INTRODUCTION The VTech Challenger Laptop™ is your child’s launch pad into a ® whole world of learning fun! In addition to language basics such as letters and vocabulary words, the Challenger Laptop™ introduces French through fun, graphics-enhanced games. Your child will learn basic...
Please keep user’s manual as it contains important information. GETTING STARTED POWER SOURCE The Challenger Laptop™ operates on 3 “AA” size batteries (AM- 3/LR6) or a VTech BATTERY INSTALLATION 1. Make sure the unit is turned OFF. 2. Locate the battery covers on the bottom of the unit and open them.
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More information can be found on: http://www.recycle-more.co.uk; www.recyclenow.com AC/DC ADAPTOR Use a VTech adaptor or any other standard adaptor that complies ® with EN618 AC/DC 9V 300mA centre-positive adaptor. CONNECTING THE ADAPTOR 1.
Use the mouse only on a clean, flat surface, so that the roller ball is not damaged and the cursor moves freely across the only a mouse that is compatible with VTech products. CONNECTING THE MOUSE 1. Make sure the unit is OFF.
LEvEL SELECTION Pressing the Level key will change the level of the current activity from level one to level two and then level three. Press it again to go back to level one. Level one will be the default setting when entering a new activity.
fUNCTION KEYS: 1. Demo key: to show a short demonstration of the product. 2. Progress Report key: to review the accuracy of your answers in most of activities. 3. Category keys: Press one of these buttons to jump to the first activity of that category.
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1. Cursor Pad: to cycle the choices in the main menu or the questions in an activity. 18. Letter keys: to input your answer in letter-related activities. 19. Number keys: to input numbers in the related activities. 20. Musical note keys: to input your own melody in Melody Maker activity.
HOw TO PLAY Pressing the where an activity can be selected to play. Pressing the will turn the unit off. ACTIvITY SELECTION When the unit is turned on and the opening sequence has been displayed, you will be taken to the main menu where activities can be selected by: 1) pressing Enter at the chosen activity while they cycle through automatically;...
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ACTIvITIES Your Challenger Laptop™ includes a total of 40 activities. Index Activity Name Earful of Numbers Number Votes Picture Fun Word Train Letter Jump Mouse’s Snack Chat Room Talk Show Alphabet Apple Letter Disks Alphabet Fishing Letter Match Letter Bubbles Typing Fun Animal Votes Mouse’s Lunch...
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Show Time Costume Ball Hide and Seek Animal Shadows Carrot Patch Stamp Factory Party Face Concert Master Melody Maker About Me My Favourites Parents’ Message Matchbook LANGUAGE LAB (fRENCH) 01. EARfUL Of NUMBERS Several disks marked with different numbers (from 1 to 10) will appear.
05. LETTER JUMP Select with the cursor pad, click the letter with the mouse or input the letter on the keyboard to help the frog jump to the right lily pad and find the beginning letter of the given French word! 06.
13. LETTER BUBBLES Children like catching bubbles, right?! Help to catch one letter to form the letter sequence with the mouse or by pressing the letter on the keyboard before the time runs out! 14. TYPING fUN Type as many letters as you can by pressing the letters on the keyboard! 15.
21. KICK ONE OUT Two number bugs will appear out of the holes. Hit the odd one so that another number will fill in the number order! 22. NUMBER SEESAw Come to the playground for seesaw fun! Try to keep the two sides balanced by adding the objects.
29. COSTUME BALL All the animals are dressing up for a fancy ball! They will dance with different masks during the ball. Can you recognise them and find their true face from the multiple choices using the mouse or cursor pad and Enter? Come on! 30.
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Melody List: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Oh My Darlin’ Frere Jacques Camptown Races Goosey Goosey Gander Hickory Dickory Dock If You’re Happy and You Know it London Bridge Polly Wolly Doodle 36. MELODY MAKER Do you want to be a music genius? Compose your own melodies by pressing the musical note keys.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Creating and developing VTech responsibility that we at VTech every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information which forms the value of our products. However, errors sometimes can occur.
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