bigtrak Motorized Toy Car, Operator'S Manual

Page 1: ...OPERATOR S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...X Page 2 4 LABELLING 3 INTRODUCTION 5 BATTERIES 7 TEST 9 ARROWS 14 REVIEW 13 FIRE 15 PAUSE 16 CANCEL LAST STEP 17 REPEAT KEY 19 CHECK 20 OUT 21 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 8 CLEAR MEMORY GO GO OUT TEST x2 CE CM P ...

Page 3: ...t a car It s easy to learn how to programme bigtrak Each separate instruction is detailed so that you can try them one by one INTRODUCTION ALWAYS TAKE CARE WHEN HANDLING YOUR bigtrak Place it on the floor gently do not drop it this may cause damage When picking up bigtrak grip centre wheels with both hands We do not recommend use of your bigtrak on stairs water dirt and sand This will cause perman...

Page 4: ...h bigtrak which add exciting detail All the labels are numbered and you will see their correct positions from the following diagrams Peel the backing off the labels one at a time and apply them as shown Once they are correctly positioned rub them down firmly Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 ...

Page 5: ...FF 5 1 Find the battery box underneath bigtrak FIG 5 2 Remove the two screws from the hatch and put to one side 1 Match the polarity of each of the three batteries with polarity signs shown inside the battery compartment Insert the batteries as shown in Fig 6 Replace the battery cover and screws 2 bigtrak will beep after 15 seconds when it is turned on and is not being used Program will go to slee...

Page 6: ...d 5 Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as recommended are to be used 6 Batteries are to be inserted with correct polarity 7 Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the bank 8 The supply terminals are not to be short circuited 9 Important malfunction may occur when power in the batteries are running low Please replace with brand new batteries Please keep information for future referen...

Page 7: ...her with a letter number or symbol THE KEYBOARD TEST 8 9 7 5 6 4 2 0 3 1 GO OUT TEST x2 CE CM P TEST TEST Your new bigtrak has been pre programmed at the factory with a very simple sequence of movements already placed into its memory Push the switch to ON and press the key bigtrak will then move forward 2 lengths fire three times wait 3 to 4 seconds and then reverse 2 lengths to its starting posit...

Page 8: ...ructions from bigtrak s memory When you erase entries with this key the entire computer memory becomes blank and you can then programme new instructions for bigtrak to perform When you want to change programmes is the first key to press If you do not press then the entire previous programme is remembered by bigtrak and can be repeated by pressing If you add more instructions bigtrak will repeat th...

Page 9: ...ARROWS 9 8 9 7 5 6 4 2 0 3 1 GO OUT TEST x2 CE CM P P At the top of the instruction panel are four arrows that surround the letter The arrows are to tell bigtrak to move forward backward left or right ...

Page 10: ... press one or two of the number keys Each number will tell bigtrak to move one times its own length so the higher the number you press the further it will go You can press any number from 1 to 99 Press Press Press then CM 1 GO Press Press Press CM 2 Press 2 GO Watch bigtrak move forward its own length of 33cm plus an additional distance of up to 10cm depending on the condition and type of the runn...

Page 11: ...ruction to tell bigtrak how far to turn The examples below will help you programme bigtrak correctly As each bigtrak is slightly different you will need to experiment to find out exactly which number to press for the degree of turn that you want For example Press CM 0 3 GO will give you a full right hand turn or 15 minutes on the face of a watch will turn bigtrak to the left to face the opposite d...

Page 12: ...t turn Press The movement of your bigtrak should look like this bigtrak will move one length forward make a full right turn and move forwards again Try it another way For a left hand turn press NOTE You can add more steps to this short sequence up to 16 different ones and then bigtrak will do more complicated things 60 5 55 10 50 15 20 40 25 35 30 45 60 5 55 10 50 15 20 40 25 35 30 45 60 5 55 10 5...

Page 13: ...k to fire its photon beam against the enemy You programme bigtrak to fire by pressing this key but you must also programme a second instruction to tell bigtrak how many times to fire Think how you will programme bigtrak to fire 9 times The correct sequence will be bigtrak should now fire 9 times and stop ...

Page 14: ...P 15 15 5 5 Now look at what you have learnt about bigtrak 1 You know how to turn bigtrak on 2 You know that you must press after your instructions to get bigtrak to operate 3 You have learnt to instruct bigtrak to go forward to reverse and to turn right and left and to fire its photon canon You can instruct bigtrak to complete up to 16 different steps one at a time and one after the other There a...

Page 15: ...ause by pressing a number key Each unit of time on bigtrak is a tenth of a second So if you want bigtrak to wait 6 seconds then you must programme and Why Because if 1 is one tenth of a second then 10 is a whole second So for 6 seconds you need to multiply 10 by 6 which is 60 Try the following sequence which moves bigtrak forward 3 lengths waits 4 seconds and then reverses 3 lengths P P P 6 0 CM P...

Page 16: ...t for a second and subsequent time you will remove the last step each time You could actually cancel a whole programme in this way except that it would be quicker to press the key You cannot skip steps by pressing as it will only remove the last step entered For example enter the following instructions To cancel the last two steps press and press again Your programme will now consist of just one s...

Page 17: ...t you can only use this key once during a programme When you use the key called the repeat key you must also programme a second instruction to tell bigtrak how many previous steps to repeat by pressing a number key It is important to know that bigtrak begins with the last step counts backward the number of steps that you have told it to repeat and then counts forward through these steps adding the...

Page 18: ...5 steps can be used only once during a complete programme And don t forget that the key repeats steps that were in the memory before you pressed and not what you enter in after it and do not count as steps CM Press Step 1 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 GO 2 1 5 18 2 2 1 5 GO CM Press Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 2 1 5 2 4 1 5 1 5 2 1 5 START STOP 15 15 15 15 START STOP 15 1...

Page 19: ...check key to find out whether your last instruction to bigtrak tells it what you want it to do The check key allows you to test instructions before they are fixed into bigtrak s memory but you can only check the last entry made on the programmes by using this key 19 ...

Page 20: ...t be enough to make the turn that you want or it may be too much So to check whether you have programmed it accurately press Now watch bigtrak to see whether the instruction 15 is good If it is then you can continue to programme bigtrak by entering more instructions and bigtrak will automatically record the step you have tested But if it was not good for any reason press the key to erase the last ...

Page 21: ...unit overheating The unit will output the sleep mode tones alert once and enter sleep mode The previous program is cleared after the protection device is activated 4 Remember you can programme bigtrak with up to 16 different steps These can include turns of more than 360 up to 99 lengths of travel forwards or backwards and up to 99 blasts of the photon beams per step Remember and do not count as s...

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