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- Page 2 Whether it’s learning about letters, numbers, geography or algebra, all VTech ® learning products incorporate advanced technologies and extensive curriculum to encourage children of all ages to reach their potential.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............1 PREPARATION ............1-4 MOUSE CONNECTION ............1 PRINTER CONNECTION ............ 2 BATTERY INSTALLATION ..........2 KEYBOARD BATTERY INSTALLATION ......2 BATTERY NOTICE ............... 2 BACKUP BATTERY INSTALLATION ....... 2-3 MEMORY INITIALIZATION ..........4 AC ADAPTOR CONNECTION ..........4 ON/OFF BUTTON ............... - Page 4 DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES ......10-36 GENERAL DISPLAY ............10 LANGUAGE ARTS ............11-13 WORD CHALLENGE ............11 COMPREHENSION ............11 SECRET WORD ..............11 GRAMMAR QUIZ .............. 11 PARTS OF SPEECH ............11 WORD SEARCH ............11-12 CROSSWORD ..............12 SYNONYMS ..............
- Page 5 ALGEBRA ATTACK! ............14 GEOMETRY ............... 14 GRAPH IT! ................. 14 TIC TAC 18 ................. 15 MAGIC 24 ................15 THIS TO THAT ..............15 FRACTION ACTION ............15 NUMBER PATTERNS ............15 MATH CHALLENGE............15 TRIVIA CHALLENGE ........... 16-17 UNDERSEA LIFE ..............
- Page 6 ART STUDIO..............19 CARD MAKER ..............19 PICTURE MAKER ............. 19 PERSONAL OFFICE ............ 20-31 WORD PROCESSOR ........... 20-23 TELEPHONE BOOK ............23 SCHEDULER ..............24 SPELL CHECKER ............. 24 CALENDAR ............... 24 CONVERSION PAD ............24 CALCULATOR ..............24 LOGO ................
- Page 7 TROUBLESHOOTING FOR PRINTER ERROR ......33 TOOLS ................... 33-34 HOW TO USE AN EXPANSION CARTRIDGE ..34 ACTIVITY CARTRIDGES ......... 35 SCORING ............36-37 SCORING CODE ................ 36 ® VTECH Power Zone Edge ACTIVITIES ....... 37 ™ CARE AND MAINTENANCE ........38...
- Page 8 CAUTION-ELECTRIC TOY CAUTION-ELECTRIC TOY F O R F O R TOY TRANSFORMER TOY TRANSFORMER Not recommended for children under 3 years of age. As with all electrical products, precautions should be observed during handling and use to reduce the risk of electric shock. Input: AC120V 60 H Output: DC 14.5V No-Load 4.5VA Ideal to be used with DC 9V 500mA...
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Page 9: Introduction
INTRODUCTION ® Thank you for purchasing the VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning product! We at VTECH ® are committed to providing the highest quality products to entertain and educate your children. 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. -
Page 10: Printer Connection
3. Connect the printer plug to the printer port. ® 4. Turn ON the VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning aid and the printer. Please refer to Printer Setup for the list of printers that the VTECH ® Power Zone™ Edge learning aid supports. -
Page 11: Still Having Problems
• To avoid damage to the unit from leaky batteries, replace the backup battery at least once a year. NOTE: While replacing the backup battery, the 4 “C” batteries must be kept in the unit or the unit must be connected to the 9V adaptor while the adaptor is plugged in. -
Page 12: Memory Initialization
Turn the unit OFF by pressing the OFF button on the front panel. AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF ® If there is no input into the VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning product for several minutes, the unit will automatically shut off to save power. After the automatic shut-off is activated, you need to press the ON button again. -
Page 13: Mouse, Keyboard And Cursor Control
MOUSE, KEYBOARD AND CURSOR CONTROL MOUSE Left mouse Right mouse Mouse door button button ® To use the mouse, push it in the direction that you would like the pointer on the screen to move. To move the pointer to the right side of the screen, push the mouse to the right. -
Page 14: Keyboard
KEYBOARD ® The VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning aid has a full alphanumeric keyboard with 65 keys. Key labels Some keys have two different functions. Please refer to the description of activities to learn about the dual-function keys. SPECIAL KEYS... - Page 15 Caps Lock Key: Press this key to make letters you type appear in capitals without having to press the Shift key each time. Press once to activate this key. Press it again to release it. Repeat Key: Press this key to repeat the instructions and the question (the unit will repeat the question if the question on the screen is only partially visible.) Answer Key:...
- Page 16 Level Key: Press this key to select a level of difficulty in some of the activities. There are four levels with the first level being the easiest and the fourth level being the most difficult. Levels can be changed at any time during an activity. Note: The following activities do not have levels: Creative Writing Magic 24...
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Page 17: Category Buttons
Press the key to turn ON/OFF the backlight. CATEGORY BUTTONS ® There are 72 activities in the VTech Power Zone™ Edge learning aid divided into 7 categories. Press any category button to go to the menu list of activities. Category buttons go directly to the activities for Language Arts, Mathematics, Trivia ™... -
Page 18: Description Of Activities
VTECH Power Zone™ products (sold separately). E-Mail/Cartridge: ® With the optional VTech E-mail Kit (sold separately) and e-mail service subscription, you can send and receive e-mail. When the Cartridge button is pressed, the unit will run the cartridge. If a cartridge is not in the cartridge slot the unit will display a message that a cartridge is not inserted. -
Page 19: Language Arts
LANGUAGE ARTS WORD CHALLENGE A meaning of a word will be displayed on the screen followed by three multiple choices. Determine the word with the given meaning, then use Up/Down key to choose the answer or use the mouse to answer. Press the Enter key or the left mouse button to confirm your answer, or type in 1, 2 or 3 to answer directly. -
Page 20: Crossword
key or the left mouse button. You can select a word from a horizontal or vertical direction. To change the direction of the word you are selecting, use the spacebar or the icon. The icon or spacebar enable you to switch back and forth between the horizontal and vertical position. -
Page 21: Creative Writing
CREATIVE WRITING A list of writing topics and ideas will be displayed for the user. Once you select a topic, the activity will launch the Word Processor and you can start writing. You can print your story when you have finished. (printer sold separately ) MATHEMATICS MATH FUN In levels one and two, a question of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division... -
Page 22: Minus Madness
MINUS MADNESS In levels one and two, a subtraction problem will appear on the screen. Input the correct answer using the number keys and then press the Enter key. In levels three and four, a written question about a subtraction problem will appear. Choose the answer from multiple choices and then press the Enter key. -
Page 23: Tic Tac 18
TIC TAC 18 This activity shows a 4 x 4 matrix and you have numbers from 1 to 8. You and the computer (or other player) take turns placing numbers into the matrix. Whoever can create a total of 18 in either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal with 4 numbers first wins the game. -
Page 24: Trivia Challenge
TRIVIA CHALLENGE UNDERSEA LIFE This challenging trivia game tests your knowledge of undersea life. You are asked a question and are given three answers to choose from. You can select your answer by pressing Up/Down key or by using the mouse to choose the correct answer. -
Page 25: Space Discovery
SPACE DISCOVERY This challenging trivia game tests your knowledge of space discovery and astronomy. You are asked a question and are given three answers to choose from. You can select your answer by pressing Up/Down key or by using the mouse for the correct answer. -
Page 26: 3D Race Rally
In levels 1 and 2 the computer records all the squares you try, even if you miss the enemy robots. In levels 3 and 4 the computer will only record the squares if they contain an enemy robot. If you miss, the square will remain blank, so remember where you have aimed! 3D RACE RALLY In this action game, the object is to drive along the track as fast as you can to... -
Page 27: 3D Maze
ART STUDIO CARD MAKER ® The VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning aid has several built-in pictures for you to create your own greeting card for different occasions. You can add your own messages on the card to give to your friends and relatives. -
Page 28: Personal Office
PERSONAL OFFICE WORD PROCESSOR The VTECH ® Power Zone™ Edge learning product offers you one of the most important applications found in computers - the word processor. With the word processor, documents can be created, edited, saved and printed. The word processor activity has six menu icons along the top of the screen. - Page 29 In order to use the print feature, you must connect the unit to a printer which works ® with the VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning aid. Please see the list of compatible printers listed in the Printer Setup window. Save your file before printing. Select Print from the FILE menu and it will print the file.
- Page 30 TOOLS Spell checker The spell checker checks a word to see if it is spelled correctly. To check the spelling of a word, move the cursor to the beginning of the word and select Spell Check from the TOOLS menu. If the word does not exist in the Spell Check memory, you will be given a list of possible words to replace it.
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Page 31: Telephone Book
Date Allows you to insert the date. Time Allows you to insert the time. HELP The Help tool is a reference table of commonly used shortcuts. Menu Menu Item Shortcut key File Ctrl + N Open Ctrl + O Save Ctrl + S Print Ctrl + P... -
Page 32: Scheduler
SCHEDULER This activity keeps a full schedule for you and includes an alarm which can be turned ON/OFF. Delete Delete all records in the current day. Delete All Delete all records in the calendar. Date Search This command lets you search for an existing record by date. Text Search This command lets you search for an existing record using a specific word. -
Page 33: Logo
5 steps below the center of the screen. ROUTINES Additional commands can be created by defining new LOGO routines, For example, here is a LOGO routine to tell your VTECH ® Power Zone™ Edge how to make a... - Page 34 The repeat command has two sets of variables - a number indicating the number of times to repeat the command (“4”) and the list of commands to be repeated “(forward 10 right 90)”. Once this routine is defined, you need only to write “square” and LOGO will draw a 10-step square at the current Turtle location.
- Page 35 3. Text To print the word “house”, if you write print house LOGO sees the word “house” as a command. To enable LOGO to treat the word “house” as text, there must be double quote marks placed immediately before and after it. It should be written as print "house"...
- Page 36 clearscreen (cs) erase the graphics screen, returns the turtle to the centre of the screen, and sets the turtle’s heading to 0. CLEARSCREEN does not affect the pen state or screen colours. xcor output the X coordinate of the turtle. ycor output the Y coordinate of the turtle.
- Page 37 remainder output an integer which is the remainder of dividing the first input by the second. round output the number rounded to the nearest integer. output the sine of its input. sqrt output the square root of its input. output the result of adding its inputs. SUM expects two inputs, but will accept more if it and its inputs are enclosed in parentheses.
- Page 38 close close a device. print print its inputs to the output stream. type print its inputs on the screen, and the prompt appears after the last character printed. thing output the value associated with the variable named in the input. pause temporarily halt the execution of a procedure.
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Page 39: Logo Beginner
repeat <count> [commands] <count> must be an integer. The commands in [commands] are executed <count> times. REPEAT commands can be nested (i.e.: the [commands] part may contain REPEAT commands). while <condition> [commands] <condition> must be TRUE or FALSE. If it is TRUE, the commands in [commands] are executed. -
Page 40: Homework Lab
HOMEWORK LAB™ DATA PAIRS 1 In this activity you will be given the flexibility to input pairs of data. With these data pairs, you can take a quiz on information stored in Data Pairs 2. DATA PAIRS 2 In this activity you can quiz yourself on the stored data pairs you input in Data Pairs 1. -
Page 41: Scoring Statistic
This setting provides a scoring statistics report for you to review in graphics or text. PRINTER SETUP ® There are a number of printers that the VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning aid is compatible with. For the latest updates on compatible printers, please visit our website: www.vtechkids.com or call our Consumer Services Department at... -
Page 42: How To Use An Expansion Cartridge
This allows you to adjust the message scroll speed in the unit. HOW TO USE AN EXPANSION CARTRIDGE ® The VTECH Power Zone™ Edge learning aid has optional expansion cartridges (sold separately). To use a cartridge, follow these steps: 1. Turn the unit OFF. -
Page 43: Activity Cartridges
ACTIVITY CARTRIDGES FOREIGN LANGUAGES GERMAN TRANSLATOR This activity will help you learn German phrases and vocabulary. You will be introduced to simple German words and phrases. GERMAN TESTER In this activity, you will be tested on the German words and phrases that you’ve learned in the German Translator activity. -
Page 44: Scoring
SCORING The following table lists how scoring is done for the activities that keep score. NOTE: The following activities do not have scoring or a 2-player mode. Creative Writing Conversion Pad Card Maker Calculator Picture Maker LOGO Word Processor LOGO Beginner Telephone Book LOGO Intermediate Scheduler... -
Page 45: Vtech ® Power Zone™ Edge Activities
VTECH ® Power Zone™ Edge ACTIVITIES Activity Scoring Code Word Challenge Comprehension Secret Word Grammar Quiz Parts of Speech Word Search Crossword Synonyms Antonyms Word Puzzle Sound Alikes Sentence Shuffle Creative Writing All Mathematics (except: Tic Tac 18) All Trivia Challenge... -
Page 46: Care And Maintenance
IMPORTANT NOTE: Creating and developing electronic learning aids is accompanied by a ® responsibility that we at VTECH take very seriously. We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information that forms the value of our products. However, errors sometimes can occur. It is important for us 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.