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User’s Manual User’s Manual
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Dear Parent, At VTech® , we know how important reading is for your child’s development. We want to introduce children to reading in a dynamic, engaging way that will make them readers for life. That’s why we created V.Reader® , where reading comes alive with animated storytelling! In these animated books, stories come to life through colorful scenes, voices, sounds and music. V.Reader® creates a magical world that keeps children interested in the story while they learn letters, words, comp
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CONTENTS IntroductIon .................................................................. 1 Included in This Package ...................................................... 1 Product Features ....................................................... 2 GettInG started ........................................................... 4 Battery Installation ................................................................. 4 Battery Notice ..........................................................
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INTRODUCTION ® ® Thank you for purchasing the VTech V.r eader Interactive e-r eading system! ® V.r eader is an animated storyteller that brings books to life in a durable, ® touch screen reading system for 3 - 7 year olds. With V.reader , your child will discover the joy of reading while watching well-loved characters and stories in vivid animations. ® V.reader USB Cable U s e r ’ s M a n u a l ® (including V.reader pen) Included in Included in t this Package his Package ® ® • One VT
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PRODUCT FEATURES USB Port Headphone Jack Adaptor Jack O N / O f f B u t t o n Volume Buttons Brightness Button Touch Screen ® Cover V.Reader Pen & Pen Holder Features act Ion O N / O f f Button Press and hold this button to turn the unit on or off. Always do this before removing a cartridge. Volume Buttons Press “+” or “-” to adjust the sound volume. You can set the volume to the lowest setting to mute the sound entirely. Brightness Button Press this button to adjust the screen br
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Button Funct Ion Exit Exit to the previous menu. Replay Repeat the story narration of the current page in Watch the story, or repeat the question in reading Games. Play/Pause Play or pause the story narration in Watch the story. Bookmark / Index Save a bookmark for the current page in Watch the story. Or go to the index page (available in select titles) to choose a page to begin Watch the story. Help Replay instructions, or ask for a hint in reading Games. Previous Turn to the
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Storybook Cartridge Slot SD Card Cover and Slot Battery Compartment Battery Cover Features FunctIon ® Storybook Cartridge Slot Insert a V.r eader storybook cartridge (sold separately) into the slot to read and play. SD Card Cover and Slot Insert an SD card (not included). Please see pages 11 &12 for more information. Battery Compartment Insert 4 “AA” batteries (not included). for battery installation instructions, please see the next section. GETTING STARTED Battery Installation Battery Ins
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• Recharg eable batteries are only to be c harged under adult supervision (if removable). • Do not mix old and new batteries. • Do not mix batteries of different types: alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (Ni-MH). • O n l y b a t t e r i e s o f t h e s a m e o r e q u i v a l e n t t y p e a s r e c o m m e n d e d a r e t o b e u s e d . • Batteries are to be inserted with the correct polarity . • Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the
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How to Play ® steP 1: t urn the V.reader on ® Turn the V.reader on by holding down the on/oFF button for a few seconds. ® steP 2: Personalize Your V.reader ® The first time you power on the V.reader , you will see My Name and My A vatar ® screens. These allow you to personalize your V.reader by adding your name and a picture for your avatar. Use the keyboard to type in your name, and touch the green checkmark when you’re done. Use the blue arrows to scroll through t
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Certificates Touch the Certificates icon to see any certificates earned by reading storybooks or playing Reading Games. Setup Touch the Setup icon to change your personal information, including name, avatar, welcome message, and music on/of f. My name: Type in your name. My avatar: Choose an avatar. Welcome Message: Type in a welcome message. Music on/oFF: Touch to turn the music on or off. PLAYROOM: What’s that noise: T ouch this book icon to read the built-in storybook, “What’ s Th
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ACTIVITIES Once you have entered the built-in storybook by selecting the book icon in the PLaYrooM tab, there are three ways to play: Watch the Story, Reading Games, and Story Dictionary. Touch an icon to choose. Watch the story: Read or listen to the whole story while watching the animations. reading Games: Play 8 story-related reading games. story dictionary: Learn the definitions of vocabulary words in the story . settings: Touch the Settings icon to turn the background music and
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• Touch any word in the story text to hear the word read aloud. • Touch pictures to see animations and hear fun voices and sounds. • Press or to move to the next or previous page. NOTE: You can also turn the page by flicking the touch screen. • Press to listen to the current page’s story narration. • Press to save a bookmark for the current page, or to go back to the index page. • Press or the onscreen arrow icon to restart the automatic story narration. reading Games Play 8 reading ga
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reading Game curriculum - What’s that noise? reading Game t itle reading Game curriculum What Happened? Reading Comprehension Same Sounds Onomatopoeia In the Beginning Beginning Sounds/Beginning Letters Silly Syllables Syllables Capital Idea Capital & Lowercase Letters Hello! ¡Hola! Bonjour! Foreign Languages Opposites Attract Antonyms Rhyme Time Rhyming story dictionary Story Dictionary provides an alphabetical list of the vocabulary words from the story and their definitions, along with fun a
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® ® u using the V sing the V..r reader eader t t ouch ouch s screen creen ® V.r eader has a touch-sensitive screen that you can interact with by either using your finger or the included pen. Lightly touch the screen with your finger or the pen. In W atch the Story mode, flick the screen to turn the page forward or back. note: • U s e o n l y e n o u g h p r e s s u r e t o o p e r a t e t h e g a m e . T o o m u c h p r e s s u r e m a y da
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SD CARD SD CARD 4 5 c connecting to a onnecting to a c computer omputer T M • D o w n l o a d t h e s e t u p p r o g r a m f o r L e a r n i n g L o d g e N a v i g a t o r from www. v t e c h k i d s . c o m / d o w n l o a d for US or w w w . v t e c h c a n a d a . c o m / t o y s d o w n l o a d for Canada and install it onto your computer. ® • Insert an SD card into your V.r eader , as shown above. ® • T urn on your V.r eader . ® • Locate the USB port on the uppe
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® ® ® ® V Vt t ech ech Kidizoom Kidizoom Photos and V Photos and Videos ideos ® t M All photos and videos captured with a VTech Kidizoom Camera can be ® transferred without conversion for viewing on V.r eader . Files can be transferred using an SD card (not supplied) or via USB cable from a computer. ® V.r eader supports MJPEG formatted video playback only. Other video formats can ® be converted to work with V.r eader using third party software (not supplied). For further information on vide
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Macintosh Hardware r equirements: M a c i n t o s h C o m p u t e r w i t h a n I n t e l ( 1 G H z o r f a s t e r ) p r o c e s s o r 2 5 6 M B R A M ( 5 1 2 M B r e c o m m e n d e d ) 1 0 0 M B H a r d d i s k s p a c e USB Port required Macintosh software requirements: Mac OS X version 10.5 or 10.6 Safari Internet Browser version 3.0 or later A d o b e ® f l a s h ® P l a y e r 1 0 – O t h e r B r o w s e r s V e r s i o n ( T o a c q
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TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Possible Reason Solution Screen displays with Volume is turned Adjust the volume control. no sound down Headphones are Unplug headphones from the headphone connected jack. Screen turns on, then Battery power low Replace the battery. immediately off No picture (or Program needs to Disconnect all power supplies (batteries and incorrect picture) on be reset adaptor), then reconnect all power supplies. screen, and pressing Press the ON/Off button. the ON/Off button Remove
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT • I f y o u h a v e a p r o b l e m t h a t c a n n o t b e s o l v e d b y u s i n g t h i s m a n u a l , w e e n c o u r a g e you to visit us online or contact our Consumer Services Department with any problems and/or suggestions that you might have. A support representative will be happy to assist you. Before requesting support, please be ready to provide or include the information below: • The name of your product or mode
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Address: 1155 West Dundee Rd., Suite 130, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 USA Phone : 1-800-521-2010 in the U.S. or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada Notice: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the fCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and us
