Barbie 17033 User manual
Laptop
For Ages 5 & Up
Electronic Learnig Computer
-BrightTM
Product does not have internet or data storage capabilities.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Thank you for choosing the Barbie™--BBrriigghhtt™LLaappttoopp.
Designed and engineered with extreme precision,
the --BBrriigghhtt™LLaappttooppis packed full of learning,
offering stimulating games and activities that
make an invaluable contribution to your child’s development.
The activities aim to further your child’s skills in language,
number, music, memory, and logical reasoning.
The --BBrriigghhtt™LLaappttooppprovides a dependable and
realistic introduction to computers and
encourages creativity and independent learning.
Learning with Barbie®is so much fun!
BARBIE and associated trademarks owned by and used under license from Mattel, Inc.
© 2002 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Table of Contents
able of Contents
Chapter 1 1
About your
-Bright™Laptop
Chapter 2 3
Getting Started
Chapter 3 5
Activity Rules
Chapter 4 6
Activities
Chapter 5 11
Trouble Shooting
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About your --BBrriigghhtt
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LLaappttoopp
Features
The unit features
10 activities
• 4 vocabulary / letter
• 2 number
• 2 logic
• 2 music
Multimedia
• Digital Sound and
animation
Display
• Large LCD screen
• Automatic shut-down
Interface
• Individual A – Z
keyboard
• Number and musical
keys
Audio
• Barbie
®
's voice
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
1
2
The Barbie
®
--BBrriigghhtt™LLaappttoopp
is supplied with the following parts.
Please contact your retailer should any
parts be missing.
1 - Unit
2 - Instruction Manual
Lock
Button
Unit
Speaker
Repeat Button
Instruction
Manual
Letter Buttons
On/Off Button
Number/
Musical Note Keys
Activity Selector
LCD Screen
2
Unit
Sliding Handle
Battery Cover
3
Battery Installation
1. Make sure the unit is turned off.
2. Using a Phillips-head screwdriver, open the battery cover
at the back of the unit.
3. Insert 4 ”AA” batteries. (Note the correct polarity: +, - ).
4. Replace the cover.
(The unit is automatically turned on as soon as the
batteries are installed.)
Caution
• Different types of batteries or new and used batteries are
not to be mixed.
• Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as
recommended are to be used.
• Remove all batteries when replacing.
• Remove batteries from the unit if the unit is not going to
be used for long periods.
• Do not dispose of batteries in fire.
• Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged.
• Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the toy
before being charged.
• Rechargeable batteries are only to be charged under adult
supervision.
• Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the toy.
• The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.
+
-
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Getting Started Your Barbie
®-Book™Laptop
operates on 4 "AA" size batteries.
Cleaning and Maintenance
The unit should be regularly examined for damage to the enclosure and other parts. In the event of such damage, the
unit must not be used until the damage has been repaired. Always disconnect the power supply before cleaning.
Wipe the unit with a dry cloth.
• Do not get the unit wet.
• Do not dismantle the unit.
Auto-off
If there is no input on the unit for five minutes, the unit says good bye and automatically
turns itself off to conservepower. When you are ready to start playing again, just press the
on/off button to turn the unit back on.
Starting your
-Bright™Laptop
Open the unit by sliding the two lock buttons towards you (located on both sides of the unit).
Turn on your
-Bright™Laptop
using the on/off button located on the bottom right of
the keyboard.
At the end of your session, remember to turn off the power by pressing the same button.
4
Press the on/off button
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Activity Rules
Selection
There are 10 fun filled activities in the
-Bright™Laptop.
Make your game selection by
sliding the game selector over your chosen game. A list of the games is given in Chapter 4.
You can change games at any point by sliding the game selector to a new game.
Attempts
You have three attempts to answer each question correctly. After three incorrect answers,
the -Bright™Laptop gives the correct answer and continues with the activity.
If there is no input for approximately ten seconds, the -Bright™Laptop repeats the current
question for you to have another attempt.
This feature applies to
• Word Quiz
• Learn Vowels
• Counting
• Picture Perfect
• Flower Power
Repeat Key
Press the repeat button to listen to the instructions of an activity again.
In the activity Music Maker, press this key to play back your composition.
5
Slide the game selector
Press the repeat button
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Activities
Word Quiz
Learn to read and spell new words with the
-Bright™Laptop
.
1. The
-Bright™Laptop
says “Show me words”. The screen shows an animated
finger pressing a letter button and the
-Bright™Laptop
says, “Press a letter button.”
2. Select and press a letter on the keyboard.
The
-Bright™Laptop
says your chosen letter and then shows an animation of
a word beginning with that letter followed by the spelling of the word.
3. Select another letter.
Fun Find
This activity reinforces the spelling of new words.
1. The
-Bright™Laptop
asks you to find a word. An animation of the word
appears on the screen to help you.
2. What letter does this word begin with? On the keyboard, press this letter.
To help you, the word and illustration appear above the letter button on the keyboard.
6
Press a letter button
Press a letter button
7
Sound It Out
In this activity, you can learn the names and phonetic sounds of letters.
1. The
-Bright™Laptop
says “ Press a letter button.’’
2. Press a letter button.
3. The
-Bright™Laptop
says the letter, gives a word beginning with that letter
and the phonetic sounds of the letters forming that word.
Learn Vowels
This activity teaches vowel identification.
1. The
-Bright™Laptop
introduces the five vowels.
2. The
-Bright™Laptop
then asks you to identify the vowel in a word.
3. To answer the question, press the correct letter button.
Magic Numbers
This activity introduces numbers and counting.
1. The
-Bright™Laptop
says
“
Press a number.”
2. When a number key is pressed, the
-Bright™Laptop
repeats the number and counts up
to that number.
Press a letter button
Press a number key
Press a letter button
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