Excalibur electronic ABC Sports Sports Master A04 - Manual (Page 7)

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items “ PASS ,” “ HINT ” and
“ SCORE. ”
If the player selects “ PASS ”
and then presses ON/ ENTER , the
question will be skipped. The
player may pass on one question
if there are 10 total questions, or
pass on two questions if there are
20 total questions.
If the player selects “ HINT ”
and presses ON/ ENTER , one of
the incorrect answers is removed.
(The
HINT function can be used
twice on each question to elimi-
nate two of the four answer
options.)
If the player selects “ SCORE, ”
his current score will be dis-
played.
End of Trivia Game
After the first player has com-
pleted his turn, the screen will dis-
play “
QUESTION 1, PLAYER
2. ” (If there is only one player,
“ QUESTION 2, PLAYER 1 ”
will be displayed.) Players contin-
ue answering questions or passing
until all players have completed
their questions. After all players
have completed their questions,
the screen will display the score,
and the number of correct
answers for each player. The
screen will then display “ PLAY-
ER: 3 WINS ” (if player 3 won,
for example) to designate the win-
ner. In case of a tie, the screen dis-
plays “
PLAYER: 2, 3 WIN! ” if,
for instance, players 2 and 3 tied.
Calculating the Score
Sports Master automatically
calculates all the scores, using the
following rules;
Right answer on first try with
no hints – 10 points.
Right answer on second try
with no hints – 5 points.
Right answer on third try with
no hints – 2 points.
Right answer on first try with
one hint – 5 points.
Right answer on first try with
two hints – 2 points.
Right answer on second try
with no hints – 5 points.
Right answer on second try
with one hint – 2 points.
Right answer on second try
with two hints – 0 points.
Three wrong answers – 0
points.
Set Up
Select SET UP from the home
screen to make choices about how
your Sports Master displays infor-
mation. You can turn COM-
PRESSED TEXT off so that
your unit will display expanded,
larger text, which may be easier
for you to read. You can turn the
SOUND on or off. You can even
select AUTO SCROLL DOWN
to select the time (in seconds) that
your unit will display a screen of
information before automatically
moving to the next screen. (You
can always override this function
by using your
UP and DOWN
keys.) SCROLL SPEED allows
you to adjust the speed of the
right-to-left scrolling that takes
place with long items on a menu.
CONTRAST allows you to select
the right contrast for reading in
any light levels.
Using the ABC
Button
To jump through an alphabeti-
cal list quickly by first letter,
press the
ABC button. “ ABC MODE
ON ” will display on the screen for
one second. Then use the UP or
DOWN buttons to proceed through
the list by alphabetical first let-
ter—
A, B, C, etc. (Note that the
list begins again with the letter
“
A ” after you have scrolled
through the “ Z ” listings. You can
also use the UP key to scroll back-
wards through the alphabet, from
“
Z ” to “ A. ”)
When you reach the desired ini-
tial letter, press ABC again to turn
this mode off. “ ABC MODE OFF ”
will display on the screen for one
second. Then press the
UP or
DOWN button to scroll one line at a
time, or hold either of these keys
down to scroll quickly. Press
ON / ENTER to confirm your choice.
Auto Power Off
If no key is pressed for five
minutes, the unit will automati-
cally turn off to spare your batter-
ies. Press
O N /E NTER and Sports
Master will return to where it was
before it was turned off.