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VTech SilverStreak User Manual

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  • Page 2 When it comes to providing interactive products that ® enlighten, entertain and develop minds, at VTECH we see the potential in every child.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents INTRODUCTION ..............PREPARATION..............MOUSE CONNECTION ............2 PRINTER CONNECTION ............2 POWER SOURCE ..............2 BATTERY INSTALLATION ............2 BATTERY NOTICE..............2 BACKUP BATTERY INSTALLATION ........3 AC ADAPTOR CONNECTION ..........3 ON/OFF BUTTONS ..............3 IF THE UNIT DOESN’T TURN ON OR STOPS RESPONDING................
  • Page 4 SECRET WORD ................. GRAMMAR QUIZ ............... PARTS OF SPEECH..............CROSSWORD ................SYNONYMS ................ANTONYMS ................WORD PUZZLE ................SOUND ALIKES ................. SENTENCE SHUFFLE ............... CREATIVE WRITING ..............MATHEMATICS ............... 15 MATH FUN .................. TIME OUT! .................. COMMON GROUND ..............FACTOR REACTOR ..............COORDINATES ................
  • Page 5 SCORING STATISTICS .............. PRINTER SETUP ............... TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTER ERRORS ......HOW TO USE AN EXPANSION CARTRIDGE ....ACTIVITY CARTRIDGES ..........FOREIGN LANGUAGES ............35 TYPING CHALLENGE ............35 SCORING ................. SCORING CODE ................ ® VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ ACTIVITIES: ......... CARE AND MAINTENANCE ..........

  • Page 6: Introduction

    ® The VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ is an electronic learning aid. This unit offers a wide range of exciting and educational activities for interactive learning! The unit’s 73 built- in activities and computer skill’s tools encourage learning in an entertaining and effective manner.

  • Page 7: Preparation

    ® SILVERSTREAK™ learning product and the printer. POWER SOURCE ® The VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ learning aid can be operated by using 6 “AA” size batteries or a 9V 300mA AC center-positive adaptor (sold separately). BATTERY INSTALLATION 1. Make sure the unit is turned OFF.

  • Page 8: Backup Battery Installation

    3. Plug the adaptor into the unit’s adaptor jack. 4. Plug the adaptor into a wall outlet. POWER BUTTON ® Turn ON your VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ learning aid by pressing the POWER button. Turn the unit OFF by pressing the POWER button again.

  • Page 9: If The Unit Doesn't Turn On Or Stops Responding

    After the automatic shut-off is activated, you need to press the POWER button to turn it ON. We recommend that you turn the unit OFF when not playing with it. If the VTECH ®...

  • Page 10: Mouse, Keyboard And Cursor Control

    MOUSE, KEYBOARD AND CURSOR CONTROL Left mouse Right mouse Mouse door button button ® MOUSE 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 11: Speed Scroller

    Answer Ctrl ® The VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ learning aid has a full alphanumeric keyboard with 65 keys. Key labels Some keys have two different functions. These keys are activated when choosing various activities. Please refer to the description of activities to learn about the dual-function keys.
  • Page 12 Caps Lock Key: Caps Lock Press this key to make everything you type appear in capital letters without having to press the Shift key each time. Press once to activate this key. Press it again to release it. Shift Key: Shift Press Shift to capitalize letters.
  • Page 13 Print Screen Answer Key: Answer Press this key to show the correct answer to a question. You will not receive points if this key is pressed. NOTE: In the 2-player mode the Answer key cannot be used during the first player’s turn.
  • Page 14 PG UP Page Up Key: Press the PG UP Key with Ctrl Key in the Word Processor activity to move the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph. Press the PG UP Key with Alt key in the Word Processor activity to move the cursor to the previous page. Page Down Key: PG DN Press the PG DN key with Ctrl Key in the Word Processor activity will move the cursor...

  • Page 15: Category Buttons

    For details, please refer to Printer Setup on page 34. Demo button: The Demo button is available at any time to demonstrate any of the VTECH ® SILVERSTREAK™ activities. The Demo button in Main Menu will demonstrate all activities and then return to the Main Menu.

  • Page 16: Description Of Activities

    NOTE: When inserting or removing a cartridge, make sure the unit is turned OFF. E-Mail button: The VTECH ® E-mail Kit (sold separately) can be used with the VTECH ® SILVERSTREAK™ to send and receive E-mail. ®...

  • Page 17: General Display

    GENERAL DISPLAY In most of the activities, you will see a display of the status information as well as icons and a working window. The status information includes the names of the players, the number of chances remaining and the score for each player. It also shows the level and the time left in the game.

  • Page 18: Language Arts

    • Mouse Pointer Select a different type of mouse pointer. • Bubble Set the bubble text ON or OFF by clicking the ON/OFF icon. • Message Scroll Speed Adjust the scroll speed of messages in the unit. LANGUAGE ARTS WORD CHALLENGE A meaning of a word will be displayed on the screen followed by a multiple choice box.

  • Page 19: Crossword

    CROSSWORD This activity shows a 16 x 8 grid with 10 words missing from the puzzle. You have to solve all 10 words based on the clues given. Choose an area where a word is missing using the mouse or cursor keys and press Enter. A clue will be provided. Type in the correct word and then press Enter.

  • Page 20: Mathematics

    MATHEMATICS MATH FUN In levels 1 and 2, an equation of addition, subtraction, multiplication or division will appear on the screen. Input the correct answer using the number keys and then press Enter. In levels 3 and 4, a written question that includes an addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problem will be displayed.

  • Page 21: Multiplication

    MULTIPLICATION In levels 1 and 2, a multiplication problem will appear on the screen. Input the correct answer using the number keys and then press Enter. In levels 3 and 4, a written question about a multiplication problem will appear. Select the correct answer using the Up/Down keys or the mouse.

  • Page 22: Number Patterns

    Up/Down keys or the mouse. Press Enter to confirm your answer. You can also type in 1, 2 or 3 to answer directly. TRIVIA CHALLENGE ® Your VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ has eight challenging trivia activities that test your knowledge on the following subjects: Undersea Life Animal Life Entertainment...

  • Page 23: Race Rally

    keys. Click the left mouse key or press the Enter key to attack. You can attack again if you hit a target. If you miss, it becomes the computer's turn. The game will end when all of your opponent’s dragons, or your dragons have been destroyed. In levels 1 and 2 the computer records all the squares that you try, even if you miss the enemy dragons.

  • Page 24: Maze

    CARD MAKER ® The VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ learning aid has several built-in pictures for you to create your own greeting card for different occasions. You can add your own message on the card to give to your friends and relatives. To create a folded card: •...

  • Page 25: Personal Office

    WORD PROCESSOR The VTECH ® SILVERSTREAK™ learning product offers you one of the most important applications found in computers - word processing. 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 26 VTECH ® SILVERSTREAK™ learning aid. Please see the list of compatible printers listed in the Printer Setup window. It is wise to save your file before printing. Select Print icon from the FILE menu and it will print the file.
  • Page 27 Pasting a Block After you have used the Cut or Copy option, move the cursor to the position where you want the block of text to be pasted. Select the Paste icon from the EDIT menu and the block of text you defined will be pasted to the selected location. Copy a Block To copy a block of text, first define the block and select the Copy icon from the EDIT menu.
  • Page 28 Symbol The Symbol tool gives you a list of useful characters that you can use in your documents. Select Symbol icon from the Insert menu to see a list of characters and symbols for PG UP Right HOME PG DN Player input.

  • Page 29: Telephone Book

    TELEPHONE BOOK This activity helps you keep track of personal information about your friends and relatives. The Telephone Book starts by showing the index (sorted alphabetically by first names). Click on any letter to see entries starting with that letter. Click on the Eye icon to the right side of the entry to see details for that entry.

  • Page 30: Conversion Pad

    This activity lets you experience Logo programming, which is a computer programming ® language. In Turtle Graphics you can program the VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ to draw. The Logo activity has seven menu icons along the right side of the screen. Each of these icons has a list of functions.
  • Page 31 Additional commands can be created by defining new LOGO routines, For example, here ® is a LOGO routine to tell your VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ how to make a square: The title “to square” – should be indented this way as well as the final line “end”. The command lines should be single spaced.
  • Page 32 to square repeat 4 [forward 10 right 90] The repeat command has two sets of additional information or input - a number indicating the number of times to repeat the command (“4”) and the list of commands to be repeated “(forward 10 right 90)”.
  • Page 33 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.
  • Page 34 turtlestate (ts) output 4 turtle properties: pen down? turtle visible? background colour pen colour wrap make the turtle remain inside the graphics window no matter how large a movement command is given. Any time the turtle moves off the window borders, it wraps around the window and reappears on the opposite edge.
  • Page 35 sentence (se) output a list made up of its inputs. SENTENCE expects two inputs, but will accept more if it and its inputs are enclosed in parentheses. list output a list composed of its inputs. LIST expects two inputs, but can accept more if it and its inputs are enclosed in paretheses.

  • Page 36: Logo Beginner

    erase (er) remove the definition of its input from the workspace. The input to ERASE must be a procedure name. eraseall (erall) remove all procedures and variables from the workspace. 6. Flow control Commands if <condition> then [commands] The <condition> must result in a value of either TRUE or FALSE.

  • Page 37: Logo Advanced

    LOGO ADVANCED This activity contains advanced level sample programs. MONEY MANAGER This activity teaches the basics of money management. Money Manager has three menu icons (New,Edit and Delete) along the left-top corner of the screen. To start using the Money Manager click on the New icon to set up a new data sheet. The current date will automatically appear.

  • Page 38: System Setup

    You can view it as a graph by re-entering the Scoring Statistics and selecting Report and clicking on the Graph icon. ® Your VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ can save up to five graphs for each activity so you can see your improvement.

  • Page 39: Printer Setup

    Generic printers, but the unit has not been tested with these printers. ® 2) Many printers can be configured to work like a different model. The VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ learning aid can also be used with printers that are set up to work like the printers listed in the Printer Setup list by selecting one of the Generic printers.

  • Page 40: 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 41: Scoring

    SCORING The following table lists how scoring is done for each of the activities that keep score ® in the VTECH SILVERSTREAK™. NOTE: The following activities do not have scoring or a 2-player mode. Creative Writing Conversion Pad 8-digit Calculator...

  • Page 42: Vtech Silverstreak™ Activities

    ® VTECH SILVERSTREAK™ ACTIVITIES: Activities Scoring Code Word Challenge Comprehension Secret Word Grammar Quiz Parts of Speech Crossword Synonyms Antonyms Word Puzzle Sound Alikes Sentence Shuffle Creative Writing All Mathematic Activities All Trivia Challenge Activities Dragon Challenge 3D Race Rally...

  • Page 43: Care And Maintenance

    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.

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