Dino Dex
Contents YOUR DINO DEX KEYPAD 2 GOING TO MAIN MENU 4 1. ARCHIVE FILES 4 2. PERSONAL LOG 5 3. DATA BANK 7 4. SCHEDULE LIST 10 5. SECURITY SYSTEM 13 6. SYSTEM CORE 15 7. CALCULATOR 15 8. SORTER 16 9.
YOUR DINO DEX KEYPAD Turn ON your Dino Dex. Welcome back (way way back!) to prehistoric times. NAME After the opening screens, you need to type in your name. Use the keypad to do this. Then press ENTER. DATE Enter in the date. Month: You will see the month of “JAN” flashing. Use the “ ” and “ ” arrows to toggle to the correct month. For example “March”. Day: Use the “ ” arrow to move to the day selection.
Year: Once you enter the correct day, use the “ ” arrow to move to the year selection. For example “2001”. After you’ve toggled to the correct year, press ENTER. TIME Now that you have learned how to set the date, setting the time is easy! Hour: Use : — the “ ” and “ ” buttons to enter the first digit or type in the first digit number using the keypad. — the “ ” to move to the second digit. — the “ ” and “ ” buttons to enter the second digit or type in the number using the keypad.
ALARM You’ll hear a “roaring dino” when the alarm sounds! On screen, you will see the words, “WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET THE ALARM FUNCTION? Y/N Type in “Y” for yes or “N” for no. If yes, then use “ ” & “ ” to set alarm to be ON or OFF. SOUND EFFECTS You can also set the unit to hear sound effects. On screen, you will see the words, “WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET THE SOUND EFFECTS? Y/N Type in “Y” for yes or “N” for no. “If yes, then use “ ” & “ ” to set the sound effect to be ON or OFF.
See the word “BARYONYX” on screen by itself and an arrow pointing the left right ( ) on the bottom of the screen. Press the “ ” to see an illustration of your dinosaur. Press “ ” again to see your dinosaur moving! Press “ ” again to see the correct pronounciation (BARE-EE-ON-IKS) and a full biography about this dinosaur. Keep using the “ ” button to scroll through the biography.
A blank screen will appear. Now use your keyboard to type your message! HOWEVER YOU ARE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT OF TEXT YOU ENTER IN THE PERSONAL LOG. WHEN YOU REACH YOUR TEXT LIMIT A WARNING SCREEN WILL APPEAR TELLING YOU TO DELETE SOME TEXT. YOU MUST DO SO IN ORDER TO SAVE THE CURRENT MESSAGE YOU ARE ENTERING. FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE PERSONAL LOG ALWAYS TRY TO DELETE OLD MESSAGES BEFORE YOU ENTER NEW ONES. Saving your messages: When you are done typing, press the ENTER button.
Editing messages: If you want to edit (revise) a message you have written in your personal log, go to the message and then press the DELETE button. On screen you will see, “EDIT THIS MESSAGE? Y/N Press “Y” for yes to start editing (revising) your message. Use the directional arrows to move the cursor to the part of the message you want to change. Then by pressing the DELETE button, you will delete whatever letter is by the cursor.
Use the “ ” button to scroll down to WEB ADDRESSES. Use the “ ” and “ ” buttons to scroll to whichever of these three you want and press ENTER to work in that file. Names and Phone Numbers: Let’s begin by highlighting NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS and pressing ENTER. On screen, you will see, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD NAMES & PHONE NUMBERS? Y/N Press Y for yes. Name: Type in the name (up to 17 letters) and press ENTER. Phone Number: Now type in the phone number. Press ENTER.
Deleting Names and Phone Numbers: Press DELETE instead of edit. See an arrow on screen and use your directional buttons to move the arrow to highlight the entry you want to change. Once the entry is highlighted, you have two options: Option 1: Press the DELETE button to delete the entire entry. Option 2: If you press EDIT, you will pull up the highlighted entry again and can edit any part of the entry by moving the cursor to the letters you want to change and then retype the new letters or numbers.
SCHEDULE LIST From the main menu, press ENTER. On screen you will see, SCHEDULE LIST followed by WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENTER REMINDER TO YOURSELF? Y/N Press “Y” for yes. On screen you will see, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET THE ALARM FOR YOUR REMINDER? Y/N Type in “Y” for yes. On screen you will see, DAY: 01-01-2001 TIME: 01:21PM Use your “ “ and “ ” arrows to move through the DAY and TIME and then use the keypad keys to type in the DAY and TIME for the alarm. Press ENTER.
Adding more schedules: Press EDIT to add more scheduling. See the screen: WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENTER REMINDER TO YOURSELF? Y/N Press Y for yes and you will see the ALARM SETTING screen again, which is: WOULD YOU LIKE TO SET THE ALARM FOR YOUR REMINDER? Y/N Type in “Y” for yes or “N” for no. If YES, enter in an alarm setting just as before for this new schedule. Then press ENTER and type in the additional schedule. If NO, you will go right to a blank screen for typing in the additional schedule.
When you get to the message you want to delete, press the DELETE button. On screen, you will see EDIT THIS MESSAGE? Y/N So you have two options. Option 1: If you type in Y for yes, you can go right into the schedule and delete/change parts of the DAY and TIME, using the “ ” and “ ” arrows to move through the day and time and then type over the letters or numbers you are highlighting to delete the old letters and numbers and replace them with new text.
SECURITY SYSTEM This is where you enter your own private password and lock out intruders from entering your files! Neat! Highlight the SECURITY SYSTEM from the main menu and press ENTER. On screen you will see SECURITY SYSTEM followed by PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD. Your password can be up to 8 letters long. Type it in and press ENTER. On screen you will see, RECONFIRM AND RETYPE YOUR PASSWORD So type in your password again to confirm it and press ENTER.
If you’re entered in a bunch of functions as “password protected”, use the “ ” arrow to see them all. Press QUIT a second time. Now you’re back in the Main Menu. Go to a section that you have password protected. Instead of the function opening, on screen you will see PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSWORD. If you type in the wrong password, you will see INCORRECT PASSWORD. Use the DELETE button to erase the incorrect password and try again! When you type in the correct password, the function will open properly.
SYSTEM CORE The SYSTEM CORE is all the basic information you entered when you first programmed your Dino Dex. Highlight this function from the Main Menu and press ENTER. By either repeatedly pressing the “ ” button or by repeatedly pressing the ENTER button you can toggle through all your basic information you have entered for NAME, DAY, TIME, ALARM and SOUND EFFECTS. To change any of this information, go to the screen you wish to change. For example, go to the NAME screen and press EDIT.
SORTER In the SORTER function, you can sort the 72 dinosaurs in many different ways including HEIGHT, LENGTH, WEIGHT, and TYPE. Highlight SORTER from the main menu and press ENTER. On screen you will see SORT THE DINOSAURS BY THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES Press ENTER. You will see HEIGHT, LENGTH, WEIGHT, TYPE Use the “ ” and “ ” buttons to toggle through these four choices. For instance, with HEIGHT highlighted, press ENTER.
Now this is really cool - you can press the ENTER button here to enjoy all the fantastic information and graphics from the archive folder inside the SORTER! With DIPLODOCUS written on screen, press the ENTER button and you will see the illustration of DIPLODOCUS. As with the archives, you will notice an arrow in the bottom right hand corner.
SYSTEM BIO’S In SYSTEM BIO’S, you can list your 5 favorite dinosaurs - and have all their biographic information available at an instant! Press ENTER to enter the SYSTEM BIO’S. On screen, you will see, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIST 5 FAVORITE DINOSAURS? If you enter “N” for no, you will go back to the main menu. But if you enter “Y” for yes, you will see SELECT DINOSAURS and the alphabet chart from the archive folder.
Now whenever you go into the SYSTEMS BIO’s, you will see your list. The cursor will be set for the first dinosaur on your list. Use the “ ” and “ ” buttons to toggle to any of your favorite dinosaur listings. Press ENTER. You will then have all the archive and bio information for that dino. Just press the “ ” button to cycle through all the information. Remember, you can always press the “ ” button to cycle backwards through this information as well.
Every 24 hours, a new dinosaur is available on the list! This will happen every day until all 72 dinosaurs are available for you to select from! Use your arrows to toggle through the selections. Highlight your choice for the head, for example, TYRANNOSAURUS and press ENTER. On screen you will see SELECT THE HEAD TYRANNOSAURUS Press ENTER and SELECT THE ARM appears on screen. Press ENTER and the same list of four dinosaurs appears on screen. Highlight your choice, for example, COMSOGNATHUS and press ENTER.
On screen, you will see SELECT THE TAIL. Press ENTER. Highlight your choice, for example, TRICERATOPS again, and press ENTER. On screen, you will see SELECT THE TAIL TRICERATOPS. Now on screen, you will see, YOUR DINOSAUR IS ABOUT TO BE CREATED WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE YOUR DINOSAUR? Y/N Press “Y’ for yes. A NAME screen will appear: NAME: Type in the name that you want for your newly created dinosaur. Press ENTER and your newly created dino will come to life! You will see him walking across screen.
Deleting Your Creation: But let’s say you get tired of your creation. You can delete him! Press the DELETE button. On screen you will see, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE A NEW BREED? Y/N Type in Y for YES. On screen you will see, YOUR CURRENT DINOSAUR WILL BE DESTROYED! DO YOU STILL WANT TO CREATE A NEW DINOSAUR? Y/N Type in “Y” for YES and you will see your dinosaur get picked up by a crank and then deposited down where he will be eaten alive by other dinosaurs.
Use the “ ” and “ ” down arrows to select “user” or “random”. Highlight USER and press ENTER. You will see SELECT DINOSAUR and the alphabet bar. Use the “ ” and “ ” buttons to toggle through the letters of the alphabet to select your dinosaur. For example, if you want to fight with COELOPHYSIS, you need to toggle to the letter “C” on the alphabet and press ENTER.
As the fight continues, keep attacking! When the fight is over, you will either see YOU LOSE or YOU WIN on screen. The screen will then display, WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIGHT AGAIN? Y/N If you press “Y” for yes, you will fight again with the same dinos. If you press “N” for no, you will go back to the main menu. Play again - this time, choose FIGHT MODE again. But this time, instead of using USER SELECT, try RANDOM SELECT.
INSERTING OR REPLACING BATTERIES Reset Operations: By pressing the reset button, you can delete all the data previously entered. A screen will ask you, DATA FOUND! KEEP RECORD? Y/N. By pressing Y (yes) all data will be deleted. By pressing N (no), you will return to the initial screen. Be sure to press the reset button before you use DINO DEX for the first time. Replacing Batteries: This DINO DEX is powered by two button-cell batteries type LR44 and four AAA batteries.
Important: Incorrect use of batteries can cause them to burst or leak, possibly damaging the interior of the DINO DEX. Note the following precautions: Never leave dead batteries in the battery compartment. To avoid damage to the unit from leaky batteries, replace both the main battery and the back-up battery every three years. Batteries should be replaced no matter how much you use the diary during that time. Warning: Never try to recharge the batteries supplied with DINO DEX.
CAUTION: To ensure proper function: • Do not mix old and new batteries. • Do not mix alkaline, standard or rechargeable batteries. • Battery installation should be done by an adult. • Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged. • Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the toy before being charged (If removable). • Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult supervision (If removable). • Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as recommended are to be used.
90-DAY LIMITED WARRANTY Tiger Electronics. (Tiger) warrants to the original consumer purchaser of this product that the product will be free from defects in materials or workmanship for 90 days from the date of original purchase. This warranty does not cover damages resulting from accident, negligence, improper service or use or other causes not arising out of defects in materials or workmanship.
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