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. [. . . ] 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 . The stored items will be listed on the screen. 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. Touch the moles to fill in the missing letters in the word. 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. reading Games: Play 8 story-related reading games. 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. To continue the story narration, press again. 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. [. . . ] It is important for you to know that we stand behind our products and encourage you to call our Consumer Services Department at 1-800-521-2010 in the U. S. or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada, with any problems and/or suggestions that you might have. A service representative will be happy to help you. tM Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability Vtech® Electronics North America, L. L. C. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook. [. . . ]