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How to Calibrate the Leapster

The Leapfrog Leapster is a hand-held learning toy that can teach children reading, writing and math skills. The Leapster has several built-in games and you can purchase a variety of game cartridges. Most games are based on themes and star child favorites such as Disney characters or superheroes. The Leapfrog Leapster comes with a stylus pen that is critical for game play. The stylus pen may suddenly stop working, but calibrating the Leapster should solve this problem quickly and easily.

Things You'll Need

Leapfrog Leapster

Instructions

- 1
  Make sure the Leapster is turned off with no cartridge in the unit. The cartridge dock is located on the top of the unit.
- 2
  Turn on the unit. Wait for the "sign in" screen to appear. That screen prompts the player to enter his name.
- 3
  Immediately after the screen appears, hold down the ̶0;Home,̶1; ̶0;Hint̶1; and ̶0;B̶1; buttons at the same time for about three seconds. Release the buttons. The ̶0;Hint̶1; button has a question mark on it. The ̶0;Home̶1; button has a house on it.
- 4
  The screen will change and give you several options. Press the ̶0;A̶1; button for the ̶0;touch calibration̶1; option.
- 5
  The screen will now display a set of crosshairs. Touch the tip of the stylus pen to each of the crosshairs. This will calibrate the unit.
- 6
  Restart the device. The stylus pen should respond properly. If the stylus pen does not calibrate the first time, repeat steps 2 through 6.

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