- Ensure that the rotor is being activated in the direction of the arrow which has been etched onto its surface. If you rotate it in the opposite direction, the scrolling score will appear on the opposite end of the rotor surface (up at the section of the sphere which usually hosts the counter on the other Powerball models) and therefore will be illegible to you.
- Give the rotor a spin to start (either with your thumb or the cord) and immediately start increasing the revs.
- Once you have hit 6000rpm, the first LED will illuminate. At 7000rpm the next LED will appear and so on until you hit 12K at which time the blue LED will also appear.
- As soon as you are ready to read your score, simply stop spinning and allow the rotor to slow down. As each 1000rpm scrubs off, a LED will extinguish.
- After the final LED has disappeared, the score will begin to scroll across the rotor surface.
- There is a technique in holding the ball to allow you read that score - it is a combination of delicate yet firm support of the sphere which cancels the inner friction and stops the rotor from spinning on its second axis. Until you get that "hold technique" right, all you will see on the display is a series of jumbled letters.
- If you are failing to learn this hold technique, simply attach the wrist cord (if you haven't already done so) and drop the ball from your hand as the rotor slows, allowing it to hang by the wrist cord only. This will serve to instantly stabilise the rotor in the same way as holding it correctly in the hand and allow you see the scrolling score with ease.
