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= ActiMates: How to Play with Arthur and D.W. =

Article ID: 192086

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

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 * Microsoft ActiMates Interactive Arthur
 * Microsoft ActiMates Interactive D.W.

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This article was previously published under Q192086



SUMMARY
The ActiMates Arthur and D.W. characters have sensors in their hands, feet, ears, and watches. You can use these sensors to choose the activities or games you want to play with Arthur and D.W.


 * Squeeze the character's ear to hear what Arthur or D.W. is thinking.
 * Squeeze the character's watch to hear the time.
 * Squeeze the character's toe to play games.



Setting the Watch, Alarm, and Volume
Before you play with ActiMates Arthur or D.W., set the character's watch to enable the character's time and date features. You can also set the character's alarm clock or adjust its volume.

Set the watch:

When you set the watch for the ActiMates Arthur or D.W. character, it can keep track of holidays and your child's birthday, and announce the time and date whenever you squeeze the character's watch.

To set the watch, squeeze and hold the character's watch for five seconds. Follow the character's verbal instructions to set the time, date, and birthday.


 * To repeat the last instruction, squeeze the character's ear.
 * To start over, squeeze the character's watch.
 * To quit, squeeze the character's hand and foot at the same time.

Set the alarm clock:

After you set the character's watch, you can change the alarm clock setting by squeezing the character's watch and one of its toes at the same time.

To turn the alarm on or off, squeeze the character's watch and toe, and then follow the character's verbal instructions. If the alarm is turned on, it rings every day at the set time, including weekends.

Change Arthur or D.W.'s volume:

ActiMates Arthur and D.W. have two volume settings. To switch between settings, squeeze one of the character's ears and one of its hands at the same time.

Other Things You Can Do
Make Arthur or D.W. wake up:

Squeeze Arthur or D.W.'s hand, toe, ear, or watch to wake up Arthur or D.W.

Make Arthur or D.W. sleep:

Squeeze Arthur or D.W.'s hand and toe at the same time to make Arthur or D.W. sleep. The character goes to sleep automatically after about two minutes if no one plays with it.

Use the stopwatch to time something:

Squeeze Arthur's or D.W.'s watch and hand at the same time to start the character's stopwatch. The character will count off the elapsed time until you squeeze its hand to stop the clock. The character will then announce the total elapsed time. To end the stopwatch game and choose a different activity, squeeze the character's ear, foot, or watch and hand.

Make Arthur or D.W. count down and say something silly:

You can surprise your friends by making Arthur or D.W. count down silently and then say something silly! Squeeze Arthur's or D.W.'s watch and ear at the same time to start this timer game. You can choose whether the character should count down out loud or silently, choose the amount of time to wait (10, 30, or 60 seconds), and select what the character says when the countdown reaches zero. To end the timer game and choose a different activity, squeeze the character's watch.

For information about more games you can play with the ActiMates Arthur and D.W. characters, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

192096 ActiMates Arthur and D.W.: Games Arthur and D.W. Play

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