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INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™! INTRODUCTION/ INSTRUCTIONS With the help of the V.SMILE™ TV Learning System, VTech® introduces another addition to the V.SMILE™ family – Smart Keyboard! With its cool design and kid-friendly layout, children will have fun learning valuable typing skills in a computer environment.
PRODUCT FEATURES HELP Button Connection Cable Color Buttons EXIT Key EXIT Button ABC Button Typing Time Key Player 1 Key Symbol Key HELP Key Player 2 Key ENTER Button Adjustable Leg Storage Compartment Cable Connect the V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ cable to the PLAYER 1 slot on your V.SMILE™. Color Buttons You can use the Color Buttons to play select games. EXIT Key/Button When you press the EXIT Key/Button, the game will pause and the icon will pop up to make sure you want to quit.
product features Player 1 Key You can use the Player 1 Key for head-to-head competition in the Knowledge Area. Help Key/Button When you press the HELP Key/Button, you will hear some helpful hints, or the instructions to the current game you are playing. ENTER Button You can press the ENTER Button to confirm your selection or answer questions within a given game. Joystick You can use the 8-directional Joystick to select options and play games.
Getting Started CONNECTING THE V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ TO V.SMILE™ Insert the bundled Smartridge™ into the Smartridge slot on the front of the V.Smile™. Connect the V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ cable to the PLAYER 1 slot on your V.SMILE™ as illustrated. getting started Note: Before you connect the V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ to V.SMILE™, please check and make sure that the V.SMILE ™ is working. Once you turn the unit ON, the power indicator light (ON Button) will glow.
TO BEGIN PLAY INTRODUCTION One day, V.Pal tells Jack and Ashley that viruses have invaded their computer! The viruses are freezing data, locking doors and making life miserable for the computer’s friendly villagers, called Digizens. Jack and Ashley must get rid of the viruses and restore order to CompuCity. With the help of their Smart Keyboard, Jack and Ashley must use their language, math, and typing skills to solve the Digizens’ problems and catch the viruses.
Note: For the Computer Zone and Cyber Adventure modes, when you turn the unit OFF, V.Smile™ remembers your place in the games. If you turn the unit back ON without inserting a new Smartidge™ you will see the screen below. Adventure Play – In this mode, you can play through all the games in the adventure, and help the Digizens defeat all the viruses. Quick Play – In this mode, you can play a quick game of your choice without having to play through the whole story.
The Computer Zone, Cyber Adventure and Knowledge Area modes each have their own settings. To change the settings: • For Computer Zone and Cyber Adventure, select “New Game”. • For Knowledge Area, go back to the Knowledge Area Menu. STEP 3: Start Your Game GETTING STARTED • For Computer Zone, please go to the “Activities – Computer Zone” section. • For Cyber Adventure, please go to the “Activities – Cyber Adventure” section. • For Knowledge Area, please go to the “Activities – Knowledge Area” section.
Computer Computer Component, Typing Skills, Internet Science Astronomy, Animals, Ecology, Electricity, Human Body Computer Zone Basic Operations ENTER Move the cursor to the left Move the cursor to the right Move the cursor upward Move the cursor downward Select the activity When you first come to this zone, you can type in your name and create an image for yourself (including face shape, hair style and facial expression). This name and image will always appear on the screen.
GAME 1 – Typing Time Game Play This game will teach you how to type through step-by-step lessons and a fun game. There are 6 lessons in this section. Each lesson has its own focus: • Lesson 1: guide keys (a, s, d, f, j, k, l, ;) and Spacebar • Lesson 2: q, z, p, w, x, o • Lesson 3: e, c, i, r, v, u, m • Lesson 4: t, g, b, y, h, n • Lesson 5: 0 – 9 • Lesson 6: Shift, Caps Lock ACTIVITIES For each lesson, you will learn the correct finger position for each key first. Then you will try a short exercise.
Educational Curriculum E-mail Operation GAME 3 – Knowledge Explorer Game Play In this simulated search engine game, you can learn about the unique characteristics of objects and animals. Type in a keyword to search for the object or animal you would like to learn about. You may download the picture to your own album and send it in a V.Mail to your computer friends. Educational Curriculum Vocabulary Game Play Spelling: In this game, V.Pal will help you with your spelling. After V.
GAME 5 – Personal Settings Game Play After helping your computer friends search for pictures, they will give you accessories that you can add to your character image. Educational Curriculum Creativity Cyber Adventure ACTIVITIES Basic Operations ENTER Spacebar Walk to the left Walk to the right Walk upward Walk downward Catch the virus Chat with the Digizen The Cyber Adventure play mode has four different levels. You will play four task games and four mini games.
Life Status This shows Jack/Ashley’s life level in the current game. Energy Status This shows Jack/Ashley’s energy level in the current game. Viruses Press the ENTER Key/Button to catch them. Digizens Press the Spacebar to chat and help them solve problems. Energy Collect twenty to upgrade a level. Dialogue Box Displays dialogue between Jack/Ashley and the Digizens. GAME 1 – Data Freeze Game Play ACTIVITIES Life Collect to gain extra life.
GAME 2 – Password Game Play The viruses have gone through CompuCity and locked the Digizens’ doors. You have to solve the passwords by typing in the correct letters to unlock the doors. Educational Curriculum Beginning Letters • Easy Level: Understand basic words and recognize their first letter. Each round has 2 missing letters. • Difficult Level: Understand more advanced words and recognize their first letter. Each round has 5 missing letters.
Mini Game 1 – Type Them Out Game Play Viruses are moving around in the corridor. Try your best to clear the path by typing the letters on their heads. You had better hurry! The viruses are multiplying! Educational Curriculum Typing • Easy Level: Less viruses moving around. • Difficult Level: More viruses moving around. Mini Game 2 – Chess You are now in control of four Digizens. Try to beat the viruses at a game of Cyber Chess. The first team to get twenty points wins.
Mini Game 4 –Final Adventure Game Play In the final adventure, you will have to use your quick typing skills to defeat the Virus King. Use your Super Aircraft to clear the number blocks and gather energy. Educational Curriculum Strategy, Typing Skills • Easy Level: Most of the squares are color blocks. • Difficult Level: Most of the squares are number blocks.
Options Menu Choose “Unlimited Life” to have an unlimited number of chances to play the games in the Cyber Adventure. Choose OK to save the current settings. CARE AND MAINTENANCE 1. Keep your V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ clean by wiping it with slightly damp cloth. Never use solvents or abrasives. 2. Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from direct sources of heat. 3. Always keep the V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ away from water 4. Avoid dropping it. Never try to dismantle it.
TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible Reason troubleshooting The V.SMILE™ 1. Incorrect or missing power connection power light does not come on when the ON Button is pressed. 18 Solution 1. Check if the new batteries are correctly installed, or an AC/DC adaptor (9V 300mA, centerposition) is properly connected to the V.SMILE™. 2. Program needs to be reset 2.1 Disconnect all power supplies (batteries and adaptor), then reconnect power supplies. 2.
1. Make sure the TV is set to the correct TV system. (E.g. NTSC or auto) 2. Cable connection problem 2. Make sure that the video cable is firmly connected to the video input of the TV. There is a picture 1. TV setting on the TV, but no sound. 2. Cable connection 1. Raise the volume of the TV, and make sure it is not set to “Mute”. 2. Make sure that the white and/or red plug is firmly connected to the audio input of the TV. problem The V.SMILE Smart Keyboard™ does not work. 1. Improper V.SMILE 1.
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