Fisher-Price 73653 User Manual

Model Number: 73653

Owner’s Manual

Model Number: 73653

Owner’s Manual

Let’s Go!

Software Port

Music Studio™ Software Cartridge

• Some of the tools on the tool menu are not available for use during some activities or games. If a tool is not available for use, you will hear a tone.The Home and the Save It (and Volume Control) tools are always available for use.

• Please keep this manual for future reference,as it contains important information.

IMPORTANT! If the tip of the stylus and the image on screen do not align, it’s time to calibrate them! Please refer to page 31, Calibrating the Stylus.

Before inserting a software cartridge, turn power off! Insert the

software cartridge into the software port. Turn power back on.

Music Studio

Choose an activity or game from the Home Screen: Instrument Mix-Up, Sound Sprites, Build-a-Band or Musical Memory. Touch the activity or

game on the screen with the stylus.

Musical

Memory

Sound Sprites

Instrument

Mix-up

Build-a-Band

Instrument Mix-Up

• You will start with a blank grid for your first page of music.

Hints:

- Note the number on the bottom center of the screen.This is the page number of the song you are working on.

- You can compose up to 12 pages of music for your song.

• The blinking arrow on the bottom of the screen encourages you to choose the Stamp It tool on the tool menu with the stylus.

• Use this tool to fill the grid with musical stampers.

Page Number

Choose from 20 different musical stampers!

Drum

Electronic Drum

Heavy Metal Drum

Ethnic Drum

Bass Guitar

Machine

Cello

Synthesizer Bass

Lead Synthesizer

Synthesizer Arpeggio

Choir

Lead Vocal

Lead Violin

Lead Flute

Fairy

Space

Honk

Twinkle

Piano

Harmony

• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the screen with the stylus to view each of the musical stampers.

• Touch the screen with the stylus to choose.

• You’re back to the blank grid.Fill in the first row (going down) with one or more musical stampers.Touch a box on the grid with the stylus to place the musical stamper in it.

Hint: When placing musical stampers on the grid, keep in mind that the four musical stampers in the first row (down) will play together.The next row (down) of musical stampers will play together as well, after the first row.

• Touch the play arrow on the bottom center of the screen with the stylus to hear what you’ve created!

Hint: You can save or erase your song.Touch Save It (you can save your most recent song) or Erase All on the tool menu with the stylus. After you are finished,touch Home to return to the Home Screen.

• Touch the Stamp It tool on the tool menu with the stylus to choose more musical stampers to fill the grid.

Hint: Touch the double arrows in either bottom corner to compare another page of music (up to 12).

Play

• You will start with a blank screen.The blinking arrow on the bottom of the screen encourages you to choose the Stamp It tool on the tool menu with the stylus.

• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the screen with the stylus to view each of the sound sprites.

• Touch the screen with the stylus to choose.

Sound Sprites

• Touch the screen with the stylus to place the sound sprite on the screen.

Hint: Place the same sound sprite or up to eight sound sprites in total on the screen.

• If you’d like, use any of the tools on the tool menu to make your musical scene!

“Pencil”Tool Straight Line Shape Maker Special Effects Selector

Hint: Refer to pages 22 -30 for detailed information on each tool.

• Touch the play arrow on the bottom center of the screen to hear and see fun sounds and animation.

Hint: The sound sprites will “play” in the order in which you placed them on the screen.

• Touch the screen with the stylus to stop the fun sounds and animation at any time.

Hint: Add to your scene using more sprite stampers (touch the Stamp It tool or any of the other tools on the tool menu; or Save It , Erase It or Erase All . If you’re ready for another activity or game, touch Home on the tool menu with the stylus to return to the Home Screen.

+ 25 hidden pages