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diskette, or other storage medium. Be sure to make multiple copies of all important data to protect
against accidental loss.
Vantage, Vanguard II, Vanguard, Pathfinder, SpringBoard, WordCore, Language Activity Monitor (LAM), Memory Transfer Interface
(MTI) and PRC Infrared Receiver (IRR) are trademarks of Prentke Romich Company.
Unity® is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries.
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Headpointing technology by Madentec
Pint Shop Pro software is copyrighted by JASC Software, Inc.Inmage Viewer/32 is shareware from SB Software.
Song programming instructions, charts and speech tips are used with permission of Fonix Corporation.
Some song programming tips and instructions were contributed by Snoopi Botten.
Your device computer access overlays are based on the work Chris Beatty did for the MIKE product. Prentke Romich Company
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ALERTS
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Attention! Consult accompanying documents.
Not intended to be an emergency call device or sole communication
device.
Warning!
When operating the Vantage or Vanguard II in a medical
environment, do not use with any product that is not medically
approved.
Warning!
Any mounts used should be fitted by a qualified person.
Failure to install the mounting system according to the
manufacturer's instructions may result in an injury to the user.
Important Note!
To achieve the best results from your communication aid,
keep it dry at all times.
See the Troubleshooting Section of this manual
for more information.
Recommendation
To Avoid Static Discharge: Turn the device OFF
before you plug anything into or unplug anything from the device.
This includes switches, headpointers and especially the battery charger.

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Before You Continue:
To conserve the batteries,
the entire unit was turned OFF at the factory
before it was shipped.
To use it,
you must turn your device ON.
To Turn the Device ON:
Press and hold the 1/0 key on the front of the
case until the display screen lights up, then release
the button. This will take a few seconds.

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Table of Contents
GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR COMMUNICATION DEVICE......13
Welcome to your Vantage or Vanguard II .................................................................15
The Touch Screen and the Exploration Wizard..........................................................21
The Unity®2-Hit Overlay...........................................................................................23
The Keyguard, Visor, Table Stand and Strap Holders ...............................................25
About the Side Panels on the Vanguard II..................................................................29
About Auto Power Down, Power-Off and the I/O Button .........................................33
Auto Power Down......................................................................................................35
About the Device Batteries.........................................................................................37
About Minspeak®.......................................................................................................39
Icon Prediction Shows Where You Have Messages Stored .......................................41
About Finding Keys....................................................................................................43
About the Color-Coded Toolbox................................................................................45
Change the Speaker and Headphone Volume.............................................................47
About the CALL Tool in the Toolbox........................................................................48
SETTING UP YOUR COMMUNICATION DEVICE.........................................49
About Setting Up your Device ...................................................................................51
About User Areas .......................................................................................................53
About Choosing a Keyboard Size...............................................................................55
About the Communication Overlays ..........................................................................57
About The Spelling Keyboard....................................................................................59
About the Computer Access Pages.............................................................................61
About the Remote Control Pages ...............................................................................63
Using the CHOOSE OVERLAY MENU...................................................................67
What are the Selection Techniques?...........................................................................69
Using the SELECTION TECHNIQUE MENU..........................................................71
Keyboard ....................................................................................................................73
Headpointing ..............................................................................................................75
1-Switch......................................................................................................................77
2-Switch......................................................................................................................79
Joystick as a Selection Technique ..............................................................................81
Some Options in the SELECTION TECHNIQUE MENU ........................................83
Headpointing Options: Averaging.............................................................................85
Headpointing: Horizontal Adjustment and Vertical Adjustment...............................87
Headpointing: Field of View......................................................................................89

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Headpointing: Color Pointer; Highlight Key............................................................91
1-Switch—Scan Mode 1.............................................................................................95
1-Switch—Scan Mode 2.............................................................................................97
2-Switch—Scan Mode 1.............................................................................................99
2-Switch—Scan Mode 2...........................................................................................101
Scan Direction ..........................................................................................................103
Scanning Speed.........................................................................................................105
Acceptance Time......................................................................................................107
Release Time ............................................................................................................108
Activation Delay Gives You a Chance to Change Your Mind.................................109
Auto Repeat Rate......................................................................................................111
Predictive Selection: Activate Only Those Keys Where Messages are Stored ........113
Save Your Set-Up Settings.......................................................................................115
Copy the Settings Keys to Your Overlay..................................................................117
WORD PREDICTION...........................................................................................119
About Minspeak®and Word Prediction ...................................................................121
The Benefits of Minspeak®and Word Prediction Together.....................................123
Turn Word Prediction On and Off............................................................................125
Choose to turn Large Selection Area On or Off.......................................................125
Spell and Select Words.............................................................................................127
Display Recent Words..............................................................................................129
Computer Command for "Delete" ............................................................................131
Highlight Color.........................................................................................................133
Add a Word to the Word Prediction Dictionary.......................................................135
Delete a Word...........................................................................................................137
Reviewing Words in the Dictionary .........................................................................139
Load Default Dictionary...........................................................................................140
STORING MESSAGES.........................................................................................141
About Core Vocabulary and the Activity Row.........................................................143
Recorded and Synthesized Speech ..........................................................................145
Before You Begin to Store, Plan What You Want to Say........................................147
Record and Store a Core Vocabulary Message ........................................................149
Erase a Recorded Core Vocabulary Message...........................................................151
Store a Core Vocabulary Message............................................................................153
Edit a Core Vocabulary DECtalk Message...............................................................155
Erase a Core Vocabulary Message ...........................................................................157
Link an Icon Sequence to an Already Created Page.................................................159
About Existing Activities .........................................................................................161
About Creating an Activity.......................................................................................163
Picture Prediction .....................................................................................................165
Create a New Activity—An Example ......................................................................167
Dynamic Activities...................................................................................................169

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Erase a Dynamic Activity Link; Review All Dynamic Activities...........................171
Modify An Already Existing Activity......................................................................173
Copy Pages/Activities from your Current User Area to Another User Area............177
Set Activity Template...............................................................................................179
Copy or Erase all Sequences Beginning with Selected Icon(s)................................181
Using the REVIEW VOCABULARY MENU.........................................................183
Using the "Review to Output Method" Option.........................................................184
Icon Tutor.................................................................................................................189
About Personalizing Your Communication Keyboard and Overlay ........................193
About Inserting Tools from the ALL TOOLS LIST to Your Overlay.....................195
To Store a Tool Use the INSERT TOOL Key on the Spelling Keyboard................197
Store a Tool Under an Icon Sequence ......................................................................199
Assign a Tool to a Core Key on Your Communication Overlay..............................201
Erase the Tool and Restore the Original Icon...........................................................203
About Macros...........................................................................................................205
Store a Macro Under an Icon Sequence ...................................................................207
Assign a Macro to a Core Key..................................................................................209
Erase Macros ............................................................................................................211
Hide a Core Vocabulary Key....................................................................................213
Swap Core Vocabulary Keys on Your Overlay........................................................215
Assign a Tool to an Activity Key.............................................................................217
Change All Occurrences of an Icon..........................................................................219
About Custom Pages ................................................................................................221
Create a Custom Page...............................................................................................223
Go to Your Custom Page..........................................................................................225
Modify a Custom Page .............................................................................................227
Link a Page to another Page or to your Core Vocabulary........................................229
Expand a User Area or Page.....................................................................................231
Using the SET-UP Tool............................................................................................233
About Auditory Prompts ..........................................................................................235
Erase Auditory Prompts............................................................................................237
Creating and Using Notebooks.................................................................................239
The Notebook Workspace........................................................................................240
New Notebooks ........................................................................................................241
Close a Notebook; Save a Notebook......................................................................243
Open and Delete a Notebook....................................................................................244
Rename a Notebook; Transfer a Notebook to a Computer.......................................245
Print a Notebook.......................................................................................................246
Speak a Notebook; Lock a Notebook......................................................................247
Copy a Notebook from One Area to Another...........................................................248
Store a Notebook under an Icon Sequence...............................................................249
Using the Calculator.................................................................................................251
The FEEDBACK MENU.........................................................................................253

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Show Selections By: Icon or Icon Name.................................................................257
Icon Message Label: Top, Bottom or Off................................................................259
Embellished Icons: On or Off..................................................................................261
The MAINTENANCE MENU Gives You Information about your Device ............263
MORE TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION........................................................265
Select a Voice from the SPEECH MENU................................................................267
Select an Average Pitch (DECtalk) ..........................................................................269
Selecting a Speech Rate............................................................................................271
Selecting a Pitch Range (DECTalk) .........................................................................273
Changing Voices Within a Message (DECtalk speech) ...........................................275
Speaking Tools.........................................................................................................276
Wait Any Key...........................................................................................................277
The DICTIONARY MENU .....................................................................................279
Add Words to the Dictionary....................................................................................281
Delete Words from the Dictionary ...........................................................................283
Review Words in the Dictionary ..............................................................................285
Shift, Caps Lock and Arrow Keys............................................................................286
Shift, Caps Lock and Arrow Keys............................................................................286
Character/Word ........................................................................................................287
Plurals.......................................................................................................................288
Text Marker, Speech Marker, Text & Speech Marker .............................................289
Clear Display............................................................................................................290
"Delete" Options and Arrow Keys............................................................................291
USING THE TRANSFER MEMORY MENU ....................................................293
About Memory Transfers .........................................................................................295
Memory Transfer with a USB Flash Drive or Secure Digital Card..........................297
Importing Icons.........................................................................................................299
Load Icons from an MTI File ...................................................................................300
Save a Page/ Load a Page.........................................................................................301
Save/Load a Notebook..............................................................................................302
PC Memory Transfer with a Serial Cable.................................................................303
Using the FILE ORGANIZER .................................................................................305
USING THE MP3 PLAYER MENU ....................................................................307
Listening to Music with your Communication Aid (MP3, WAV and WMA files)309
About the Options in the MP3 PLAYER MENU.....................................................311
Creating and Using Playlists.....................................................................................315
New Music Tools......................................................................................................317
Using the Select Save Directory Option: Create a Playlist Directory......................318
Using the Select Save Directory Option: Create an MTI Directory........................319
Using the FILE ORGANIZER .................................................................................321
About Importing Sound Files to Store on your Overlay...........................................323

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Store a Sound File under an Icon or Icon Sequence on your Overlay......................324
USING A REMOTE CONTROL..........................................................................325
Using your Communication Aid as a Remote Control.............................................327
Teach your Device to act like a Remote Control......................................................329
Loading the Remote Control Pages..........................................................................331
About Teaching Remote Control Signals to your Device ........................................333
Teach Remote Control Signals to your Device.........................................................335
Add a New Device to the IR SETUP MENU...........................................................337
Create a TV2 Page....................................................................................................339
Add the Other Remote Control Pages to the TV2 Page............................................341
Place the TV2 Page in your REMOTES Activity.....................................................343
How to Store the TV2 Functions under an Icon Sequence.......................................345
Delete a Device; Rename a Device..........................................................................347
Add a New Function to an Existing Device .............................................................349
Rename a Function...................................................................................................351
Delete a Function......................................................................................................353
Re-Learn Signals ......................................................................................................355
Adding Phone Numbers to the EZ Phone Page........................................................357
ON-OFF Control of Non-Remote Appliances: Using the X-10..............................359
USING A COMPUTER .........................................................................................361
Computer Emulation with a USB Cable...................................................................363
Computer Emulation with a Serial Cable .................................................................364
About the Computer Access Overlays......................................................................367
Loading the Computer Access Overlays ..................................................................369
About the 8 Location Computer Access Overlay.....................................................371
The Word Processing Overlays................................................................................373
IBM Full Computer Access Pages............................................................................375
Macintosh Full Computer Access Pages ..................................................................377
Store the 8-Location and Word Processing Computer Overlays..............................379
Storing the Full Computer Access Pages on Your Communication Overlay...........381
About "Comp On" and "Comp Off".........................................................................383
Using the Computer Keyboard Overlay...................................................................385
Using the Computer Mouse Overlay........................................................................387
When to Reset the Mouse.........................................................................................389
Using the Computer Menu Overlay..........................................................................391
About Modifying or Creating Computer Commands...............................................393
Use the SERIAL MARKER Tool to Write Commands to be Sent to the Computer395
About Deleting Computer Access Pages..................................................................396
The ADVANCED INFRARED SETUP MENU......................................................399
Single Device, EZ Phone and IRR use, or Multiple Device, EZ Phone and IRR use400
About the Protocol Options......................................................................................401
If You are Using an IRR and You Get an Error Message on your Device...............402

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USING THE PHONE.............................................................................................403
Before You Begin.....................................................................................................405
Enable the Phone Card .............................................................................................407
New Phone Tools......................................................................................................409
Using the Dial Pad....................................................................................................411
Adjusting Caller and Listener Volume.....................................................................413
Send a Text Message................................................................................................415
Reading a Text Message...........................................................................................417
Using the Internal Microphone to Speak..................................................................418
APPENDICES.........................................................................................................419
Appendix A: All Tools List.....................................................................................421
Explanations of the Tools in the All Tools List........................................................423
Appendix B: Recalibrate the Touch Screen.............................................................436
Appendix C: The Pre-Stored Songs in your Device................................................437
To Copy a Pre-Stored Song to Your Overlay...........................................................438
Appendix D: How to Use DECtalk to Program and Store Your Own Songs..........439
Appendix E: Helpful DECtalk Speech Tips............................................................465
Appendix F: RealSpeak™Speech Tips....................................................................473
Appendix G: External Speaker and Headphone Information...................................490
Appendix H: Creating Macros That Contain Menu Options...................................491
Appendix I: Troubleshooting...................................................................................494
Appendix J: Setting the Time and Date...................................................................499
Appendix K: Using the LAM (Language Activity Monitoring)..............................500
Appendix L: IBM and Macintosh Computer Keyboard Names; Mouse Commands504
Appendix M: The Joystick Adapter.........................................................................513
Appendix N: The Keyboard ....................................................................................514
INDEX.....................................................................................................................515
Index.........................................................................................................................517

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Getting Acquainted with your
Communication Device

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Vantage
Vanguard II

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Welcome to your Vantage or Vanguard II
Summary:
The Vantage and Vanguard II are augmentative communication
aids that use the Minspeak® language system for storage and
retrieval of messages. They are designed to be used by anyone
who, for whatever reasons, has difficulty speaking and could
benefit from an AAC system.
The Vantage and Vanguard II are augmentative/alternative
communication systems that use a combination of Minspeak®and
modern technology for the storage and retrieval of messages. They have
a number of features that allow them to be used as an interactive
communication system in the many situations that individuals face.
The Vantage is smaller and lighter than the Vanguard II and can be
easily carried. The Vanguard II has larger keys and a larger display size
which makes it a little easier for scanners and headpointers to use. It is
less portable and is designed be mounted on a wheelchair. The Vantage
and Vanguard II both have Tracker™ integrated headpointing.
Both devices feature Icon Prediction, Auditory Prompts, Word
Prediction, Computer Emulation and the ability to store messages in
both digitized (recorded) and synthesized (DECtalk©or RealSpeak™)
speech.
The Minspeak language system provides a core vocabulary of common
words. These words are used in almost every kind of communication
situation and are always available to the communicator. Each device
also uses easily recognizable icons (pictures) that allow the
communicator to quickly access words for specific situations. Using this
combination, the devices can easily adapt to the user's changing
communication needs
This operator's manual should be used to set up your device. Once your
device is set up the way you want it, keep the manual handy to use as a
reference.

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VANTAGE FRONT PANEL
Internal Microphone Headpointing window
VANGUARD II FRONT PANEL
Keys on the Front Panels
ON/OFF Battery is
Charging Battery
needs
charging
TOOLBOX 2 USER DEFINED KEYS
Left key pre-programmed as
CHOOSE ACTIVITY
Right key pre-
p
rogrammed as
SETUP KEY
ON/OFF TOOLBOX
Battery is
charging Battery
needs
charging
Headpointing
window and
headpointing
ON light Internal
microphone
2 USER DEFINED KEYS
Left key pre-programmed
as CHOOSE ACTIVITY
Right key pre-programmed
as SETUP KEY

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The Front Panel
O
ON/OFF: Press to turn the device On or Off.
When the LED comes on, the batteries need to be charged.
Plug in the battery charger.
V
When you plug in the charger, the LED (Light Emitting
Diode) will flash. A rapid flash indicates fast-charging; a slow flash
indicates that the battery is charged and it will continue to trickle-charge
as long as the charger is plugged in.
GO TO TOOLBOX: Press to go to the Toolbox. Press again
to return where you were.
USER DEFINED Keys (2): Program with whatever
command or Tool you want. The key on the left has been programmed
for you as the CHOOSE ACTIVITY key; the key on the right as the
SETUP key.
Headpointing Infrared Window (IR) above other keys.
Recording Microphone: On the Vantage, this is the small hole to the
left of the headpointing window as you look at the case. On the
Vanguard II it is on the right of the front panel with a picture of a
microphone next to it.

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STATUS DISPLAY AREA
Battery Icon and Bar Graph
Full Battery: Mostly green lines, some red, some yellow.
Plug in Charger: No green lines
Nearly Dead: Red lines only (plug in charger)
Speaker Icon
Loudest Volume: Lines clear across bar graph
No Volume: Bar graph empty of lines.
Headphone Icon
Loudest Volume: Lines clear across bar graph
No Volume : Bar graph empty of lines.
Time/Date This displays the current time and date. Set
this using the CLOCK MENU in the Toolbox
Synth
Bar Graph full: Synthesized memory is full
Total ("Total" will replace "DEMO" on your device. If phone card
is active, phone icons are visible, not memory total)
Bar Graph Full: All memory is full
Caps Lock, Shift, Ctrl, Speech
When one of these functions is in use, the green light is lit.
TEXT DISPLAY AREA
ICON OR WORD
PREDICTION AREA

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The Display Areas
Summary:
The Text Display Area is where any text appears. The Icon
Display Area is where any icons you activate will appear. The
Status Display Area gives you feedback about the status of your
device.
Text Display Area This is where you will see any text that appears,
either from messages that you have retrieved or from typing in text.
Touch this area to hear any text that is displayed.
Icon Display Area and Word Prediction List Area. This is where you
will see the icons that you activate on your communication overlay or,
when Word Prediction is On, you will see a list of predicted words.
The Status Display Area Contains:
Time and Date:Displays current time and date. Set this in the CLOCK
MENU in the Toolbox. See Appendix I for clock and date setting
information.
Battery Bar Graph: This shows the status of the batteries. When the
graph has mostly green lines with a few yellow and red lines, the
batteries are full. When there are only yellow and red lines, the battery
is low. You cannot store when the battery is low. When there are only
red lines the battery is almost dead and the device will shut down. Plug
in the charger when there are no green lines left in the graph.
Speaker and Headphone icons: These indicate speaker and headphone
volume. When lines are clear across the graph, the volume is loudest.
Total: When the lines are clear across the graph there is no more
memory left in the device. If a phone card is active, memory total
disappears and phone icons appear.
Caps Lock, Shift, Ctrl, Speech: When a light next to one of these
functions is lit, the function is in use.

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The Exploration Wizard
Non-English speaking devices may not have
this overlay
Text Display
Word Prediction or
Icon Display Area
Device Status Display Area