FAQs
ThissectionaddressesfrequentlyaskedquestionsaboutWrextheDawg.
Q. Wrex the Dawg keeps saying, “Engines not working!” regardless of what button I
press on the remote controller…
A. Youneedtostarthimbyholdingdownthestartbutton,locatedonhisback,for
approximately3seconds(refertopage7).
Q.Wrex the Dawg bumps into obstacles...
A. Atthebeginningofthe“malfunction”routinehisobstacleavoidanceisdisabled.
Whenhehasstoppedtwitchingandsqueakinghisobstacleavoidancewillbe
reactivated.
Alternatively,youmighthaveturnedoffhisIRsensors.Toreactivatethem,enter
code1111usingthebuttonsinhisreprogramminghatch(refertopage9).If
thisdoesnotworktryresettinghimbyturninghimoffandthenonagain,using
thepowerswitchlocatedonhisunderside(refertopage7).
Q.Wrex the Dawg has suddenly stopped moving…
A. Heisequippedwithasafetydevicetoprotectyoufromtrappingyourngersin
hisbacklegs.Ifhedetectsyourhandsorngersonhisbacklegswhileheismov
ing,hemightstopmovinginordertoprotectyou.Toresethim,turnhimoffand
thenon.
Q. Wrex the Dawg stops moving and sits down whenever I send a command to make him
move forward...
A. HisEdgeDetectionisbeingtriggered.Somesurfacessuchashighlyreective
surfacescancausethistohappen.YoucandisableEdgeDetection(refertopage9)
tostopthisfromhappening.
Q. Wrex the Dawg does not obey his commands correctly...
A. YoumayhaveputhiminBaddawgmode.Refertothesection“Reset codes”on
page14.
Q. Wrex the Dawg does not always “see” things around him...
A. HisIRsensorsarebasedonreection.Hecanseehighlyreectivesurfaces,such
aswhitewallsormirrorsmoreeasilyandfromgreaterdistancesthanmatteor
blacksurfaces.
Q. Wrex the Dawg does not always perform the actions I command in Program Mode...
A. WrextheDawgisbuiltfromscrappieces!Likeanydog,heissometimesbadly
behavedandignoresyourcommands.
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