V-tech Whiz Kid CD - Thomas & Friends: A Busy Day on the Island of... Bedienungsanleitung

User’s Manual

INTRODUCTION & GETTING STARTED

INTRODUCTION

Today the Island of Sodor is bustling with trainloads of work to be done.

Thomas™ and his friends need your help to solve the problems and keep the

railway running smoothly.

INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE

•

20 double-sided activity pages (40 activity pages total), plus a storage folder

• A game cartridge --- Whiz Kid™ Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on

the Island of Sodor

• An activity CD-ROM --- Whiz Kid™ Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day

on the Island of Sodor

WARNING: All packing materials such as tape, plastic sheets, wire ties and

tags are not part of this toy and should be discarded for your child’s safety.

GETTING STARTED

You can play with your Whiz Kid™ Learning System in two different ways:

play it on the go, or connect it to a PC with the USB cable included with the

main unit.

I. Playing on the Go

1. Insert the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of Sodor

game cartridge into the cartridge slot on the upper side of the main unit. The

cartridge should lock into place.

2. Insert the stylus pen into the jack on the lower side of the main unit.

3. Turn on the Whiz Kid™ Learning System main unit by pressing the ON

button.

4. Open the frame cover.

5. Place an activity page onto the board.

Note: If you have printed the activity page on your own printer, place the

page onto the board, and use your pen to touch the red dots in the top

right corner and bottom left corner of the page, to make sure the Whiz Kid™

Learning System can recognize the page.

6. Close the frame cover.

7. Follow the voice instructions to begin play.

GETTING STARTED

II. Playing on a PC

PC System Requirements

• Windows®98 SE, Windows®2000, Windows®ME, Windows®XP

• 500 MHz Pentium III

• 128 MB RAM

• 800 MB HDD available space

• Graphic card with 8 MB VRAM

• DirectX®7.0 or higher

• 16-bit color monitor, 1,024 x 768 resolution

• Windows®compatible sound card and speakers

• USB 1.1 or higher

• Disk driver type: CD-ROM / DVD-ROM

Note: Windows®NT is not supported.

PC Setup and Installation

1. Start Windows®98/ME/2000/XP.

2. Insert the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of Sodor

game disc into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.

3. If the AutoPlay feature for your system is enabled, it will automatically begin

the installation process and a title screen should appear. Click on the Install

button to install the game.

4. If the AutoPlay feature is disabled, or the installation does not start

automatically, run the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island

of Sodor setup program by clicking on the Start button on your Windows®

taskbar, then selecting Run. Type D:\Install.exe in the Open text box, or

select Browse to ﬁnd the ﬁle. Select OK to begin installation.

Note: If your CD-ROM drive is assigned to a letter other than D, substitute

that letter.

5. Follow the rest of the on-screen instructions to ﬁnish installing the game.

6. Once installation is complete, click on the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy

Day on the Island of Sodor icon on your desktop to start the game.

Installation of DirectX®

The Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of Sodor game

requires DirectX®7.0 or higher in order to run. If you do not have DirectX®7.0

GETTING STARTED

or higher installed on your computer, please download it from the Windows®

Internet site and install it in your computer before installing the Thomas &

Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of Sodor program.

Starting the Thomas & FriendsTM – A Busy Day on the Island of

Sodor Application

1. Install the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of Sodor

program on your PC. For detailed setup instructions, please refer to the “PC

Setup and Installation” section.

2. After installation is complete, start up your PC. (You do not need to have

the CD inserted in the drive after installation.)

3. Start the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of Sodor

application by double-clicking the icon on the PC desktop.

4. Connect the included PC cable to a USB port on your PC.

5. Connect the other end of the PC cable to your VTech®Whiz Kid™

main unit.

Note: You must connect the Whiz Kid™ Learning System main unit to the

computer before you can play any activities. Otherwise you will only be able

to view the Progress Report or print the activity pages.

6. Turn on the Whiz Kid™ Learning System main unit by pressing the ON

button.

7. Double-click the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of

Sodor icon on your PC desktop.

8. You can control the game cursor by using the PC mouse, or by moving the

pen around on the board. Press down with the pen to select an object on

the PC screen (similar to pressing the PC mouse button). When you insert

a page into the board that matches to the page on the PC screen, you can

touch objects on the page to watch them come alive on the PC screen.

Step 1. Login menu

After you click the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on the Island of

Sodor icon in your PC, the game will start and you will enter the login menu.

If it is your ﬁrst time playing the game, type your name in one of the slots. The

next time you play, you will be able to select your name from the list, create a

New name, or Delete a name. Press the Start button to start the game, or the

Exit button to leave the game.

Step 2. Choose an Activity Page

1. Island of Sodor Map

During the opening montage,

you will see a map of the

Island of Sodor. There are

ﬁve different areas to visit:

Reading Railway, Number

Quarry, Word Fun Station,

Farmer McColl’s Farm, and

The Puzzle Dock. Press any

key to enter the game menu.

2. Game Menu

• There are ﬁve categories in the Thomas & Friends™ – A Busy Day on

the Island of Sodor game, that match the ﬁve areas on the Island of Sodor

map: Reading Railway , Number Quarry , Word Fun Station

1111 , Farmer McColl’s Farm 111 and The Puzzle Dock . Once you

are in the game menu, you can move to a different category by selecting

the 5 tabs at the top of the screen.

GETTING STARTED

Category

Icon

Exit

Icon

Progress Report Icon

Number of

Selected

Page

Activity

Page

Thumbnail

Check

Box

Help IconWeb Icon

• Check Box

Click the white circle to select a game page for printing.

When a page has been selected, a checkmark appears

in the circle.You can select up to 8 game pages at one time.

•Activity Page Thumbnail

Click any activity page to start playing.

•Number of Selected Pages

The picture used does not really show anything. Please

show an example with the numbers on the page.

•Category Icon

Click the category icon to see the activity pages for that

category.

• Print Icon

Click the Print icon to print the selected game pages, in

case you need to replace a lost or damaged page. You

can select and print up to 8 game pages at one time.

• Progress Report Icon

Click the Progress Report icon to see how you’re doing

in the game.

• Help Icon

Click the Help icon to see instructions and hints.

• Exit Icon

Press the Exit icon to leave the game you are playing.

• Web Icon

Press the Web icon to visit our website on the internet. You

can download additional, free activity pages at this site.

Note: Your PC must have internet access in order to

visit this website.

GETTING STARTED

3. Progress Report

The progress report shows

how well you’re doing in all 40

activity pages. The more games

you play, the closer you get to

winning special prizes that you

can print out. You can also print

your Progress Report.

Click the to see and

print your bonus prize.

Press to print your

Progress Report.

Press to return to the main menu.

Step 3. Activity Pages

To play an activity page, insert that page into the main unit (if playing with the

board alone) or click the page’s picture in the game selection menu (if playing

on the PC).

• Activity Buttons

When you click the activity buttons on the right-hand

side of the page, you will enter different learning

activities. Explore and play them all to ﬁll up the icon list

in the Progress Report. (For details about the Progress

Report, please refer to the Progress Report section).

GETTING STARTED

Story Byte Icon

Music On/Off Button

Exit Button

Activity Buttons

Repeat Button

Stop Button

• Story Byte Button

All activity pages in the Reading Railway category

include a short story. Click the Story Byte button to hear

the story read aloud.

• Music On/Off Button

Press this button to switch the background music on

or off.

• Repeat Button

Press the Repeat button to hear the questions or game

instructions again.

• Stop Button

Press the Stop button to stop the activity you are

playing.

• Exit Button

Press the Exit button to leave the game.

ACTIVITIES

Category Curriculum

Reading Railway Reading Comprehension, Sequences,

Vocabulary

Number Quarry Numbers, Counting, Basic Math

Word Fun Station Letters, Vocabulary, Spelling

Farmer McColl’s Farm Seasons, Animals, Categorization, Direction

The Puzzle Dock Logic, Shapes, Memory, Music

GETTING STARTED

CATEGORY 1 – Reading Railway

Thomas™ and his friends work hard on the Island of Sodor everyday. Enjoy

the stories of the engines and learn more about the places they work.

Activity Pages:

ACTIVITIES

Page 1: Busy Day at Work

Thomas™ and James are useful

engines. There’s lots of work to be

done!

Page 2: Resting in the Shed

The engines rest after a hard day

at work. Let’s listen to their stories.

Page 3: Dock Delivery

Salty, the Dockside Diesel and

Cranky the Crane work at Brendam

Docks.

Page 4: Urgent Delivery

Thomas™ has a special package

to deliver. He is so happy to work

for Sir Topham Hatt.

Page 5: The Queen’s Visit

Thomas™ and his friends are

delighted to have the Queen visit.

Page 6: Off Track

The engines are good friends and

they help each other. Who will help

Thomas™ out of the ditch?

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