Bonus Points are worth 1000 points.

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RICK DESCRIPTIONS

To perform a trick, you’ll need to tilt your board in a specific sequence.
When you are in the air, in the lower left hand side of the screen, a board
icon will appear displaying the keys as you press them.

NOTE: Some tricks can only be performed by certain characters.

NOTE: If a trick requires that you hold a position, that key on the board

icon will begin to flash when the key has been held long enough.

Mute Air = Tilt Forward + Tilt Left

Method Air = Tilt Back (hold) + Tilt Left

Tailgrab Air = Tilt Forward + Tilt Right

Nosegrab Air = Tilt Back (hold) + Tilt Right

Stalefish Air = Tilt Forward (hold) + Tilt Right

win Tailgrab (Mason) =Tilt Forward + Tilt Right + Tilt Forward

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Backside Tailgrab (D.J.) = Tilt Right (hold) + Tilt Forward

Backside 360 = Tilt Right + Tilt Back + Tilt Left

Backside 720 = Tilt Right + Tilt Back + Tilt Left + Tilt Back + Tilt Right

Backside 1080 = Tilt Right + Tilt Back + Tilt Left + Tilt Back + Tilt Right +

Tilt Back + Tilt Left

Frontside 360 = Tilt Left + Tilt Back + Tilt Right

Frontside 720 = Tilt Left + Tilt Back + Tilt Right + Tilt Back + Tilt Left

Frontside 1080 = Tilt Left + Tilt Back + Tilt Right + Tilt Back + Tilt Left +

Tilt Back + Tilt Right

Backside Misty (Mason) = Tilt Left (hold) + Tilt Forward + Tilt Right

Backside Front Flip 360 (D.J.) = Tilt Left (hold) + Tilt Forward + Tilt Right

ontside 360 Swiss Cheese (Rufus) =

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Frontside Rodeo Tailgrab (Rufus) = Tilt Left (hold) + Tilt Forward + Tilt

Right

Back Flip = Tilt Forward (hold) + Tilt Back

Front Flip= Tilt Back (hold) + Tilt Forward

Filet O’ Stalefish Air = Tilt Forward (hold) + Tilt Right + Tilt Back

Backside Tailgrab Poke (D.J.) = Tilt Right (hold) + Tilt Forward + Tilt

Right

Frontside Supa-man = Tilt Back (hold) + Tilt Left + Tilt Forward

Tilt Right + Tilt Forwar

d + Tilt Left

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AUTION

• As with all small batteries, the batteries used with this device
should be kept away from small children who might still put things
in their mouths. If a battery is swallowed, consult a physician
immediately.

• Be sure you insert the battery correctly and always follow the
device and battery manufacturer’s instructions.

• Do not dispose of batteries in fire.

• Batteries might leak if improperly installed, or explode if
recharged, disassembled or heated.

• Sometimes, a build-up of static electricity (from carpets, etc) may
cause the game to stop working. Just reset the game, and it will
work again.

• The unit may malfunction when there is radio interference on the
power line and signal line. The unit will revert to normal operation
when the interference stops.

• In an environment with radio frequency interference, the product
may malfunction and require user to reset the product.

MAINTENANCE

• Handle this device carefully.

• Store this device away from dusty or dirty areas.

• Keep this device away from moisture or extreme temperature.

• Do not disassemble this device. If a problem occurs, press the Reset
button, or remove and replace the batteries to reset the device, or try
new batteries. If problems persist, consult the warranty information
located at the end of this instruction manual.

• Use only the recommended battery type.

• Do not mix old and new batteries.

• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel­cadmium) batteries.

• Do not use rechargeable batteries.

• Do not attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batteries.

• Remove any exhausted batteries from the device.

• Do not short-circuit the supply terminals.

• Insert batteries with the correct polarity.

• This product is not suitable for children under 36 months.

• Use only with the recommended transformer type.

• Disconnect the transformer before cleaning the console or controller.

The transformer is not a toy

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• Transformers used with the toy are to be regularly examined for dam­age to the cord,plug, enclosure and other parts. In the event of such
damage, the toy must not be used with this transformer until the
damage has been repaired.

• The toy is not to be connected to more than one power supply.

Packaging should be kept as it contains important information.

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waste electrical and electronic equipment on the environment, through
re-using or recycling such equipment.

The crossed out wheelie-bin symbol on this product is to remind you that

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household waste. If you are unable to re-use or recycle your product it
should be disposed of at a civic amenity site.

While Radica toys comply with all relevant safety standards, we are
obliged to tell you that some of the components used in electrical and

onic equipment may contain hazar

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age the environment and present a risk to human health if not properly
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6 MONTH PRODUCT WARRANTY

(This product warranty is valid in the United Kingdom only)

BONUS-TRICKS

Each character will have 1 “Bonus-T
character. You will only be able to perform this Bonus-Trick when your
Bonus Meter is full. Bonus-Tricks are performed in the same manner as
normal tricks by pressing a sequence of buttons while the character is in
the air. Bonus-Tricks are worth more points then a normal trick.

Mason: Barr

D.J.: Pr

Rufus: Power

el Roll Air =

opellerhead Air =

drill Air =

Tilt Back + Tilt Forwar

Tilt Back + Tilt Forwar

Tilt Back + Tilt Forwar

rick” that is unique to that particular

d + Tilt Back

d + Tilt Back

d + Tilt Back

TROUBLE SHOOTING

TV

To locate your auxiliary channel, which is usually not 3 or 4, but a gaming
channel found between 2 and 99 (example 2, 1, 0, 99), first try 00 to see if
it is the auxiliary channel. Channels downwards from 3 until a Line 1 or
Line 2, V
push the power button on the game and it should automatically come on if
you have selected the correct channel. If this does not work, another way
to determine your auxiliary channel is to take a look at your television
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the correct channel. The buttons you are looking for may be labeled Input,
AUX, AV, Line, TV/Video, or Video. If your remote has one of these buttons,
turn your television back to Channel 3 and select that button. The power
button on the game should be tur
on the television. If your television remote does not have any of these but­tons, and channel 00 is not working, you may need to search the main
menu for a way to determine your auxiliary channel. If none of these meth­ods have helped you locate your auxiliary channel, you may need to check
your owner's manual and/or contact a local television repair company.

ideo 1 or Video 2, Front, Aux, AV, etc., appears on screen, then

emote. There may be a button on the remote that may take you directly to

ned on in order for the game to appear

All products in the RADICA® range are fully guaranteed for a period of 6
months fr
tive workmanship and materials (batteries excluded). This warranty does
not cover damage r
gence, impr
material or workmanship.

In the unlikely event that you do experience a pr
months, please telephone the T

8278. Calls are charged at 10p per minute and will show up on your
standard telephone bill. Helpline hours are 2pm-11pm, Monday to
Friday

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new batteries may be defective or weak and low battery power is a fr
quent cause of unsatisfactory operation.

THIS WARRANTY IS IN ADDITION TO YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS.

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VCR

When connecting to a VCR, you must first start with a blue background
showing on your television screen. To obtain a blue screen, try inserting a
videotape into the VCR, let it start to play
may give you a blue screen, then you can channel down to your auxiliary
channel. If the blue screen still does not appear, try entering your TV
and/or VCR main menu and see if it gives you options to select a blue
screen background. Many times if you enter the main menu on your televi­sion you can change the setting from cable to video and display a blue

een. Also if you have an older television, you may locate a hidden door

scr
on your television that has color
antennae buttons. If your television includes this panel, you can select the
antennae/cable button and see the blue scr
all of these options and are still unsuccessful connecting the console, then
you may need to check your VCR owner’s manual or contact the manufac­turer to find out how to set up your VCR for console games.

Remember
you own one of these make sure it is turned off before connecting the
game. You can connect our games through DVD players with the same
connection as a VCR.

If you still have difficulty with setup or operation of your game, please call
our players helpline mentioned at the end of this manual.

If you choose to use an AC Adapter we suggest the following :

Recommended Adaptor Output:

-Voltage: 6 Volts DC

-Current: 300 mA (minimum)

Polarity: Negative Center

Plug Size: 5.5 mm outside diameter, 2.1 inside diameter.

AC Adapters are available at most electronic stores.

If you use the product with a transformer, regularly examine for damage to
the cord, plug, enclosure and other parts. In the event of any damage, do
not use the toy with the transformer.

, you can't play our games thr

, picture, horizontal, vertical, and cable,

, then hit the stop button. This

een appears. If you have tried

ough a cable box or satellite, so if

RADICA:®

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