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Bilingual Learning
Laptop
Thank you for purchasing your Bilingual Learning
Laptop from RadioShack, complete with keyboard
and mouse! Use it to play fun and educational games,
develop your computer and music skills, learn math,
spelling, and grammar, and test your memory.
NOTE: Actual product may vary from images found here.
Laptop User’s Guide
Shoulder Strap
Please read this user’s guide before installing,
setting up and using your new product
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The Basics The Basics activity 14: scrambled word ................................... 16 contents activity 15: anagram ................................................ 16 about your learning laptop 6 activity 16: antonyms .............................................. 16 setting up your learning laptop 6 activity 17: fl ash cards ............................................ 16 installing batteries ................................................... 6 activity 18: defi ne the word .................
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The Basics The Basics activity 45: geography trivia ................................... 26 caring for your laptop 38 activity 46: history trivia .......................................... 27 service and repair .................................................... 39 activity 47: science trivia ......................................... 27 the fcc wants you to know 39 activity 48: miscellaneous trivia .............................. 27 activity 49: symbols trivia ...................................
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The Basics The Basics setting up your learning laptop installing batteries Your learning laptop requires four AA batteries (not supplied, available at RadioShack) for power. 1. Remove the battery cover. Replace when fi nished. 1 2. Install the batteries as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and -) marked inside. Replace the battery cover. If sound weakens or NOTE display dims, replace 2 3 the batteries. 1 4 2 battery notes • Dispose of old batteries promptly and properly. • Do not burn or b
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The Basics The Basics using your learning laptop setting up your learning laptop using an ac/dc adapter ON/Mode To power your laptop from a standard AC outlet or vehicle Arrow ENTER battery power, you need an AC-DC adapter and size M Keys Adaptaplug™ (not supplied, available at RadioShack). 1. Set the voltage switch on the adapter to 6V. OFF 2. Attach the Adaptaplug™ to the adapter’s cord with the switch set to positive. Play Settings 3. Insert the adapter’s barrel plug into the laptop’s DC 6
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The Basics The Basics using your learning laptop Language select an activity 1. Press ON/Mode to select an activity. Volume 2. You can do either of the following: Level • Type in the activity number and press ENTER. • The Category Selection Menu will appear (Language Learning Lesson, Vocabulary/Grammar, Mathematics, Trivia, Games, Music/Drawing, My Notebook, My Computer). Use the arrow keys to select the desired category and press ENTER. 3. If you want to go to another activity before fi nis
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The Basics Beyond the Basics category 1: language using your learning laptop The laptop will give you two chances in each round. The activity notes laptop will reveal the correct answer if you do not press ENTER within 30 seconds. • Clicking the mouse button is the same as pressing ENTER on the keypad. activity 1: learn words • Any time you miss a picture or need to see it again, press 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. Repeat. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 1. There
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics • Level 1: Select a word from the list by using the up or activity 6: present continuous down arrow keys. Press ENTER. The laptop will display 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. pictures with associated singular or plural forms. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 6. There are two levels in • Level 2: The laptop will display a picture. The fi rst letter this activity. of the word associated with that picture will appear. • Level 1: Using
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics activity 9: international trivia category 2: vocabulary & grammar 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. The laptop will give you two chances in each round. The laptop will tell you the correct answer if you do not press 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 9. ENTER within 30 seconds. 3. An international trivia question will appear. You can press the right arrow key to make the sentence scroll faster. activity 11: missing letter 1. Press ON/
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics activity 14: scrambled word activity 17: fl ash cards 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 14. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 17. 3. A picture and a scrambled word associated with that 3. A word will fl ash three times. picture will appear. 4. Recall the word, type it, and press ENTER. 4. Type the fi rst letter of the correct word on the keypad. The
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 3. At the top of the screen, the laptop will ask you either activity 23: scrambled sentence “Past tense?” or “Past participle?” 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. A past participle is a word that is used in 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 23. NOTE combination with the word “have.” For example, in the sentence, “I have drunk the water,” “drink” 3. A scrambled sentence will appear. Select words in the is the verb and “drunk” is the
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics activity 26: word completion category 3: mathematics 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. The laptop will give you two chances in each round. The laptop will tell you the correct answer if you do not press 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 26. ENTER within 30 seconds. 3. A defi nition will scroll across the screen. Press the right arrow key if you wish to scroll the sentence faster. activity 28: addition 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Ca
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 4. A multiplication problem will appear. 4. Two mathematical problems will appear, one on each row. 5. Type the correct answer on the keyboard or use the 5. Work the problems and compare their results. mouse to click on the number pad on the screen. 6. With the mouse, or up/down arrow keys, select > (greater than), < (less than), or = (equal to) to complete activity 31: division the question. 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. activity 34
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics activity 36: geometry activity 38: percentages 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 36. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 38. 3. To select level (1, 2, or 3), press the settings button and 3. To select level (1, 2, or 3), press the settings button and set the level. To return to the activity, repeat steps 1 and 2. set the level. To return to the a
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics activity 41: formulas category 4: trivia 1. Press to go to the Category Selection Menu. The laptop will give you two chances in each round. The laptop will tell you the correct answer if you do not press 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 41. ENTER within 60 seconds. 3. To select level (1, 2, or 3), press the settings button and set the level. To return to the activity, repeat steps 1 and 2. activities 43—49: trivia questions 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 3. Two pictures will appear. The one on the left remains the category 5: games same, but the one on the right changes. activity 50: stone paper scissors 4. When you see the matching picture fl ash on the right, 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. press ENTER. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 50. activity 53: snaps 3. The laptop will be your opponent. 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. 4. Press (stone), (scissors)
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 5. If you choose a letter that is not part of the mystery word, activity 55: ping pong the letter will appear on the second row and the “hang- 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. man” will begin to form. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 55. 6. You are given eight chances in each round. 3. To select level (1, 2, or 3) and number of players, press the settings button and set the level and number of players. To return to the activity, re
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics activity 61: drawing fun category 6: music & drawing 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. activity 58: music station 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 61. 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. 3. Select drawing mode by pressing Draw (pencil key), 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 58. Move (shift + pencil key), or Erase (eraser key). A 3. Select a song by pressing any letter from A to Z. drawing point will appear at the
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 4. You can compose an e-mail here. Press Clear to clear the category 7: my notebook e-mail. Press Backspace to delete a character. activity 62: mailbox 5. Press Save to save the e-mail. The laptop will alert you of 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. a new e-mail next time you enter this activity. 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 62. 6. Save a new e-mail to overwrite an old e-mail. 3. The message “You’ve got mail. Read now?” will appea
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Beyond the Basics Beyond the Basics 5. Move the cursor to any one line and type information. activity 68: maze game You can use the delete key to fi x your mistakes. After you 1. Press ON/Mode to go to the Category Selection Menu. press ENTER to move to the next line, you can no longer 2. Press ENTER to start Activity 68. back up to the previous line. You can use the clear key to clear the entire entry. 3. A maze will appear. 6. After you have fi lled in all of the lines, press ENTER. Use
