Sports Illustrated For Kids The Everything You Want To Know About Sports Encyclopedia Windows Version Creative Multimedia Corporation ============================================================================ Hi! Thanks for buying Sports Illustrated For Kids' "The Everything You Want To Know About Sports Encyclopedia" on CD-ROM. We think this is the best sports product on the market and we hope you have tons of fun with it. Here are a few hints to make it easier to use the program: 1. When you first reach the Professor's secret rooms, you'll meet his trusty robot-helper. The robot will follow you wherever you go and can help you do things like: > Go straight to a sport you're interested in > Search for a word or the name of your favorite player > Go to the puzzles > Turn the volume up or down (in the Preferences) > Save your current location by adding a "Bookmark". > Go "Home" (where you first see the robot) > Quit the program To use the robot, just click on his head anywhere in the program. A menu will pop down. Click on whatever it is you need. 2. From the "Home" room, clicking on the right or left edges of the screen will take you to the Professor's collection of sports memorabilia. You can click on each sports item to learn more about that sport. There are four different screens full of sports things, so keep clicking the mouse on the right or left edges! 3. When you're looking at a sports encyclopedia page, "Go Back" (in the lower left part of the screen) is the way to get rid of anything that is "active," or in the middle of the screen. For example, if you've just watched a video, and you want to put the TV away, just click on "Go Back," and the TV will go back! Behind each sport's table of contents is a page from the professor's log book. In that book, he keeps track of which items he already has in his collection and which ones he hopes to get. 4. The pieces of the puzzles are hard to find. It's supposed to take you a while to find them all. But, the Jim Thorpe puzzle pieces are all there, so you can have fun and practice up while you're looking for the pieces to the other puzzles. After you get the puzzle pieces put together, you can take them apart by clicking on the nameplate of the finished puzzle. By the way, the puzzles can be harder than they seem. You'll know if you have finished a puzzle, because the lines between the pieces will disappear. If you think you've got it right, but the lines are not gone, look closer at all the pieces and make sure they match. It's easy to make a mistake with these puzzles. 5. If you want to reset the trivia game and start over, you'll have to sign in with a new name. We don't want any cheating! Most of all, have fun! You should be able to spend hours and hours learning about the sports you love, and about the sports you don't know very well. =========================================================================== Installation Instructions To install SI for Kids Sports Encyclopedia, go to the Windows Program Manager and select FILE / RUN from the Menu. Enter the command 'X:\SETUP' where 'X' is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. Follow the on- screen instructions. =========================================================================== Troubleshooting and Performance Tips Screen Savers Disable any screen savers before using the SI For Kids Sports Encyclopedia. Screen savers may interfere with the display of graphics and cursors. Windows Drivers Be sure you are using the latest Windows drivers for your graphics and sound cards. Set your video driver to 640x480x256 colors for best performance, especially if you encounter any graphcis problems. Virtual Memory Check that your Windows system includes a virtual memory swap file (a permanent file provides the best performance) of the size recommended in the Windows Setup procedure. Also check that 32-bit Disk Access is turned on. General Protection Faults If you are receiving a general protection fault, or if the program returns to Windows Program Manager for no reason, there is probably a conflict between SI For Kids Sports Encyclopedia and some other program loaded into memory. Try closing all other Windows programs. Disable programs which are loaded into memory when you boot your computer (TSRs). You might also try editing the SYSTEM.INI file in the Windows directory, under the heading [386Enh], to include the line: EMMExclude=A000-EFFF. Performance SI For Kids Sports Encyclopedia uses QuickTime for Windows. To improve QuickTime performance you might try modifying the QTW.INI file in your Windows directory. Make the modifications suggested in the QTW.INI file. If SI For Kids Sports Encyclopedia locks up due to the changes, you should switch to the original setting. Some video cards may not work with the 'Optimize=hardware' setting. If the program runs extremely slowly, check the EMM386 statement in your Config.SYS file to see if your RAM is being allocated to expanded memory. If so, try changing the line so that it reads: DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS'. Save your original file so that you can restore your system to its original configuration if you need to. Use the DOS 'mem' command to verify that you have at 500K of conventional memory. If you do not, consult your DOS manual for ways to increase conventional memory. If you are using a video driver with large fonts the Encyclopedia text may not display correctly. Try changing to a video driver which uses small or medium fonts. =========================================================================== Technical Support If you have followed the above recommendations and are still experiencing problems, you can reach Creative Multimedia Technical Support at: Telephone: 503-241-1530 Fax: 503-241-4370 BBS: 503-241-1573 Creative Multimedia 513 NW 13th. Avenue, Suite 400 Portland, OR 97209 =========================================================================== DON'T FORGET! Mail in your registration card. This entitles you to technical support and discounts on future Creative Multimedia products and product updates.