User’s Man u a l
Dear Parent, At VTech®, we know that there is nothing more special than watching your baby discover something new for the first time. These moments become even more rewarding when you see your baby share and smile in the excitement of these important discoveries. That is why VTech® created the V.Baby™ Infant Development System, a unique growwith-me development system designed especially for the youngest learners aged 9 to 36 months. The learning grows as your baby grows! The V.
Sign Language For Babies: Helping Babies Tell Us What’s On Their Minds By Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn Why Sign Language for Babies? Wait No More! Now, thanks to our book Baby Signs and our research-based Baby Signs® Program, the world’s leading sign language program for babies, children from 6 months to 3 years need no longer wait until they can talk to let us know what’s on their minds.
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INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the VTech® V.BabyTM Infant Development System! V.BabyTM Infant Development System is a unique learning system created especially for the littlest learner. V.BabyTM combines a colorful activity panel with the enhanced, non-traditional element of TV learning to allow parents and their little ones to share special moments as their child begins to explore early learning concepts, such as shapes, colors and animals. It even helps teach baby sign language! V.
INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE • One activity panel • One console • • • • One Meet Me at the Zoo Smartridge™ and instruction manual One USB cable Seven AA batteries One instruction manual WARNING: All packing materials, such as tape, plastic sheets, packing lockers, wire ties and tags are not part of this toy, and should be discarded for your child’s safety. Unlocking the Packaging Locks: INTRODUCTION 1. Rotate the packaging lock 90 degrees counter-clockwise. 2. Pull out the packaging lock.
• Do not mix batteries of different types: alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium). • Remove the batteries from the equipment when the unit will not be used for an extended period of time. • Always remove exhausted batteries from the equipment. • Do not dispose of batteries in fire. • Do not attempt to recharge ordinary batteries. • The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited. • Only batteries of the same and equivalent type as recommended are to be used.
For TVs with stereo audio inputs: - Connect the yellow plug on the V.BabyTM cable to the yellow video input terminal on your TV. - Connect the white plug on the V.BabyTM cable to the white audio input terminal on your TV. For TVs with mono audio inputs: - Connect the yellow plug on the V.BabyTM cable to the yellow video input terminal on your TV. - Connect the white plug on the V.BabyTM cable to the white audio input terminal on your TV.
CONSOLE FEATURES ON/OFF Button Press this button to turn the unit ON/OFF. ON/OFF Button Infrared Signal Receiver Activity Panel Features Exit Button Infrared Signal Shape Buttons Wheel Joystick OK Button TV PLAY/OFF/PLAY ALONE Switch To activate the Play Alone mode, slide the TV PLAY/OFF/PLAY ALONE Switch to the Play Alone position . To activate TV Play mode, slide the TV PLAY/OFF/PLAY ALONE Switch to PLAY ALONE MODE TV PLAY/OFF/PLAY ALONE Switch .
5. Press the OK button to hear sounds and phrases. MELODY LIST 1. This Old Man 2. Camptown Races 3. Three Blind Mice 4. Row, Row, Row Your Boat 5. Old MacDonald Had a Farm SUNG SONG 1 (to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell) Red and yellow and blue. A square and circle, too. A heart, a star, a triangle, It’s fun to learn with you! TV PLAY MODE SUNG SONG 2 (to the tune of Skip to My Lou) It’s a great day to play with you! Learning shapes and colors, too. Press a button, let’s explore.
IR Receiver Range TV Up and down 30° CONSOLE (Keep out of child’s reach) 9 Fe e t Left to right 45° TV Play Mode features three different activity modes -- Smartridge™, Baby Sign Language and Photo Time. Please select an activity mode from the main menu. Baby Sign Language Smartridge™ Photo Time ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY PANEL Smartridge Please see each Smartridge™’s user manual for details on that Smartridge™’s specific activities. Baby Sign Language Teach baby to start talking with their hands.
ACTIVITIES To save additional baby signs on your V.Baby™ console, please make sure the V.Baby™ console is connected to your computer with the provided USB cable, and that your computer is connected to the Internet. The V.Baby™ program will launch on your computer. Go to the Baby Sign section of the program. Select “Baby Signs to Download” and mark the baby signs you want to download. Select “Download” to download the selected signs and wait for the “Download Successful!” message before disconnecting the V.
ACTIVITIES To save photos from your computer to the V.Baby™ console, please make sure the V.Baby™ console is connected to your computer with the provided USB cable. The V.Baby™ program will launch on your computer. Go to the Photo Album section of the program. Choose the PC Photo section and then select photos to download from your computer. Select “Download” to download the selected photos and wait for the “Download Successful!” message before disconnecting the V.Baby™ console. Please note that the V.
CONNECTING V.BABYTM TO YOUR COMPUTER You can choose to continue a game, begin a new game or play a sample game. If you choose a new game, you need to edit one of your photos to create a character to play in the game. Follow the instructions onscreen to choose and crop a photo to use in the game. You can save up to 10 cropped photos on the V.Baby™ console. 13 Connecting V.BabyTM to Your Computer As mentioned earlier in this manual, the V.
MINIMUM SYSTEM Requirements PC Hardware Requirements: CPU: Pentium® 4, 1 GHz or above Memory: 256MB Video Adaptor: Graphic card with 1024 x 768 at 16 or 32 bit color Monitor Resolution: 1024 x 768 USB 1.1 or higher 100MB Hard disk space PC Software Requirements: Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP or Windows Vista® Operating System Internet Explorer® version 6 or above Adobe® Flash® Player 10 (To acquire the latest version of Flash player, please visit www.adobe.
All Windows OS: http://www.vtechvbaby.com/downloads/setup/us/windows/setup107100.exe Mac OS X 10.4: http://www.vtechvbaby.com/downloads/setup/us/mac/Mac104/VBabysetup107100. dmg Mac OS X 10.5: http://www.vtechvbaby.com/downloads/setup/us/mac/Mac105/VBabysetup107100. dmg CARE & MAINTENANCE / WARNING Mac OS X 10.6: http://www.vtechvbaby.com/downloads/setup/us/mac/Mac106/VBabysetup107100. dmg CARE & MAINTENANCE 1. Keep your V.Baby™ clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth.
TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Solution 1. Check that new batteries are correctly installed, or an AC/DC adaptor (9V 300mA, centerpositive) is properly connected to the main unit. 2. Program needs to 2.1 Disconnect all power supplies (batteries be reset and adaptor), then reconnect power supplies. 2.2 Remove the Smartridge™ and then reinsert it. 1. Make sure that the yellow plug of the The power light is ON, 1.
If your V.Baby™ does not respond to an inserted cartridge, please carefully try the following: • Remove all batteries and unplug all wiring. TROUBLESHOOTING / TECHNICAL SUPPORT / OTHER INFO • Use a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol or an alcohol-based window cleaner to gently clean the contact area of the cartridge slot. 17 • Locate the cartridge’s contact area at the bottom of the cartridge. Softly clean the contact area. • If necessary, dry all the clean contact areas with a soft, lint-free cloth.
FCC Notice: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ices-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe b est conforme à la norme nmb-003 du Canada.
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