User manual VTECH NITRO JAMS NOTEBOOK

[. . . ] User's Manual Nitro Jams NotebookTM © 2006 VTech Printed in China 91-02190-001-000 Dear Parent, At VTech® we know that in order to effectively reach kids, today's learning tools have to be plugged into the fast-paced world around them. That's why we created the Grade School Learning Series: an engaging set of stylized, interactive computers specially designed to get grade-school kids up to speed with their fastpaced, tech-savvy world. Every product in the Grade School Learning Series covers a wide range of school basics: math, language arts, social studies, logic, and even music composition. Activities are presented in a fast-paced, arcade-game style that kids will recognize and enjoy. [. . . ] Most of activities have "Two Player" mode for two players to play. Activity Number Activity Name Music Mixer Music World Instrument Memory Odd Tune Out Remix Circus Hit It!Move and Groove Catch the Bug Get the Beat What's that Instrument?Music Box Sound Studio Follow Me Piano Playoff Animal Opera Crazy Notes High or Low?Learn and Play Two-Player Mode N/A Competition Competition Competition N/A Competition N/A Competition Competition Competition N/A N/A Competition Take turns Competition Take turns Competition N/A ACTIVITIES 8 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Sing-Along Scales Play-Along Songs Alphabet Catch Capital and Small Alphabet Order Word Vision Letter Dart Spelling Show Counting Beats Number Blaster Pattern Sequence Number Balance Jumping Addition Math Jukebox Out-of-Tuners Musical Maze Follow the Beat Note Quest Rock Superstar Puppet Movie Drummer Fun Jazz It Up N/A Competition Take turns Take turns Take turns N/A Competition Competition Competition Take turns Competition Competition Competition Take turns Take turns Take turns Take turns Take turns N/A N/A N/A N/A MUSIC WORLD Activity 01: Music Mixer Come to our music studio for an exciting mixing session!Choose the musical style you like on the screen or select directly with the number keys. Listen carefully and find the one whose rhythm is faster or slower using the mouse, or direction keys and the Enter button. Ooh, don't miss this: Press the piano keys and watch the frog drummers' comical performance. Activity 10: What's that Instrument? A silhouette of a musical instrument will be shown on screen. Can you guess which instrument it is? Activity 11: Music Box There are 10 popular songs in this activity. Melody List: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Maple Leaf Rag Pop Goes the Weasel She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain When the Saints Go Marching In Sugar Plum Fairy The Entertainer Turkish March William Tell Overture Badinerie Cancan PIANO JAMS Activity 12: Sound Studio Use your Sound Studio to create and record your own melody!First, press the Enter or Record key or click the Record icon on the screen to start the recording. You can press the Drum key to change the rhythm as an accompaniment to your melody. After your song is finished, press the Enter or Stop key, or click the Stop icon on the screen to stop the recording. Lastly, you can press the Enter or Replay key, or click the Replay icon on the screen to listen to and enjoy your own song!When changing batteries, replace the old batteries with new batteries within 15 seconds, and the tune saved in memory can be kept. 11 ACTIVITIES Activity 13: Follow Me! Wow, the crab can sing!Melody List: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star London Bridge Row, Row, Row Your Boat Frere Jacques Old MacDonald Had a Farm The Wheels on the Bus Mary Had a Little Lamb The Farmer in the Dell Clementine Ring Around a Rosy ACTIVITIES Activity 15: Animal Opera Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our Animal Opera!You'll see three animals appear on the stage and sing a song one by one. Listen and find the two animals singing the same song! Activity 16: Crazy Notes Several music notes keep jumping out of their holes and singing a note. Catch them as fast as you can before they drop back into their holes. Activity 17: High or Low? Are you ready to be "all ears"?Listen carefully and find the one who sings higher or lower using the direction keys and the Enter button or by using the mouse. Activity 18: Learn and Play This is an activity for learning and playing notes. There are 2 modes as follows: Exploring Mode: Choose a note by pressing the direction keys and the Enter button or by clicking the notes directly to learn the C major scale in different note lengths!or press the Replay key to hear it one 12 Adventure Mode: Try to create your own melody using musical notation. [. . . ] Melody List: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Maple Leaf Rag Pop Goes the Weasel She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain When the Saints Go Marching In Sugar Plum Fairy The Entertainer Turkish March William Tell Overture Badinerie Cancan Activity 40: Jazz It Up Pick a song and then select an instrument and play the piano keys to accompany the song. Melody List: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star London Bridge Row, Row, Row Your Boat Frere Jacques Old MacDonald Had a Farm The Wheels on the Bus Mary Had a Little Lamb The Farmer in the Dell Clementine Ring Around a Rosy 15 ACTIVITIES CARE & MAINTENANCE · · · · · Keep the unit clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth. Keep the unit out of direct sunlight and away from direct sources of heat. Remove the batteries when not using the unit for an extended period of time. [. . . ]