VTech Little Smart PC Fun Plus User Manual

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Dear Parent:

At VTech® we kno w that a child has the ability to do great

things. That’s why all of our electronic lear ning products

are uniquely designed to dev elop a child’s mind and allow

them to learn to the best of their ability . Whether it’s learning

about letters, n umbers , geography o r algebra, all VTech

®

learning products incorporate advanced technologies and

extensiv e curriculum to encourage children of all ages to reach

their potential.

When it comes t o providing interactive products that en-

lighten, entertain and de velop minds, at VTech® we see the

potential in every child.

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INTRODUCTION

Thank you f or purchasing the VTECH® LITTLE SMART PC FunTM Plus
learning to y! W e a t VTECH® are committed to providing the best possible
products to enter tain and educate your child. Should you have any
questions or concerns, please call our Consumer Services Department
at 1-800-521-2010 in the U.S. or 1-800-267-7377 in Canada.
The VTECH® LITTLE SMART PC Fu n

TM

Plus learning toy is a fun,

learning computer especially designed for preschoolers. It introduces
important earl y curriculum such as object identification, missing letters ,
before and after, matching patterns, counting, shape identification,
musical fun and more to help y our preschooler prepare f or school. Lively
animations, sound effects and cheerful melodies add to hours of play
while the laptop design provides fun role-play.

LCD Screen

Contrast Switch

Speaker

Activity Selector

Mouse Cord

Mouse

Enter Button
4 Cursor

Button

Number Buttons
Shape Buttons

Melody Button

On Button

Repeat Button

Volume Switch

Of button

Help Button

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INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE

- One LITTLE SMART PC FunTM Plus learning toy.

- One instruction manual.

WARNING:all packing materials such as tape, plastic sheets, wire

ties and tags are not part of this toy, and should be
discarded for your child’s safety.

BATTERY INSTALLATION

1. Make sure the unit is Off.

2. Locate the battery cover on the bac k
of the unit. Use a coin or screwdriver
to loosen the screw.

3.Install 4 new “AA” (UM-3/LR6)
batteries following the diagram
inside the battery bo x. (The use of
new, alkaline batteries is
recommended for maximum
performance.)

4.Replace the battery cover and
tighten the screw to secure the bat
tery cover .

BATTERY NOTICE

• Install batteries correctly observing the polarity(+, -) signs to avoid

leakage.

• Always replace a whole set of batteries at one time.

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• Do not use batteries of different types.

• Remove e xhausted or ne w batteries when unit will not be used for an

extended period of time.

• Do not dispose of batteries in fire.

• Dot not attempt to recharge ordinary batteries.

• The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.

WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THE USE OF RECHARGEABLE B A TTERIES.

NO TE: If f or some reason the program/activity stops working, then

please follow these steps:

1. Please turn the unit off.

2. Interrupt the power supply by removing the batteries.

3. Let the unit stand for a f ew minutes, then replace the batteries.

4. Turn the unit on. The unit will now be ready to play again.

If the problem persists , please call our Consumer Services Department
at 1-800-521-2010 in the U.S. or 1-800-267-7377 in Canada.

KEYBOARD FUNCTIONS:

1. To turn the LITTLE SMART PC FunTM Plus on, press the ON

BUTT ON ( ).

2. To turn it off, press the OFF BUTTON ( ).

3. Press the MOUSE CURSOR BUTT ONS to mov e the LCD screen

cursor up, do wn, left or right and to input the numbers 1-10 i n t h e
Before and After, Counting and Addition/Subtraction activities.

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Press the right or up cursor button to count from one to
ten, and from A to Z.

Press the left or down cursor button to count from ten to
one, and from Z to A.

4. Press the ENTER BUTTON ( )after using the MOUSE

CURSOR BUTT ONS to input y our ans wer for most of the activities .

5 . Press the NUMBER BUTTONS to hear numbers or melodies , or to

input your answer in the Addition/Subtraction and Counting Activities .

6 . Press the SHAPE B UTTONS to hear the shapes identified or musical

notes.

7. Press the MELOD Y B UTT ON ( ) to hear one of the10 different

melodies randomly.

8. Press the REPEAT BUTTON ( ) to hear the last question or

response repeated.

9 . Press the HELP BUTTON ( ) to repeat the question and/or

give the answer to a question. For activities without questions, you
will hear an invalid sound.

10 . The A CTIVITY SELECTOR has a magnifying lens for quick

identification of the following eight activities:
* Learn the W ords
* Find the Missing Letter
* Before and After
* Match the P atterns

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* Counting
* Shape Sequencing
* Addition/Subtraction
* Music and Sound

TO BEGING PLAY

1. To begin play, press the ON BUTT ON
( ). You will hear a melody follo wed by

“ Hello! Let’s play.”

2 . Slide the A CTIVITY SELECT OR up or

down to select one of the eight activities.
When you hav e chosen an activity, the
friendly voice will guide y ou through the
activity.

3 . Press the REPEA T BUTT ON to repeat the

previous phr ase or question.

4. To adjust the volume, slide the V OLUME
SWITCH ( ) located below the LCD

screen to the right for the high v olume
position or to the left for the lo w v olume
position.

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5 . To adjust the contrast of the LCD screen,

slide the CONTRAST SWITCH ( )
located below the LCD screen to the right
for the high contrast position or to the left
for the low contrast position.

6. Press the MELOD Y BUTT ON ( )to
hear one of the ten different melodies

randomly.

7. Press the HELP BUTT O N ( ) one
or two times to hav e the question repeated

or to give a hint. Press the button three
times and the unit will show the ans wer to
the question. For activities that do not ask
questions, you will hear a short sound.

8. To turn the unit off, press the OFF BUTON
( ). You will hear a melody follo wed by
“Bye-bye!”

ACTIVITIES

A. Learn the Words

1 . Slide the A CTIVITY SELECTOR to the first

position and you will hear a melody
followed by “Let’s learn the words!”

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2.Use the MOUSE CURSOR BUTT ONS to
select the letters. Press the right or up
cursor button to select the letters from A­Z. Press the left or down cursor b utton to
select the letters from Z-A.

3. When any NUMBER or SHAPE BUTT ON
is pressed, the number or shape will be
displayed on the LCD screen and will be
identified.

B.Find the Missing Letter

1. Slide the ACTIVITY SELECTOR to the
second position. You will hear a melody
followed by “Let’s find the missing letter!”

2. The friendly v oice will ask a random
question such as “Which letter is missing
in the word ant?” A word with one missing
letter will appear on the LCD screen with
three possible choices.

3. Use the MOUSE CURSOR BUTT ONS to
select the correct answer. Press the

ENTER BUTT ON to confirm the answer.

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4. If the ans wer is correct, the LCD screen
will show a monk ey catching a banana. If
the answer is incorrect, the monk ey will not
catch the banana.

5. You hav e two chances to ans wer each
question in this activity. Each question
corresponds to a banana, shown on the left
side of the LCD screen.

6. After three questions, if the monk e y does
not receive any bananas or one banana,a
negative animation will be sho wn. If the
monke y receives two or three bananas, a
positive animation will be shown.

7 . When any NUMBER or SHAPE BUTT ON

is pressed, the number or shape will be
display ed on the LCD screen and will be
identified.

C Before and After

1 . Slide the ACTIVITY SELECTOR to the third
position. You will hear a melody followed

by “Let’s learn before and after!”

2 . The friendly voice will ask a question such

as “Which letter comes bef ore the letter C?”
The LCD screen will show the question and
the answer choices .

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3. Or, the friendly v oice will ask a question
such as “Which n umber comes before the
number 2?” The LCD screen will show the
question without answ er choices.

4 . Use the NUMBER BUTT ONS to select the

correct answer f or any n umber questions.
You may also use the MOUSE CURSOR
BUTTONS to select the correct ans wer .
Press the ENTER BUTT ON to confirm the
answer .

5. If the answer is correct, the LCD screen
will show the monkey catching a banana.
If the answer is incorrect, the monkey will
not catch the banana.

6. You have two chances to answer each
question in this activity.

7. After three questions, if the monkey does
not receive an y bananas or one banana, a
negative animation will be shown. If the
monke y receiv es tw o or three bananas , a
positive animation will be shown.

8.When any SHAPE BUTTON is pressed,
the shape will be display ed on the LCD
screen and will be identified.

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D . Match the P atterns

1 Slide the ACTIVITYSELECTOR to the

fourth position. You will hear a melody
followed by “Let’s match the patterns.”

2. When this activity is selected, six cards will
appear on the screen.

3. Use the MOUSE CURSOR BUTTONS to
select any two cards to match a pair of
patterns.

4. If you choose tw o cards that are the same,
a reward animation will appear and the
monkey will catch a banana.

5. If you choose two cards that are diff erent,
the cards will turn ov er and the monke y will
not catch the banana. You can continue to
choose any two cards to match a pair of
patterns.

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6. If after two times you cannot match any
pairs, all of the cards will turn ov er to rev eal
the matching pairs and a negative
animation will play.

7. A banana represents a matching pair and
after 3 correct matching pairs, a positive
animation will play.

8. When any NUMBER or SHAPE BUTT ON
is pressed, the shape or number will be
displayed on the LCD screen and will be
identified.

E. Counting

1. Slide the ACTIVITY SELECT OR to the fifth
position. You will hear a melody followed
by “Let’s count the shapes.”

2. When any SHAPE BUTT ON is pressed ,the
shape will be display ed on the LCD screen
and will be identified.

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3. The friendly voice will ask you to count the
number of shapes that appear on the LCD
screen. For example, “How many shapes
are there?”

4. Press the NUMBER BUTTONS to select
the correct answ er. You may also use the
MOUSE CURSOR BUTT ONS to select the
correct answer. Press the ENTER
BUTTON to confirm the answer.

5. If the answer is correct, the LCD screen
will show the monk e y catching a banana.
If the answer is incorrect, the monkey will
not catch the banana.

6. You have three chances to ans wer each
question in this activity.

7. After three questions, if the monkey does
not receiv e any bananas or one banana,a

negative animation will be shown. If the
monkey receives two or three bananas , a
positive animation will be sho wn.

F. Shape Sequencing

1. Slide the ACTIVITY SELECTOR to the
sixth position. You will hear a melody

followed by “Remember the shapes!”

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2. When any NUMBER BUTT ON is pressed,
the number will be displayed on the LCD
screen and will be identified.

3. The friendly voice will sa y “Press the
shapes in order.” The screen will show
three shapes in order. Remember the
shapes as you sa w them appear. Then
they will disappear.

4. Press the SHAPE B UTTONS in the correct
order as they appeared on the LCDscreen,
and then press the ENTER BUTTON to
confirm the answer . If you ha ve entered
an incorrect shape or would like to change
your answer, use the left and right cursor
buttons to mov e the position of the blinking
shape or question mark on the LCD
screen. Then f ollow the stepabove.

5. If you press the shapes in the correct order ,
the LCD screen will show the monkey
catching a banana. If the answer is
incorrect, the monke y will not catch the
banana.

6. You have three chances to ans w er each
question in this activity.

7. After three questions , if the monke y does
not receive an y bananas or one banana, a

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negative animation will be sho wn. If the
monke y receives tw o or three bananas, a
positive animation will be sho wn.

G. Ad dition/Subtraction

1. Slide the A CTIVITY SELECTOR to the
sev enth position, You will hear a melody
followed by “Let’s learn addition and
subtraction!”

2. When any SHAPE BUTTON is pressed,
the shape will be displayed on the LCD
screen and will be identified.

3. The friendly v oice will ask y ou to solve an
addition or subtraction question. The
question will be displayed on the LCD
screen as a numerical equation. For
example, the screen will show 2+3.

4. Press any NUMBER BUTT ON to choose
the correct answer for the question.

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5.If the answer is correct, the LCD screen
will show the monkey catching a banana.
If the answer is incorrect, the monkey will
not catch the banana.

6.You ha ve three chances to ans wer each
question in this activity.

7. After three questions, if the monkey does
not receive an y bananas or one banana,a
negative animation will be sho wn. If the
monke y receives two or three bananas, a
positive animation will be shown.

H . Music and Sound

1. Slide the ACTITITY SELECTOR to the
eighth position. You will hea r a melody
followed by “Let’s play!”

2.Press the SHAPE BUTTONS to pla y
individual music notes. The shape b uttons
become a 7-not keyboard for musical
discovery.

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3. Press a NUMBER BUTTON to hear a
cheerful melody. There are ten melodies.

Number 1 - The Alphabet Song
Number 2 - Farmer in the Dell
Number 3 - Hickory Dickory dock
Number 4 - London Bridge
Number 5 - The Mulberry Bush
Number 6 - Pop! Goes the Wease!
Number 7 - Sing a Song of Sixpence
Number 8 - Jack and Jill
Number 9 - Humpty Dumpty
Number 10 - It’s Raining! It’s Pouring!

4 . Press the MELODY BUTT ON to hear one

of the all ten melodies randomly.

AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF

To preser ve battery life, the LITTLE SMART PC FunTM Plus learning
toy will automatically turn off after several minutes without input. The
unit can be turned on again by pressing the ON BUTT ON .

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CARE AND MAINTENANCE

1. Keep the unit clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth.

2. Keep the unit out of direct sunlight and away from any direct heat
source.

3. Remove the batteries when the unit is not in use for an extended
period of time.

4. Do not drop the unit on hard surfaces and do not expose the unit to
moisture or water.

IMPORTANT NO TE:

Creating and de v eloping preschool products is accompanied b y a
sponsibility that we at VTECH® take v ery seriously. W e make e very
effor t to ensure the accuracy of the information which forms the
value of our products. However, errors sometimes can occur. It is
impor tant for you to know that we stand behind our products and
encourage you to call our Consumer Ser vices Department at 1­800-521-2010 in the U.S. or 1-800-267-7377 in Canada with any
problems and /or suggestions that you might have. A service
representative will be happy to help you.

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NOTE:

This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not
installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the
manuf acturer’ s instructions, it ma y cause interference to radio and
television reception. It has been type tested and f ound to comply within
the limits for a class B computing de vice in accordance with the
specifications in Sub-part J of P art 15 FCC Rules, which are designed
to provide reasonab le protection against such interference in a residential
installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
interference to radio or tele vision reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• reorient the receiving antenna

• relocate this product with respect to the receiver

• move this product away from the receiver

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