User manual VTECH V.SMILE FINDING NEMO-NEMOS OCEAN DISCOVERIES

[. . . ] We thank you for trusting VTech®, with the important job of helping your child explore a new world of learning!Sincerely, Your Friends at VTech® To learn more about the V. SmileTM TV Learning System and other VTech® toys, visit www. vtechkids. com INTRODUCTION Nemo is safely back home and is very proud of his father's journey to find him. Nemo wants to be brave just like his Dad, so he sets off on a new adventure of his own. Come explore the ocean with Nemo! GETTING STARTED Choose Your Play Mode Move the joystick up or down to choose the play mode you want. [. . . ] During a Learning Adventure game, two players can team up to play. When play switches from one player to another, the player icon will change colors and the current player will be announced. In the Learning Zone, two players can play head-to-head at the same time. 5 Explorer Log Book The Explorer Log Book (ELB) is a fun way to learn interesting facts about sea life. When you see the ELB stars during the Learning Adventure, collect them to add a new fact to your Explorer Log Book. When you reach the end of the adventure path, you will be able to view the facts you have collected. You can also view all the facts by selecting the Explorer Log Book in the Learning Adventure menu. To hear an interesting fact and see its picture, use your joystick to choose a star icon, and press ENTER. The facts you have collected will have colored pictures, and the ones you have not collected will have black and white pictures. To see the colored pictures, collect the star icons in the Learning Adventure. There are nine facts in each adventure path, for a total of 36 in the entire game. ACTIVITIES Educational Curriculum Learning Adventure Path 1 Mini Game 1 Path 2 Path 3 Mini Game 2 Path 4 Reef Exploration "Moonfish" Agility Training Submarine Salvage Hermit Crab Rescue Undersea Highway Sea Animals Observation & Timing Life Science Logic Skills Colors, Color Combinations The East Australian Current Shapes ACTIVITIES Learning Zone Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Sea Life Gallery Seagull Brothers Guess the Impression Coral Nursery Sea Animals Comparison Skills Shapes & Patterns & Memory Skills Color Matching Learning Adventure Nemo Energy Energy Bar ELB Stars Bonus Score Control Nemo by using the joystick Touch these objects to boost your energy level Use this to keep track of your energy Collect these stars to add a fun fact to your Explorer Log Book Collect these objects to earn bonus points Keep track of the points you have earned Nemo Bonus Energy Energy Bar ELB Stars Score ACTIVITIES Basic Controls The controls are the same in all games, unless otherwise noted in the game descriptions. ( ) Move to the left ( ) Move up ( ) Move to the right ( ) Move down ENTER button Select or dash (depending on the games) Learning Adventure Game Status Bar In each adventure game, the status bar stays on the screen to show how you are doing. 7 Learning Adventure Activities Path 1 - Reef Exploration Game Play Are you ready to explore?To find them, press ENTER to dash and burst the question mark bubbles. Curriculum: Sea Animals Easy Level: More common animals with fewer obstacles Difficult Level: More special animals with more obstacles Mini Game 1 - "Moonfish" Agility Training Here's a chance to sharpen your swimming skills. Watch the moving fish, and press ENTER at the right time to pass through them!Curriculum: Observation & Timing Easy Level: Fish swim more slowly, in a simpler pattern Difficult Level: Fish swim more quickly, in a more difficult pattern Path 2 - The East Australian Current Game Play Take a ride on Crush and collect the shapes to learn their names. Curriculum: Shapes Easy Level: Learn shapes, with fewer obstacles Difficult Level: Match shapes, with more obstacles 8 ACTIVITIES Game Play Path 3 - Submarine Salvage Game Play There are all kinds of things in the submarine. Can you tell the living things from the nonliving things?When you see a living thing, press ENTER to burst its bubble and learn its name. Curriculum: Life Science Easy Level: A voice clue will be given after the object is touched Difficult Level: No clue will be given. More obstacles to avoid Mini Game 2 - Hermit Crab Rescue ACTIVITIES Game Play The hermit crab is trapped in the stone maze. [. . . ] or 1-877-352-8697 in Canada NOTICE: 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. [. . . ]