Vantage Lite 5.04.2 Introduction SheetCOMPILED BY: MATTHEW R. BAUD

DEVICE ANATOMY-Getting to Know the Hardware of the Vantage Lite

FRONT PANEL

KEY FUNCTION

ON/OFF

Turns the device ON or OFF. If you turn the Vantage off with this button,

you must use it to turn the device back on.

RECORDINGMICROPHONE

This is the small round hole near the top right of the case. When you record messages, speak toward this area.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

BATTERY CHARGING

it will continue to trickle-charge as long as the charger is plugged in.

BATTERY LOW

When this light flashes, the batteries need to be charged. Plug in the charger.

TOOLBOX

Takes you to the Toolbox where you can use the system menus

CHOOSE ACTIVITY*

Press this to toggle through your Activity Row.

SETUP KEY*

This key allows you to program overlay keys without going to the Toolbox. It works with the MODIFY PAGE, MODIFY ACTIVITY, ASSIGN CORE KEYS and STORE menus and the Modify Item within an Activity or Page menu.

HIDE/SHOWNOTEBOOK *

This key allows you to keep a Notebook open and to hide it or show it without using the NOTEBOOK MENU.

*Keys 1, 2, and 3 are User Defined keys. They have been pre-programmed for you to perform some often-used functions. You can re-program them to do whatever you wish.

RIGHT SIDE PANEL

Mini-USB Connector- connect one end of the long USB cable that came with your device to this port and the other end to the USB port on your computer for computer emulation.Secure Digital Card Slot- If you want to use a Secure

Digital card for transfers and storage, plug it in here.Standard USB Connector- Plug the USB flash drive in here.External Headphones jack: external stereo headphones or speakers plug in here.External Microphone jack (Note: you can also use a USB microphone)Switch Connectors- Plug single or dual switches into these two connectors.Battery Charger: Plug the small end of the charger in here and plug the other end of the charger into a working electrical wall outlet or power strip.

TOP OF VANTAGE

Learning Infrared Area- The rounded area on the top back of the device is the learning infrared area. You point a remote control at this area to teach remote control signals to your Vantage Lite. When the Vantage Lite is sending remote control 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.

Removable Handle- The handle can be attached by screwing it into the holes provided for it on the top of the case.

BOTTOM OF VANTAGE

BACK OF VANTAGE

Battery Compartment- The batteries for your device are under this door. To open the door you must remove the two screws.

DISPLAY AREA

Text Display AreaThis is where you will see any text that appears, either from messages that you have retrieved by selecting icon sequences or from typing in text. Touch this area and your device will speak any text on the display.

Icon Display Area/Word Prediction List AreaThis is where you will see the icons that you activate on your communication overlay or, if you are using your spelling overlay and Word Prediction is On, you will see a list of predicted words.

Status Display Area

Date and Time- Displays the current date and time. Set this in the CLOCK MENU in the Toolbox.

Speaker Icon and Headphone Icon- These indicate speaker and headphone volume. When the lines fill up the bar graph, the volume is at its loudest.

Caps Lock-When this is lit, you have turned Caps Lock on in your spelling overlay. All letters you type will be in CAPITAL letters.**Note: You can use Caps Lock when storing messages for DECtalk© speech voices. Do not use Caps Lock with RealSpeakTM voices.

Ctrl- When this is lit, you are sending a CONTROL command.

Output- When this is lit, your Output option is On in the OUTPUT MENU. Anything you type, or any messages you retrieve will appear on the Text Display Area of your device and will also be sent to an external computer.

Speech- When this is lit, your device will speak anything that appears in the Text Display Area.

Battery Bar Graph- This shows the status of the batteries. A FULL battery shows mostly green lines, with only a few red and yellow lines. A LOW battery shows only red and yellow lines. Plug in the charger. You cannot store when the battery is low.An ALMOST DEAD battery shows only red lines. You will hear a warning beep that the Vantage is going to shut down. Plug in the charger.

Low Battery WarningWhen the batteries in your device get low, you will hear a Low Battery Warning. This is a two-toned running beep. When the Low Battery warning sounds, you can no longer do any storing. The warning will continue to sound at intervals until the batteries are dead. When the batteries are dead, the device powers down completely and you cannot use it.

You will also see the Low Battery LED blinking on the front of the case.When you hear the Low Battery warning and/or see the blinking Low Battery LED, plug in the battery charger. The LED to the left of the Low Battery LED will begin to blink. This LED indicates that your charger is plugged in.

A complete charge, from dead battery to fully-charged battery, will take 9-10 hours.

The default battery will last approximately 6-8 hours with normal use of your device. If you purchased the optional long-life battery, it will give you 20% more working time.

COLOR CODED TOOLBOX

The Toolbox is an overlay that contains menus and single function keys. These menus and functions will help you to make your device into one that is tailored to your specific needs.

The Toolbox keys are color-coded. Notice that System Menus, Pages, Activity keys, etc. are all in different color groups to help you remember where the keys are and what they allow you to do.

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