User manual VTECH V.READER

[. . . ] User's Manual 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. ReaderTM, where reading comes alive with animated storytelling!In these animated books, stories come to life through colorful scenes, voices, sounds and music. [. . . ] The label should face away from you (image 3). tM 3 STEP 2 : Turn the V. readertM On Turn the V. reader on by holding down the on/oFF button for a few seconds. tM STEP 3: Personalize Your V. readertM The first time you power on the V. reader , you will see My Name and My Avatar 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 press the green checkmark when you're done. Use the blue arrows to scroll through the avatar choices, and touch one to choose. Press the green checkmark when you're done. tM tM STEP 4: System Menu In the System Menu, there are five icons: Storybook Cartridge tM If a V. reader storybook cartridge is inserted properly, you will see it displayed as a book in the System Menu. Touch the book to read the story and play reading games. Backpack Touch the Backpack icon to see what you have saved on your V. reader . Please see page 12 for details on how to download items to your V. reader . tM tM Certificates You can download certificates as rewards for doing well in the reading Games. Touch the Certificate icon to see your certificates. Game Touch the Game icon to play a built-in reading game. If a storybook cartridge is inserted, the game will include words from that cartridge's story dictionary. Touch the Setup icon to change your personal information, including name, avatar and welcome message. Welcome Message: Input a welcome message. Setup ACTIVITIES Once you have entered the storybook cartridge by selecting the book icon in the System Menu, there are three ways to play: Watch the Story, Reading Games and Story Dictionary. Watch the story: Read or listen to the whole story while watching the animations. story dictionary: Learn the definitions of vocabulary words in the story. settings: Touch the Settings icon to turn the background music and vocabulary highlight feature on or off. Watch the Story There are two ways to start Watch the Story. You can choose Whole Story to enjoy the entire story narration from the beginning, or touch Bookmark to go right to your bookmarked page. If you have not saved a bookmarked page, this submenu will be deactivated and you will automatically enter Whole Story when you choose Watch the Story. You can press or touch anywhere on the screen to pause the story narration and enter Free Play. When the story narration of each book page has finished, you will enter Free Play automatically. Free Play To stop the automatic story narration and enter Free Play, touch anywhere on the screen. In Free Play, you can touch the words one by one to read the story at your own pace, touch highlighted vocabulary words to hear their definitions, or touch images in the art to see animations and hear fun voices and sounds. If you don't touch the screen for a while, the story narration will continue automatically from the next page. · 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 · Press or to move to the next or previous page. [. . . ] Before requesting support, please be ready to provide or include the information below: · The name of your product or model number (the model number is typically located on the back or bottom of your product). or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada Copyright Notices Copyright 2010 VTech Electronics North America, L. L. C. VTech and the VTech® logo are registered trademarks of VTech®. V. reader is a trademark of VTech® Electronics North America, L. L. C. [. . . ]