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Vantage Lite and Memory Transfer Interface (MTI) are trademarks of Prentke Romich Company.
Adult Quick Learning System (AQLS), Pixon and Semantic Compaction are trademarks of Semantic Compaction

System.s Unity and Minspeak are registered trademarks of Semantic Compaction Systems, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. PCS Symbols are a product of Mayer-Johnson. RealSpeak Text-to-Speech is a trademark of Nuance
Communications, Inc. Acapella speech technologies licensed from the Acapella Group.

Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.

Electronic Interference Information

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to two conditions: (1) this device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

Warning!

Changes or modifications to this product which are not
authorized by Prentke Romich Company could exceed FCC limits
and negate your authority to use this product.

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 used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. You can determine whether this product is
causing interference in your radio or television by turning this product off. If the interference stops, it was probably
caused by this product or one of its accessories. You can attempt to correct the interference by using one or more of
the following measures:

 Turn the television or radio antenna until the interference stops.
 Move this product to one side or the other of the television or radio.
 Move this product farther away form the television or radio.
 Plug this product into an outlet that is on a different circuit from the television or radio; that is, this product

should be controlled by different circuit breakers/fuses from the television or radio.

 If necessary, contact a Prentke Romich Company service technician for assistance.

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respect toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouiller du Canada.

CE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Use: 0o - 45o C; Storage: (-20o) - 50o C; 95% maximum relative humidity @ ambient
temperatures less than 40o C.

Consult accompanying documents.

Attention!

This device is not intended to be an emergency call device or sole
communication device.

When operating this device in a medical environment, do not use
with any product that is not medically approved.

Warning!

Any mounts used should be fitted by a qualified person. Failure
to install the mounting system according to the manufacturer's
instructions may result in an injury to the user.

©Prentke Romich Company 2010. All rights reserved.

Under copyright laws this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of the Prentke
Romich Company.

PRC • 1022 Heyl Rd. • Wooster, OH 44691 • Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone] • [e-mail] •

www.prentrom.com

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Getting Started

Remove your

Vantage Lite from

Ship Mode

You received a battery charger in the box with
your Vantage Lite.

1.

Plug the small end of the battery
charger cable into the small battery
charger port on the right side of the
Vantage Lite. Plug the other end of
the charger into a working wall
outlet.

2.

Select:

This key is on the front of
the case.

It will take a few moments for the
device to turn On.

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A Dim or Dark Display

Your device has been pre-set to "go to sleep" if you haven't
made any key activations for two minutes. The backlight
on your display will become dim. You can touch the screen
or activate a switch to turn the device back on (wake it up).
If you do not wake up the device, eventually the backlight
will go out and the display will be dark. Again, just touch
the screen or activate your switch to wake up your device.
It may take a minute or two to wake up.

If you want more time to elapse before the screen goes to
sleep, you can change from two minutes to five or ten
minutes by doing the following:

Select the TOOLS key on the front the case.

Select the MAINTENANCE MENU key in the
Toolbox.

In the Auto Power Down option:

use the arrow keys to select the time you want.

Select the OK key in the bottom right corner of
the menu. Then select the GO TO HOME key in the top
right corner of the Toolbox screen.

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Table of Contents

Getting Started ......................................................................................3

A Dim or Dark Display ...........................................................................4

Table of Contents...................................................................................5

Device Hardware....................................................................................6

Front Panel ................................................................................................................ 6

Top of Vantage Lite................................................................................................ 8

Back of Vantage Lite .............................................................................................. 9

Right Side Panel.....................................................................................................11

Bottom of the Vantage Lite...............................................................................12

Using Your Vantage Lite .....................................................................13

Full Toolbox.............................................................................................................13

Simple Toolbox......................................................................................................15

Speaker Volume.....................................................................................................16

The Exploration Wizard ......................................................................................17

User Areas ................................................................................................................18

Activity Row ............................................................................................................22

Pages..........................................................................................................................26

Modify a Page.........................................................................................................28

Create a Page with a Scene...............................................................................37

Link your Scene Page to the MY SCENES Page .........................................48

You Have Learned.................................................................................................53

Next Steps.............................................................................................54

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Device Hardware

Front Panel

Part Description

ON/OFF

Turns the device

ON or OFF. If you turn the

device off with this button, you must use it to
turn the device back on.

TOOLBOX

This takes you to the Toolbox where you can
use the system menus.

CHOOSE ACTIVITY

Keys 1, 2, and 3 are User Defined keys.

Press Key 1 to toggle through the Activity
Row on your overlay.

SET-UP

Key 2 allows you to program overlay keys

without going to the Toolbox. It works with
the MODIFY, ASSIGN and STORE menus.

Vocabulary

Masking on the Fly

Key 3 allows you to mask keys on overlays so

that only a few keys at a time are visible.

Recording Microphone

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Part Description

Recording

Microphone

This is the small round hole on the top right
front of the case. When you record messages,
speak toward this area.

Battery Low

When this light flashes, the batteries need to
be charged. Plug in the battery charger.

Battery Charging

When you plug in the charger, the "Charging"
light flashes.

A rapid flash indicates fast-charging; a slow
flash indicates that the battery is charged but
it will continue to trickle-charge as long as the
charger is plugged in.

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Top of Vantage Lite

Part Description

Infrared Area Learning Infrared Area:

The black window on the top back of the
device is the learning infrared area.

You teach remote control signals through the

IR SETUP MENU in the Toolbox. Point a

remote control at this area when teaching the
signals. See operator's manual for steps.

When the Vantage Lite is sending remote
signals to control things like a TV or DVD
player, this window must be facing in the
general direction of the object you want to
control.

Handle Use the handle to carry your Vantage Lite.

You can remove the handle by removing the
two screws that hold it in place.

Removable
handle

Infrared (IR)
window

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Back of Vantage Lite

Part Description

Battery Door Batteries are under this door. You can remove the

battery door by unscrewing it from the case.

Wire Table

Stand

The wire table stand allows the Vantage Lite to sit
on a table in a more vertical position.

In the US, the wire stand comes with the device.
Outside the US, the wire stand is an option.

Wheelchair

Mounting Plate

The wheelchair mounting plate allows the Vantage
Lite to be attached to a wheelchair mount.

Directions for mounting come with the optional
QRM-2 Wheelchair Mount.

Battery Door

Wheelchair
Mounting Plate

Wire Table
Stand

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Reset Button Unbend a paper clip and poke it into the hole to

press the re-set button. If your Vantage Lite stops
working for some reason, push the re-set button
and see if that solves the problem.

Temporary

Unlock Button

Press this button to temporarily unlock any locked
front panel buttons. See the MAINTENANCE

MENU chapter in the Operator's Manual for a

complete explanation.

Reset Button

Temporary
Unlock Button

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Right Side Panel

From left to right

Part Description

Mini USB Plug a mini USB cable in here.

Secure Digital

Card Slot

Plug a 2 gigabyte or smaller secure digital card in
here.

Standard USB Plug a standard USB connector or flash drive in

here.

External

Headphones/

Speakers

Plug external stereo headphones or speakers in
here.

External

Microphone

Plug an external microphone in here.

Switch

Connectors

Plug single and dual switches into Switch A and
Switch B ports.

Battery Charger Plug the battery charger in here.

Warning!

Use only the charger that came with
your Vantage Lite.

Mini USB

Battery
Charger

Secure Digital Card Slot

Standard USB

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Bottom of the Vantage Lite

Clip an Optional

Shoulder Strap Here

Clip an Optional

Shoulder Strap Here

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Using Your Vantage Lite

Full Toolbox

You see the Full Toolbox.

White keys are functions that
allow you to change a device
setting without opening a
menu.

The Full Toolbox contains all of

the menus and tools used for

programming your Vantage

Lite.

Select

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Menus contain options that you can select to change
settings or perform an action. Menus are yellow, green,
orange and purple.

Options in the FEEDBACK MENU change the feedback
that you receive from the Vantage Lite. Examples of
settings in this menu are Backlight Intensity and the
different Activation Beeps you hear when you select a
location.

Go to the Vantage Lite Operator's Manual for
information about the menus in the Full Toolbox.

Select

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Simple Toolbox

You see the Simple Toolbox.

The Simple Toolbox is a pared down version of the
Full Toolbox. There are only a few often-used menus and
functions in the Simple toolbox. These menus can be
easier to use because they do not have all the options
contained in the Full Toolbox menus.

You may want to use the Simple Toolbox when you create
a new page or when you want to create a scene for a page.

Select

Select FULL

TOOLBOX to return to

the regular Toolbox.

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Speaker Volume

To change the volume, select SPEAKER VOLUME UP or
SPEAKER VOLUME DOWN.

To leave the Toolbox and to return to your vocabulary,

select , the GO TO CORE key.

Select one of these keys to

adjust the volume of your

Vantage Lite.

This indicates the
Speaker Volume

The GREEN LED means
Speech is ON. No light
means speech is OFF

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The Exploration Wizard

Select the TARGET keys to explore
location size options.

Select PIC TEST keys to
look at how pictures are
used to mean different
things.

Select this key to view
Pages with different
key location sizes

The UNITY PATTERNS
key shows you how
verbs, adjectives, nouns
and pronouns are
placed on different
overlays.