V-tech V.Smile: Alphabet Park Adventure User manual

© 2005 Lyons Partnership,
L.P. All rights reseved.

Dear Parent,
At VTech®, we know that every year, children are asking to play video
games at younger and younger ages. At the same time, we understand the
hesitation of most parents to expose their children to the inappropriate
content of many popular video games. How can you feel confident
in allowing your children to play these games, and still educate and
entertain them in a healthy, age-appropriate manner?
Our solution to this on-going debate is the V.SmileTM TV Learning System
– a unique video game system created especially for children aged 3 to
8. The V.SmileTM TV Learning System combines a kid-friendly design,
age-appropriate curriculum, entertaining graphics, and fun game play
into a unique experience that your child will love and you can support.
The V.SmileTM TV Learning System engages your child with two modes
of play: the Learning Adventure – an exciting exploratory journey in
which learning concepts are seamlessly integrated, and the Learning
Zone – a series of games designed to focus on specific school skills in
a fun, engaging way. Both of these educational modes offer your child
hours of learning fun.
As part of the V.SmileTM TV Learning System , VTech® offers a library
of game SmartridgesTM based on popular children’s characters that
engage and encourage your child to play while learning. The library is
organized into three levels of educational play – Early Learners (ages
3-5), Junior Thinkers (ages 4-6) and Master Minds (ages 6-8) – so that
the educational content of the system grows with your child.
At VTech® we are proud to provide you with a much-needed solution to
the video game dilemma, as well as another innovative way for your child
to learn while having fun. We thank you for trusting VTech®, with the
important job of helping your child explore a new world of learning!
Sincerely,
Your Friends at VTech®
To learn more about the V.SmileTM TV Learning System and other
VTech® toys, visit www.vtechkids.com

INTRODUCTION
One day, Barney, BJ and Baby Bop find a book about a wonderful place called
The Land of Make Believe, where a beautiful Princess lives in a castle. Barney
and his friends decide they would like to meet the Princess and become her
friends, so they begin a journey to find her. First, there is preparation to be
done, and then exciting travel in a hot air balloon! Along the way, they will meet
many different animals in the forest, find exciting games in the castle, and have
a lot of fun learning new things and meeting the beautiful Princess.
GETTING STARTED
STEP 1: Choose Your Play Mode
Move the joystick left or right to choose the play mode you want. Press the
ENTER button to confirm your selection.
1. Learning Adventure
In this play mode, you can help Barney and his friends on their amazing
journey. Start playing from the beginning by entering Adventure Play or
practice your skills in each of the adventure games individually by entering
the Quick Play area.
Adventure Play – Play four different adventure games and four mini games
one by one according to the story.
Quick Play – Play any of the four adventure games and mini games in any
order.
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INTRODUCTION / GETTING STARTED

* Adventure Play
Start the Adventure from the beginning by choosing New Game or start
the Adventure from the last place you played before exiting by choosing
Continue.
New Game – Start the Adventure from the beginning.
Continue – Start the Adventure from the last place you played before exiting
the game.
*Quick Play
In the Quick Play menu, choose any of the adventure games youʼd like to play.
Move the joystick to select the game you want and press ENTER to play.
Note: For the details of all Learning Adventure games, please refer to the
“Activities – Learning Adventure” section.
2. Learning Zone
In the Learning Zone menu, choose any of the Learning Zone games you
like. Move the joystick to select the game you want and press ENTER to
confirm your choice.
In this zone, you can play together with another person at the same time!
Play with your friends or parents and share the fun and learning!
Note: For the details of all Learning Zone games, please refer to the “Activities
– Learning Zone” section.
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GETTING STARTED

3. Options
In the Options menu, you can choose your game settings. You can turn the
music On or Off, choose 1 or 2 players to play the game, select a difficulty
level (Easy or Hard) and set the number of chances during game play (normal
or unlimited). Use the joystick to choose the settings you want, then press the
ENTER button to confirm and exit.
Note: Two-player mode is only available when played on the V.SmileTM TV
Learning System.
STEP 2: Start Your Game
For Learning Adventure, please go to the “Activities-Learning Adventure”
section.
For Learning Zone, please go to the “Activities-Learning Zone” section.
FEATURES
Help Button
When you press the HELP button during a game, you will hear the activity
instructions or a helpful hint.
Exit Button
When you press the EXIT button, the game will pause. A window will pop up
to check that you really want to quit. Move the joystick left to to leave the
game or right to to cancel the exit screen and keep playing. Press the
ENTER button to choose.
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FEATURES

Learning Zone Button
The LEARNING ZONE button is a shortcut that takes you to the LEARNING
ZONE game selection screen. When you press the LEARNING ZONE button
the game will pause. A window will pop up to check that you really want to quit.
Move the joystick left to to leave the game or right to to cancel the exit
screen and keep playing. Press the ENTER button to choose.
ACTIVITIES
Educational Curriculum
Learning Adventure Curriculum
The Book Chase Number Recognition,
Number Order
Shopping Adventure (mini game) Counting
Sky Travel Object and Letter Recognition
Race the Rain (mini game) Action Game
Forest Adventure General Animal Knowledge
Ask the Animals (mini game) Manners & Politeness, Animal Sounds
Castle Search Directions, Beginning Letters, Matching
Follow the Stairs (mini game) Color Recognition
Learning Zone Curriculum
Sand Castles Sequences
Dance Time Memory
Picture Time Animal Identification
Flower Collecting Counting
Status Bar
In each game, the status bar stays on the screen to show you how you are
doing.
Number of chances remaining to complete the game.
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Learning Adventure – Games
Adventure 1 – the Book Chase
Game Play
A bird has carried away the Land of Make Believe
book that Barney is reading, and pages are falling
out one by one! Help Barney to follow the bird and
collect the fallen pages in numerical order.
Curriculum: Number Recognition, Number
Order
Easy Level: The page Numbers will be 1-10.
Hard Level: The page Numbers will be 1-30.
Basic operation
( ) Move to the left
( ) Move to the right
( ) Move down
( ) Move up
Enter button N/A
Mini Game: Shopping Adventure
Barney goes to a store to buy some things for his
exciting journey.
You will see several items on the shelf. Use the
joystick to select the item you want to buy and
press ENTER to confirm. The price will appear
on the cash register. Give the correct amount of
money to the friendly store clerk so that you can
take the item.
In the Easy Level, you count coins one by one by pressing ENTER; in the
Hard Level, you select a correct pile of coins to pay for the item.
Curriculum: Counting
Easy Level: Count coins by pressing ENTER.
Hard Level: Select a correct pile of coins by moving the joystick.
Basic operation
( ) Move the cursor to the right
( ) Move the cursor to the left
( ) Move the cursor down
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( ) Move the cursor up
Enter button Confirm/count
Adventure 2 – Sky Travel
Game Play
In order to travel to The Land of Make Believe,
Barney, BJ and Baby Bop decide to travel in a
fun hot air balloon.
While in the sky, they discover many objects and
letters floating by balloons. Use the joystick to
move the hot air balloon to collect the correct
object or letter (depending on the difficulty level).
Be careful of the yellow birds! Theyʼll bump into your balloon.
Curriculum: Object and Letter Recognition
Easy Level: Object Recognition
Hard Level: Letter Recognition
Basic operation
() Move hot air balloon to the left
() Move hot air balloon to the right
() Move hot air balloon down
() Move hot air balloon up
Enter button Speed up
Mini Game: Race the Rain
Uh oh! Suddenly it starts to rain and Barney, BJ
and Baby Bop need to carefully guide their balloon
and avoid the wind and rain. Hang on tight – itʼs
sure to be a fun ride!
There are winds moving toward you. Use the
joystick to move the hot air balloon to dodge
the winds.
There is no difference between Easy Level and Hard Level.
Basic operation
( ) Move hot air balloon to the left
( ) Move hot air balloon to the right
( ) Move hot air balloon down
( ) Move hot air balloon up
Enter button Speed up
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Adventure 3 – Forest Adventure
Game Play
Barney and his friends finally land on the beautiful
island – The Land of Make Believe. Barney leads
the group through the forest where they meet
many different animals.
Use the joystick to move Barney left and right,
and press ENTER to jump. Barney will collect
food for the animals along the way. If you meet
an animal on your way, use the joystick to select
a food to give to the animal and press ENTER to feed it.
Curriculum: General Animal Knowledge
Easy Level: Fewer animals and foods
Hard Level: More animals and foods; no voice instruction of the food
Basic operation
( ) Barney moves to the left
( ) Barney moves to the right
( ) Barney moves down
( ) Barney moves up
Enter button 1. Jump 2. Confirm food selection
Mini Game: Ask the Animals
There are animals blocking the paths, and Barney
must ask them politely to let him pass.
Listen and you will hear an animal sound.
Recognize the sound and go to the animal that
made the sound, then press ENTER to ask the
animal to please move. If you ask the wrong
animal, youʼll lose one chance, so listen carefully
to the sounds they make.
Curriculum: Manners & Politeness, Animal Sounds
Easy Level: Fewer animals and animal sounds
Hard Level: More animals and animal sounds
Basic operation
( ) Barney moves to the left
( ) Barney moves to the right
( ) Barney moves down
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( ) Barney moves up
Enter button Confirm
Adventure 4 – Castle Search
Game Play
Barney and his friends finally arrive at the big
castle where the Princess lives! The castle
is very big, so Barney will need some help in
finding her.
There are 3 different challenges in the castle.
Guidance Guard: Listen to the helpful guard
and cross the grid on the floor. Use the joystick
to move Barney in any of 4 directions by following
the guardʼs instructions.
Pair Up: Barney needs to pair up the items
on the table in order to go into the tower. In the
easy level, Barney needs to pair up the matching
objects. In the hard level, Barney needs to pair up
the objects with their beginning letters.
Arrow Puzzle: There is an arrow puzzle on
the ground. When Barney moves onto an arrow
shape, he will follow that arrowʼs direction and
move automatically. Help Barney find a way to
pass through the arrow puzzle and reach the
opposite side.
Note: In the castle, Barney will come across
some pretty dresses and accessories along the
way. Barney can collect them by touching them,
and bring these items with him. At the end of
the story, Barney will give them to the Princess
as presents.
Curriculum: Directions, Beginning Letters,
Matching.
Basic operation
( ) Barney walks left
( ) Barney walks right
( ) Barney walks down
( ) Barney walks up
Enter button Action/ confirm button
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Mini Game: Follow the Stairs
Finally, Barney reaches the stairs leading to the
Princess! Help Barney get up the stairs and meet
the Princess.
There are steps in 4 different colors. Press the
correct color button on the joystick that matches
the color of the next step, and keep matching the
colors until Barney reaches the top.
Curriculum: Color Matching
Easy Level: The color button will light-up as a hint.
Hard Level: No hints are given.
Basic operation
( ) N/A
( ) N/A
( ) N/A
( ) N/A
Enter button N/A
Color buttons Move up the steps (match the color)
Learning Zone
Zone 1 – Sand Castles
Game Play
Baby Bop(1P) and BJ (2P) work together to build
a sand castle on the beach, and now they need
seashells to decorate it.
There is a pattern of shells in the sand castle.
One or more of them is missing. Find the correct
shell that completes the pattern and put it into
the right place. Hurry, the waves will bring some
shells to the shore and the player needs to pick
up the correct one before it gets washed back to the sea. Also, watch out for
the crabs along the beach!
Curriculum: Sequences
Easy Level: The sequences will be 6 seashells.
Hard Level: The sequences will be 8 seashells.
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ACTIVITIES

Basic operation
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop to the left
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop to the right
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop downward
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop upward
Enter button Select the shells/Put the shells into sand castle
Color button N/A
Zone 2 – Dance Time
Game Play
Letʼs dance in the castle! Barney teaches BJ
to dance for the princess in the castle. Now itʼs
your turn to try!
There are 4-color carpets on the floor. Barney
will dance on a carpet from one color to another.
While he is doing his dancing, watch closely!
Then repeat the same dance moves that Barney
performed by pressing the color buttons in the correct order.
Curriculum: Memory
Easy Level: Color will be highlighted as a hint; the color button will
also light-up as a hint.
Hard Level: No hints are given.
Basic operation
( ) N/A
( ) N/A
( ) N/A
( ) N/A
Enter N/A
4 color buttons Jump to the corresponding color
Zone 3 – Picture Time
Game Play
Barney, BJ and Baby Bop are in the forest and
theyʼre very curious to meet all the animals. In
fact, theyʼd like to take pictures of them to bring
back home!
Follow Barneyʼs instructions and the tips (animal
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pictures or names) given on the screen. Then use the joystick to move BJ/
Baby Bop around and find the correct animal. As you move the joystick, the
yellow cursor arrow will move from one animal to the next. When the cursor
is placed over the correct animal, press ENTER to take a picture.
There are 5 pictures in each question for each player.
Curriculum: Animal Identification
Easy Level: Tips given are animal pictures.
Hard Level: Tips given are animal names.
Basic operation
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop to the left
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop to the right
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop downward
( ) Move BJ/Baby Bop upward
Enter button Take picture
Zone 4 – Flower Collecting
Game Play
Baby Bop and BJ are playing together in
the grassland. Itʼs time to collect some of the
beautiful flowers they see, and theyʼd like to
make a fun game out of it.
The required number of flowers is shown on the
screen. Move the joystick to move BJ or Baby
Bop to pick up the flowers. After collecting the
required number of flowers, you should put them into the baskets located on
the tree stumps.
Curriculum: Counting
Easy Level: The target number of flowers will be 1-10.
Hard Level: The target number of flowers will be 11-20.
Basic operation
( ) Walk right
( ) Walk left
( ) Walk downward
( ) Walk upward
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CARE & MAINTENANCE
1. Keep your V.SmileTM clean by wiping it with a slightly damp cloth. Never
use solvents or abrasives.
2. Keep the unit out of direct sunlight and away from direct source of heat.
3. Remove the batteries when not using it for an extended period of time.
4. Avoid dropping it. NEVER try to dismantle it.
5. Always keep the V.SmileTM away from water.
WARNING
A very small percentage of the public, due to an existing condition, may
experience epileptic seizures or momentary loss of consciousness when
viewing certain types of flashing colors or patterns, especially on television.
While the V.SmileTM TV Learning System does not contribute to any additional
risks, we do recommend that parents supervise their children while they play
video games. If your child experiences dizziness, altered vision, disorientation,
or convulsions, discontinue use immediately and consult your physician.
Please note that focusing on a television screen at close range and handling
a joystick for a prolonged period a time may cause fatigue or discomfort. We
recommend that children take a 15 minutes break for every hour of play.
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Please note that if you try to insert or remove a SmartridgeTM without first
turning the unit OFF, you may experience a malfunction. If this happens,
and the unit does not respond to pressing the ON/OFF/RESTART buttons,
disconnect the AC adaptor from the main unit or remove the batteries. Then,
reconnect the adaptor, or reinstall the batteries. If the unit still does not
respond, press the RESET button at the bottom of the unit, using a pen.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
If you have a problem that cannot be solved by using this manual, we
encourage you to visit us online or contact our Consumer Services Department
with any problems and/or suggestions that you might have. A support
representative will be happy to assist you.
Before requesting support, please be ready to provide or include the
information below:
The name of your product or model number. (The model number is typically
located on the back or bottom of your product.)
The actual problem you are experiencing.
The actions you took right before the problem.
CARE&MAINTENANCE/WARNING/TROUBLE SHOOTING

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NOTE:
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. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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