Franklin SCRABBLE MASTER SCM-106, User Manual

Page 1: ...20 SCM 106 USER S GUIDE SCRABBLE MASTER ...

Page 2: ...sedtousethisPRODUCT Youmaynotmake anycopiesofthePRODUCTorofthedatastoredtherein whether in electronic or print format Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws Further you may not modify adapt disassemble decompile translate create derivative works of or in any way reverse engineer the PRODUCT You may not export or reexport directly or indirectly the PRODUCT without complianc...

Page 3: ... spellings build words from your letter and blank tiles enter patterns of letters appearing on the board and fit your tiles to those patterns include double and triple letter and word scores in your patterns play four fun word games To learn how to use the SCRABBLE Master read this manual and then keep it handy for ref erence Help is at Hand At most displays you can view an appro priate help messa...

Page 4: ...ets the skill level for the games ENTER Enters a word GAMES Shows the Games menu HELP Shows a help message ON OFF Turns the product on or off Types a to stand for any letter or a blank tile In games ends a round Types an to stand for any series of letters Scrolls up or enters double and tri ple letter word counts Scrolls down Types an empty square or moves right Moves left Key Guide ...

Page 5: ...tery Disabling the Demo You probably do not want to view the Quick Demo every time you start To dis able the demo type d at the Ready screen then press ENTER To enable the demo enter d again Resuming Where You Left Off To save battery life this product will auto matically shut off within two minutes If this product is turned off for any reason you will return to the last screen that you viewed Not...

Page 6: ...s at the Ready screen follow these instructions 1 Type a word To erase a letter press 2 Press ENTER 3 Press repeatedly to view more words 4 Press CLEAR when done Finding More Corrections If you do not find the word that you want in a correction list highlight a correction and press ENTER twice A list of more cor rections appears Checking Words for Validity If you want to check if your word is a va...

Page 7: ...example 1 At the Ready screen type a and a to take the place of one letter and a series of letters respectively For example type Q A T 2 Press ENTER 3 Press to see more words Finding Unusual Words Use the question mark and the asterisk to find unusual words For example type A to see two letter words begin ning with A To see words beginning and ending with H type H H Finding Spellings ...

Page 8: ...iles in your tray To erase a letter press 2 Press BUILD to build your SCRABBLE list The number shows the word s SCRABBLE score If no words can be built from your tiles you ll see the message Sorry can t help 3 Press to see more words and scores 4 Press CLEAR when done Viewing More Words Blinking arrows to the right of the screen indicate that there are more words to see Just press the arrow key th...

Page 9: ...1 Type AD ES 2 Press BUILD In this word the blank tile became a Z 3 Press to view more words 4 Press CLEAR when done Helpful Hint You can build words with as many blank tiles as you like However you cannot build words using an asterisk If you type an asterisk and then press BUILD SCRABBLE Master assumes that you ve entered a pattern See Filling Pat terns ...

Page 10: ...he Pattern entry screen You can enter a combination of 15 letters and the following designated squares One Empty square A series of empty squares Double letter square Triple letter square Double word square Triple word square Press or to enter an empty square Press then to cycle through the dou ble and triple letter and word choices 2 Type your pattern ...

Page 11: ...uuz and your board looks like this P TRIPLE WORD A R T DOUBLE LETTER Y To make a word using ART your pattern will look like this 3 Press ENTER 4 Type your tiles and press ENTER 5 Press to view more words 6 Press CLEAR when done Filling Patterns ...

Page 12: ...ther ending or begin ning with the tiles on the board For example say you have the tiles ahjnsuy and your board looks like this A H To find words ending with ah do the following 1 Press PTRN and type AH To find words starting with AH type AH 2 Press ENTER 3 Type your tiles and press ENTER 4 Press to view more words 5 Press CLEAR when done ...

Page 13: ...ginner Intermediate and Advanced 1 Press SKILL 2 Press or until you see the skill level you want 3 Press ENTER to select it 4 Press or until you see the game you want 5 Press ENTER to select it Understanding Skill Levels The skill level you choose changes the number of letters you get in SCRABBLE Wizard the number of guesses in Hang man and the length of words in Jumble and Word Deduction ...

Page 14: ...u seven letters and challenges you to place them on the board to make the word with the best score Depending on the skill level you choose you start with ei ther three two or one letter already in place 1 In the Games menu press ENTER to select SCRABBLE Wizard A flashing marker tells you where to insert your letter 2 Type your letters For example type L T and N ...

Page 15: ...originally in the word Press to shuffle your letters Press to give up the round 3 Press ENTER If the word you entered is the one with the highest score you will see the message You win If the computer can make a better word first the message Best word and then the word and its score are displayed 4 Press ENTER to play another round 5 Press BACK to return to the Games menu Playing the Games ...

Page 16: ...pe letters and press ENTER Press to reveal a letter Press to reveal the word 3 Press ENTER to play a new round Jumble In Jumble a jumbled word appears and you must unscramble the letters to spell a word or words Note Some jumbles are formed from more than one word 1 Select Jumble 2 Type a word and press ENTER Press to shuffle the letters Press to reveal the word 5 Press ENTER to play a new round P...

Page 17: ...e tries in which to win 1 Select Word Deduction 2 Type a word For example type play 3 Press ENTER The 1 means this is your first guess P stands for perfect M stands for misplaced In the above example M 1 means that one of the letters you typed is in the mys tery word but in the wrong place P 0 means that there are no letters that are per fectly placed 4 Type another word ...

Page 18: ...or M For example type tray 5 Continue typing words evaluating what the correct letters are and where they are placed Use to see your previous guesses Press to give up 6 Press ENTER to play another round 7 Press BACK to return to the Games menu Press CLEAR to exit the Games Playing the Games ...

Page 19: ...ctly on this product Do not use or store this product in extreme or pro longed heat cold humidity or other adverse conditions Customer Service If you have a problem with this product refer to the limited warranty If you pur chased this product outside the United Kingdom contact the place of purchase to obtain warranty or repair information Copyrights Patents and Trademarks 2000 Franklin Electronic...

Page 20: ...es uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communica tions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and...