Educational Insights GeoSafari Talking Globe Instruction Manual

Electronic Quiz Game

Instruction Guide

EI-8895

Ages 8+

Grades 3+

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Welcome

You are embarking on a great adventure—a trip to countries around the
world, to the summits of the highest mountains, down the longest rivers,
to landlocked nations, and to sun-drenched islands—all with the

GeoSafari® Talking Globe!

Along the way, you will learn many interesting facts about Earth, its
countries, and people.

The GeoSafari Talking Globe is packed with more than 10,000 questions
and features that will help you learn and retain geography facts and
other useful information. With this guide, you can make the most of the
many features of the GeoSafari Talking Globe.

A Note About Place Names

Many of the place names found on your globe can be pronounced in
several ways. Often the way people living in a place say the name of
their city or country is quite different from the way outsiders pronounce
it. One example is the city of Moscow, Russia, which the local residents
pronounce Moskva. When faced with a choice
about which pronunciation to use for place
names, we have generally chosen the
ones most frequently used by native
English speakers. If you would like to
learn more about
the local pronunciations of
worldwide place names, please
check the reference section of
your local library for atlases
printed in foreign languages.

Table of Contents

Setting Up the Globe

Assembly Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Operating the Unit with Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Operating the Unit with the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Operating the Unit with Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Caring for Your GeoSafari Talking Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

If Your Globe Fails to Operate Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Let’s Look at the
GeoSafari Talking Globe

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6–7

Getting Ready to Play

Quick Start Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

How to Customize a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Selecting Content of Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Selecting Number of Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Setting Answer Response Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Playing a Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9–10

Starting a New Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Let’s Learn About Globe Features . . . . . . . . . . . . .11–13

Glossary of Geographic Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Notes on the Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15–16

Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

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Setting Up the Globe

Assembly Instructions

Remove the globe and its meridian by
pulling up on the two sides of the
cardboard packaging. The cardboard
packaging will also come out with the
globe. Put the globe aside. Open the
separate box at the bottom of the
carton. This box contains the base of
the globe, as well as the hardware
required for assembly.

Caution! When attaching the meridian to
the base, do NOT apply pressure to the
globe ball.

The assembly hardware (spring and lock
nut) is contained in a plastic bag found in
the components box. Put the unit
together by placing the globe meridian
shaft into the hole in the electronic base,
as shown.

Hold the meridian and the base together
and turn them upside down. Put the
spring over the meridian shaft. Put the
lock nut over the shaft. With one hand
firmly on the base of the meridian and
the other hand on the lock nut, push
down firmly on the spring, as shown.
Turn the lock nut

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⁄4rotation around the

shaft and release.

Operating the Unit with Batteries

For the best operation, always use fresh alkaline batteries. Follow these
directions:

1. Carefully open the battery compartment door located on the bottom
of the base unit of the globe.

2. Install four fresh C-cell (DC 1.5v ---) batteries in the battery
compartment, carefully following the diagram showing correct battery
installation. This diagram is found inside the battery compartment of
the globe’s electronic base.

• Batteries must be inserted with the correct polarity.

• Only batteries of the same or equivalent type are to be used.

• Do not mix old and new batteries. Do not mix alkaline, standard

(carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries.

• Remove exhausted batteries from the unit.

• The supply terminals must not be short-circuited.

• Non-rechargeable batteries must not be recharged.

• Do not use rechargeable batteries.

3. Close the compartment door.

4. Turn on your unit by pressing the ON/OFF key on the globe base.

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