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  • Page 1 Manual listening for learning...
  • Page 2 Headset Remote console Base unit...

  • Page 3: Quick Setup

    Quick SetUp Simply take your StoryPhones out of the box and press the play button for 2 seconds! Your StoryPhones are ready to play. Now, set up your system... (more details on pages 3 & 4) Install the software by inserting the CD into the CD drive of your PC and the software will run.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Welcome to StoryPhones Important Safety Information Installing the Bookshelf Software Setting up Your StoryPhones System Using the StoryPhones System How to use the Headsets How to use the Remote Console The StoryPhones Bookshelf Software Taking Care of Your StoryPhones System...

  • Page 5: Welcome To Storyphones

    Hello and welcome to your StoryPhones Audio System. I developed the concept of StoryPhones during my time as an Early Years Foundation Stage teacher. As a teacher, I understood the importance of nurturing children’s listening and communication skills and I felt...

  • Page 6: Important Safety Information

    Ameeca will not be held responsible for any damage caused by unauthorised repairs. The StoryPhones system is only to be used as an audio teaching aid and entertainment system, Ameeca will not be held responsible for any misuse. StoryPhones is not a toy.

  • Page 7: Installing The Bookshelf Software

    Your StoryPhones User Account StoryPhones allows to you go online to buy audio stories and other content and to access the online store you need a StoryPhones Account. When you first run the BookShelf software after installation, you will see a “Welcome”...

  • Page 8: Setting Up Your Storyphones System

    Start the Bookshelf software which you have already installed. This will show when each player has fully installed. Place a Headset into each of the docks on the Base Unit one at a time as shown in the diagram. A yellow light will appear on the Headset switch panel when it is correctly plugged into the Base Unit.

  • Page 9: Using The Storyphones System

    APC mode can be enabled and disabled via the software (refer to page 16). Sleep Mode The Headset will go into a low power sleep mode if it is stopped for more than an hour. To wake the Headset from sleep mode, press and hold the Play/Pause button for a few seconds.

  • Page 10: How To Use The Remote Console

    How to use the Remote Console MP3 Player The function buttons control play/pause, skip forward and back, adjust volume, and record (see diagram on the inside back cover of the manual). The Remote Console is controlled in the same way as the Headsets but it is also possible to skip back to the previous track.

  • Page 11: Sleep Mode

    3.5mm jack socket to plug in to the Remote Console and appropriate connection for your tape player. For more advice, see the StoryPhones website. You must tell the Remote Console that you wish to record from the “line input” socket. To select the line-in socket for recording, hold down the red button and press skip-back.

  • Page 12: The Storyphones Bookshelf Software

    CDs, configure your players and also link to the StoryPhones online bookshop. The software is written to be easy to use and contains all that you need to use StoryPhones in a single program.
  • Page 13 Note that if you accidentally delete a file that you have bought from the StoryPhones Online Bookshop, you can go back online and download the story or song again at...
  • Page 14 Author, Publisher etc. Bookshelf uses these tags to display infor- mation about each audio file in the MP3 Info and Player panel. All of the audio content that you buy from StoryPhones will have tags included but if you add you own files they may not have this information.
  • Page 15 Renaming a folder Click the right mouse button on the folder and select ‘Rename Folder’ from the menu that appears. Type the new name into the popup window that appears and then click the OK button. Deleting a folder Click the right mouse button on the folder and select ‘Delete Folder’...
  • Page 16 Base Unit and available for the transfer of audio content. Select the MP3 Headset you want to use from the list. In the content window below, a list of the content on this player will appear.
  • Page 17 (Or... putting the same content on all of them) If you select “All StoryPhones” from the drop down list in the Players panel, all of the StoryPhones that are in the Base Unit will receive the same content. They can then be used in group work activities, or this may just be a convenient way of programming the same audio files on to all of the players.

  • Page 18: Function Buttons

    When you select “All StoryPhones” , you will be warned that the content will be deleted from all of the players in the Base Unit, which is OK because the content is still stored on your computer. Just click “Yes” to this.

  • Page 19: General Settings

    StoryPhones system so this should be a secure password. Note that this is initially set to the same password that you used during the installation process.
  • Page 20 Remote Control mode: in this mode the Headset will be controlled by the Remote Console. You can choose to disable all buttons or allow the user to control the volume of the Headset.
  • Page 21 Disabling the Control Buttons on the Headset When you have selected the operating mode for the Headset (or Remote Console), you can then select which of the buttons will be available on the player. Various button modes are available depending on the operating mode selected: UseAllButtons allows full use of all buttons on the Player Headsets.
  • Page 22 Headsets in another class – this can be very confusing! Save the Settings Once you have made the changes to the settings for a Headset click the Save button to save the changes before moving on to another Headset or the Remote Console. When all of the MP3 Headsets have been set, click the OK button to close the window and return to the main Bookshelf page.
  • Page 23 Converting CDs to MP3 format You can add the tracks from CDs to the Bookshelf library using the built-in converter. You may want to create a new folder to hold the tracks that you are going to add before converting the CD.

  • Page 24: Taking Care Of Your Storyphones System

    Online StoryPhones Shop Click on the Online Shop button. This will directly link you to the StoryPhones shop and the shop will open in the Bookshelf panel. When you have chosen your content follow the steps to purchase and download this to your bookshelf. More help on using the shop is available on-line.

  • Page 25: Technical Support

    You will know when the batteries are charging in the Base Unit as a yellow light will appear on the Headset or Remote Console. The yellow light will go out when the battery is fully charged.
  • Page 26 It is recommended that the battery should be replaced when the Headset or Remote Console fails to last for more than 3 hours after a full charge. The replacement battery must be ordered from Ameeca. See www.storyphones.co.uk/store to order a...
  • Page 27 Indicator LED’s Volume Up / Down Skip Forward Battery Cover Play / Pause USB Cable Socket Microphone Display Screen Function Button Line-in Socket Indicator LED’s Skip Back Volume Switch Socket Up / Down Audio Out Socket Skip Forward USB Cable Socket Play Pause Speaker...
  • Page 28 StoryPhones Ameeca Ltd The Greenhouse Greencroft Park Annfield Plain Co. Durham DH9 7XN info@storyphones.co.uk www.storyphones.co.uk UK Patent No. GB2431813 Manual version 1.2...

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