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The Leapster 2 is a great hand held electronic game designed for preschoolers.  My 3 year old son loves his – he can operate it by himself, including changing the cartridges.  We had a bit of a crisis when the touch screen mysteriously stopped working.  Fortunately, it turned out that the touch screen just needed to be recalibrated. To recalibrate the touch screen on a Leapster 2, just use the following steps:

1. Ensure that a cartridge is not inserted into the Leapster.
2. Hold down the Hint button (labelled with a “?”) while powering on the Leapster. This will bring up a menu of options.
3. Press A (”Touch Calib”) this will start the touch screen calibration process. “Starting touch calibration” will appear on the screen briefly followed by a black screen with a white cross in the upper left corner.
4. Touch the cross that appears with the stylus pen. When you touch it, the cross will change to 4 dots and then a new cross will appear on the screen. Repeat this process for 5 crosses total – one in each corner and one in the middle.
5. Turn the Leapster off and back on again. The touch screen should now be working again.