Just bought a used LeapPad PlusWriting system. The owner turned it on and it worked perfectly. I got it home and it worked. Went and bought some more cartridges at another garage sale - the first one we tried worked just fine. I got it all home and now I can't get anything to work. The LeapPad turns on. It recognizes the title of the book when I put the cartridge in, but despite touching the green go button on various pages with various weights of touches, it just continues to say "Touch the green go circle with your pen". Help please!

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I think this is the same problem I had as well as ramongough who has a previous posting. I saw the reply to his from nicksdad and I did what he said and it worked. I suggest you try it. Here is the reply:

Remove the game cartridge, while holding down the button with the "?" turn the unit on. Then the screen should tell you to press the "A" to calibrate the stylus. Finish the calibration by touching the crosshair when it appears. After I did this everything was fine. Good luck .

Worked for me too. Best of luck,

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Apparantly, the Leapster screen issue is a common problem. While this suggestion is not ethical and since my game was near perfect condition, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a new one of the same color and then returned the broken one.

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Turn off the Leapster2 and remove cartridge (if there is one).
Push and hold down the hint button (the one with the question mark) while the game is off.
Turn the Leapster on while still holding down the hint button until you see the calibration screen.
Push the "A" button to enter the calibration.
There will be a little plus sign. Touch it with the stylus and continue to touch the plus signs with the stylus until you return to the calibration screen.
Turn the Leapster off and then back on again without a cartridge. Login as usual.
If this does not work, then call customer service, depending on how old it is. I've had ours for over a year, and this still works each time.

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You need to calibrate the touch screen - hold down the ? button and a menu will come up, go to 'touch/calibrate'-red dots will appear on the screen in the corners then in the middle and you have to touch the centre of them with the pen to line up the screen again - turn off and again and it should be fine - hope this helps xx

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I have the same problem and am trying to get a hold of them for the problem to be fixed. They keep telling me to clean the lense, or re download the books. The laser light won't even turn on. I can listen to the books just fine!!