User manual OREGON SCIENTIFIC FL78

[. . . ] FL78-Manual (Us) 11/22/05 9:28 Page 1 FL78-Manual (Us) 11/22/05 9:28 Page 2 FL78-Manual (Us) 11/22/05 9:28 Page 3 Dear Parent/Guardian, Thank you for choosing the Ferrari Laptop. Designed and engineered with extreme precision, the Ferrari Laptop is packed full of learning, and offers stimulating games and activities that make an invaluable contribution to your child's development. Some of the activities to further your child's skills include language, mathematics, music, memory, logical reasoning and general knowledge. The Ferrari Laptop provides a dependable and realistic introduction to computers and encourages creativity and independent learning. [. . . ] The Ferrari Laptop will tell you the topic. If your chosen letter does not appear in the word, the letter will appear at the bottom of the screen. You have 10 chances to guess the correct letters, at which point the game is over. When you correctly guess the final letter the F1 car will appear. (10) (09) Grammar (11) Pluralize A noun appears at the top of the screen. Type in the plural form underneath using the letter keys. (12) Engine Sound A sentence with a missing word scrolls across the bottom of the screen. Select the correct word from the two words that appear which, sound the same but are spelt differently. Press the key to confirm your choic (13) Mark Smart A sentence with missing punctuation scrolls across the bottom of the screen. Using the arrow keys, select one of the four punctuation marks that corrects the sentence. (13) (12) (11) 11 FL78-Manual (Us) 11/22/05 9:29 Page 16 (14) Letter Mechanic A sentence scrolls across the bottom of the screen. One of the letters should be capitalized. When the letter you want to capitalize is under the mechanic's wrench at the far left of the screen, press the button or the cursor key. (14) Mathematics The answer is submitted from the left to right (tens, units). One of the lights will highlight and a tone will play. Repeat the tone by pressing the corresponding number key. The pattern will be repeated and an extra tone will be added on to the end. Try to remember the pattern and repeat it as it is built up one tone at a time. (26) Supersonic Sequence A row of rocket appears on the screen. Work out the missing number and type it in using the number keys. (27) Odd One Out Four objects appear on the screen. One of them is slightly different from the others. Work out which one it is and select it with the arrow keys. (25) (26) (27) (28) Code Breaker Guess a pattern of four letters. Make a guess by keying in a row of four letters using the letter buttons from A to D. When you enter a correct letter, the Ferrari Laptop will replace the question mark with a letter. [. . . ] They may save you the time and expense of an unnecessary service call. No display Is the power supply connected?Difficult or no response from the mouse Are the ball of the mouse and mouse pad clean and free from dust?Black-out screen or abnormal display Press the Reset button or disconnect the power supply by removing batteries or disconnecting the adaptor for at least 10 seconds before connecting the power supply again. [. . . ]