Excalibur electronic NY53-CS manual How to Play, SuDoku, Custom Puzzles

How to Play

to scroll through numbers one through nine.

the CONFIRM button to play. Your New York Times Touch

function on or off. When this func- tion is on, the unit will generate all correct numbers automatically when you touch the ON/CONFIRM button for two seconds.

FALSE FLASH ON: Press to turn

this function on or off. When this function is on, an incorrect entry will flash, an alert will go off and a circled-X icon will appear on the side of the screen.

LCD CON 4: Press to adjust the screen contrast. There are eight set- tings.

SOUND ON: Press to turn the sound on or off.

RESET: Press to reset the unit. The RESET button is located on the back of the unit.

SuDoku

The object of the game is to place numbers in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each three by three grid contains the numbers one through nine once.

How to Play The New York Times Touch SuDoku

After you’ve installed new batteries, press the RESET but-

ton. The screen will display the icons G1 and G2. Use the stylus to press G1 to begin a New York Times puzzle, or G2 to create a custom puzzle. If no key is pressed for ten seconds, a demo will appear on the screen. Press any key to exit the demo.

If you choose a NYT puzzle, the first digit of the puzzle num- ber will flash. Input the puzzle number you wish to play with the stylus by pressing on the respective number on the bot- tom of the touch screen.

The New York Times Touch SuDoku includes 835 puzzles. Puzzles 1-265 are for beginners; puzzles 266-460 are for interme- diate players; puzzles 461-650 are for advanced players; and 651-835 are for expert players.

After you’ve selected your desired puzzle, press the CON- FIRM button to play.

The cursor will flash on the first empty square of the first row. Touch any of the empty squares once and the correspon- ding number key to input your desired number. You may touch the empty squares consecutively

If you input an incorrect num- ber, you will see a circled-X icon flash and you will hear beeping sounds. You can turn off this function by selecting

MENU and FALSE FLASH ON. You

have to return to that square and input a new entry to proceed if the FALSE FLASH function is on.

The maximum time allowed to complete a puzzle is 999 min- utes. The timer will be begin to count from 0 to 999.

After you’ve completed a puzzle, press the CONFIRM but- ton. The unit will play a winning melody and the WIN icon will appear on the side of the screen.

The screen will show your score as shown in the following example:

1 102 320

The first number (1) repre- sents the number of the puzzle in the list. The second number

(102)represents the time of completion. The third number

(320)represents your final

score.

Touch any button to display the following puzzle. Then press

SuDoku can store up to nine puzzle records. You can view your score records by pressing the CONFIRM button after com- pleting a puzzle. If you select a page number that you’ve already completed, the WIN icon will appear on the side of the screen.

Custom Puzzles

To enter and play a custom puzzle from a book, newspaper, or magazine, choose the G2 flashing icon and press the ON/CONFIRM button after select- ing NEW GAME. Use the stylus to choose the desired square in the puzzle, then choose the corre- sponding number at the bottom of the LCD. Continue this process until you have entered all the “givens” from your puz- zle, then press the ON/CONFIRM twice, once to confirm your entries, and once to begin play- ing. When you are ready to delete your puzzle, press and hold the HINT button for two seconds.

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