Prentke Romich Company Vantage Lite Product information sheet

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Vantage Lite and Memory Transfer Interface (MTI) are trademarks of Prentke Romich Company.
Adult Quick Learning System (AQLS), Pixon and Semantic Compaction are trademarks of Semantic Compaction
System.s Unity and Minspeak are registered trademarks of Semantic Compaction Systems, Inc. in the United States and
other countries. PCS Symbols are a product of Mayer-Johnson. RealSpeak Text-to-Speech is a trademark of Nuance
Communications, Inc. Acapella speech technologies licensed from the Acapella Group.
Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Electronic Interference Information
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to two conditions: (1) this device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
Warning!
Changes or modifications to this product which are not
authorized by Prentke Romich Company could exceed FCC limits
and negate your authority to use this product.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. You can determine whether this product is
causing interference in your radio or television by turning this product off. If the interference stops, it was probably
caused by this product or one of its accessories. You can attempt to correct the interference by using one or more of
the following measures:
Turn the television or radio antenna until the interference stops.
Move this product to one side or the other of the television or radio.
Move this product farther away form the television or radio.
Plug this product into an outlet that is on a different circuit from the television or radio; that is, this product
should be controlled by different circuit breakers/fuses from the television or radio.
If necessary, contact a Prentke Romich Company service technician for assistance.
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respect toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouiller du Canada.
CE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION: Use: 0o - 45oC; Storage: (-20o) - 50oC; 95% maximum relative humidity @ ambient
temperatures less than 40oC.
Consult accompanying documents.
Attention! This device is not intended to be an emergency call device or sole
communication device.
When operating this device 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.
©Prentke Romich Company 2010. All rights reserved.
Under copyright laws this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written consent of the Prentke
Romich Company.
PRC • 1022 Heyl Rd. • Wooster, OH 44691 • Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone] • [email protected] •
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[email protected] • www.liberator.co.uk
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Getting Started
Remove your
Vantage Lite from
Ship Mode
You received a battery charger in the box with
your Vantage Lite.
1.
Plug the small end of the battery
charger cable into the small battery
charger port on the right side of the
Vantage Lite. Plug the other end of
the charger into a working wall
outlet.
2.
Select:
This key is on the front of
the case.
It will take a few moments for the
device to turn On.

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A Dim or Dark Display
Your device has been pre-set to "go to sleep" if you haven't
made any key activations for two minutes. The backlight
on your display will become dim. You can touch the screen
or activate a switch to turn the device back on (wake it up).
If you do not wake up the device, eventually the backlight
will go out and the display will be dark. Again, just touch
the screen or activate your switch to wake up your device.
It may take a minute or two to wake up.
If you want more time to elapse before the screen goes to
sleep, you can change from two minutes to five or ten
minutes by doing the following:
Select the TOOLS key on the front the case.
Select the MAINTENANCE MENU key in the
Toolbox.
In the Auto Power Down option:
use the arrow keys to select the time you want.
Select the OK key in the bottom right corner of
the menu. Then select the GO TO HOME key in the top
right corner of the Toolbox screen.

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Table of Contents
Getting Started ......................................................................................3
A Dim or Dark Display ...........................................................................4
Table of Contents...................................................................................5
Device Hardware....................................................................................6
Front Panel ................................................................................................................ 6
Top of Vantage Lite................................................................................................ 8
Back of Vantage Lite .............................................................................................. 9
Right Side Panel.....................................................................................................11
Bottom of the Vantage Lite...............................................................................12
Using Your Vantage Lite .....................................................................13
Full Toolbox.............................................................................................................13
Simple Toolbox......................................................................................................15
Speaker Volume.....................................................................................................16
The Exploration Wizard ......................................................................................17
User Areas ................................................................................................................18
Activity Row ............................................................................................................22
Pages..........................................................................................................................26
Modify a Page.........................................................................................................28
Create a Page with a Scene...............................................................................37
Link your Scene Page to the MY SCENES Page .........................................48
You Have Learned.................................................................................................53
Next Steps.............................................................................................54

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Device Hardware
Front Panel
Part Description
ON/OFF
Turns the device ON or OFF. If you turn the
device off with this button, you must use it to
turn the device back on.
TOOLBOX
This takes you to the Toolbox where you can
use the system menus.
CHOOSE ACTIVITY
Keys 1, 2, and 3 are User Defined keys.
Press Key 1 to toggle through the Activity
Row on your overlay.
SET-UP
Key 2 allows you to program overlay keys
without going to the Toolbox. It works with
the MODIFY, ASSIGN and STORE menus.
Vocabulary
Masking on the Fly
Key 3 allows you to mask keys on overlays so
that only a few keys at a time are visible.
Recordin
g
Micro
p
hone

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Part Description
Recording
Microphone
This is the small round hole on the top right
front of the case. When you record messages,
speak toward this area.
Battery Low
When this light flashes, the batteries need to
be charged. Plug in the battery charger.
Battery Charging
When you plug in the charger, the "Charging"
light flashes.
A rapid flash indicates fast-charging; a slow
flash indicates that the battery is charged but
it will continue to trickle-charge as long as the
charger is plugged in.

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Top of Vantage Lite
Part Description
Infrared Area Learning Infrared Area:
The black window on the top back of the
device is the learning infrared area.
You teach remote control signals through the
IR SETUP MENU in the Toolbox. Point a
remote control at this area when teaching the
signals. See operator's manual for steps.
When the Vantage Lite is sending remote
signals to control things like a TV or DVD
player, this window must be facing in the
general direction of the object you want to
control.
Handle Use the handle to carry your Vantage Lite.
You can remove the handle by removing the
two screws that hold it in place.
Removable
handle
Infrared (IR)
window

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Back of Vantage Lite
Part Description
Battery Door Batteries are under this door. You can remove the
battery door by unscrewing it from the case.
Wire Table
Stand
The wire table stand allows the Vantage Lite to sit
on a table in a more vertical position.
In the US, the wire stand comes with the device.
Outside the US, the wire stand is an option.
Wheelchair
Mounting Plate
The wheelchair mounting plate allows the Vantage
Lite to be attached to a wheelchair mount.
Directions for mounting come with the optional
QRM-2 Wheelchair Mount.
Battery Door
Wheelchair
Mounting Plate
Wire Table
Stand

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Reset Button Unbend a paper clip and poke it into the hole to
press the re-set button. If your Vantage Lite stops
working for some reason, push the re-set button
and see if that solves the problem.
Temporary
Unlock Button
Press this button to temporarily unlock any locked
front panel buttons. See the MAINTENANCE
MENU chapter in the Operator's Manual for a
complete explanation.
Reset Button Temporary
Unlock Button

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Right Side Panel
From left to right
Part Description
Mini USB Plug a mini USB cable in here.
Secure Digital
Card Slot
Plug a 2 gigabyte or smaller secure digital card in
here.
Standard USB Plug a standard USB connector or flash drive in
here.
External
Headphones/
Speakers
Plug external stereo headphones or speakers in
here.
External
Microphone
Plug an external microphone in here.
Switch
Connectors
Plug single and dual switches into Switch A and
Switch B ports.
Battery Charger Plug the battery charger in here.
Warning!
Use only the charger that came with
your Vantage Lite.
Mini USB Battery
Charger
Secure Digital Card Slot
Standard USB

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Bottom of the Vantage Lite
Clip an Optional
Shoulder Strap Here
Clip an Optional
Shoulder Strap Here

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Using Your Vantage Lite
Full Toolbox
You see the Full Toolbox.
White
keys are functions that
allow you to change a device
setting without opening a
menu.
The Full Toolbox contains all of
the menus and tools used for
programming your Vantage
Lite.
Select

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Menus contain options that you can select to change
settings or perform an action. Menus are yellow, green,
orange and purple.
Options in the FEEDBACK MENU change the feedback
that you receive from the Vantage Lite. Examples of
settings in this menu are Backlight Intensity and the
different Activation Beeps you hear when you select a
location.
Go to the Vantage Lite Operator's Manual for
information about the menus in the Full Toolbox.
Se
l
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Simple Toolbox
You see the Simple Toolbox.
The Simple Toolbox is a pared down version of the
Full Toolbox. There are only a few often-used menus and
functions in the Simple toolbox. These menus can be
easier to use because they do not have all the options
contained in the Full Toolbox menus.
You may want to use the Simple Toolbox when you create
a new page or when you want to create a scene for a page.
Se
l
ect
Select FULL
TOOLBOX to return to
the regular Toolbox.

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Speaker Volume
To change the volume, select SPEAKER VOLUME UP or
SPEAKER VOLUME DOWN.
To leave the Toolbox and to return to your vocabulary,
select , the GO TO CORE key.
Select one of these keys to
adjust the volume of your
Vantage Lite.
This indicates the
Speaker Volume
The GREEN LED means
Speech is ON.No light
means speech is OFF

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The Exploration Wizard
Select
the
TARGET
keys to explore
location size options.
Select
PIC
TEST
keys to
look at how pictures are
used to mean different
things.
Select this key to view
Pages with different
key location sizes
The UNITY PATTERNS
key shows you how
verbs, adjectives, nouns
and pronouns are
placed on different
overlays.

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User Areas
The white keys take you to User Areas that contain
CORE Vocabulary.
CORE vocabulary is vocabulary that you use all the time in
many different situations. It is the vocabulary you will
always want to be able to go to easily.
Once you select a Core overlay you will need to open the
USER AREA MENU in the Toolbox to go to any other User
Areas. This is explained on the next page.
In this manual we will use the 45 SEQUENCED overlay for
our examples, but you should experiment with all the
overlays to find the best one for you or your client.
Select the 45 SEQUENCED key.
(If you are not in the Exploration Wizard or you don’t know
which overlay you are in, follow the steps on the next page
to change User Areas.)
Select
the
keys in the
bottom row to take you to
vocabulary options.

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Changing User Areas
Select the TOOLBOX key on the top front of
your device.
You see:
You see:
Select Switch User Area
Select

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You see:
This menu tells you what Area you are currently in as well
as what is available in other User Areas.
If you have not already selected it, select Unity 45
Sequenced.
.
Select the OK key.
Go to the
Setting Up chapter in the Operator's
Manual to learn more about the User Area Menu.
Select the User Area that
contains the Core vocabulary
y
ou want.